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

As Zhang Lexuan plummeted, she suddenly realized that the black-robed man, whom she had sliced ​​in two with her soul skill, could still self-destruct! Knowing that she had exhausted her soul power and couldn't escape, she simply closed her eyes, a single tear sliding down her cheek: "Mom and Dad... Lexuan is coming to join you..."

Just then, Ye Linyi smiled wickedly and took out two "Flash Talismans" from the system shop.

Shadow Flash: Allows for instant teleportation, but only within the immediate vicinity.

[Ding! Purchase successful, 5 system points deducted]

Without hesitation, he crushed the first talisman, and his figure transformed into a stream of light, instantly appearing beside Zhang Lexuan.

He grabbed her slender waist, drawing a graceful arc in the air, and caught the falling girl steadily.

"You..." Zhang Lexuan opened her blurry eyes, and after seeing that it was Ye Linyi, she finally couldn't hold on any longer and completely fainted.

Upon seeing this, blood foam seeped from the corner of the black-robed man's mouth: "You brat, how dare you ruin my plans!" He frantically activated his self-destruct technique, and his body surged with red light.

Ye Linyi, holding Zhang Lexuan, gave the black-robed man a friendly gesture: "Bye-bye~" Before he finished speaking, he crushed the second Flash Talisman and instantly returned to a safe distance.

"boom!"

The black-robed man's self-destruction only stirred up a weak shockwave, barely shaking down a few leaves from the surrounding trees.

Looking at the "grand" self-destruction effect, Ye Linyi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "This isn't a self-destruction; it's clearly a dud firework!"

Ye Linyi gently placed Zhang Lexuan on the ground. Just as he was about to take out the healing pills, the girl in his arms suddenly coughed violently, spitting a mouthful of blood onto his clothes.

"Damn it!" Ye Linyi's expression changed drastically. "First Soul Skill—Shadow Transcendence!"

Amidst the humming sound of space tearing apart, the two figures vanished instantly.

When it reappeared, it was already standing in front of its own courtyard gate.

"Mom! Come out and save them!" Ye Linyi shouted, banging on the door. "Dad! Open the door!"

When Yang Liuqing and Ye Zihao rushed out of the house, they saw Ye Linyi holding a girl covered in blood standing in the yard.

"Xiao Yi, what's wrong with shouting so loudly?" Ye Zihao was about to speak when his wife glared at him fiercely.

"Saving lives is the priority!" Ye Linyi handed Zhang Lexuan forward. The girl's pale face was still stained with blood, and black blood was constantly seeping from the wound on her right shoulder.

Yang Liuqing stepped forward to examine the wound, and the ice crystals that had formed on her fingertips suddenly turned black when they touched it: "Highly poisonous, quickly go and fetch Old Zhu."

Ye Zihao turned around and went to invite Lao Zhu.

As the three of them carried Zhang Lexuan into the bedroom, Old Zhu arrived just then, carrying a medicine box.

Upon seeing the girl's injuries, the elderly soul healer's wild boar spirit automatically possessed him, and two yellow and two purple soul rings appeared around his waist.

"A wild boar martial spirit?" Ye Linyi asked in surprise. "Uncle Zhu, aren't you a power-attack type?"

Yang Liuqing smiled and shook her head: "You'll find out soon enough."

Old Zhu's pig nose suddenly turned bright red, and he pressed his hands against Zhang Lexuan's wound: "Second Soul Skill—Poison Healing Symbiosis!"

The black blood from the girl's wound began to flow backward, forcibly expelled from her body by Old Zhu's soul power. Immediately afterward, Old Zhu's fourth soul ring lit up: "Fourth Soul Skill—Wild Revival!"

Zhang Lexuan's skin regained its rosy color at a visible speed, and her previously disordered breathing gradually became steady.

Ye Linyi stared in disbelief at the scene, only reacting when Old Zhu stopped.

"Uncle Zhu, these two soul skills..." Ye Linyi pressed.

Old Zhu wiped his sweat and explained, "Poison Healing Symbiosis is a passive skill; the longer you're poisoned, the better the healing effect. Wild Resurrection, on the other hand, can activate the wild boar's regenerative talent, increasing the healing effect on poisoned targets by three times."

Ye Zihao suddenly interjected, "So, Lao Zhu, you're actually a healer?"

"To be precise, it's a dual cultivation of poison and healing." Old Zhu smiled as he put away his spirit ring. "But Xiao Yi, you're right, my wild boar spirit is indeed quite rare."

Yang Liuqing tucked Zhang Lexuan in and said, "Old Zhu, thank you so much this time."

"Don't mention it, we're from the same village," Old Zhu said as he left.

