Douluo Continent: We agreed on a simulation, but they've come to life?

"elder brother!"

A soft, coquettish voice came from inside the curtained room.

As the curtains drew nearer, one was lifted, revealing a girl with one hand tying her wet hair back as she leaned closer. "Towel! Help me dry myself off..."

Lu Cheng snapped out of his daze: "Okay."

He gently wiped the girl's long, black hair, the mist filling the air. The girl leaned against him, greedily inhaling his scent, a hint of shyness flashing in her beautiful eyes.

Actually, she always felt that the medicinal bath and whale gelatin were enough. The former was too troublesome, and the latter was bitter and astringent. But since he could help her dry her hair every time she took a medicinal bath, she never resisted this monthly tenderness, even though she felt it was unnecessary.

Lu Cheng picked up a piece of millennium whale glue, a wisp of crimson heat rising from his palm as he slowly melted it, then dripped it into the girl's mouth.

"Hold your breath and concentrate, circulate your internal energy..."

Lu Cheng ruthlessly straightened the girl who was still trying to stay in his arms, and the two sat cross-legged facing each other. His eyes softened: "I will help you refine it, so don't think about slacking off."

"Oh..." Zhang Lexuan was somewhat reluctant.

However, due to the oppressive gaze of Lu Cheng, she still began to circulate her cultivation technique. A hissing sound rang out, and a cloud of mist emanated from the girl's body.

A wave of heat surged through the girl's body like a headless fly, running wildly around.

Zhang Lexuan raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with innocence.

"Brother, I can't handle it..."

"Ugh."

Lu Cheng sighed softly and shook his head.

A surge of heat rose around him, and he placed his hand on the girl's shoulder. A rich, pure, and refined aura flowed in, absorbing the energy emanating from the whale glue, eventually attaching itself to the girl's meridians and bones, nourishing her physical body...

Chapter 6 The Night of the Extermination

"With the aid of a medicinal bath and my assistance in refining it, this whale glue will finally achieve its full potential..."

Lu Cheng looked at the girl's flushed face and said softly.

Whale glue is something that ordinary people can't afford.

Of course, the main reason is poverty, which is why they are so careful not to waste a single penny. After all, a single piece of Millennium Whale Glue would cost at least 30,000 Gold Soul Coins on the market. Even if they only bought one piece a month, it would still be a considerable expense.

"One piece of millennium whale glue a month, what kind of good person eats like that..." Zhang Lexuan leaned against Lu Cheng's chest and muttered to herself.

"Besides, shouldn't Soul Masters focus more on Soul Power and Martial Soul? Why keep focusing on physique?"

"But I haven't seen you achieve much in terms of martial spirit." Lu Cheng found it amusing and gently tapped the girl's brow.

"Well……"

"By the way, brother, my birthday is coming soon, aren't you going to give me a present?" The girl's beautiful eyes darted around, revealing a grin, as she put her arms around Lu Cheng's neck.

"A gift?" Lu Cheng was taken aback.

"It's quite a coincidence... I came across a piece of jewelry at the market the other day that is quite comparable to your appearance." As she spoke, she took out a jade-green hairpin from her storage ring. The end of the hairpin was a wind chime of the same color. When the breeze blew, it made a pleasant sound.

"Beautiful!" Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes lit up for a moment.

"Brother, help me put it on!"

As she spoke, she straightened up, turned her back to Lu Cheng, and let her long, beautiful black hair fall down.

"Yes, it's beautiful..."

Lu Cheng looked at the playful girl with her hair tied up with a hairpin and turned her head, his eyes momentarily dazed.

But next second.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

An intense, biting chill swept over my entire body.

This is……

"boom!"

With a deafening roar shattering the silence of the night, a deadly scheme was about to unfold.

Lu Cheng, looking disheveled, carried Zhang Lexuan in his arms. With a roll, fiery wings instantly sprouted from his back, like a bright flame that burned straight through the roof of the bamboo house. However, instead of fleeing into the distance, he stood quietly in mid-air.

The next moment, the bamboo house had already turned to dust and smoke, a charred mess. If the reaction had been even a second slower...

Lu Cheng's eyes flickered, and the Lu family guards who had been hiding not far from the bamboo house were already bleeding from all seven orifices and were silent.

At a distance of about 100 meters, three figures slowly approached in a triangular formation, all clad in black robes and exuding a chilling aura.

Evil Soul Master...

