Chapter 28
He pushed **Devour** into more abstract realms. He tried it on a fading echo in a battlefield canyon—the residual emotional chakra of fear and rage. He assimilated the raw emotional data, not to feel it himself, but to understand its "frequency." This allowed him to develop a passive, aura-like ability to sense malignant intent, a precursor to sensor abilities.
He devoured the sunlight filtering through leaves, gaining a better, almost photosynthetic connection to natural energy. He didn't become a Sage, but his chakra reserves and recovery rate became monstrous, further fueling his other abilities. **Devour** was becoming a tool for existential evolution.