Chapter 716: Motivation

Chapter 716: Motivation



Sylas' gaze seemed to penetrate into the very soul of the Basilisk King.

He had seen this sort of look many times before.

Motivation.

Some people thought that this was all you needed to make it through life. You would feel some acute painful or embarrassing situation, then you would swear that you would change your life from that point onward.

But that wasn't how real life worked.

Motivation was fleeting. It came in spurts and could just as easily vanish, overshadowed by much harsher and less idealistic emotions.

This was why Sylas had always built his life around Discipline instead. This was what drove him to accomplish what he had, to reach the heights he had.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The determination in the Basilisk King's eyes didn't move Sylas at all. He had seen it in too many people.

But soon enough, those same people who swore to his face that they would be better would end up sinking back into their same habits again.

It was an inevitable cycle.

The Basilisk King could feel Sylas' indifference to the fire in its belly, but it could only clench its jaw, seemingly forgetting that the Professor was in its mouth.

The fire of its Will flickered in the midst of a buffeting storm.

"Let's begin, then."

Sylas didn't say anything else. Whether the Basilisk King could change... that would be up to it.

Reaching out a palm, the Gene Core and the Basilisk Skin Armor floated forward.

There was a flash of intent from Sylas' gaze as the Runes of the Basilisk Skin Armor were suddenly activated.

At that moment, Sylas' One Kind For Me Path took the reins.

He didn't need to.

In just a few minutes, the Basilisk Skin Armor had lost all of its luster, falling into the lava as a complex Gene Rune hovered before Sylas.

In the eyes of others, this might look infinitely close to a Gold Rune, and it was maybe the most valuable Gene on Earth right now.

However, Sylas intuitively knew that this wasn't an additional Rune for the Basilisk King...

It was actually nothing more than a key.

Sylas pressed his palm forward and the world shook just the slightest bit before he pushed the Gene Key into the Basilisk King's body.

For a moment, there was nothing but silence as Sylas stumbled back, his mind being hit with waves of fatigue. It was only after he awoke that he realized his Rune Essence comprehension had helped him greatly.

While the system could help him, it couldn't make a lame duck a phoenix. It still had to control things through his body. If the Runes rejected him too much, the system wouldn't have been able to succeed, at least not without his Wisdom being substantially higher.

Luckily... Sylas was a complete anomaly himself.

Sylas stabilized himself, shaking his head as he looked forward. The world still seemed to be

silent.

Too silent.

But very quickly, that changed.

BANG!

Sylas was sent stumbling back once again, his vision going black as something heavy and stick

splattered against him.

His pupils constricted.

'Blood...'

Suddenly, he was soaked from head to toe.