Transmigrating as an Extra Third-Rate Villain

His body stood hanging from the ceiling, no matter how much he told his body to activate the dash.

He was going to die...all because he had miscounted.

Three seconds.

He was off by three.

There is not enough time to activate the dash or form a corrupted wing to teleport out.

Not yet giving up, Ren immediately threw his hand that wasn't holding onto the ceiling upward.

With a split second, the fist of the hand was covered in pitch-black corruption and a centimeter away from the ceiling.

Feeling his fist crumble upon hitting the hard ceiling, Ren shuddered, biting his lip to distract himself and continue pushing upward.

However, even with corruption coating his fist, he couldn't break through the vaulted ceiling with raw power.

Tasting the salty and metallic taste of blood, Ren wanted his two divine blue sword slashes, at the forefront of the multiple attacks, to get closer and closer to him.

If he stayed where he was without moving and allowed the attacks to hit him head-on, he would die.

There was doubt about that.

However, as Ren shifted his gaze downward and saw a large pool of molten hot lava under him, a pained expression appeared on his face.

The lava pool wouldn't kill him...immediately, like the sword slashes and pitch-black tentacles.

Death up here would be just a short split-second of pain before disappearing...however if he fell into the lava, the side effects would be detrimental.

He would be burned on all parts of his body and have to suffer for minutes of searing and horrifying pain until someone got him out...if someone did, of course.

Then, even after being fished out of the lava pool, Ren would probably never be the same.

He would likely lose the speed that made him so special, possibly even losing parts of his body if something was too badly damaged.

Though all Ren could think about was the terrifying and saddening long-term and short-term effects of jumping into the lava, his decision was already made.

He had to survive...for the sake of the world.

How could he possibly entrust the fate of the world to some teenagers like Lily and Liam!?

Letting out a chuckle at the irony of his own statement, Ren smiled before loosening his grasp on the ceiling.

Putting down his hand, deciding not to use his time-stopping ability, Ren watched for a second as the attacks got nearer and nearer.

Holding in a bout of laughter as he saw two people riding a spear toward him, Ren sighed before completely taking his hand off the ceiling.

And just as Ren began falling, a divine blue sword slash flew right above him, cutting apart his previous location.

And as Ren got closer to the floor and the pool of lava below, countless more attacks whizzed by him.

A pitch-black tentacle actually stopped mid-attack and tried to readjust its direction so it could hit Ren's new location.

However, it missed by a long shot.

Turning away from attacks mid-descent, Ren grinned upon seeing Zeng lying on top of the unknown man while Raven watched from a distance like a spectator at a WWE fight.

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It seemed like, at the very least, the intruder was caught.

Lily should have probably connected Ren to the figure on the ceiling by now and recognized his scream so she would take care of the intruder that Zegn and Raven found.

That meant the mystical beast would not be released and allowed to rampage the capital city and academy.

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With a melancholy smile on his face, Ren looked straight down, seeing bubbles of air start to form on the surface of the lava pool.

Then, as two confused spear-riders stabbed their weapons at Ren's previous location, which was just air, Ren's shoes touched the lava.

Feeling the bottom of his shoe disintegrate under the heat of the lava, Ren braced himself, awaiting the searing pain that would eventually come.

However, as another second passed and both of his feet were submerged in the pool of lava, nothing happened.

Sure, Ren felt a bit hot, but his body wasn't burning or breaking down.

Was adrenaline keeping the pain from reaching him?

That, though, quickly disappeared from his head as his waist touched the lava.

Then, the next second, Ren could no longer be viewed from inside the vault as his entire body was immersed in the pool of lava.

Yet...his body kept descending and descending deeper into the seemingly infinitely deep lava pool.

Opening his eyes, Ren was shocked upon realizing he was still able to see perfectly despite the thickness and density of the lava around him.

"Also..."

Staring down at his palms, Ren couldn't help but question."

"why does it not hurt...?"

His entire body was submerged in lava, which should be around 1000 degrees Celsius, yet no burns appeared on his exposed legs or arms.

Was he fire-resistant!?

No...that's not possible nor plausible.

Reeling his own thoughts, Ren decided to just accept the situation as it was now and focus on getting out.

For all he knew, this lava-resistant effect he had right now could wear off at any moment.

At this point...he was too deep into the pool of lava to be pulled out.

As he gazed upwards, he could barely even see the ceiling of the vault, and with each fleeting second, the ceiling was getting farther and farther away.

He had two options now.

Up or down.

Shifting his gaze downwards, Ren attempted to find the bottom of the lava pool...but there was nothing.

The lava seemed to stretch on forever.

Realizing this, Ren immediately tried to go up, but since he was moving against the current of the lava that was pushing him down, his speed was extremely slow.

In contrast, if he tried swimming downwards in the lava pool, he would be more than twenty times faster.

Sighing, Ren shook his head and stared at his smartwatch...only to realize it had been fried by the heat of the lava.