Another Way Up

"Man, these girls just keep attacking even though they have no chance. Why?" Yuan complained as he reclaimed his sword from a fresh corpse.

"Just keep walking..." Ling Yue ordered, looking a bit lethargic.

The fog got thicker as the two climbed further up the mountain... The visibility dropped, and the effectiveness of the fog also increased, making people use a higher qi output.

"You okay... Ling Yue?" Yuan asked, sounding very concerned.

"But of course, she isn't," the mysterious figure was back, trailing them, hopping from one shadow to the other, one tree to another.

"It's you again! What the hell do you want?" Yuan tried to yell at him to intimidate him, but his voice failed him as it was noticeably weaker.