Douluo: The Fallen Garuda, Feathers Crossing the Mortal Realm

Late at night, in one of the main cities of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

At this moment, shouts of battle filled the Zhang residence, and the sounds of martial spirits and soul skills clashing echoed throughout the mansion and the surrounding streets.

Despite the immense scale of the operation, not a single patrolling garrison came to provide support.

At this moment, a stunningly beautiful lady led an eleven or twelve-year-old girl and a five or six-year-old boy into a very inconspicuous cubicle.

The cubicle was small, but there was still enough room for a slender girl and a thin boy to squeeze in.

"Le Xuan, quickly take Xiao Yu and hide inside. Don't make a sound!"

Yu Qingya looked at the two children with tears in her eyes, her heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

She didn't understand why her family was being targeted by evil spirit masters, and why they were so audacious as to commit murders in the main city where the Heavenly Soul Army was stationed.

What is the reason that no one has come to help even after so much time has passed?

What about the neighboring Soul Master families who have always had a good relationship? Haven't they always had business dealings with each other? Aren't they all like brothers with their husbands?

Why won't they even come to help with something now?

And what about the city lord's army? Haven't they always claimed they would protect the safety of the people and families in the city?

Why have they disappeared now that evil spirit masters are causing trouble?

"No, Mom, I don't want anything to happen to you!"

Zhang Lexuan looked at her mother, whose beautiful, slightly immature face was now covered in dust, but one could still vaguely see a resemblance between her and Yu Qingya in their features.

The rumbling sounds still echoed from the Zhang residence, causing Zhang Lexuan's slender waist to tremble uncontrollably, her pretty face to turn deathly pale, and tears to stream down her face, leaving clear tear tracks.

The boy whose hand was being held by Zhang Lexuan spoke up, his voice trembling slightly.

"Yes, Aunt Yu, Sister Lexuan is right. Let's run quickly. As long as we're not here, Uncle Zhang won't have to keep fighting with those people. We'll definitely be able to get rid of them and then they'll come looking for us."

Although she tried to remain calm, the trembling in her voice clearly revealed the fear hidden within her.

The boy's name is Fu Yu. He is just six years old, with delicate features, gray hair, and blue eyes. He is the child of Zhang Lexuan's father's best friend.

Because of work, Fu Yu's parents had to travel to the Star Luo Empire, so they entrusted the young Fu Yu to Zhang's father, hoping to take care of him for a while.

Unfortunately, this journey was one of never returning. The message that came back was that the caravan had encountered evil spirit masters, and less than one in a hundred survived.

In the end, Fu Yu, who was only two years old, lived in the Zhang family and grew up with Zhang Lexuan.

Yu Qingya didn't say anything, but squatted down and kissed Zhang Lexuan and Fu Yu on the forehead respectively.

Then he looked at Zhang Lexuan, who was older, and said in a gentle tone.

"Le Xuan, you're the older sister, you have to take good care of Xiao Yu, do you hear me?"

The children were still young and naive, but Yu Qingya knew clearly that those evil spirit masters would not give them any chance to escape.

Her husband had sacrificed his life to stop those evil spirit masters in the courtyard. She had to use this time to hide the children and then go to provide support. As long as she could hold out long enough, the children's chances of survival would greatly increase.

Regardless of the reason why the city defense forces did not come to provide support, there would definitely be a time limit.

If support is not provided for 10 or 20 minutes, it can be explained that the support is not timely. But if support is not provided for one or two hours, it is a different story.

Let alone whether the other Soul Master families in the city would agree, the Heavenly Soul Royal Family would also find it unacceptable; this is clearly a slap in the face to the royal family.

If several evil spirit masters were allowed to wreak havoc in the main city of a province for several hours, the city lord would have no way to explain it to the royal family.

Zhang Lexuan stared blankly at her mother, then seemed to understand something and nodded silently.

She didn't tell her mother that she was also a Soul Master, and even the youngest Soul Venerable in the main city, and that she could fight against evil Soul Masters like her father.

Because it's meaningless. Even the weakest one in the front courtyard is a Soul King-level evil Soul Master. Even if there were ten of them, she wouldn't be a match for them.

Her most important task now is to follow her mother's instructions, hide quietly with Fu Yu in the cubicle, and wait for everything to settle down.

"That's right, that's how a good daughter of yours should be. Hide with your little brother and don't make a sound. Everything will be alright."

As she spoke, Yu Qingya pushed the two of them into the cubicle, then slowly pushed the partition up, and finally glanced at the two children.

This compartment is located at the corner between two houses, making it very secluded. It is difficult to find once it is closed from the outside, unless a very detailed and thorough investigation is conducted.

Yu Qingya sighed, her gaze towards the front yard turning cold. She had to do what she was told.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black! Six-ring Soul Emperor!

Six soul rings continuously rose from beneath her feet, and a delicate, small silver bead appeared on Yu Qingya's head. As the light on the surface of the bead flowed, it was like a small, bright moon constantly changing its phases.

The ultimate weapon spirit, the Silver Moon Pearl!

Not only that, Yu Qingya also possessed several level-six soul tools, ranging from attack to defense, from ranged attacks to flight attacks, and even a milk bottle, which was extremely rare even in the original continent's three kingdoms.

After everything was ready, Yu Qingya lightly touched the ground with her toes, and the flying soul tool on her back spewed out several streams of silver soul power, carrying her straight into the sky.

As the soul rings on his body continued to flash, a small, bright moon appeared again in the sky above the Zhang residence, reflecting the silver moon in the sky and casting rays of silver light into the courtyard.

The continuous explosions rang out from the courtyard once again.

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Time passed slowly, and the roaring sounds from the outside gradually subsided until there was no more noise.

"Sister Lexuan!"

"Shh! Xiaoyu, listen to me, we'll be alright."

In the darkness, Zhang Lexuan curled up and hugged Fu Yu, comforting her younger brother while tears streamed down her face.

Just then, the sound of conversation suddenly came from outside.

"This couple is really troublesome. They have one soul tool after another on them. Damn it, how come I didn't know that the Heavenly Soul Empire had such soul masters?"

"Alright, stop nagging. It's said there's a ghost in this house. Let's split up and go find it."

"Alright, the old ones are all dead, so the young ones are easy to control. As long as they're still in this courtyard, my nose can easily detect them."

The sounds of their conversation gradually faded into the distance, but the information that circulated caused Zhang Lexuan and Fu Yu, who were hiding in the cubicle, to shed silent tears.

As Fu Yu felt the tears dripping from Zhang Lexuan's face, he made a decision in his heart.

From that evil spirit master's words, we can learn that he can smell the presence of living people.

This ability will certainly have limitations; the more people involved, the clearer it will become, and vice versa.

Thinking of this, Fu Yu looked up and kissed Zhang Lexuan's slightly pale cherry lips.

Zhang Lexuan was still immersed in the pain of losing her parents and did not understand why Fu Yu did this.