I'm afraid of pain, so I put all my defense into it.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and was stunned. At this moment, the outside of the grove was already covered by a dark curtain of light.

The originally bright sky turned dark and gloomy. They had not noticed it before, but now they were reminded that something was wrong.

The black thing swayed in the wind and continued to spread towards the location where everyone was. They had never seen this thing before, but this was an uninhabited area, so it was not surprising that some strange things occasionally ran out.

"What is this?"

"We are in the periphery, and we can actually encounter such an existence!"

"What is going on?"

The monks were in a mess and wanted to escape, but they found that the surroundings had been sealed off and turned into a black ocean. Although everyone did not recognize this thing, they all knew that if they were entangled by this weird thing, they would definitely not have a good ending.

A cultivator with high cultivation level flew up into the sky with his flying light, trying to escape from the air, but suddenly found that except for their grove, the wasteland was occupied by black matter.

Swaying in the wind, crackling sounds continued.

"This is fire, this black matter is fire!"

"The whole wasteland has turned into a black sea of ​​fire, we are surrounded!"

The cultivator screamed in shock. The whole wasteland was shrouded in darkness, and there was no end in sight. If he flew around in it, he would soon lose his sense of direction. Even though he had a high level of cultivation, he was unwilling to take this risk.

"Damn it, how could we encounter such a being in the periphery? Shouldn't creatures of this level stay in the core area?"

The black shadows in the grove trembled, and the overwhelming black flames made them fear from the bottom of their hearts.

The faces of the group of people surrounded in the center also changed. This black flame was a completely unknown existence. If they had a chance to break through the hunters in the dark, they would have no hope of survival if they encountered this strange flame.

They knew better than anyone what the consequences would be if they encountered such an existence in the uninhabited area of ​​the border.

"Miss, I'm afraid we're going to fail today!"

"Even if we fail, we have to send you out. It's just a sea of ​​fire. Even if we risk our lives, we have to break through a passage!"

"Yes, Miss is our hope, and nothing can happen to her!"

"We will break through from the west in a while. Miss, don't go back to the border, go directly to Zhongzhou to get help!"

The guards had a determined look in their eyes and were ready to sacrifice themselves.

"Uncles, there is no need to do this. To be able to release such a divine fire, it must be a powerful being. Breaking through by force will only lead to death. Let me negotiate with them. If they have a spiritual intelligence, they may let us go for my father's sake."

The icy beauty in the middle of the crowd stopped everyone's actions.

"But..."

The guard wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the woman.

"I can't watch you die in vain. I've dragged you down today. Please wait here and I'll negotiate. We have to fight for life or death."

After that, the woman stepped forward, parted the crowd, and asked loudly towards the black smoke in front of her: "May I ask who is coming from the front? My father is Yang Guang, the Marquis of Zhenyuan. If you know me, please do me a favor and let me and my group pass. I will reward you handsomely in the future!"

Dozens of black-clothed men in the jungle sneered at this. They were kidding. This black flame was obviously not something that humans could release. It was obvious that the powerful creatures active in the border areas were definitely creatures like meat mountains. They only had the desire to destroy and could not negotiate at all.

I'm afraid this woman has lost her mind.

"Leader, what should we do?"

"Put aside the mission for now. This woman will definitely not be able to escape. Let's retreat first. We can roughly identify the direction with this small forest as a reference. Let's go back to the camp first and make plans later!"

"Yes!"

The men in black reached a consensus in an instant. Facing creatures of this level, the mission target had no chance of survival, which was also a disguised completion of the mission.

"While this stupid woman attracts the attention of the monster, let's retreat quickly!"

"Let's go..."

Black shadows flickered in the jungle, and dozens of escape lights flickered, all rising into the sky and escaping into the distance.

But at this moment, a faint exclamation reached their ears.

"There are people here?"

In the black flames, a human figure walked out slowly, and two long gullies behind him were constantly burning, collapsing, and spreading outward.

In just a moment, a touch of coolness swept through the bodies of everyone present.

The person who came was not the frontier monster they imagined, but a monk.What kind of cultivation level does a strong cultivator have?

Perhaps even the top guards in the border area don't have such strength?

"Haha, boy, there are people here, and there are girls!"

Ji Wuqing was the first to take the lead, with a gleam in his eyes. He felt very happy to be noticed.

"Well, I saw it. What a kind face, what a lovely person."

Li Xiaobai looked at the cultivators in front of him and smiled slightly. It felt better to see humans. It felt a bit boring to play stand-alone games in the wilderness. These cultivators appeared at the right time.

Dozens of black-clothed people in the sky were shocked. Such a big scene was created by a cultivator. It was definitely an extraordinary existence.

"Run!"

The black-clothed man in the lead flashed and moved in the void like lightning. The other black-clothed people followed closely behind him and fled frantically. The threat from Li Xiaobai below was too strong.

"Am I scary?"

Looking at the people fleeing frantically in the sky, Li Xiaobai sighed and waved his hand casually. The black flames in the sky surged, setting off a raging wave of flames. In the blink of an eye, the black-clothed man was swept into it. He didn't even scream and was burned to the point where not even his bones were left.

These people were wearing black clothes and masks, and the monks trapped in the center were covered in blood. It was a typical scene of killing and robbing treasures.

Li Xiaobai didn't have a good impression of the black-clothed man, so it wouldn't be a big problem to kill him directly.

It's just that these black-clothed men seemed to have ordinary cultivation. After dozens of people died, the hellfire didn't make a qualitative leap, but only increased by ten percentage points, which was a bit weak.

[Hellfire (God-level skill): Current coverage: zero (ninety/one hundred) can be advanced. ]

"Haha, kid, don't burn me, put away the flames!"

Ji Wuqing said dissatisfiedly. It was not easy to meet a monk, and the atmosphere was so good. It wanted to show off.

Li Xiaobai silently put away the flames, kicked it away, and then looked at the stunned people in front of him.

"Where are you from?"