Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1976: They Fear Me

The falling meteors reflected against the emerald of Sylas’ eyes. If those continued to fall at that rate, there would only be one ending.

Death.

BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

Each one carried the full power of an A-tier attack, and it was simply endless. The only people who could have protected against it were locked in battle and even Sylas would have had no choice but to either escape to the Mancer Scape or die beneath such a barrage.

However, Sylas couldn’t.

He had made an oath. Escape was impossible for him right now, and he had a feeling that those that had forced this to happen were all too familiar with this truth as well. Maybe they saw this as their one chance.

Was it certainly the Scorpion Lineage? Sylas was fairly sure that that was the case. In fact, he had known that this was likely the case ever since he stepped foot outside.

However, there was little he could do to stop it at the time. What he didn’t expect was for the Scorpion Lineage to go so far.

The saying proceeded that everyone had a price. The problem was that unless you were a complete fool, the price that should have been enough to make the Scorpion Lineage do such a thing had to be exceptionally steep.

It wasn’t because they were betraying their families, this sort of thing could only go so far when a Clan was so impossibly large.

Sylas could see a future where he might have had great grandchildren he really didn’t give a damn about. There was only so far a person’s love could stretch without it being a matter of pride.

At a certain point, that was what kept these families going. They didn’t really love each other. They just had too much of the Sin of Pride to allow a slight to their blood go unpunished.

No… so the real reason it would have been difficult to make the Scorpion Lineage go so far was because it wasn’t enough of a benefit to them.

The Scorpion Lineage was a people of the Spirit Beast Lineage. Their best chance at power and success was The Sanctum. Unless… they felt that The Sanctum had no chance.

‘No. They fear me.’ Sylas realized.

Sylas hadn’t done a single thing to the Scorpion Lineage since he arrived. He didn’t even try particularly hard to find Keyesen.

Keyesen’s father, the 713th Scorpion Emperor, had bowed to him when he first arrived, though. That was the extent of it all.

Unfortunately for them… Sylas wasn’t such a fool.

The 713th Scorpion Emperor probably believed that he had made Sylas lower his guard, but Sylas could see such a cunning scheme for countless miles away.

His understanding of people matched his intelligence. He didn’t have to give up any of his EQ in return for IQ.

But he had still seemingly not done a single thing nonetheless.

The trouble was that the Scorpion Lineage wasn’t so foolish either. They wouldn’t wait and hope that Sylas would forgive them. They wanted to make sure that they wouldn’t lose their lives either.

So, they took advantage of the situation.

‘They hope with my death that The Sanctum wouldn’t be able to fix the situation of the rampaging Spirits quickly enough. And if the formation was interrupted, that likely means that they’ve taken control of the hub of The Sanctum’s system as well. Meaning, the only solution the Ancestors would have had-destroying the system-will be unavailable. That means…’

Sylas put two and two together. Keyesen must be enough of a talent that they believed he would be able to both enter the C-tier and become a God Beast soon. So they wouldn’t have to worry about their own rampaging Spirit.

It made quite some sense. They definitely had everything lined up just perfectly.

Sylas stood in the midst of the rain of meteors. Soon enough, one would probably head his way and crush him and the Mesh of Reality around him. Yet, he didn’t move a single inch.

The thing about wanting to target and eradicate an entire Lineage from The Sanctum was that it would leave a scar that would be quite difficult to manage.

It would be fine if he just planned on destroying the entire Sanctum like he had originally desired to, but if he wanted to use them, he had to be far more aware of the larger picture.

If he just wiped out the Scorpion Lineage out of anger, all of the other Lineages would just be waiting in the shadows for him to do the same to them. He was ultimately an outsider, he was no Spirit Beast even if he was the disciple of one.

There were other non-Spirit Beasts in the Sanctum, but they were too few and far between.

However… if he let them pick up a boulder and drop it on their own feet, now that would be a different matter entirely, now wouldn’t it?

Sylas’ gaze slightly shifted and he finally saw it.

In the distance, an enormous Scorpion appeared high in the skies. Within it, several members were leaving one after another.

At the same time, behind Sylas, the Scorpion Ancestor who was supposedly in silent meditation with all the others slipped right into the ground.

It looked like [Earth Escape], but Sylas didn’t even pay it any mind. The real Scorpion Ancestor had never been there. He was long gone. What was left was a nice clone in all likelihood, and the man responsible for it all was long gone.

The Emperors were all panicking as they looked into the skies, but when they saw the Scorpion escaping into the distance, their hearts sank to rock bottom.

“ELIWINE!” The roars of the 713th Lion and Ape Emperor pealed across the skies. Each one of them was trying their best to deflect meteors mid battle, but the Ape Emperor was still far too tied down, while even though the strength of the Lion Emperor had shot upward, there was only so much he could do as the shadows they faced were only pouring forth with more and more strength.