Douluo Continent: The Purple Dragon's Roar, the End of the Dark Abyss

Ye Linyi's face was ashen, his icy gaze fixed on Sister Ya, his tone devoid of any warmth: "You'll find out soon enough what I'm doing."

Sister Ya, completely oblivious to the approaching death, instead swayed her hips and joked in a coquettish tone, "Little brother~ what are we going to do later? You're making me so curious~"

After saying that, she gave Ye Linyi a flirtatious wink, while inwardly she sneered: I have four strong men backing me up, what am I afraid of! You pretty boy are just putting on an act!

Ye Linyi was amused by her stupid and clumsy appearance, and a cold smile appeared on his lips: "Wait a moment, you'll understand."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of loud crashing sounds came from outside the door. Four burly men were violently kicking the door, which was teetering on the verge of collapsing.

Only at this moment did Sister Ya completely shed her disguise; the coquettishness on her face vanished completely, replaced by arrogance and domineering behavior.

She walked straight up to Ye Linyi, brazenly looking him up and down with a flirtatious look in her eyes.

"Pretty boy, you certainly have a stunningly handsome face, but unfortunately, you're not very bright."

As she spoke, she reached out her hand, painted with bright red nail polish, wanting to touch Ye Linyi's handsome and aloof face.

As the hand, reeking of cheap perfume, drew closer, Ye Linyi's eyes turned icy, and he shouted sharply, "Get out of my way!"

Sister Ya's hand froze in mid-air, her smile instantly turning to rage: "Fine, fine, you've got guts! You just wait, I'll make you beg and cry to touch me!"

Ye Linyi raised an eyebrow slightly: "I'm really looking forward to that scene."

Sister Ya turned to look at the door that was about to be kicked open, raised her chin triumphantly, and said to Ye Linyi in a condescending tone, "I'm giving you one last chance. You have two choices."

"Option one: be my boyfriend and you'll live a life of luxury from now on."

"Option Two: have your limbs crippled and be thrown onto the streets to beg for money."

Which one do you choose?

After saying that, Sister Ya gave Ye Linyi a smug look.

Ye Linyi was so angry he laughed, his tone full of sarcasm: "I choose your mother."

Sister Ya was taken aback at first, then laughed angrily, gritting her teeth and saying, "Fine, fine, you've got guts! I like tough-guy pretty boys like you, I just hope you don't kneel down begging for mercy later!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a loud bang was heard as four burly men violently kicked open the already fragile door, sending splinters flying.

Four burly, menacing-looking men filed in, glaring menacingly at Ye Linyi as soon as they entered. They then fawned over Sister Ya, saying, "Sister Ya, this pretty boy didn't do anything to you, did he? If he dared to lay a finger on you, we'd cripple him immediately!"

Ye Linyi's gaze swept over the four people, finally settling on Sister Ya, and he said in a flat tone, "So your name is Sister Ya."

Sister Ya walked smugly to the four burly men, crossed her arms, and said arrogantly, "What? Scared now? Too late!"

Ye Linyi shook his head: "I'm not afraid, I just don't recognize him."

"I'll give you one more chance. You had to choose one of the two options earlier, so are you going to choose or not?" Sister Ya urged impatiently.

Ye Linyi's lips curled slightly, and he repeated the same words: "I still choose your mother."

"Good! Very good!" Sister Ya trembled with rage, and she barked a sharp order at the four burly men, "Teach him a lesson! Beat him to death! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

"Yes, Sister Ya!"

"Hehe, I love slapping these delicate, pretty-boy types the most!"

Four burly men grinned menacingly, approaching Ye Linyi step by step like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey.

Ye Linyi's aura suddenly intensified, and he said coldly, "This day next year will be the anniversary of your deaths."

One of the burly men sneered, his face full of disdain: "Oh ho? Pretty boy, gotta have a temper, all talk and no action? I'll see what you're capable of!"

But before he could finish speaking, a muffled thud was heard, and the burly man collapsed to the ground unconscious without even a chance to react, not even knowing who attacked him or how.

Ye Linyi withdrew the soul power from his fingertips, his tone indifferent: "There are three more."

