"You think a little power-up is enough?"
Evan's voice echoed, distorted, inhuman.
The blackened void that was now his face remained unreadable, but his tone carried a sneer—mockery, disdain, an overwhelming certainty in his superiority.
But Max—
He only grinned.
A spark of excitement flickered in his eyes, a wild thrill coursing through his veins.
"We will know."
His voice was steady, but inside—inside, something stirred.
Something only he could feel.
A power that didn't just surge through him.
It remade him.
Lightning.
Pure, untamed, roaring lightning.
It wasn't just energy—it was alive.
His entire body crackled, wrapped in a storm of purple arcs, each bolt dancing wildly across his skin.
His muscles clenched, denser than ever before, as if they had been reforged from lightning itself.