I'm not just human!

"This is... a doll girl?!"

Her smooth, golden hair fell straight down to her shoulders, with the ends slightly parted, partially concealing her snow-white back.

Both in height and figure, she was exceptionally perfect, as if created by the Creator with all his might.

From behind, she has a slender waist, full and rounded thighs, and straight and long calves.

She is about 168 cm tall, a very standard height for a beautiful woman, and her figure is curvaceous. Just her back view is enough to leave a deep impression.

Strangely, this doll-like girl was only dressed in dirty rags, revealing her smooth, long legs and bare, fragrant, soft little feet.

At her elbows and knees, you can even see ball joints, but her skin is as delicate and smooth as that of a young human girl.

She looks like a royal princess who has been separated from her family for generations.

Xia Fa's pupils contracted, and his expression showed some surprise.

Unexpectedly, he actually encountered a doll girl in the cave!

Seeing that the doll-like girl had hidden behind a glowing mushroom that was over two meters tall, Xia Fa mustered his courage and prepared to go and take a look.

He took a deep breath, slowed his pace, and stepped on the slightly damp soil, getting closer little by little.

However, after taking only a few steps, he discovered that the doll girl had disappeared from behind the purple mushroom.

"They ran away already?"

Xia Fa felt as if he had lost millions of pounds, but he also understood that without becoming a superhuman, it was unlikely that he could capture the doll girl.

Moreover, according to the information obtained earlier, the doll girls seem to only willingly accept a master, and cannot be forced to submit to one's will.

After calming himself down, Xia Fa didn't think too much about it. He chose the direction in which the doll girl had disappeared and resolutely moved forward, hoping to find an exit.

The doll-like girl was either hiding from something or simply afraid of humans, but the direction she was running in was undoubtedly safe.

That's why Xia Fa chose this direction.

He walked forward step by step, his eyes alert as he looked around, wary of any potential danger.

Wow!

Suddenly, a wave of water splashed up. More than 20 meters away from him, a crocodile the size of a small truck leaped out of the lake, creating a huge splash, and charged towards him!

The ground shook, and the crocodile, as if it hadn't eaten for months, its eyes bloodshot, charged at him almost recklessly!

Xia Fa was suddenly startled. He had been deliberately keeping his distance from the lakes along the way while traveling.

Because this vast, dark land is devoid of any living creatures, the only danger that might be found in these lakes where a few bubbles occasionally rise to the surface.

But he didn't expect that this crocodile had no sense of martial ethics and could launch a surprise attack from dozens of meters away!

The crocodile was covered in jet-black scales, as cold and sharp as metal. In the blink of an eye, it covered more than twenty meters and rushed to Xia Fa, opening its blood-red maw full of sharp teeth!

A nauseating stench of blood, mixed with a strong sour smell, assaulted his senses. Without a second thought, Xia Fa rolled to the left!

He had clearly dodged the crocodile's bite, but the next moment, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a bald, wrinkled, grayish-white human head emerged from the crocodile's gaping maw. The head's mouth was almost split to the ears. It made a sharp turn in mid-air, directly following Xia Fa's movements, and lunged at him!

This was a decisive blow, because although Xia Fa was able to dodge the first wave of attacks, he hadn't gotten up yet after rolling and his center of gravity was unstable, so it was impossible for him to dodge the second wave!

The next moment, the head was there.

Its mouth, filled with sharp, saw-like teeth, seemed capable of devouring the entire world. Suddenly, it opened wide and bit down on Xia Fa with extreme ferocity!

Chapter 4 Schemes

Xia Fa had long guessed that what could live in the underground lake could not be an ordinary crocodile, but must be some kind of monster.

But he never expected that this monster... would be so bizarre!

It even has a two-stage attack!

Seeing the strange human head open its enormous mouth, as big as a water vat, with an evil aura that seemed about to bite it in half, it was about to take a bite.

Xia Fa's heart suddenly calmed down.

A fire, a restless fire, rose within his powerfully beating heart, burning fiercely as if to spread throughout his entire body.

It was hard to describe the feeling, but everything around suddenly became quiet, even the act of biting the human head slowed down, like a slow-motion scene in a movie.

All that remained was the pounding of my heart like a drum, pounding against my ears.

"Could this... be my cheat code?"

When faced with danger, I can actually trigger bullet time?

Faced with this situation, Xia Fa had an absurd thought pop into his mind.

Even though the bizarre human head, with its mouth wide open and half the size of his face, was less than a dozen centimeters away from him, and the spittle flying towards him still smelled fishy.

Without time to think, he realized that he could move freely during this slow-motion time. He was preparing to take advantage of this rare opportunity to brace himself with his hands on the ground and dodge the fatal blow to the left.

Suddenly, a lithe figure rushed over, curled up in a ball, and rammed into his waist!

boom--!

