Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2390

Chapter 2390: Formless (3)

Sylas didn’t look at the blood running down his arm, nor did he spare any attention for the deeper tear Tomoe’s last attack had left through the flesh beneath it.

His telekinesis was already thrumming through his body, sinking past the ordinary boundary between external force and internal control until his Will began pressing into every Rune, strand of Aether, Gene, and piece of matter that composed him.

The distinctions between those things blurred beneath his perception, not enough that they became identical, but enough that Sylas could feel how easily one could become the foundation for another if his Will dictated the change.

The dead landscape Tomoe had created reacted before his body did.

Thin cracks spread through the world of grey and black like fracture lines racing across a mosaic, and through those tiny separations came sudden flashes of green, blue, violet, and colors that didn’t belong to the ordinary visible spectrum.

As those slivers of life returned to the world around him, Sylas’ ruined arm reconstructed itself so quickly that blood still hung in the air after the skin beneath it had already become whole.

Tomoe’s explosive laughter cut off in the middle of a breath, her grin freezing while her eyes widened with a mixture of shock and something much hotter. She understood almost instantly what Sylas had done, and that understanding only made the fire in her expression burn brighter.

He had watched her turn the world into Sword Will and use that Will to sharpen her injuries away, then taken the same principle and removed a step from the process entirely.

Sylas didn’t need to convert the world into Sword Will himself before using it. His Will already contained the blueprint.

He had been capable of reconstructing his body from Will ever since stepping into Fathomless Rune Creation, but until now, the energy required for that reconstruction had still come primarily from his own reserves.

Tomoe had shown him how to reach outward, pull power from the surrounding world, and use that external foundation to rebuild what his Will already knew should exist. The difference looked small on the surface, yet it changed the cost of the ability so completely that Sylas could already see dozens of applications unfolding behind it. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Tomoe seemed to see the same potential. Her head snapped back as a sound tore out of her, something caught between a scream, a roar, and a moan, so raw that it felt less like a noise produced by her throat and more like the deepest part of her soul had finally been given a voice.

The grey and black domain around her surged outward in response, swallowing several more kilometers of the World of Spirits while black cracks began spreading from the corners of her eyes.

Her sclera flooded red and a swirling mass of black condensed at the center of each pupil.

Sylas’ gaze sharpened as the nature of the power feeding her shifted, since Tomoe was no longer drawing strength from the Real Plane alone. Demonic Will rushed into her at the same time, and the two halves of her existence seemed to recognize one another with disturbing ease.

Her body changed under that union. Her hips filled out beneath the white gown, her chest rounded further, and the pale tone of her skin shifted toward a faint grey as sharp canines pushed down past her lips.

The blade-like strands of her hair whipped through the air around her, each one drinking from the world until even the remaining patches of color nearby began to wither into ash.

The strangest change came from the Sword Will itself.

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