Left alone, Max stood in silence for a moment, then looked down at the ring in his hand. 'The Middle Domain… the true mainland of geniuses,' he thought, excitement quietly building in his chest. 'I can't wait to go there.'
Smiling quietly to himself, Max sat cross-legged on the smooth, glowing floor of the secret chamber and took out the storage ring Lenavira had given him.
With a thought, the ring flashed, and all two hundred Chaos Stones tumbled out in front of him, each one pulsating with chaotic energy that shimmered like liquid stars trapped in crystal. The atmosphere around him instantly changed, thick with raw, unstable power.
Without wasting time, Max extended his hand, and his black flames emerged like tendrils, coiling around the stones one by one. He began to devour them, each stone disappearing in a burst of heatless fire, its energy absorbed directly into his body.