The night of annihilation finally arrived.

The original peace and beauty were cruelly torn apart, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion. Only the hairpin on the girl's head swayed, making a clear, silvery sound.

"Brother, brother... I'm scared." Tears welled up in Zhang Lexuan's eyes. This flower, raised in a greenhouse, had never seen anything like this before. She hid in Lu Cheng's arms, clutching her sleeves tightly, trembling.

"It's okay, I'm here."

Lu Cheng slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

His eyes scanned the three people who were flanking him from the side. Their cultivation was at least at the Soul Saint realm, but he couldn't discern their true strength. Otherwise, the two guards from the Lu family who were protecting him would at least be at the Soul King realm, and they wouldn't have died so silently...

But it's fine this way.

At least it confirmed that I wasn't locking onto the enemy in the void.

"Hehehe, still trying to bluff your way out of this, kid? Listen to the wails in the distance. Your Lu family and Zhang family will be wiped out tonight..."

The leader, a dark figure, spoke in a low, hoarse voice with a strange laugh.

"Tomorrow, I will let everyone on the entire continent know that this is the fate of those who dare to oppose Duke Bai Ling!"

Sure enough, a classic case of framing someone.

It was as if the villains had finished reciting their lines, and the three figures in black robes exchanged a glance before beginning a clearly uncooperative "encirclement and annihilation."

Even with Lu Cheng holding Zhang Lexuan in one arm, he managed to escape from the three-person encirclement...

……

Outside Tiandou City.

"boom……"

A fiery red figure crashed down like a meteor.

In the pitch-black night, the woods rustled.

Zhang Lexuan lay on top of Lu Cheng, her face covered in blood, her voice trembling as she said, "Brother, are you alright...?"

"Pfft~"

Lu Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale. He reached out and gently pinched the girl's fair cheek, staining her once clean face with a trace of blood.

"Brother, sob sob sob..." The girl finally couldn't suppress her sobs any longer and began to sob softly. When she came out, the Lu family was already engulfed in flames, and according to what those black-robed men said, the Zhang family would probably not escape disaster either. Her father, her mother, and the others...

"Shhh."

Lu Cheng put his finger to his lips and looked around.

The girl quickly covered her mouth and curled up in Lu Cheng's arms as much as possible, feeling his hot heartbeat. It seemed that only in this way could she feel a little more at ease.

There was silence all around.

Those guys seem to have "lost track". Obviously, according to the plan of the person behind the scenes, the two of them should have traveled through wind and rain to Shrek Academy, where they would have encountered a Shrek Academy teacher, been taken to Elder Mu's side, and asked to take revenge.

but……

But Lu Cheng sensed something was amiss.

The extremely fierce killing intent emanating from the three men's encirclement was genuine.

If he had escaped from the house even a fraction later with Zhang Lexuan, they would most likely have been severely injured. And just now, those three didn't hold back much; if he hadn't risked his life to protect her, Zhang Lexuan would probably...

and many more! !

Lu Cheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

Zhang Lexuan... is also on the death list!!

These guys' goal has always been only themselves!

He forced himself to become an apprentice, while Zhang Lexuan... had to die in this catastrophe.

Zhang Lexuan is his childhood sweetheart, with whom he has a very deep relationship. If nothing unexpected happens, they will most likely become husband and wife in the future. Mu En may have already made arrangements for him... Ma Xiaotao.

Only if Zhang Lexuan dies can the latter possibly fill the void left by Zhang Lexuan and completely bind himself to Shrek; just as Zhang Lexuan became Bei Bei's adopted daughter-in-law, the emotional bond is actually the most solid and resilient.

Therefore... it seems the attacks are not over yet.

Lu Chengxin's heart skipped a beat.

"careful!"

Lu Cheng suddenly grabbed the girl's waist and rolled to the side.

"Hehehe, kid, you actually managed to react to that..."

A figure in black robes slowly emerged.

A chilling dark energy surged within his palm.

A hint of impatience flickered in his eyes. The order from above was to leave only the boy alone, without arousing his suspicion, but now…

That's a bit too difficult to deal with.

"Cough cough cough..."

Lu Cheng knelt on the ground, clutching his chest, coughing up streams of bright red blood that dripped onto the dry grass.

"elder brother!"

Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes were red.

The Silver Moon buff, disregarding its cost, rained down on Lu Cheng, but it seemed to have little effect.

The girl stared intently at the black-robed man who was approaching step by step.