Knox, carrying the unconscious Aya on his back, arrived at the foot of the mountain from afar. Looking at the towering, majestic mountain seething with black mist reaching into the clouds before him, he couldn't help but gulp down a mouthful of saliva.
"So this is the legendary Hundred Ghost Mountain Range, the forbidden zone for the living? Its imposing aura is indeed extraordinary..."
Just standing in the distance looking at it, Knox felt his back go numb with a creeping horror.
It felt as if tens of thousands of pairs of eyes were already staring fixedly at him, simultaneously coveting the yang energy and flesh of his body while greedily swallowing their saliva.
Knox took deep breaths for a long while before finally mustering enough courage and resolutely stepping onto the path up the mountain.
