Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 393

Chapter 393 Your Fault

Vayu swung down a swift sword right at Sylas' neck just as River's counter Skill descended.

However, it was then the situation changed.

Sylas didn't seem to see Vayu's sword at all, his gaze blazing with a green light.

River felt his mind shake.

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[Stunning Spike (FF-) (Skill)] (Silver) _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}

[Young mind is sharper than others, so much so that you strip them of even their own ability to think and reflect clearly]

[Cost is 7 Units of Aether in exchange for 1 second of confusion. For every 10% gap in Will, Cost will decrease by 1 Unit, with the lowest Cost being 0.1 Aether Units]

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Sylas' timing was perfect. River's counter Skill was only half-way done when <Stunning Spike> descended, drilling into his mind.

Sylas had already learned how to use his telekinesis to interrupt Skills in the past. But after observing River's counter Skill twice, he couldn't find the crucial Runes to target. That was when he realized that it was because it was a mental attack and he was looking in the wrong place.

At the moment <Stunning Spike> activated, he poured his tangible Will into it, boosting it tremendously. The instant it landed, streams of blood rushed from River's nose.

SHIIING!

Vayu didn't have time to realize what happened. His sword cut into Sylas' neck, with a twist of his wrist, he was ready to send his head flying into the air…

Only for a pauldron to appear right at his wrist.

Again, it appeared from nowhere, and once again, it was in a perfect blind spot.

Blood spurted from Sylas' neck, but the vicious blow to Vayu's wrist slowed his slashing strike.

Sylas leaned backward, sending out a kick toward Vayu's chest.

At the same time, Lolaleen's two icicles were successfully formed, catching her two teammates off guard and piercing right through their heads.

BANG!

Sylas stumbled backward at the same time Vayu did, but he was ready unlike his opponent. In a swift motion that seemed to all happen in one breath, the entire situation reversed.

A thick layer of Aether stemmed the flow of blood from his neck, another pauldron and two shin guards appeared, and as though that wasn't enough, the icicles that seemed frozen in the air suddenly reversed their direction.

<Arctic Howl Mutant> was only able to freeze attacks for a brief instant. So why did the icicles stay in the air for so long?

It was because in that brief pause, Sylas had already stripped them from their caster's control. The others thought that this was the effect of his defensive Skill, when in reality it was the actions of his telekinesis.

However, not only did Sylas take the icicles for himself, he poured most of the effects of his Domain into them, strengthening them from the Frostbane Rune of the Sylphs to his own Freeze Rune.

The Skills became his own, gaining the boost from <Arctic King's Domain> and zipping out even faster under the control of his telekinesis.

They appeared before the four remaining members, ignoring Vayu and River.

Too fast. Too sudden.