Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1087

As though sensing all the Demerits Sylas had on his person all at once, the All-Seeing Eye thrummed with rage. But there was a sharp focus in Sylas' eyes this time that hadn't been there before.

He could see now.

He could well and truly see.

The strength of his eyes had reached a new tier of existence, and now he could do more than just look to a looming figure high in the skies like an ant looking at the sun from above…

He could feel it, observe it, understand it…

Was it only in small part? Yes.

But was it true nonetheless?

Without a doubt.

Sylas coughed up a mouthful of blood as his body felt like it had been hit with a sledgehammer, but his grip on the Greed Seed didn't diminish. In fact, it grew harder.

He could feel that the crimson Eye was struggling behind him. Right now, the priority of the All-Seeing Eye seemed to have taken precedent, but Sylas could sense something…

Weakness.

The All-Seeing Eye was only formed by a temporary treasure. In all likelihood, it wouldn't last very long. In fact, Sylas could sense the end date quite clearly now.

There were just shy of three weeks remaining in its time.

This made Sylas' heart skip a beat. He had been right. The All-Seeing Eye gave him a Quest and made it feel like he had all the time in the world, when in reality, it was always planning on sending him a failure notification the moment those original 30 days were up.

Sylas sneered in his heart. He felt a sort of disdain for the All-Seeing Eye, the same sort of disdain Arcane Madness ironically had for the so-called impotent system.

The modern system might make mistakes, but it was never purposely malicious. Even when he had his Demerits, it made things harder on him in ways that he could manage. Or, most accurately, it was very straightforward with its challenges.

It never hid its hand unnecessarily like this sniveling, long-gone system had.

Sylas didn't understand why his thoughts had suddenly become so abrasive, at least not entirely. Part of him understood that it was probably related to the Greed Seed, and another part realized that he was well and truly angry.

He felt something churning inside of him as the pressure from the All-Seeing Eye increased, and increased further, and then pushed further than that.

It was overextending itself. It wasn't because it was struggling against Sylas, but because it was siphoning away a great deal of its energy to keep the crimson Eye at bay for longer so that it could deal with Sylas.

Not only was it whittling itself away as Sylas' Demerits only continued to increase, but it was almost suffering.

Just how much did it hate the Greed Seed? No, just how much did it hate Madness Disciples in general?

Veins popped along Sylas' body, blood leaking from his lips as his bones crackled. However, his Will remained firm, and his grip on the Greed Seed only tightened as his Will was further compressed.

He knew that what he was doing right now was absolute madness, but he likewise knew that he couldn't just continue to allow the Greed Seed to churn around in his body as it pleased.

Every time he thought he was going to reach his limit and fail, he would break past it and push again.