Yu Xuan narrowed his eyes and stared directly into the shadows.
With his [Soul Vision] still active, he no longer saw mere darkness. Instead, faint, luminous blobs in the shape of wolves shimmered within the gloom.
There was an entire second pack hidden there.
Smaller than the one the others were fighting — but still dangerous.
Multiple early-stage Qi Condensation wolves crouched in silence, with a few mid-stage among them. But what caught Yu Xuan's attention was their leader — a hulking wolf hiding in the deepest part of the shade. Its aura radiated strength and cunning.
It was a Peak Qi Condensation beast. Not quite as powerful as the grey-furred alpha his companions faced — but only slightly weaker.
'If the grey one is ninth substage of the Qi Condensation realm, this one should be in the eighth…' Yu Xuan calculated quickly.
Though cultivators casually lumped stages into "early," "mid," and "peak," each of those tiers contained three substages — for a total of nine.
