"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The howling wind swept into his ears.

Falling, Qin Hao tensely stared below.

Upon reaching the peculiar tree, Qin Hao infused his fingers with Inner Strength and jabbed them directly into the wall.

Swoosh!

Thanks to that jab, he managed to temporarily land on the tree. The branches didn’t break.

"Phew! That was close. Lucky this old tree is sturdy enough!"

Qin Hao wiped his sweat in lingering fear and inadvertently glanced down at the tree, his eyes suddenly widening.

Hidden under the canopy, there was actually a meter-wide hole in the cliffside.

Could the sound from earlier have come from this hole?

Qin Hao tentatively shouted into the hole: "Hey!"

No response came, only the wind whimpering.

Above him at the edge, the enormous thumping sound was approaching, as if a giant elephant was coming ashore.

And the voices of the indigenous people disappeared, inexplicably vanishing.

"Damn, the baby elephant’s coming! Whatever!"

Qin Hao couldn’t be bothered with much talk. He pushed away the branches, hooked one foot onto a relatively sturdy tree branch, and let himself fall.

His body spun around the branch using his left foot as the center, and he fell into the hole.

Entering the hole, a chilly breeze made Qin Hao shiver.

After calming his nerves, he saw darkness before him.

Silent, terrifying, and gloomy.

In this darkness, there seemed to be invisible eyes staring at him.

"Hey, where are you?"

Qin Hao didn’t believe in ghost stories, but in such a spooky environment, he couldn’t help but feel a bit afraid.

As he shouted, he slowly moved forward.

Strangely, after entering the cave, the noise above the shore was gone, and he didn’t know if the baby elephant had left.

After walking about ten meters, Qin Hao felt a growing sense of stillness.

Because, he was sure, there were eyes watching him.

This discovery surprised him greatly.

In such a dark place, even with Inner Strength enhancing his eyes, he could only see about five meters.

Who could possibly be watching me from the shadows without being detected?

Qin Hao’s night vision was already extraordinarily keen.

Yet now, he’s unable to find the person watching him in the darkness.

"In this world, could there really be someone with night vision better than mine..."

Thinking this, Qin Hao felt chills down his spine and shouted, "Damn! Could it be a ghost!"

As his voice fell, a faint sound reached his ears.

Qin Hao was certain it was the sound of someone breathing heavily.

"Over here!"

In the next moment, Qin Hao’s body moved, lightning sparked between his fingers, briefly illuminating everything around.

When the Wumei Finger formed, by the light, Qin Hao clearly saw a person standing just ten meters away!

That person had a look of surprise on their face, seemingly not expecting Qin Hao to discover them.

As Qin Hao approached, the killing intent from his Wumei Finger was palpable. Only then did the person awaken with a start, crying out, "Don’t!"

Qin Hao had heard many "don’ts" in his life.

To him, if a bandit said it, it was definitely not to be agreed upon.

But, what if it came from a girl?

Of course, that is also not to be agreed upon.

But now, Qin Hao had to agree.

Because this voice was very familiar.

Clearly, this person was the one who had called out for him to jump earlier.

So, Qin Hao spun his fingers. With a high-frequency tremble, an electric glow shot out, sinking into the stone wall and disappearing without a trace.

Meanwhile, Qin Hao’s position remained steady, just half an inch away from the person.

The two faced each other, their breaths were warm.

As the electric light faded, the space returned to darkness.

However, at such close proximity, Qin Hao could still make out the person’s features.

It was an exceptionally tall woman.

Towering at an estimated height of 180 centimeters, almost matching Qin Hao.

Such height in a woman often correlates with unfavorable stature and appearance.

But this woman wasn’t so.

Her face was very delicate, remarkably small compared to her body, no larger than the palm of a hand, a complete baby face.

What’s more, her figure was exceedingly alluring. With curves demanding admiration, those peaks were towering and prominent.

You could say this woman was a worldly beauty.

Of course, even such a beauty had an obvious flaw.

——Her skin was not very fair, rather a healthy wheat color, reminiscent of those indigenous ones before.

"Are you... indigenous?" After a long silence in the darkness, Qin Hao couldn’t help but speak.

"I... I am..." The woman seemed a bit nervous.

Qin Hao squinted his eyes in the dark, examining her body once more.

As his gaze swept over, the woman inevitably grew tense.

Every part of her that Qin Hao stared at felt extremely uncomfortable.

After Qin Hao admired her form once again, he smiled, showing two rows of teeth: "Hello, I am Qin Hao. May I ask what your name is?"

"Uh..."

Clearly, the woman was a bit baffled.

Seeing Qin Hao’s earlier expression, she thought he was an impolite lecher.

How... could he suddenly be so friendly?

What the woman didn’t know was, while Qin Hao was indeed a hungry wolf, what do hungry wolves love to do before sheep?

Of course, pretend to be innocent!

In fact, it has been a long time since Qin Hao met a new beauty.

In such darkness, alone with a woman, something like sparks flying is bound to happen.

With preparation in mind, Qin Hao naturally wanted to establish a good relationship first.

The woman, unaware of Qin Hao’s dirty thoughts, might have slapped the wolf if she had known.

She shyly chuckled: "Hello Qin Hao, my name is Ah Sang, nice to meet you."

"Me too. But Ah Sang, haven’t we met before?" Qin Hao asked in confusion.

This wasn’t just small talk; he genuinely felt so.

Something about Ah Sang seemed familiar.

Not explainable or understandable.

But Qin Hao was certain he had met Ah Sang once before.

"What’s the deal? She clearly seems like an indigenous from Celestial Dragon Island. I’ve never been here before, how could I have met her?"

Ah Sang didn’t answer Qin Hao’s confusion, instead smiled and said, "Elder said you boys from outside love saying these chat-up lines. Seems true now."

Qin Hao scratched his head, seeing her cheerful smile, genuine, and so he changed the topic, saying, "You’ve found me out."

After another brief silence.

Qin Hao sat on the ground, tapping the spot next to him and said, "Ah Sang, meeting here is a fate, would you mind chatting for a bit?"