Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 263

Chapter 263 Control

When the Arctic Emperor Cobra's son had used this Skill, it couldn't move. It had been forced to stay in place as it shrieked and hissed at Sylas, so Sylas had assumed that it was a final ditch effort, one that the cobra had only activated because it had no other choice in the matter. It also explained why it hadn't just used this method earlier.

But by the same token, it seemed that this was why the Arctic Emperor Cobra dared to use this Domain Skill so early. It was because it wasn't restrained by the same weaknesses as its offspring.

While Sylas and the Basilisk King had been running for their lives, it just calmly closed the distance on them, and when they thought they were close to escaping, they ended up being further away.

Sylas' heart hit rock bottom.

Death.

It seemed as bright as bloody roses and yet carried the punch of sulfur. It loomed in his heart and consumed his soul.

He had experienced this feeling more in the last few weeks of being in this world than he cared to admit. Again and again, it threw him into situations like this one.

Was he going to die?

Sylas huffed out an icy breath. Icicles formed around his nose and his sweat became beads of crystalline ice. It coated his hair and threatened to seal his eyes. Everything felt out of reach and even life felt so very far away.

But Sylas just took in another cold breath and exhaled again.

He could see that light coming toward him as though a train speeding down its tracks. There was no avoiding it.

And yet, a cooling sensation filled his mind before a blazing intent pumped through his heart.

He suddenly reached out and touched the Basilisk King.

Fusion.

Even with all of his buffs, it would take a little less than two seconds to finish fusing with the Basilisk King. Not only could he die several times over in that time, by the end of it all, he wouldn't even have a second left of life in him.

A notification came in soon after.

He was too injured to complete the fusion.

Sylas nodded slowly as though he was accepting something.

It made sense. By normal metric, he was three seconds away from dying. His body was already in such bad shape that he could barely muster the strength to move. If not for the fact he had the buff of the shield still intact, he would have collapsed already, but even that was about to fade because he had abandoned it.

There was no way out.

Or so it seemed.

'I really hate this feeling…' Sylas thought. He had had this thought too many times in this world. However, it didn't slow his movement.

His Will moved and he pulled on the Gluttony Seed.