Helpless Heroine...

"Young Lord, I hope you don't get offended. This Hiro didn't understand how high the sky is.

Gloom covered the Sect Leader's face as she spoke. She couldn't help but signal towards the Elders of her Sect with a subtle wink while apologizing to Deus.

All the guests were watching this farce with great excitement…her Ethereal Phoenix sect had never suffered such loss of face before!

"Sect Leader, please allow me to deal with this Hiro to present Young Lord with our apology!

Tian, the new True Disciple of the Ethereal Phoenix Sect, took the lead in currying favor with Deus. He had started to move before he finished his words. Magical runes flickered and appeared in his palms as he launched a probing attack towards Hiro.

[Boom!]

A deep explosion thundered in the hall. The runes in Tian's hands merged and transformed into a terrible flash of lightning that resembled a roaring dragon.

As the True disciple, he was naturally a cut above the rest when compared to his peers. Hiro, on the other hand, was nothing but a young master of the fallen sect. The disparity between the two was like a bottomless chasm, so how could Hiro be Tian's opponent?

Runes flashed around and spectral rays of light blinded the onlookers as they watched the battle.

The stronger existences in the hall, including the Sect Leader, didn't care about the outcome of the battle though. In their opinion, Hiro's defeat was a forgone conclusion.

Thankfully, it wasn't a matter where they would need to take action, or they wouldn't have a place to hide their faces. After all, there were many people from the other Sects and major Clans of Thousand Mountains among the guests who came to observe the Ceremony.

The Ethereal Phoenix sect didn't want to add on to the humiliation.

"Good, let's fight it out then!

Hiro, on the other hand, welcomed the battle with great excitement. He wasn't afraid in the least! His mana surged and he met his adversary's palm with a palm attack of his own.

"This Hiro really doesn't understand the immensity of the Heavens! Isn't he just overestimating himself and looking for death?

The Sect Disciples in the audience ridiculed with disdain.

"Tian was stepped into the Spirit Severing Realm a month ago, while this Hiro is merely in the 1st stage of Nascent Soul Realm, and that's without taking into account the Tian's [Serpent Thunder Physique]…

"The outcome is already set in stone…"

The disciples concluded one after another — every single one of them felt that Hiro was courting death.

In the next moment, storm of Ice surged and thunder crackled. Extreme cold met with a brilliant flash to birth a resounding boom.

In the aftermath, Tian's body trembled and he felt a numbing sensation throughout his body. Hiro, on the other hand, stood still with a confident expression, with the frost from the coldness withering from his shoulder.

"What?!"

"He's that strong…"

Light flickered in the eyes of various female disciples as they watched Hiro's captivating figure. His strength exceeded their expectations — it shocked a lot of the observers.

In that palm exchange, it could be seen that the two had rivaled each other without much difference.

"Hiro's cultivation is only at the Nascent Soul Realm, yet he's able to block the Tian's blow, who's at the Spirit Severing Realm?

All the disciples and Elders were stunned by the outcome.

The result even shook the Sect Leader, who had watched the exchange with a sullen expression.

After all, Tian was born with the [Serpent Thunder Physique], and could easily contend against cultivators above his own Realm. Few could rival him in his generation. And yet, he failed to finish someone like Hiro, who was almost an entire Realm below him, in a single blow?

Could this Hiro's potential be even stronger than Tian's? How come they hadn't discovered his talent until now?

Of course, if one asked who among the observers wasn't surprised by this turn of events, then the answer would be…Deus!

Hiro was a Favored Son of Heaven, after all.

Proving others wrong and slapping their faces was the norm for his kind, after all. What a cliche!

Deus with a calm tone, he spoke up.

"You seem to have quite the trust in this Hiro's ability?"

Helen turned her head when the words fell into her ears. Her calm figure couldn't help but tremble, spreading a burst of elegant fragrance of orchids in the surroundings.

She didn't speak up, but her subtle movements exposed what went through her mind.

Deus stared at her with his deep gaze, and smiled, "The way you try to act calm…isn't it to make me think you have nothing to do with this Hiro? Are you afraid I will kill with him?"

"How cunning!."

With a few words, he had revealed her parlor trick.

Helen felt that this man right now was more difficult to deal with than she had thought, and this fact made her feel even more uneasy than when he had an indifferent expression.

Still, she pursed her lips and made sure not to utter any words.

