I am destroying the protagonist in the fantasy world!

The words of the Golden Sword Sect's leader were like a fuse, instantly igniting the wrath of the Jianghu. Greed and anger gleamed in their eyes, and their swords pointed at Lei Yi, their murderous intent surging as if they were about to engulf him in blood.

Lei Yi stood in the center of the crowd, his figure as tall and straight as a pine tree, yet unusually thin. He looked around, taking in the faces, familiar and unfamiliar, with a mixture of emotions. Some of these people had once been his brothers, some had received his favors, yet now, with ferocious faces, they drew their swords against him.

"Young Master Lei, if you persist in your delusion, don't blame us for being rude!" Killer Xiao's voice rang out from the crowd, his tone cold and with a subtle hint of smugness. He hid in the crowd, staring at Lei Yi with a sinister gaze, as if he were looking at a dead man.

"Young Master Lei, you'd better surrender, or you'll suffer physical pain!"

"Hand over the treasure and I will spare your life!"

The shouts and curses from the crowd were deafening. Lei Yi felt his eardrums buzzing and his vision went black.

He gripped the sword tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand. He knew there was no turning back. These people, blinded by greed, would not listen to his explanation, let alone believe his innocence.

"If you want my life, then come and take it!" Lei Yi roared, his voice filled with grief, anger, and determination. He swung the long sword in his hand violently, and a sharp sword energy pierced the air and rushed towards the person closest to him.

The man obviously didn't expect Lei Yi to attack suddenly. He was caught off guard and was forced to retreat repeatedly by the sword energy.

"Everyone, come together and kill him!" Someone shouted, and the crowd suddenly became excited. Everyone waved their swords and rushed towards Lei Yi like a tide.

Lei Yi took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. He brandished his sword, his figure nimble as a ghost, weaving through the crowd. The sword flashed, blood splattered, and screams rang out.

He killed with decisiveness and every move was deadly. For a while, no one could get close to him.

However, two fists cannot defeat four hands, and a hero cannot defeat a large number of people. Although Lei Yi is a martial arts expert, he gradually feels powerless in the face of so many enemies.

"Master Lei, are you still going to resist?" Killer Xiao's voice rang out again, with a hint of teasing and mockery. "Look, who's still on your side? Even Sect Leader Lu, the one you trusted the most, has abandoned you!"

Lei Yi's heart sank when he heard this. He turned to look at Sect Leader Lu, but he saw that the latter had his head lowered, his eyes evasive, not daring to meet his gaze.

"It seems I can only rely on myself..." Lei Yi smiled bitterly, his heart filled with sadness. He looked around, trying to find a glimmer of hope.

His gaze fell on the villagers on the outskirts of the crowd who had once received his kindness.

Their eyes were filled with fear and anxiety, but no one dared to stand up and speak for him.

Despair, like a poisonous snake, coiled around Lei Yi's heart, dragging him into the endless abyss.

He thought of the villagers who had been helped by him when he was in the small sect. They had been so grateful and vowed to repay his kindness.

Is it really going to come to that?

Lei Yi's eyes swept across the crowd and finally locked onto a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face.

That was Liu the blacksmith. His son had once been seriously ill, and it was Lei Yi who spared no effort to save him.

Lei Yi struggled to walk towards him, and every step he took seemed like he was carrying a heavy burden.

"Brother Liu..." Lei Yi's voice was hoarse and pleading, "Do you... do you still remember me?"

Blacksmith Liu's body trembled noticeably. He lowered his head in panic, not daring to look at Lei Yi.

"Brother Liu, I need your help..." Lei Yi's voice became lower and lower, and the hope in his heart gradually faded.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lei, I don't know what you are talking about..." Blacksmith Liu turned around abruptly, squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

Lei Yi stood there in a daze, as if struck by lightning.

He finally realized that all this was an elaborate trap.

From the leader of the Golden Sword Sect jumping out to accuse him of colluding with the Demon Sect, to the killer Xiao inciting everyone's emotions, to now no one dares to testify for him, everything is closely linked and impeccable.

He was like a prey caught in a spider's web. The more he struggled, the deeper he got stuck in it, unable to extricate himself.

