[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-story":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-story-the-villain-s-story-chapter-424":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},746549,986,"Chapter 424 [424] A fight against yourself.","the-villain-s-story-chapter-424",424,"\u003Cp>\"Ha…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a tired groan, as I retracted my spear from the throat of the White figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a notification appeared in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have cleared the 39th floor. The Trial of Spearmanship.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heaved a sigh of relief, exhausted. These trials are taking everything out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 31st trial tested my strength against my strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next ones tested my agility, combat, Reflexes, Mana, Endurance, And Even my own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficult ones were the 36th and 37th trials, which tested my mana and body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trial of mana especially…was just torturous. My clone could use my spatial and frost affinities to no limits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was swarmed with my greatest skills every second…it was nauseating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now I knew how my opponents fell when I dropped entire glaciers on them and used the strongest skills one by one. Whilst I had to be conservative of my mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt sorry for them, But I won't stop doing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the trial of body, which put me up against my dragon form with nothing but my own physical attributes was horrendous as well. Then I felt bad for the heavenly demon, who had to fight me when I was in my full dragon form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, I will still not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a sigh as I entered the lobby of the 4th lobby of the tower, intending to take a good amount of rest before challenging the 40th floor, which would probably be a fight against myself, but this time instead of specific attributes just a complete version of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope I am not restricted in any way though…lest I will be doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'These trials are tiring…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought as I sat down on the pure white floor. The 4th lobby was similar to the first lobby…just a plain, white room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference is that there is no black corridor like in the first lobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is nothing here, quite fitting of the themes of the fourth series of floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lanesha, can you wake me up in two hours?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I requested Lanesha and quietly waited for a response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed some rest, but not too much rest lest Samantha will suffer more. I need to hurry with the clearing of the floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha insists you need more rest!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I facepalmed. Of course…Lanesha is the opposite of Suleras. She is far too nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Suleras was here, he would have woken me up in twenty minutes rather than two hours. Lanesha…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why do I get the feeling she will wake me up way longer..?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know…I just have this weird feeling she will let me rest for a lot longer than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon Of Frost Lanesha smirks.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I saw that message, I was sure of it. She is not going to wake me up in two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh come on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lay down on the white floor as I rubbed my tired eyes, My body was aching in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My muscles were tired, my mana was nearly depleted, and even my head hurt a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha urges you to fall asleep.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I know that she only wants the best for me…But I cannot be relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget sleeping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I muttered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha is confused.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will just recover my mana…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using [Mana Mastery] would allow me to recover my mana and also strength, although it won't be as good as a full sleep, I don't need one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha urges you to rest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ignored Lanesha, and my own body's exhaustion, and activated the [Mana Mastery].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mana Mastery(*) has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The mana of the world obeys your command.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***********\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After three hours, Tower Of Trials, 4th lobby.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alan Peccator PoV.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whew…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood up, and after circulating my mana I felt rejuvenated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were still some sore spots in my body but… I couldn't help it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only I had the Phoenix bloodline with me, I would be blitzing through these stages, regardless of whether I was injured or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloodline was quite overpowered, and I didn't even realize it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only realized its importance after I lost it, which is quite sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I equipped my tattered armor and spear, and before I could say anything, Lanesha interrupted me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme dragon of frost Lanesha is angry with you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I apologized for not listening to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then moved on pretty quickly. Not paying her much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to challenge the fortieth floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said, determined to clear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already had an idea of what it would be about…But I was helpless about the restrictions it would place on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waited for the tower to answer, but strangely it took a lot of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes had passed before it finally replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The fortieth floor has been challenged.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Good Luck, Challenger.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What? Why is it different?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could question any further, an ear-crackling sound rang out, I hurriedly prepared myself, ready for whatever the tower would throw at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large amount of mana was abundant in the surroundings, and a portal appeared in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full, white Portal, which had a weird but familiar energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have entered the fortieth floor.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No restrictions have been placed on you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Trial of Thyself begins now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fight against yourself, armed with no limitations…and defeat yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large amount of mana rushed out from the portal. The quantity of it was so incredibly high that even I was pushed back a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A biting chill permeated the atmosphere, and the space itself distorted around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated a mana barrier of my own to protect myself and smirked as I saw what came out of the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A perfect copy of me came out of the portal, it was not like the white figures from before, which were just an imitation of my physique without my features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was literally me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The fortieth trial begins.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1020,"2026-06-02T11:57:26.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","41904f17d684543530c772d540b94f2153c47e1d03877c48db407385901eaaa8","the-villain-s-story-chapter-425","the-villain-s-story-chapter-423",910,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-story-cover.jpg"]