During the time that Yin Hui was in the Onyx Serpent's chamber, Su Jia and Yu Zhuwa were aimlessly wandering through the various caves of Coiling Pass.

The pill that allowed Yu Zhuwa to see in the dark had already worn off, and he was now clinging close to Su Jia.

"Elder Sister Su. Is Big Brother Li Feng okay?"

"I can't say he's completely fine, but I know for a fact he's not dead. My spiritual sense is still on him and I would know if it was--ugh."

Su Jia fell to her knees and began coughing violently. A mouthful of blood came out and splattered onto the ground.

"Sister Su Jia what's wrong?!"

"Damn it Li Feng... Just what are you doing right now?" Su Jia knew that what she felt was the backlash of something happening to her spiritual sense. She did not feel the connection between her spiritual sense and Yin Hui sever so it meant he wasn't dead. Considering the degree of the backlash, Su Jia assumed that it was due to Yin Hui overexerting her spiritual sense. If her spiritual sense was actually destroyed, she would have lost a lot more than a mouthful of blood.

"Grr..."

Su Jia and Yu Zhuwa turned their heads towards one of the tunnels. A low growl could be heard getting closer and closer to them, accompanied with the sound of scraping on the ground.

"Sister Su Jia, what is that?" Yu Zhuwa asked.

Su Jia hid Yu Zhuwa behind her and slapped her bag of holding. A pill came out and she swallowed it immediately. When the pill reached her stomach, a refreshing feeling filled her entire body, restoring her stamina and vitality.

As the growl grew louder, the bodies of four half-wolf half-human hybrids entered the range of Su Jia's spiritual sense.

"Strange... Why can't I sense their cultivation levels?"

Once they were 15 meters away, Su Jia sent out a palm at one of the wolf-men. A giant projection of Su Jia's palm shot out of her hand and completely vaporized one of the beasts on contact, reducing it into a pile of flesh and blood. Witnessing one of their own get taken down, the three remaining wolf-men stopped their advance.

"Stay away! Or else you will end up reduced just like your friend!" She warned.

The wolf-men turned their heads towards the remains of their fallen comrade and began to devour them. After they were done, they continued on their way to Su Jia and Yu Zhuwa.

"Disgusting creatures. Die!"

Su Jia shot another palm at the wolf-men, but this time one of them casually smacked it away. Shocked, Su Jia picked up Yu Zhuwa and took a giant step back, distancing themselves further from the beasts.

The wolf-men approached the pool of blood Su Jia coughed out earlier and began to drink from it. As they did, their bodies began to grow.

"They're devouring my discarded blood and getting stronger? Is that how they obtained the strength to deflect my palm strike? By consuming the life force of their fallen comrade? Cultivation such as this mirrors that of demonic cultivators!"

At this point, Su Jia knew that the best option now was to run. By consuming their comrade, the wolf-men became strong enough to withstand her palm. Now that they feasted on her blood as well, it was likely they were now even stronger than her.

However, before Su Jia could plan out an escape route, one of the wolf-men snuck up behind her and attempted to slash her with it's claws.

Luckily, Su Jia was able to dodge in time, only receiving a small nick across the cheek.

"If I hadn't given away part of my spiritual sense and sent out that piece of my soul I would be able to take down these abominations easily. Li Feng, this is all your fault for holding a grudge over such petty things!"

The three remaining wolf-men were now surrounding Su Jia and Yu Zhuwa. Because they were half-human, their intelligence was much higher than most of the spirit beasts within the pass. They poised to attack simultaneously, coordinating themselves in a tight formation in order to prevent any chance at escape.

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"First you take a piece of my spiritual sense hostage. Then you fall into the abyss during the cave in with the compass, forcing me to sent out a distress signal using a fragment of my own soul! True it's partially my fault since I dropped the compass, but you could've just thrown it to me as soon as you got it instead of putting it in your bag of holding! Ugh! If I survive this I'm going to beat you senseless the next time I see you!"

"Roar!!" All three wolf-men attacked together, reaching out with their sharp claws.

Rumble~

Suddenly, the entire cave began to shake. The wolf-men stopped attacking and looked around in fear. Su Jia assumed it was another cave in and tightened her grip on Yu Zhuwa. They were currently in a very narrow tunnel, so there was not a lot of time to react if anything were to collapse. Understanding this, Su Jia focused all her attention towards her spiritual sense. If the ceiling crumbled she would be ready to destroy the rubble. If the ground collapsed she would be ready to keep herself afloat with Yu Zhuwa.