But he had no evidence to prove his innocence.

Despair overwhelmed him like a tide, and he felt unprecedented powerlessness and fatigue.

"Lei Yi..."

A cold voice suddenly sounded from the outskirts of the crowd, carrying a hint of imperceptible worry and anxiety.

The crowd automatically parted, revealing the person who was speaking.

Dressed in white as white as snow, with a face as pure and elegant as the world, who else could it be but Dongfang Liuli?

"Li'er, you..." Lei Yi looked at Dongfang Liuli with mixed feelings. He didn't want to involve her in this dispute, and he didn't want her to see his current miserable appearance.

"How did you come?"

"I can't bear to see you..." Dongfang Liuli's beautiful eyes were filled with worry, "being wronged."

She paused, her eyes sweeping across the crowd of people with hideous faces, her voice gradually turning cold, "What's more..."

"It's time for these people to pay the price for their stupidity."

Dongfang Liuli said this and was about to step forward, but was pulled back by Lei Yi.

"No..." Lei Yi shook his head, "Just go, I can handle the things here myself."

"You solve it? How are you going to solve it?" Dongfang Liuli shook off Lei Yi's hand, anger burning in her beautiful eyes. "Look at yourself now, how can you solve it?"

"I..." Lei Yi was speechless for a moment. He knew his current situation, but he didn't want to involve Dongfang Liuli.

"What do you mean?" Dongfang Liuli pointed at the people around him and shouted angrily, "Look at these people. Which one of them isn't greedy and ruthless? Do you really think you can leave here alive today?"

"Li'er, listen to me..." Lei Yi wanted to persuade her again, but Dongfang Liuli interrupted him impatiently.

"That's enough!" A hint of determination flashed in Dongfang Liuli's beautiful eyes. "I've made up my mind. You don't need to say anything more!"

She no longer paid attention to Lei Yi and walked straight towards the crowd. Every step she took was accompanied by an awe-inspiring and inviolable aura.

Lei Yi looked at Dongfang Liuli's back, his heart filled with worry and emotion. He knew that he could no longer stop her.

"Li'er..." He murmured to himself, his voice filled with helplessness and bitterness, "I'm sorry..."

"Stop it!" Dongfang Liuli's voice was like thunder from the nine heavens, exploding in the crowd, deafening.

Everyone stopped what they were doing involuntarily and looked at Dongfang Liuli with surprise and confusion in their eyes.

In the crowd, Killer Xiao looked at Dongfang Liuli who suddenly appeared, his brows slightly furrowed, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. He lowered his voice and said to the person next to him: "Go and find out her identity!"

Dongfang Liuli's sudden appearance was like pouring a bucket of cold water into a boiling pot of oil, and the crowd instantly quieted down. Everyone's eyes were focused on her, surprised by her aura and puzzled about her identity.

"Who are you? How dare you be so rude here!" A burly man behind Xiao Killer stood up and tried to overwhelm Dongfang Liuli with his momentum.

Dongfang Liuli glanced at him coldly, her eyes sharp as a knife. "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that if you dare to touch a hair on his head today, I promise that none of you will leave here alive!"

Her tone was cold and emotionless, yet it carried an irresistible pressure, as if she was the king of the world, dominating the life and death of everyone.

There was a commotion among the crowd. Although Dongfang Liuli was young, the aura he exuded was frightening.

"You..." The burly man wanted to say something else but was stopped by Killer Xiao.

Killer Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking Dongfang Liuli up and down, secretly wary. He had been in the martial arts world for many years, but he had never seen a woman with such an aura. Moreover, he saw a hint of familiarity in Dongfang Liuli's eyes, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen her before.

"Miss, you must have misunderstood," Killer Xiao said with a forced smile. "We just want to ask Young Master Lei to return and help investigate some matters. We have no intention of harming him."

"Assisting in the investigation?" Dongfang Liuli sneered, "I think you want to kill and silence us, right?"

She walked to Lei Yi, gently took his hand, and looked at his pale face and scars on his body with heartache, "Don't worry, I won't let them hurt you."

