Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 725

Chapter 725: Now.

BANG!

Vesta was sent plummeting downward so fast that the air split around her, plumes of smoke and a billowing smog separating as she landed into the lake of lava.

Sylas frowned, looking at his arm. '... Her Constitution is actually so high...'

He had felt not only some pain from that strike, but if he had struck any harder, he might have cracked his own Scorpion Warlord Armor.

But as he had said, Vesta might be strong, but her combat experience was worse than pitiful. All her weight was forward on that strike, and she had left herself no way out. Not to mention the fact she had leapt into the air without hesitation when she had just proven to herself that she had no confidence in the skies.

It was the epitome of foolishness.

Sylas was already someone with great battle experience by now. He had lost count of the number of life and death fights he had been in. Comparatively, Vesta was a blank slate. And while she was strong... it wasn't to the point where Sylas couldn't react to her, especially not with Mixed Martial Arts active.

He had severely underestimated this Comprehension of his.

Mixed Martial Arts didn't just embody a fighting method, it absorbed the fighting spirit of Earth itself. When it was active, he wasn't just Sylas Brown, he was a representative of Earth. His thoughts flowed far more smoothly, but more importantly... he could see through his enemies with much greater ease. If not for the fact Professor Fembroise had no such skill to speak of, even swallowing her martial abilities and incorporating them into his own could be done at a glance.

Of course, that didn't refer to a literal swallowing.

BANG!

Vesta shot out from the waters, her gaze one part realization that Sylas hadn't been lying just to avoid a fight with her earlier, and another part realizing that she really did have the

strength to fight back if she needed to.

Sylas' mind was still whirring with thoughts, trying to figure out how to deal with this situation. He certainly couldn't leave her be. He refused to allow this sort of threat free reign to go about as she pleased, especially now that she had power of her own.

But at the same time, he didn't even know how he would go about restraining someone so powerful.

'Her Will... is it strong enough now?'

The thought had only just come to his mind when Vesta attacked again.

'Fast...'

She seemed even faster now than before, her claws ripping toward his throat.

Sylas side-stepped again, but Vesta was more ready now than before. Her balance was still off, but her tail swiped toward Sylas' counter.

Without a choice, Sylas was forced to pull back and step out of the way again. Vesta's tail carried even more strength in it than her legs did, it had almost double the Attack of her arms, and even if the latter was adorned with blades for claws, the blunt damage might be even more substantial in this case.

Whistling wind stung against Sylas' face as though a rain of hail had fallen from the skies. The tail just barely missed his cheek, soaring over his head.

Vesta had gone all out for this attack and the result was her losing her balance again, but before she could fall, Sylas caught her by her tail.

It would be so easy. Just a single swing and the Scorned Wraps would activate. She was so foolish that she didn't even understand that her life was in Sylas' hand right now.

A part of Sylas wanted to test it to see what the system's bottom line was. But when he thought of that eye in the sky... he dismissed the idea outright.

CHI. CHI. CHI.

Vesta swayed up to try and regain control of herself, swiping out a claw at Sylas' leg.

The danger sounds blared warnings in Sylas' head, but he grit his teeth. He didn't want to wait for Vesta to regain enough clarity to realize that she could just run away from him. This was the only shot he would have at this.

A sharp pain cut into Sylas' quad as his Defenses were shredded to pieces. A casual swipe of Vesta's claw from an off-platform angle had decimated what was left of his Scorpion Warlord Armor in that location, and still had enough left over to pierce the crystal bone that coated him.

However, at the same moment, the Dragon Bone Spear appeared and tore into Vesta's tail with a tremble of Sylas' telekinesis.

Before Vesta could even scream out in pain, Sylas' own tail shot forward, piercing into the wound and pumping Vesta full of his poison.