The Villain: Claiming The Protagonist's Master

This giant eagle's strength had reached the early stage of the Grand Saint realm, and the spirit source pearl in its brain was definitely a high-grade treasure. He absolutely could not allow anyone to take it away.

Hearing his reprimand, the black-clad man did not stop his movements.

Soon, he extracted a pale yellow spirit source pearl, holding it in his hand. It emitted a powerful and unparalleled spirit energy fluctuation.

This type of spirit source pearl contained vast and pure spirit energy. Even absorbing just a sliver could increase one's cultivation. For cultivators, it was a priceless treasure.

Seeing this, Bai Youchang's eyelids twitched violently, and his gaze turned cold. He said sharply, "Hand over the spirit source pearl! That is our possession!"

Hearing this, the black-clad man turned his body, frowned, and looked at Bai Youchang. He said indifferently, "This spirit source pearl is something I discovered first. How did it become yours?"

The man appeared to be in his early twenties, with fair skin, a tall and slender figure, sword-like brows, and star-like eyes, exuding an air of youthful vitality.

But noticing that the black-clad man was only at the Divine Ability realm in cultivation, Bai Youchang's lips curled into a sneer, and he shouted, "I said it's mine, so it's mine! Hand it over immediately!"

His attitude was exceedingly domineering. In his eyes, although he was seriously injured, dealing with an ordinary Divine Ability realm cultivator was still something he could handle with ease.

After all, while the Small Saint realm and the Divine Ability realm were only one level apart, there was an essential difference between them.

Many so-called prodigies were stuck at the Divine Ability realm their entire lives. Only by breaking through to the Small Saint realm could one truly progress further on the path of cultivation.

"And who do you think you are? What right do you have to demand I hand it over?"

Hearing his threats, the black-clad man curled his lips and responded with a mocking tone.

Bai Youchang's fists clenched tightly, his gaze filled with malice. He growled, "I'm warning you—hand it over obediently, or don't blame me for being ruthless and killing you!"

As he spoke, a sharp and menacing aura emanated from his body, causing the surrounding air to grow colder, sending chills deep into one's bones.

"Oh? Then I'm curious to see what you'll do," the black-clad man said, amused, as if mocking Bai Youchang's overconfidence.

"You're courting death!"

At these words, Bai Youchang's face turned icy. His gaze grew even darker, like a volcano about to erupt. He stomped his foot on the ground, his body moving like lightning as he charged at the black-clad man.

"Scram!"

Seeing this, Su Chen raised an eyebrow and gently opened his robe, revealing a small dragon hidden inside.

At this moment, the little dragon opened its blood-red mouth.

In an instant, the surrounding spiritual energy surged, transforming into a dazzling arc of lightning swirling in the little dragon's jaws. The crackling of electricity could be heard, as though it was ready to strike at any moment.

Sensing the dangerous aura in the air, Bai Youchang's pupils contracted, and his soul nearly left his body in fear.

He never expected that Su Chen would have a contracted spirit beast—one that wielded lightning-based attacks, no less.

It was well-known that lightning-type attacks were extremely powerful, and the destructive force of attacks from a dragon-type spirit beast like this was even more terrifying.

Boom!

In an instant, the little dragon squinted its eyes, and a thin bolt of lightning shot out, heading straight for Bai Youchang.

Seeing this, Bai Youchang's heart pounded fiercely, and his hair stood on end.

"Damn it!"

He cursed inwardly and frantically channeled the spirit energy within his body, hoping to block the lightning attack.

Splat!

Unfortunately, the lightning strike was too fast and overwhelmingly powerful. In the blink of an eye, it engulfed Bai Youchang entirely, leaving behind burnt marks and bloody wounds all over his body.

Bai Youchang spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, barely clinging to life.

Seeing this, Su Chen shook his head and sighed. "Pathetic weakling!"

Over the past few days, the little dragon had consumed many heavenly treasures, finally awakening its bloodline powers—lightning and flame attributes.

At first, Su Chen had been reluctant to part with those resources, but in hindsight, it had been worth it.

A spirit beast with dual-attribute attacks was something even Quasi-Emperors would fight over!

Furthermore, one of these attributes was fire—the strongest among the five elements—and the other was the even more terrifying lightning.

"Tsk tsk, it's like having a walking Thunder God, possessing boundless power and capable of destruction with a mere gesture," Su Chen mused.

And this was while the little dragon was still in its juvenile stage. Su Chen couldn't imagine how strong it would become upon maturing.

"Boss, wasn't that amazing? I instantly took out that trash!" the little dragon said, puffing out its chest proudly.

"Yeah, not bad," Su Chen said, not holding back his praise.

"Uh, boss, can I eat that thing?"

The little dragon's gaze fell on the pale yellow spirit source pearl in Su Chen's hand, its eyes burning with desire as it gulped audibly.

"Heh, don't even think about it," Su Chen replied, tossing the spirit source pearl into his storage ring before taking out two Dao Fruits and tossing them to the little dragon. "These are for you."

"Thanks, boss!"

The little dragon's eyes sparkled with excitement as it eagerly snatched up the Dao Fruits.

Watching this scene unfold, Bai Youchang, lying on the ground, widened his eyes in resentment and unwillingness.

"No! I refuse to accept this!" He cried out to the heavens.

Their group of sixteen had painstakingly entered this ancient secret realm for trials, and after so much effort, they had almost secured the prize. Yet in the end, they suffered this misfortune.

Not only had they failed to obtain the spirit source pearl, but Bai Youchang himself had also been ruthlessly defeated.

His body twitched, and with that, the last trace of life faded from him.

Seeing Bai Youchang's lifeless corpse, Liu Ruyan's expression turned grim. She could never have imagined Bai Youchang would be defeated so easily.

"Damn it!"

Liu Ruyan cursed under her breath, her face dark with anger.

However, she did not flee. Instead, she stood cautiously in the distance, her gaze fixed on Su Chen as she asked coldly, "Who are you, and why did you ambush us?"

"Hahaha, your words are ridiculous. I was the one who found the spirit source pearl first, and yet you tried to steal it from me," Su Chen said, shaking his head. He stepped closer to Liu Ruyan, a devilish smile on his lips. "You failed to steal it, and now you accuse me of ambushing you? How laughable!"

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan's expression turned even uglier as she clenched her delicate fists tightly.

It was true that Su Chen had found the spirit source pearl first. However, the giant eagle was something they had killed at great cost, only for Su Chen to snatch the prize at the last moment.

She regretted not immediately extracting the spirit source pearl from the giant eagle's brain, which would have prevented Su Chen from taking advantage of the situation.

"Since you've already taken the spirit source pearl, you should leave. Otherwise, don't blame me if..."

Before she could finish, Su Chen grabbed her chin.

"What... What are you trying to do?"

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