I am destroying the protagonist in the fantasy world!

Elder Sikong paused slightly and narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "What did you say?"

Lei Yi suppressed the surging blood and qi in his body and made himself appear calm. "I know a secret passage leading to the core of the ruins. There may be the greatest secret of the Xuanyuan clan hidden there. Do you really not want to know?"

"Do you think I will believe you?" Elder Sikong snorted coldly, and the scepter in his hand shone brighter. It was obvious that he did not completely believe Lei Yi's words.

"Believe it or not," Lei Yi said with a cold smile, his tone carrying a hint of anger. "I'm already dying, so why would I make up a lie?"

Lei Yi's words seemed to touch Elder Sikong's heart, and a flicker of hesitation crossed his eyes. He knew that the ruins held many unsolved mysteries, especially the core area, which was forbidden to anyone. If this young man truly knew the secret passage, perhaps he could be used to find the core area and unravel the mysteries that had plagued them for centuries.

At the moment when Elder Sikong hesitated, Dongfang Liuli suddenly let out a muffled groan, his body shook, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Liuli!" Lei Yi exclaimed, and suddenly pounced on Dongfang Liuli, hugging her tightly in his arms.

"Ahem..." Dongfang Liuli shook her head weakly, indicating that she was fine. "Don't worry about me, go find her..."

Before she could finish her words, the figure of the Xuanyuan clan leader suddenly appeared in front of them, and the long sword in his hand, filled with sharp murderous intent, stabbed straight into Lei Yi's back.

"Be careful!" Dongfang Liuli used up her last bit of strength to push Lei Yi away, but she herself had to bear the sword blow from the Xuanyuan clan leader.

"Liuli!" Lei Yi's eyes were bloodshot as he watched Dongfang Liuli fall in a pool of blood. He felt as if his heart was being torn apart by someone, and the pain was excruciating.

"You deserve to die!" Lei Yi suddenly turned around, his eyes bloodshot, like an enraged beast, emitting a chilling murderous intent. He frantically urged the last trace of true energy in his body and rushed towards the Xuanyuan clan leader.

"You don't know your own limitations!" Chief Xuanyuan sneered, swung the sword in his hand, and easily knocked Lei Yi away.

Lei Yi fell heavily to the ground, blood spurting out of his mouth, but he seemed not to feel the pain. He struggled to get up and continue fighting.

"Stop!" At this moment, Elder Sikong suddenly stopped the Xuanyuan clan leader. "Let him go and look for it. If he can't find the secret passage, it won't be too late for me to kill him!"

Although the Xuanyuan clan leader was unwilling, he did not dare to disobey the order of Elder Sikong. He could only glare at Lei Yi hatefully and step aside.

Lei Yi staggered to his feet, staring at Dongfang Liuli. Her face was as pale as paper and her breath was weak. It was obvious that she was on the verge of life and death.

"Hold on, I will definitely find the secret passage and take you away from here!" Lei Yi prayed silently in his heart. He suppressed the grief and despair in his heart, and his eyes began to scan the surrounding walls quickly, looking for any abnormalities.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Lei Yi's forehead was covered with sweat, but he never gave up. He believed that there must be a way, there must be a way...

Suddenly, his eyes fell on an inconspicuous groove on the wall. This groove was extremely hidden and it would be impossible to find it if he hadn't looked carefully.

"It's here!" Lei Yi was delighted and walked over quickly and put his hand into the groove.

With a light "click" sound, a crack suddenly appeared on the wall. The crack became bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a stone door more than one person tall.

"Found it!" Lei Yi was overjoyed. He picked up Dongfang Liuli and rushed into the stone gate...

"Hurry up and chase them! Don't let them get away!" Elder Sikong gave the order, and everyone rushed towards the stone gate. However, just as they were about to enter, the stone gate suddenly closed...

The moment the stone door closed, the Xuanyuan clan leader slammed his furious blow against the heavy stone door, creating a deafening thud. Stones flew and dust billowed, but the stone door itself remained unmoved. The shouting and banging outside were muffled by the heavy stone door, gradually fading away until silence finally settled.

The passage was pitch black, pitch dark. Lei Yi, holding Dongfang Liuli, walked cautiously along the passage, his heart burning with anxiety. Dongfang Liuli's breath was growing weaker and weaker. He had to find a safe place as soon as possible to heal her.

