[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive":3,"chapter-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Villain Is Too Self-Destructive",{"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},2282389,4465,"Chapter 22: Golden Core Battle? I Specialize in Bludgeoning!","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>The situation on the battlefield reversed in an instant due to Lin Xuan's return!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the \"Shrinking Ground to an Inch\" divine ability, Lin Xuan's figure was like a ghost, weaving incessantly through the siege of the three Golden Core cultivators. Every time the giant ghost claw of Deacon You seemed about to grab him, it would miss by a hair's breadth, only tearing through a fading afterimage. The attacks of the other two Elders missed repeatedly, instead accidentally injuring many City Guard soldiers who had gotten too close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You rat! Can you only hide?!\" Deacon You was so angry that smoke seemed to be coming out of his seven orifices. Lin Xuan's slippery fighting style left him with power he had nowhere to unleash, making him feel incredibly stifled. The old injury to his spiritual sense throbbed faintly from the frequent exertion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old ghost, if you're old, go home and retire. Why come out and jump around?\" Lin Xuan said while using his movement technique, using his words to provoke him. \"Look at you, panting like that—is your kidney deficient?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Detected Deacon You's extreme rage, emotion points +999!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, toward the Shanzhai gate, Black Bear, like a frenzied beast, led the morale-boosted bandits with a heart full of rage and frustration. Like a sharp blade, they stabbed fiercely into the City Guard formation, which had fallen into chaos because their commander was under attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Black Wind Shanzhai! For Advisor Lin! Kill!\" Black Bear roared, swinging his broadsword like a windmill; ordinary City Guard soldiers collapsed at the slightest touch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brick Squad! Smash them for me!\" a small leader shouted hoarsely. Behind him, a group of bandits threw bricks and stones soaked in black dog blood and inscribed with exorcism runes, specifically targeting those Nether Sect Qi Refining disciples and the officers among the City Guards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackle, pop! The sounds of wailing and misery were endless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Guards had already been thrown into disarray by Lin Xuan's surprise attack. Now, being charged by this group of bandits who were like mad tigers released from their cages, they immediately collapsed! Once the formation broke, their individual combat strength was far inferior to these bandits who licked blood off their blades, and the scene became completely one-sided!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji had just steadied himself when he saw his army being beaten back step by step by a group of bandits. He was both shocked and furious: \"Hold the line! Everyone, hold the line for this City Lord!\" However, no sooner had he finished speaking than his warhorse's front hooves inexplicably went soft (the Misfortune Curse took effect), throwing him directly from the saddle. He fell in a heap, which only caused the army's morale to plummet further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The City Lord has fallen from his horse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defeat was like a collapsing mountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the situation was lost, Deacon You knew he could not drag this out any longer. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes as he shouted to the two Elders: \"Form the Three Talents Nether Array! Trap him! At any cost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Golden Core cultivators instantly abandoned the pursuit and stood in a triangular formation, forming strange hand seals. Death energy as thick as ink surged from their bodies, rapidly intertwining to form a massive black triangular cage. It emitted fluctuations that suppressed space and descended upon Lin Xuan's head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this array appeared, Lin Xuan immediately felt the surrounding air become incredibly viscous, and the use of \"Shrinking Ground to an Inch\" was severely restricted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's see where you can run now!\" Deacon You sneered. The three of them simultaneously channeled their spiritual power, and the black cage rapidly contracted. Corrosive Nether chains shot out from the inner walls of the cage, winding toward Lin Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this critical moment, Lin Xuan remained calm. He had been waiting for this very opportunity—the moment the enemy gave up movement to focus entirely on forming the array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System! Use the Luck Plunder Talisman, target: Deacon You!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Luck Plunder Talisman (Primary) used! Successfully stole a small amount of the target's luck. Duration: one stick of incense!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible wave of power swept past. Deacon You inexplicably felt a palpitation, as if he had lost something important, yet he could not say what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this flash of lightning, Lin Xuan made a move that no one expected!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not attempt to force his way out of the cage, nor did he dodge the Nether chains. Instead, he poured all his spiritual power, along with the faint trace of luck he had just plundered, into his legs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shrinking Ground to an Inch\"—Limit Burst!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body emitted a groan of unbearable strain, but his speed increased to an incredible extreme in an instant! In the split second before the black cage completely closed, he forcibly rushed out as if teleporting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the direction he rushed was not away, but straight toward one of the Golden Core early-stage Nether Sect Elders who was temporarily unable to move due to maintaining the array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!\" That Elder's pupils shrank. He never expected Lin Xuan to break through the Three Talents Nether Array, nor did he expect him to charge back fearlessly! In his haste, he could only barely raise his arms to condense death energy for defense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your opponent is me!\" Deacon You and the other Elder were shocked and furious, rushing to provide aid, but the backlash from the array and the gap between old power fading and new power not yet born made them a beat too slow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was that half-beat that decided life and death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat this—Exorcism, Super, Invincible, Brick!