What made Chen Mo frown was Yan Kaixuan.
When his Spiritual Sense swept over them just now, he noticed something off about Yan Kaixuan's expression. In particular, the look he gave Nangong Xue when he turned his head was extremely vicious, his eyes gleaming with malice. But he turned back so quickly that no one else noticed.
Moreover, on the winding mountain path, Yan Kaixuan was pulling the sled at the very back of the group, so the Ability Users ahead had not noticed either.
Earlier, Yan Kaixuan had already eased up on his desire to kill Nangong Xue. But now he was plotting it once more, and there was a reason for that. At least, when Chen Mo's Spiritual Sense swept over him, Chen Mo could roughly make it out.
Now that they had crossed the mountainside and entered the area shrouded in mist, the Formation Barrier made the light here somewhat brighter. However, the light was red, and there was another layer of mist within the formation acting as a screen.
Therefore, as they climbed toward the summit, the mist obscured their view once they got even a short distance apart.
However, Rhine and the other Ability Users were no longer watching Yan Kaixuan and Nangong Xue too closely. In this space, on this mountain, there was really no chance of escaping unless they followed the group.
Yan Kaixuan and Nangong Xue were both smart people, so naturally neither of them would hide or attempt to run away.
But after crossing the Barrier at the mountainside formation, the winding road became increasingly steep and much harder to traverse than before.
For the Ability Users, it had an effect, but not a particularly significant one. For Yan Kaixuan, however, the impact was considerable.
The sled he was pulling was