In the dim light, Lei Yi discovered that the walls on both sides of the passage were covered with ancient murals. These murals were mottled and seemed to tell a long-forgotten story. He gently placed Dongfang Liuli on the ground and moved closer to the murals, trying to decipher the content.

The murals were blurry, mostly eroded by time, but some figures and scenes could be vaguely discerned. One mural depicted a man in bizarre attire, besieged by a group of people. The man bore a striking resemblance to Lei Yi. Another depicted a massive vortex, with a vague figure at its center seemingly being sucked into it.

Lei Yi's mind raced. Could this vortex be the space-time tunnel he'd traveled through? And could the besieged man be someone who, like him, had traveled to this world? As soon as this thought emerged, it grew like a weed within him.

He continued walking along the passage, and the content of the murals changed accordingly. He saw a man who looked like him being hunted, imprisoned, and ultimately sacrificed to a mysterious being. This mysterious being seemed to be the deity worshipped by the Xuanyuan clan.

Lei Yi's breathing quickened. The contents of these murals seemed to imply that his time travel wasn't accidental, but rather orchestrated. Who was he? Why was he sent to this world? And why was he made the villain of the book? Countless questions swirled in his mind, leaving him feeling dizzy.

He subconsciously reached out to touch the mural, wanting to see it more clearly. The moment his fingers touched the mural, a slight "click" sound was heard, and the walls on both sides of the passage suddenly began to move, and the ground began to shake.

"Lei Yi!" A weak voice sounded behind him.

Lei Yi turned around suddenly and saw Dongfang Liuli had woken up and was struggling to stand up. He quickly stepped forward to support her, "Liuli, you're awake!"

Dongfang Liuli's face was still pale, but her eyes were unusually clear. "What happened?"

"I think I triggered a mechanism..." Lei Yi hadn't finished his words when several huge rocks suddenly fell from the top of the tunnel, completely blocking their way. At the same time, the walls on both sides of the tunnel began to squeeze in, making a teeth-grinding grinding sound.

"We are trapped!" There was a hint of fear in Dongfang Liuli's tone.

Lei Yi looked around, a look of determination flashing in his eyes. "Don't be afraid, I will definitely get you out!" He protected Dongfang Liuli behind him, his eyes fixed on the approaching wall, his Qi surging in his hands, ready to meet the coming challenge...

"Wait," Dongfang Liuli suddenly grabbed Lei Yi's arm, "Look..." She pointed to a symbol on the mural that was almost worn out, "This symbol..."

The passageway narrowed with a continuous "clicking" sound. Lei Yi protected Dongfang Liuli behind him, doing his best to resist the pressure from the walls on both sides. Dongfang Liuli, suppressing her weakness, pointed at the symbol on the mural and said anxiously, "I think I've seen this symbol somewhere..."

Lei Yi frowned and followed Dongfang Liuli's gaze. The symbol was already blurry, and he could only barely make out a shape similar to the Chinese character "yao". "Where have you seen it before?"

"I can't remember... Ah!" Dongfang Liuli clutched her head in agony, fragments of memory swirling in her mind. Ever since entering the ruins, unfamiliar images had repeatedly surfaced in her mind, as if forgotten memories had been forcibly revived, yet she could never quite piece them together.

"Liuli! What's wrong with you?!" Lei Yi was extremely anxious, but he had no time to care about anything else. The passage was still shrinking, and they didn't have much time left.

"I'm fine..." Dongfang Liuli took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. "This symbol might be the key to cracking the mechanism!"

"Break the mechanism?" Lei Yi looked at the nearby wall, a flicker of determination in his eyes, "It's too late, I can only take a gamble!"

He poured all his inner energy into his palms and slammed them fiercely towards the symbols on the wall. With a loud bang, the entire passageway shook. Dongfang Liuli felt only a flash of white light before his eyes, and then he lost consciousness.

When she woke up again, she found herself lying in a spacious stone chamber, and Lei Yi was half-kneeling beside her, anxiously calling her name. "Liuli, you're finally awake!"

"Where are we..." Dongfang Liuli struggled to sit up, looked around, and found a huge stone slab standing in the center of the stone chamber. The stone slab was engraved with dense ancient characters and emitted a faint light.

"This is..." Lei Yi also noticed the stone tablet. He stood up, slowly walked closer, and carefully examined the words on it. He had never seen these words before, but he could strangely understand their meaning.