The remaining three burly men's expressions changed drastically. No longer daring to underestimate him, they exchanged a glance and shouted in unison, "Attack him together! Take him down!"

The three men leaped forward simultaneously, attacking Ye Linyi from three directions with whistling fists and fierce momentum.

But in Ye Linyi's eyes, their movements were as slow as snails.

With a swift movement, he transformed into a ghostly black shadow, easily slipping past the three men and instantly bypassing the burly man, arriving directly in front of the pale-faced Sister Ya.

Sister Ya thought Ye Linyi was scared and wanted to beg for mercy, so she immediately sneered, "What's wrong? Now you know you regret it? Want to choose the first option?"

She was so caught up in her smugness that she didn't notice that the four burly men behind her had all collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Looking at her utterly foolish appearance, Ye Linyi softly uttered two words: "Having fun."

Before Ya Jie could react, Ye Linyi slowly raised his right hand, his index finger extended straight out, and a barely perceptible wisp of soul power gathered at the tip of his finger, precisely aiming at Ya Jie's forehead.

"Finger gun".

With a soft exhale, soul power burst forth instantly.

Before she could even scream, her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Ye Linyi coldly swept his gaze over the five lifeless corpses in the room, then looked at the completely destroyed door, his brows furrowing slightly.

Without the slightest hesitation, he channeled his soul power, rolled up the five corpses one by one, and silently carried them out of the hotel to a deserted wilderness outside the city, where he disposed of them thoroughly without leaving a trace.

While disposing of the corpse, Ye Linyi wasted no time and found an open area to test his Eternal Night Domain.

With a thought, an absolute dark domain instantly spread out from the Dark Abyss God-Slaying Halberd as the center. Ye Linyi focused his senses and quickly concluded that the current coverage area of ​​the Eternal Night Domain was a full three hundred meters!

Moreover, this domain can continuously expand as his cultivation level increases, which is similar to Tang San's Blue Silver Domain.

What surprised him even more was that within the Eternal Night Domain, his ability to become ethereal was greatly amplified: the duration of etherealization was directly extended to three minutes, and the cooldown time was shortened to two minutes; if he deactivated etherealization in advance, as long as the duration was less than three minutes, the cooldown time would be only one and a half minutes!

Even if you use it for two minutes and thirty seconds before deactivating it, the cooldown is still one and a half minutes.

This is undoubtedly fantastic news!

This means that his ability to protect himself has increased dramatically again, and even if he encounters a powerful enemy far beyond his own level, he will have enough room to maneuver and escape.

After testing the domain, on his way back, Ye Linyi finally remembered the important matter he had completely forgotten. He immediately called out to the system in his mind: "System, I have an Electrolux hidden in my mental sea, why didn't you tell me from beginning to end?"

[System: ...I thought you already knew.]

Ye Linyi was speechless for a moment, then couldn't help but exclaim, "666, you're really something."

His biggest concern was another question: "By the way, does Electrolux know that I possess a system?"

[System: I don't know. Without the Life Gold in your possession as a catalyst, he will remain in a deep slumber until you ascend to the God Realm, and it will be impossible for him to awaken.]

[System: Furthermore, given the nature of this system, how could anyone other than you possibly become aware of my existence?]

Ye Linyi was finally relieved: "That's good, I'm relieved."

Instead of returning to the exposed hotel, he determined his direction, sped off at full speed towards Dragon City, the northern fortress of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

After enduring wind and rain and sleeping outdoors for three consecutive days without sleep, Ye Linyi finally arrived at his destination – Longcheng.

This is a steel fortress built against the mountain. The city walls are made of black iron and rare soul guide crystals. They soar into the clouds and pierce the sky. Under the sunlight, they gleam with a cold and hard metallic luster, as solid as a rock.

The city streets radiate outwards in all directions, with the central area being a commercial district densely populated with soul tool workshops. In the low sky, floating soul tools shuttle back and forth, the buzzing of soul power detectors and the knocking sounds of soul tool forging intertwine, and the air is filled with the faint aroma of burning soul crystals.

In the shops along the street, valuable dragon crystals were displayed, which could only be used by activating them with soul power. The merchants had delicate threads of soul power wrapped around their fingertips, and the blue light reflected the greed in their eyes.

