Once an Esper Ability User exhausted their power, they could shatter their crystal to force themselves to keep using their abilities.
This could also be called Burst Mode.
It did not increase their strength; it simply allowed them to keep fighting.
Once the crystal shattered completely, the Esper Ability User would die.
Chen Luo's crystal had come within a hair of shattering completely-just as Rice had predicted, he had nearly died.
Chen Luo also understood how it had happened.
Time abilities all consumed enormous amounts of power. He could not use them in his normal state and had to enter Burst Mode.
If Chen Luo's crystal had not undergone a transformation, bringing its quality up to level eight, even Burst Mode would not have been enough.
No one wanted to shatter their crystal unless they were truly desperate. The price was simply too steep.
Chen Luo smiled bitterly. For the next month, I can only rely on my physical strength. I can't use my abilities, and I can't absorb crystals to keep growing, either.
With his crystal shattered, it could not retain or store any power he absorbed.
Just sensing the crystal inside his head made his skull ache.
Still, compared to awakening a Time ability, the shattered crystal was hardly worth mentioning. Chen Luo was thrilled.
Chen Luo asked, "Did you get the crystal out of that Mutant?"
At his question, Mi Li picked up a blue-green crystal from the bedside and handed it to him.
It was about a third the size of an egg.
Chen Luo was a little disappointed. It was only a level-eight crystal. Damn it, all that effort, and it was only a level-eight Zombie?
He could not absorb it for another month. Was he supposed to leave it sitting around until then?
*Forget