Villain Cultivator (Web Novel)
chapter-193-30041322

Isolation Training Space

Ju Shoufen managed to get into the space at last. She didn't care about being naked in this place as she looked around in curiosity.

"This is similar to a combat simulation array."

The cube world was similar to the Mountain Goose Sect's array and the arrays that Ju Shoufen knew.

When someone meditated inside a combat simulation array, the person's mind would simulate a combat scene between themselves and the array's training dummies within their mental space, generated by the array. The array could create an opponent by using the person's imagination, experience, or trauma. Sometimes, an array master created certain opponents for the simulation takers and used them as a form of test.

The isolation training space's environment was almost the same as common simulation array spaces. The only difference was the lightning cloud on the ceiling and several puddles of green water on the floor.

Ju Shoufen examined the water puddles. She sniffed and tasted it.

"Wood element… Then, the ceiling… lightning element? I see. So the space reflects the elements that you've mastered, right?"

Cao Mao didn't care about her comments. He was busy ogling Ju Shoufen's flat chest and her small hips.

"Yes. They reflect my current element Qi."

"That's good. Now, I know what I can do to adjust the environment…"

Ju Shoufen laughed and touched her fingers, searching for her spatial rings. Then, she froze. She realized that she didn't have any item on her.

She turned to Cao Mao, "How do I bring my spatial rings here? I can't practice alchemy without my cauldron and pill ingredients…"

Ju Shoufen smacked her forehead after she said that. She recalled that this world was a dream world.

Cao Mao snickered as he thought of something lewd and evil. He baited her, "Your conversion hasn't been completed yet. You can't bring a real-world item into this dream world unless we form a bond."

"What bond?"

"I need to dual-cultivate with you ten thousand times and refine your body with my essence. Only after I complete the ritual, you can only enter here with only your naked body."

Ju Shoufen squinted her eyes. She had a feeling that her perverted grandson-in-law was tricking her. Moreover, his erected pole was pointing at her face, revealing his desire and inner thoughts.

But for some reason, Ju Shoufen's body reacted to the rooster. Her lower mouth leaked and twitched as if it wanted it inside.

Ju Shoufen coughed and looked away, "Meh, we've already been through a lot with our real bodies. Say, how long can we stay in this space? Can it be done within a night?"

"Don't worry. It will be done in a jiffy. But before we go into the ritual, can I test something?"

"Test something?"

Cao Mao restrained his sexual urge as he remembered what he needed to do in the space. He had an experiment that he required Ju Shoufen's assistance.

"Yes. Hang on…"

Cao Mao communicated with the system, 'System, can I fight the clones with Ju Shoufen's help? Say, can Ju Shoufen join the fight?'

Ding

[Yes. All your yin slaves are considered as your living weapons. You can use them as you see fit.]

'Can they also get resurrected if they die in here?'

[Yes.]

That was what Cao Mao wanted to hear. He knew a few exploit methods to defeat stronger foes now.

'One more thing. Can I use yin slaves in the rematch mode?'

Defeating clones at 200% difficulty setting was not a problem, but the real issue was the protagonist rematch mode.

Cao Mao was unable to kill Xie Tian in his completed form at the same cultivation base. He needed someone or something to help him.

And the system's answer was …

[Yes.]

Cao Mao's mind went blank. He was so delighted that he screamed in Jotaro Kujo's YES meme's voice.

"YES!!!"

He raised his fists to the sky while he knelt on the floor, crying tears of joy.

"YESYESYESYESYESYES!!!"

Cao Mao's voice was so loud that Ju Shoufen got annoyed. She punted him to the lightning cloud on the ceiling.

"SHADDAP!! WHAT THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH YOU!?"

…

A few minutes later

Cao Mao explained what he was about to do.

Ju Shoufen didn't know about the system perks or how Cao Mao gained skills by defeating clones in this space. She thought that he wanted to test her abilities here.

"Ha! Fine. I also want to test my abilities in this space if I can use all my power here. Go ahead. Throw me an opponent!"

"Hahaha! Okay! He might be a little tough, though."

Cao Mao opened the protagonist rematch menu. Then, he adjusted the difficulty of Xie Tian.

He was confident that Ju Shoufen could kill Xie Tian with 300% difficulty setting with ease. The real question was, could she kill Xie Tian at the max difficulty?

It was a tough decision. As the 1,000% Xie Tian had the time manipulation ability, the clone might stop time and kill them instantly. But if they could kill him before he could reverse the time flow or stop the time, the rewards would be huge.

Should he gamble?

Or should he play it safe?

If he were to fail, he needed to wait for a month.

Decision, decision…

Cao Mao took a deep breath. He bit his lower lips and sighed.

'Greed leads to destruction. I'll play it safe.'

He chose the lowest difficulty. Since he had never defeated Xie Tian's clone in this mode before, he wanted to know what kind of reward he would get. He could always ask Ju Shoufen to help him again next month. Then, they could try a higher difficulty level.

The clone of Xie Tian appeared. He came with his flame saber treasure, which was floating next to his side.

Ju Shoufen scanned the clone from head to toes. Then, she smirked, "Is this a joke? He's a fucking early 4th-stage trash. He even has the balls to flare his fire element Qi before me. He won't last a breath if I'm serious."

Cao Mao grinned, "Then, please show me how you can defeat him."

"Ha! Once I'm done with this trashy doll, summon something stronger after this."

Ju Shoufen flickered her fingers and launched five hand-sized green fireballs toward Xie Tian's direction.

