The valley air felt different now, reality itself responding to the awakened bloodline and inherited Authority radiating from Raze's transformed form. The thin mountain atmosphere that had made breathing laborious moments ago no longer affected him, Perfect Adaptation having automatically adjusted his physiology to thrive in conditions that would challenge normal Master rank cultivators.
Shade recovered from their momentary surprise quickly, demonic possession reasserting control over the assassin's body with force that made their cultivation aura spike dramatically. The Sovereign rank pressure intensified, Seal of Wrath apparently recognizing genuine threat and responding by flooding more power through the host despite accelerating their cellular deterioration.
