Scant vegetation, dry wind...

Hundreds of miles around, it's all this kind of environment...

This is the norm in the Valley of the Wicked...

The environment here has always been so harsh.

In such a harsh environment, people need to become more insane to survive.

That's why the people of the Valley of the Wicked are more brutal and more vicious than the average person.

Outside the Valley of the Wicked, there is a table set up...

At this moment, four people are calmly sitting here.

These four people are the four geniuses the Valley of the Wicked sent to confront Hu Xiaobei and the others this time...

They look cultured and refined...

So, if you saw them elsewhere, you'd definitely think they are the kind of scholars well-versed in books...

Lazily glancing at the other three, the person sitting at the main seat spoke lightly.

"Judging by the time, those guys should be getting close to the Dark Forest by now."

Hearing this lazy statement, they spoke up...

"Probably about time! But it might still be early, after all, their skills are poor, so their progress will be slower."

"I think so too!"

"Me too!"

Upon hearing such pure mockery, he slightly frowned...

"You guys shouldn't underestimate these few Hidden Family people too much. If they were really that worthless, they would have been annexed by us long ago."

"Haha, the reason they haven't been swallowed by us now is that there are indeed some geniuses in their family, but the younger generation is really way too lacking."

"Exactly!"

Hearing such evaluation, the young man sitting at the main seat put down the Purple Sand Cup in his hand and agreed, "You're right. Now we just wait! In the Dark Forest and Outer Valley, we've left a lot of challenges for those four. I sincerely hope they can pass those challenges and reach us, otherwise, it would be too boring!"

"Indeed!"

With such a response, the three turned their heads to look in the direction of the Outer Valley...

At this moment, they also hoped those few people would come steadily, because this way, things would be more interesting...

...

Next to the Dark Forest, Hu Xiaobei and three others stood quietly...

"Captain, let's set off now!"

"Yes, Captain, we've been waiting here for over ten minutes already!"

"Right, right!"

Hai Tianshao and others beside Hu Xiaobei urged quickly upon seeing Hu Xiaobei unresponsive...

Earlier, they had arrived here with Hu Xiaobei, and they wanted to go straight into the Dark Forest back then but were stopped by Hu Xiaobei, who said to observe for a bit. As a result, they've been observing with no movement until now...

Hearing their excited urging, Hu Xiaobei squinted his eyes and said, "We can set off, but before we do, we must first solve a little trouble."

"Little trouble?"

"Have none of you seen it yet?"

Hu Xiaobei frowned...

From the very first moment they arrived here, Hu Xiaobei saw there was a little trouble.

But he hadn't said anything because he hoped they could use their own skills to discover where the trouble was.

Yet, until now, they still seemed to not have noticed...

"Didn't notice!"

"Me neither!"

"Nor did I!"

Although answering like this was slightly embarrassing, they all still responded this way...

Just now, they had looked around for a long time but really couldn't figure out what little trouble Hu Xiaobei was referring to!

Seeing their confusion, Hu Xiaobei sighed, somewhat exasperatedly, and asked, "Didn't anyone from your family teach you the ways to utilize True Qi?"

"This... they did!"

"Tell me, how did they teach you?"

Sensing Hu Xiaobei's genuine interest, they took a deep breath and explained carefully, "Just by channeling True Qi into the hands and legs to increase strength and impact."

"Is that all?"

"Yes!"

Hearing such a definite answer, Hu Xiaobei rubbed his nose and spoke slightly helplessly!

"Did they ever tell you that True Qi can also be channeled into the ears and eyes?"

"This... no!"

The three thought for a moment and gently shook their heads...

"Then you can try it now!"

After saying this, Hu Xiaobei began to teach them the method of channeling. After finishing teaching, Hu Xiaobei quietly waited.

Three minutes later, Hu Xiaobei saw their eyes open with excitement.

At that moment, Hu Xiaobei knew they must have thoroughly grasped the method he taught.

"Since you've all mastered the method I taught, now is the time to give it a good try!"

Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei's soft words, they slowly started channeling their True Qi.

At first, they didn't feel any change at all.

"Could the Captain be messing with us?"

As this thought emerged, their corners of the eyes twitched slightly...

"It shouldn't be! He wouldn't tease us unless he's full and bored!"

Murmuring this, they continued channeling True Qi.

Gradually, their expressions changed because, at this moment, they clearly sensed a difference in their eyes and ears...

"Changed! It really changed!"

"Yes, indeed!"

Once confirming their heightened senses, they looked excitedly towards the Dark Forest not far away, and at that instant, their faces suddenly changed...

Because at that instant, they saw a snake lying on a dead branch not far away...

"This..."

At the moment they spotted the snake, the snake also moved instantly!

"Stunned!"

Seeing the snake frenziedly darting towards their throats, their hearts chilled.

"Courting death!"

At that instant, they heard a thunderous growl in their ears!

Soon, they saw the snake flying towards them being grasped in a hand...

"It's the Captain!"

Thinking this, they gradually calmed down; soon, they saw Hu Xiaobei holding the snake in his hand.

That frenzied snake had now completely lost all resistance...

"So dangerous!"

As they spoke, they exchanged frantic glances, understanding that if not for Hu Xiaobei, one of them would have been a goner...

They finally understood why Hu Xiaobei mentioned a small trouble earlier...

If they hadn't stopped, if they had just charged forward, they might really be lying on the ground now...

"He really is a truly deserving captain!"

As they were musing, the snake was disheartenedly spitting blood...

It was called the Dead Branch Snake, a highly venomous snake...

The Dead Branch Snake loved disguising itself as a dead branch, which was exactly what it had done earlier.

Just after hiding, it saw four people approaching, which delighted it.

Because it knew its prey had arrived...

However, before they entered its striking distance, they stopped...

This change puzzled the Dead Branch Snake, but it remained silent, waiting patiently...

In its view, they probably stopped because of something else, and there was no way they discovered it...

But later, it realized otherwise; they seemed to have discovered it...

Once confirming this, it ceased hiding and charged up frenziedly only to be seized just as it started moving...

Caught up, it wanted to struggle but couldn't; thus, it was tightly held...

Even now, it didn't understand why it was caught so easily...

"Do you know what this is?"

After securing it, Hu Xiaobei squinted his eyes...

Hearing Hu Xiaobei's inquiry, they gradually came to their senses.

"Yes, that's the Dead Branch Snake! Extremely venomous!"

Saying this, they once again felt a chill in their hearts...

They knew that if this snake weren't caught by Hu Xiaobei, they'd probably be lying on the ground by now...

"Yeah! This should be a test from the Valley of the Wicked for us!"

Saying this, Hu Xiaobei effortlessly finished it...

After casually discarding its dead body aside, Hu Xiaobei looked up at them.

Seeing them still shaken and unsettled, Hu Xiaobei spoke hoarsely!

"This contest is not a friendly competition; it's a fight for life, so from now on everyone must be completely alert; if any of you can't do it, back out now, don't drag others down at the crucial moment, understood?"

"Yes!"

Hearing such a low-key reminder, they all nodded quickly...

They now understood that if it weren't for Hu Xiaobei, one of them might not be standing right now...

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