[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-212":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},336649,598,"Chapter 212: Frey Starlight vs Snow Lionheart (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-212",212,"\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart's expression hadn't changed since the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His golden eyes caught everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lost count of how many times our swords had clashed by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he did nothing but defend...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't move Snow a single step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were locked in a tug-of-war between Dark Aura and Starlight Aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed like my opponent had finally grown tired of simply defending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened when I barely caught it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow's sword, almost piercing straight through my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Hawk Eyes, that attack would've ended me right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to evade, but felt the sting of blood trailing down my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while using Hawk Eyes to slow time for a fraction of a second...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still couldn't avoid getting wounded?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow began to counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Starlight trait, he launched devastating lightning strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strikes that forcibly pushed me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single second, Snow succeeded where I had failed all this time ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drove me several meters backward with just a few casual swings of his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then that youth unleashed a barrage of lightning bolts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely dodged by pushing Phantom Steps to their limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Step!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when I thought I was the faster one, he appeared right in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between us was erased in an instant ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword, blazing with Starlight Aura, enlarged rapidly before my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a desperate counter from my sword, infused with Dark Aura, I blocked his strike ... Yet I was sent flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rolled violently across the ground, struggling to catch my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Step!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my opponent had no intention of giving me even a second to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already right on top of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his blade, Snow unleashed a tempest of raging fire combined with destructive lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those devastating attacks overwhelmed me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely avoided them, thanks to Ascension and Hawk Eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Slash !*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I was too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword pierced into my left side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stumbled back immediately, feeling the burning crater left by Snow's strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't even seen him coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Step!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already in front of me, raising his sword and channeling a monstrous surge of aura, cutting vertically with brutal force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely managed to block it with my sword, shrouded in Dark Aura ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn't withstand the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was blasted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I struggled just to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Void Step!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascension burned my mind, searching desperately for a way ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A way to deal with this monster who kept closing the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing a terrifying mix of fire, lightning, wind, all wrapped in Starlight Aura...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart crushed me ..And shattered the entire arena in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't even trying to hit him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I could do...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was desperately prevent him from landing a finishing blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone watched in stunned silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the disaster unfolding before them ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the natural calamity that Snow tried so fiercely to drown me in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even realizing it, I found my body riddled with wounds left by his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stab marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't even know when I had lost so much blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my eyes bleeding ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy price of forcing Hawk Eyes to their maximum limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red veins inside my vision barely kept up with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was screaming at me, warning me that I was stepping into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel the heat radiating from my left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balerion was begging me to unleash him and strike back at my opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not this time, my friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a battle I had to finish with my own strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point where he now unleashed attacks through all six of his elements ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light, Star, Fire, Lightning, Water, Ice, Darkness, Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks came from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My blood continued to stain the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sword of his… it hurt more than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a relentless barrage of one-sided attacks, Snow Lionheart finally stopped and stared at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There I lay, amidst the wreckage, in a pool of red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience watched in stunned silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in raw power... was truly overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying there, Snow Lionheart gazed down at me with the same unreadable face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up. You will, won't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood, perfect, without a single visible injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how much I wound you, you'll get back on your feet. I know this won't be enough to finish you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Answering his call, I rose again, gripping my sword with as much strength as I could muster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, Frey Starlight. No matter how many times you stand, no matter how many times you fight back, I will crush you again and again... until you can no longer rise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how strong the will that had carried me this far,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was telling me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would not save me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart gathered a monstrous amount of aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First Sword: Mountain Severer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That devastating blow came crashing toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, I struck with a vertical slash, managing to split the attack in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I staggered back several steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before I could fully catch my breath, he was already readying the next strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second Sword: Sky Severer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he unleashed an even larger wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no choice but to retaliate—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten Thousand Steps of Shadow: Black Meteor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White and black collided once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His force was clearly superior, but I held my ground with everything I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the shockwave faded ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>my eyes widened at what I saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow raised his sword again, summoning an even greater surge of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Sword: Void Severer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—Damn it!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the strike overwhelmed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After barely enduring the explosive force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found my entire left arm soaked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Aura was still burning through my flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drenched in filth, drowning in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow raised his sword once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That power...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd could hardly breathe, marveling at the monstrous aura being gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same move that had felled Ghost Umbra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, it was unleashed through a real sword ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth Sword:\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing what was coming,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I unleashed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My strongest attack ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the strongest strike I could produce with my own combat style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I begged my battered body to endure just a little longer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to draw out just enough aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten Thousand Steps of Shadow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A luminous surge of Star Aura clashed against a darkness that sought to swallow even the brightest light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Worldbreaker !\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Infinite Darkness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening explosion tore through the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a terrifying pace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the light devoured the darkness ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his attack completely eclipsing mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness I summoned shrank to a tiny speck inside the ocean of radiant aura that swallowed the entire arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protective barriers barely contained the blast, but even beyond them, everyone could feel the power unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was trapped inside that storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming light finally faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart gazed forward in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, my broken body lay crumpled against the far wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started walking toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of his footsteps echoed in my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up,\" he said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can still fight, can't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant... I had managed to withstand the strike, somehow, despite the terrifying amount of damage I took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart knew it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spat out blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing all that blood pooling on the ground...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed so much, truly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1276,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","44f91933e916dbbef623f19ea92d3f125155384bd665a0ec8730c67e462d2813","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-213","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-211",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]