Around them, white fog had risen up without anyone knowing when.

The fog was so thick that it was almost impossible to see one's own hand in front of them.

What was more terrifying was the sound of a baby crying that occasionally came from behind the white mist, sometimes mournful, sometimes shrill, giving everyone a feeling that made their skin crawl.

Fan Zhidong was already injured. Although his body was no longer in serious condition, healing Lao Qi had drained a lot of his energy. Last night, he let other bodyguards guard outside while he curled up and fell asleep inside the cave.

At this moment, hearing the sound, he quickly climbed up in alarm.

He looked outside and his face changed drastically, "Be alert!"

As Fan Zhidong's voice fell, his body had already leapt to the entrance of the cave, observing the outside.

But even with his excellent vision, Fan Zhidong found that he couldn't see even a meter ahead.

Luo Qianqi rubbed her sleepy eyes. When she saw the fog, she also became nervous, "Mr. Fan, what's going on?"

Before Fan Zhidong could speak, the hunter Ma Xiangqian's face had gone pale with fright. He immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing towards the outside, muttering incessantly, "Ghost fog, ghost fog, Mountain God, I didn't mean to offend you, Mountain God, please forgive me!"

"What the hell is that!" A bodyguard grabbed Ma Xiangqian by the collar, lifting him up, "What Mountain God, what are you playing at here with all these shenanigans?"

Ma Xiangqian, trembling, said, "The Mountain God… This ghost fog is definitely sent by the Mountain God. He surely knows we're here to find the tomb, so he sent this to stop us. That crying you hear is the souls that haven't been able to reincarnate, captured by the Mountain God to specifically eat those with ill intentions!"

"Bullshit!" The bodyguard, not believing a word, pushed Ma Xiangqian to the ground, picked up a machete, and said sinisterly, "Miss Luo, you wait here while I go and check it out."

With that said, he walked outside.

After just two or three steps, the bodyguard had already merged into the white fog and disappeared from sight.

Everyone held their breath nervously, waiting for the bodyguard to return.

However, less than a minute later, the white fog suddenly resonated with the bodyguard's terrified voice, "What is that? Ah..."

Accompanied by a scream, the bodyguard's voice was abruptly cut off.

Everyone's faces changed drastically. Before they could comprehend what had happened, they suddenly felt something flying towards them.

Fan Zhidong raised his hand and caught the object.

In the next second, everyone shuddered in fear.

Luo Qianqi screamed and took several steps back in fear, pointing at the object in Fan Zhidong's hand while trembling all over, "A head, that's a human head."

Fan Zhidong looked up and his brows furrowed tightly together.

In his hand was indeed the head of the bodyguard who had just gone out. The expression on the face was still one of extreme terror, clearly showing he had been frightened to death.

Even more terrifying, blood was still dripping from the severed neck, which looked like it had been bitten off by something.

What kind of thing could bite off a human head in one bite?

Almost everyone shivered uncontrollably.

Some even subconsciously looked towards the hunter Ma Xiangqian.

Ma Xiangqian was now lying on the ground, trembling and praying incessantly.

"Could it really be the Mountain God?" a bodyguard muttered.

"Nonsense!" Fan Zhidong glared at the man, threw the head to the ground, and furiously shouted into the void, "Whatever demon or ghost, come out if you dare! I, Fan, will fight you!"

"Wah wah wah!"

However, the only response was the continuous mournful cries of infants.

Meanwhile, not far from the cave, Ye Guichen and Wu Caijun were also tense all over.

"Is it that kind of cry-making python?" Having heard the sound at the Land God Temple before, Wu Caijun had prepared himself mentally, but hearing it now in the low visibility of the white fog still made his scalp tingle.

He leaned tightly against Ye Guichen, trying to stay calm, but his trembling hands holding the machete betrayed his inner fear.

Ye Guichen perked up his ears, listening intently.

After a moment, Ye Guichen concluded that the creature must be that bizarre Two-headed Snake.

According to Zhou Weijun, Zhou Qing'er's mother also died because of such a strange snake.

But he clearly killed one before, so why are there others now?

Plus, including the one they found under the Land God Temple, that makes three.

"Could it be that we are close to the tomb?"

In an instant, Ye Guichen thought of a possibility.

If what he surmised was correct, these strange snakes might be related to the Seven-colored Lotus Jade, which in turn had a deep connection with the tomb.

Perhaps something within the tomb was causing these snakes to mutate.

As for why one of these mutated snakes ran out of Snake Head Mountain and hid under the Land God Temple in Yun City, Ye Guichen couldn't figure it out.

"Wu Caijun, stay close!" Ye Guichen said, tossing Wu Caijun a rope.

Wu Caijun quickly grabbed it tightly, fearing Ye Guichen would leave him behind, "Mr. Ye, what are you going to do?"

"Of course, I'm going to take a look. I have a feeling the tomb we're looking for is nearby." Ye Guichen's voice was low, but in the silence, it was still audible to Luo Qianqi and the others in the cave.

The already tense Luo Qianqi's eyes lit up at the words, "Right, Mr. Fan, didn't you say that any great tomb would be guarded by a sacred beast? Does this mean we're really near the tomb?"

Fan Zhidong pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, "It is possible."

Then he grabbed Ma Xiangqian, lifting him up, "Think carefully, the place where you found the Jade Pendant, is it nearby?"

The fear on Ma Xiangqian's face hadn't faded. Upon hearing this, he did not dare slack off and quickly looked around.

But after a long time of looking, Ma Xiangqian couldn't make sense of anything, "Mr. Fan, I only heard from the village elders that there's ghost fog here, but I've never encountered it before. Now it's clearly the Mountain God's wrath, warning us, we, we should leave quickly!"

"Useless piece of junk! There are no ghosts in this world!" Luo Qianqi's face turned serious, and she seemed eager to try something.

Previously, Ma Xiangqian was useful. Now, given the circumstances, it was highly likely that the tomb was near, making Ma Xiangqian's existence redundant.

"Mr. Fan, what do you think we should do?" Luo Qianqi looked towards Fan Zhidong.

Fan Zhidong understood Luo Qianqi's meaning perfectly.

This place was a remote mountain forest. No one should know about their presence here.

Even though Ma Xiangqian was a hunter, they couldn't risk him spreading the news.

"Everyone, take out your ropes and tie them around your waists, connecting with each other, so no one gets lost." With Fan Zhidong's command, he threw Ma Xiangqian out of the cave, and ordered, "Protect Miss Luo. We are heading out now."

"Ah ah ah!"

Ma Xiangqian never expected these people to burn their bridges. He was as light as a chicken in Fan Zhidong's grip, and as he was thrown out, he let out several screams.

He had witnessed firsthand what happened to the earlier bodyguard, and being thrown into the ghost fog now meant certain death.

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