Within Maka Town, the sky was still filled with lightning and thunder, and the rain didn't seem like it was going to become smaller.

Lying in the tent of the dragon mercenary group's encampment, Copperfield stared at the oil lamp hanging above the tent. He looked at the flickering flame and went through what had happened today.

Six hours ago.

Watching the dark clouds above his head, Copperfield was about to enter the small town when he suddenly saw a group of Cavendish guards standing outside the small town.

Copperfield recognized them through the crest of the Cavendish Family on their sleeves.

Copperfield felt strange. Why would the Cavendish Family send people to the Crobal mountains?

Copperfield raised his vigilance and hid among the crowd as he walked towards them.

When he approached them, Copperfield discovered that there was a huge image in the magic ball behind them.

Looking closely, he realized that the image in the magic ball was actually him.

Copperfield had a strange expression on his face.

Following that, as the movie played, Copperfield gradually understood.

"Did the Cavendish Family use such a despicable method?"

Copperfield sneered. This was really the style of the Cavendish Family.

However, this plot by the Cavendish Family made it difficult for Copperfield to move even an inch in the various towns. Without even thinking about it, the Cavendish Family definitely wouldn't miss such a remote town as Tiger Town. As for the other city-states, the rumors must have also spread.

He still had to temporarily hide his identity.

Copperfield lowered his head and silently retreated out of the crowd.

After all, if he wanted to enter the Crobal mountains, although Maka Town was not a place he had to pass through, he needed to return to Maka Town at any time to replenish resources and buy necessities.

In a short period of time, he definitely would not be able to go deep into the Crobal Mountains to search for the altar. He still needed to cultivate in the outer regions for a period of time. At the very least, he needed to understand the habits of some magical beasts before proceeding to the altar.

In order to break through to two stars in a short period of time, Copperfield recalled that he had seen a type of spiritual herb in the ancient books in his house.

This type of herb was called Star Dew. It grew in the forest in the outer regions of the Magical Beast Mountains. It was a precious treasure that all one-star soul masters yearned for.

After an ordinary person had awakened their own soul, they would possess soul power close to one-star level. After a period of cultivation, the soul power within their body would gradually condense into a cyclone. Those with a certain level of cultivation talent would naturally reach one-star.

This was also the power level that most people had achieved in Titan Continent.

If a soul master wanted to reach two-star after reaching one-star, they would need to train for a long period of time to condense the soul power vortex within their body. As their body could accommodate the changes in soul power, they would be divided into three stages: front, middle, and back.

After reaching a bottleneck, they would be able to gradually control their own soul power and fuse their soul power into their limbs and bones, allowing the power of their soul power to be unleashed to its maximum during battle.

After this process was completed, an awakened soul master would be able to break through to the two-star level.

As for Copperfield, it was due to his prideful talent and the strict training that Patriarch Russell had given him since young, which allowed Copperfield's soul power to reach the level of a two-star master just at the initial stage after his awakening. In fact, it even seemed to be on the verge of surpassing two-star power.

The Star Dew Grass Copperfield was looking for was a type of natural treasure that could aid the circulation of soul power through his limbs and bones.

The Russell Family in the past would naturally have all these things. However, Copperfield could only rely on himself to get all these now.

Suddenly, Copperfield furrowed his brows.

He raised his head to look at the sky, only to see a fine drizzle beginning to fall. Worse still, it seemed to be on the verge of becoming bigger.

He pondered for a moment.

Copperfield extended his soul power into the soul ring Terrence had given him...

A large black robe appeared in Copperfield's hands.

He looked towards the left side of the black robe's chest, where there was an exquisite badge. In the middle of the badge was a blood-red hood. From the design of the hood, it seemed to be a type of protective gear used by assassins to conceal their appearance.

Under the hood, there were two daggers with cold glints. The overall design revealed a hint of blood.

After thinking for a long time, Copperfield did not seem to have seen this badge in his memory. He took off the badge and put it back into his soul ring. Copperfield put on this loose black robe.

Immediately, a murderous aura flowed around Copperfield's body.

The black robe seemed to contain an aura of blood that could not be removed.

Copperfield muttered, "Although the material of the black robe is of high quality, there aren't any soul power fluctuations on it. Could it be..."

Copperfield slightly moved his somewhat stiff body. The tiredness from the past few days seemed to all appear at this moment as he retracted his thoughts.

The candlelight in front of his eyes was still flickering.

Even so, Copperfield still did not let down his guard.

He was only an acquaintance of the dragon mercenary group. The vigilance that had been cultivated through years of training made it impossible for Copperfield to completely fall into a deep sleep even when he was tired.

This kind of vigilance had even saved Copperfield's life last night.

Late last night, Copperfield looked at the map in his hand and observed the surrounding terrain. He should be able to rush to Maka Town tomorrow.

He was prepared to rest here tonight.

When a person was resting in the wild, starting a fire would undoubtedly expose his tracks. Some magical beasts would follow the tracks of their prey and launch an attack.

Therefore, Copperfield chose a huge tree with thick branches and lush leaves and climbed up, preparing to spend the night on it.

However, a huge figure was swimming on the branches of the forest.

Suddenly, the black figure fixed its eyes on Copperfield who was resting.

The black figure was also very vigilant. It did not immediately attack the prey in front of it. Instead, it slowly moved to the top of the prey in front of it.

The huge scales rubbed against the trees, making a "shasha" sound. As it moved, its tail continuously swept past the eyes of its prey. It saw that its prey did not have any reaction.

The black shadow above the branch struck out at lightning speed, biting its prey's throat.

A blood-red shadow of a blade flashed past.

In an instant, the Black Shadow's head was separated from its body.

Copperfield sensed the approaching danger as the black shadow approached the tree where he was. He looked down and saw that it seemed to be a snake-shaped magical beast.

Copperfield did not act rashly. When the tail of the Python swept past Copperfield's nose, Copperfield did not even change the rhythm of his breathing.

It was only when the Python attacked that Copperfield delivered a fatal blow.

Under the moonlight above his head, Copperfield looked at the snake-shaped magical beast whose head had long been severed.

The snake-shaped magical beast's eyes were filled with disbelief until the moment of its death.

"A blue blooded, Red Ice Snake?"

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