Ethan's gaze darkened.
The next second, the energy beings floating between heaven and earth—like they'd received a summons from something higher—snapped their heads toward the Stone Golem.
The gemstones on their foreheads flared back to life. The vortices in their chests spun up again. Then, one after another, they shot toward him.
This time, they weren't attacking.
They plunged straight into the Stone Golem's body.
With every energy form that merged into him, his body changed once.
The rough rock began to melt fast. The mineral crystals on his surface turned into liquid energy and flowed, reshaping him from the outside in. That heavy stone shell peeled away bit by bit—replaced by contours that looked closer and closer to flesh.
In just a few breaths, the massive Stone Golem had completely transformed.
He was no longer a monster stacked together from mountain stone.
He'd become a striking, middle-aged man, hovering high in the sky.
