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.

mean there were

of flesh along with the bits and pieces of their armor, which helped to identify them." Yan Zhong replied with a

do this. Sure, a beast would be able to kill such a large number of mercenaries, but it certainly could not eat them all. Still, from Yan Zhong's words, he could sense the

at its

exactly found?" Lin Mu

Eight kilometers deep, in the northwestern

very far from the town. He knew about the area Yan Zhong had spoken about. 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

through the frontier bridge or to use the smaller passes and tunnels.

the risk of traveling through the tunnels, as they were notorious for collapsing. Some beasts would also

idea what kind of beast

know much about the beast except that it is likely to be very

Mu could 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

quickly finishing his breakfast, he then went to the hunting shack. While Lin Mu was

even the local hunters would come near there. The only problem would be the beasts, but Lin Mu was strong enough to handle most of them,

only allowed him to dodge strikes, it also gave him the ability to escape easily. Though that kind of situation has not occurred yet, and Lin Mu was hoping to keep

not forgotten about the test that senior Xukong had given him and was intending to complete it as fast

Gan Ma, as he has somehow disappeared off the face of the earth. He had tried asking around, but the

but found out that they had disappeared as well. Some people said that he had gone to the forest

Lim city for some reason. He had thought about it but could not

noon when a change could be observed in Lin Mu.

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