The clone grabbed his flame saber and waved it around. Five green fireballs were swatted away with ease.

"Hmm?" Ju Shoufen raised her eyebrow in bemusement.

"Senior, if you don't take this seriously, you'll get into deep trouble."

Ju Shoufen squinted her eyes. Now that she paid attention to Xie Tian's appearance and aura, she remembered where she had seen him before.

"Hold on a second. Isn't this man on that bounty?"

Ju Shoufen referred to the treasure hunting bounty from Liu Bian, who was looking for Xie Tian's corpse. She had seen the drawing of Xie Tian's face, and she recalled that this young man came to her garden with the Zhu Clan's subordinates.

"Correct. He's a clone of that guy."

"Hoh? Then, if I kill this thing, can we take its corpse to the real world?"

"… I've never tried that, but that idea is interesting."

"You're quite dull despite having this heavenly blessing," Ju Shoufen summoned her core pillar avatar. The miniature sun crow appeared behind her. "I'll try not to damage his corpse."

While Ju Shoufen was talking, Xie Tian's clone charged at her with his flame saber.

His blade contained dragon fire Qi and fire element Qi. He swung it at her neck.

Ju Shoufen sneered and caught the saber with her fingers.

"First lesson, Miaomiao. A core pillar expert's constitution is many times stronger than foundation establishment weaklings or essence gathering insects. By using a simple body enhancement technique, your entire body can become a weapon. This can only happen when your body hosts at least one completed dao pillar in your dantian."

Ju Shoufen clenched her small fist. The heaven-grade saber was crushed with her grip strength.

"Second lesson. When you get to the point that you manage to condense a golden core, you will be able to summon your dao avatar. When you do, no attack from a lower-tier element can harm you unless your foe can use an advanced element power… such as this ability."

The elder's entire body was covered in green flame and expanded outward.

Xie Tian leaped backward and threw twenty dragon fireballs at her. At the same time, he drew all saber fragments and merged them with his body, transforming himself into a dragonewt.

The dragon fireballs contacted with the green flame.

Instead of exploding upon contact, the green flame consumed them. All fire element Qi became food for the purgatory fire of the miniature sun crow.

"This is a variation of an advanced element – the purgatory fire. It combines the power of poison element and fire element into a corroding flame. It's the signature of my dao god, the sun crow. Therefore, basic elements, such as poison element and fire element, can't possibly harm me after I summon my dao avatar."

The miniature sun crow snorted and puffed its chest as if it could understand Ju Shoufen's words. Then, it glanced at the dragonewt as if it was looking at an insect.

"As for this guy, he might have a dragon bloodline, dragon Qi, fire element Qi, or that flashy transformation. But for me, those abilities are something insignificant. You will understand my point and my feeling right now if you face a 2nd-stage or a 3rd-stage weakling, who thinks they can kill you because they know a few tricks."

Ju Shoufen snapped her fingers. Then, the fire element Qi of Xie Tian went out of control and self-detonated from the inside.

His body shattered into small pieces before he could even activate his [Return to Zero] ability. Blood splattered everywhere.

Xie Tian's fire immunity was even useless when his own Qi destroyed himself!

Cao Mao's jaw dropped. He remembered that he fought so hard against the original Xie Tian, who was a lot weaker than this clone. Yet, Ju Shoufen crushed him like an ant.

"When you master an advanced element, you can control other cultivator's element Qi of the same family. For example, hypothetically, let's say you manage to upgrade your wood element to the dryad's chloro element. Whenever you face a wood element user, you can do the same as I did. You can just command their element Qi from a certain range and tell it to blow everything apart. Then, boom! You get that result."

This lecture was an eye-opener for Cao Mao. Jia Shan and Jia Wenhe never taught him about the advanced element usage and its advantage over the weaker element tier in the same group.

It also scared him since many 6th-stage experts might have one or two types of advanced elements as their trump cards. If Cao Mao were to run into someone who could use an advanced element from the wood element family or lightning element family, it would be a disaster.

Then, he recalled that Ma Moxi also mastered the wood element. If the protagonist could upgrade it first, Cao Mao would be at a major disadvantage.

Moreover, the shadow element of Liu Bian and the gold element of Ma Moxi were still questionable if they were an advanced element or not. If they were, this would increase the hunting difficulty by miles.

While Cao Mao was having a headache, the system sent him a piece of good news.

Ding

[Congratulations, you have defeated a protagonist's clone in the rematch mode for the first time!]

[The system is calculating the rewards.]

'OH!'

Cao Mao totally forgot about it. He rubbed his hands in excitement, looking forward to obtaining Xie Tian's skills.

Ding

[The result is out. Please check the protagonist rematch menu for more detail.]

Contribution ranking

1. Ju Shoufen – 100%

2. Mao Miaomiao – 0%

[Ju Shoufen has obtained 1,000,000 liters of yang essence.]

[Ju Shoufen has obtained a fire element core.]

[Ju Shoufen has obtained a new system skill, fire element immunity.]

Ju Shoufen's body suddenly glowed in red light and a flow of energy entering her dantian. Although it only slightly increased her strength, she felt lighter and got more energetic.

Also, a red orb appeared out of nowhere and landed on her hand. She examined it and discovered that it was an element core.

"Your dream world is very mysterious. It even gives me a fire element core."

"…"

Cao Mao was happy with the result. Yet, something was odd.

He didn't get a single reward?

'System, where is my reward?'

Ding

[Your sponsor has answered your question.]

["You didn't do shit during the fight! You practically cheated the system, so you get nothing from me!"]

[End of message.]

"…"