The axe fell like judgment made manifest.
Alex's Emergency Overdrive activated.
The sensation was unlike anything he'd experienced before. Not pain, not enhancement, but release. The suppression that had strangled his essence access since awakening in this arena, the Adept-rank limitations that had kept him operating at a fraction of his potential all of it simply vanished.
**[EMERGENCY OVERDRIVE: ACTIVATED]**
**[Duration: 60 seconds]**
For the second time since arriving in this dimensional rift, Alex felt the true scope of his power. Twenty million essence points an astronomical reserve that dwarfed even Master ranked awakened suddenly became available to channels designed for a fraction of that capacity. It was like trying to force an ocean through a garden hose, and his Adept-rank essence pathways screamed in protest.
But for sixty seconds, he had everything.
