Skywolf King

"Phew... Senior Sister, Senior Sister? Are you alright?"

Yue Ling slowly opened his eyes, his entire body aching as though it were about to fall apart.

He let out a heavy breath. Fortunately, at the moment they had fallen, he had held the person in his arms tightly.

Yue Ling lowered his head to look at Zhang Lexuan, curled up in his embrace. Feeling that soft warmth in his arms, his heart could not help but pound fiercely several times.

"...I... I'm fine."

The person in his arms moved and slowly sat up.

She blanked out for a moment.

Just now, held tightly in Yue Ling's arms, that warmth brimming with security had given her an indescribable feeling.

It involuntarily reminded her of the catastrophe that had wiped out her family when she was young.

Back then, her mother had also protected her behind her just like this, shielding her from the enemy's search and allowing her to survive by sheer luck.

Facing the aftershock of a Soul Douluo's desperate strike, while this impact was not enough to take her life, it was inevitable that she would suffer some unnecessary injuries.

Looking at the fourteen-year-old boy before her, emotions churned within her heart.

The little bean sprout that Xuan Zi and she had brought back then had already grown up...

Seeing Zhang Lexuan lost in thought, Yue Ling lightly furrowed his brows. "Senior Sister, you didn't suffer any unusual injuries, did you?"

Only then did Zhang Lexuan snap out of her daze.

She looked at Yue Ling, whose expression carried a hint of hesitation, her gaze complicated. Then she shook her head and slowly spoke.

"I'm fine. You protected me very well."

After saying that, she raised her eyes and lightly shot him a glare.

"Oh, oh." Yue Ling responded,