I am destroying the protagonist in the fantasy world!

Lei Yi and Dongfang Liuli groped their way forward in the narrow passage, taking every step with extreme caution, fearing they would touch the terrifying spikes on the walls. Elder Qin's roar grew closer, hammering at their eardrums like a death warrant.

"Liuli, watch your step!" Lei Yi grabbed Dongfang Liuli and protected her behind him.

Just now, a stone slab beneath Dongfang Liuli's feet suddenly collapsed, revealing a dark abyss. If Lei Yi hadn't been quick-witted, she would have fallen down and been completely destroyed.

"Thank you, Mr. Lei!" Dongfang Liuli was still in shock and looked at Lei Yi with gratitude.

"Be careful!" Lei Yi didn't have time to say anything more and pulled her to continue running forward.

The passage seemed endless, and unknown dangers lurked in the darkness. The oppressive atmosphere was almost suffocating. Behind him, Elder Qin's roar, footsteps, and the clash of weapons mixed together, approaching like a deadly demonic voice.

"Damn it!" Lei Yi cursed inwardly. He knew that this was not a solution and he would be caught up sooner or later.

Suddenly, he felt his feet go empty, and before he could react, he fell down.

"Lei Yi!" Dongfang Liuli exclaimed and subconsciously reached out to grab him, but only grabbed a corner of his clothes.

Lei Yi felt dizzy and his body fell heavily onto a hard stone slab.

"Ahem..." He struggled to get up and found himself in a more spacious stone chamber. It was pitch black all around, with only a faint light coming through a circular hole above his head.

"Mr. Lei, are you okay?" Dongfang Liuli's voice came from above.

Lei Yi looked up and saw Dongfang Liuli lying on the edge of the cave, looking at him anxiously.

"I'm fine." Lei Yi said, stood up and patted the dust off his body.

He looked around and found that the walls of the stone chamber were engraved with ancient runes, emitting a faint light.

"What is this place?" Dongfang Liuli jumped down from the cave and looked around curiously.

"I don't know." Lei Yi shook his head, walked to a wall, and carefully observed the runes.

At this moment, the ground in the center of the stone chamber suddenly cracked, and a huge black shadow slowly rose.

"Roar——" A deafening roar resounded throughout the stone chamber, shaking the earth.

Lei Yi and Dongfang Liuli turned around at the same time, only to see a huge white ape standing behind them, staring at them with its scarlet eyes, its sharp fangs exposed, flashing with cold light.

"Oh no, it's the guardian beast!" Lei Yi's face changed and he pulled Dongfang Liuli back.

"Roar—" The white ape roared, waving its huge fist and smashing towards them...

"Looks like we've just escaped the wolf's den..." Dongfang Liuli hadn't finished her words when Lei Yi pulled her away to dodge. However, the next moment, he felt a sharp gust of wind coming from behind...

"Be careful!" Lei Yi slammed Dongfang Liuli to the ground, barely dodging the white ape's crushing blow. His massive fist slammed into the ground with a deafening thud, sending rubble flying everywhere.

Before they could catch their breath, the walls around them suddenly made a "cracking" sound, and sharp spikes shot out from the stone walls, blocking all their retreat routes.

"Damn it, why is this mechanism chained!" Lei Yi cursed and pulled Dongfang Liuli to dodge in the narrow space, avoiding the fatal attack.

"Hahaha, Lei Yi, let's see where you can escape this time!" Elder Qin's cold voice came from the cave entrance, with undisguised pride.

Lei Yi looked up and saw Elder Qin standing at the edge of the cave entrance, sneering down at them. Behind him, several black-robed disciples had caught up and surrounded the cave entrance.

"All of you, go ahead and kill them!" Elder Qin gave an order, and several black-robed disciples immediately drew their weapons and jumped in from the cave entrance.

"Young Master Lei, we are surrounded!" Dongfang Liuli's face was solemn, and he swung the long sword in his hand tightly, blocking all the attacks of several black-robed disciples.

"I know." Lei Yi was extremely anxious while being alert to the sharp spikes around him and waving his sword to block the attacks of the black-robed disciples.

The white ape's attacks, though clumsy, were immensely powerful, each one carrying an overwhelming momentum that was difficult to resist. While the black-robed disciples weren't as skilled as Lei Yi, their coordinated attack was so powerful that he struggled to cope.

"Boom--" The white ape punched down again. Lei Yi couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the wind from the fist. He flew backwards and hit the stone wall heavily, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

"Young Master Lei!" Dongfang Liuli exclaimed and wanted to go forward to check his injuries, but was tightly entangled by several black-robed disciples.

"Hahaha, Lei Yi, your time of death has come!" Elder Qin laughed loudly, his eyes full of vicious light.

"Cough cough..." Lei Yi struggled to stand up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

"It's not that easy to kill me!" He roared, the true energy in his body circulated wildly, and the long sword in his hand burst out with dazzling light.

"Young Master Lei, look over there!" Dongfang Liuli suddenly pointed at a stone wall behind the white ape and said, "The runes there seem to be a little different!"

Lei Yi looked in the direction Dongfang Liuli pointed and, as expected, discovered that the runes on that stone wall were slightly different from those elsewhere. The runes were arranged in a strange pattern, emitting a faint glow, as if they were... the hub of a mechanism?

A bold idea emerged in Lei Yi's mind, but to get there, he had to pass through the encirclement of the white ape and several black-robed disciples. If he was not careful, he would fall into an irretrievable situation.

