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Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate Chapter 348: Riding a Dragon to the Western Ice Domain
🕑 Added 2023-09-11 22:10:17 +0000 UTC
In an instant, the vista before Jiang Chen transformed.
A realm of icebergs and snow-covered fields materialized within the scope of his divine sense.
"We've arrived at the Western Ice Domain! Mo Hao's location is to the south," Jiang Chen observed as he scanned his surroundings before directing his gaze southward. Given that he had arranged Mo Hao's teleportation destination, how could he not be aware?
Briefly extending his divine sense, he took a quick look.
Five million kilometers distant, Jiang Chen sensed the existence of supporting characters!
...
Simultaneously, deep within the recesses of an exceptionally hidden mountain,
Mo Hao surveyed the cluster of humans crouched in the cave and declared with a grave demeanor, "Come, follow me out."
"Staying here, you're all doomed."
"Only by following me can you seize a chance at life," he asserted.
These individuals were survivors who had previously fled from the desolate city.
Utilizing some of the Mo Clan's ancestral secret arts, Mo Hao had tracked them down to this location. By now, they were petrified to their core by the demon race, their pupils constricted and eyes vacant, too afraid to leave the depths of this mountain.
Abruptly, voices erupted in hostility, "Get lost, you scum!"
"We've all hidden well; why did you have to show up? You'll give away our hiding spot!"
"This wretch has weak cultivation yet managed to find us on his own; something's definitely off!"
"Kill this idiot; he's probably being tracked by the demon race. We'll all die because of him!"
Several emotionally charged, muscular men shouted at Mo Hao, their expressions menacing.
The instant those words rang out, the expressions of everyone else present underwent a drastic change!
Was it possible that Mo Hao had crossed an expansive icy plain without attracting the demon race's notice? Unlikely!
They must have discovered Mo Hao but intentionally let him go, all to uncover this hideout, correct?
Considering Mo Hao had yet to display any combat prowess, such speculation appeared rather plausible.
Indeed, this was precisely what Mo Hao had intended!
'Finally, someone opposes me!' Mo Hao thought, exhilarated, 'Excellent, my chance to grandstand has arrived!'
'My Pretentious Points, here I come!' he silently chuckled, struggling to contain his laughter.
Ultimately, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"See, he's laughing!" someone shouted, agitated.
"As expected, this guy is a traitor; he's plotting to have us all killed!"
The faces of several desperate cultivators contorted dramatically, as they readied themselves to attack Mo Hao, aiming to eliminate him.
If they were fated to die, then killing a traitor first would leave them with no regrets!
'Here it comes, my moment to grandstand!' Mo Hao inwardly grinned, fully prepared to subdue his adversaries before releasing his Transcendence realm aura to stun the gathered crowd.
He'd seize the moment to act ostentatiously and then depart with these pawns.
During his trek here, he had not run into the demon race at all.
Thus, Mo Hao had dual purposes: first, to use these people as bait to draw out the demon race; second, to have them serve as a backdrop, a captive audience of pawns.
Lastly, he was confident in his ability to safeguard these individuals.
Yet, just as Mo Hao had everything planned to a tee, a seismic roar suddenly echoed through the air, "Roar!!"
The noise was overwhelmingly intimidating. The cultivators within the depths of the mountain, who had been on the verge of attacking Mo Hao, suddenly felt enervated, losing their will to strike.
"What! This roar...!" Mo Hao's expression shifted dramatically as he swiftly extended his divine sense.
At that moment, coinciding with a resounding "Boom!" the ground began to tremble violently, as though something had erupted from below!
"It's a demonic beast!" a voice cried out in horror.
"It must be a demonic beast cultivated by the demon race!"
"We're truly doomed; this guy is undoubtedly a traitor. The demonic beast must've been led here by him!"
Successively, the cultivators were engulfed by overwhelming dread and despair. Some were so terrified that they seemed to lose their souls, falling to the ground in collapse.
A few were even on the verge of losing their minds with fear!
"Damn it! With people panicking like this, what's the point of my grandstanding?" Mo Hao smacked his forehead, visibly irritated.
But in the very next moment, his expression froze. He had finally identified the source of the roar—a colossal silver divine dragon!
"What the—" Mo Hao stared in complete disbelief at the divine dragon within his divine sense. "Dragons exist in the Immortal Martial Continent?"
"How could that be? This place only extends up to the Transcendence realm; it's just a tiny puddle, hardly a pond. How could a dragon appear here?"
"I must be hallucinating!" He shook his head vigorously, yet the image persisted.
"It's truly a dragon!"
"And it's a true dragon of an exceptionally noble lineage, not some dragon-shaped demonic beast infused with a trace of dragon blood!"
"Wow, this dragon seems incredibly righteous; it must be a good dragon. It would certainly be willing to join forces with me against the demon race!"
"Hehe, taming this divine dragon as my mount would be incredible. A true dragon—just think how cool that would be!" After his initial shock, Mo Hao's mood swiftly turned jubilant.
His mind buzzed with the prospect of taming the true dragon as his personal mount.
While the Heavenly Fate had indeed sent him a warning, making him cautious, he had subconsciously attributed the unease to the dragon's own intimidating aura, not entertaining other possibilities.
This mindset was partially influenced by Mo Hao's past life on Sky Blue Star, where he had been steeped in dragon culture and thus, subconsciously regarded true dragons as symbols of righteousness and good fortune.
Little could Mo Hao have imagined that this true dragon had arrived specifically to contend with him. And even more astonishingly, that Jiang Chen was stealthily perched atop the dragon!
Just then, the dragon appeared to sense the situation unfolding here and redirected its flight path.
Immediately, a growing surge of dragon might inundated the vicinity, compelling all living creatures to bow and quiver.
"We're finished, completely finished," murmured voices in utter despair.
"The aura emanating from this demonic beast is horrifying; it must belong to the Transcendence realm!"
"Why is my luck so bad? I've spent my entire life in a small city, only to be taken down by a Transcendence realm demonic beast in the end."
"You think you'll get off lightly for being a traitor, young man? Impossible. You'll be slain by the demon race, and your fate might be even grimmer."
One after another, the cultivators sank into despair, their complexions turning deathly pale. A handful still clung to their animosity towards Mo Hao.
"Hmph! Death? Allow me to reveal my true power!" Unable to hold back any longer, Mo Hao unleashed his formidable aura from the Transcendence realm.
The cultivators who had still been harboring animosity were instantly dumbstruck.
Mo Hao's system also buzzed, indicating that he had successfully performed a modest act of pretension and earned himself 500 Pretentious Points.
'Sigh, a mere 500 points,' Mo Hao internally lamented. 'The main issue is that these people have low-level cultivation bases and most are paralyzed by despair. Showing off in front of them no longer serves any purpose.'
'All thanks to that true dragon. Taming it will be the salve for my wounded pride!' His eyes shifted to Ying Luo, and his yearning to possess her intensified even more.
Just then, system notifications echoed through Jiang Chen's sea of consciousness.
[Ding! You've made a minor alteration to the plot, successfully thwarting Protagonist Mo Hao's attempt at a flawless grandstand. Mo Hao's Heavenly Fate Value has dropped by 300 points.]
[Ding! You've gained 600 Villain Points!]
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