Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 885

Aki blinked as though he couldn’t believe the words he was hearing. However, that only lasted for a moment before his pupils constricted into pinholes.

A crown appeared above Sylas’ head, full and whole. There wasn’t a single crack on it remaining, and the difference was palpable.

Before Aki could even pull on Professor Broussard’s Will from deep within him to mask his non-Overlord status on this planet, Sylas’ tail swung again.

Aki directly ignored it. The result was plainly obvious to him.

That was a mistake.

Sylas’ tail pierced right through his eye. Something that should have been intangible, unable to even touch Aki, thrust right through him. A large burst of Spinecoil Poison was injected into his body all at once. This time, it wasn’t nearly so easy to dispel.

And how could it be now that Sylas could force his Scorpion Warlord Armor to interact with him?

The pain hit Aki far later than his shock. He felt the change to the atmosphere even before the pain rocketed through him. Even after several moments, he couldn’t understand what was happening.

Sylas landed on the surface of the blood lake, his scorpion tail twisted into Aki’s skull. His arm cocked back, his aura spiking as he unleashed a fist with all his might.

BANG!

Aki felt all the air leave his body. His bones, once sturdy and nearly unbreakable, seemed to have been forced into a more malleable state by the Spinecoil Poison.

He felt his ribs bend and almost give way, countless fractures racing across them as he was suddenly blasted away.

Waters rippled violently under Sylas’ feet, his aura growing with every passing moment.

He had known that his crown wasn’t complete. Cracks wouldn’t appear in it without rhyme or reason. So, he had waited, patiently biding his time as he felt it mending.

Here in the center of the Earth, the speed at which it could repair itself was clearly far more substantial. And that waiting had paid off.

Aki shot across the surface of the lake like a skipping rock, his body rebounding above it again and again until he crashed onto the shore. And then he convulsed, a large amount of blood coming from his lips.

Sylas didn’t chase after him, clenching his fists.

This was where the true battle would begin.

If Aki thought mentioning the fall of all the heroes of Earth to him would make much of a difference, he was sorely mistaken. He was no one else but Sylas Brown. He was his own man, his own person…

What did the failure of others have to do with him?

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Aki landed on his back, looking up to the skies in abject shock. What just happened? How had Sylas’ Scorpion Tail even touched him? How had its abilities worked on him?

He hurried to use his Will to suppress the poison in his body from spreading further, but much of the damage had been done. The skeleton of this body that he had painstakingly built up was compromised. Unless he had time to reforge it, he was permanently weakened…

And how could Sylas allow him that time?

Even now, Sylas’ aura was continuously growing. Runes bloomed around him, manifesting with such speed that keeping track of them would make even the best of F-Grade Rune Masters’ heads spin.