Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270: Cost

Sylas pressed down on the water, his aura surging as he appeared before the flying Alex. He unleashed a barrage of punches.

BANG! BANG! BANG! CLANG!

His fists met Alex's daggers, but he didn't seem to notice in the slightest. His Constitution seemed to put him on the same level as these blades, so he faced them without the slightest fear.

Alex was on his backfoot, finding it hard to even find a footing on the river in the first place. It was like after he lost the initiative in the first place, he had lost it permanently. Sylas grasped every aspect, and the fire of his punches seemed to allow him to forget the pain his body was in.

CRACK.

The sickening sound of shattering bone echoed, and one of Alex's arms went completely limp. A Tail Whip flashed out, catching him off guard at the worst time and slapping against the side of his body. He barely had the presence of mind to brace himself, only for his Constitution to fracture like fragile paper beneath it.

Sylas' expression didn't change. He took a step forward and caused ten ballista bolts to appear all around Alex's soaring figure all at the same time.

He released them in a single instant, a coldness flashing in his golden slit eyes.

Even before the attack landed, he had already moved forward as though he had already subconsciously come to understand that even with this, Alex wouldn't die so easily.

Alex twisted in the air, tendrils of darkness coming out of his body. Three of the tendrils wrapped around his broken arm, fortifying it. Then, he began to use his arms as though he wasn't injured at all, spinning in the air like a cyclone.

He activated another defensive skill, lines of darkness wrapping around him.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Just as he deflected the last of the bolts, Sylas had already appeared before him, striking out.

At that moment, a violent sense of danger blared warnings in Sylas' mind. However, when he used his visualization to check, he couldn't find anything. Even so, he acted before he was certain of what was happening.

The Stabilizing Bracelet activated, and he used up a <King's Shield>.

A spherical shield appeared around him just in time.

BANG!

The shield shuddered, and in the same instant, Sylas never stopped his fist. The only difference was that this time, he activated Basic Aetherflow. He had been trying to reserve his Aether, but pressed into this situation, he couldn't be bothered to any longer. He had already decided, and when he decided on something, he never hesitated.

He would defeat Alex as swiftly as possible.

A green, flaming glow came from his fist and shot out through the other side of the barrier that appeared to protect him. Alex thought that he would get a small reprieve, only for an attack to appear on the other side of <King's Shield> as though it had just manifested from thin air.

BANG!