The sound of the flesh ripping filled the forest. At this time, no one continued to move as they saw the tiger beast roared angrily once more. The sound clearly filled the area, preventing them from going away.
âSound attack is formidable.â
That was what Lin Xiao was thinking when he finally saw the tiger beast plopped to the ground. His eyes were watching the beast in front of him with cautiousness, worrying if it was only faking its death.
"Itâs no longer breathing," Wenren Yu said from the side. He stepped forward and took out a dagger before ripping the tigerâs flesh once to open the beastâs stomach. The sight of a beautiful sphere within the beastâs body attracted their attention.
"Beast core."
Aside from unranked beast, other beasts would have beast core inside their body. The size and color of the core signified their rank and also power. Beast core was also very useful for training, which was why their training so far had been going smoothly.
Elder Wang gave them the beasts core they gained for them to train, which made them advance faster.
Wenren Yu took the beast core and then shoved it to Lin Xiao. "Keep it and just use it. Youâre the slowest one."
Lin Xiaoâs lips twitched, yet he couldnât say anything to refute. He obviously always got the most from the beasts cores they had gathered, but he was still the slowest to advance. Of course, the culprit was because there was a dragon lurking inside his body and needed to be fed.
Dragonâs food? Qi Energy.
"Take the beastâs flesh?" Lin Yun asked curiously.
Lin Xiao looked at the beast and then nodded his head. He looked at the womanâs corpse that was lying not far from them. The head and the chestâs part had long disappeared, leaving only the arms, legs and part of the stomach.
Crouching not far from the woman, Lin Xiao took the Spatial Ring from the womanâs finger and handed it to Wenren Yu.
"Youâre giving it to me?" Wenren Yu was surprised. Lin Xiao didnât even take a moment to check what was inside the Spatial Ring before giving it to him. Did Lin Xiao trust him so much that he would divulge anything to others.
"You donât have any Spatial Ring. Letâs go and weâll check the content later."
"Got it."
If the woman was truly from influential family, it was clear that whoever was chasing the woman would surely reach this place. The wounds on the womanâs body was only from the tiger beasts, so Lin Xiao and the others were not worried that they would be accused as the killers.
Nevertheless, they still took the Spatial Ring, which meant that these people might not let them off.
Swish!
Just five minutes after Lin Xiao had left, several people arrived in the location. Their eyes widened upon seeing the headless corpse in front of them. Based on the wound on the womanâs body, it was clear that she was killed by the beast they chased just now.
"This... what should we do?"
"Well, we can just report that she died in mission, right?"
"Itâs true." The young man, who acted as the leader, furrowed his brows. His eyes landed on the womanâs hand and noticed that the Spatial Ring had disappeared. Instantly, his expression turned odd.
"Is there anyone else but us here?"
"Feng Yi City is located not far from here. There might be some people who come here and passed by," his friend replied.
The leader looked towards Feng Yi Cityâs direction then to the bloodstain on the ground. He instantly realized that whoever passed by this area had already killed the tiger beasts and took the womanâs Spatial Ring.
However, it would be impossible to prove such thing unless they were here when it happened.
"This is troublesome," the leader murmured.
"Leader..."
"Letâs go back to the sect. Take our fellow junior disciple and weâll explain just as it is," the leader said in deadpan tone. If they left their junior discipleâs body here and didnât give any explanation, they would be chased until the end. But if they showed that the disciple died because of beasts, they might still able to get some lenience.
"But sheâs the daughter of the elder..."
The leader looked at the disciple with cold expression. "If you wish to be runaway, feel free to go."
The young man was stunned but then he bit his lips. Many of them didnât have good background and had to fight hard to be able to enter the sect back then. If this problem was connected to them, would it be possible for them to get out?
They wanted to cry.
If it was not because they needed a lot of resources to cultivate, they would have never want to stay in the sect when they encountered something like this. Being a runaway would be far worse than facing trials because if they ran away, they basically threw away their future.
The group of men had similar thoughts. They were not stupid but there was simply nothing they could do. Besides, with the womanâs attitude, many disliked this woman and now, they were the one getting the blame.
What a terrible luck.
...
Lin Xiao and the others obviously didnât know what had happened to the woman and her background. They swiftly left and only paused to cook the tigerâs meat for meal before continuing their journey again.
Along the way, they met with some other beasts but for beast rank 2 and lower, one person was more than enough to defeat them. Beast rank 3 was pretty rare, so they were lucky enough not to meet with any more.
"Shall we check the Spatial Ring now?" Wenren Yu asked before they rested for the night. They still need a few more hours to reach Ri Village, the location for their mission. However, they didnât want to travel in the middle of the night, so they chose to stop here.
Lin Xiao nodded. "Sure. You can check now."
"Alright."
Taking the Spatial Ring, Wenren Yu didnât need to exert much effort to breach inside. Ownerless Spatial Ring could be bound with new owners as long as they have some Qi to do the job.
"Holy..."