1885: C1885 Swordclaw Tiger

C1885 Swordclaw Tiger

"Greetings, Teacher Yao." Lin Long walked forward and said respectfully.

"Lin Li, are you sure you didn't lie to me?" Yao Hong Sheng said coldly, his eyes staring at him.

"Instructor Yao, how could I dare lie to you? I really haven't seen any powerful Iron Sword experts." Lin Long said.

"Did you know that Kong Wu was the one who ordered people to follow you? Moreover, the reason he brought that wolfdog was to follow you, which means he was definitely right behind you!" Yao Hongsheng said.

"Is that so... However, I really do not know. " Lin Long said, he would naturally not admit it even if he was beaten to death.

"Hehe ?" Yao Hongsheng sneered and said, "Okay, then tell me, where did you go?"

"At that time, I was heading towards the vicinity of the Wu Yang Lake to kill some fierce beasts." Lin Long said honestly.

The reason he said that was because he was afraid that someone would see him walk over. If Yao Hongsheng really found him, his lie would be broken.

"Alright, then bring me there now." Yao Hongsheng said.

"Alright." Lin Long could only say helplessly.

Yao Hongsheng looked to Fang Liang, who was standing outside, and said, "Fang Liang, bring a few more people with us. We'll go with Lin Li."

"Alright." Very quickly, he brought a few people with him. They were all people with Iron Sword strength.

Immediately, Yao Hong Sheng brought these people and followed Lin Long towards the Wu Yang Lake.

All along the way, they had been carefully inspecting their surroundings, hoping to discover some clues.

However, when they arrived at Dark Sun Lake, they didn't discover anything.

"Lin Li, where were you able to kill a vicious beast at that time?" Yao Hongsheng asked the moment they arrived at Wu Yang Lake.

"Over there... "Over here..." Lin Long pointed to a few spots.

Yao Hong Sheng immediately led everyone over there and carefully searched around the few locations that Lin Long had mentioned. However, they still could not find any traces of him.

The place Lin Long was referring to was naturally not the place where he, Hu Wen, the black clothed man and Kong Wu was battling. Thus, Yao Hong Sheng and the rest were unable to find anything.

However, Yao Hongsheng naturally wouldn't just search for it. Since he couldn't find it in any of these locations, he immediately ordered everyone to search around the vicinity of the Wu Yang Lake.

This way it would be possible to find the place where they had fought.

Surprisingly, Yao Hongsheng arrived at the cave where the underground stone chamber was.

Arriving at this place, Yao Hongsheng seemed to have discovered something. He carefully felt on the ground and after a moment, he heard a crack. He had actually opened the entrance.

"Hey!"

Seeing the stairs descending, the two people beside him immediately cried out in fear.

Lin Long could not help but frown.

"You two wait outside. Lin Li, Fang Liang, the two of you follow me inside." Yao Hong Sheng looked at the people around him and said.

With that, he walked in with Fang Liang following behind him. Lin Long could only follow after him.

Soon enough, they arrived at the stone chamber. After searching for a while, Yao Hongsheng frowned as he didn't find anything. There were traces of people coming here, but they didn't leave anything behind.

"Lin Li, have you been here before?" Yao Hong Sheng said while looking at Lin Long.

"Instructor Yao, I've never been here before. This is my first time seeing such a place." Lin Long said.

Hearing Lin Long's reply, Yao Hong Sheng did not ask any further questions. After looking around a few more times, he finally brought Fang Liang and Lin Long and walked out.

"Mentor, did you find anything inside?" someone asked as soon as he came out.

"We didn't find anything. Everyone, continue searching." Fang Liang said.

The group began their search, and very quickly, they reached the place where Lin Long and the rest were fighting.

After searching for a while, these people didn't seem to find anything.

Just as they were about to leave, someone suddenly spoke up, "Instructor Yao, there's blood here. It seems to be from two days ago!"

"Oh." Hearing such a voice, Yao Hong Sheng's eyes lit up and he immediately led the crowd over.

With a single glance, Yao Hongsheng was sure that the blood stain was from two days ago. He could also tell that it was from a beast.

Other than that, there were no other traces of anything else.

Since this was the case, Yao Hong Sheng could only lead these people to continue searching.

