Genetic Ascension

Chapter 2099: A Coincidence

Sylas raised a palm and blocked Fourʼs blow.

The momentum was strong, even stronger than he had somewhat been expecting.

His body was sent flying back, but as though by coincidence, he also dodged Elder Veraleʼs blow as a result.

He tapped to a slowing stop, his body remaining trapped in an encirclement of what could have very well been enemies from all sides. But his gaze held a calm within it that was truly unbothered.

He looked down at his palm, a small bit of redness on it.

Four was only a C-tier but she was actually so powerful. Sylas had already been able to wipe the floor with C-tiers while he was in the E-tier, but now he had progressed to the D-tier, Level 101. There was a huge qualitative difference in his power right now.

But Six lost an arm while Four blew him back. Was there that much of a gap between their strengths, or was it something else?

Did she adjust?

Sylasʼ gaze landed on Six whose arm was already 70% of the way back after taking an elixir. He had had his Will purged easier than expected as well.

A truly troublesome bunch of people.

Sylas didnʼt fear them, and like Elder Verale had thought, he could definitely protect himself. But if he could have massacred them, he would have just done it. There was no need to talk. Alpine could bear witness to that.

Sylas hadnʼt even exchanged a single word with him when he attacked, so much so that Deuvuo and Juxi had thought they were next and could only sigh in relief when they hadnʼt been.

If he was back on Earth, Sylas could have definitely killed them all with ease. But right now, a B-tier was probably his limit. He could exchange blows with an A-tier, but it would take a very long battle before he found an opening to kill one. Though, he was pretty sure he could do that too.

At least… by the standard of the Skai Heaven.

This Four was very different, which also meant that the others of the Cryst Heaven would also be different. Maybe not to the extent of being geniuses at her level, but they would definitely be stronger than Elder Verale.

Well, to be fair to himself, Four, or Little Bel as they called her, was almost 100 Levels Sylasʼ superior. In fact, she was 99 Levels superior. She wasnʼt just a C-tier, she was a C-tier building her B-tier Foundation—a level 200.

The only thing stopping the Seeing Eye Guild was a method of crossing over.

If Sylas was correct, whatever method they had was likely easier to use the weaker you were. They could send C-tiers with greater ease, but it would take more time with A-tiers.

They must have been planning this for a long time because they even had experts they had never shown before to play the part for the time being, when in reality these numbered geniuses were all they had for now.

Sylas had exposed them far earlier than they were expecting, and why would they be ready? They thought that the Thryskai Gods had already bowed their heads and been forced to listen.

They didnʼt expect that Sylas would ignore the directive and expose things for the entire Heaven to know, and now they were behind schedule and using contingencies to make up for it.

What they expected even less was for Sylas to expose this with a single conversation. They knew that he didnʼt need to explicitly say as much. The implication was enough by what had already been exposed.

And now Sylasʼ own strength was exposed in a single exchange as well.

He wasnʼt that easy to kill.

Elder Verale opened her mouth to say something, but this time, Four held up a hand and she stopped speaking entirely as though it wasnʼt someone two tiers beneath her who had taken action.

”You are correct.” Four said lightly, speaking her first words.

”Leave him to me, Four.” Six growled.

Four directly ignored the Royal Blue Troll, her eyes still entirely focused on Sylas. ”But it wonʼt make the slightest bit of difference. If any one of the four of us decide to break into the B-tier, the gap isnʼt something that your people can close.

”It wonʼt be ideal, but if pushed, we will do what is necessary.”

”You wonʼt.” Sylas said calmly.

Fourʼs eyes narrowed, and Sylas, unbothered, pulled out a familiar corpse.

Salivarʼs corpse.

”You…” Fourʼs eyes narrowed.

Sylas really didnʼt expect this at all.

”Iʼm sure you can guess by this corpse what Iʼm trying to say.”

Salivar looked like he had been dissected down to the bone, his flesh flayed, his blood dried, and his body perfectly preserved down to the last detail.

Sylas had dissected and re-dissected him so many times he didnʼt even look like he had ever lived before. He looked more like a realistic statue of a man that had once been, but was now used for medical instruction.

It meant one simple thing.

Sylas knew everything about what was happening here.

And now, seeing these people, he felt he had the final pieces.

It seemed that everything was more connected than he expected, and maybe it wasnʼt such a coincidence at all that Rhykan had chosen to use The Sanctum to accumulate the last bit of Demi-God Aura his Thryskai Mortal Clan needed.

Sylas had originally thought it was a matter of timing. The Sanctum just so happened to be nearing the end of the 713th Cycle and were preparing to rearrange their branches and assign the next generation of Warlords and Emperors.

It made sense for them to be targeted when their Karma was just about to be in so much flux.

But then again… many things had been accelerated as well, and as Sylas had proven with his targeting of the Seeing Eye Guild, there were many ways to accumulate a large amount of Karma in the short term. Why choose such a slow method when you could trigger a Quicktime Event like the one he had?

That had to be easier, no?

But now it all made sense.

The Mancy Scape was a hub of Intelligence.

And yet it had somehow become the priceless treasure of a Sect of Will and Rune Masters… A fusion of Intelligence and Will.

What a coincidence.