Lin Chong visibly froze when he saw the two dark figures.
But he quickly recovered.
There was more than one ghost on Twin Ridge Mountain!
So it wasn't the thing from earlier catching up to them. They had encountered other ghosts!
He immediately shouted:
"Stop!"
The ghosts on Twin Ridge Mountain usually impersonated other people, so when someone called out to them, most would put on an act.
Lin Chong thought this time would be no exception.
But then he realized he was wrong!
The two figures didn't pause at all. They charged straight out of the mist.
Who else could those dark figures be but Ji Mo and Shi Manman?
While Lin Chong and the others were on their guard, Ji Mo and Shi Manman had already skirted around them and fled past their sides.
Lin Chong even saw wariness in their eyes!
That actually made Lin Chong somewhat more convinced that they weren't ghosts.
After all, they had agreed beforehand that if they got separated on the mountain, they had to treat anyone they encountered again as a ghost.
Their behavior fit that rule.
But if Ji Mo and Shi Manman were real, how had they become separated from the others?
And why did they look as though they were fleeing blindly in panic?
What had they encountered?
Before Lin Chong could figure that out, Ji Mo and Shi Manman, who had just run off, came fleeing back.
This time, however, Lin Chong didn't look at them. He looked in the direction they had come from.
The dark figure half a person's height had appeared in the mist!
Without a second thought, Lin Chong prepared to keep running with the others.
But when he turned, he found that another dark figure had appeared in the mist ahead at