[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-story":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-story-the-villain-s-story-chapter-386":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain's Story",{"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},747061,986,"Chapter 386 [386] Endure For As Long As You Can!","the-villain-s-story-chapter-386",386,"\u003Cp>Alan Peccator POV]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ran through the forest, trying to escape the horde of Jiangshi behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Supreme Dragon of Suleras urges you to escape the forest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suleras said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I know!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I screamed in my head. I could handle these Jiangshi but the problem was I was not confident enough to take them on without sustaining even a single injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Jiangshi we're is a formidable martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow infection rate:4%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to make matters worse…this thing increased again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is increasing even though I haven't been touched at all…damn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of frost lanesha urges you to pay attention to your surroundings.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved my head to dodge a metal arrow. It cut a few strands of my hair but fortunately, I was able to avoid an injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ran further ahead, without caring for the trees. I made the mana around me denser so I would breathe through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heavenly Sky Spear]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heavenly thrust!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, the spear proved effective against Jiangshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Lanesha urges you to pay attention to your surroundings! Think of another way besides running!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Infection rate 5%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OK, calm down. I need to listen to Lanesha and Suleras!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Draconic Transformation is being activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I transformed into a Frost draconian and flew high up, I destroyed the trees and soared high into the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But things didn't go according to plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of aura slashes came at me, I conjured up a shield of Ice to protect myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Frost Shield has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there were just too many. The aura slashes bombarded the Frost Shield and Slowly by slowly cracks were formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmmm….'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I saw the shield breaking, I prepared to cast a few glaciers and rain a frozen hell upon the Jiangshi but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something coiled around my foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I looked down to see what it was…I found it out to be a vine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Eh?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could process anything, I was dragged towards the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of chaos Suleras says he told you to pay attention!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could you maybe shut up?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used the skill [Chaotic Vigor] possessed by my armor and fired a Chaos blast downwards. Towards the source of the vine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large explosion lit up the dark world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I was not done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fired multiple chaos blasts till the entire forest beneath was decimated! A large crater lay beneath me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I descended into the crater when I saw multiple other vines reaching for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I descended, they retreated away and the jiangshi appeared once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So they attack only if I am away from the forest.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought. At first, I was wondering why the infection rate was increasing despite my not having come into contact with Jiangshi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did I realize it was because the entire forest was a shadow being…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infection rate was increasing because of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha warns you to be careful.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I unleashed all of the Ice mana I had into the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GLACIER has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be too much to use Glacial collapse here…so this is better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple glaciers fell from the sky and formed a circle around me. Acting like a kind of wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I controlled the ice mana in the surroundings and cast even more skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The objective is to survive…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I muttered as I planned to create a large dome around me. One that would hold for as long as I wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Frost shields have been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed the dome off with multiple shields of frost, each layered on top of another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now…only one thing remains.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I set up a gravity field and compressed the Ice as much as I could, making it tougher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it could truly be called an impenetrable defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space inside the dome is devoid of Shadow mana, so the infection rate wouldn't increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I enforced the same further with my mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how many attacks are coming from the outside…but damn is the dome shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hooo….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most escaped from my mouth as I declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can do this…I just have to endure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endure until the time limit ends, and I pass this floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just have to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>********\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wall of flame has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire storm has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hellfire has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah activated all sorts of skills of the Element of Fire and created a fiery hell around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was constantly firing off any wide-area skill he could use!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Fire Agri tells you to keep it like this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advised Agri, Elijah yelled at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was panicking currently, he didn't have any skills that could create a solid barrier that he could use to fend off the Jiangshi, all he could do was fire any skills he had! Continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long do I have to do this?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He questioned, And the tower responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Until the time limit ends.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah cursed the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire breath has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire Lance has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire Physique has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiangshi were endless, but Elijah still dodged the aura slashes that made it past the Roaring flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Infection rate: 6%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goddamnit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took in a deep breath, his chest puffed up and his neck glowed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[DRAGON FIRE has been used.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah used one of the strongest skills he had and decimated the ranks of the Jiangshi. Half of the Forest was gone due to the effects of Dragon Fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It surged forth like a laser beam and burnt everything to ash. Thousands of jiangshi were burnt to a crisp…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But tens of thousands remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah cursed as he took out an item from his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ring made entirely of gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah hurriedly inputted his mana inside the ring and it glowed with an intense light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Empire's Call has been used.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The black Tortoise Battalion has been summoned!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple knights, each wearing a set of extremely heavy armor and bulky shields, stepped out from portals created by the ring. These were all fueled by Elijah's mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Elijah:a reward for clearing the 20th floor. A ring that could call the forces of the Empire for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Tortoise knights formed a circle around him and made a shield formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endure for as long as possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordered Elijah, as he prepared himself for the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yelled once again, trying to motivate the knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endure only for a while!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hoped his mana would last long enough…lest he be devoured by the Jiangshi.\u003C\u002Fp>",1104,"2026-06-02T11:57:26.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","26ed626d63a3bbe9d3816fb5796e127e7a235e8429a7616b216785a0d0f12b3b","the-villain-s-story-chapter-387","the-villain-s-story-chapter-385",910,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-story-cover.jpg"]