Chapter 86: Chapter Eighty‑Five Black Seal City

The endless plain stretched out, the eye seeing nothing but monotonous black, set against a slightly dim sky.

A oppressive and irritable atmosphere lingered over the plain.

In this somewhat eerie place, it's no wonder chaotic rules would arise.

On the quiet plain, a black shadow suddenly shot from afar.

The shadow moved extremely fast, flashing like instantaneous teleportation.

Each time it landed, it kicked up a thunderous boom like a muffled explosion, the boom spreading as ripples across the plain before gradually fading.

While running at full speed, the figure slightly lifted his head, revealing a handsome young face—none other than Lin Feng, dust‑covered from rushing over a thousand li.

At that moment he frowned at the vast plain, muttering lowly: "This damned place is too big; after being in the plain so long, I haven't seen a single person, and everything here is black—it's really depressing."

After continuing on for nearly half an hour,

a tiny black dot finally appeared faintly within his sight.

As he drew closer, the black dot gradually grew larger.

Scattered white tents came into Lin Feng's view.

"Is this a small tribe…?"

Seeing the faint figures in the distance, he thought to himself.

He tapped the ground with his toes, his body becoming like a black flash, lightning‑fast toward the small tribe.

After sprinting for about two or three minutes, the tribe finally came fully into Lin Feng's sight.

He gradually slowed his pace, then walked slowly toward the tribe's gate.

When he was not far from the gate, Lin Feng glanced around and realized the tribe wasn't actually small.

The connected large and small tents numbered at least nearly a hundred.

From the constant noisy sounds within, the population seemed decent.

As he approached the tribe's gate, Lin Feng's steps suddenly halted and he stumbled back a few paces.

A long arrow suddenly pierced the air, stabbing hard into the grass before him.

From the constantly swaying arrow‑tail, it was clear the archer had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

"Kid down there, are you a newcomer who just entered Heijiaoyu? You don't even know the rule of giving way a hundred meters before entering a tribe?"

As the arrow landed, a man appeared on the fence, shouting ferociously.

Seeing Lin Feng charge straight at him, the man seemed to understand something, his brow lifting as a strange glint flashed in his eyes.

"Heh."

Lin Feng had no time to waste talking; he snorted coldly and immediately unleashed Burst Step, charging straight for the gate.

Seeing Lin Feng's move, the man's face filled with shock—he hadn't expected this young newcomer from below to act like that.

"Bang!"

The heavy wooden door shattered under Lin Feng's blow into countless fragments, shooting into the crowd inside.

The fence above the door also broke apart; the man standing on it, whose strength was only that of a Fighter, let out a painful wail.

Wood splinters embedded in his body flew out with the door.

"Damn, what the hell happened?"

"What's going on? My hard‑cooked meal is ruined—how am I supposed to eat now?"

"......"

"Thud… thud…"

The originally chaotic crowd, upon seeing the approaching killer, fell eerily silent, leaving only the sound of the youth's footsteps.

These people could survive in the chaotic Heijiaoyu, so they naturally knew the youth before them was not someone they could provoke.

At this moment, keeping quiet was the best choice.

When Lin Feng slowly disappeared around the street corner, the crowd here finally regained its liveliness.

They glanced at the corpse lying quietly by the gate, eyes devoid of pity, only clicking their tongues in admiration: "Hey, this youngster is really ruthless—clean and swift, killing without hesitation, quite the man; looks like he'll live comfortably in Heijiaoyu."

The already‑departed Lin Feng naturally didn't hear these comments.

After walking a short distance, he casually grabbed a passerby and asked: "Where can I find a group heading to Heijiaoyu?"

The man had wanted to get angry, but feeling the strong pressure on his shoulder and seeing the small pouch of gold coins, he quickly put on a smile and replied: "Sir, there are many caravans heading to Heijiaoyu resting over there; you can find them."

After speaking, he even pointed out the direction.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Lin Feng tossed the cloth bag to the man and prepared to head to the resting place of the caravan he'd mentioned.

"Sir, are you heading to Heijiaoyu?"

Just as Lin Feng was about to turn, a fat guy hurriedly jumped out, smiling:

"Take me, what's the price?"

Lin Feng gave the stranger a sideways glance and said lightly:

The fat guy, hearing the straightforwardness of this strong man before him, quickly laughed: "I won't beat around the bush either—earlier, when you were at the tribe gate, I saw your strength wasn't bad; I can take you across the Black Region Great Plain into the interior of Heijiaoyu, but as payment for guiding you out of the plain, you'll need to lend a hand if my caravan runs into trouble—how about that?"