Lin Long heaved a sigh of relief. He was worried that Yao Hong Sheng might have realized something earlier.

Unknowingly, they had searched the vicinity of the Wu Yang Lake for a good half a day. However, Yao Hongsheng and company still did not find anything.

In the end, Yao Hongsheng could only bring them back to the camp.

Because like this, even though Yao Hong Sheng suspected Lin Long, he did not have any evidence to prove that Kong Wu's disappearance was related to Lin Long. Hence, he could only warn Lin Long with a few words.

On the second day after they returned, someone from the camp found an iron sword in a cave on the east side of the camp. Due to Kong Sheng's recent disappearance, this disciple did not dare to take the sword for himself and directly reported this to Fang Liang, who quickly informed Yao Hongsheng.

"Instructor Yao, someone found a bloody iron sword in a cave on the east side of the camp. Judging from the blood, it seems to be from two or three days ago, and there are traces of a fight on the ground." Fang Liang said to Yao Hongsheng.

Then, he took out an iron sword and passed it to Yao Hongsheng. He took the sword and saw that there was blood on it. It was just as Fang Liang said, it should be from two or three days ago.

Yao Hongsheng nodded and immediately said, "Tell that disciple to bring me over."

Soon, Yao Hongsheng and a few others went to the cave.

Not long after, under the guidance of that disciple, they arrived in front of the cave.

Even before entering the cave, Yao Hongsheng could see the traces of a fight on the ground. However, it was not very obvious and he could not tell what it was.

"Instructor Yao, this is the cave where I found the iron sword." The disciple pointed at the cave in front of him and said to Yao Hong Sheng.

"Alright, you guys wait outside. I'll go in and take a look." Fang Liang said.

After he entered the cave, there were fewer traces of fighting in there. According to his own experience, he could tell that these traces were left two or three days ago, but because they were too small and too minute, he couldn't see anything.

Other than that, he did not find anything else that was useful.

Then he walked out of the cave and said to the people following him, "Carefully search the surroundings."

The group of people started searching around the area, and soon, someone said, "Instructor Yao, there's a identity token here."

Yao Hong Sheng walked over after hearing that.

He took the identity token and carefully examined it. His eyebrows were furrowed, because this identity token belonged to Kong Wu.

And since Kong Wu's identity token was here, the odds were against him.

However, other than some bloodstains, there was nothing else useful about the identity token, so he was still unable to find anything.

"Teacher Yao, is this Senior Kong's identity token?" Noticing Yao Hongsheng's expression, someone asked cautiously.

"That's right, this is Kong Wu's identity plate." Yao Hong Sheng said solemnly.

"That Kong Wu is doomed!"

The expressions of everyone around changed upon hearing Yao Hongsheng's words.

"Continue searching the area!" Yao Hong Sheng said coldly.

The group of people were ready to search again. Not long later, they discovered a large amount of blood and battle marks in the area in front of them.

After a careful inspection, they discovered that there were strange paw prints on the surrounding trees. These paw prints were left behind by berserk beasts, but they were extremely strange. It was as if four sharp swords had slashed across these trees at the same time.

There was only one such claw mark on each tree, but they could see that if these trees weren't big enough, these claws would have been enough to knock them all down.

"Instructor Yao, what kind of berserk beast's paw prints are these? They look really powerful!" Some people could not help but ask when they saw such a claw mark.

Yao Hongsheng frowned and said, "This is the claw mark left by the Sword Claw Tiger!"

"Sword Claw Tiger!"

Upon hearing Yao Hongsheng's words, the surrounding people immediately exclaimed in surprise. In the Stone Wood World, Sword Claw Tiger was a level five berserk beast. It was the strongest berserk beast in the Stone Wood World, and its strength was similar to an Iron Sword class individual.

"Seems like Kong Wugui died under the claws of this Sword Claw Tiger!" Someone said with a frown.

"But, isn't there no more of these rank 5 beasts? How come such a beast appeared out of nowhere?" Some people were puzzled.

"Continue searching the area!" Yao Hongsheng didn't answer but said so.

The group of people started searching again. Soon, they found another place to fight, not too far away. They also discovered the thing that dropped from Kong Wu's body along with the paw prints of the Sword Claw Tiger.

In this way, it proved that Kong Wu had been injured by the Sword Claw Tiger.

