Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 649

Chapter 649: Black

"The Wills of the people are a tonic to the Lord. There is no greater concentration of Will than what is in one's Life Blood."

The words came out in a tumble and then Sylas could feel an audible snap come from the man's mind. He already wasn't holding onto the Great Priest's neck with very much power, so when Richen suddenly collapsed, Sylas didn't bother to catch him.

The Great Priest fell to the ground dead.

'Life Blood...' Sylas thought. 'Concentration of Will? Is he referring to Blood Essence? Is that why they're harvesting so many bodies here?'

Sylas found himself slowly piecing together something that likely held some resemblance to the truth.

'Why is the Thryskai so reliant on these clergymen? And why these altars? Now they're looking for a way to distill and concentrate the Will of the people?'

Sylas' mind churned.

He had already experienced how possible it was to gather Will from blood. That was precisely how he had made his breakthrough with the Scorpion Warlord armor.

So when Richen mentioned "Life Blood" he immediately thought of the possible distortions to names this place might undergo and realized that he must be speaking about Blood Essence.

If he was correct, these Great Priests didn't have access to abilities like his Extricate Talent. How could they? It was a Legendary Path Talent for a reason.

Because of that, they had to rely on far cruder methods. _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

Sylas' gaze flashed and he began to look at the corpses laying around him in a new light. 'As expected... they're wasting over 99% of the Blood Essence they're accumulating. They're targeting valuable organs, namely the heart and even digging into bone marrow to try and extract what small tidbits and pieces they can. To overcome the low quantity, they're trying to make it up with the numbers, which is why they've killed so much.'

When Sylas used his Taboo Bond Talent on the region, he could see the separation of Blood Essence and normal blood before him. That confirmed his hypothesis.

'In that case, why do they need this Will?'

Sylas could only speculate, but if the Thryskai were relying on religions to spread their control over the region, how related would Wills be to that?

Were they accumulating Will somehow through the faith of the people? And if that was the case, were they using it for the sake of forming a bridge to Earth like the Thryskai had? To what end?

There seemed to be only one way to find out...

'This World of Mirrors...'

This also reminded Sylas of something else. The world of black ice that had been hidden within the pyramids. Could these matters be linked?

Sylas turned back to Cole and Alex.

"Call Lana and Jake here. I am not sure what will happen from here, but the likelihood that we will return is low. This is likely the final stretch of the Dungeon."

The two seemed surprised.

This Dungeon felt so endless and vast, but Sylas seemed capable of always finding the pressure point and pressing.

While it felt like they had done a lot, and been in a lot of danger as well, it had ultimately only been two days or so since they entered this Split Realm.

Anyone else might have spent weeks figuring everything out and clearing all the Legs at least. It became clear to them that Sylas' power was only part of what made him so fearsome.

His intelligence was probably his greatest weapon. Though... the fact he had such an array of talents to rely on only made it easier.