[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan":3,"chapter-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-278":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!",{"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},60136,84,"Chapter 278 When Protagonists Fall Short","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-278",278,"\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's eyes narrowed as he watched the scene unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought that Bai Xueqing would lose, she used the Technique that she found from ancient ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver-blue frost surged outward from Bai Xueqing, her Absolute Frost Domain twisting violently as it sought to subdue Nie Fengzhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Heavenly Ice Body, naturally the power behind the Ice Technique was far stronger than if it was another person using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Eh? Is Nie Fengzhuo going to lose?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Bai Xueqing not holding back and using Absolute Frost Domain, it seemed very possible that Nie Fengzhuo, the Heaven Chosen One, would lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan was very shocked by that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, Bai Xueqing's strength was stronger than he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was easily better than Nie Fengzhuo and while Nie Fengzhuo seemed to have grown stronger, he still fell short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(How can a protagonist be weaker than his sworn enemy, that too on the stage where he is finally going to redeem himself?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another thing was Nie Fengzhuo was injured from the previous match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the protagonist, until the final it should have been easy fights, or fights that further elevated his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no, he had to sustain injuries which further decreased his chance of winning and finally, it seemed that is how its going to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Did I overestimate Nie Fengzhuo just because of his Heaven Chosen's status?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power was more than enough to beat all the previous champions of the Dragon and Phoenix Competition easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that he overestimated Nie Fengzhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(It seems like I have greatly underestimated Chu Ziyan and Bai Xueqing.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, it shouldn't have been possible for a side-character like Chu Ziyan to injure a protagonist to the point that his real battle begins with sustained injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, he had also heard about Chu Ziyan forcing Nie Fengzhuo to reveal his trump card-Heaven-Rending Breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a technique of that level should have side effects that aren't easy to offset. He might still be suffering from those side effects after using it against Chu Ziyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, with so many variables in play, is it possible to change the fate that is already thought to be decided?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had bet 5 Million Gold on Nie Fengzhuo and thought he would become very rich overnight, but it looked like that wasn't possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasted 5 Million for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than that, he still remembered the bet he made with Bai Xueqing to avoid being nagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that a Heaven Chosen winning should be inevitable, he didn't care what bet he made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he couldn't help regretting it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo was caught in Bai Xueqing's Absolute Frozen Domain and with his depleted Qi, there was no way that Nie Fengzhuo could turn this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, it seemed as if victory might belong to his sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-crimson qi erupted with a force that shattered the ice, scattering shards across the arena like fallen stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo rose from the shattered frost, his blade now radiating an aura even heavier, darker, more oppressive than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasps rippled through the spectators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible... how can he...?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was he hiding strength all along?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he somehow reach the Spirit Severing Realm...?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's lips pressed into a thin line. He didn't need the speculation of the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crowd. He already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His frown deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(This is...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flickered to Nie Fengzhuo, the aura around him like a tyrant\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-crimson flames surged violently, yet the attack patterns retained a precision that spoke not of chaotic power, but of absolute control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation realm also seemed to have reached the Spirit Severing Realm, with his Qi now almost fully recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Du Changsheng must be lending him strength.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way that anything he was seeing was possible with Nie Fengzhuo\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His realm also couldn't be hidden, it was clearly Soul Formation Realm when System detected, so no way that he was hiding his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk! Can't take a loss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan said in disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of his Immortal Soul Feilian stirred beside him, a whisper tinged with\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That loser can't even fight on his own. Borrowing strength from an old fossil...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pathetic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan was half-amused, half-exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling the soul of Du Changsheng an old fossil was insulting, but she too was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the same, and was indirectly insulting herself too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he didn't say anything about that since Feilian seemed furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, that Soul is really helping Nie Fengzhuo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feilian nodded, her eyes staring hard at Nie Fengzhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan thought that perhaps, like every protagonist, Nie Fengzhuo might\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>have a trump card that could surpass his expectations, but no-he was just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! This was cheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan wouldn't have bothered if it was truly a life-and-death situation and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he made use of whatever was at his disposal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was a competition and that too between him and his enemy of a similar\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had lost, he should have taken it like a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no, he resorted to borrowing strength from another, just in order to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Bai Zihan, he lost all respect for Nie Fengzhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo might be Heaven Chosen, but with this, Bai Zihan just classified him as an ordinary cultivator with insane luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have a good mentality, and for Bai Zihan, his future was limited\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whether the system called him Four Star graded Heaven Chosen One or not. (Hmph! I should just force him to give me the method to resurrect the deah.) Bai Zihan already made a decision. Nie Fengzhuo was useless except for his technique to bring back the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Zihan, I will go and teach that old fossil a lesson!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feilian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan flicked his hand, not caring about her decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, beating Nie Fengzhuo and Du Changsheng at their own game might be a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bit satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stage, Bai Xueqing seemed to lose control of her power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Changsheng didn't know what was wrong with Bai Xueqing, but I was a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>golden opportunity to finish the job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing's knees buckled as jagged Ice qi erupted violently from her dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her meridians screamed, blood streaking the corners of her lips as ice cracks\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crawled up her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing hitched-fast, shallow, panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... no, I can't... I can't...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice surged higher, lashing out like a beast unchained, drowning her in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then- \"Calm down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a familiar voice, like she had heard the same voice somewhere but\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>couldn't remember it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't know what it was-whether an enemy attack or something else-but\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then realized that the being seemed to have helped calm down the Ice Qi in her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be afraid!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice echoed within her sea of consciousness, vast and immovable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is your power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, her rampaging Ice Qi had settled down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Who?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still didn't know what was happening, but having helped calm down her Ice\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi, she didn't become wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, before she could even ask a question-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now... watch and learn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the voice said that, it seemed like Bai Xueqing had lost control of her body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which made her cautious again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after the exhaustion from the fight and fear of her Ice Qi going out of control, she couldn't even contest or resist Feilian's forceful takeover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me show you the full extent of your Heavenly Ice Body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1250,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.492Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","e178639560ab1d7da0f80db6c413ca68add4519e993b5ae9b81fa1374ebb3bfa","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-279","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-277",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]