Chapter 67 Soul-Dangling Mountains
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The Wandering Souls Mountains are located at the junction of the Beidi Province and the Fasinuo Province, and are the southward continuation of the Ironheart Mountains.
This mountain area is not very large, but it is surrounded by dense fog all year round, and is home to a series of strange-looking soul beasts, hence the name.
"The Soul-Seizing Ghosts live in the Wandering Souls Mountains?" Amon followed Walter unhurriedly, walking on a small road paved with pebbles.
"Yes, Monoz is tracking them from a distance, making sure they don't suddenly transfer and lose their tracks," Walter nodded in response.
Monoz is another Soul Emperor under Walter, often acting with Ke Leiya, and is deeply trusted by Walter.
"Why didn't you let Yan Jin come along this time? She also needs a soul ring, maybe she'll be lucky enough to encounter one on the way?" Amon asked as he walked.
Walter shook his head slightly, "I believe in your vision, since you said that the Flame King Dragon is most suitable as her fourth soul ring, then choose the Flame King Dragon.
"And this kind of soul beast, or a soul beast with similar characteristics, will definitely not appear in the Wandering Souls Mountains, as for the reason... you'll know when you get there."
Before long, they arrived at a village with very few people, only a few dozen households.
The villagers looked at Amon with a bit of scrutiny and vigilance.
Amon raised his right hand, adjusted his monocle, and muttered to himself, "Interesting."
He discovered that there were no elderly people in the village, mainly young and middle-aged men, and the most important thing was that everyone here was a Soul Master!
Although they were hiding it well, they couldn't hide it from the keen insight brought by Amon's third soul skill, "Cryptologist".
In addition, the aura on these villagers gave Amon a faint sense of familiarity, like... the three triplet Soul Ancestor robbers who attacked them on the road to Beidi City with Yan Jin.
A young man dressed in black, with the word "Soul" written on his clothes, stepped forward and saluted Walter:
"Lord Walter, Lord Monoz instructed me before he left to lead you, may I ask when you plan to enter the mountains?"
Walter nodded, "Let's go now, those Soul-Seizing Ghosts are quite troublesome, if we delay too long, Monoz might encounter danger."
Under the leadership of the black-clothed youth, Walter and Amon walked towards the mountains not far from the village.
As the distance continued to shorten, Amon felt a trace of abnormality. The surrounding water element suddenly became rich, and a mental power-like force was mixed in it.
The originally clear and normal mountains in front of them suddenly became blurred, and a hazy mist rose, and the visibility suddenly decreased.
Amon took off his glasses, gently wiped them with silk, wiped off the water stains on the lenses, and put them back on. He said:
"Indeed, the Flame King Dragon will not appear in such a place, the water element here is too rich, it is their most hated environment."
Walter said with a smile, gently, "It's incredible, right? Obviously, the mountains look very clear from a distance, but as soon as you get close, you will see large swaths of fog, and all the scenery will become blurred."
Amon nodded slightly, "It's a bit like some kind of natural formation, of course, it could also be man-made."
Walter's face showed a look of surprise, and he asked with some curiosity:
"You actually know about formations? Even formations that are based on people and gather the power of everyone are not ordinary knowledge, and even fewer people know that the terrain can also be used to set up formations."
"If you have time, you can take the time to visit the library of the Northern Academy. As long as you are patient enough, you can always gain something," Amon replied with a smile.
"Learning... while I'm young, I should learn more. When I get to my age, I won't have such a strong desire for knowledge," Walter sighed.
The black-clothed youth carefully took out a bamboo tube from his arms and opened the sealed lid.
A black beetle flew out of it, making a slight buzzing sound.
Although it was very weak, this beetle did emit a faint wave of soul power.
The young man fed the beetle a black pill-shaped object.
After the beetle was full, it stayed on his palm for a while, then flew into the air.
After circling a few times, it flew slowly in one direction.
"This way..." The young man followed.
Although the beetle was not flying fast, it needed to run to keep up.
With the use of soul power, the soul power fluctuations on the young man could no longer be hidden so perfectly, and the aura of a Soul King was undoubtedly revealed.
Walter looked at Amon, "Do you need me to take you?"
Amon smiled easily, "I can keep up with this much."
Saying that, he gathered his soul power to his feet, and by constantly short and powerful bursts, he increased his speed to slightly faster than the black-clothed youth, and caught up.
Walter floated in the air, his body leaning forward slightly, and he came silently to Amon's side.
He glanced at Amon's way of rushing, and with his eyesight, he could naturally see some clues.
"Very good soul power application skills, your soul power control level, I am afraid that it has exceeded the Soul Sage, not inferior to the general Soul Douluo."
The three people advanced very quickly. Walter seemed to also want to test Amon's level. On the way, not only did he not take care of the person with the lowest soul power level in his team, but he even secretly signaled the black-clothed youth to speed up.
Amon always followed calmly behind the young man. For him, the speed increased, but he slightly increased the soul power output at the soles of his feet. As for the consumption... If it was a pure competition of soul power, he could exhaust Walter!
Walter was not surprised that Amon could keep up, which was in his expectation.
However, a few surprise appeared in the eyes of the black-clothed youth. His rushing speed, for a normal Soul Ancestor, almost required full strength to keep up, and it was obviously impossible to maintain full speed running for a long time, and his expression would not be so relaxed.
As expected of the person who could let Lord Walter personally help to hunt soul rings... he thought to himself.
Before long, the beetle's flight speed slowed down. It hovered in the air for a while, then turned around and flew back, and then turned again...
After several times in a row, it seemed a little confused, flew back to the young man's hand, drooping its wings, motionless.
The young man pointed the opening of the bamboo tube at the beetle, and the beetle obediently crawled in.
He closed the lid and said to Walter, "Something is interfering with the taste-finding worm's judgment."
Walter did not blame him, and said in a calm tone, "Then look around nearby, maybe Monoz himself covered up the traces."
"It seems like there's no need," Amon pointed to the dense forest on the left.
A middle-aged man in a black robe walked out of the dense forest. There were some blood stains on his clothes, but there was no bloody smell. It should have been covered up by him by some method.
This was exactly the person they were looking for, Monoz.
"Lord Walter," Monoz's voice was a little weak, "Sorry, the mission failed, those ghosts are very cunning!"
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