Seeing this, all three of us tensed up.
So many gaunt, vicious ghosts...
How could there be so many ghosts in the ravine behind Dagong Village?
From the looks of it, this was a nest of wild ghosts.
This place was far from simple. We had to clear it out.
I lashed out with my whip, splitting another remnant ghost spirit apart.
At the same time, I said to Zhang Yuchen and Mao Jing:
"Don't waste time. Leave this place immediately. This is a ghost nest, and there's something strange about it."
Mao Jing and Zhang Yuchen had naturally noticed that this place was unusual as well, and both nodded at me.
The three of us raised our swords and began retreating up the slope.
But those ghosts and the fat Female Ghost were not about to let us go so easily.
We had barely retreated a few steps when those remnant ghost spirits came swooping at us with eerie wails.
Down the slope, the gaunt vicious ghosts crawling out of the white mist widened their eyes.
At the sight of the three living people, they let out excited growls:
"Eat, eat!"
"I'm hungry, hungry!"
"What fragrant men. I love eating them!"
"..."
With hoarse cries, the gaunt vicious ghosts all revealed savage, excited expressions and scrambled swiftly up the mountain.
At a glance, there were at least forty or fifty of them.
Once they crawled out of the white mist, they rose to their feet.
Baring their fangs and ghost claws, they charged up in a frantic scramble.
We kept swinging our weapons, occasionally using talismans to attack the remnant ghost spirits.
We had not gotten far before those gaunt vicious ghosts had already pounced right in front of us.
"I'm hungry! I want to eat, I want to