The southeastern border region of the Chaos Star Domain.
Recently, something major had happened in this region.
The Hong Family Fort had originally held sway along the border, occupying two poor-quality blood crystal deposits.
Within just a few days, it had suddenly expanded aggressively, annexing several surrounding forces of equal standing.
It had then expanded deeper into the Chaos Star Domain, defeating three mine owners in succession, each of whom possessed a low-grade blood crystal mine.
Its power had skyrocketed in an extremely short time.
While this development shocked the various forces in the region,
the Hong Family Fort's actions also seemed to have invited disaster.
Within this region was a force that occupied one mid-grade deposit and two low-grade deposits.
It was the Blood Fang Stronghold, the dominant power for nearly a thousand miles around.
It was extremely displeased with the Hong Family Fort's sudden expansion.
The old stronghold chief, who had presided over the Blood Fang Stronghold for over a century, had countless lives' worth of blood on his hands, and was said to have joined the ranks of second-rate experts,
personally led the Blood Fang Stronghold's experts in a forceful assault on the Hong Family Fort.
The eventual outcome, however, left everyone dumbfounded.
The Blood Fang Stronghold's old chief died, and the men he led were routed. The Hong Family Fort seized the momentum to counterattack, swallowing up the Blood Fang Stronghold's territory and mineral deposits outright.
The Hong Family Fort, previously only a lower-tier force in the region, had leaped to become the greatest power within a thousand miles.
This caused an enormous stir along the Chaos Star Domain's border.
The various forces and martial artists scrambled to investigate the details.
It was said that the Hong Family Fort's master had received help from a mysterious