Ethan sensed something wrong immediately.
The power on this guy was… strange. It wasn't ordinary ore-vein energy, and it wasn't the Infernal Abyss power Ethan had just come into contact with. This aura felt lighter, more active—brimming with fierce vitality, yet carrying an oppressive pressure that made your chest tighten. The second it appeared, the flow of energy in the surrounding air started tilting toward his position, like everything nearby was being forcibly redirected.
Ethan rose into the air at once, locking onto him.
The purple figure didn't even acknowledge the stare.
He simply lifted his hand, palm facing down, and pressed lightly.
In the next instant, a flood of violet energy burst from the gemstones embedded across his body and poured toward the mountain range below. It didn't scatter. It gathered into a single colossal vortex suspended between heaven and earth.
The vortex turned slowly, its center collapsing inward again and again.
