[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-178":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","THE VILLAIN'S POV",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},336865,598,"Chapter 178 178: Snow Lionheart vs Daemon Valerion","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>Daemon's fist came crashing down onto Snow's sword with violent force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The momentum sent Snow flying backward as both of them tore through rocks and trees like paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the whirlwind of dust and debris, Daemon grabbed Snow by the face and hurled him into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering power in his core, the Valerion let out a roar, unleashing waves of slicing wind slashes skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suspended mid-air, Snow remained eerily calm, a stillness unfit for the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Step.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's eyes were still fixed above—his slashes yet to land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Snow was suddenly beside him, his blade ignited with brilliant blue fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With blinding speed, Snow struck—but Daemon blocked it with the back of his hand, barely managing thanks to his lightning-enhanced reflexes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That speed…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon tried to counter, but found himself on the defensive—backpedaling wildly as Snow unleashed a relentless barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a single second, the white-haired youth delivered an unbelievable number of strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, it looked like he was wielding a hundred swords, his afterimages trailing like ghost blades in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon responded in kind—his fists moving non-stop, knocking Snow's blade away again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiery blue aura flaring between them from the collisions scorched the ground with every clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon… was defending?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he couldn't stomach the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, the Thunder Beast clapped his hands—so fast even Snow, with all his heightened senses, couldn't react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of wind blasted Snow backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon closed in immediately, his yellow Aura eyes blazing like miniature suns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle cry rattled the air—his fists, now brimming with terrifying amounts of lightning, came crashing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pummeled Snow from above with a storm of punches—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Rain of Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow gritted his teeth—and just as the flames vanished, a surge of icy chill took their place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolute Zero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire battlefield froze—the scorched earth now trapped under a sheet of frost, completely halting the lightning barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's eyes widened as he looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half his body… was frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Snow was charging in—now cloaked in Lightning Aura himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, red veins flashed across Daemon's pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Son of a bitch…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's blade tore into Daemon's frozen frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was stained with the tyrant's blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wounds opened across Daemon's grimacing body…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow didn't stop. His arm, wielding the blade, moved like a machine of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, it felt like Snow had completely overpowered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the illusion to distant onlookers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Snow stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, was forced to stop—when that muscular hand of Daemon Valerion caught his sword mid-strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gripped tight, blood trickling down from the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon, now bloodied, stared straight at Snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to his colossal frame, Snow looked so small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're using lightning… against me? Me!!!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grinding of teeth echoed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—and then Daemon punched Snow with such force, the impact launched him a terrifying distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't mess with me!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning-laced wind slashes raged toward Snow—Daemon standing in the heart of the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me show you… how you really use lightning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the lightning wasn't just overwhelming—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Headmaster Ivar Valerion, the Empire's greatest Archer, once said…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lightning… is a unique upper element.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not everyone gets the chance to unlock its true potential—most don't even understand it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to use lightning properly, don't amplify it…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do the exact opposite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The secret… lies in compression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon was dead serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compressed the lightning tightly around his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging thunder clashed and sparked violently—intensifying in power and ferocity…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Daemon kept it completely under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The densely compressed lightning began to change in color and form…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow stared, mesmerized by the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon descended with fists cloaked in black lightning—so intense it made every hair on Snow's body stand on edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew instantly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was coming was catastrophic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's arms moved with unreal speed, landing an overwhelming flurry of punches that dug deep into Snow's body, tearing through him with the devastating force of compressed black lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his Starlight Aura pushed to its limit, Snow struggled just to withstand Daemon's rampage—whose speed and strength had both multiplied several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll bury you here and now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow continued to retreat, step after step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-radiant glow of Starlight looked dim in the face of this erupting storm of black lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's strikes were too fast—his aura-infused fists kept Snow staggering with each blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's sword barely held up… his body even less so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the midst of that punishment, the golden eyes of the Lionheart youth stared at his brutal opponent—glowing brighter than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's mind was sharper than his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts… moved faster than his muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too fast...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this state of Black Lightning, Daemon was terrifying. Even if Snow used Void Step, Daemon would instantly catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was nearly unbreakable—piercing it was no easy feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Snow tried to widen the distance, Daemon would just bombard him with lightning-infused wind slashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses were honed to the extreme—sneaking up on him was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's eyes came to a single conclusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon was flawless. Ruthless. Without weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow couldn't see a single opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a spark slowly growing into a blaze…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow breathed in fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then exhaled—Aura overflowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inhaled pure energy…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this level enough to bring him down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this enough… to conquer him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of that overwhelming Black Lightning…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starlight exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's eyes widened as he suddenly began receiving blows of his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow was fighting back—blow for blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No weak points, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two clashed in a brutal tug-of-war between Black Lightning Aura and Blue Starlight Aura…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their aura collided violently, the force pushing both of them back again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'll become your weak point!