I am the villain in the book

The moonlight was bright, scattering fragmented moonbeams through patches of dark clouds, dancing with the wind in the back mountains of Yellow Maple Valley.

After a bout of playful bickering, Yang Liushi took out a small stone box made of Immortal-Locking Stone from her sleeve and slowly opened the lid.

"Whirr!"

A pristine white Eclipse Pearl, with a strand of red swirling within, lay quietly in the box. Almost at the same moment, the snake demon, over ten zhang long, began to writhe wildly, its eyes instantly turning blood red.

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"Swish!"

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Like shooting stars and flying jade pellets, the precious sword fell like autumn frost.

The sword technique, practiced countless times in the dream realm, was incomparably skilled. Wei Changtian wielded the Dragon Spring Sword continuously, and the sound of tearing filled the mountains and forests. Green light rippled around him, and sword energy permeated the heavens and earth, as if a vast starry sky was rotating before him.

However, unlike other martial techniques whose power increased with flashiness, as the thirty-five moves were executed one by one, the starlight in the "starry sky" extinguished one by one, quickly leaving only a few scattered points.

The stronger the sword technique, the fewer the stars.

This was the characteristic of the Falling Sky Sword, and the origin of the word "Falling" in its name.

In the dream realm, Wei Changtian had experimented many times and found that whenever he performed the thirty-fifth move, the starlight around him would basically be reduced to only four or five points.

Although he had not yet learned the final thirty-sixth move, he guessed that the "concrete manifestation" of the last move should be the complete annihilation of starlight.

And that moment was probably the true "Falling Sky."

When the sword reaches its peak, all stars are extinguished... If that were the case, then the Falling Sky Sword and the Moon Picking Sword actually had some similarities.

After all, every time Qin Zhengqiu used the Moon Picking Sword, the moon would clearly dim.

Based on this speculation, the truly perfected move of the Moon Picking Sword should be "Extinguishing the Moon."

One is Falling Sky, the other is Picking Moon.

They were indeed quite similar.

The difference might be that the Falling Sky Sword "fell" fake stars, while the Moon Picking Sword "picked" the real moon.

And this might be the reason why one was only a "Pseudo-Immortal" level martial technique, while the other was an "Immortal" level martial technique...

"Shriek!!!"

Sand and stones flew, and green light crisscrossed.

The sword energy howled, plowing deep marks into the ground. Wei Changtian finally unleashed the thirty-fifth sword move after a dozen breaths.

"Snap!"

Like a pearl shattering, another star extinguished, leaving only four points.

This was the highest record Wei Changtian had ever achieved in the dream realm.

The fierce sword energy had almost solidified, and the immense pressure also caused the snake demon in the distance to lie prostrate on the ground, its eyes filled with fear.

With this sword strike, the latter would inevitably die on the spot.

However, Wei Changtian was not in a hurry, but narrowed his eyes and continued to increase the speed of his internal force circulation.

"Crack!"

"Crack, crack, crack!"

In an instant, the sword energy centered on him suddenly expanded outward by several zhang. The trunks of the ancient trees that were closer even began to show traces of cracks, as if they were being crushed and broken by an invisible force.

"Snap!"

Another crisp sound, the fourth star extinguished, leaving only three stars.

As expected!

Wei Changtian was overjoyed, understanding that the difference in this one star was brought about by the Dragon Spring Sword!

Three stars.

He could feel that the power of his current strike was at least 30% greater than when he had four stars, and at least half stronger than the perfected Returning Dust Blade!

Don't underestimate this 30%.

For top experts, every step forward is extremely difficult, and this 30% can be called a qualitative change!

Good! He's made a killing!

Silently saying "Good" in his heart, Wei Changtian slightly retracted his sword, preparing to give the snake demon a fatal blow in the next moment.

However, at this moment, the corner of his eye happened to catch Yang Liushi hiding in the distance.

Huh?