The three wolf-men were acting strange. Despite the obvious signs of a pre-mature cave-in, the three beasts were not running or trying to get away from the area. Instead, they dropped to their knees and started to kowtow.

"What is going on? Sister Su Jia, is it another cave-in?" Yu Zhuwa asked.

Su Jia noticed that despite the tremors within the earth, there was no structural damage happening to the tunnel they were in.

"Lord... Please spare us..." A husky voice said.

It was one of the wolf-men. One of the wolf-men who had a more human-like form kept smashing his head on the ground while constantly begging for forgiveness.

Unfortunately, whoever the wolf-men were pleading to did not seem to care. In the blink of an eye, all three of them exploded into mists of blood.

Su Jia felt a chill run through her entire body. The moment the three beasts were about to die, the image of a giant yellow eye flashed within her mind. She knew without a doubt that the owner of the eye was the one who killed the three wolf-men. However, what terrified her the most was that she felt like this all-powerful figure was still holding back significantly.

The strongest beings she had ever been in contact with were Immortal Treading cultivators. Yet, none of them could compare to the power she had just sensed. It was as if this being while still suppressed had the power to exterminate the entire province with a mere flip of it's palm.

"Did you feel that Xiao Yu... Xiao Yu?" Su Jia looked down and noticed that Yu Zhuwa had fainted. She sighed, but didn't blame him. The pressure exuded by their mysterious savior was simply too overwhelming, even for her.

"I wonder though... Why did that expert only attack the wolf-men and not us?" As Su Jia contemplated the matter, she heard a low rumble out in the distance. As the sound got closer, she realized the answer to her question.

"Li Feng!" She shouted.

Now within the range of her spiritual sense, Su Jia could see Yin Hui riding calmly on top of a giant white snake. The snake was incredibly fast and reached her within a few short moments.

"Su Jia, I've gotten us a one way escort to the border. This white serpent already knows where we need to go and will take us through the fastest route. Climb on."

As soon as Su Jia hopped on the back of the enormous serpent they immediately took off. She was caught off guard by the sudden burst of speed and fell hard on her rear.

"Pfft... Weak in the legs from wandering aimlessly for too long?" Yin Hui smirked.

Su Jia's face reddened.

"You..." After securing the unconscious Yu Zhuwa with a couple of restraining spells, Su Jia walked up to Yin Hui and slapped him across the face.

Yin Hui's head turned slightly from the force of the slap, but he wasn't really injured. He looked at Su Jia with a puzzled expression.

"Did I do something wrong? Seriously, it was just a joke."

Su His leaned in slightly and put her hands on her hips.

"Of course you did! You were late! Did you know that before you got here Xiao Yu and I almost died to a group of spirit beasts? If it weren't for the help of a powerful hidden expert, we would've been corpses by the time you showed up!"

"Then shouldn't you be thanking me? Considering how you two are alive and all your enemies are dead, how do you know I didn't have something to do with it?"

"Hmph. As if you could know such a powerful existence. That expert had power that would triumph over an army of Immortal Treading cultivators. I bet you haven't even seen a power such as that before in your life. While I didn't actually see who it was, I'm very sure that our savior was a hidden Earth Immortal who simply couldn't stand by to watch a beauty such as myself be killed!" Su Jia flicked her hair in a prideful manner at the last statement.

Yin Hui laughed bitterly. If the Onyx Serpent heard this it probably would've just left the two of them to die. In its own words, not even a thousand Earth Immortals would stand a chance against its might.

"I could've taken those beasts out easily if I had my full power. However, you forced me to split a portion of it and give it to you! You want me to thank you? You should be thanking me for being merciful enough to not beat you senseless for making me go through all that! Hey, are you even listening to me?!" Su Jia watched angrily as Yin Hui shook his head and walked away from her. He sat down and began to cultivate his qi, ignoring Su Jia.

"Why you... I'll put up with this for now because you have gotten us transportation to the border, but don't think you'll always be this lucky." Su Jia sat down as well and also began to cultivate, trying to restore as much of her cultivation as possible before they got to the border.

"What an infuriating girl..." Yin Hui sighed.