I Truly Am The Villian

When the voice echoed from the sky, Xu Zimei slightly furrowed his brow.

However, he did not leave the ruins but continued toward the location of another token.

Not long after leaving the sea area and setting foot on land, he came across a group of disciples from Divine Skies Sect on the plain ahead.

Xu Zimei did not see Shen Yu, the Imperial Heir of Divine Skies Peak among them, when he approached the group of disciples.

"Lin, Lin Qiu," someone stammered out Xu Zimei’s name.

After all, they too had heard the recent announcement.

"Disciple Lin Qiu, we have no past grudges, and we do not wish to compete with you for the token, please do not kill us," pleaded a disciple hurriedly.

"I won’t kill you, but you help me deliver a message to all the disciples within these ruins, and to the Imperial Heirs from each vein as well,"

"I, Lin Qiu, will be waiting for them at the bottom of the valley three miles to the south after three hours have passed,

declares war on all the younger generation of the Nine Heavens Imperial Sect," Xu Zimei said indifferently.

"I’ll come with nine tokens, and if they defeat me, not only can they kill me and eliminate the threat I pose, but they will also attain the tokens.

If they’re afraid, then let everyone crush their tokens and flee, act like shrinking turtles, and detour when they see me in the future.

Otherwise, I’ll beat them every time I see them."

After Xu Zimei finished speaking, he turned around and left without further ado, leaving the onlookers looking at each other in bewilderment.

Watching as Xu Zimei did not attack but instead walked away,

a disciple hesitated before asking, "Senior Brother, what do we do now?

Do we leave or spread the message?"

"Interesting, he wants to declare war on all the young ones in Nine Heavens, of course we spread the word. A scene this exciting might not come once in a lifetime," said that Senior Brother with a smile.

"But what if," a nearby disciple hesitated.

"Are you daft? When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. If someone has to die, it will be those Imperial Heirs from each vein first.

He wouldn’t bother killing small fry like us," said the Senior Brother.

"Let’s go, we’ll inform everyone right away, the more people we have, the stronger we are."

Once, a great man said that the world never lacks people who love a spectacle.

As news began to spread throughout the ancient ruins, more and more people shared the information among themselves.

As a result, the number of people wanting to crush their tokens and leave decreased.

Meanwhile, Xu Zimei retrieved the other eight tokens under the guidance of the Sea Turtle.

The eight tokens were guarded by eight different Monster Beasts, which seemed to be a challenge as well.

"Your Excellency, can I leave now?" asked the Sea Turtle cautiously.

"Take me to the valley I mentioned before, and then you are free," Xu Zimei replied.

The Sea Turtle dared not object and hurriedly dashed toward the distance.

"Have you Monster Beasts been in these ancient ruins all this time?" Xu Zimei asked curiously on the way.

"Yes, we had lived here before the Nine Skies Sacred Sect discovered the ruins.

After the discovery, we were no match for the Great Void Sage and struck a deal with him.

He allowed us to continue residing here, and we couldn’t harm any disciples."

"The Great Void Sage, it seems he is a Saint from the Main Clan," Xu Zimei said with a smile.

"Who was the previous owner of these ruins then?"

"We’re not familiar either, we’ve never seen the owner of the ruins.

We don’t dare get close to him, even from a great distance, the aura he emits makes us feel oppressed," the Sea Turtle said.

"So we Monster Beasts privately guess that he must be a Divine King."

Xu Zimei smiled, then asked, "Do you know what lies above a Divine King?"

"That can only be known after entering the Immortal Path bridge, where a broader world lies behind, a level we should not come into contact with," the Sea Turtle quickly shook its head.

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the valley.

At this moment, although the battle had not started, Xu Zimei could already see more and more disciples rushing this way.

...

Atop Great Dao Feng, Mu Changge saw this scene and furrowed his brows even deeper.

"What’s going on?" he asked the crowd, "I clearly said... how come only a few people have returned? What are so many doing staying there?"

"This Lin Qiu really knows how to calculate, wanting to challenge everyone. Although he is in the Melting Heaven Realm, isn’t this confidence a bit too much?" Qin Hansheng sneered on the side.

"Let’s just wait and see. I have already warned them, but indeed, so many people dealing with one Melting Heaven Realm does seem like a chance," Mu Changge said.

As the news of Xu Zimei wanting to challenge everyone spread, disciples from the various veins rushed to report to the Imperial Heirs.

In a hollow among the hills, Lin Feng, with a sharp gaze, looked at Xue Qingming, and said in shock, "Are you sure he has reached Melting Heaven?"

"Yes, it has already spread outside. He’s really making a name for himself now," Xue Qingming nodded, affirmatively responding.

"My dear younger brother, no wonder Yang Cheng failed. You’ve really kept me in the dark well," Lin Feng said with a light laugh.

"Then, Imperial Heir, we should still leave, after all, the conflict between you two," Xue Qingming said.

"No, let’s contact the other Imperial Heirs. His brilliance is too much; like a tree standing out in the woods, it’s bound to be destroyed by the wind."

Lin Feng said coldly, "I think the other Imperial Heirs should be even more anxious than I am; they won’t allow such a threat to exist."

By the riverside, the Imperial Heir of Scenic Skies Peak, Qi Ye, held a lyre in his arms. He had six fingers, slender and pale.

As he leisurely plucked the strings, he heard the disciples’ report.

He smiled and said, "So, our Nine Heavens Imperial Sect has such an existence."

"What does the Imperial Heir mean?" someone beside him asked.

"No matter what, we have to meet him," Qi Ye said with a smile.

And in another part of the forest, the Imperial Heir of Divine Skies Peak, Shen Yu, also known as one of the most famed individuals in the Nine Veins,

Upon hearing the report, he smiled, waved his hand, and said, "No matter, nobody can block my path."

Once everyone around had left, Shen Yu slowly stood up.

With a profound look towards the distance, he said, "You probably don’t know yet that I, Shen Yu, am the true child of Destiny."

...…

More and more people were converging towards the valley where Xu Zimei was, however, before the nine Imperial Heirs arrived, everyone restrained themselves as much as possible, not daring to make the first move without knowing the full extent of the situation.

Xu Zimei sat on the valley hillside, placing the nine Nine Skies Tokens in front of him, while he sat in meditation, regulating his breath.

"That guy must be Lin Qiu, right? I heard he used to be a waste; he’s hidden his strength too deeply," someone was discussing in the crowd.

"What of the Melting Heaven Realm? It doesn’t mean invincible; he is still too young and doesn’t know to hide his edge."

As the crowd gathered in this place grew larger and larger, the nine Imperial Heirs had yet to arrive.

Some people were also growing impatient.

"What’s there to be afraid of? If you don’t dare, we of the Five Young Masters of Divine Skies will give it a try," several loud shouts came from the valley.