[{"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-430":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},1433055,1885,"Chapter 430 - Phoenix Perch Demon Forest","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-430",430,"\u003Cp>Xu Zimo slowly opened his eyes as the world before him stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped out from the teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casually asking around, he found out that he had arrived in Tranquil Heaven City, part of the Phoenix Perch Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked around the city for a bit and discovered that it was very small, almost the size of a small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having traveled for several days through teleportation, Xu Zimo was mentally and physically tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was also beginning to darken, so he decided to rest for the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found an inn, ate dinner, and returned to his room to study Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late at night, Tranquil Heaven City was especially quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Located on the empire’s edge, it had nothing to do with prosperity or bustling commerce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the city’s residents had already gone to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the still darkness, a sudden gust of wind rose outside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three figures in black and red robes appeared at the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood before the gate, silently observing the city for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the figure in the middle spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we sure? This is the place?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no mistake,” the person in the center nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did the organization say? Wipe out the city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The God Cult cannot fully reveal itself here yet. Understand?” the man in the middle said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what? Just us three to destroy the city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think they won’t be prepared? Just us isn’t enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what do we do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use someone else’s hand,” the man said, eyes sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Phoenix Perch Demon Forest was a vast expanse of wilderness that stretched across mountains, snowy peaks, and plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spanned nearly half of the Phoenix Perch Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a notorious danger zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only residents of the Phoenix Perch Empire, but even neighboring empires knew, this forest was a headache that had never been solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest contained only one kind of creature: Demon Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were naturally born spiritual beings, feeding on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They were generally gentle and timid, never daring to enter human territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they had a strong sense of territoriality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone entering the Phoenix Perch Demon Forest would provoke their aggression, and they would attack until the intruder was either driven out or killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the forest had long been the empire’s greatest problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to the demon spirits’ timid nature, humans and them had remained relatively peaceful for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent humans from accidentally entering, or the demon spirits from unexpectedly emerging, the Phoenix Perch Empire began long ago to build a defensive formation around the forest’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array stretched from Sunpeak City in the east to Phoenix Perch Valley in the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took hundreds of years to complete, using nearly every formation master in the empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, it successfully enclosed the entire forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>North of Tranquil Heaven City, not far away, was a section of the forest’s boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a fortress controlled an important segment of the defense array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was mid-spring. The weather was cool and refreshing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spring breeze blew from within the forest, lifting green leaves into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaves danced briefly in the wind before drifting to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop the fortress, the surrounding landscape could be seen for kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two soldiers in red armor sat on the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was an older man, the other a young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Han, can you cover me for a bit? I want to get some sleep,” the young man said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What were you doing all day again?” the old man snorted. “If something happens with the forest, what will you do then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh come on, Uncle Han, you’ve guarded this fortress for over thirty years and nothing’s ever happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man laughed, “I won’t be that unlucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned back against the wall and dozed off. Uncle Han sighed and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night wind picked up, and the sky grew darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those guarding the fortress, the worst weather was heat, heavy rain, or snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Han looked at the sky, then stood and gazed toward the Phoenix Perch Demon Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no idea that several shadows were creeping up behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gust of wind swept past his ears. Before he could turn around, a mass of black mist enveloped him, dissolving and corroding his body completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three black-robed figures looked at the young man still sleeping nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them kicked him awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Han, what are you-” the young man began, groggy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he saw the three black-robed figures standing calmly before him and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who… who are you?” the young man asked nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open the defense formation,” the figure in the center said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t! I was only assigned to guard this place. I don’t have the authority,” the young man shook his head quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what good are you alive for?” the one on the left said, and brought his hand down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the young man could even scream, the black mist corroded him silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What now?” the one on the left asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Check the formation first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three left the fortress and arrived at the formation's edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation was always active, invisible and intangible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood there observing it for a while. Eventually, the one in the center exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, “Looks like I was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the formation is one whole system, it’s actually made of many smaller arrays linked together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So we don’t need to break the whole thing? Just open a small gap here?” the one beside him asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. You two keep watch, I’ll try it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The center figure nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About an hour later, the formation began to ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-invisible barrier became visible, like a faint blue dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man took out a bottle of black liquid from his storage ring and poured it on the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling sounds echoed lightly from the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the array corroded and opened a small hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man waved at the others to join him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said seriously, “There are still three hours until dawn. We must complete everything before then, or we’ll be discovered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it,” the other two nodded and entered the Phoenix Perch Demon Forest through the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, the first rays of morning light crept across the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1075,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","ade6ea7a24a8cded5bcb36f648fe755197a55efe5926035aaebfa89b75cf6810","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-431","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-429",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]