Just seconds earlier, on the western front of Havocspire.
Jake had just used his Original Spell: Morphic Grasp to seize all the surrounding Life Threads and Souls. Over 2,000 life cords completely under his control. All he had to do was give them a slight tug to wrench them from their former vessels, and that's exactly what he'd done.
For him, wiping out an entire regiment of Light Warriors along with its Lifemancer had been almost effortless. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
As the encircling enemies were pulverized to dust and swept away by the rainy wind, an insatiable urge suddenly gripped his will when he felt all that pure vital and spiritual energy in his grasp. His instincts screamed that this was the perfect nourishment he needed to enhance his various Aspects.