Everything around us, which had been moving at a slow speed, suddenly sped up again, or rather, returned to its normal pace of time.

Xia Fa was thrown several meters away, but in doing so, he narrowly escaped the deadly attack of the strange human head.

He turned his head and saw the lithe, tall figure of the doll girl again, fleeing towards the mushroom tree in the distance.

"Roar!!!"

The grayish-white head roared wildly, filled with boundless resentment, as if blaming the doll girl for ruining its plans and saving its prey.

But immediately, the wrinkled human head shrank back into the crocodile's giant mouth. However, before it shrank in, its pupilless eyes stared at Xia Fa with resentment.

The crocodile, which was over ten meters long, glared at Xiafa with its crimson eyes before retreating back into the lake.

Xia Fa rubbed his aching back, watching the doll girl's figure disappear behind the mushroom tree ahead once again, his heart filled with astonishment.

"I was actually... saved by this doll girl?"

Recalling what had just happened, he felt a mix of amusement and exasperation, but also deep gratitude.

Although this doll girl is afraid of people, she is surprisingly kind.

Brushing the dirt off his body, Xia Fa struggled to his feet. This time, he was wiser and kept a safe distance of at least a hundred meters from each lake before continuing on his way.

Fortunately, the doll girl disappeared in the same direction as before, which reassured Xia Fa, who continued in that direction.

"This cave is really dangerous, especially since I'm just an ordinary person. Oh, right, my bullet time..."

As Xia Fa walked, he pondered that it would be great if he could actively trigger this bullet time when he wasn't in danger, since he could move freely within bullet time.

However, this is the first time it has been triggered, and he hasn't quite figured it out yet.

Suddenly, the ground in front of them rumbled loudly, as if the earth and sky were shaking.

Xia Fa looked somewhat surprised and uncertain, his gaze fixed on the ground not far ahead.

The ground cracked open in a spiderweb shape, and in the center of the web, a huge black shadow leaped out of the ground like a whale leaping out of the water, carrying countless dirt and pebbles!

With a deafening roar, the enormous black shadow landed on the ground.

It was an extremely ferocious-looking monster, over twenty meters long, with its head alone measuring over ten meters. At first glance, its head resembled an oval-shaped plant pod, split in the middle to reveal a dense array of black sharp teeth.

Moreover, those black fangs weren't just on the outer ring; they were arranged in concentric circles and rows from the inside out, like two oval wooden boards studded with iron nails, covering the entire upper and lower mouth!

The monster's torso was smooth and black, like a molting wolfhound, with its limbs lying on the ground.

The next moment, its oval, pod-like head turned towards Xiafa, and its two small eyes suddenly locked onto him.

"No way..."

Xia Fa took two steps back, his face showing a mixture of fear and despair.

It's only been a few minutes since I last encountered the monsters!

But the monster seemed to care about nothing. It let out a pitiful howl like an infant and charged straight at him, its two small black eyes filled with a thirst for flesh and blood.

Its oval head split open from the middle, like a hydraulic press, and it bit down hard on Xia Fa.

Click!

The sound was so loud it sent chills down your spine, and the air itself seemed to ripple. Xia Fa dodged in time and, without hesitation, turned and ran.

Fortunately, the monster seemed to be too slow because of its large size and heavy head.

However, they were exceptionally determined, following Xia Fa closely and never leaving his side.

"Oh shit……"

Xia Fa cursed under his breath, his brain racing as he considered how to get rid of the monster.

That giant mouth is no joke when it bites down; it could probably turn a person into mincemeat!

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the lake he had just seen.

"Never mind, let's give it a try..."

Xiafa suddenly accelerated and sped towards the lake.

Without hesitation, the monster followed Xia Fa's footsteps, occasionally trying to bite him from behind.

Although she couldn't bite it, every time she bit down, the sound was like two giant anvils colliding violently, which still made Xia Fa's eardrums ache.

Finally, Xiafa approached the lake.

Suddenly a roar rose into the sky, and the lake water exploded. The giant crocodile, as big as a small truck, really did rush out of the lake!

This time, the black crocodile, which looked as if it had been cast from metal, did not charge towards Xiafa, but instead charged directly at the monster.

Without hesitation, Xia Fa dodged to the left.

The next moment, the crocodile collided with the monster with a loud bang, and the surrounding trees and mushrooms were blown away along with the mud!

The monster with the enormous oval head cried out in pain, making a sound like a baby crying, and turned its head to bite the crocodile's torso with its pincer-like jaws.

The crocodile roared, its mouth agape, and a strange, grayish-white human head shot out, wrapping around the monster's fragile neck.

Despite being connected to such a large and heavy head, the monster's neck was surprisingly thin.

Xia Fa hid behind a mushroom tree nearby, panting heavily, watching the dog-eat-dog fight.