[{"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-1753":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},1434550,1885,"Chapter 1753 - The Strange Dried Corpse, Flesh of Longevity","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1753",1753,"\u003Cp>As the divine phantom appeared, its immense power stirred the corpse mist filling the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Ancient Heaven Dao Lord’s strongest move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heavenly God Seal,” he shouted. His hands moved at blinding speed, forming thousands of seals in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine phantom followed his motions. An ultimate radiance shone forth, illuminating antiquity itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the phantom’s hands, the Heavenly God Seal took shape and slammed down, sealing off the surrounding void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Infinite Dao zombies were suppressed, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move was extremely powerful, a wide-range suppression attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost was equally terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancient Heaven Dao Lord’s own strength was draining at a visible rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go now, I can’t hold on much longer,” the Ancient Heaven Dao Lord shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo nodded immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped through the air toward the dried corpse, intending to seize it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried corpse, however, remained unhurried, calmly watching Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not join us,” it said lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your body is excellent. It’s perfect for experiments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut the crap!” Xu Zimo roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Tyrant slashed down, surging with terrifying power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of the blade was immense, its momentum overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when it struck the dried corpse, it was still as if nothing had happened, not even a ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s useless,” the dried corpse shook its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, I am immortal. Any attack will be dissolved by corpse mist. You’re just struggling in vain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it finished speaking, it flicked a finger, striking Shadow Tyrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo felt an enormous force surge through the blade, as if trying to knock him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t believe it,” Xu Zimo snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised Shadow Tyrant and slashed more than ten times in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blades of light filled the air, tearing apart the corpse mist as the entire laboratory began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried corpse shook its head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It extended its right hand, and all of Xu Zimo’s blade energy was seized in its palm and extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, Xu Zimo’s figure vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried corpse turned its head, only to see that Xu Zimo had somehow appeared deep inside the laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood a small sealed door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is where Ruhu’s aura is coming from,” Xu Zimo sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The corpse mist of the Three Corpse Cave has been nurtured for countless years. Trying to kill you here would be nothing but a fantasy. Do you think I’m stupid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment he confronted the dried corpse, Xu Zimo had already made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless it was outside, without corpse mist to assist it, he might be able to defeat the dried corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Three Corpse Cave, the opponent’s home ground, a head-on clash was foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he killed it, what would he gain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true final boss of the Three Corpse Cave was definitely not this dried corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the white thread that led him to Lin Ruhu, Xu Zimo had discovered this door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ruhu had to be inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the Traceless Compass would not guide him here without reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Zimo standing before the door, ready to tear it down, the dried corpse grew anxious for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get away,” it roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpse clouds wrapped around its body as it charged toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more anxious the dried corpse became, the more confident Xu Zimo felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power vortex within him spun wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed down with a punch, smashing through the iron door, made of some unknown material, with brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the doorway was a deep passage, so dark that its end could not be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the left of the doorway stood a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gray corpse fire burned fiercely beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fuel feeding that fire was corpse after corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodies that had failed the experiments were either thrown into the corpse river or used here as fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Three Corpse Cave, corpse mist was the one thing in endless supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, such terrifying corpse mist could never exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cauldron, something was bubbling loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A corpse was being boiled within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already been reduced to minced flesh, the stench of decay suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried corpse, however, became frenzied and roared, “Don’t touch my flesh of longevity. Don’t touch my flesh of longevity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop, or I’ll overturn it,” Xu Zimo shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he had finally found the creature’s weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the dried corpse truly panicked and froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even sounded as if it were pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Put down the flesh of longevity, and I’ll let you pass,” it said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What flesh of longevity? It’s nothing but rotten meat,” Xu Zimo replied coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s rotten meat to you, but to me it’s everything,” the dried corpse said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s my flesh. I’ve boiled it for so many years, waiting for the day I can wear human skin again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dried corpses were powerful, yet they seemed forever trapped in this state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not become human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor could they leave the Three Corpse Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This dried corpse must have had a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desire to leave this place and see the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly are you?” Xu Zimo asked, looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I don’t know,” the dried corpse twisted its head, seeming confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know who I am. From the moment I had memories, I’ve existed in this cave. I want to leave. Only this flesh of longevity can help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s inside that passage?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tunnel was pitch-black, and he could see nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ruhu was likely inside, but he had no idea what else lay beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” the dried corpse shook its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside… ah, my head hurts...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be trying to remember something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its expression turned ferocious as it screamed, clutching its head and writhing on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight was horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After who knew how long, the dried corpse finally stood up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodlust filled its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die, die, die! My task is to kill everyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it looked completely deranged, roaring as it charged at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when Xu Zimo dumped the flesh of longevity onto the ground, it took no notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo did not want to tangle with it further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing simply could not be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the deep passage, clenched his teeth, and rushed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dried corpse saw this, it seemed afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not dare enter the depths of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it squatted on the ground, licking the minced flesh at its feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called flesh of longevity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, even after eating it, it did not grow new flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it began retching violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo did not know where this passage led.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only keep running forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Lin Ruhu’s white thread, this was his final hope.\u003C\u002Fp>",1160,"2026-06-06T01:07:29.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7d77c0a01ce9306abef43eb2673face00c2f0e9170d99b64bcc75d128e3f7e4","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1754","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1752",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]