[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-60":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated as the Final Villain's Vessel",{"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},699852,934,"Chapter 60: higher than anyone else","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>I watched Garon charge straight at me, his fists hardening until they became tougher than metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chose to abandon my swords. Those low-quality blades wouldn’t even be able to scratch him, and even if I coated them with essence, it wouldn’t change much... they would probably shatter after a few exchanges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essence flowed through my body as the smile faded from my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he had gone through all this trouble to look for me inside this maze...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he had challenged me to fights many times before, but I had either refused or simply ignored him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suppose that blow I landed on him during the exam wounded his pride deeply. Then things only got worse after his loss to Elliot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it seemed he had decided to vent all that frustration on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to end this quickly and keep moving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I thought that, a thin layer of essence formed over my left fist—and at the same moment, Garon reached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an enraged roar, he swung his massive fist at me with insane force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my body slightly and let it pass without touching me, while channeling power into my essence-coated hand and punching straight toward his vital areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Garon Blackfall... you lost to Elliot without him even using half his strength, and you still have the nerve to challenge me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his other arm in a defensive stance and blocked my punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my fist struck his arm, a loud metallic sound echoed through the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And who do you think you are? You lost to him too—and you’re still running away from me like a coward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence I had planned to release upon impact flowed back into my body... after all, there was no point in releasing a shockwave into his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, another layer formed around my other fist, which had already reached his side—right where the liver was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My fist slammed into his body, and I released the essence all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous sound exploded through the tunnel as Garon grimaced in pain and was blasted backward into the cave wall, his back crashing into it as cracks spread along the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at me with slightly widened eyes, shock clear on his face, words forming on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Advanced Rank?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that reaction was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even with Essence Stones, no one should be able to break into the Advanced Rank in just two weeks the way I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because not everyone consumed Essence Stones at the same rate—it all depended on one’s level of control over essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it took me only half an hour to absorb a medium Essence Stone, it would take Garon and the others about an hour and a half...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Elliot was an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garon’s confusion lasted only a few moments before he regained his focus—only to find me right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what? You’re not going to tell me it’s unfair now, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My muscles tensed as I threw another punch at him. He blocked it and counterattacked with his other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? You think I’m a coward like you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... just an idiot,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leaned my body, dodging his strike, then twisted with the momentum of my movement. I coated my leg with essence and kicked him directly in the side beneath his ribs, the essence exploding on impact and shaking his internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was solid on the outside, the inside was still the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body flew along the cave wall, regaining balance several meters away, thin lines of blood forming at the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As I said, Garon... you’re an idiot. Just an insect in this world—one with nothing special except a ridiculous hardening ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My essence surged as I closed the distance. The moment I reached him, he tried to strike me, but I dodged his punches and retaliated with my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of you are just weaklings who think you stand at the peak of humanity, just because you’ve been praised ever since you stepped into this life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garon roared in fury and hurled his entire body at me like a tank, trying to crush me against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You arrogant bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gathered more essence in my hand than ever before. As his massive body neared, I stepped aside—not enough to fully avoid him, but just enough to place my fist exactly where I wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My fist slammed into his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the overwhelming power of my strike and redirecting the momentum of his charge through my punch, Garon was sent flying into the cave wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening crash echoed through the corridors as debris scattered everywhere. I didn’t give him a single moment to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I appeared in front of his body, stuck in the wall, essence coating my fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrogant? ... Of course. In the end, you need arrogance—and a lot of it—to reach where you want to be... and even a bit of madness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I punched him, driving him deeper into the wall, then raised my hand and struck again, without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A month ago, you had a chance to fight me. But now it’s over... no matter how hard you try, you’ll only see the gap between us grow wider.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to stand and resist, but the relentless barrage of punches left him unable to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I punched and punched and punched... without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the bones in my fingers break and deform, yet I continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to break him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Break his body and his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To show him his reality, his weakness—to make him stop this foolish behavior and grow faster...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after all, if that post about the game I read in my previous life was true—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity would need every bit of strength it could gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garon roared with all the strength he could muster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone like you has the nerve to say that... what do you think you are... a future king?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised my hand, already grotesquely deformed. All five fingers were broken and twisted in a bloody mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with a surge of essence, they regenerated and returned to normal—and I continued punching once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud sound echoed through the tunnel, like a massive hammer striking an anvil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A king? ... No... you don’t understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every essence-laden strike, Garon’s body was torn apart from the inside, while fragments of the wall flew everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many kings have there been since humanity first awakened? ... Maybe hundreds... but all they ever managed to do was cleanse a few insignificant lands in this world... only to die miserably in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand never stopped striking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will climb higher... higher than anyone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I struck again and again, until my hand shattered once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I will be the one who reaches the zenith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1161,"2026-06-02T09:38:17.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","e9a1db6f3a4f601dcd6b2cf2f669391250df792ef416b2aa7ade3f501538ab5d","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-101","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-59",183,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-cover.jpg"]