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No flaws? Then I'll break you with something stronger than anything you have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Snow's answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ferocity. Nothing less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of his slashes increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in return—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's fists moved even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutal exchange of strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hot blood splashed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their enhanced bodies were struggling to keep up with the sheer pressure of this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HAAAAAAAH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both roared at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each trying to overpower the other—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locked in a savage contest of pure force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Daemon nor Snow would back down here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a little more…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a little more!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't let him push me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shared thought flooded both of their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He won't last—just a little more…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faster. Stronger. Harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, time itself seemed to slow down for both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite their young age… both were fighters. Naturals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battle-hardened, instinctive warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time—it was the white-haired one who acted first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon saw it too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice spears Snow had formed above their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same principle of lightning compression… applied to cursed ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a terrifying grin, Snow increased the speed and power of his strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get ready… it's coming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When did he even prepare this attack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even worse—Snow had kept him locked in close-quarters combat this whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spears would hit Snow too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Snow didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's see who can take more!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of that aura clash…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frozen spears rained down from above without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hit me with everything you got!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon gritted his teeth, enduring the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like a metal hammer was bashing their skulls repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But neither could stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever stopped attacking—would lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only took a few seconds… for the rhythm to finally break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's azurite blade pierced deep into Daemon's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon was launched through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their heads bloodied, their bodies wrecked—Snow had gained the upper hand, charging after Daemon with relentless force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, we both took the same hit from the ice…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow slashed madly, targeting Daemon's vital points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it was my ice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course the damage wouldn't be equal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tide had turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attacked violently, while Daemon barely blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Snow extended his left hand and grabbed Daemon's face—while Daemon's focus was still locked on the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't see that hand coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow applied gravity force through his palm, slamming Daemon's face into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he dragged him mercilessly across the terrain before hurling him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elemental chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow unleashed every ounce of destructive power he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon barely endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man clenched his teeth hard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His perfect body—refined to its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His immense power—and terrifying talent, said to rival Emperor Maekar himself…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of that… and he was still losing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this man standing in front of him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon felt his head boil with heat—sweat, blood, and grime blurring his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wounded lion roared in fury, his eyes turning pure white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every last drop of aura he had left surged to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black lightning expanded violently, sending out a shockwave of terrifying force—shattering the barrage Snow had just sent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't lose… even if it kills me!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind couldn't accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Snow… was worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart would never accept defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon's desperate counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's unrelenting assault—his body barely holding up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, everything turned red in Snow's vision…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strike after strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wound after wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood for blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That radiant sword—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those raging fists…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of their clash, they both saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just for a moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword broke through everything…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piercing without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon saw it coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow—his eyes now glowing with a terrifying blue light—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked nothing short of a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that sword…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sword made Daemon Valerion feel something he had never experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fear of defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality isn't always fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every story has a beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have no end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one understood what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying wave of aura swept through them both—forcing them to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cursed aura… accompanied by a dreadful sound—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wail of a beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just any beast…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Daemon and Snow turned their eyes toward the colossal \"tree\" that reached up to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing had split apart into eight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight massive legs buried deep in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them crashed down near Daemon and Snow—shaking the very earth beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And between those legs—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creature emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grotesque. Monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spider-like… yet more horrific than even the worst nightmares of Mensis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crying for this filthy world it had been born into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what the students across the island heard…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was not a cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the savage roar of a beast gone mad—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it began destroying everything around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those watching…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lady of Eight Legs…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in his wildest thoughts, he had never imagined Ivar Valerion would descend into madness this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He released a Nightmare Lord… here?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A catastrophe had descended upon them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Ding!–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nightmare Creature: Lady of Eight Legs\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Class: ??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Points: ??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunt has begun.\u003C\u002Fp>",1879,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","50fffc43667ef33a187c13db42c060f40beceaba9a16ef167dd904de035f51ad","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-179","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-177",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]