Gu Chen returned to his room, secured the Bronze-Fang Beast in its cage, and placed the black crystal before it. The creature lunged forward, devouring the crystal in a single, greedy gulp.
Over the course of the next day, Gu Chen noticed subtle changes in the Bronze-Fang Beast. Its fur, once the dull gray-black of a wild boar, had begun to take on a faint bronze luster. Its tusks, formerly the color of tarnished brass, now gleamed with a
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