Genetic Ascension

Chapter 659: Risk [Bonus]



Sylas landed on the ground heavily, rolling back before he landed on his feet. A throbbing pain pulsed through his arm, but it still managed to hold up. Luckily, while the Basilisk King's Speed was weak, its Constitution was exceptional. Though pitiful compared to the Glass Monkey's stats, their Fused Constitution was still over 1800.

The Glass Monkey unleashed a shriek of pain as it was sent stumbling backward. But compared to how far Sylas had been sent away, a couple of steps hardly made much of a difference at all.

Sylas looked down at his arm and shook it out. He clenched his fists a few times.

The Glass Monkey might look like a classic glass cannon, but if even Sylas' immature Aether could give him a +1000 boost to his Defense, then what could the Glass Monkey, that had over 4000 Intelligence, do?

'This will be troublesome. After it survived that attack, it might grow more confident about facing me. I will have to take a risk.'

Sylas took a breath as the Glass Monkey stabilized itself. He watched as the monkeyn/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

frantically poured more Aether into its shield, even forming heavier and thicker glass around itself.

'Nothing to hesitate about.'

The moment he had the thought, Sylas took out two Targeted Healing Elixirs at once and poured them both down his throat with a single chug.

Then, he activated Semi-Fusion.

A burst of power threatened to split his head in two.

[Charisma: 1188] (Pre Semi-Fusion)

[Will: 3570]

[Charisma: 3687] (Post Semi-Fusion)

[Will: 3570]

This time, Sylas didn't take on a Gene Talent or Skill, but directly took on one of Nosphaleen's stats... her strongest stat other than Intelligence.

Charisma.

At that moment, Sylas' telekinesis was able to produce 3866 points of Physical.

A green glow enveloped him as he dismissed <Cyrobane Elevation> before his body overheated beyond compare.

A pressure was already building in Sylas' skull. He knew that this wasn't just the pressure of his increased stats. With his Madness Comprehension, his body was already primed to have exceptional levels of Charisma and Will. That meant that the limitations he would have when fusing with the Basilisk King wouldn't happen here.

The reason for the pressure in his skull could only be one thing...

A tumor was growing.

Sylas sent both streams of Targeted Healing Elixirs to his brain as he rocketed forward.

He left nothing but a streak of green and violet in his wake.

Finally, Sylas' Charisma and Will were on par. And the power it gave him...

Was intoxicating.

He appeared high above the frantically cowering Glass Monkey. It seemed that he had overestimated its mental fortitude far too much. It hadn't realized that it had had an advantage even after tanking his blow...

And now it no longer had one.

Sylas sent out a palm that sent the Glass Monkey flying. He pulled on his Gluttony Seed, soaring through the air with a pace so fast that the eyes of the creature could hardly hold up. He sent out fists from above, rocketing the head of the Glass Monkey again and again.

<Frosted Nightmare>

Sylas sacrificed a whole 1000 Will this time, sending a miniature humanoid tearing into the mind of the Glass Monkey.

The creature's crown pulsed in resistance, but with Sylas' increased Charisma, it couldn't even begin to dismiss it with nearly the same ease.

CRACK. CRACK. CRACK.

Sylas' fist pelted down, once, then twice, and then a third time.

Each blow carried a powerful momentum, averaging out his telekinesis and Strength stats.

His Aetherflow Gene Talent didn't seem strong enough to sustain him any longer and failed to give the boost from his Dormant Martial Arts Comprehensions.

But that didn't stop him.

He sent himself flying downward like a falling meteor.

His feet crashed into the head of the Glass Monkey, driving its skull into the hard glass that was of none other than its own formation.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sylas forcefully used his telekinesis to suffocate the Glass Monkey, ripping it down when it tried to escape and forcefully dispelling all of its skills before they could even get going.

A clash between the Glass Monkey's Bronze Crown and Sylas' Sparking Will rampaged through the space.

BANG! BANG!

However, Sylas' Sparking Will seemed to hold a superior flare to it.

Sylas could barely grasp the fact that Earth was favoring him for whatever reason, but he gave the entirety of his focus to the beast right in front of him.

His rampage was absolutely relentless.

He got the Glass Monkey beneath his feet again and drove a heel through its head.

BANG!

Finally, the Aether skin of the Glass Monkey shattered to pieces and blood flew from its

mouth.

Sylas didn't hesitate to use his telekinesis to disrupt its flow of Aether once more.

Red-gold wings appeared on his back as the Glass Monkey tried to scurry away. <King's Shift> activated along with it, making his body look as though he could accelerate and come to a

grinding halt with a single thought...

Because that was precisely the truth.

Sylas appeared behind the fleeing monkey.

It was fast. Having finally abandoned its extraneous limbs, it flew around even faster than Sylas could keep up with. However, while its skills were being interrupted, Sylas' own

weren't.

A pair of Runes appeared in Sylas' eyes and pressure lines suddenly appeared across the skies.

The Glass Monkey froze in place before coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Sylas' arms had already clamped around the Glass Monkey's throat. Veins pulsed across his forearms as he unleashed a roar, pouring all the power he had into his squeeze.

His jaw clenched, his eyes raging a fiery light. He didn't even realize that from a certain

vantage point, it looked as though he was swallowing the Bronze Crown of the Glass Monkey.

A King Beast that could wipe out an entire city on its own would fall to his hands today.

He wouldn't allow the conclusion to be anything else.

CRACK.

Sylas' torso violently ripped to one side and the Glass Monkey's neck was snapped in two.

A violet torrent of gathering energy suddenly lost its home.

[Dynamic Field Dungeon <Glass Fortress> Cleared]