A thick column of pure black light erupted from the patterns below him, engulfing his entire body in an instant—and with it came mana pouring into him with a force and volume that was completely beyond what he could absorb under his own capacity. The array was feeding the Primordial Void Heart directly, bypassing him as an intermediary and simply flooding the heart with fuel.
The sensation this created was unlike anything in his considerable catalog of painful experiences.
Every pore of his body simultaneously felt like a needle-sized opening being forced to accommodate something the size of a fist. The mana wasn't being gently introduced—it was being driven through him with pressure, and the pathways through which it traveled were not designed for this volume or this speed.
Leon screamed.
