Riley's first destination was, of course, an establishment known as the Myriad Rewards Hall.
As one of the most prominent institutions in the city, it served as a hub for missions, bounties, rare resources, and all manner of dangerous opportunities.
With his beast's divine sense capable of covering the entire metropolis—home to millions of inhabitants—he located the building instantly and arrived without wasting a single breath.
The hall stood tall and imposing, its massive structure towering over the surrounding buildings like a silent giant.
Carved stone pillars lined its entrance, each etched with ancient runes that faintly glowed with restrained power.
Cultivators entered and exited in a steady stream, and from the thick miasma of murder clinging to their bodies, it was clear they had recently taken lives.
Many of them made no effort to suppress the bloody, bloodthirsty aura leaking from their forms, as if slaughter had long since become second nature.