Deus, on the other hand, glanced down at the tea pot, and said with a flat tone, "serve it…"

Helen turned to look at him, and then silently picked up the teapot to fill the cup and put it on the table silently.

"Interesting…You're far smarter than I thought.

Deus spoke with a mysterious smile.It was as if he was talking to himself, but it also appeared as if his words were directed at Helen.

Helen's hand holding the teacup quivered. Her palm were drenched with her sweat.

For Deus, it was easy to pull out a few hundred examples of such a well-weathered cliche and plot. The reason behind Hiro's sudden anxiety today was purely generated by the fact that he overheard that the Sect Leader personally sent her daughter over to Deus's room last night.

What he didn't know was that Deus's Original had an indifferent disposition, only focused on his Cultivation, so he didn't even bother to have a conversation with Helen, let alone touch her.

From the events that lead to now, Deus could easily see that this Helen was one of those so-called Heroines.And from the perspective of the plot, Hiro, someone who had risen up from a fallen place, trying hard to revive his sect, was the Protagonist. In fact, the plot should have progressed to the mid-point of his story.

After all, Helen had a prodigious talent, a gorgeous face and figure, and the identity of being the Ethereal Phoenix Sect's Sect Maiden and one of the top beauty of Thousand Mountains. More than that, she was smart.

She knew that if Hiro were to face off against Deus, he would be like an egg smashed into a rock. For that reason, she didn't try to ask him for lenience towards Hiro — that would only make him, Deus, despise Hiro even more.

The best way for her, then, would be to act with indifference towards everything that went on to show Deus that she had nothing to do with Hiro.

If such a woman wasn't the Heroine, then who was?

...

What a pity for her that I'm not the real Deus and I had already seen through it all.

It was as if he had an omnipotent perspective through which he watched the world. What's more? Now that Deus knew he was the villain, he had no intention to let Helen get away from his grasp. Lived his life full of regrets, he finally get his chance to set free himself.

A melon plucked by force might not be sweet, but it could still quench one's thirst.

"Sugar....

Excited by the events happening around him, like he was playing a game -- he decided to turn the tables of that absurd plot...

//Heroine feels helpless and started losing her hope..//

//+5 choas points added....//

"I underestimated you!

Tian, spoke with a cold tone. His posture showed that he still wanted to continue the battle. After all, he would be an embarrassment if he couldn't take down this Hiro when everyone, especially Deus, watched him.

But, by now, Deus had already appeared beside them and waved his hand to stop his actions.

"How dull."

As soon as those words left his mouth, Hiro froze in stupefaction.

"However, since this matter is related to me, I won't trouble True disciple, Tian anymore."

Deus added while his gaze landed upon Hiro's face.

"Your fearlessness…is it out of ignorance or....?

Deus muttered, and then his gaze fell on Hiro's pendant.

In the next moment, a majestic force descended upon the hall as if the sky had burst open. A terrible tempest swept through everything as runes flashed and spirit energy quivered.

Everyone felt deep terror rising from the depths of their souls, to the point that even Sect Leader couldn't help but shocked.

"Is this Young Lord's true power, huh…"

"I think he surpassed the Emperor realm.."

[Bang!]

As the main target of the force, Hiro's complexion drastically changed and his face paled; his legs softened and he knelt on the ground in the next moment. Even with his hands pushing against the ground, he could barely keep his head from touching the floor.

He was squashed.

No matter how he contacted the power in his pendant, it made no difference.

'How is he so strong…'

Hiro used all his might to raise his head and stared at the man dressed in white looking down on him as if he was watching an ant. Hiro couldn't believe what happened — he was unwilling to accept such a result.

'Posturing? I can do that too!'

Deus had an indifferent, lofty expression, but he sneered in his heart. There wasn't much to think about the result of the previous battle. If he let that go on, Hiro would easily defeat Tian and strongly slap everyone in the face, after all - he is the choosen one.

Next, Hiro would take the opportunity to challenge him and make some kind of bet on a battle in the future. Won't that be an easy win for him with that Powerful Grandpa in his pendant? Even he can't grasp its cultivation, probably from the holy realm...

It was quite a nice setting.

But,

Alas! He was a Transmigrator, and one that came over with a cheat of his own!

.....

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[CULTIVATION REALM IN LOWER REALMS]

Chakra opening,

Foundation Establishment,

Core Formation,

Nascent Soul,

Spirit Severing,

Quasi Emperor,

Emperor.

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