In the observation chamber, silence reigned.
Elder Morvan's cup had slipped from his fingers, tea pooling across the table.
"Soul techniques," Elder Veyra murmured, breaking the silence. "He's using soul techniques."
The implications hung in the air like a blade.
Soul cultivation was the exclusive domain of the Gra-Khazul tribe—or it had been, until Kael Vorn had infiltrated their territory. The elders had assumed he gathered intelligence and resources during his time there. They had not considered that he might have learned their most sacred techniques.
"He went to that territory for six weeks," another elder said slowly. "Six weeks, and he's already mastered soul techniques powerful enough to affect a Rank 7 Mana heart cultivator in combat. The progress he's made in such a short amount of time is... abnormal."
