[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-really-am-a-villain":3,"chapter-i-really-am-a-villain-i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-170":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Really Am A Villain",{"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},1432845,1885,"Chapter 170 - Stepping Upon A Lonely Path","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-170",170,"\u003Cp>📢 New Novel Launch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder’s hands surged with spiritforce and struck violently at Little Gui’s right leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crack, the leg was completely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gui let out a muffled groan, gritting his teeth to keep from screaming. He shouted toward Xu Zimo, “Senior Brother, don’t worry about me. In the next life, I’ll still follow you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright,” Xu Zimo nodded. “Go in peace. The pain he gave you, I’ll repay him a thousandfold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t come any closer!” the elder shouted in panic, retreating several steps while warily watching Xu Zimo. “Or I’ll break his other leg!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what’s that got to do with me?” Xu Zimo asked with a curious look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you two brothers? Don’t you care if he lives or dies?” the elder asked in disbelief. “I never meant to kill him. Just let me go and I’ll release him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if we’re brothers?” Xu Zimo replied, shaking his head. “As the saying goes... Better him than me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, his aura surging like a tide. His blade, Shadow Tyrant, crackled with thunder and fire as it tore through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the elder, Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever felt death? The kind where you can’t live and can’t die, trapped in agony?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the light of the blade intensified, the elder’s face filled with desperation. His voice trembled. “You really don’t care whether he lives or dies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his words could even finish, the blade's radiant energy burst forth with a brilliant flash, streaking down from the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madman…” the elder whispered, his face pale. The blade moved too fast, he had no time to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment of panic, the elder shoved Little Gui in front of him, trying to use him as a shield against the incoming slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the blade was about to strike Little Gui, a dragon’s roar echoed across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Draconic Storm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In midair, the blade energy transformed into a colossal dragon. Its roar shook the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless spiritforce surged as the dragon, seemingly sentient, deliberately swerved to avoid Little Gui and charged straight at the elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder’s own energy erupted. One arm held Little Gui in front of him, while the other summoned a massive bear-shaped phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear collided with the dragon, and a deafening explosion rang out from all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the bear phantom was obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon continued its charge. Xu Zimo stepped through the air and brought his blade down, slicing cleanly through the elder’s arm that held Little Gui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snatching Little Gui aside, Xu Zimo tossed him away to safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon, having shattered the bear phantom, now surged forward with unstoppable might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its roar echoed loudly, and a storm of spiritual wind erupted around the elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a thunderous BOOM, the elder exploded, chunks of flesh flew through the air in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo turned toward Little Gui, who had still taken heavy damage from the dragon’s residual force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was a mangled mess, and he was barely clinging to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xu Zimo hadn’t acted in time, Little Gui would’ve shared the elder’s fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo shook his head slightly and pulled a pill from his storage ring, placing it in Little Gui’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had more healing pills than he could count, both high-grade and low-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pill dissolved, Little Gui’s torn flesh began to regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medicine didn’t just heal his body, it restored his internal injuries as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gui opened his eyes slightly. The intense pain had completely vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt a surge of strength throughout his body, he was more energized than ever, stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Brother,” Little Gui looked at Xu Zimo and greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you resent me for attacking without holding back just now?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Little Gui shook his head and replied, “I may not be anything special in this life, but I’ve always known my place. I knew Senior Brother would never compromise for anyone. From the day I chose to follow you, I understood my role, I’m here to help you with trivial things, basically to run errands. In return, you give me benefits I never dreamed of, like the Grand Emperor cultivation technique I’m practicing now. If it weren’t for you, I’d probably still just be an ordinary inner court disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you remember when we first met?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. You were at the mission hall, picking up your first assignment,” Little Gui nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo smiled faintly and gazed toward the distant sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone who comes into this world leaves something behind. Family, love, friendship. Sometimes I wonder… am I too coldhearted? Should I open up and let others into my world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a soft laugh and went quiet for a while before speaking again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But deep down, I have this feeling, a strange premonition I can’t explain. It tells me that in this life… I’ll walk alone. I’ll sing a battle hymn of one. I’ll step onto a path of no return, alone. Until the very end of darkness… until the world ends. That premonition has only grown stronger since I awakened the Hell-Suppressing Deity Physique. It’s like something out there is calling me... guiding me toward some distant celestial path. I’m destined to walk a different road.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Little Gui fell silent as well. Then he said, “Senior Brother, don’t think too much. No matter what happens, I’ll follow you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on. Hopefully I’m just being paranoid,” Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gentle sunlight bathed the Grand Myriad Mountains. This ancient range now lay in quiet solitude, untouched by human activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As autumn neared its final verse, the season’s last festival of colors played out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even under the cold sunlight, the weather remained crisp and biting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Northern winds howled through the mountain passes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barren branches stood solemn and alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if all of nature was preparing for winter’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo and Little Gui began their journey from the mountain’s midpoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darksky Tiger and Azure Flood-Stallion galloped into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their figures soon disappeared into the swirling dust of the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1038,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","f0217519dc75aa0886b5bd656ce956b01428e2c198dd9884773fb23c4fcda53e","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-171","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-169",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]