Yan Zhong took a deep breath before speaking again.
"The elite team of the Ashen Cloak mercenary company was not like the other elite teams. It was bigger, much bigger." Yan Zhong spoke.
Lin Mu was getting tense upon hearing this, thus he gulped before asking.
"How many were there in the team?"
"Eighty mercenaries." Yan Zhong replied.
"All cultivators?" Lin Mu inquired.
"Yes, all cultivators." Yan Zhong answered while nodding his head.
Lin Mu went silent for a bit as he contemplated about the situation.
"How were they found?" Lin Mu asked.
Lin Mu understood that the more he knew about the situation, the better it would be for him. He had been hunting spirit beasts in the forest all this time, but now that there was a strong and ferocious spirit beast on the prowl, he may have to change his plans.
"The Ashen Cloak mercenaries sent out a search party later at night when the elite team did not return. They searched the entire night but still could not find them. It was only around four hours ago that they found them, or rather their remains." Yan Zhong answered.
were no bodies?"
and chunks of flesh along with the bits and pieces of their armor, which helped to identify them." Yan Zhong
as he could not think of any beast that could do this. Sure, a beast would be able to kill such a large number of mercenaries, but it certainly could not eat
true, then the Northern town had a huge problem at its hands. If such a beast
exactly
northwestern side of the forest.���
had spoken about. The Northwestern part of the forest was accessible from the western exit of the
the northwestern part of the forest, they would found mountains surrounded by ridges. It was a dangerous area that was very difficult to cross, as the mountains and ridges acted as a natural barrier. This not only prevented people from crossing it, but it also stopped the stronger spirit beasts
this region was to travel through the frontier bridge or to use the smaller passes and tunnels. The frontier bridge was
were notorious for collapsing. Some beasts would also reside within them and use them as their
what kind
be very large in size and has
not do much with such a vague description, so just decided to look out for any large beast. There were far too many beasts that would fit this description, as the region beyond the mountains and ridges was filled with
farewell to Yan Zhong and went to eat his breakfast. After quickly finishing his breakfast, he then went to the hunting shack. While Lin Mu was no longer living in the hunting
the local hunters would come near there. The only problem would be the beasts, but Lin Mu was strong enough
ring, not only allowed him to dodge strikes, it also gave him the ability to escape easily. Though that kind of situation has not
not forgotten about the test that senior Xukong had given him
Ma, as he has somehow disappeared off the face of the earth. He had tried asking around, but the answers he got
tried finding the hunters who were part of his group, but found out that they had disappeared as well. Some people said that he had gone to the
Ma had instead gone to Wu Lim city for some reason. He had thought about it but could not figure out
a little later than noon when a change could be observed in Lin Mu. A faint wave of energy emanated from
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