Upon confirming this point, Yao Hongsheng's expression turned even uglier.

"Fang Liang, immediately inform all disciples to return to the campsite and inform them that a Sword Claw Tiger has appeared. No one is allowed to leave the campsite until we discover it!" Yao Hongsheng said immediately.

Other than Fang Liang and a few others who were of the Iron Sword class, the rest of them were below the Sword Claw Tiger. Yao Hongsheng was naturally worried that they would be hurt by the Sword Claw Tiger, hence he made this decision.

Most importantly, he did not know if there was only one Sword Claw Tiger or if there were many of them.

"Yes, Teacher Yao!" Fang Liang immediately answered.

"Instructor Yao, should we search nearby for that Swordclaw Tiger?" Someone asked.

"Not yet." Yao Hong Sheng said.

It was not that he was not anxious to find out, but he wanted to report this matter. The level five beasts of the Stone Wood World had been extinct a long time ago, and now that they had suddenly appeared, he naturally couldn't let his guard down.

After following these people back to the camp, Yao Hong Sheng returned directly to the Symbol Literature Academy outside.

The moment he came out, he immediately found the Great Elder to report this matter to him. At this moment, there were two other elders beside the Great Elder.

"Elders, someone was killed by Sword Claw Tiger in the Stone Wood World." Yao Hong Sheng said to the three of them.

"What?" The other elder couldn't help but be surprised.2

"Instructor Yao, you said earlier that there might be a rank 5 beast reappearing in the Stone Wood World, and they've already sent people to investigate. Did they die under the sword, claw, and tiger claw?" The Great Elder looked at Yao Hong Sheng and said.

Have you already found traces of them? The other two elders thought.

Since the Great Elder hadn't told them about this, they naturally didn't know about it.

"It's not them. They haven't come back yet." Yao Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Someone was killed by a Sword Claw Tiger near the camp. Right now, there should only be one Sword Claw Tiger, but that doesn't mean there are other Sword Claw Tigers."

"It was actually killed by Sword Claw Tiger near the camp!" The two Elders exclaimed in surprise when they heard Yao Hongsheng's words.

"Wouldn't that be a threat to the other disciples?" The Great Elder frowned.

"I've already sent people to call them back. At the same time, I've also sent some Iron-sword disciples to guard the camp. Nothing big will happen." Yao Hong Sheng said.

"Yes." The Head Elder nodded, and then looked towards the two elders beside him, "How about this, the two elders can bring the hundred Iron Sword disciples from other worlds over to help. You can stay in the Stone Wood World for ten days or so, and see if you can find that sword claw tiger."

Although there was only one Sword Claw Tiger, the Great Clan Elder had no choice but to be cautious. After all, the disciples of the Stone Wood World were the future of their Symbol Literature Academy.

"Yes, Grand Elder." The two Elders immediately responded.

"Then I'll take my leave first." With that, Yao Hong Sheng left for the Stone Wood World.

Several hours later, the two elders brought the hundred Iron Sword disciples into the Stone Wood World.

These hundred Iron Sword disciples were dressed in dark red uniforms. Of course, what the disciples in the Stone Wood World envied the most was not their clothes, but their strength.

The strength of the Iron Sword class was something that everyone yearned for.

Yao Hongsheng naturally went to the training field to welcome the two elders and the disciples.

"Elders, thank you for your hard work." Looking at the two elders, Yao Hongsheng laughed.

"Instructor Yao, what did you find when you came back?" one of the two Elders asked.

"I didn't find anything." Yao Hongsheng shook his head.

"Then let's start searching around the camp right now, and see if we can find the Swordclaw Tiger." Another elder said.

"Then I'll have to trouble the two elders." Yao Hong Sheng nodded.

"Instructor Yao, you just need to follow us. The Iron Sword disciples should just let them continue guarding the camp." The two elders said.

Following Yao Hongsheng's suggestion, the hundred-man team split into three groups. He and the two elders would each lead a team, then they would search around the camp.

At this time, Lin Long had already returned to his own residence.

Of course, not everyone would be able to come back after hearing the news, so most of them only came back now.

During this period of time, the news of Kong Wu being killed by a level 5 beast, Sword Claw Tiger, had already spread throughout the entire camp, and Lin Long had already heard it.

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