[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir":3,"chapter-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-407":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Died and Became a Noble's Heir",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1522986,1975,"Chapter 407: [Strength: 1261]","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-407",407,"\u003Cp>The weapon weighed at least four hundred pounds. Pho hefted it one-handed, as if it were made of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved toward the Champion, who had been watching Jack’s display with those glowing white eyes, calculating, adapting, preparing to evolve again if necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior saw Pho coming and raised his massive sword defensively....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lightning Web collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All across the Colosseum, the red lightning that had been spreading in geometric patterns suddenly contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every branch, every thread, every connection snapped inward like elastic released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The web converged on a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had perhaps a tenth of a second to register what was happening before thousands of pounds of electrical force slammed into him from every direction simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning didn’t just strike him. It wrapped around his limbs, torso, and throat. The energy formed chains, a prison of pure, crackling power that slammed into his skin as smoke began to rise from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Champion was driven to his knees, his enhanced strength meaningless against the combined weight of the entire web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand beneath him cracked, then shattered as he was pressed down, until his face hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black ice axe came down in a devastating overhead chop that would have split a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Champion, pinned by lightning and unable to dodge, could only watch as four hundred pounds of enchanted ice drove toward his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact was beyond sound. It was a physical shockwave that rippled outward, shattering already broken sand into powder, creating a pressure wave that made demons in the stands stumble, despite being a hundred feet away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-135,000 HP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Ice Soul: 45% True Damage]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Champion’s body convulsed. His Adaptive Regeneration tried to kick in. His body tried to heal the massive damage, but Pho didn’t give him the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deathfrost Demon raised his axe and brought it down again. And again. And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike dealt devastating damage that bypassed most of the Champion’s defensive abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Damage didn’t care about armor, resistance, or any special skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-135,000 HP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-135,000 HP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s Judgment Bolts were ready now, both spheres compressed to maximum density. He drew his arms back, targeting the pinned Champion, and threw them down, transforming them into lightning bolts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bolts crossed the distance in less than a second, moving faster than most eyes could track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hit the Champion’s back simultaneously, one between the shoulder blades, the other at the base of the spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion dwarfed the previous one. Red light consumed everything, the thunder so loud it cracked the ice dome overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the light cleared, the Champion’s body was a smoking ruin, with most of the flesh having vanished, leaving a blackened skeleton held together by some miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 0\u002F300,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Critical State: Adaptive Evolution attempting emergency resurrection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time until revival: 3 seconds]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack teleported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyssal Steps]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized directly over the Champion’s ruined body, both hands transforming mid-transit. Black scales erupted across his arms as Demonhand activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Champion’s chest cavity was exposed, ribs shattered, and his sternum broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the center, somehow still intact despite everything, the heart continued to beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s transformed hand plunged into the cavity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His claws closed around the heart. A massive, still warm, pulsing with the Champion’s desperate attempt to trigger evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart came free with a wet, tearing sound, arterial connections snapping, the last vestiges of the Champion’s life literally ripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood poured from the cavity, but it didn’t matter. Without the heart, evolution had nothing to work with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Enemy Defeated: The Undefeated Champion - EVOLVED]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Death Tokens Acquired: 45,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Experience Gained: 150,000 EXP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack held the heart high, blood running down his arm, dripping from his elbow. Then he reached up with his free hand and ripped his helmet off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was spattered with blood, red eyes blazing with something menacing. The way his eyes and the way his lips curved into something that wasn’t quite a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the heart to his mouth and bit down on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart tasted like a soft-baked pie. Jack tore a chunk free, chewed on it, and swallowed. The heart was still warm, still technically alive for these last few seconds, and consuming it was like drinking concentrated essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Devour Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Consuming: Champion’s Heart (Disaster-class)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Devour has reached Level 8!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+5 to all stats.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack ignored the notifications. They were meaningless right now, just noise in the background of the blood frenzy that had taken hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that mattered was the fight, the violence, and the screaming chaos around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another bite, and another, methodically consuming the Champion’s heart while standing over the warrior’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood ran down his chin, stained his armor, and pooled at his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Colosseum had gone silent again, the slaughter pausing as Jack’s army waited for further orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of demons lay dead in the stands, blood painting the once-pristine seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivors huddled together, too terrified to move, trapped by Pho’s ice dome with nowhere to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the announcer’s booth, Valdoren finally found his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SKELETONS!\" The lich’s amplified command cracked with desperation. \"RISE! KILL THE SOUL WARDEN! TEAR HIM APART!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor erupted again. More skeletal hands, more undead warriors pulling themselves from whatever necromantic hell Valdoren had access to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these weren’t the rusted ancient warriors from before. These were fresh, armored in black plate, wielding proper weapons that gleamed with enchantments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easily three hundred of them, each one radiating power that marked them as elite troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed ranks with military precision, shields locked, weapons ready, preparing to charge Jack’s position in a formation designed to overwhelm through sheer disciplined force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack finished consuming the heart, let the last remnants fall from his clawed hand, and smiled as he licked his finger clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally,\" he said, his voice carrying across the arena despite not being amplified. \"Something to play with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Infernal Conversion Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Convert all Magic stat points into Strength at a 1:1.5 ratio]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength gain: 510]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength increased by 25%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility increased by 25%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fear status chance increased by 15%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All physical damage doubled]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Duration: 60 seconds]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cooldown: 5 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s frame towered over his human form. The presence he radiated intensified a hundredfold. Every demon in the Colosseum, every skeleton, every surviving spectator felt it. A weight pressing down on their souls, terror that bypassed rational thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stats recalculated in real-time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: 305 (base) + 612 (Infernal Conversion) = 917]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+25% Strength from Demon Mastery]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+10% Strength from Demon’s Rage]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Physical Damage: ×2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: 1261]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s red eyes swept across the Death Knight formation, and several of the skeletons actually took involuntary steps backward despite having no fear response programmed into their necromantic animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rhys,\" Loryn’s voice cut through the tension, calm despite everything happening below. \"Watch carefully. This is why you serve the young master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rhys couldn’t speak, he could barely breathe. His winter-ice eyes were fixed on Jack, watching his master stand covered in blood, surrounded by corpses, facing an army of undead knights without a trace of concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything’s going to be fine,\" Loryn continued, his purple eyes gleaming. \"It’ll all be over in a matter of minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1201,"2026-06-06T05:43:29.281Z",1,"novelbin.me","8e90439f28dbc55b58de421ed6f91b5c9dca3bd342ad9ce70dd8ce53d7d70ba4","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-408","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-406",649,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-cover.jpg"]