Slightly stunned, Wei Changtian couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when he saw Yang Liushi staring blankly at the night sky.

He was testing his sword here, why didn't Yang Liushi look at him, but instead looked at the sky?

Could it be—

In an instant, Wei Changtian suddenly thought of something and abruptly looked up as well.

Then, he saw the Fortune Yellow Dragon roaring and tossing in the night sky.

No, it was probably more appropriate to call it the Fortune Golden Dragon now.

As if it had undergone a sacred baptism, every dragon scale on the Yellow Dragon's body was now a dazzling gold, with mysterious golden light flowing within.

It was as if it were real...

Wait!

Suddenly, Wei Changtian's eyes widened abruptly, his expression becoming incomparably astonished.

Because he suddenly realized something—

Since Yang Liushi was now in this state, then she... could also see the Fortune Yellow Dragon??

The movement of his sword paused. For a moment, Wei Changtian couldn't believe it all.

It should be known that the Fortune Divine Beast had previously only been seen by the thirteen Chosen of Heaven, plus himself. There had never been any exceptions to this.

Even Qingxian with her Heavenly Spirit Body, and Qin Zhengqiu who was nearly First Grade, could not.

But now, why could Yang Liushi see it?

She hadn't done anything, so the problem wouldn't be with her.

Then—

It's the Dragon Spring Sword!

This is what "Can imbue sword techniques with the aura of an emperor" means!!

In an instant, Wei Changtian seemed to understand a lot.

And as if to verify his guess, in the next moment, with a soft "Snap", another one of the only three remaining stars around him shattered.

Another one extinguished...

Feeling the power of the Falling Sky Sword increase again by at least 20% in an instant, Wei Changtian's breathing had become incomparably rapid.

He knew that if this sword were to be unleashed now, not to mention the mere five-hundred-year-old snake demon in front of him, even a thousand-year-old demon whose cultivation was doubled, equivalent to a Second Grade human, would inevitably vanish on the spot.

Killing a Second Grade with one move.

Without needing to rely on Divine Strike, killing a Second Grade with one move—

"Hoo!"

Taking a deep breath, Wei Changtian looked up again at the Golden Dragon still swimming in the night sky, still not rushing to unleash this sword that could be called "earth-shattering."

Because another idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Previously, the Fortune Divine Beast's only functions were to suppress other Fortune Divine Beasts and to increase the power of Heavenly Dao divine abilities such as "Severing Ties" and "Locking Dragon."

But now, since the Fortune Yellow Dragon had become "real", did it also possess a certain degree of combat power?

"Go!"

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian didn't hesitate, shouting violently and preparing to verify it through experimentation.

In the next moment, the dozens-of-zhang-long Golden Dragon shot down from the sky, crashing towards the snake demon with an aura that dominated the world.

"Roar!!!!"

The dragon's roar was deafening, blowing away all the surrounding rocks and trees in the shocked gazes of Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi.

In an instant, the Fortune Golden Dragon was already in front of the snake demon, whose size was slightly smaller than its own, and then opened its mouth to bite the latter in half.

"Crack!"

The sound of the spine breaking was horrifying. The long snake body was knocked into the air and then fell in two pieces.

"Boom! Boom!!"

The two sections of the snake body smashed to the ground, making a huge noise and scattering countless broken stones.

The Fortune Golden Dragon had already flown back into the air, the snake blood splashing on the dragon scales and instantly being burned into balls of blood mist, not staining the latter in the slightest.

As the saying goes, a hui can transform into a jiao after five hundred years.

But whether it is a snake or a jiao, they are all in the mortal world and can only hide on the earth.

The dragon is in the heavens and can reach the Heavenly Court.

Therefore, the matter of "acupuncture point suppression" was just demonstrated vividly.

However, Wei Changtian didn't care whether it was "dragon eating snake" or "snake swallowing dragon", but just stood there blankly.

He knew that he might be invincible in the future.