First Step
Hao Xuan braced himself for an impact that never came. Whatever creature that had crawled out of the Endless Forest didn't even give him the time of day.
As soon as it caught the scent of the teenagers, it ran after them even faster than when it came looking for him.
Hao Xuan of course felt bad for them but since they managed to reach him so quickly, they must not be staying too far away. The chances of them reaching their settlement were pretty high and there would most probably be some high-level warriors there that could take care of the beast.
Instead, he focused inwardly, on what was happening inside his body.
Using his superior spiritual power Hao Xuan was able to get a rather clear picture of the events taking place inside him and since he didn't actually have to control or oversee any of them, he could observe with relative ease.
Less than 20 seconds were left on the timer and the whole thing was coming to an end anyway.