Lei Yi looked at Dongfang Liuli's worried eyes, feeling mixed emotions. He knew Dongfang Liuli was doing this for his own good, but he didn't want to drag her into this dangerous vortex.

"Li'er, please go. What's happening here has nothing to do with you." Lei Yi shook off Dongfang Liuli's hand and said in a cold tone, "I can handle my own affairs."

Dongfang Liuli was stunned. She didn't expect Lei Yi to say such a thing. She didn't understand why Lei Yi treated her like this and why he pushed her away.

"Lei Yi, you..." Dongfang Liuli's eyes were slightly red, and her voice was choked with sobs, "Why do you do this to me?"

"I don't want to implicate you." Lei Yi turned his head away, not looking at Dongfang Liuli's hurt eyes. "Go away and forget me."

"You..." Dongfang Liuli's heart felt like it was being pricked by a needle, the pain was unbearable. She didn't understand why Lei Yi pushed her away again and again? Did he really not trust her, really not love her?

Dongfang Liuli looked at Lei Yi deeply, then turned and left without saying another word. Her back, in the afterglow of the setting sun, looked exceptionally slender and lonely.

Looking at Dongfang Liuli's departing figure, Lei Yi's heart seemed to be hollowed out, empty, filled with bitterness and pain. He knew that what he did was cruel, but he had to do it.

He couldn't let Dongfang Liuli take risks for him, and he couldn't let her get hurt because of him.

He would rather bear it all alone than see her get hurt in the slightest.

After Dongfang Liuli left, she began to secretly investigate the background of the killer Xiao. She keenly felt that this conspiracy against Lei Yi was not simple and there must be a bigger secret behind it.

Lei Yi, on the other hand, faced the accusations and abuses of the crowd alone. Although his heart was in pain, he still did not give up looking for ways to prove himself.

He believes that the truth will always come out and justice will ultimately triumph over evil.

"Lei Yi, do you have anything else to say?" The voice of Killer Xiao sounded in Lei Yi's ears, with a hint of a cold smile.

Lei Yi raised his head and looked at Killer Xiao with a determined look. He knew that the final battle was about to begin...

Killer Xiao's words were like sharp blades, slicing at Lei Yi's already shattered reputation. The eyes of those around him were filled with disdain, anger, and even more so, eager to rip him to pieces at the mere command of Killer Xiao.

"Lei Yi, you have committed so many evil things. Now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to argue about?" Someone in the crowd shouted, triggering a greater wave of condemnation.

Lei Yi clenched his fists, letting the spit splatter on his face, but a raging rage burned within him. He replayed the entire incident over and over in his mind, trying to find a flaw, a glimmer of hope that could prove his innocence.

However, his opponent's plan was flawless, and every step was precise, driving him into a desperate situation. Was he really going to accept his fate and become a victim of someone else's conspiracy?

No, he is not willing to give in!

Just when Lei Yi felt desperate, an unintentional movement of Xiao Killer made him catch a glimpse of something unusual. He noticed that when Xiao Killer mentioned a certain place name, his fingers trembled slightly.

This subtle movement might not have been noticed by others, but who was Lei Yi? He had come from the modern world of information explosion, and his ability to read people's expressions had already been perfected.

Lei Yi was not unfamiliar with that place name. It was... the Qingyun Sect where Sect Master Lu was!

In a flash, countless thoughts raced through Lei Yi's mind, and a bold hypothesis gradually crystallized. Could it be that the mastermind behind all this wasn't really targeting him, but someone else? And was he merely a pawn to frame someone else?

This idea is too incredible, but it perfectly explains all the doubts.

Lei Yi took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart. He knew that now was not the time to alert the enemy. He had to remain calm and find more evidence to completely crush this conspiracy and clear his name!

"Killer Xiao," Lei Yi suddenly spoke, his tone frighteningly calm, "Can I talk to you alone? There are some things I think only you and I can explain clearly."

Killer Xiao was visibly stunned, as if he hadn't expected Lei Yi to dare make such a request under such circumstances. He exchanged a glance with the man in black behind him, a playful smile playing at the corner of his mouth.

"Of course," Killer Xiao slowly approached Lei Yi and whispered in his ear, "I want to see if you have any last words..."