[{"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-1723":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},1434520,1885,"Chapter 1723 - Crossing The Poison Sea Alone, No Path Above Or Below","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1723",1723,"\u003Cp>“What do you think?” Xu Zimo asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ouyang Xiu immediately fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what do we do?” he asked after a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Press forward and deal with it,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t seem afraid at all,” Ouyang Xiu said bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I even feel like you’re here sightseeing...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s nothing to fear... yet,” Xu Zimo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, sounds of fighting came from not far ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s take a look,” Ouyang Xiu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two moved closer and saw a group of people surrounding a green tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiger was very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was it strange? Because it wasn’t a real tiger at all, but one formed entirely from a pool of green liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the liquid lost its shape, any attack that landed on it seemed to melt away like water, completely swallowed without effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what made it so bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the tiger was being besieged, it clearly held the upper hand the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo recognized this group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the people Ouyang Xiu had mentioned earlier, led by Hong Ruhai, who was ranked within the top hundred of the Supreme Ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Hong Ruhai was wielding an enormous spiked mace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the group relied entirely on him to hold the front line. Otherwise, they would have already been devoured by the tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw Xu Zimo and Ouyang Xiu, it was as if they had seen saviors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shouted, “Fellow Daoists, save us please!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we saving them?” Ouyang Xiu asked Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you close with them?” Xu Zimo asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ouyang Xiu gave an awkward smile and shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nah... Not really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Xu Zimo and Ouyang Xiu had no intention of helping, Hong Ruhai grew anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a ruthless thought, he suddenly rushed toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to divert the disaster, luring the tiger toward Xu Zimo and Ouyang Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, these bastards…!” Ouyang Xiu roared in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, the tiger had already pounced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to have no consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it encountered living beings, it wanted to slaughter them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost,” Xu Zimo said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a thunderclap, his voice exploded through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deafening sound blasted the tiger straight away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiger crashed into the wall beside them, instantly dissolving into a pool of green liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green liquid seemed to sense Xu Zimo’s strength and no longer fought, fleeing toward the distance instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo flung Shadow Tyrant from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, it pierced the green liquid, pinning it firmly to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how the liquid struggled, transformed, or roared, it was completely useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hong Ruhai and the others wiped cold sweat from their foreheads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, senior, for saving our lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the words left his mouth, Xu Zimo grabbed him by the neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re quite bold, using me as a shield, aren’t you?” Xu Zimo said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not waste words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a twist of his hand, Hong Ruhai’s neck snapped, and his corpse was tossed aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, Ouyang Xiu was completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought Xu Zimo was just an ordinary rogue cultivator and wanted a traveling companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought this was a true powerhouse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, wait for me!” Ouyang Xiu shouted toward Xu Zimo’s retreating back, hurrying to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already been feeling despair after getting lost in the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it seemed heaven had not abandoned Ouyang Xiu after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss, take me with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xu Zimo had stopped in front of the pool of green liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressed by Shadow Tyrant, the liquid could not break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo crouched down and examined it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s poison, and it’s poison with sentience. Truly remarkable,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xu Zimo could not help but marvel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even poison refinement could create something with awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a milestone on the path of creating life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ancient powerhouses, regardless of their character, at least had an attitude worthy of respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike people today, who all talked about defying the heavens, during the era when the Ancient Gods sought the Dao, they did not oppose the Heavenly Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they tried to create life themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sought transcendence on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was precisely because this path failed, because even the Ancient Gods failed, that everyone eventually abandoned it and embarked on the path of defying the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Xu Zimo’s thoughts wandered far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he began experimenting with the poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that it was not afraid of fire, nor of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to have no particular weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its only flaw was its lack of intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stored the poison away, thinking it might be useful for research later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sheathing Shadow Tyrant, he looked at Ouyang Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go. We’ll keep going inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This should be the true inheritance site of the Poison God, right?” Ouyang Xiu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although the Poison God left many inheritance sites, none of them contained poisonous beings with intelligence like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo did not reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued forward through the maze, without paying attention to direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for half a day, the two finally emerged from the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead of them appeared a vast sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Xu Zimo and Ouyang Xiu were not the only ones to make it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people with better luck had arrived before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, all of them were gathered at the shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the sea had blocked their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more people continued to emerge from the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is everyone just standing around at the shore?” someone shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s just wade through the water, or fly across it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, someone snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you try.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stepped up to the shore as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly noticed that this sea was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it wasn’t water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to imagine how much poison it took to gather into a sea of this scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people sucked in sharp breaths at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got to be kidding. How is anyone supposed to cross this?” someone said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were unwilling to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said calmly, “We don’t touch the water. Can’t we just fly across?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, that person stepped into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the previously calm sea suddenly began bubbling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid behaved just like the green substance Xu Zimo had seen earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It began to transform into living forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the sea turned into towering giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others transformed into long dragons coiling through the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some took the shape of hawks, streaking through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, heaven and earth were filled with creatures formed from the poisonous sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who thought he was clever and tried to fly across was immediately surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What awaited him next were desperate screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people felt chills run down their spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is too terrifying,” someone said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How are we supposed to cross this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, do you have any ideas?” Ouyang Xiu asked Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just cross it alone,” Xu Zimo replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words fell, he ignored everyone’s stunned gazes and stepped directly onto the surface of the poisonous sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1225,"2026-06-06T01:07:29.137Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd285993f33b9fb99cadf9c438a381b38860a67fc38f7f808c8a2ca4ea8d836a","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1724","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1722",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]