Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu manually searched the area for nearly a day but had no conclusive results.

He did find some traces of Hu Dagao being there, but these just confirmed that he had indeed been there at a point. They didn't point to where he might be or who might have taken him.

"This is too suspicious… there should be at least some more clues. It's quite certain that they've been cleaned out deliberately." Lin Wu muttered to himself. 'For someone to clean traces to this extent, they had to have been professionals. Normal cultivators wouldn't have skills like this.' He analyzed.

"Master, I may have found something." It was at this point that Cang Ci sent out a message.

"Right on time. I'm heading back." Lin Wu replied before making his way back to the Second Light city.

Upon reaching there, he found Cang Ci waiting for him in the underground hall.

As one of the direct subordinates of Lin Wu, Cang Ci had authority to use the arrays made by him. This was added by him as a default setting and didn't need any modifications. Thus it was easier for all of his people to collaborate and work together in various places.

As long as an array was set up by him, or was made with his instructions, it would have all these permissions set up.

"What did you find?" Lin Wu asked right away.

"The Second Light City is currently in a tense situation due to the disappearance of Hu Dagao." Cang Ci replied.

"Oh? So the people here know about it?" Lin Wu found it strange, since no traces were found.

"Yes." Cang Ci replied, her tone a little anxious. "It seems like Hu Dagao had been sent an open threat. Someone said that they'll capture him and kill him later." She revealed.

"Huh? Someone would dare to do that?" Lin Wu found that to be a bit ridiculous.

Even if he forgot the strength of Hu Dagao, he still had the Hu clan backing him. He was a direct heir after all.

Anyone openly threating to harm a direct heir like that would be met with the fury of the entire Hu Clan. No one would dare to do that in the Hu continent.

And yet… here there was.

"Do they know who did it?" Lin Wu questioned next.

"Yes… it's actually a notorious cultivator with the title, Wandering Head Bandit." Cang Ci answered making Lin Wu tighten his body.

"Who's this person?" Lin Wu asked Cang Ci first.

"He's basically an itinerant cultivator and is infamous for taking many rich and powerful people hostage. He would demand a large ransom and if someone didn't pay, he would just kill the hostage, regardless of their status.

It is unknown what his cultivation base is, but he hasn't appeared in the open for nearly forty years now." Cang Ci spoke what she had learned.

Hearing this Lin Wu couldn't help but confirm his thoughts. 'Definitely someone professional…'

"Is there any information about it system?" Lin Wu asked the system next.

~DING~

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SEARCHING DATA BANK: Please wait a moment…

SEARCH: Completed

DATA: Found

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TARGET: Wandering Head Bandit

CULTIVATION Base: Unknown

INFO: The Wandering Head Bandit has been known to have impeccable escape skills and is said to be very versatile. He has terrorized various cities of the Hu Continent in the past, and has targeted members of the Hu clan as well.

Though the members of the Hu clan he targeted were minor members or external members.

The last time he had appeared, he was almost caught by the Hu clan, but managed to escape even then. At that time he vowed that he would take revenge against the clan, but didn't return.

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"Until now…" Lin Wu read the information in the system, knowing that there was something missing there.

It couldn't be helped after all the information system had was only that which could be obtained from the people or documents around them. The Wandering Head bandit was a person who was elusive in the first place so it was normal for him to not leave behind any traces.

But what bothered Lin Wu most was the fact that the man who had disappeared for forty years appeared now suddenly and targeted Hu Dagao out of everyone.

Even if he had targeted members of the Hu clan before, they were nothing compared to a direct heir.

From this it could be understood how tense the Second Light city was. After all, the blame might end up falling on the six branches of the Hu clan. The main clan would scold them about not having good security despite being the second ranked city in the entire continent.

"After getting this threat, did Hu Dagao not do anything?" Lin Wu asked.

"He is said to have scoffed and didn't care for it. To him, there would be no one stupid enough to do something like that. And yet it happened." Cang Ci replied.

"Wait… how do the people know he was kidnapped?" Lin Wu asked since he knew the last location of the man.

If he was kidnapped there, the people here shouldn't know that at all.

"Well, he was kidnapped in front of several people." Cang Ci stated.

"Impossible." Lin Wu shook his head. "His last traces were found outside of Second light city." He explained.

"I don't know master, but there are plenty of evidences. You can take a look too," Cang Ci gave Lin Wu the crystal slip back which had all the data in it.

Lin Wu went through it and understood something.

"That is not Hu Dagao at all…" Lin Wu said, making Cang Ci nervous.

"What do you mean, master?" she asked in doubt.

"The one that was kidnapped in Second Light City wasn't Hu Dagao at all. His traces were in the forest a thousand kilometer away. Thus whoever was kidnapped was pretending to be him." Lin Wu replied, making his doubtful.

"You mean to say, it was a ploy against Hu Dagao?" Cang Ci asked.