The f*******n Ruins felt alive in a wrong way. Twisted trees with bark like dried veins pulsed faintly. Stone monoliths covered in pre-Qi runes hummed with suppressed energy. Matt’s Essence Sight revealed flows of corrupted Dou Qi leaking from cracks in the ground, twisting local wildlife into monstrous hybrids.
Their first encounter came fast.
A pack of shadow wolves — beasts mutated by old darkness — lunged from the undergrowth. Their eyes glowed violet, and their claws left trails of corrosive Qi.
Viviennie activated her mist, draining Essence from the edges of the pack. Matt charged the alpha, Blood Dominion shaping spilled blood into crimson blades that sliced through hide.
BAAM!
His fist, enhanced by Crimson Shadow and the eclipse domain, caved in the alpha’s skull. Rich, corrup
