Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 245 Senior, we meet again!

Xixi remained silent for a long time.

There was no agonizing, no heart-wrenching pain, and not even a single tear was shed.

She just stared blankly at Poseidon Lake outside the window all day, without eating or drinking a drop of water.

At this time, she was not even in the inner courtyard's infirmary, but in the outer courtyard's infirmary. As an inner courtyard disciple, she no longer even had the qualification to be in the inner courtyard.

"Oh……"

Xixi grinned, her dry lips cracking open in several places, thick blood flowing from them and into her mouth. She ignored it, letting the sweet, metallic taste spread in her mouth, staining her white teeth with a hideous red.

This is the taste of blood, and a lesson learned in blood.

Shrek...

It really is hard to judge.

Xixi left. She left Shrek Academy that very day without telling anyone. Alone, she limped away from the place she had poured her heart and soul into, leaning on her cane.

This college, which she once considered home.

Only a disheveled and dejected figure disappeared at the gates of Shrek, seen by only a few people, but not remembered.

Yes, she's a cripple with one arm and one leg missing. What good is her Soul King cultivation?

For agility-type Soul Masters, losing an arm is still acceptable; even with only one arm, they can still become fearsome assassins. However, if they lose a leg, Xixi's speed, which she is so proud of, will be completely useless.

Now, it wouldn't be too wrong to call her a stray dog.

This cold and heartless place no longer has a place for her.

Even...

"Can this world really still accept me?"

The cane was carelessly discarded beside her. Xixi knelt on the riverbank, supporting her upper body with one hand, looking at her reflection in the water, a self-deprecating smile curving her lips.

Being selected as a member of the main team for the Soul Fighting Tournament in a place like Shrek Academy is enough to prove Xixi's excellence.

If that's not clear enough...

There are about a thousand freshmen in each class, so five classes would have five thousand. Xixi is the most suitable among these five thousand freshmen to become one of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Seven out of five thousand.

Moreover, not every Soul Master is qualified to enroll in Shrek Academy. Given this condition, it's no exaggeration to say that Xixi is a genius among geniuses.

She wasn't outstanding in the original story simply because she was surrounded by even more talented and overpowered players, not because she herself was bad.

From a genius soul master admired by everyone and a disciple of Shrek Academy's inner court, to a cripple with one arm and one leg missing, it was like falling from heaven to hell, almost crushing her spirit to nothing.

At first, Xixi did consider going back home and becoming a parasite for the rest of her life, just eating and waiting to die.

But for some reason, as she walked, she came to a wooden sign.

[You will enter the Star Dou Great Forest about 50 miles ahead; spirit beasts may be present.]

Looking at the wooden sign in front of her, Xixi, who hadn't cleaned herself for several days and was in a disheveled state, smiled once again, and then, leaning on her crutch, headed headed towards the Star Dou Great Forest without hesitation.

Although her steps were slow, and she often fell because she was not used to losing her hands and feet, she would get up every time and walk firmly toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

So be it... I'll just die.

The five spirit rings she wore were all obtained from the Star Dou Great Forest. Xi Xi had never owed anything in her life, nor carried any burdens. The only things she bore on her shoulders were these five spirit rings and the lives of the spirit beasts she had killed during her spirit hunting adventures. "Since I'm already crippled, then I'll return this life to you," Xi Xi murmured softly, a smile playing on her lips, as she resolutely ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

"If there is an afterlife, if I could have the power to overturn everything, my grievances, my anger..."

"Shrek!"

I will make you all suffer!

However, things didn't go as planned. Perhaps it was because she didn't have the killing intent that a Soul Hunter carries when she entered the Star Dou Great Forest, or perhaps it was because she hadn't cleansed her body for too long, but no matter how deep she went into the Star Dou Great Forest, no Soul Beast came to sniff her.

Even when she saw a soul beast and wanted to rush over to her death, she couldn't keep up with the speed at which the soul beast left.

"Does this mean... I'm not even qualified to feed soul beasts?"

Xixi didn't know how long she had been walking. The last bit of soul power in her body had been drained, the cane she had been using had broken beside her, her hair was dry, and her face was pale.

She sat under a tree, watching the clouds and mist rising from the distant mountain stream, her vision gradually fading into darkness.

"It seems... even the hope of returning my life to you is a pipe dream."

……

When Lin Yun arrived, he happened to hear Xixi's last two murmured sentences.

At first, he didn't even recognize this former senior from the inner academy, because Xixi looked so disheveled and down on her luck.

Not only was an arm and a leg severed, but his once smooth, medium-length hair was also stuck together in the mud, tangled up in a mess. His clothes, stained with various resin and juice stains, were no longer recognizable as their original color.

Even his face looked extremely haggard, with sunken eyes and a thin face.

At first, Lin Yun really couldn't believe that the person in front of him was the same Xixi who had seemed so elegant and lively when they first met at Shrek Academy.

"Looks like I'll have to change my mind..." Lin Yun squatted down, reached out a finger to gently check Xixi's breath, and said with a smile.

The leopard, which was watching him intently from behind, snorted in confusion and simply sat down on the spot.

Leopard originally wanted to eat a human to satisfy its cravings, but when it saw Xixi's filthy appearance, it immediately lost its appetite. After all, it was a 100,000-year-old soul beast. When had it ever eaten such disgusting food?

Moreover, since His Majesty doesn't seem to intend to take action, it's even less of a leopard's place to worry about it.

Watch the show!

In contrast, Lin Yun looked down at Xixi for a while, then stretched out his left hand. Blue-gold dragon scales slowly emerged from under his skin, and a large amount of water elements gathered under Lin Yun's control.

The Ice Dragon King's left arm bone isn't just for controlling ice; it's equally impressive in controlling water.

It's just a matter of controlling the water supply and washing Xixi; it couldn't be simpler.

After cleaning Xixi, Lin Yun reached out and pointed, and a rich emerald green light merged into Xixi's nearly exhausted body, reigniting her dying flame of life.

As for her severed arms and legs, they are not irreversible.

However, it all depends on whether she is a capable person.

"Senior, we meet again!"

(End of this chapter)