Genetic Ascension

Chapter 628: Evolution

[Basilisk King (FFF-)]

[Level: 5]

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[Physical: 125]

>[Strength: 176]

>[Constitution: 197]

>[Dexterity: 62]

>[Speed: 65]

[Mental: 113]

>[Intelligence: 151]

>[Wisdom: 41]

>[Charisma: 147]

[Will: 271]

**[Basilisk King (FFF-)]**

[Level: 29]

[Physical: 725]

>[Strength: 1021]

>[Constitution: 1143]

>[Dexterity: 360]

>[Speed: 377]

[Mental: 655]

>[Intelligence: 876]

>[Wisdom: 238]

>[Charisma: 853]

[Will: 1571]

What shocked Sylas the absolute most was the Will of the Basilisk King. Unlike his own, it didnʼt face a cap at 999 at all. It shot right through it as though that wasnʼt there at all. But best of all...

These stats were only the stats of the Basilisk King when the Beast Totem wasnʼt active.

Sylas had been storing the two million Free Experience he got from clearing two System Cities in his Woodland Territory for a long while now. But now, he felt that it was finally about time that he use them.

**[One Kind For Me]**

[Level: 10]

[Experience: 0/102400]

[Path Talent: Beast Totem Lv10; Insight Lv10]

**[Beast Totem (Path Talent)]**

[>Suppress Serpentes Beasts by ]

[>Forms Hibernation Realm where recovery increases by ]

[>Increase Fusion speed by ]

[>Buff Contracts by ]

[>Beacon of kilometer radius]

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**[Insight (Path Talent)]**

[>Comprehend Gene Sequence of Contract]

[>Sense Evolution Triggers]

[>Comprehend Contract]

**[One Kind For Me]**

[Level: 14]

[Experience: 0/1 638 400]

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[Path Talent: Beast Totem Lv15; Insight Lv15]

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**[Beast Totem (Path Talent)]**

[>Suppress Serpentes Beasts by ]

[>Forms Hibernation Realm where recovery increases by ]

[>Increase Fusion speed by ]

[>Buff Contracts by ]

[>Beacon of kilometer radius]

**[Insight (Path Talent)]**

[>Comprehend Gene Sequence of Contract]

[>Sense Evolution Triggers]

[>Comprehend Contract]

**[Were-for-the-Invincible]**

[Level: 10]

[Experience: 0/102 400]

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[Path Talent: Fuse Lv10]

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**[Fuse (Path Talent)]**

[>Fuse with your Contract and gain of their stats]

[>Fuse with Contract at a time]

[>Fusion process takes to complete]

[>Fusion lasts ]

[>Semi-Fusion] (NEW!!)

**[Were-for-the-Invincible]**

[Level: 12]

[Experience: 0/307 200]

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[Path Talent: Fuse Lv12]

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**[Fuse (Path Talent)]**

[>Fuse with your Contract and gain of their stats]

[>Fuse with Contract at a time]

[>Fusion process takes to complete]

[>Fusion lasts ]

[>Semi-Fusion]

Sylas was a bit surprised that he didnʼt receive an increase to how much he could buff his

Contracts by. But it was still more than worthwhile to him.

The increase in the power of the Hibernation Realm was substantial, and with how much he was going to have to rely on the Basilisk King in this Dungeon, that was going to be needed.

Plus, the Fusion could now last far longer than he should ever need in a single battle. Right now, upgrading the auxiliary abilities of Extricate wasnʼt worth it. But this was.

And now... with the Beast Totem fully activated...

The Basilisk Kingʼs stats looked like this.

**[Basilisk King (FFF-)]** (Beast Totem Activated)

[Level: 29]

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[Physical: 2175]

>[Strength: 3062]

>[Constitution: 3428] >[Dexterity: 1079]

>[Speed: 1131]

[Mental: 1966] >[Intelligence: 2627] >[Wisdom: 713]

>[Charisma: 2558]

[Will: 4715]

A true monster.

Sylas didnʼt know if it would run into a bottleneck or not. As far as he knew, if Leveling up was really so easy, then the Heirs of the hidden families wouldnʼt still only just be crossing Level

30. But even if the Basilisk King was stuck here for a while...

He had nothing to complain about.

**[Leg 003]**

[>Investigate the lingering danger of the Temple and quell future troubles]

Sylas looked at his status screen to find that Leg 003 still hadnʼt been cleared. He frowned for

a moment and started looking around before he suddenly fell to a knee and coughed up a

mouthful of blood.

His vision swam and he shuddered weakly.

In everything that was happening around him, he had forgotten just how severely injured he

was.

There was a hole through his chest with a dense corrosion looking to suffocate his heart, and

now there was an infection on his mangled right arm that was about to send him into septic

shock.

It wouldnʼt matter if his heart rotted if it stopped pumping blood first.

Sylas barely managed to keep himself up as he pulled out a Targeted Healing Elixir and

swallowed it whole.

In what seemed like a shocking choice, rather than using his body control to send the Elixirʼs medicinal effect toward the hole in his chest, he sent it toward his arm instead.

A +100 000% increase to his healing capacity for a single day was truly something. However,

this Elixir wasnʼt an anti-toxin. It had no ability to fight off the corrosion Sylas was

experiencing.

That was dependent on him.

Sylas ignored Alex and Cole, stumbling toward the chain around the chimeraʼs ankle and

undoing it.

The moment the loop was undone, the large amounts of Mature Aether in the air lost their home and surged toward Sylas instead.

Gritting his teeth, Sylas gathered up the last bits of Will and Wisdom he had, drawing Runes in

the air.

To his surprise, the process was far easier than he expected. He was in so much pain that he

almost missed the fact that the Blackened Claws had still found something to swallow up from the Rotten Chimeraʼs body, fueling him just the tiniest bit.

It was clear that the Rotten creatures didnʼt have as much to take as true living creatures. But

it was enough.

With his Runes powered by Mature Aether, Sylas became akin to a tiger with wings. The Demonic Poison in his body was ripped out, unable to fight back.

And once again, Sylas realized just how shocking a feat it was to be able to control 70

Foundation Runes. Even this powerful Rotten Chimera was only wielding Runes bordering on 50 Foundations, still a full two leaps away from Sylas.

With this difference, even though Sylas didnʼt have an easy time dealing with Demonic

Poison, it was still a matter without suspense.

Sylas exhaled a breath, using up a large amount of the Mature Aether to clear his body of the

poison before allowing his true healing to begin.

Once his body was stabilized... he would have to find out what was missing to clear this third

Leg.