"Hu Ji, are you there?"

Perhaps it was the will to survive, but as I was being stared at intently by the Black Dragon, a force surged within me, barely allowing me to speak.

So, as if I hadn't seen anything, I asked towards the room that was almost filled with the Black Dragon.

Naturally, there was no response.

So, standing in place and pretending to wait for a while, I turned around and walked towards the exit of the palace, trying to maintain my composure.

Without needing to look back, I knew that the gaze of the Black Dragon was firmly fixed on my back.

Thus, the small courtyard under my feet, which was only a few square zhang in size, felt more distant than the journey I had traveled from Chu to Yan.

Three steps.

Two steps.

The final step.

Finally, when one foot stepped out of the palace gate, I couldn't help but support myself against the door and let out a sigh of relief.

"Lu Sheng."

Then I heard Hu Ji's voice coming from behind me.

The relaxation of my mind made me instinctively turn around.

But there was no Hu Ji.

What appeared before my frozen eyes was only a hideous giant mouth rushing towards me.