[{"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-243":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},1432968,1885,"Chapter 243 - Fate-Reversing Pearl","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-243",243,"\u003Cp>The moment the giant blood tiger appeared, its immense beastly aura swept across the entire cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lowered its massive head slightly, its huge pupils locking coldly onto everyone present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can there be another one?” Lin Bao’s expression changed drastically. Feeling the pressure radiating from the giant tiger, his face grew grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Imperial Meridian Realm,” Tianshi muttered calmly beside him as he stared at the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll hold it off. You all run,” Lin Bao took a deep breath and slowly stepped toward the giant tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the beast roared, its aura as a creature in the Imperial Meridian Realm weighed down heavily. Some people on the scene were already trembling at the knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Lin, we’ll go back and get the Demon-Subduing Arhat. Just hang on!” a townsman shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no time. Go now, don’t worry about me,” Lin Bao shook his head. His expression was solemn as waves of blue spiritual energy enveloped his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Lin, how about I give it a try?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a calm voice rang out nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to look and saw Tianshi slowly step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guy stole my line,” Xu Zimo chuckled lightly from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been about to step in himself, but Tianshi beat him to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Tian, this has nothing to do with you,” Lin Bao said, shaking his head urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the giant tiger seemed to lose its patience. It roared and lunged at Lin Bao, mouth wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Bao’s face changed dramatically, he prepared to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, the spiritforce around them surged violently. A shout burst from Tianshi’s mouth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time Acceleration!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the law of time flowed. Tianshi’s figure appeared above Lin Bao in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of his sheer speed, several afterimages trailed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shockwave exploded in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianshi’s body swayed slightly, but the giant tiger was directly blasted backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chunks of stone and dirt fell from the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These Legendary Era monsters really aren’t ordinary,” Tianshi laughed as he shook his slightly numb right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-colored giant tiger stood up from the ground, eyed Tianshi cautiously for a moment, then let out another furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all handle the mutated female tiger. This one’s mine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Tianshi charged at the giant tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is he a celestial being?” a townsman muttered in awe, watching Tianshi’s silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the giant tiger was almost completely suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill the blood tiger!” Lin Bao roared as he led the townspeople in a full assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weapons were mostly blades and swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As dozens of weapons hacked into the blood tiger, the beast let out a furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive paw swept down and sent several townspeople flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly. He raised his right hand, channeling the Power of Creation, and formed a small knife out of spiritforce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently flung it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny blade sliced through layers of space and landed precisely on the blood tiger’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast let out a howl of pain. Its aura weakened significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aim for its belly!” Lin Bao shouted. All attacks immediately concentrated on that spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the protective barrier around the hunting team timed out and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing it would not survive, the blood tiger let out one final roar. With a death wish, it charged directly at the now-defenseless hunting team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all wounded, unable to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the beast lunged, panic froze everyone in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing’s face turned pale. Her instincts screamed at her to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this moment of life and death, her legs felt like they were filled with lead, numb and immobile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could even smell the blood in the tiger’s breath as its jaws opened wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its claws glinted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as it was about to strike, a pair of strong arms suddenly wrapped around her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Lin Qing turned her head, Tianshi’s face was right beside hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of spiritual energy erupted. The massive blood tiger was blown away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You okay?” Tianshi asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing, who had been frozen with fear, suddenly felt her body relax. She went limp and collapsed into Tianshi’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces flushed. Both lowered their heads, too shy to look at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh, so cheesy. I’m getting a sugar rush,” Xu Zimo muttered, shaking his head as he walked out of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t stick around for the happy reunion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, he looked across the vast land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legendary Era was a strange time, monsters ran rampant, and people struggled just to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was also the most honest age of all, where scheming was simple and survival was everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acting was a tough job. Xu Zimo had always believed that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But sometimes, you had no choice but to play your role, then bow out with style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exiting the cave, the group brought back the two blood tiger corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the townspeople of Greensky Town, those were treasures, massive nutritional boosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They returned in triumph. Life gradually went back to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except, feelings had quietly blossomed between Lin Qing and Tianshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they hadn’t confessed to each other yet, the two were already falling deeper and deeper in love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, Xu Zimo approached Tianshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’ve got something to say, hurry up. I’ve got a date with Qing,” Tianshi said, looking anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s about you two,” Xu Zimo replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about us?” Tianshi looked puzzled, then said in disbelief, “Wait, you don’t mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mean what?” Xu Zimo raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You like Qing too? You want to compete with me fair and square?” Tianshi asked suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, shut up,” Xu Zimo rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever thought about this, you're not even from this era?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianshi fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like you said before, once the timeline resets, we’ll return to the Imperial Era. What happens to Lin Qing then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianshi said nothing for a while. Then he looked up slowly and said, “I’ve never forgotten that. So while I’m still here, I just want to spend as much time with her as I can. Make her happy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The brightness we once had… we must repay it with loneliness in the end,” Xu Zimo said softly. “Don’t you think she’ll suffer even more after you leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest,” Tianshi replied, “I’ve been studying a secret method that could change fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Fate-Reversing Pearl, huh?” Xu Zimo chuckled inwardly. So the main plot piece finally shows up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did it work?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianshi shook his head. “It’s still just a theory. I only ended up in the Legendary Era because my experiment failed.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1117,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6458f0c0a190eeeda251a7b3a46d79d59fa7f0608ed16eeedf3b2d2c55f843f","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-244","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-242",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]