"Wild supernatural creatures in the Demonwood Domain?"
Hearing Zhao Tuo say this, Xu Ran's eyes filled with more curiosity and surprise.
Originally, Xu Ran had believed that Beast Tamers would undoubtedly pose a greater threat to him than wild supernatural creatures.
After all, they could switch between different contract beasts and fight alongside their beasts themselves.
Judging by Zhao Tuo's words, were there wild supernatural creatures more threatening than that Beast Tamer named Tuoba Hai?
"That's right." Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, his expression growing more serious. "Some wild supernatural creatures in the Demonwood Domain pose an even greater threat than powerful Beast Tamers of the same rank."
"You probably know that wild supernatural creatures have a very distinct hierarchy based on strength. That holds true both in other, more savage places and here in the Demonwood Domain."
"The highest-ranking one in the Demonwood Domain is naturally Beast Emperor Sky-Piercing Blackwood. Apart from that, they can roughly be divided into three different tiers."
"The first consists of commander clans. These clans have no stable evolutionary paths passed down to them. Without some special opportunity, they can only remain at commander rank for their entire lives, and their strongest fighters are commander rank."
"The second consists of Beast King Groups. They've worked out certain patterns of evolution that allow as many members as possible to evolve toward a particular monarch species. Their combat strength takes a leap, and their strongest fighters can reach monarch rank."
"As for the third..." Zhao Tuo paused briefly. "Those are the Quasi-Emperor clans."
"Quasi-Emperor?" Xu Ran's heart jolted, and his surprise deepened. "What does that mean?"
"A Quasi-Emperor is an overlord-rank supernatural creature." Zhao Tuo glanced around and lowered his voice slightly. "Besides Sky-Piercing Blackwood, there are three other overlord-rank creatures in the Demonwood Domain."
"Their families