Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

After hearing Liu Xu's description of the old man's skin, Xiong Kui and Huo Qing felt a chill run from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.

It felt like being doused with a bucket of ice water in the middle of summer.

"Alright, alright, stop talking!" Xiong Kui rubbed his thick arms vigorously, which were covered in goosebumps. "Let's hurry up and leave! Otherwise, staying here will make me feel uneasy and uncomfortable."

As he spoke, he involuntarily turned his head to look at the mountain range on his right.

Xiong Kui stared at the mountain for a few moments, the image of the old man's skin that Xia Jin had just projected into his mind involuntarily appearing in his head. The withered, yellow skin, the dark, hollow eye sockets, the slightly open mouth...

He shivered and quickly averted his gaze, muttering, "Damn it."

Huo Qing's expression wasn't good either, but he was more composed than Xiong Kui and didn't react as dramatically.

Liu Xu was the calmest of the three, but her brows were always furrowed, and her cold eyes would occasionally sweep across the surrounding terrain, as if she were on guard against something.

However, what people fear most is that what they wish for will come true.

Just as Xiong Kui turned his head to look at the mountain range, he suddenly caught something unusual out of the corner of his eye.

Halfway up a mountain, there appears to be a small black dot moving.

The black dot was very small, at least ten miles away. If Xiong Kui hadn't glanced in that direction just now, they would never have noticed it. But once they did, the black dot could no longer be ignored.

What made Xiong Kui even more uneasy was that the black dot seemed to be moving in their direction.

And it's extremely fast.

They were just halfway up the mountain a moment ago, and in the blink of an eye, they were already at the foot of the mountain. A few more breaths passed, and they were much closer to them.

Xiong Kui swallowed hard, a look of horror instantly appearing on his face.

"You...you all look!" He raised his hand, his fingers trembling slightly as he pointed towards the mountain range. "What...what's that over there?!"

Xia Jin suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction Xiong Kui was pointing.

Huo Qing and Liu Xu turned their heads at the same time.

Upon seeing this, the reactions of the others were not so bad, at most their expressions turned a little unpleasant, but Xia Jin's expression changed drastically.

Because he saw it.

That black spot isn't a black spot at all.

It was a human skin.

A wrinkled human skin, fluttering slightly in the wind.

It really is it!!

We need to get out of here now!

No, it's probably too late to leave now!

The old man's skin was moving so fast that even he was startled. If he turned and ran, he would be caught in less than ten breaths.

The only option is to hide.

"You all better hide with me right now!"

Xia Jin gave a cold shout, and his figure had already moved.

He took a step and went behind a huge rock. The rock was more than two people tall, and its surface was covered with weathered cracks, but it was thick enough to barely cover the figures of a few people.

But this is not enough.

Xia Jin suddenly raised her right hand, and a ball of white flame mixed with blue instantly emerged from her palm.

Without the slightest hesitation, he slammed his right hand down on the ground.

"boom!!"

The ground beneath their feet had been easily burned, leaving a crater about ten feet high. Though small, it was enough for several people to hide in.

"Quickly!! Get down!"

Xia Jin grabbed the still unconscious young master of Tianbao City and threw him into the pit like a sandbag, then jumped down herself.

Xiong Kui and the other two did not dare to be careless and jumped down after them.

Xiong Kui was the last to jump in. Before his massive body hit the pit, he suddenly stretched out his two thick arms, grabbed the boulder that Xia Jin had used as a shield, and used all his strength to drag it over, covering the pit entrance completely.

The boulder fit perfectly into the edge of the pit, and from the outside, there was no sign of anything unusual.

After the boulder was placed on top, it was pitch black inside. Under Xia Jin's control, the flames shrank to the size of a fist and hovered in the center of the pit.

Fortunately, Xia Jin's flame made everyone's expressions clearly visible.

Xia Jin's expression was solemn, her gaze fixed on the boulder above her head, as if she could see through the stone to the outside world.

Xiong Kui's eyelids twitched violently, and a hint of fear seemed to flash in his large, bell-like eyes.

His breathing became heavy, but after Xia Jin gave him a sharp look, he immediately gritted his teeth and desperately suppressed his breathing.

"Conceal your aura and don't make any sound," Xia Jin reminded him calmly.

All four of them held their breath.

A deathly silence fell over the pit.

A few breaths later, a chilling feeling washed over me like a tidal wave.

It was a feeling that was hard to describe in words.

It seemed to be a kind of oppressive feeling that struck straight to the soul, as if an invisible giant hand was gripping a person's heart in its palm.

That feeling grew stronger and stronger.

Xiong Kui's ears were ringing, and specks of light began to appear before his eyes, a sign that his body was about to give way under extreme fear.

但他不敢动.

He didn't know how close the old man's skin was to them, or whether it had already detected their presence. All he knew was that the chilling feeling was still there, growing stronger and closer.

Just when Xiong Kui felt he was about to give up, that feeling suddenly began to lessen.

A few breaths later, the suffocating sense of oppression completely disappeared.

Inside the pit, the group of people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"My god, that was really scary..." Xiong Kui felt a great sense of relief. He opened his mouth, just about to speak, when he saw Xia Jin suddenly turn her head, her eyes like two sharp knives, glaring fiercely at him.