What Is a Villain? Someone Like Me!

Li Daochen entered the room assigned to him, but did not cultivate.

He waited.

Sure enough.

Once night had grown deep, someone delivered an invitation, saying that someone was hosting a banquet at the Beyond Heaven Tower and inviting Li Daochen over for a chat.

Li Daochen flicked the invitation and smiled faintly.

The invitation was just to his liking.

The Thousand Sect Grand Competition began tomorrow, so if he wanted to stir up trouble, he naturally had to hurry.

"Li Daochen, what are you going out for?" Yun Qingshui called out as soon as she saw him leaving.

"To stir up trouble."

"Can I come?" Yun Qingshui's eyes lit up.

Li Daochen did not object, so Yun Qingshui took it as his agreement and eagerly trotted after him.

The Beyond Heaven Tower was the most luxurious restaurant in Yunmeng Ancient City and did not even serve ordinary people.

With the Thousand Sect Grand Competition drawing near, it had recently become a place where many favored geniuses hosted their friends.

In an elegant, imposing private room, a group of young people clinked cups and chatted merrily.

"This Thousand Sect Grand Competition is the most monstrous in nearly a thousand years. The strongest favored geniuses are truly freaks!" one young man said.

His name was Jiang Hanluan, a favored genius of the Purple Cloud Sect.

The Purple Cloud Sect was an Upper Profound Sect!

Jiang Hanluan was Purple Cloud Sect's strongest favored genius. He possessed a King Physique, and his cultivation had reached Divine Bridge Peak.

Generally speaking, most of the strongest favored geniuses of the Upper Profound Sects had reached that level.

And the favored geniuses here all came from Upper Profound Sects!

Birds of a feather flocked together!

There was actually little difference between Upper and Lower Profound Sects, but Upper Profound Sects had always looked down on Lower Profound Sects, just as Lower Profound Sects looked down on Spirit Sects.

"Exactly. Let alone those two with Sacred Physiques—Zhu Lingye of the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect and Zhao Jiuxiao of the Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect! Even if we joined forces, we couldn't beat either one of them!" another young man said. He was Yu Jinshan of the Thousand Mountain Sect!

Jiang Hanluan and Yu Jinshan had organized this gathering.

In any other year, the two of them would definitely have been among the top contenders in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition, easily ranking in the top ten.

But this time, even making the top twenty would be a stretch!

It was not that they were too weak, but that others were stronger!

Among them, the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect and the Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect were the two strongest sects in the east!

The Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect was first and the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect second, and that had not changed in a thousand years!

In past Thousand Sect Grand Competitions, first and second place had mostly gone to those two sects. Over the last century, they had claimed both places every single time!

The appearance of Sacred Physiques this time had undoubtedly brought the two sects' prestige to its peak!

Zhu Lingye of the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect possessed the Red Lotus Phoenix Physique, the same physique as the sect's founding ancestor. Once cultivated to great completion, its phoenix fire could burn even the Great Dao!

Zhao Jiuxiao of the Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect was even more monstrous. Not only did he possess the Dragon Fish Bloodline, but he had also awakened the Heavenly Firmament Saint Physique. Some powerful figures said he was highly likely to transform into the legendary Kunpeng one day!

It was said that even Saint Sects had come to recruit Zhao Jiuxiao.

With such favored geniuses ahead of them, Jiang Hanluan and the others naturally paled in comparison.

"Besides them, there are Lu Tianqiu of the Heavenly Wilds Sect, Lü Chunyang of the Four Seasons Soul Sect, Xie Tianfu of the True Talisman Profound Sect, and Qi Muyang and Qi Kongyue of the Nine Artifact Sect... Although none of them have Sacred Physiques, they're all rare favored geniuses with extremely formidable methods and strength!"

"There are so many top favored geniuses this time—it's a gathering seen only once in a thousand years!"

They marveled one after another, feeling helpless at having been born in the wrong era.

Just then.

"That brat hasn't gotten scared and decided not to come, has he?" a young man suddenly sneered.

In this Thousand Sect Grand Competition, they were all favored geniuses in the upper-middle ranks!

They were also all admirers of Nangong Meng'er.

Jiang Hanluan and Yu Jinshan in particular pursued her most ardently.

Nangong Meng'er had hosted Li Daochen at Cloud Dream Lodge this time, which greatly displeased them. After all, none of them had been there on this occasion.