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden light flashed in Lin Xuan's hand. It was not some profound technique, but... a golden brick, wrapped in his pure Golden Core spiritual power, with an enhanced exorcism rune redrawn on it using cinnabar mixed with his own essence blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brick left his hand, moving faster than spiritual sense could track. Carrying the full force of Lin Xuan's Golden Core stage, the ultimate suppression of Nether arts, and that trace of strange luck just plundered—which disrupted the opponent's fortune—it ignored the death energy defense the Elder had hastily set up, like a meteor chasing the moon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—!\" The Elder's eyes were filled with terror and disbelief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Squish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A teeth-grinding, muffled thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That golden, glowing brick struck the back of his head with pinpoint accuracy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to stand still at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful spiritual energy, the overbearing exorcism rune, and the strange misfortune luck—the three combined to instantly destroy his protective death energy, shatter his skull, and even annihilate his soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expression on his face froze in shock and bewilderment. His body swayed, then he fell straight down from the air, his breath completely gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One brick! Smashed a Golden Core to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire battlefield fell into a momentary deathly stillness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the crazed, charging bandits, the defeated City Guards, or the remaining two Nether Sect Golden Cores, all stared dumbfounded at the fallen figure of the Elder, and at the brick that had finished its mission, its golden light fading as it dropped to the ground, returning to its ordinary appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brick... smashed a Golden Core Elder to death?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of magical realism is this?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Detected extreme shock and confusion from the entire crowd, emotion points +!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Detected Deacon You's Dao heart shaking violently, emotion points +1666!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Detected Zhao Wuji's soul flying away in terror, emotion points +1444!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Achieved the legendary achievement \"Brick Kills Golden Core\"! Reward: Slacking Points, special title \"King of Bricks\" (greatly increases affinity with brick-type weapons when equipped)!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!!!\" Deacon You was the first to react, letting out a shrill roar like a wounded beast! A Golden Core Elder, a pillar of the sect, was actually smashed to death by a brick right in front of him?! This was simply a supreme humiliation! A disgrace the likes of which the Nether Sect had never seen since its founding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Dao heart suffered an unprecedented impact at this moment, even developing cracks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Elder was also terrified, looking at Lin Xuan as if he were a demon crawling out of hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lin Xuan looked at his own hands with some surprise. He knew this strike would be effective, but he hadn't expected it to be this good—a direct one-shot kill! It seemed the combination of the Luck Plunder Talisman and the opponent's loss of composure had produced a qualitative change!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, suppressing his churning blood, and looked coldly at the remaining Deacon You and the other Elder, as well as the terrified Zhao Wuji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, whose turn is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was not loud, but like the whisper of the Grim Reaper, it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deacon You's face was pale. Looking at the murderous Lin Xuan, then at the City Guards defeated like a collapsing mountain below and his fellow sect member smashed to death by a brick, an unprecedented chill shot from the soles of his feet to his crown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that today was a total disaster! If he didn't leave now, he feared he would be left here himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat! Retreat quickly!\" Deacon You roared the order, no longer caring about face or the mission. His figure turned into a wisp of black smoke, fleeing madly into the distance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Elder had long since lost his will to fight and followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the two Golden Core cultivators fled, the remaining Nether Sect disciples and City Guards completely collapsed, fleeing in all directions while crying for their parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won! We won!\" A thunderous cheer erupted from Black Wind Shanzhai!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Bear and the others looked at the figure in the air, who stood like a god of war, their eyes brimming with tears of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan did not pursue; the continuous high-intensity combat and the use of divine abilities had taken a great toll on him. He slowly descended from the air, stood on the chaotic battlefield, and looked at the cheering crowd, finally revealing a relieved smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as his gaze swept over the equipment abandoned by the City Guards and the corpses left by the Nether Sect disciples, his eyes became deep once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collusion between the Zhao family and the Nether Sect was deeper than he had imagined. Although they had been repelled this time, the trouble was far from over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Nether Sect... having lost a Golden Core Elder, they would never let this go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a long, resonant horn sounded from the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up to see a sizable merchant caravan, escorted by a team of elite guards, slowly approaching Black Wind Shanzhai. On the flags, the emblem of the Four Seas Trading Firm was clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person in the lead, dressed in fine silk and brocade, was none other than the playboy he had met once before at the trading firm—Qian Duoduo. He looked at the battlefield below, which looked as if it had been plowed, and at Lin Xuan standing proudly in the center. A flash of surprise crossed his eyes, but he immediately returned to his usual cynical smile and bowed from afar:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk, Mu... oh no, Fellow Daoist Lin, it seems we've come at a bad time? Your welcoming ceremony is a bit too enthusiastic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan looked at Qian Duoduo and the team behind him, which was clearly not an ordinary merchant caravan, and his heart stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Seas Trading Firm appearing at this time—was it a coincidence, or...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter 22)\u003C\u002Fp>",1957,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","dbb890ef1a8d541dab12b378c012cc551b816d592949ebe37a7297cf4420cfde","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-23","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-21",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]