Excitement surged up in Ethan's eyes almost instantly.
He genuinely hadn't expected Elira to have become this strong.
Almost on instinct, he opened the system and ran a scan on Elira's status panel.
The result popped up right away—
33 Tier, peak.
Seeing that number, even Ethan froze for a beat.
He was just about to toss out a couple words of praise, but the moment that thought even surfaced—
A stronger power suddenly erupted from the skeleton-man with a thunderous blast.
It wasn't struggling.
It was a complete rebound—an out-of-control surge.
The cracks that had covered its entire body started sealing at a visible speed. Fractured edges bit back together. Shattered sections were forcibly smoothed over by fresh energy. Even the violent core in its chest flared several times brighter than before.
And the aura rolling off it—
Was far more savage than it had been a moment ago.
Ethan's eyes snapped wide.