Ye Linyi had already changed into a jet-black invisibility cloak, completely concealing his figure and aura. His purpose for this trip was very clear—to infiltrate the Earth Dragon Gate and seize the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow!

In a place like Dragon City, finding an ancient sect like the Earth Dragon Gate, which has a history of thousands of years, is not difficult at all.

Ye Linyi casually stopped a few passersby and asked them a few questions, and easily learned the exact location of the Earth Dragon Gate.

Before long, he stood in front of the gate of the Earth Dragon Gate.

But the scene before him made him pause in surprise.

The so-called Earth Dragon Gate, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is actually a dilapidated ebony gate that has been eroded by wind and snow for thousands of years. Its surface is covered with ice cracks and is mottled and peeling, as if it would shatter and collapse with the slightest push.

In the snow on both sides of the door, only half of a discarded soul guide crystal glowed with a faint blue light, creating an eerie and abrupt contrast with the dilapidated and shabby door.

Ye Linyi was filled with doubt: Why would a sect with a thousand-year history be so shabby? It simply defies common sense.

He surveyed his surroundings and found that the Earth Dragon Gate was in a remote and sparsely populated area. He immediately decided to lie in wait and sneak in at night to steal the Myriad-Year-Old Mysterious Ice Marrow from the Thousand-Year-Old Cold Spring Well.

Just as he was about to turn around and find a place to hide, the old ebony door in front of him creaked open from the inside.

Two figures walked out of the door, chatting and laughing. A pretty and lively young girl was affectionately holding the hand of a middle-aged woman with a gentle demeanor but an air of authority.

The girl was none other than Nan Qiuqiu, the young master of the Earth Dragon Gate.

The middle-aged woman is Nan Shuishui, the current sect leader of the Earth Dragon Sect and her mother.

The mother and daughter had planned to go out for a stroll to relax, but as soon as they stepped outside, they saw Ye Linyi, dressed in a black robe, his face covered, lurking around suspiciously at the door.

In an instant, the three of them froze on the spot, silently sizing each other up, the atmosphere extremely awkward.

Ye Linyi inwardly cried out that he was doomed. Feeling guilty, he just wanted to slip away as quickly as possible.

Just as he turned to leave, the outspoken Nan Qiuqiu couldn't hold back any longer. Her eyebrows furrowed, and she demanded sharply:

"Who are you? Wearing a black robe in broad daylight, sneaking around my doorstep like a thief. What do you want?!"

Ye Linyi's heart skipped a beat. He forced himself to remain calm, lowered his voice, and hastily said, "Sorry, I went to the wrong place."

Before he finished speaking, he turned and fled from the entrance of the Earth Dragon Gate without looking back, afraid that staying even a second longer would expose his purpose.

Nan Qiuqiu was furious when she saw Ye Linyi's disheveled figure fleeing. She was about to take a step to chase after him, but was firmly stopped by Nan Shuishui beside her.

"Mom! Why are you stopping me?" That man looks like he has ulterior motives. Let's arrest him and find out what's going on!" Nan Qiuqiu muttered, looking puzzled.

Nan Shuishui stared intently in the direction where Ye Linyi had disappeared, then shook her head gravely: "Qiuqiu, don't act rashly."

"With you here, what am I afraid of? How can this be called acting rashly!" Nan Qiuqiu was still unconvinced.

Nan Shuishui looked at her daughter, her tone filled with disbelief: "You don't understand... I couldn't see through the strength of that man in black robes just now."

"What?!"

Nan Qiuqiu's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief: "How is this possible? We're in the remote Dragon City, how could there be a master stronger than you?!"

The shock instantly killed her desire to go shopping, and she turned around and walked back to the Earth Dragon Gate in a sullen mood.

Nan Shuishui sighed softly and followed her inside. The door closed slowly again.

Meanwhile, Ye Linyi, hiding in a secluded alley in Longcheng, was leaning against the wall, panting heavily, his heart pounding wildly.

Who knows?!

The scene just now was no less embarrassing and panic-inducing than being caught red-handed by the strictest homeroom teacher while trying to do something sneaky in class. I was so scared that my soul almost flew away!