Have I Become the Villain? The Flaw of the Domain

Not enough!

Far from enough!!

That falling figure looked small, but the power it unleashed was enough to drive one to despair. This brat's strength was far too great—so great it was utterly unreasonable.

Although Zhao Tianba could still barely hold on, it was like lifting a stone lock beyond the limits of his own strength.

Even if he managed to raise it, his arms shook and his legs trembled. He was forcing himself to endure.

The slightest lapse in strength, and if that stone lock came crashing down, he would at the very least end up with a smashed head and bleeding face.

I can't hold on anymore!?

This freak is so strong... I'm being crushed and can't move... My legs are so weak... I have no strength left.

That sword is so sharp. My hand is cut—if I keep holding it up, it'll be sliced off, won't it!?

Give up!!

You can't beat him!!

Give up!!

This brat is a monster. There's no shame in losing to a monster!!

It's nothing. There's nothing wrong with admitting defeat.

Overwhelming strength combined with that berserk, life-risking momentum made one instinctively want to retreat.

This monster was not someone he could handle.

At this moment, Zhao Tianba's heart was filled with the urge to retreat.

"Thirty percent strength, 3,900 HP, level 39. Bear-type martial soul, assault type. His actual combat power ranks above average among those of the same level and type. His strength seems decent."

However, just as Zhao Tianba was still caught in his inner turmoil, Fang Le's youthful voice dragged him from illusion back into reality.

Thirty percent strength?!

That utterly dismissive attitude was truly arrogant!!

Why?! So what if this brat was a monster among monsters?!

Who do you think I am!!

He was not some machine for measuring strength. He was Zhao Tianba!! The Vajra Bear Zhao family's once-in-a-century genius!!

A member of Shrek's reserve team!! One of the future Shrek Seven Devils!!

"So what if I can't defeat you? So what if your talent is unmatched! If you want to hurt my teammates, then turn this roadblock right here into dust first!!

Ah! Ya! Ya! Ya! Vajra Palm! Break through him for me!!"

His unyielding heart gave Zhao Tianba the strength to fight again.

His muscles tensed, and his soul rings flashed.

The wounds on his palms, cut open by the blade, were forcibly sealed by his power.

The dim Vajra Palm once more radiated a heavy, dazzling glow.

At the same time, that unyielding will responded to his unwillingness.

His will once again gave him the power to vent his resentment, guiding his Soul Power in a furious charge toward the bottleneck that had long restrained his breakthrough.

Crack!

Crack!

-10

-10

As his Soul Power crashed forward violently, Zhao Tianba's HP bar rapidly fell. Yet in that instant, his aura changed, and the HP bar above his head abruptly grew by a large chunk.

4,000 HP!

Level 40! He had made it!

Without hesitation, his newly born power poured into the giant palm striking back. So what if Fang Le's attack was even more ferocious?

He, Zhao Tianba, was a berserk bear from Shrek. Wasn't it just a life-risking fighting style? He could do that too!!

Both palms struck out together!

Vajra Palm! Double Power!

Fang Le retreated. Before his astonished eyes, Zhao Tianba had forced him back.

Wait, could Shrek really be the protagonist? How was he already using the power of bonds?

Had that made him part of the villain faction?

Still, he did look somewhat like a protagonist!

But he never appeared in the future. Who knew whether he died or simply had no role to play.

Although Fang Le did not like Shrek, it would still be quite a pity if a hot-blooded guy like this died.

If that was really the case, then Xuan Zi had truly done Shrek great harm.

That fucking Shrek was doomed sooner or later.

While Fang Le was lost in thought, he looked back at Zhao Tianba.

At this moment, Zhao Tianba's arms hung limply at his sides. The veins on them had completely burst, and blood sprayed everywhere, dyeing his entire upper body a glaring red.

"Wooden post! My hands hurt."

The moment he finished speaking, the towering figure standing before the Shrek group crashed backward.

"Fuck, you damn bear!"

"Good! As expected of a student of my Shrek!! As expected of one of Shrek's prodigies!!"

Xuan Zi, who was watching the battle from afar, could not help but cheer.

His heart filled with delight, a chrysanthemum-like smile bloomed on his face. Full of pride, he looked toward the silently standing Di Tian beside him.

It was as if he were saying, Look, this is Shrek's prodigy.

But he had clearly bragged to the wrong person!

Smack!

With one palm, the smug Xuan Zi was once again suppressed with a backhand strike.

A prodigy? Hah!

That was merely the admission ticket he had just earned to stand before that boy Fang.

Understanding just how monstrous the youth he had chosen was, Di Tian said nothing and merely continued to watch the situation in the arena with cold indifference.

"Damn bear, if you can't win, then you can't win! Why are you risking your life?!"

Lin Shu treated the wounded person in his hands while nagging away.

By now, all the few male members of the team had left the field.

Only four girls remained in the arena: Zhang Lexuan and the other two, as well as... huh? Where was that leopard from earlier?

Fang Le counted the people in the arena, but as he counted, he realized something was wrong.

One was missing?

That bitch wasn't secretly planning to sneak up and hit me, was she?

-100

Fuck! I got ambushed!

While Fang Le searched all around for the hidden assassin, paying particular attention to his rear—

A slender figure suddenly launched a surprise attack from the shadow at his side.

Her claws sent Fang Le flying and instantly took away more than half of his already limited HP.

It was not a figure of speech. It had genuinely exceeded fifty percent.

Ridiculous as it was, it had truly happened to Fang Le.

It seemed he had been screwed over by his own domain!

Fang Le: (Soul Master)

Level: 19

HP: 50/190

Even though his physical fitness and strength outside the domain had already reached the level of a high-ranking Soul Ancestor—

Inside the domain, he was level 19. Though his strength and damage remained unchanged—

His HP bar was limited to the 190 HP that a level 19 could possess under the domain's rules!!

That's right! Within this domain, he—Fang Le—the master of this domain, also had to obey its rules!

Hiss... No, I need some beef to calm myself down.

Taking his stored rations from his backpack, Fang Le began eating as though no one else were present.

"(Chew chew chew) No sportsmanship. (Chew chew chew) You ambushed me!"

(+10, +10...)

"Mm. (Chew chew chew) I was careless. When my reaction speed and armor are low, I can't use this domain recklessly. (Chew chew chew)"

(+10, +10...)

As Fang Le pondered, his HP rapidly recovered along with his eating.

Before long, his HP had returned to its peak.

That part was quite good. At least it did not recover as slowly as it did in games.

He just did not know how quickly it would recover later with Golden Apples and healing potions.

"Phew! Full HP! I didn't want to close it so early, but who knew this damn thing would limit me too! Forget it, the sooner I finish testing it, the sooner I can shut it down!"

"Domain! Suppression!"

With a thought, an incomparably powerful suppressive force spread outward!

Level 49 → Level 40
4,900 → 4,000

"Eh!!! What the fuck?!!"

"!!!!??"

"..."