The moment Jax allowed the dark mana to wrap around his core, his body went completely numb. The pain that had been burning around his gut spread to every corner of his existence as every single vein in his body ignited in agony all at once.
He wasn't even allowed the mercy of a scream because the violent changes tearing through his body hijacked his physical control entirely.
Even his basic human emotions were brutally stripped away, leaving behind nothing but a suffocating coldness and an anger that had been multiplied to such tremendous and monstrous numbers that it didn't feel like anger anymore. It felt like a weather system.
Clarice watched him with those flat eyes of hers and unsheathed her sword again. "Excellent. You are finally showing your true colors. Try not to bore me this time around."
