Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1797

Chapter 1797: NO!

Sylas watched as this happened, his hands having been in his pockets from the very start. All things considered, he was wearing clothing that was far more casual than his usual. It was the sort of semi-formal wear he had liked for a Friday on campus where he might have only had a class or two.

Blue jeans that were on the darker side, a white collared polo tucked into his pants, with a brown belt tightened around it. And then a pair of tan loafers.

The only thing he was missing was a simple watch. But unfortunately, that didn't come with Alex's tailoring skills. He would have to look into crafting some himself with the Omnimous, or maybe he should just buy some himself. The problem was always figuring out whether they could withstand the torture of his battles first.

But all things considered, Sylas' reactions were about as casual as his clothing.

He tapped a foot and vanished into a series of afterimages, a golden palm landing where he had just been.

BOOM.

Shockwaves rocketed outward, but Zayreus was already following up. In an instant, he had already appeared behind Sylas, slamming down with even greater force than before.

The Aurans came across to have the special ability to increase the density and tangibility of their Aether. At first, Sylas thought this was a unique quirk of their golden Aether itself, but his eyes were much sharper now than they had been in the past.

This made it so their attacks were especially heavy, and also volatile. When a large amount of energy was concentrated into a relatively small region, any disturbance could lead to large explosions. It should have been something that made Zayreus' attacks hundreds of times more potent.

Just a single nick should have sent Sylas to the afterlife. But...

'It's too weak.'

Given Zayreus' current stats, he shouldn't be this weak. Sylas saw the problem immediately.

The issue wasn't that Zayreus' stats were empty, but that the D-tier Aether he was using was of an inferior sort.

If the peak of E-tier Aether was formed of 10,000 Foundations, then for D-tier it was a million. The gap between Tiers was well and truly that large.

Zayreus' Aether wasn't even in the six figures of Foundations, though. So, while his Intelligence stat wasn't technically empty, it might as well have been. He had filled up a luxury sports car with regular gas and expected great results.

As for Zayreus' movements, they were even worse. His Physical stats were enough for him to be extremely fast, but they were too predictable for someone with senses as powerful as Sylas.

Sylas couldn't keep up if he was chasing after Zayreus, but he could move to a location Zayreus was aiming for before him with far more efficiency.

The problem? Zayreus' Skills were too weak. They were probably D+ at the very best, and he certainly didn't have any Gene Skills or anything beyond.

The worst part was that Zayreus had only just entered the D-tier not long ago, so he hadn't even gotten used to these Skills. They still had Fragmented Mastery and were filled with flaws and mistakes that Sylas' Runeweaver Eyes could easily make out even if he couldn't understand their D-tier Runes.

As for why that was...

Zayreus swiped at the air and missed again.

BOOM.

He raised a hand to attack again, already moving, when-BOOM.

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