Mount Hood was shrouded in eerie mist, surrounded by mysterious creatures.

Kellen protected Clara while discerning the direction.

"Arriving here, I couldn't find any trace of Susie anymore," Kellen frowned, and casually slayed another ghost beast.

The monsters here were not very difficult for him to deal with, it's just that there were too many of them, surrounding him on all sides, from the sky to the ground. The only way to handle them was to slay them.

Of course, he could also activate the teleportation portal and constantly "blink" to avoid the monsters, but in doing so, he might miss any information left by Susie along the way.

Clara was panting heavily from exhaustion. In order to become stronger as quickly as possible, she persisted in slaying ghost beasts. Ghost beasts were easy for Kellen to deal with, but they still posed some difficulty for her.

"We won't be able to find Susie's trace at all if we continue like this," Clara exclaimed anxiously. "With so many ghost beasts, any traces would be completely overwhelmed."

Kellen said, "Killing a ghost beast would leave traces, and this Mount Hood is eerie, so we can only search like this."

The stupid method, but there is no way.

Suddenly, Clara exclaimed, "Over there!"

Kellen immediately looked over and saw a mysterious mist rolling ahead, as if all the ghostly creatures were crowding towards that direction.

There were also some slain monster carcasses outside.

"Susie?!" Kellen exclaimed, as if he had seen hope. He raised his sword and struck down, cutting open a path directly through the horde of monsters!

Our ancestors could hardly hold on any longer. Although they knew Mount Hood was dangerous, they only realized how dangerous it was after they had been there.

The danger is not the monster, but the obsession with killing that people can fall into. The inconspicuous mist surrounding them is actually the most dangerous.

Several times he almost lost his mind, but he managed to wake up from the killing spree with the obsession of finding Susie. However, even searching for Susie became an obsession.

While he was in a state of frenzy, not knowing what year it was, a sudden burst of white light broke through the surrounding mist, and the ancestor instantly regained consciousness.

"Ancestors?!" Clara exclaimed, feeling both surprised and a bit disappointed.

Surprisingly, the ancestors were here, and by a twist of fate, they saved the ancestors.

Disappointingly, Susie still could not be found.

Kellen said in a low voice, "Let's leave first."

The ancestor sighed bitterly, "Where can we go if we leave? This place is full of demons and beasts."

Kellen shook his head, "There are many different ghost beast populations, and at the intersection of each group and neighboring group, there is a brief vacuum zone."

This was what he discovered after observing for so long, although it was of no use to him now.

The three of them had no choice but to continue walking inside, growing more and more anxious.

"My soul contract beast followed Susie. If the little ghost beast is still there, finding it should lead us to Susie."

After stopping in a relatively calm vacuum zone, the ancestors replenished their energy and spoke.

This was good news for Kellen, at least it added one more hope.

"Have you ever felt the presence of little goblins, old ancestor?" Clara asked.

The ancestor nodded and looked up at the sky. He couldn't quite distinguish the direction himself, but fortunately, his old experience was sufficient. Finally, he reluctantly identified a direction, saying, "It should be this way."

This was much better than Kellen searching for clues in the vast ghostly mist. After resting, the three immediately continued searching in that direction.

***

Ledger was trapped in a horde of monsters and had been fighting for days, feeling his eyes turning red.

He had been here for so long, and the monsters were so difficult to deal with. If Susie came in with serious injuries, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?

He had previously encountered the eerie fog below Mount Adams, so he had experience. What about Susie?

Suddenly, Ledger felt a familiar scent!

That was trained after being chased by the man in the black robe for several years. Almost whenever the man in the black robe appeared within a mile radius, he would have an inexplicable intuition.

Ledger's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately concealed himself in the eerie mist.

Without any defense or resistance, the body began to be corroded by the eerie mist. Ledger had endured this kind of pain before, so he could endure it now.

Finally, he saw a dark figure appearing not far away. He seemed confused and looked around before quickly heading in one direction and leaving.

I don't know why, but he seemed to be in his element in Mount Hood, as if he knew how to navigate through the mysterious fog and keep the supernatural creatures at bay.

Ledger lowered his breathing pressure to the minimum and quietly followed along...

He had a premonition that the man in the black robe seemed to know something, and as long as he followed him, he might be able to find Susie.

Ledger dared not exert even a trace of Yin force, for here, the fluctuations of Yin force were like a bright light in the darkness, easily detected by the black-robed man and the horde of monsters.

Although it was difficult to evade the ghostly creatures, he managed to do so. However, the insidious mist constantly eroded his body, and soon his skin was invaded, revealing a large patch of flesh. Blood dripped onto the ground.

The mist was so thick that Ledger didn't notice that after the blood dropped to the ground, it was quickly absorbed by the earth...

After tracking for about ten minutes, the vaguely visible man in a black robe ahead disappeared.

Ledger's heart sank: Oh no...