Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 784

Chapter 784 Place in the Universe [Top 5 in Golden Tickets Bonus]

"This round will eliminate two of our young elites, so stay on your toes!

"This is a game you've all heard of before, Rune Bump. Prepare yourselves!"

Sylas' eyes narrowed.

There was no explanation, no setup, no warning. He was left stranded, and a part of him had the feeling that it was done completely on purpose.

Maybe it was only natural that the other participants know, but how could he be aware of such things?

However, before he could even begin to grasp what was happening, Chase had vanished and the five participants faced off against one another, each taking up a section around the outer ring of the arena.

The cheers of the crowd faded from Sylas' ears as he reached an unprecedented state of focus. The reality of the gap between him and the group around him settled in.

But rather than carrying away, he leaned into it, his gaze reaching an unfathomable depth.

There was only one path that he would choose here.

Success.

Unbridled, uncontested, unfettered success.

There was a flash before his eyes and a Rune appeared. It wasn't too complex, just 40 Foundations. Compared to Sylas who had seen 70 Foundation Runes, this was truly nothing at all.

However, it was pumped full of Aether, making it far stronger than a Rune that Sylas could currently draw.

Sylas didn't move. Instead, his gaze sharpened as he watched the scene around him like a hawk. All of them represented some of the strongest young Rune Masters there were…

It seemed that it was about time that he learn what that truly meant.

All four of them grasped out with their Wills at the same time, pouring them into the Runes before them.

Sylas raised an eyebrow.

Were they trying to take control of these Runes? In that case, that was something that he could do in an instant.

Why were they taking so long?

Sylas' gaze flickered.

There was an issue here. Sylas had assumed that the leaderboard these few were on didn't necessarily represent their actual level.

Sylas, for example, was only on the Breath Master Leaderboard. He had performed too poorly to make it onto the Flesh Master Leaderboard although he had taken it.

As for the Soul Master and beyond, there were no under-50 leaderboards for them because none existed. As such, Sylas' performance wasn't even tracked and displayed.

Because of this, Sylas made the assumption that these few geniuses tended to wait and bide their time, surpassing the Breath and Flesh Master rankings by far, but only taking the Secret Realm challenge when they were the most confident.

This seemed logical to him.