Can a Scholar Be Called a Villain

Chapter 25: Qin Laos action

Chapter 25: Qin Laos action

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Murong Lin had spent 5 villain value to purchase a spiritual talisman from the system shop this morning, the higher Sky-tier spiritual talisman, ‘Convolution of Life and Death’.

The target of this talisman would have their guilt amplified, to the point where they would commit suicide unhesitatingly. Murong Lin was sure of Zhu Zhu Shu’s emotions towards the Hundred Flower sect, and he knew that her defeat would implicate the Hundred Flower sect. Already aware of the outcome of the battle, Murong Lin had purchased such a rare talisman and used it on her in the morning.

But he didn’t expect Zhu Zhu Shu to kill herself so quickly, and with her death, all traces of the talisman vanished from the world.

As the fiancee of an engagement-annulment cliche protagonist, her death would naturally affect the protagonist’s halo. This was how Murong Lin earned the 50 villain value.

Murong Lin turned towards the sparring ground, watching as the great elder of the Hundred Flower sect grab onto Long Chen’s back while another figure jumped in between them.

It was Qin Lao.

Qin Lao’s hand blocked the attack of the great elder and grabbed onto Long Chen’s shirt, pulling him away.

But would the great elder of the Hundred Flower sect allow him to run away like that? She immediately roared, “Elders, stop him! Do not let them escape!”

The two Manifestation realm elders standing guard at the entrance immediately jumped into action as they circulated the cultivation method of the Hundred Flower sect, attacking Qin Lao together.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Lao sent the two flying. The two elders immediately coughed out a mouthful of blood, suffering serious injuries.

At the same time, the great elder had released her Manifestation transformation.

She transformed into a vine plant that was almost five stories tall, and swung her vines towards Qin Lao and Long Chen, displaying an overwhelming might as the air crackled.

Qin Lao had no choice but to release his Manifestation transformation to defend against the great elder’s transformation. In his heart, he lamented: Long Chen, I’ll have to do my best for you this time.

Despite being in the Sky Reaching realm, Qin Lao was sealed within an array for more than fifty years, which had caused his strength to deteriorate to the Manifestation realm.

Qin Lao’s Manifestation transformation was a six-armed golden ape, around the same height as the vine plant. The hundreds of vines wrestled against the six limbs, their swift movements hard to see clearly. With the intensity of their fight, the surrounding crowd started to retreat in fear of losing their lives.

Who would dare to involve themselves in a fight between two experts at the peak of the Manifestation realm?

Murong Lin looked at the two with squinted eyes as he laughed coldly in his heart. With a wave of his hand, he led the two ‘Flowering Steel Trees’ and the ‘Eight Great Butcher Kings’ away.

Qin Lao and the great elder of the Hundred Flower sect seemed to be in an impasse, both of them were elders with impaired physical strength, and with their similar capabilities, it was hard for a victor to emerge between them quickly.

Qin Lao smiled bitterly at the sight of the great elder’s resentment towards the both of them.

“Who are you! Why are you protecting that child, Long Chen?” The great elder roared, incapable of understanding his actions.

“I’m just repaying him for saving my life.” Qin Lao spoke lightly as his face remained calm, despite the anxiousness that plagued his heart.

Despite his status of once being an expert in the Sky Reaching realm, he was currently only at the Manifestation realm. Against the great elder of the Hundred Flower sect, he could only maintain a deadlock as he tried to look for an opportunity to escape. Not only that, the sect leader of the Hundred Flower sect hadn’t appeared just yet, which caused further uncertainty on whether or not he could escape with Long Chen.

Suddenly, the face of the great elder turned pale as a mouthful of blood essence escaped her lips. Her aura continued to grow, slowly surpassing Qin Lao as beads of sweat formed on her forehead, drenching her clothes.

The expression of Qin Lao changed dramatically, “You’re depleting your blood essence? Have you gone mad?”

He quickly performed a stance, circulating his spiritual power and Manifestation transformation as he deployed the strongest defence skill he had.

The hundreds of vines danced between the two experts, entangling to form a huge cone. The tip of the cone was uncomparably sharp, with a cold light, it rushed towards the Long Chen in Qin Lao’s hands. On the other side, a golden light shone from Qin Lao’s Golden ape, forming a golden bell. With its six arms holding up the revolving bell, the golden ape gritted its teeth as a resolute light shone in its eyes!

