Chapter 518: Down

Chapter 518: Down



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Nosphaleen let the heads drop to the floor of roots. Her own gaze was flickering with surprise as she watched Sylas' chest close before her eyes. She couldn't quite understand how anyone could heal so fast.

Even the top-graded Healing Elixirs wouldn't be so great. For it to be so effective, it would have to at least be an E-Grade Elixir. But the problem with them was that if an F-Grade existence took them, they would explode and die.

That meant it would not only have to be an E-Grade Elixir, but it would also need to be an exceptionally high-graded one, maybe one so highly graded that even D-Grade existences might fight over it. Only an E-Grade Elixir that was so great could both have the power and gentleness necessary to be so effective.

Having this sort of context, it was no wonder Nosphaleen was so shocked.

Of course, she had no idea how close to the truth she was.

The Sylphs that came down to Earth had an odd lock on their bodies. Every time Sylas tried to absorb their Genes, the system didn't recognize them, and even Extricate didn't seem to work.

Sylas still didn't quite understand why this was, and unfortunately, their methods were Taboo, so the Madness Key couldn't give him the answer he needed. But what was certain was that the strength the Sylphs displayed now was only a fraction of their real strength.

Although it might not be as exaggerated as them being E-Grade powerhouses, Sylas wouldn't be surprised if they were close.

If by chance they were E-Grade powerhouses, it would explain why even Extricate didn't work on them. After all, Extricate was only designed to be used against F-Grade existences.

But regardless, the Blood Essence he took from them was certainly not normal by any means. That was because even if they weren't E-Grade existences, they were part of an E-Grade race, which naturally made their Blood Essence a level higher than anything Earth had to offer right

now.

It could be said that of all the people on Earth he could use to replenish himself, these two were among the best.

"I should be okay with my Aether skin active."

Sylas nodded. Nosphaleen's Intelligence was high, so her reserves of Aether would be equally as high. With the help of the armor he had given her and the upgrades they had already fed it with, her Constitution wouldn't be too bad either.

She should be fine.

As for himself, he wasn't back to 100% yet. The Blood Essence could help his Physical stats, but did nothing to change the state of his mind or his Aether.

While his body was soaking up the Blood Essence, he also couldn't divert his attention to other things like casting skills because he had to both be wary of the Greed Seed and be mindful of his control over the powerful Blood Essence.

That said...

"Use this. Pick up any snake corpses you see along the way and convert them to pills for me." ... He had another method of replenishing his Aether quickly.

Nosphaleen obliged as Sylas picked his way forward. It was best he do the heavy lifting on this front, or else no matter how strong Nosphaleen's Aether, she would eventually hit her limit due to the accumulated damage and corrosion.

Sylas began swallowing the pills Nosphaleen handed him one after another. The snakes might be weak, but there were many of them, and most had at least part poison affinity that made them more useful to him than not.

Although it wasn't the perfect Ice-Poison affinity that would help him best, it was better than

nothing.

By the time he swallowed the sixth one, his Aether had replenished by 30%, and he was closing in on refining the rest of the Blood Essence.

However, it was also around then that their efforts to dig deeper came to an end.

'There really is something down here...'