The Female Lead's Persona Has Completely Changed After I Transmigrated into the Villain

A single move, and it was already a lethal strike.

Ye Xuan's face darkened. "What a fine Demonic Cult Saintess. Master, help me."

The next second, the Spirit Venerable possessed his soul, his strength surging as he began to clash with Duanmu Xin.

Before long, Duanmu Xin was at a disadvantage.

Just as Ye Xuan was about to send her flying with a palm strike, a silver needle shot through the air.

Ye Xuan's pupils contracted as he dodged to the side.

Seizing the moment, Duanmu Xin fled without delay.

Ye Xuan snorted coldly. "Who's there?"

He had been on the verge of forcibly subduing Duanmu Xin, only to be interrupted.

Seconds passed. No one answered.

He was about to pick the Bellflower Grass when he froze in bewilderment—the Bellflower Grass was gone.

"Damn it!"

At that moment, Ye Xuan couldn't help but curse.

For some reason, he hadn't found a single Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure along this entire path.

It was utterly absurd!

And now, even this Bellflower Grass had been snatched away.

Completely inexplicable.

Damn it, who the hell did this?!

PS: 8 chapters!!! Exhausted, begging for data!!!

Ye Xuan's face was grim. "Master, didn't you say the surroundings were full of Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures?"

The Spirit Venerable frowned. "Earlier, my divine sense clearly detected them. The Bellflower Grass was just one of them."

Ye Xuan ground his teeth. "Are you saying someone knew about the Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures beforehand and took them first?"

The Spirit Venerable agreed. "That possibility can't be ruled out."

Ye Xuan slumped in defeat. "Without Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures, how can I level up quickly?"

The Spirit Venerable said, "Don't panic. If the outer area has none, then enter the inner area—though you might have to endure some hardship."

Ye Xuan's face darkened. "A little hardship is nothing. I'm going in. I must strengthen myself and beat Xu Chen to a pulp."

By now, Xu Chen was practically becoming his Inner Demon. He had to get the upper hand over Xu Chen, or this knot in his heart would never be untied.

"Then let's go."

The Spirit Venerable said calmly.

"Whoosh!"

With that, Ye Xuan shot forward, heading straight for the inner area.

"The inner area does have good stuff, but..."

Watching this scene, Xu Chen shrugged.

The inner area was extremely dangerous, with the risk of encountering a sixth-rank Spirit Beast at any moment.

Even the Spirit Venerable, lacking a physical body, might end up in trouble.

"Speaking of which, in my past life, Ye Xuan found Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures as easily as drinking water. Now the plot's gone a bit off track."

"I wonder who's messing things up this life, making Ye Xuan unable to get a single Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure. Ridiculous."

Xu Chen rubbed his temples in frustration.

It almost made him want to send some Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures to Ye Xuan just to stabilize the plot.

After a moment's thought, Xu Chen continued wandering aimlessly, digging for treasures.

During this time, Xu Chen also secured three Beast Cores, and his Ring of Holding was stuffed with Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures.

Every single one was at least third-grade, about thirty-four in total, worth at least three hundred thousand taels.

Though it felt great, Xu Chen was still a bit worried.

After all, the protagonist had lost all the good stuff, while he, the villain, was raking it in. Wouldn't that cause trouble?

"System, is this okay for me?"

Xu Chen asked.

The system said, "It's fine. As long as the host doesn't actively seize the protagonist's luck or belongings, it seems to be no problem."

Seems?

Go fuck your grandpa!

He continued, "What if I beat up the protagonist? Still fine?"

The system replied, "As long as you don't initiate the beating, it should be fine."

Xu Chen: "???"

Come on, tell me—how do you beat up an enemy without initiating it.

He said irritably, "Fine, if I run into Ye Xuan later, I just won't fight back."

The next second after he spoke, Xu Chen froze.

He saw Ye Xuan, covered in bruises, walking out from the inner area with murder in his eyes.

The moment he spotted Xu Chen, a cold grin curled on Ye Xuan's lips: "Xu Chen!"

Xu Chen thought, Well, well, finally meeting according to the plot.

Mimicking a villain's tone, he sneered, "You idiot, made it into the inner area?"

Ye Xuan laughed coldly: "Too bad I didn't die. I finished the mission and got extra rewards—three Fifth-grade Spirit Herbs.

You'd barely find any of these in the outer area. In fact, you've probably never even seen one in your life."

Xu Chen scoffed dismissively: "That's a lot?"

With that, he pulled five Fifth-grade Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures from his Ring of Holding and waved them right in front of Ye Xuan.

"See this? I just ate three, and I've still got five left."

"Zero knowledge. Just because you can't find them, you think no one else can?"

Xu Chen sneered relentlessly, playing the villain to perfection.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan's body went rigid, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You... you got all the Fifth-grade Spirit Herbs in the outer area?"

Ye Xuan stood there dumbfounded.

Fifth-grade Heavenly Material Earthly Treasures were already rare in the outer area, yet Xu Chen had somehow collected eight of them!

If he hadn't stripped the entire area clean, how else could he have gotten this many!

Xu Chen nodded: "That's right. Only an idiot like you would go into the inner area to look for treasures. Hilarious."

Ye Xuan erupted in fury: "I was being targeted!"

Damn it, all those heavenly materials and earthly treasures gone without a trace—how is that even possible!

Xu Chen chuckled: "Can't find them, so you lie and make excuses. Truly rotten character."

Struck at his sore spot, Ye Xuan flew into a rage: "Damn you, I'll kill you!"

Xu Chen sneered: "Kill me? You think you're worthy?"

Ye Xuan laughed coldly: "Worthy or not, you'll find out soon enough."

"Whoosh!"

With that, Ye Xuan unleashed the Heavenly Entangling Hand, bursting forth with the aura of Mid-stage Third Rank as he charged straight at Xu Chen.

In an instant, he was right in front of Xu Chen, palm striking down.

Xu Chen didn't dodge or block, letting Ye Xuan's palm land on his shoulder.

Just as both of them expected him to go flying backward, a cracking sound rang out.

Clear and crisp.

Ye Xuan followed the sound with his gaze and stared in shock at his own hand—it was broken.

Not because of anything else, but because the sheer force of Xu Chen's physical body had rebounded and shattered his palm.