As more time passed, the energy storm thickened. It was growing more violent with each pulse of Grace's power.
The pond around her started bubbling with searing energy, and steam curled into the air in ethereal spirals. The elemental forces of the Spirit Stones she had consumed were spinning around her like guardians of the ancient world. Each strand hummed with life and power, converging into her core.
Her body trembled under the weight of the incoming surge. Energy crashed against her like roaring waves slamming into cliffs, but she remained unshaken, spine straight, eyes closed, and soul focused. The sound of her heartbeat was echoing like distant thunder within her ears, keeping pace with the raw forces pressing against her limits.
It was becoming... Too hot. Too powerful. Too overwhelming.
But right when Grace started feeling that she couldn't take it anymore... it happened.