Upon learning that Li Daochen came from the Yellow Dragon Sect, they naturally looked down on him and wanted to put him in his place.

"Not long ago, Yunmeng Fairy announced that she had only invited Li Daochen to Cloud Dream Lodge because he had helped her resolve a major problem," one favored genius said with a smile.

But.

All the favored geniuses wore expressions that said, "So what?"

They wanted to deal with Li Daochen simply because they resented the fact that he had been to Cloud Dream Lodge. Why he had gone did not matter at all!

They were the ones who had sent the invitation earlier.

"I heard that the brat only joined a few months ago and killed the Yellow Dragon Sect's former number one favored genius. He caused quite a stir," someone said with a smile.

In half a day, there was naturally little they could find out. All they knew was that Li Daochen's background was very ordinary.

And an ordinary background usually meant ordinary strength.

Besides.

No matter how strong a cultivator from a Lower Profound Sect was, how strong could he be?

In the last few Thousand Sect Grand Competitions, no outstanding favored geniuses had emerged from the Lower Profound Sects. Every time, the Lower Profound Sects placed at the bottom, while the Upper Profound Sects took the higher ranks.

So they took it for granted that Li Daochen was nothing special.

"We'll humiliate him this time and warn him not to be a toad lusting after swan meat. That'll be the end of it; let's not make too much of a fuss," Yu Jinshan said mildly, his presence as vast and imposing as a mountain.

"Right. Yunmeng Fairy did host him, after all. If we beat him, it would reflect poorly on her..." someone said with a smile.

But.

Before the words had faded.

Bang!

The tightly shut door exploded.

Li Daochen charged in with the Dragon-Slaying Sword, incomparably ferocious.

Everyone was startled.

"Who—" someone shouted, only to falter.

For in that instant, Li Daochen had already sent Yu Jinshan flying.

He slashed out with the Great Sun Mountain-Burning Sword!

Yu Jinshan's strength was about the same as Huang Zongyuan's, but this time Li Daochen had built up his power before striking, and Yu Jinshan was completely unprepared. Naturally, he was sent flying in one blow.

The window burst apart, and Yu Jinshan was blasted more than a thousand zhang away.

In that opening.

Sword light flashed in Li Daochen's eyes, and he swung backhand at Jiang Hanluan, who had managed to put up some guard. It was the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.

This strike was stronger than the Great Sun Mountain-Burning Sword, and Jiang Hanluan's guard did not do him a damn bit of good.

"What?" Clouds and mist swirled around Jiang Hanluan as his figure shifted unpredictably. It was a movement divine ability of the Purple Cloud Sect, but he was still struck by the sword and sent flying out of the Beyond Heaven Tower, landing on the bustling street.

As for the other favored geniuses...

None of them were a match for those two. Li Daochen drew back his hand, the Dragon-Slaying Sword vanished, and he unleashed the Great Sun White Dragon Sacred Fist.

He went straight to pounding them!

"Who the hell are you? Why are you attacking us?" one favored genius roared.

But it was no use. Li Daochen said nothing and simply kept pummeling them.

Behind him, Yun Qingshui watched, her eyes nearly popping out of her head.

This was what Li Daochen meant by stirring up trouble?

Simple and brutal!

Before coming, Yun Qingshui had never imagined things would unfold like this.

"They're all from Upper Profound Sects. Isn't my Brother Chen afraid they'll retaliate?" Yun Qingshui murmured. The more she watched, the more she felt that Li Daochen really was bold.

And just ten breaths later.

Li Daochen had blasted every one of the favored geniuses out of the Beyond Heaven Tower and onto the street.

Whoosh!

Yu Jinshan, who had been sent flying the farthest, returned, his face dark.

Li Daochen's sword strike had felt like a stab to his heart, and it had taken him quite a while to recover.

"Who's so shameless as to come here and ambush us?" Yu Jinshan roared.

Jiang Hanluan also stared fixedly upward.

He had been about to charge back up, but seeing all the other favored geniuses beaten down as well, he had lost some of his nerve.

Just then.

Li Daochen appeared in the breach in the Beyond Heaven Tower.

He looked down at the favored geniuses, contempt curling at the corners of his mouth, and spoke his first words.

"I hear you've got a problem with me, Li Daochen?"