256: Humble and Arrogant Paragons

After Corey checked the changes on his status screen, Corey readied himself to absorb the finger, and use it to reach his actual limit.

He inhaled and exhaled multiple times with his eyes closed. Some seconds later, he opened his eyes, and just as he was about to bring out the finger, Nina's voice boomed in his mind.

[Stop!]

Corey shook, and with a baffled expression, he said:

"What's wrong?"

Nina rarely took the initiative to speak, and for her to speak, especially with such a large tone, surprised and baffled Corey.

[Don't absorb the finger here. The energy that's radiated by the finger would attract a lot of powerful people.]

[Absorb it in an evolution center.]

Despite Nina speaking so calmly, she was raging internally at the costly and ignorant mistake Corey almost made.