I can push my cultivation progress to the end

The first rays of dawn peeked through, and a white mist filled the air.

Enshrouded in the hazy morning mist, about five li away from the courtyard where the blood tree stump was located, lay a three-way intersection of fertile fields, mountain valley crevices, and a deep, secluded forest.

Clutching Guo Shiwen, Li Hai cautiously surveyed the surroundings while glancing at Guo Huaijin not far away, asking loudly with a sneer:

"Old dog Guo, this is the outermost edge of what you call Qian Family Fort, right?"

Facing Li Hai's inquiry, Guo Huaijin said coldly and quietly:

"This used to be Qian Family Stockaded Village, now it's called Guo Family Fort, um... Just follow the mountain wall into the forest ahead and keep walking, until you reach Zhulong Mountain, cross over the mountain, and keep walking, and you can completely escape."

As he spoke, the dozens of retainers behind him kept their muskets raised, coldly watching Li Hai with fierce eyes, as if they would fire and blast him away at any moment.

However, Li Hai was not too afraid, still smiling, only a murderous aura revealed deep in his eyes.

As for why these people were able to carry guns at this moment, and the number had increased so much.

It was because, of the two requests Li Hai made, Guo Huaijin only reluctantly agreed to the second one.

As for the first request, even if Li Hai repeatedly threatened Guo Shiwen's safety, Guo Huaijin still sneered repeatedly, with no intention of agreeing.

Obviously, this old fox was gambling with his life.

Using his grandson's life as a bet, gambling that Li Hai would not dare to completely fight to the death with him.

"Aiya, aiya, Master Guo ~"

Feeling the murderous intent coming straight at him from the old man Guo, Li Hai said with a smile, "Look at your face, like you want to kill my whole family, it's really scary.

In the end, there is no old grudges between us, so why do you have to make it so bitter and hateful?

How about this, you take your people back thirty zhang, and I will also retreat thirty zhang and put your grandson down, and then you and I will go our separate ways, okay?"

"Tch—"

Guo Huaijin sneered, "Crippled one of my grandson's hands, and still want to reconcile? Are you joking at this moment?

Humph, don't talk so much nonsense, you quickly put Shiwen down now, and I will keep my word and guarantee you a way out."

Li Hai looked at the dozens of guns aimed at him, and he didn't believe a single word of Guo's high-sounding remarks.

He dared to say that as soon as Guo Shiwen was released, the bullets from those muskets would definitely hit him at the first moment.

"Really no way."

Li Hai muttered to himself, "In the end, I still have to take a gamble."

After thinking for a few seconds, he suddenly smiled coldly, and across the hazy morning mist between the fields, he shouted loudly to Guo Huaijin:

"Old dog Guo, since you want to play hardball, then I will play with you, let your precious grandson... walk with me for a while longer."

After saying that, Li Hai suddenly activated his supernatural power—Blood Devouring Heart Burning.

Thump—

As if a bomb had exploded in his body, Li Hai's heart suddenly beat violently.

The bright red blood plasma flowing in the hundreds of thousands of blood vessels in his limbs also surged like boiling water.

And with the appearance of these strange conditions in his body, his entire body suddenly began to turn red and hot.

His body shape also suddenly swelled a lot in the crackling sound of bones.

So at first glance, Li Hai, standing in the light mist, was like a crimson monster, making people shudder.

And at the moment when these changes suddenly appeared, Li Hai's whole person was like an arrow shot out, and he quickly窜 into the dense forest on the side and back with a whoosh in a flash of lightning.

His speed was too fast, so fast that Guo Huaijin and his party couldn't react at all, and the musketeers didn't dare to fire immediately, for fear of accidentally killing Guo Shiwen.

"Bastard!"

Guo Huaijin was the first to react, roaring and chasing after him like a hunting tiger with afterimages.

But just after taking a few steps to the edge of the forest, he abruptly stopped his steps, his face showing hesitation and fear, standing still.

"This little beast's pace was so fast just now, and his body shape has become so large, especially his aura..."

Guo Huaijin frowned tightly, "There is faintly a hint of surpassing the [Vigorous Body Circulation] realm, could it be... he broke through at the last minute? Um... No, no, no."

He shook his head repeatedly: "How can it be such a coincidence that the little thief Li broke through, maybe he used some secret method."

Thinking this way, Guo Huaijin dared not step into the forest even more.

Although he was in the same realm and had rich experience in fighting enemies, facing the young and strong Li Hai, his old and weak body would ultimately have a weaker chance of winning.

Guo Huaijin had already known this point after fighting Li Hai earlier.

Especially since this Li seemed to have mastered some kind of crooked technique, coupled with the perennial mist in this secluded forest and... and some hidden reasons, Guo Huaijin dared not rush in.

"Master."

At this time, Butler Liu came forward and asked softly, "What should we do next, do we need to mobilize the other musketeers in the fort to come over and enter the forest to search?"

"Absolutely not."

Guo Huaijin said with a沉着face, "Although this secluded forest is not vast and boundless, and all sides are surrounded by cliffs with no way out, and even... there are hidden ghosts.

But it is covered by thick fog all year round without light, and the musketeers rush into it, it is likely to be tricked by the little thief Li.

Once the losses are serious, and let the other stockaded villages know about this, it will be very detrimental to my Guo Family Fort..."

That's right, Guo Huaijin just lied.

It turned out that there was no way out at the end of this quiet forest, only towering mountain valley cliffs.

Moreover, it actually hides the so-called... evil spirits.

"Then..."

Butler Liu hesitated and said, "Then what about Young Master Shiwen... what to do?"

"Alas~~"

Guo Huaijin sighed towards the sky, "Let the musketeers guard this three-way intersection to the death, and if the little thief Li has not appeared after a while..."

His face hardened, and he said coldly: "Set fire to the forest and force him out!"

In the quiet and secluded forest—

Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

In the depths of the secluded forest, completely obscured by thick fog, Li Hai stepped on big trees, his body like a red shadow, constantly shuttling between the lush forest canopy.

After continuing like this for a while, he finally stopped, feeling that the consumption was too great, and also stopped the operation of Blood Devouring Heart Burning.