hhnovel Chapter 82: The Sudden Scarcity of Blood-Colored Monsters
Chapter 82: The Sudden Scarcity of Blood-Colored Monsters
After dealing with the blood-colored monster’s remains, Jiang Chen gave himself a nod, his lips forming a content smile. He poured an enormous amount of Origin Power into the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle.
In an instant, he turned into a blur and disappeared from the area.
Meanwhile, the protagonist, Ye Fan, who had no idea about any of this, continued forward. His face was full of excitement, eager to encounter more blood-colored giant humanoid monsters.
As time went on, Jiang Chen, controlling the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle, ran into another blood-colored monster. This one was at the Middle-stage of the Mysterious Platform realm.
But for Jiang Chen, there wasn’t much difference between monsters at the Early-stage and Middle-stage of the Mysterious Platform realm.
He sped up the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle dramatically. Holding the Shadowblade Sword, its blade enveloped in a massive amount of cold Qi, he beheaded the monster with a quick, clean cut!
By now, Jiang Chen had completely figured out the monsters’ weak spot. Their biggest vulnerability was their heads, specifically the golden-red inner core inside. Removing this core meant their instant death.
Yet, ironically, the monster’s head was also its strongest part.
This meant that only someone like Jiang Chen, who could easily break through their defenses and take them down quickly, could exploit this weakness. For an average cultivator at the Mysterious Platform realm, getting through the monster’s head was impossible; their only strategy was to gradually weaken it until it fell.
After easily slicing through the monster with one sword strike, Jiang Chen pulled out the golden-red inner core from half of its skull. He then released a burst of fire to burn the monster’s remains to ash.
This whole process had become routine for him.
Just then, the system notification sounded again:
[Ding! You have successfully taken some of protagonist Ye Fan’s opportunities. Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value has gone down by 100 points!]
[Ding! You have gained 200 points of Villain Value!]
Jiang Chen mused to himself, ’It looks like there’s not much difference between Early-stage and Middle-stage Mysterious Platform realm blood-colored monsters; both decrease 100 points of Heavenly Fate Value. Also, defeating just one of these monsters on my own gives more than what you’d typically get from taking down thirteen monsters.’
It wasn’t unheard of for someone to get to a blood-colored monster before him.
Surely, he wouldn’t always be beaten to the punch, right? He was convinced he’d find one sooner or later!
Holding onto this hope, Ye Fan was confident that he’d soon come across other blood-colored monsters.
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However, as time went on, Ye Fan, despite moving forward for quite some time, hadn’t come across any blood-colored monsters!
Instead, on his journey, he found signs of at least ten different monster battles.
This indicated that at least ten monsters had been defeated by others, their remains thoroughly destroyed.
Ye Fan didn’t question the complete destruction of the monsters’ bodies. He understood that these creatures had incredible life force, and when cultivators faced them, it was standard practice to thoroughly incinerate their remains to eliminate any possibility of them coming back.
What really made Ye Fan frown was wondering who could have taken down more than ten monsters.
The evidence left on the battlefields showed that each fight was quick and conclusive, hinting that the person who defeated the monsters was extremely strong!
Yet, among the earlier five major sects, there was no one with that level of power.
Even if you thought about Jiang Chen, who might have hidden his true strength, he was only a bit stronger than Ye Fan. The idea of him defeating a monster at its peak so effortlessly seemed far-fetched!
Moreover, if the victories were the result of teamwork, the signs of battle left behind would probably be more extensive and varied.
’It looks like the top ten sects really are full of hidden talents. Apart from Jiang Chen, there are those even stronger than him! I need to be more careful.’ With this thought, Ye Fan’s enthusiasm for hunting blood-colored monsters decreased notably.
At least in this area, he no longer wanted to chase after the blood-colored monsters. This was mainly because the monsters were almost wiped out, and also because of the risk posed by an unknown, powerful figure in the secret realm.
’I’ll have to change my path and leave this place for now,’ Ye Fan decided, as he changed direction, heading somewhere new.@@@@