Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 272 Purple Flames

In the final moments before Immortal Dao Divine Era collapsed, Di Xing leaped forward and caught her.

"Shenji! Are you alright? Shenji!" Di Xing hurriedly pulled open Shenji's clothes to check the wound on her shoulder. Fortunately, the wound wasn't very deep.

At this moment, Immortal Dao Divine Era weakly opened his eyes. "Di Xing, has the fire in that warehouse been extinguished?"

"Destroyed, Divine Era, you did a great job!"

"That's great," Xian Dao Jinji murmured with his chapped lips, "At least this will at least make up for some of the sins I committed against the residents of the fourth level."

"Don't talk nonsense, and don't look like you're about to make your glorious sacrifice. Your wound is very shallow."

"Is that so?" At this moment, Immortal Dao Divine Era slowly regained some of his energy, then felt a cool sensation in his chest.

"Wow, you pervert!" Immortal Dao Divine Era subconsciously raised his right hand and slapped Di Xing across the face.

Di Xing quickly grabbed him, saying, "Calm down, I'm checking your wounds. Besides, I've already looked at your whole body."

"Slap!" Di Xing received a slap on his right cheek, but he knew he had said the wrong thing and couldn't complain. He could only weakly say...

"Shenji, the fire here is under control. I need to find Ai Xiao and Xiang Xiang now. (Youyou) Zhai Luyou, please take Shenji to meet up with Captain Ace. Also, be careful of ambushes."

"Okay, but what did you mean by saying you saw her naked?" Zhai Luyou's gossip-loving soul was burning fiercely.

"Go on, now's not the time for gossip!"

"Okay~" Zhai Luyou seemed disappointed.

As the group made their way through the fire, they frequently saw residents of the grain-growing region desperately dousing the burning warehouses with pots and pans. These warehouses represented the fruits of their year's hard work and their livelihood for the coming year, so everyone was doing everything in their power to protect them and the grain inside.

Although the group's efficiency was nowhere near that of the card sprites, they still gave it their all. Thanks to everyone's efforts, the fire was gradually subsiding. Di Xing soon noticed that a wall of fire in the distance had been extinguished instantly, which was probably Ai Xiao's doing.

He rushed towards the scene and, sure enough, saw Ai Xiao directing her Penguin Warriors to extinguish the fire. At the same time, Di Xing also saw three ninjas in red robes raising their ninja stars from the flames behind Ai Xiao.

Just as Di Xing was about to yell at Ai Xiao to be careful, the ninja at the back of the group suddenly transformed into a... penguin?

While the other two ninjas were still in shock, the [Penguin Ninja] swiftly knocked them both unconscious with a single chop to the neck.

"Hehe, you tried to ambush me?" Ai Xiao laughed smugly. "Lord Ai Xiao, I already noticed you."

As expected of Ai Xiao, she's a master planner!

Suddenly, a loud bang occurred; the warehouse next door exploded, and a huge piece of wood flew towards Ai Xiao.

Di Xing couldn't help but sigh again, "As expected of Ai Xiao, she's exactly the same as when we first met." He then pounced on Ai Xiao and knocked her away.

Still shaken, Ai Xiao beamed with joy upon seeing Di Xing and hugged him tightly.

"Hehe, you saved me again."

"Ah Xiao, be more careful next time. You always get carried away."

"Isn't it you who's there to save me? Oh, or maybe my brother?"

We can't guarantee we'll always be there for you.

Di Xing thought to himself that Ai Xiao was smarter than any of his other friends, but at the same time, she was also prone to getting carried away.

But Zhai Luyou, standing behind the two, didn't think so. She had personally witnessed Ai Xiao hide a [Penguin Fish] card in her sleeve. Tsk, plan in action.

Di Xing got up to check on the two red-clad ninjas who had been defeated by the penguin ninjas. However, he discovered that their figures were slowly dissipating.

"This is?"

"It seems they are card spirits; they must have been summoned back by the user."

"Hey, let's quickly put out these flames and come out, [Demon Scheming Snow Woman]!"

The scorching environment made the newly materialized Snow Maiden very uncomfortable, but under Di Xing's command, she and Ai Xiao's penguin warriors extinguished the flames.

"Alright, we need to hurry and find Xiangxiang."

By this time, the towering flames had been completely brought under control, and visibility in the mixed valley area had greatly improved. Everyone looked around, and their gazes unanimously fixed on one point.

That was the center of the fire, Xiangxiang's library, now burning with eerie purple flames.

"What... what happened?" Even the cool Kit was a little surprised and took off her sunglasses.

"I don't know, that flame was very strange, but Xiangxiang should be inside," Di Xing said gravely. "Let's go."

A firefighter from the Ace Fire Department stood guard at the entrance, continuously spraying water at the library with a water cannon.

"Ai Xiao, you're here! And this person is... Di Xing, right?"

"Big Pancake Bro, what's the situation here?"

"I don't know either. The water can't extinguish these strange purple flames at all. What's even stranger is that this library has been burning for a long time, yet it still retains its original structure."

Di Xing stared at the eerie flames, gritted his teeth, and said, "You guys wait outside, I'll rush in and give it a try."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Su Wandi scolded. "I brought you here, so I have an obligation to go in with you."

“That’s right, that’s right, none of us are cowards,” Ai Xiao chimed in.

Di Xing gave a helpless smile. "Then let's all go together."

However, just as Di Xing stepped into the burning doorway, a huge beam collapsed behind him, blocking the entrance.

"Di Xing!" Ai Xiao called out anxiously.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll just go out to see if there are any other exits," Di Xing reassured the people outside the door, then made up his mind and walked into the house.

The surrounding flames made the temperature scorching, and Di Xing found it difficult to breathe. But strangely, the purple flames did not cause him any direct harm.

When Di Xing finally arrived at the library's lobby, he found the Ghostly Sea Demon struggling to maintain the water shield she had created, with the unconscious Que Yuxiang beside her.

Di Xing rushed over and picked Xiang Xiang up from the ground.

Xiangxiang weakly opened her listless eyes, then reached out and stroked Dixing's face.

"This temperature, this shape... it's Ah Xing! You've come to save me!"

"Yes, Xiangxiang, it's alright now."

"That child who was protecting me, was it one you secretly put inside me?"

Yes, right when you secretly kissed me.

"You're so thoughtful!"

"Didn't you once give me a life-saving card? But you're so foolish. Books can be rewritten, but once your life is gone, it can never be brought back to life!"

"I'm sorry, but this is the only library in Zagu District. If it's destroyed, the people of Zagu District will never have access to knowledge again."

Before Di Xing could reply, a clear, cold voice rang out.

"I'm sorry, but I can't agree with your statement." Di Xing looked up in shock and saw a beautiful woman in a classic kimono with cascading black hair sitting in a chair, engrossed in flipping through a book.

In my view, books are nothing more than the corpses of civilization.

"Who are you?" Di Xing shielded Xiang Xiang behind him.

The beautiful woman didn't look up, but simply said, "My elder brother is Zhuang Sini."