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.

You mean there were no bodies?"

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

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 them all. Still, from Yan Zhong's

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

were the remains exactly found?" Lin Mu

northwestern side of the forest.��� Yan

far from the town. He knew about the area Yan Zhong had spoken about. The Northwestern part of the forest was

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

way to cross this region was to travel through the frontier bridge or to use the smaller passes and tunnels. The frontier bridge was far towards the west, so the mercenaries

through the tunnels, as they were

idea what kind of beast

the beast except that it is likely to be

large beast. There were far too many beasts

quickly finishing his breakfast, he then went to the hunting shack. While Lin Mu was no longer living

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

only allowed him to dodge strikes, it also gave him the ability to escape easily. Though that

Gan Ma. He had not forgotten about the test that senior

tried asking around, but the answers he got were all different. He had asked the hunters as well as the taverns which Gan Ma frequented, but

part of his group, but found out that they had disappeared as well. Some people said that he had gone to the forest to hunt, but now that winter had started,

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

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

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