Genetic Ascension

Chapter 2272: Our God [Bonus]

[Bonus thank to TheGhanaianPrince <3]

Ryn understood what she was looking at much faster than Cheri had. Her pupils shook violently, her eyes widening to the point what were near-slits became truly serpent-like. For a moment, it looked like her eyes had taken up a large chunk of her face.

She reached for the feather and it vanished from Sylas' hands. He didn't even try to outspeed her, he knew his limits. And right now, anything that might expose his true level of power was something that he wanted to avoid.

But his perception, and the speed of movement of his Will was on another level entirely.

Everything he projected now made it feel like he was on a level beyond these two.

And he wanted to keep it that way.

As expected, Ryn felt another wave of shock when she failed to even touch the feather. In fact, if her perception was correct, the feather disappeared the instant she so much as twitched. Were Sylas' senses truly that far beyond her own?

To a layman, it looked like she had only just missed it. But to Ryn and those at her level, especially Stone behind her… she might as well have been a mile away from getting the feather.

"What… this… how do you…"

Stone was frozen behind Ryn as well, still not quite believing his senses. That wasn't just some totem that radiated the goddess' aura. That was a literal piece of the goddess.

How was that possible? Who was this man?

"Isn't it a simple matter to get something like this from someone who is on my level?" Sylas asked indifferently.

"On your… level…?"

Sylas' Lust Seed pulsed and Ryn suddenly felt like something inside of her was being yanked away.

BANG.

She fell to a knee, grabbing at her belly as her mouth hung open. It felt like she had just been punched in the gut or like she was trying to heave up all the lunch she had eaten.

But her stomach had nothing but acid to give up. She couldn't remember the last time she had eaten anything.

Stone made a move to step forward, but then suddenly reacted with hesitation. That pulse hadn't been directed toward him, but he had felt the lingering after effects.

Sylas didn't expect this result either. If he had known that this was possible, why would he bother with all of this?

Ryn held up a hand to stop Stone again, doing her best to try and regain her breath. It took a long while, but she finally managed to stand once again.

Her breath was still heavy on her lips, but she just barely managed to regain some small segment of support.

'Maybe I should have guessed. But it's difficult to know what methods they're using to mimic the Lust Seed. It seems that those methods have their own drawbacks, and now it's a cancer in their bodies.

'However…'

Though Sylas could defeat them like this, it would be troublesome.

The Lust Seed amplified his Charisma in the same way the Gluttony Seed had once amplified his Will.

Sylas had noticed just now that this would only work if he used the Lust Seed alone. If he used his Pride Seed to direct it like he usually did, the effects wouldn't be nearly as potent and someone as powerful as Ryn or Stone would be able to resist the effect entirely.

The problem with that was the only reason Sylas could have three Virtue Seeds coexisting within him was because his Pride Seed was so strong it became the leader of the Greed and Lust Virtue Seeds within him.

If he tried to use the Greed Seed alone, it would probably consume him since it was the one Seed he hadn't comprehended on his own. Instead, he had taken it from someone else.

His Lust Seed was in an odd in-between state. Technically, it manifested under his own power. But Pride was part of the very fiber of Sylas' being, while Lust was only a product of his evolution which was driven by his Pride.

This was all to say that though he wouldn't completely lose control like he would with his Greed Seed, he would definitely struggle to activate his Lust Seed alone for an extended period of time and it might lead to some… unwanted side effects.

What he did to these people, he didn't really care. But he was here to save his parents, and that was extremely inconvenient for obvious reasons. He highly doubted he would ever lay hands on his mother and father no matter what state he was in. But that didn't mean he wanted them to see him in that state.

Even so, none of this was the main issue, not even remotely.

The key here was in how the Lust Seed worked…

If he unleashed it on its own, his Charisma would likely spiral out of control.

The main worry was his demonic form manifesting. If that happened, he was truly screwed. It wouldn't be a matter of a few enemy clans coming after him. The entire universe would want him dead.

The odds of that happening were at least 60 or 70%. The odds were far too high.

However, if he could maintain this facade of being indomitable, and they didn't focus their senses on him too heavily, he might be able to get away with it.

It had to be remembered that it was a huge taboo to scan others. If they thought he was someone powerful, they would be even less likely to do it.

It seemed that he was going to have to keep playing the same role he came here to play in the first place. If he had to fight, he would. Even if it meant making the entire universe his enemy. But for now… he would avoid it if he could.

"Yes." Sylas said coldly. "My level."

Ryn looked at him in a complete daze, still trying to find the words until they came to her on their own.

"You… are our god?"

Her mind was spinning. If a god had been crowned, they should long know. Why were they not aware a representation of Lust had been born?