"Let's fight!" A flicker of determination flashed across Lei Yi's eyes. He took a deep breath and was about to take action when he suddenly felt a chilling murderous aura locking onto him...

The biting murderous aura was like a maggot in his heel. Lei Yi turned around suddenly and saw that Elder Qin had circled behind him at some point and was staring at him sinisterly, holding a short blade in his hand that was gleaming with a faint cold light.

"Boy, I'm going to take your life!" Elder Qin's eyes were full of ferocity, and the short blade in his hand stabbed out like lightning, aiming straight at Lei Yi's throat.

At the critical moment, Lei Yi instinctively dodged to the side, but a bloody mark was still left on his shoulder, and the severe pain made him groan.

"Young Master Lei!" Dongfang Liuli shouted anxiously, but was entangled by several black-robed disciples and could not escape at all.

"Hahaha, go to hell!" Elder Qin laughed wildly, and attacked again with the short blade, each move was ruthless, aiming directly at Lei Yi's vital points.

While fending off Elder Qin's attacks, Lei Yi quickly thought of a way to escape. He knew that in his current state, he was no match for Elder Qin, not to mention the white ape and several black-robed disciples who were watching closely.

"We must find a way!" Lei Yi was extremely anxious and kept scanning the surroundings, trying to find a glimmer of hope.

"Young Master Lei, please attract Elder Qin's attention. I have an idea!" Dongfang Liuli's voice suddenly came, with a hint of determination in her tone.

When Lei Yi heard this, his heart moved, and he immediately understood Dongfang Liuli's intention.

"Okay!" He shouted, the true energy in his body circulated wildly, the long sword in his hand burst out with dazzling light, and he actually took the initiative to launch a fierce attack on Elder Qin.

Elder Qin obviously did not expect that Lei Yi would take the initiative to attack, and the attack was so fierce that he was caught off guard for a moment and retreated repeatedly.

"Looking for death!" Elder Qin roared angrily, not caring about retaining his strength. The true energy in his body surged wildly, and the short blade in his hand turned into cold light, colliding violently with Lei Yi's long sword, making a series of harsh metal clanging sounds.

The two were fighting fiercely, and Dongfang Liuli took the opportunity to break away from the black-robed disciple's entanglement and rushed towards the stone wall behind the white ape like a ghost.

"Want to run? Not that easy!" Elder Qin caught a glimpse of Dongfang Liuli's movements and immediately understood her intention. A fierce look flashed in his eyes.

He was about to pull away to chase after him, but Lei Yi held him tightly.

"Your opponent is me!" Lei Yi roared, and the long sword in his hand turned into afterimages, locking Elder Qin firmly in front of him.

"Looking for death!" Elder Qin was furious, but he was unable to break free from Lei Yi's entanglement for a moment, and could only watch Dongfang Liuli rush towards the stone wall.

"Now!" Dongfang Liuli muttered to himself, and his body suddenly accelerated. He shuttled through the gaps, avoiding the attacks of the white ape and several black-robed disciples, and finally came to the stone wall.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the surging blood and energy in her body, and injected her true energy into the runes on the stone wall.

"Om-"

Following a slight vibration, the runes on the stone wall suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and Dongfang Liuli felt a powerful force that flung him away...

After a dizzying moment, Dongfang Liuli fell heavily to the ground. A fishy-sweet taste surged in her throat, and a mouthful of blood gushed out. But she ignored the pain and struggled to her feet, looking at the runes on the stone wall. The originally dazzling light had dimmed, replaced by a few fine cracks. She had succeeded!

"Liuli!" Lei Yi's anxious voice came. He seized the opportunity when Elder Qin attacked, and in a flash, he came to Dongfang Liuli and helped her up. "How are you? Are you okay?"

Dongfang Liuli wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and said with all his strength: "I'm fine, just a few minor injuries. I've shut down some of the mechanisms, let's go!"

"Want to leave? Not that easy!" Elder Qin roared and rushed forward, the short blade in his hand flashing with a cold light and murderous intent.

A cold glint flashed in Lei Yi's eyes. He shielded Dongfang Liuli behind him and swung his sword, blocking Elder Qin's attack. The two men clashed once more, swords flashing and murderous intent filling the air. The roar of weapons clashing echoed throughout the cave.

"Let's go!" Dongfang Liuli took Lei Yi's hand and took advantage of the gap between the two fighting to run deep into the cave.

The cave twisted and turned as the two men ran furiously, the roar of Elder Qin growing increasingly distant behind them. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a bottomless abyss suddenly appeared before them.

"Oh no, there is no road ahead!" Lei Yi's face changed and he hurriedly pulled Dongfang Liuli to stop.

They were now in a dilemma, with Elder Qin pursuing them relentlessly behind them and a bottomless abyss in front of them. Their only way out had been blocked.

"What should we do?" Dongfang Liuli grabbed Lei Yi's sleeve tightly and asked anxiously.

Lei Yi frowned and quickly scanned his surroundings, trying to find a glimmer of hope. But he found nothing except the cold stone walls and the bottomless abyss.

At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded from deep within the cave, accompanied by bursts of foul odor, getting closer and closer...

"Oh no, he's coming!" Dongfang Liuli's face changed, and she couldn't help but hold Lei Yi's hand a little tighter.

Lei Yi followed Dongfang Liuli's gaze, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his heart skipped a beat...