Three days later.
"Clatter, clatter..."
The wheels rumbled as they rolled over the ground.
The caravan consisted of several dozen warrior guards and over a dozen warhorses with Demon Race bloodlines.
Hauling a great load of goods, it left the city gates and headed northwest toward Mountain-Slaying City, deep within the Chaos Star Domain.
At that moment, inside a spacious, square carriage in the middle of the caravan.
A young man dressed in a black martial outfit, his face covered by a silver mask.
Toyed with a crystal stone the size of an infant's fist, which radiated a deep, dark red glow.
He was none other than Gu Chenfeng, who had set out for Mountain-Slaying City to take its entrance assessment.
Because his appearance was too striking, Gu Chenfeng had not wanted to attract unnecessary trouble and had asked Hong Xiong to have this mask custom-made for him.
At the same time, Gu Chenfeng had also had him forge a long spear that could be disassembled and reassembled, to carry as his weapon.
Hong Xiong obeyed every one of Gu Chenfeng's commands.
He had also carefully arranged this caravan for Gu Chenfeng, sending along a large quantity of precious supplies.
Not only that, Hong Xiong had taken most of the wealth accumulated in recent days from the blood crystal mines controlled by the various factions Hong Family Fort had seized.
And exchanged it for a batch of superior-quality high-grade blood crystals, which he presented to Gu Chenfeng.
The high-grade blood crystal Gu Chenfeng was now toying with was worth ten thousand low-grade blood crystals.
Gu Chenfeng held the blood crystal in his palm and tried circulating the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique.
As his blood qi circulated, the energy within the blood crystal was immediately drawn out and surged into his