[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-398":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},336976,598,"Chapter 398: Battles of Life and Death (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-398",398,"\u003Cp>Seris had been smart. She had concealed her trump card until the very last second, unleashing it only after breaching his defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even her strongest ultimate skill hadn’t been enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s deal with this strange power of yours first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was grim, his face terrifying. Without hesitation, Baylor tightened his grip on her right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds later, a scream tore through the battlefield ... Seris’s scream .. as Baylor ripped her arm off, tearing it from her body in a brutal burst of violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crashed to the ground, blood gushing from the wound without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Held the tattooed arm—now severed and limp—before freezing it solid in one swift motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just like shattering glass ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crushed it into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seris stared up at him with bloodshot, defiant eyes, refusing to give in—even if it meant her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching her teeth against the pain radiating from her severed limb, she stood once more with a scream of sheer will, forming ice around the stump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath came in rasps as she summoned the last dregs of her aura, forging a new arm of ice in its place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panting, trembling, Seris tried to fight back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor looked at her, genuinely impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your determination... it’s astounding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut the fuck up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, Seris conjured a blazing ice flame around her new hand and attempted to launch it ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Baylor was faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared in front of her in a flash, and blood spilled once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a blade made of his own power, he drove it into her chest without mercy, flipping her world upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, all your desperate efforts are meaningless. You cannot defeat me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With calm cruelty, Baylor slowly pulled the blade out, then whispered beside her ear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This world remembers only the victors. There is no place for the cries of the defeated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The winner writes the rules. The winner decides who is right and who is wrong... who deserves to live, and who must die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing her by the throat, Baylor snarled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the victor, Seris. I am the one who survived! You fought for some ideal—tried to take revenge on me—and where did that bring you? To death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are the loser, Seris Moonlight. And in this world, there is no place for losers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coldly, he began tightening his grip around her neck. Seris writhed in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Baylor said ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had lost. And she was about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that very moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Polaris had already emerged victorious from his battle with Maria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant... the \"Last Survivor’s Blessing\" was no longer active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer were fate and probability being pulled toward Dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s when he appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pillar of flame crashed down from the sky like a waterfall of wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor’s eyes widened as someone ripped Seris from his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icy blue eyes met burning crimson ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix Sunlight held Seris tightly in his right arm—and with his left, he unleashed a searing blast of fire that engulfed Baylor, launching him hundreds of meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep your filthy hands off her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact of Phoenix’s fire was monstrous, blasting Baylor like a meteor strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, the young Lord of the Sunlight House took to the skies, carrying Seris in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dazed and wounded girl opened her eyes with difficulty...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw herself cradled in his embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recognized him—but he wasn’t the same Phoenix she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His once auburn hair now blazed like wildfire, and glowing red auras burned around his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His very presence radiated such heat that Seris, despite her freezing constitution, found herself sweating uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor... Phoenix...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t speak. You’re badly hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying at full speed, he rushed them both away from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s focus on getting out of here first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his ultimate awakened form, Phoenix was like a shooting star .. a burning comet ripping through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you find me so quickly?\" Seris asked, trying to freeze the gaping wound in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been ready to die only moments ago—until Phoenix appeared like a miracle and pulled her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His answer came brief, focused on the path ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I managed to repel one of their Lords... and then I moved right away to search for you. I felt your aura the moment you unleashed your final attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a faint smile, Phoenix praised Seris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve done well to survive this far. Leave the rest to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Lord of the Sunlight House was incredibly fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he’d found himself up against Godfrey, one of the Ultras Lords equal to his level, he had still managed to drive him back—soaring like a blazing comet to rescue his students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t considered the greatest talent of his family for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean the battle was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because just as they began to gain some distance from the battlefield ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monstrous presence stomped toward them, shaking the earth with each step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Godfrey had returned—charging with sheer fury, his golden armor shattered, half his face charred black by Phoenix’s devastating flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even now, he held onto his twin daggers, eyes locked onto the enemy who had humiliated him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This bastard... he just won’t stay down,\" Phoenix muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he turned around—still holding Seris in one arm—and raised his free hand toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, I’ll finish it properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand ignited, and within seconds, his flames had engulfed the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Godfrey, roaring like a beast, leapt into the air, cloaked in a terrifying violet aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a monster born for war, lacking in intellect but overflowing with killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Phoenix showed no fear—completely unmoved by the lethal aura crashing toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the most experienced. He wasn’t even a good leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the battlefield—he was a true monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warrior who had never lost a single fight in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eternal Flame Style: Eternal Blaze – Grand Phoenix Inferno!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fire surged and twisted, forming a colossal phoenix wreathed in divine flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phoenix let out a deafening screech, illuminating the night sky before it dove straight toward Godfrey in a blazing fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his massive size, Godfrey looked like an insect before that heavenly beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—without warning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire consumed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth around him, the sky above—everything was scorched in a sea of flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix’s fire was so intense, it could melt metal and burn flesh straight off the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Godfrey found himself trapped in that hell, flailing, burning alive .. while Phoenix calmly soared higher, leaving him behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t bother watching his enemy writhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already done what needed to be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the flames of the Eternal Blaze raged on, devouring Godfrey over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard he fought, he couldn’t escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And death drew closer with each second...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wall of ice crashed down from above, smothering the inferno in one clean sweep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor had arrived—just in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freezing the Eternal Blaze with every ounce of his power, he sighed while watching Phoenix fly off into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That damned Phoenix... he’s grown far stronger than the last time I saw him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t called the brightest prodigy of his generation for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, Godfrey. We’re not done here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expressionless, Baylor began walking toward the direction their enemies had fled, while the scorched and half-burned Godfrey dragged himself behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They may have escaped for now, but they have nowhere to go. Our armies are already surrounding the region.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever they run, the enemy will always be waiting ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn’t over yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1291,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","01478c46fa6a742b4a1e90b491eeb32d7d05234a2648a18657050e0939d4ac8d","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-399","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-91",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]