Layers of eerie fog covered Mount Everest, and ghost beasts roamed the area.
At that moment, Blake shielded Jean while scanning the surroundings for any sign of Lilly.
"I can't find any trace of Lilly here." He furrowed his brow as he swiftly killed another ghost beast.
While he found the ghost beasts manageable individually, their overwhelming numbers turned the task into a relentless battle. They surrounded him from all sides, so he had no choice but to confront and eradicate them. Although he had the option to use the teleportation formation to evade these creatures, doing so risked overlooking any possible clues or traces that Lilly might have left behind.
Jean, breathing heavily from the exertion, persevered in killing the ghost beasts, striving to grow stronger as quickly as possible. Although Blake found them manageable, they presented a greater challenge for her.
"At this rate, we won't uncover any trace of Lilly," she worried. "The multitude of ghost beasts here might overshadow any clues."
"Killing the ghost beasts will create traces. It's the anomaly of Mount Everest and our only search method," he replied.
It was a crude method, but there seemed to be no alternative.
Suddenly, Jean exclaimed, "Over there!"
Blake swiftly turned to see the eerie fog shifting in a direction as if all the ghost beasts were converging there. Remnants of slain ghost beasts littered the periphery.
"Lilly?!" He glimpsed a glimmer of hope. He raised his sword, cutting a path through the cluster of ghost beasts!
Crawford Ancestor was on the verge of collapse. Despite being aware of Mount Everest's peril, the reality was far more dangerous than anticipated. The danger didn't stem from the ghost beasts but from the frenzied killing. The innocuous, eerie fog enveloping them was the true hazard.
Several times, he teetered on the brink of losing consciousness, only pulling back from the frenzy of killing through his unwavering determination to find Lilly. Yet, even the search for Lilly had become an all-consuming fixation.
When he was on the verge of exhaustion, disoriented by the bloodshed, a sudden white light pierced through the eerie fog, and Crawford Ancestor abruptly regained clarity.
"Crawford Ancestor?!" Jean was surprised and somewhat disappointed. She was elated that he had inadvertently rescued himself. Yet, she was disheartened because she still had not located her daughter.
Blake spoke in a deep voice, "Let's make our way out of here."
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