"Sure."

Lin Feng, not bothering to look for a group, agreed.

"Then follow me; I'll set off in a moment."

Seeing his caravan gain a strong fighter, the fat guy was delighted and hurriedly invited Lin Feng to his lodgings.

After all, in this Black Region Great Plain, things are chaotic.

A little mistake and you could be killed, your goods robbed; if you're traveling with a wife, the outcome would be even more miserable.

Given this situation, the more strong fighters my caravan has, the higher the chance of delivering the goods safely to the buyer.

If it weren't for the fact that prices in Heijiaoyu are three times those outside, with huge profits in between, I wouldn't bother coming here.

Heijiaoyu, this is an extremely pure region.

As long as you want, even if you toy with women on the street, no one will stop you.

Of course, the premise here is that when you're having fun, you'd better choose your target wisely, otherwise the outcome could be quite miserable.

After all, in Heijiaoyu, women can sometimes be even more terrifying than men.

There's only one reason: they survived here!

However, as a well-known black market on the Northwest Continent,

Here, every day sees a large influx of high-level cultivation techniques, fighting skills, medicinal pills, and other strange items.

Although most of these things cannot see the light of day, and buying them easily invites trouble, they still attract many experts from the continent.

After all, no matter what, these few things are always essential items that even they covet.

Being able to obtain a scroll of a cultivation technique higher than what one practices, or a pill that can quickly boost one's strength.

That is what allows them to advance further on the path of the strong.

Such temptation is deadly for anyone.

Of course, to get these, you not only need a large amount of money, or to exchange heavenly treasures and earthly riches with others, but also need to possess great strength.

Otherwise, you might be able to buy the things, but you may not have the life to use them...

Therefore, this also leads to many experts dying here every day.

Of course, every day also sees a large influx of experts from outside.

In short, this region is filled with death, as well as challenges and temptation...

"Sir, ahead is our destination, Black Seal City, which belongs to the Eight Gates Sect's jurisdiction. Of course, since you've just arrived in Heijiaoyu, you may not be familiar with the situation here; this Eight Gates Sect is an old power in Heijiaoyu, extremely strong. It is said that their leader, Yuan Yi, has strength capable of ranking among the top ten on Heijiaoyu's blacklist, a Fighting Emperor-level expert."

The fat man earlier, gazing at the faint city shadow in the distance, spoke somewhat respectfully to Lin Feng.

And the other members of the caravan, seeing the boss's appearance, also did not show a surprised expression.

After all, not long after they set out yesterday, they encountered several bandits who were advanced Fighting Masters.

Originally they had all despaired; the strongest expert in their caravan was only a five-star Fighting Master, how could they possibly deal with them?

But Lin Feng flashed out and quickly killed those several bandits of the advanced Fighting Master level.

Then, the entire caravan, no one dared to treat Lin Feng casually anymore.

"Hmm."

Lin Feng nodded slightly; he already knew all this, so naturally he had no surprised expression.

And that fat man, seeing this, was even more shocked in his heart toward Lin Feng; he didn't expect that upon hearing of a Fighting Emperor expert, this person before him could still remain composed.

Next, he continued to speak about some other information regarding Heijiaoyu.

And Lin Feng also knew that his current position was the northern region of Heijiaoyu.

The powers stationed here are mostly those he knows: Black Seal City, Maple City, Earth Flame Sect, Thousand Herbs Workshop, etc.

As for the southern part of Heijiaoyu, their caravan has never gone there, so they don't know much about the situation there.

They've only heard that the powerful forces there are not weaker than those in the northern region...

After the caravan departed from the Black Region Great Plain, it gradually slowed down a bit.

After traveling along the way for nearly two hours of mountain road, they finally crossed a mountain ridge in the afternoon.

And at the foot of the mountain ridge, a massive city built from piled-up black stones loomed faintly, revealing a blurred outline.

At the city's four gates, one could faintly see dense black dots, like ants, converging and flowing into the city's huge dark maw.

The caravan rushed down from the mountain peak, and after ten or so minutes, it approached that black city gate; its speed began to gradually slow, then it lined up behind the crowd and waited quietly for the group to enter.

Standing before the carriage, Lin Feng raised his head to gaze at the pitch-black massive city wall, his eyes sweeping over the three large characters "Black Seal City" at the center of the gate.

His gaze slowly moved downward, finally stopping on the dozen or so men in black tight-fitting attire at the gate; they seemed like the city guards of the outside world.

However, here, anyone entering must pay them a substantial entrance fee.