[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-389":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},336957,598,"Chapter 389 - 1 vs 1000 (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-389",389,"\u003Cp>A searing heat flared in my chest, like fire devouring my insides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gasped, my mouth wide open, drawing in desperate gulps of air ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to exhale them as scalding steam, mixing with the blood mist around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huuuuff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many had I killed already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cut them down—one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mouths moved, but I couldn’t hear a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they were screaming... a final cry before they left this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I left only the afterimages behind me, moving at the absolute limit of what this body could achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was struck dozens of times, but blocked them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like I could see the future—dodging was effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their combat styles, their movements...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if I had seen them all before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body shimmered with a black glow, shadow-like in nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My movements were incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One strike. Certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras no longer felt they were fighting a mere boy of eighteen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a martial artist who had trained for centuries ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demon forged through countless wars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that couldn’t have been further from the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> [Shadow Adaptation: 3\u002F7]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash right. Evade left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leap. Turn. Dodge forward. Faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if some phantom was guiding me across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind had reached an unnatural state of focus, completely detached from reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much time had passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many had I killed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whenever I paused for a second and looked behind me, I saw the nightmare I had carved with my own hands ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Severed heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spilled entrails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered chests and limbs scattered across the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lake of crimson blood pooling beneath their corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve killed so many...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when I turned forward again..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An endless swarm of Ultras pouring in from every direction, flooding my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And there’s still more...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I inhaled sharply—then surged forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes darted in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk Eyes swept across the battlefield, scanning every enemy with deadly clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huffffff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhaling more of that searing, bloody steam, I continued the slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to move faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those visions still danced in front of me—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My comrades, fighting for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, the whites of my eyes turned blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And reality slipped from my grasp completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew I had reached the strong ones—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I could no longer kill them in a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I was surrounded by S-Class warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battle-hardened elites who struck with deafening force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My armor—heavy and suffocating—was the first to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tore it off and tossed it aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My face was drenched in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to wipe it with my elbow... only to find that it, too, was soaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, black crows descended, feasting happily on the corpses I had left them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their caws, the stench of blood, and the blistering heat of war ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They blended into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield was now a pit of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpses piled high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood forming rivers beneath my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My enemies were growing stronger with every second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Adaptation allowed me to block most of their attacks, but the faster ones began landing hits now and then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet I felt nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes were fixed on only one thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them all!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I thought it came from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even after slicing their throats, the scream didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when I looked closer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I realize it was me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A war cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desperate howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thirst for blood I had never known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood flooded the ground beneath me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading blows at blistering speed with their strongest fighters, I came to a terrifying realization...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t even close to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every second, more and more Ultras charged toward me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what it meant to fight 1 vs 1000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept running like a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was breaking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was exhausted...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I never stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that place... I chased his phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phantom of my father—who had already torn through the Ultras’ army with a speed far beyond mine, and a strength far greater than I could ever match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to keep up with his shadow, I saw him glance back at me now and then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You still have a long way to go... a long, long way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bloody smile and a body on the verge of bursting, I kept moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew just how far behind I still was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I wouldn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wouldn’t fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what it took... this back would never touch the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hoooooooooooof...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aura of Darkness and Shadow flared stronger than ever before, reaping the lives of the Ultras one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mighty army of Nokron found itself in a state unlike anything it had ever experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surround him! Keep attacking!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of them screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s just one man! He’ll wear out eventually!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They brought out magical cannons, prepared to fire...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they never got the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was already too close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this range, weapons of mass destruction were useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had killed so many of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when I finally stopped again, I found my body in a wretched state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of cuts, burns, bruises—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every kind of wound imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bathed in red, my blood mixed with theirs, each passing second worsening the burning sensation in my flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I paid my injuries no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This body would heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It always had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it always would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come at me!! All of you!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absolute madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed at which I tore through them made no sense at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What swept over them wasn’t a boy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a whirlwind of blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monstrous power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when the Ultras realized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fighting a real monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhere else in the world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With wide, disbelieving eyes, Millicent stared blankly into the distance—trying to deny what her senses were showing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He killed... all of them? Alone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These weren’t weaklings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the Highbloods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elite of the elite—soldiers one could rely on in any war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their enemy... was simply too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mages were rendered useless the moment the anti-magic activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wave Controllers couldn’t even touch me due to my speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duelists and melee fighters—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were shredded by Shadow Adaptation, which allowed me to deflect everything thrown my way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what they tried, no matter how desperately they fought...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My blade would cut them all down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monster...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s a monster!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true monster unleashed upon them by fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few seconds, a massive shadow loomed over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when that colossal fist slammed into me, sending me crashing away with immense force—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone realized the other monster had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghoul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AHAHAHAHAHA!! Another one! More of the elite class!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stronger warrior!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towering at over six meters tall, with a destructive aura reaching SS rank—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence stood like a giant among his troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single bloodshot eye of his locked onto me, gleaming with a monstrous thirst for blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t realize...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was staring at nothing more than the afterimage I had left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in less than a heartbeat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was already standing before him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1244,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d607fb1b2ecff43c9cf402b68f99b9f7b532d1498a7b7f57def1f21d7f856dd","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-82","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-81",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]