They had been climbing for over an hour and had encountered only a handful of mutant beasts.
Every one they encountered kept its distance, showing no intention of attacking.
Until... they suddenly came across a vast stretch of mutant beast corpses halfway up the mountain.
Strangely... no matter what species they were, they all looked like newborns.
Yet blood covered a huge stretch of ground. No matter how they looked at it, that was far more blood than infant beasts could have shed. Bai Yaoyao went closer for a look and found that none of the dead mutant beasts had any wounds.
The entire scene was bizarre.
"Stop here."
The others from Dark Night had naturally noticed something wrong too, and it gave them the creeps. The unknown was the most frightening thing of all. If a powerful enemy were actually standing before them, things would be simpler.
So as soon as Bai Yaoyao spoke, they hurriedly gathered into a circle, their backs facing the center.
Bai Yaoyao's own mental power had detected nothing, so she brought Xuan Qi out.
"Senior Xuan Qi, is something wrong here?"
Xuan Qi slowly yawned and smiled at Bai Yaoyao. "Don't rush. Let me take a look."
"Hmm..."
Seeing Xuan Qi acting the same as ever, Bai Yaoyao unconsciously tightened her grip, then slowly relaxed it. If she hit his shell this hard, he would be fine, but her hand would hurt...
Yet just a few seconds later, Xuan Qi suddenly opened his eyes wide!
"Run... run! Quick! Hurry! We'll talk when we're back!"
Xuan Qi always spoke slowly. No one had ever seen him this frantic, so they turned and bolted without another word.
Bai Yaoyao also took all the mutant beasts back into her space except the wolves they were riding and