In a forest, Xiao Fan sat cross-legged on the ground, his brows tightly furrowed as he stared at the wolf-shaped magical beast before him, deep in thought.
The wolf-shaped magical beast exuded a powerful aura. It was clearly a fourth-order magical beast, strong enough to rival a human Dou Ling, yet it lay listlessly on the ground, showing no hostility despite Xiao Fan sitting nearby.
In fact, its somewhat vacant eyes seemed to hold a faint trace of fear toward Xiao Fan.
Outside the wolf-shaped magical beast's body, a pitch-black cage flickered faintly in and out of sight. Black chains coiled around it, imprisoning the beast where it lay.
The wolf's once-ferocious gaze had long since been worn down over the course of Xiao Fan's research.
Yes, over the course of his research.
Over the past half month, after reaching the Lightning Flash stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Xiao Fan had begun studying Shadow Prison. To test it, he had sought out the magical beasts nearby.
Magical beasts that were too weak were of little use to his research, while those that were too strong defeated the purpose. After all, if he could not even beat them, how could he think about studying his Dou Technique?
And so, through a fortunate coincidence, Xiao Fan had found this fourth-order Magic Wolf.
At first, his mastery of Shadow Prison had only allowed him to restrain it for an instant. During combat, he sometimes struggled to control the amount of Dou Qi he used, often wasting it needlessly.
That was why Xiao Fan had spent the past half month studying this Earth Tier Middle Grade Dou Technique.
"Why does it always feel as though my control is still a little lacking?"
Looking at the cage before him, a trace of puzzlement flashed