Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1432

The pain was unbearable.

It seemed that there was a reason it was called a Crucible. The integration process was quite literally searing the changes into the body, burning away former impurities or clashing aspects, and reforging them in a new light.

It was like tossing the body into a forge.

But Sylas quickly realized that this was the wrong way to think of it. A crucible was what was tossed into a forge. In this case, his body had suddenly become the forge of the Crucible itself, and the heat he could withstand, the pain he could endure, became what decided how well the Crucible was integrated into his body.

Sylas looked down at himself as his clothing was burned away, his charred pieces of flesh beginning to curl and bubble. It was a sight one would have found sickening even if observing it on another, let alone yourself.

But Sylas… simply stood there.

He could feel the pain, but it was almost as though it was a third party experiencing it, like he was communicating with his own senses through some sort of large communication channel rather than the signals being turned to his own brain.

His Will was too powerful to be moved by this level of pain.

The Crucible was a treasure Sylas didn't know the grade of, but the changes it triggered were all dependent on the Tier of the person using it.

Sylas was an F-tier, his body was triggering changes to an F-tier Foundation, and yet his Will was already that of the E-tier.

'More.'

The flames around Sylas' body blazed to life. As though a spurting faucet had finally been turned onto full bore, his skin practically flaked off of him in a rain of ash, only to be buried and hidden beneath the heat of the flames.

At first, the flames themselves were normal, flickering in red and orange hues. But quickly, they condensed, becoming an incandescent blue, and then a vicious green that perfectly melded with Sylas' Will.

Sylas' gaze flickered beneath the flames, feeling something curious.

With a thought, he tapped into Taboo Bond and began to guide the melting Crucible with greater accuracy.

At that moment, the flames became even wilder as the energy the Crucible was using to maneuver through the Layers of Sylas' body became as easy to swim through as soft winds.

It wasn't just that, but because of Taboo Bond, Sylas was actually able to allow the Crucible to sink in deeper than it normally would.

Taboo Bond was now an E-Grade Legendary Profession Path. But even when it was at F-Grade, Sylas had already been able to touch the absolute deepest Layers there were. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Potential.

The Crucible alone could only make it as deep as Race Quintessence. And the deeper it went, the more energy it wasted on this instead of actually transforming the body.

But not only could Sylas make it to the Free Chaos Layer of his body, he could make it to the lowest and most difficult to comprehend Layer—Potential.

As a result, saying the Crucible was doubly effective on him didn't do it justice. It was several orders of magnitude more effective.

Not only was it saving a ridiculous amount of its energy thanks to Sylas' help, but it was making it to Layers deeper than most who ever used it.

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