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

that they found there was splattered blood and chunks of flesh along with the bits and pieces of their

this, as he could not think of any beast that could do this. Sure, a beast would be able to kill such a

all that Yan Zhong said was true, then the Northern town had a huge problem at its hands. If such a beast wandered out of the forest, it would spell doom for

were the remains exactly found?"

in the northwestern side of the forest.��� Yan

from the town. He knew about the area Yan Zhong had spoken about. The Northwestern part of the forest was accessible from the western exit of the town. It was the same exit where the mercenaries and hunters had set up their

a dangerous area that was very difficult to cross, as the mountains and ridges acted as a natural barrier. This not only prevented people

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

as they were notorious for collapsing. Some beasts would also reside within them and use them as their

any idea what kind of beast it was?" Lin

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

for any large beast. There were far too many beasts that would fit this

then went to the hunting shack. While Lin Mu was no longer living in the hunting

him privacy. Now that the winter had started it was even safer for him as not 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, and if he encountered a stronger beast, he could just

two skills that were imparted by the ring, not only allowed him to dodge strikes, it also gave him the ability to escape easily. Though that kind of situation

thing Lin Mu had done in these three weeks was to find out information about Gan Ma. He had not forgotten about the test that senior Xukong

disappeared off the face of the earth. He had tried asking around, but the answers he got were all different. He had

had disappeared as well. Some people said that he had gone to the forest to hunt, but now that winter had started, he should have

had instead gone to Wu Lim city for some reason. He had thought about it but could

behind the clouds as the chilling wind blew. It was 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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