Giving Up the Ascent

Seeing the questioning looks from the others, Ghost Suanni offered no explanation. He summoned that black funeral banner.

The funeral banner trembled slightly, and a first-tier vicious ghost drifted into view.

The vicious ghost landed on the stone steps and proceeded upward, climbing the mountain step by step.

To everyone's astonishment, the vicious ghost passed through the formation barrier without obstruction and entered the formation.

Then, a bolt of lightning suddenly descended and struck the vicious ghost.

The vicious ghost did not even have time to let out a scream before its form instantly scattered and vanished without a trace.

"Following these stone steps allows one to pass directly through the formation barrier without triggering the formation's attacks," Ghost Suanni explained.

The group looked at one another. They had not expected that the method of entering the mountain would be so simple, laid out right before them.

Gou Jun said, "Although the stone steps allow us to climb the mountain, the lightning within is not so easily resisted. I fear none of you are confident of ascending alone. Why not climb the mountain together and divide the treasures at the summit among us?"

No one answered immediately after hearing this.

As a corpse cultivator, Gou Jun was naturally at a disadvantage against lightning techniques. Naturally, he hoped to travel with others.

Yet none of them knew what treasures lay within the Immortal Spirit Pavilion atop the mountain.

What if the treasures were limited in number and could not be divided? When that time came, a conflict among them would be inevitable.

But Gou Jun was right about one thing.

None of them was confident they could reach the summit alone.

Just as everyone hesitated, Lan Chen suddenly asked, "Where did that Swift Thunder Harrier go?"

Only then did everyone remember