On the throne in the great hall, built from blue-black raw Vibranium and alloy, James Howlett's black hair whipped wildly in the air as he stared fixedly into the Dark Phoenix's eyes, which burned with black flames. He replied softly,
"Sorry, Charles. I went for a walk across the ice fields just now. Looks like the 'thing' we're looking for is right here."
With his right hand gripping the Dark Phoenix's slender neck, James summoned two blood-red energy arms behind him. They clamped around her arms from either side, pinning Jean firmly to the finely forged Vibranium throne.
James Howlett had been a hundred kilometers from Wolf Nest. He had just found the scouting party led by Erik and was listening to his daughter Laura when a chill suddenly ran down his spine.
When James first awakened the power of Wolverine, he had gained the extraordinarily powerful ability known as Beast Perception.
It gave him a beastlike, uncanny instinct in battle, and could also sense nearby dangers to a certain extent.
After years of constant training and evolution, James had finally broken through all the limits of his physical body and reached the realm of Jianshen. By then, this power had surpassed even the highest state of mind a human could attain through cultivation: "unseeing and unhearing, yet sensing danger and avoiding it."
Anything that might threaten James gave him an early warning deep in his heart.
If he were an ordinary human, he would be able to predict the difficulties and dangers he might face in life with perfect accuracy, constantly evading Death's pursuit and living until he reached the limits of his natural lifespan.
But even with James's nearly immortal body and indomitable spirit, he had never felt his scalp prickle like this—not even when facing Apocalypse, En