Chapter 554 The Black Sands

Xiao Chen conjured a ball of light that illuminated their surroundings. In the dark, all they could see was the wet, moss-slicked walls. "Let's go," he said, already expecting what laid ahead.

After an hour of plowing through the half-submerged tunnels, they finally saw light. The water began to deepen and ordinary people would have needed boats to leave the tunnel. But being mages—practitioners of arcane magic—they effortlessly leaped out of water and glided over the surface of the river to reach ground.

With the vastness of Black-horn City, the sprawl of its outskirts were equally as large. They traveled on foot back to the outer peripheries of the city to hear the people whispering rumors about.

"Have you heard? Something big happened last night at the Bloodied Moon District. More than a thousand of Black Horn men were killed, including the members of two of its Halls... That's terrifying..."

"Is what you're saying true? But who