"I know I can," Max answered calmly, his voice resolute. His body responded at once, arcs of red lightning bursting across his form. He called upon the Storm King's Inheritance, invoking both Heaven's Wraith and Extreme Speed simultaneously.
The cavern quaked under the sudden release of power, cracks spreading across the stone floor beneath him as his aura roared outward. Yet even with this overwhelming force coursing through his body, he found the pressure too heavy. His arms trembled, his body strained, but he still could not rise.
'Infernal Demon Transformation!' Max's thought cut through the haze of struggle. His body instantly shifted, radiating a dark and terrible aura. His hair bled into a deep crimson shade, his eyes blazed with a dark red glow, and an ominous wave of energy erupted outward like the breath of a demon lord. The air grew heavier, suffocating with the sheer malevolence of the transformation.
