Ethan had no idea what was happening inside his Mindscape, but the moment it began, a crushing weight clamped around his heart so hard it felt like some invisible hand was trying to tear it apart from the inside.
Then everything exploded.
A terrifying surge of Soul Power erupted through his Mindscape, so vast it nearly shattered his concentration on the spot. The instant it appeared, he instinctively dragged it into his Energy Core.
His entire spirit trembled violently.
"What just happened...?"
At last, he managed to spare a sliver of consciousness to look inside.
The final seed had stopped regressing. It was no longer collapsing, but it wasn't moving forward either, suspended in place as though trapped between destruction and rebirth.
He didn't have time to focus on it. Deep down, he already knew what Beastie had done.
"Still not enough," Ethan muttered hoarsely. "Then it's my turn."
BOOM.
Another wave of Soul Power crashed into the seed.
