Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 348

Chapter 348: 78th [Bonus]

Sylas could practically feel his body healing, but that wasn't all. His used-up Aether was replenishing as well, and as though all of that wasn't enough, he also felt himself get stronger.

It was as though he had just ingested a miracle drug capable of doing anything. But the underlying fact of the matter was quite simple.

This Permanent Template was able to take the essence of a beast and distill it all down into a single pill, all while keeping much of its strongest aspects.

'Hm?'

Sylas realized that there was something wrong and he immediately began to dispel the Aether that he was accumulating. This change dampened his mood a bit, but it also helped him to clear the fog of pleasure that was covering his mind.

The Aether that was being replenished just now was of an attribute that wasn't compatible with his Ice-Poison Aether. As such, after it reached a certain threshold, it actually began to make him feel more uncomfortable than not.

The Aether he replenished wasn't so convenient, unfortunately. It seemed that the attribute came from the beast in question.

Sylas could only sigh at this realization. His own Aether attribute should probably be quite rare. The odds of finding more Ice-Poison beasts to make use of were difficult.

'I should also check with the Madness Key to see if there are any ill effects of these pills as well. If they're anything like Elixirs, it'll be a problem.'

It seemed that good news and bad news came in pairs.

Although Sylas wasn't able to maximize the use of these beasts in particular, the Madness Key confirmed that there were no drawbacks to be aware of aside from consuming too many at once or consuming a beast that was too powerful.

The power of these pills concentrated the entire essence of a beast, so if the current Sylas absorbed a beast with a Silver Gene, he would probably explode.

However, so long as the pill was within a certain range, he could benefit from healing and a stamina boost all at once. And, if the Aether was compatible with him, then he could even replenish his Aether at the same time.

There were reasons why this wasn't more common, though.

Firstly, the methods were far too rare. Not just the Permanent Template, or even normal Templates, but Professions capable of this as well.

Second, they were perishable, much like the beasts they were formed from, unlike Elixirs. As such, selling them required the pills to be held in spatial devices. This made it more difficult to do on a large scale, especially since most people wouldn't even have spatial devices to begin with.

Third, what Sylas hadn't noticed because it had started to come naturally to him was that it took a level of control over your body that wasn't common.

Such a large amount of energy entering your body all at once in such a readily available form could easily overwhelm someone who wasn't ready.