After seeing Old Zhu off, Ye Linyi looked at Zhang Lexuan, whose breathing was steady on the bed, and suddenly smiled at his mother, "Mom, so the Wild Boar Martial Soul can also be used as a healer?"

Yang Liuqing smiled and patted her son's head: "Xiao Yi, are you curious why the wild boar martial soul is a healing type?"

Ye Linyi nodded vigorously: "Isn't the wild boar a power-attack or control-type martial soul?"

Ye Zihao poked his head out from the kitchen: "Actually, we don't know either. All we know is that Old Zhu's attached soul rings are all healing-type, and he has successfully obtained healing-type soul skills with them."

Ye Linyi nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that the martial soul has undergone some kind of mutation..."

At this moment, Ye Zihao suddenly became serious: "By the way, Xiao Yi, where did you find this girl? And her soul power fluctuations... seem to be no weaker than ours?"

Yang Liuqing also put down her needlework and looked at her son intently.

Ye Linyi could only briefly recount Zhang Lexuan's battle against the evil spirit master, omitting the thrilling details: "When I was cultivating by the waterfall in the back mountain, I saw her unconscious on the shore and brought her back."

Ye Zihao nodded: "Then let her get some rest. Honey, let's get some rest too."

Yang Liuqing stopped her husband, saying, "Wait, Xiaoyi, you must be careful when you cultivate in the back mountain from now on."

"Okay!" Ye Linyi replied with a smile.

Ye Zihao suddenly slapped his thigh: "That's right, the task of taking care of this young lady is entrusted to you!"

"Okay!" Ye Linyi agreed without hesitation.

Back in his room, Ye Linyi moved a stool and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Moonlight streamed through the window, illuminating Zhang Lexuan's pale face. Her brows were slightly furrowed, as if she couldn't find peace even in her dreams.

Ye Linyi sighed softly, recalling the past he had heard: when Zhang Lexuan was twelve years old, her family was wiped out by the nobles of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

She escaped by hiding under the bed, but soon after, the Dragon God Douluo Mu En appeared, not only helping her avenge herself but also taking her back to Shrek Academy, where she became Bei Bei's child bride...

"This is clearly a setup," Ye Linyi muttered to himself. "Someone capable of wiping out her entire family wouldn't have discovered the child hiding under the bed? Senior Mu En's timing for appearing is just too perfect..."

Ye Linyi sighed, sat cross-legged and began to meditate, his soul power slowly flowing through his body.

Meanwhile, in a dark corner, two men in black robes were talking in hushed tones.

"Why hasn't my third brother come back yet? Could it be...?"

"Shut up!" the leading man in black robes interrupted sharply. "With our third brother's Soul Douluo strength, we have nothing to worry about."

The man called "Second Brother" retorted indignantly, "Then I'll go cultivate too!"

"Alright, let's wait until this mission is over..."

Their conversation was interrupted by a gust of cold wind, little did they know that the third brother they spoke of had already become a cold corpse.

At this moment, Zhang Lexuan was immersed in a painful dream.

She saw herself playing with her parents in the garden when she was a child, the sunlight filtering through the leaves and falling on them, warm and beautiful.

"Mom and Dad, what brings you here?" Xiao Lexuan ran over and hugged her parents' legs.

Zhang Lexuan's parents smiled gently: "Lexuan, your father and mother are going to work in a faraway place and won't be able to stay with you. Be happy every day and work hard in your cultivation!"

"No!" Tears welled up in Xiao Lexuan's eyes. "I want to stay with Mommy and Daddy!"

The figures of the parents grew farther and farther away, eventually disappearing into the mist.

Xiao Lexuan chased after him desperately, but could never catch up.

Suddenly, she saw her parents standing on the edge of the cliff, waving to her...

Ye Linyi stood by the bed, looking at the girl who was still trembling in her dream.

When he read this part of the story in a novel in his previous life, he felt sorry for this independent and strong girl who was burdened with a heavy past and treaties.

Now that he has traveled to the Douluo Continent, when he actually stands in front of Zhang Lexuan, that heartache transforms into an even stronger desire to protect her.

He gently held Zhang Lexuan's cold hand, feeling the slight trembling from her fingertips.

"From now on," he said softly, his voice filled with unwavering determination, "I will protect you."

The moonlight gilded his silhouette with silver, and the light in the boy's eyes shone brighter than the stars.

He recalled the pain Zhang Lexuan endured alone at Shrek Academy, her bravery in the face of evil spirit masters, and the image of her still weeping in her dream.

The words on those pages from my past life have now become a living, breathing warmth.

"I will make sure you never have such dreams again." Ye Linyi gently wiped away the tear stains from Zhang Lexuan's eyes with his thumb, as if polishing a precious piece of porcelain.

Outside the window, the night breeze rustled through the treetops, as if echoing the timeless promise in the young man's heart.