“Third flight of the willow leaf!”

“Radiance of the six-armed golden ape!”

The strongest skills of the two experts clashed, causing a great shockwave to send the surrounding items flying, and even the trees were uprooted. Luckily, the two had already battled their way outside of the Hundred Flower sect, avoiding any casualties.

Qin Lao had barely blocked the attack of the great elder, but he had also sustained injuries in the process. Vomiting out a mouthful of blood, he looked at his opponent with an unsightly complexion.

The hair of the great elder was scattered, and she glared at Qin Lao and Long Chen with her messy appearance, speaking with a vicious tone, “None of you will be able to escape!”

Perhaps sensing the looming danger, the backfire ash dragon bloodline within Long Chen’s body was stirred, instantly awakening. The scorching dragon blood circulated through his entire body, and he felt as though every single meridian within his body was filled with unlimited power as his rapid breathing slowed down.

The human body contained 360 meridians, including the 9 hidden meridians that were the unique characteristic of the backfire ash dragon bloodline, all 369 of his meridians were granted strength by the dragon blood within.

Long Chen’s throat gradually turned red before it started to glow, the light shone brighter and brighter, to the point where it was glaring. The accumulation of this powerful strength forced his mouth open, and despite resembling a mouthful of blood, it continued to shine brightly.

Qin Lao looked down in astonishment as if he was shocked by this unique ability, but he knew that this wasn’t the time for an interrogation. He quickly raised his head to block yet another attack from the great elder to prevent her from interrupting Long Chen’s momentum.

The elder of the Hundred Flower sect looked at Long Chen with shock and resentment, desperately trying to break Qin Lao’s defence to interrupt Long Chen and take his life for the life that was lost.

“Long Chen! Come and die!” She cried out resentfully as she gathered her strength for yet another ultimate move, pouncing towards Long Chen, who was still in Qin Lao’s hands.

At the same time, a glaring beam of light shot out from within Long Chen’s mouth. The accumulated energy in his throat had formed a light beam attack that aimed at the great elder pouncing his way.

“Breath of the backfire ashen dragon!”

Long Chen’s face reddened as his veins bulged, his vicious appearance was terrifying. After shooting the dragon’s breath for about ten seconds, he couldn’t hold on any longer. The light disappeared into his mouth as smoke rose, accompanied by a mouthful of blood. Powerlessly, he spoke, “Let’s go!”

The great elder was preoccupied with resisting the attack head-on, how could the dragon breath from the protagonist’s bloodline be weak?

Her Manifestation transformation gradually disappeared as mouthfuls of blood poured out from her pale lips. The beam of light had directly pierced through her chest, even stabbing through the mountaintop behind her. With the sound of a large explosion reverberating through the vicinity, the people of the Hundred Flower sect trailing behind were appalled.

“The great elder is dead?”

“Ahhhh! He killed the great elder!”

“Quick, search for the remains of the great elder. No! Go and inform the ancestors first!”

The disciples of the Hundred Flower sect screamed madly, they were no longer brave enough to continue pursuing them.

The body of the great elder had exploded, her blood and flesh raining from the skies. Her head, decorated with her long, beautiful hair soared beautifully through the skies before landing onto the ground.

On the other side, Qin Lao had used this opportunity to escape with Long Chen, despite the strange expression on his face.

After escaping to a small stream, Qin Lao placed Long Chen onto the ground as he started to take care of his injuries, “We’ll heal your injuries first, you’ve caused a big mess this time, their sect leader will definitely pursue us. Where should we escape to?”

With a stream of blood flowing from the corner of his lip, Long Chen smiled bitterly, “Where to? The Long clan is long gone.”

“Pull yourself together, Zhu Zhu Shu may have died, but the culprits responsible for annihilating your clan are still out there. Are you willing to leave them be?”

With a deep breath, Long Chen’s eyes were filled with hatred yet again, “Right! Those black-clothed men are still alive! Let’s go, back to Betan!”

Suddenly, a clear voice full of ridicule came from their surroundings, “No need for that, just die peacefully here.”