Before long, the group successfully reached the mountaintop.
The weather was exceptionally frigid.
Looking down from the summit, they saw an endless stretch of mountains.
"Woooo—"
Just as Ye Tian was trying to get his bearings, a piercing howl rang out without warning.
The ear-splitting shriek echoed through the mountains.
The echo, like the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves, startled everyone and sent a chill down their backs.
The shriek did not fade. Instead, it continued reverberating through the mountains.
Bai Xiaomo and Meina could no longer help covering their ears.
About fifteen minutes later, the heart-pounding sound finally began to weaken before disappearing completely.
"Good grief."
Ye Tian frowned and scratched his ear.
Now he understood why it was called the Cave of Fearful Screams.
"This sound is way too loud. And we're still so far away. If it goes off like that inside the cave, our ears might get blown deaf."
Li Xin said with lingering fear.
"That is a problem."
The other girls nodded lightly as well.
"The Alliance is ridiculous. The mission didn't mention this at all. Isn't that just setting people up?"
Bai Xiaomo could not help muttering.
Ye Tian merely smiled at that.
Posting a mission without even understanding the basic situation, turning what was clearly a King-level mission into a General-level one—this really was harming people.
There was no shortage of irresponsible people like that in the Temple Alliance.
"The sound first seemed to come from that direction. The Cave of Fearful Screams should be there."
"Let's go take a look first!"
Everyone nodded and began making their way toward their destination.
The shriek sounded once more along the way.
Because they were much closer now, the sound waves were clearly even more terrifying. Fortunately, everyone's cultivation was strong enough for