Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1444: Inside

Sylas met their gazes without the slightest fluctuation, his eyes as icy cold as they could be without flashing white silvery blues. He reached out a palm, flipping it upward.

At that moment, there was a raging change, flames pulsing to life.

Pa. Pa. Pa.

Sylasʼ Scorned Wraps extended, piercing through the ground.

The dome shuddered, twisting and dancing until—

Shu.

Sylas suddenly appeared out of it. As though a god of war, flames incinerated his dress shirt through, snaking lines of bandaged wraps dancing through the skies.

BANG.

Kraziel and Veyricʼs expressions changed. Tapping a foot, they accelerated backward, barely dodging out of the impact of Sylasʼ feet.

Sylas didnʼt look to chase after them first, his gaze turning to Alex and Jala.

”You two. Go inside.”

Sylas didnʼt wait for their reply, a flash of spatial Runes dancing around them and forcefully countering their Wills. In an instant, they were flashed into the dome.

”Shit.” Alex cursed as an Aether Knight took shape in front of him.

Jalaʼs face turned pale as a ghost as an Aether Knight appeared for him as well.

They were no match for these projections. Sylas was just sending them off to their deaths.

However, when Jala looked back to see if Sylas planned to help, the latterʼs attention was entirely focused on something else.

Chi.

The dome of red shattered to pieces.

Jala hurriedly turned back toward the Aether Knight, realizing at that moment that Sylas had helped. Whatever he had done just now countered the system before it could fully finish reforming the Aether Knight. As such, it was only about 20% as powerful as it should be. But even that was far too powerful for the two of them to deal with.

Unfortunately for them, Sylas had no intention of helping them any further.

If they couldnʼt do at least this much, it was better they died here. He had no remorse. These two were too large a part of the reason Earth was in so much trouble right now.

As for the two Veil Humans… they would pay for their actions right here and now.

Sylasʼ fists clenched, the hems of his dress pants turning to flames and revealing the wraps that tightly wound his ankles and feet.

His gaze finally landed back on Kraziel and Veyric, who were both looking at him with a hint of wariness mixed with a hint of subterfuge. They didnʼt know what was going on, but they had a feeling that it was a big deal. Or else Sylas would have done this from the very start.

As for the threat on their lives, they thought it was nothing more than a joke. Not to mention their own confidence in their strength—even if they were ants before Sylas, what would happen once their elder took action?

However, the suppression of Sylasʼ Will was slowly pressing them into a corner.

There was a sudden flash and a beauty with the silvery rainbow tail of a snake appeared, her wings unfurling.

”Trap one of them,” Sylas said coldly.

”Yes, master.”

A pair of golden slit eyes appeared behind Sylas as he felt as though a sledgehammer had just been taken to his head. However, he hardly reacted at all as Nosphaleenʼs stats were forcefully raised by +5000%.

From 20,000 Mental, it increased to seven full digits.

She raised her slender hands and a wave of danger shook the duo to their core.

Sylas had already moved. The instant he felt Nosphaleen target Kraziel, he was already upon Veyric.

Veyric didnʼt know how to react to what was happening, but when he looked over toward Kraziel, he found the latter frozen as though restricted in another dimension. And then Krazielʼs eyes turned vacant. He began salivating, the armored skirt he wore shifting as something particularly hard began to poke out from it.

BANG.

Veyric blocked in front of him, blinking as he felt the power of Sylasʼ strike.

ʼSo weak?ʼ

Veyric furiously shook his head, feeling that something was wrong. Why was he so shocked by how weak Sylas was? He had already felt that Sylasʼ aura was too weak for a Primus Imperium, so why was he wasting mental space on something like that?

Just how much pressure was Sylas putting on his Will? Was this the real benefit of being a Primus Imperium? Mere intimidation even if your actual strength was so pitiful?

Veyricʼs expression turned to fury and disdain. He wouldnʼt be suppressed like this just because the system had taken a liking to this bastard.

Retreating on purpose, Veyric took the instant of time he gained to flip his palms, revealing a pair of hammers circulating with violent pulses of crimson lightning.

A huge mistake.

Veyricʼs eyes widened as his lightning began to roll and rage out of his control.

ʼAether Suppression?!ʼ

Chi.

Veyric only saw a helm snap over Sylasʼ head, a perfect Emerald Scorpion Warlord Armor taking shape.

”You—?!”

The emerald shifted into a swirling color of violet, the two shades playing off of one another to form an armor of menace, one that oozed the scent of death.

Veyric coughed up a mouthful of blood as his Aether reversed in its pathways.

BANG.

Sylasʼ fist drove into Veyricʼs gut, but the force was repelled, the sickening sound of Sylasʼ wrist snapping in the wrong direction and crumbling beneath his own power echoing.

The reflection of the armor seemed to ignore even the defensive effects of the Scorpion Warlord Armor.

But Sylasʼ expression didnʼt even change in the slightest, his foot sweeping out to hook the back of Veyricʼs ankle.

He pivoted, pulled his foot back, and slammed out a palm at the same time.

BANG!

Veyric slammed into the ground so heavily he formed a crater, his body jumping back up as though hitting a spring.

To his credit, Veyric reacted quickly, his eyes flashing as a peculiar aura formed in the air.

Sylas shattered it with a single thought, the Crown of a Primus Luminaria appearing above his head.

Veyricʼs eyes only had time to open wide when Sylas grabbed his wrist out of the air.

”Stop.”

The calm voice echoed once again, making Sylas feel as though all of his inner organs had shattered to pieces at the same instant of time.