"Is this... an ancient prophecy?" Lei Yi's voice trembled slightly, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Prophecy?" Dongfang Liuli also stood up, walked to Lei Yi, looked at the words on the stone slab, and was full of doubts in his heart.

"The prophecy says... a soul from another world will come and subvert the fate of the entire continent..." Lei Yi's voice became lower and lower, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

"A soul from another world... could it be you?" Dongfang Liuli looked at Lei Yi in surprise, and a bold guess gradually formed in her mind.

"Maybe..." Lei Yi smiled bitterly. He finally understood that his traveling to this world and becoming the villain in the book was not accidental, but fate.

"But...what does this have to do with you becoming a villain?" Dongfang Liuli asked in confusion.

Lei Yi didn't answer, but pointed to another line of text on the stone slab and said, "Look here..."

Dongfang Liuli looked in the direction of Lei Yi's finger and saw a line of text that read: "The soul of another world will bear the curse and become a symbol of destruction..."

Before Dongfang Liuli could react, a series of dull thuds suddenly rang out from outside the stone chamber, accompanied by the angry roar of the Xuanyuan clan leader: "Dig! Even if I have to dig three feet deep, I must find them!"

Lei Yi and Dongfang Liuli exchanged glances, each seeing a solemn expression in the other's eyes. They were now trapped in this secret room, with enemies outside lurking around them. The prophecies of "curse" and "destruction" on the stone tablet weighed on their hearts like a huge rock, making them breathless...

"What should we do?" Dongfang Liuli asked in a low voice, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

Lei Yi clenched his fists, a glint of determination flashing in his eyes. "No matter what, I'm going to figure this out. I won't leave it to fate!" He looked at the slate, his gaze settling on the last line of text he had yet to decipher...

The atmosphere in the secret room was so oppressive that it seemed frozen. Lei Yi stared intently at the prophecy on the stone tablet, trying to find a way to decipher his fate from those ancient words.

"'The soul from another world will bear the curse and become a symbol of destruction...'" Dongfang Liuli muttered, repeating the prophecy. "Does this mean that you are destined to become the villain of this world?"

Lei Yi took a deep breath and tried to keep his tone calm. "Perhaps, this curse does not mean destroying the world, but destroying the original destiny." He pointed to the last line of text on the stone slab. The handwriting on that line was even more blurred, as if the traces of time had deliberately covered it up.

"Look, this line of words mentions 'breaking'. Perhaps this is the key to breaking the curse." There was a hint of hope in Lei Yi's voice, but more of confusion.

"Break? Break what?" Dongfang Liuli asked. She could feel Lei Yi's emotional fluctuations and her heart was filled with worry.

"I don't know either," Lei Yi shook his head, "but my intuition tells me that this is related to the fact that I traveled through time and space and became 'Lei Yi'."

"Boom!" At this moment, a violent explosion sounded from outside the stone chamber, shaking the entire secret room. The Xuanyuan clan leader's frantic voice echoed from outside the stone chamber, "Blast this wall! I don't believe they can fly!"

"Oh no, they are going to find this place!" Dongfang Liuli's face changed and he looked at Lei Yi anxiously.

"It's too late, we must find a way to leave here as soon as possible!" Lei Yi made a prompt decision. He looked at the stone slab again, his eyes fell on the line that said "break", and suddenly a bold idea flashed through his mind.

"Liuli, help me protect the law!" Lei Yi said in a deep voice. He sat cross-legged in front of the stone slab, formed seals with his hands, mobilized all the true energy in his body, and a powerful energy wave emanated from him.

"What are you going to do?" Dongfang Liuli was shocked, but she did not ask any more questions. Instead, she chose to believe Lei Yi. She drew out her sword, guarded by his side, and looked around vigilantly.

Lei Yi didn't answer. He closed his eyes tightly, focusing all his attention on the stone tablet and the mysterious text. He had a strong premonition that the key to deciphering the text lay within himself, within the secret of his journey...

"Boom!" Another loud bang echoed as the walls of the stone chamber finally collapsed under the continuous attacks. Amidst the smoke and dust, the ferocious face of the Xuanyuan clan leader appeared at the entrance. He stared at Lei Yi and Dongfang Liuli, his eyes filled with hatred and murderous intent. "You, can't escape!"

"Really?" Lei Yi suddenly opened his eyes, an inexplicable smile on his lips. He pointed his finger at the word "Break" on the stone slab and said word by word, "I think I have found a way to break all this..."