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.
there were no bodies?" Lin
chunks of flesh along with the bits and pieces of their armor, which helped to identify them."
kill such a large
town had a huge problem at its hands. If such a beast wandered out of the forest,
the remains exactly found?" Lin
Eight kilometers deep, in the northwestern side of the forest.��� Yan
Yan Zhong had spoken about. The Northwestern part of the forest was accessible from the western exit
It was a dangerous area that was very difficult to cross, as the mountains and ridges acted as a
tunnels. The frontier bridge was far towards the west, so the mercenaries had most likely
not think they would take the risk of traveling through the tunnels, as they were notorious for collapsing. Some beasts would also reside within them and use them
idea what kind of beast it
about the beast except that it is likely to be very large in size and has four limbs with sharp
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
his breakfast. After quickly finishing his breakfast, he then went
winter had started it was even safer for him as not even the local hunters would come near there.
to dodge strikes, it also gave him the ability to escape easily. Though that kind of situation has not occurred yet, and
weeks was to find out information about Gan Ma. He had not forgotten about the test that senior
He had tried asking around, but the answers he got were all different. He had
out that they had disappeared as well. Some people said that he
city for some reason. He had thought about it but could not
behind the clouds as the chilling wind blew. It was a little later than noon when a change could be observed in Lin Mu.
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