[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty":3,"chapter-knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-chapter-160":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Knight: from Apprentice to the Almighty",{"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},1847874,2453,"Chapter 160 - 148: Slay! The Bizarre Membrane","knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-chapter-160",160,"\u003Cp>An opening! A chance for the killing blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp light flashed in Roland’s eyes. He didn’t hesitate for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gravel at his feet shattered as his body shot forward, like a bowstring drawn to its absolute limit and suddenly released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mithril Longsword, propelled by the dual force of his own forward charge and the Bear Goblin’s stumbling lunge, drew a terrifying silver line that was fast enough to blur, tearing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flowing Slash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade cut through the air, letting out a shriek sharp enough to pierce eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The target was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bear Goblin’s thick neck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow of the Death God instantly fell over the Bear Goblin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its crimson eyes shot open to their absolute limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within its pupils, the ferocity, savagery, and cunning of a predator...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...were all replaced in that instant by a pure, primal Fear that stemmed from the very instinct to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the instinctive despair of prey just before the butcher’s knife falls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the Death God’s scythe was about to kiss the skin of its neck...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something unexpected happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Bear Goblin’s thick finger, a plain, unassuming ring set with a Muddy Crystal Stone burst with a faint light without any warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a transparent film, visible to the naked eye and rippling like water, materialized out of thin air in a thousandth of a second, instantly covering the Bear Goblin’s entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mithril Longsword, which had torn through the air as if it could sever anything, slammed viciously into this suddenly-appeared transparent film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp hum, far more piercing and grating than the sound of metal on metal, echoed through the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if countless steel needles were simultaneously stabbing into one’s eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The film undulated violently, denting like the surface of water struck by a heavy stone, sending out dense ripples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive rebound force traveled up the blade, making Roland’s arm go numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frozen Fear in the Bear Goblin’s eyes seemed to thaw slightly, and a hint of wild joy and mockery—the elation of having survived—flashed across them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that flicker of relief had barely appeared when...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just... BREAK!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roland’s roar thundered like a sudden clap of thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current of energy flowing like magma inside him began to circulate at an unprecedented, frantic speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Fighting Spirit in his body surged like a bursting dam, pouring recklessly into the edge of his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the terrifying Power stacked layer by layer in the life-or-death struggle, brought on by his Fermented Battle Intent Trait and combined with the might of Flowing Slash, was completely detonated in that one moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mithril Longsword began to hum, vibrating at a high frequency as if it couldn’t bear the load.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft sound, like a bubble bursting, was heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seemingly indestructible film was instantly covered in a spiderweb of cracks, like fragile glass, and then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...it shattered with a crash, dissolving into motes of dissipating light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild joy and mockery in the Bear Goblin’s eyes froze solid the moment the film broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its place was a despair ten times stronger than before, one that chilled it to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade met no more resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold gleam of Mithril, carrying with it the resolve to sever all, sliced smoothly through the Bear Goblin’s tough hide, thick muscle, and hard neck bone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SCHLICK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wet, muffled sound of a sharp edge cutting through flesh and bone became the clearest sound on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to stretch in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bear Goblin’s hideous head, its face frozen with ultimate Fear and disbelief, was pushed into the air by a fountain-like pillar of dark red blood, slowly, gradually, separating from its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rain of blood flew through the air, dyeing the cracked ground red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive head carved a grim arc through the air before landing with a heavy THUD on the gravel nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rolled a few times, its eyes wide open, staring blankly at the headless body that once belonged to it, which was now gushing blood like a crazed fountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous, headless body stood stiffly in place for a moment that felt as long as a century, before it collapsed forward like all its bones had been removed, crashing to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>",735,"2026-06-09T07:01:39.615Z",1,"novelbin.me","52223edd62415d7296c7b768680847f22ca481b3b369950a60f64b1d2efda311","knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-chapter-161","knight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-chapter-159",216,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fknight-from-apprentice-to-the-almighty-cover.jpg"]