Albert nodded inwardly. That had to be it.
City Lord Grey must have encountered a Heavenly Lotus far more powerful than his own.
Only that could explain how Grey had risen so absurdly fast, leaping across realms as if cultivation laws didn't apply to him.
Yet confusion still lingered.
Albert could clearly sense Grey's life level. It was firmly at the 2nd rank. He hadn't undergone the 3rd-rank metamorphosis yet. And still, Grey could fully transform into a beast, something that should have been exclusive to true 3rd rankers.
Of course, Albert had heard rumors before. Rare cases of early transformations, abnormal constitutions, evolutionary shortcuts tied to bloodlines. They existed, though they were vanishingly rare.
If that was the case…
Wouldn't that mean City Lord Grey was following the bloodline evolutionary path?
