Starting as a Class Five Mutant

Chapter 285: Chapter 285



Under the combined might of divine speech, Sunshine, and the Chaos Magic-enhanced shield, the black energy on the Old God's tentacles began to rapidly dissipate.

Yet, the tentacles continued closing in.

In the deathly vision, Syd saw himself attempting to evade the attacks using illusions or spatial movement, but the black tentacles seemed to have locked onto his exact location.

No matter how he dodged, they relentlessly found him.

A binding force weighed on him, slowing his flight and spatial transitions.

The scene felt eerily familiar, reminiscent of the techniques used by the Celestial Judge, Arishem.

Ultimately, despite his efforts and the combined use of divine speech, Sunlit Radiance, Chaos Magic, and reflective shields, Syd could only diminish about 45% of the black energy on the tentacles.

The tentacles finally reached him, wrapping around his form and pulling him into their grasp, turning him into a puppet of the Old God.

Frowning deeply, Syd reflected on the difference in power.

"Even with five Level 5 abilities-divine speech, divine body, flight, divinity, and divine light -I could only remove 45% of the energy. The gap is still so vast?"

He mused briefly. "Maybe if Sunshine reaches Level 5, things will change?"

After all, divinity and divine light were primarily supportive abilities with limited offensive potential.

As if to mock him, the Old God's voice echoed from the vision.

"I told you, resistance is futile. You will become my puppet... Your struggle is meaningless!" Syd's frown deepened.

Before the Old God could finish, the scene shifted, pulling him out of the deathly vision and back into reality.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

With a sigh, Syd stowed the Power Stone and the black stone, turning his focus to Sunshine. However, knowing that its upgrade progression was slower compared to his other abilities, The decided to first examine his overall unlock progress.

It had reached nearly 80%.

The last time it had reached 75%, no new abilities had awakened. But now, at 80%, there was a high likelihood of unlocking something new.

Stopping everything else, Syd began absorbing sunlight.

The timing was perfect; the morning sun shone brightly, and soon, the notifications began.

[Light Energy +1]

[Light Energy +1]

The sun rose high in the sky, gradually making its descent. By sunset, Syd's energy points had reached an impressive total.

[Energy Points: 11,019]

In the next moment, he poured all those points into the unlock progression.

The progress bar blurred briefly before changing.

[Unlock Progress: 80%]

As the notification appeared, anticipation filled Syd's gaze.

[Skill Unlocked: Divine Core (Activated)]

[Skill: Divine Core (0/100) Level 1]

"Divine Core?"

The words left him momentarily stunned.

Before he could process, a mysterious, warm energy coursed through his body.

He felt an interaction between his divinity and light energy as they began merging with the mysterious force.

In an instant, Syd sensed a brilliant light forming within him. A dazzling, twelve-sided crystalline structure appeared in his body, radiating with immense power.

"This... is the Divine Core?"

Confusion flickered in Syd's eyes.

He could feel that all his light energy, along with a significant portion of his divinity, had converged into this radiant core.

Yet, aside from its presence, there didn't seem to be any other immediate changes.

Curious, Syd began experimenting.

Moments later, he attempted to absorb faith energy into the Divine Core.

To his surprise, the negative elements of the faith energy disappeared entirely, leaving only pure divine light or light energy in its place.

"What?"

His astonishment was palpable.

Faith energy could now directly transform into light energy?

This meant that, apart from sunlight, he now had another energy source.

More importantly, this transformation would significantly speed up the unlocking of new abilities and the enhancement of existing ones.

"Unbelievable..."

This new ability felt like an unexpected windfall, on par with Sunshine or Chaos Magic.

Syd quickly recognized the Divine Core as an auxiliary and growth-focused power. Yet, something about it felt incomplete.

While it matched the traits of an Omega-level mutant ability, his intuition told him it wasn't his core Omega ability.

"Baldr's true Omega power must still be ahead," he thought.

At 80% unlock progress, only 20% remained. When he reached 100%, all would be revealed.

Shifting his focus back to the Divine Core, Syd began testing its capabilities.

To his surprise, the red energy of Chaos Magic appeared to have increased by 10-20%.

"Is it my imagination?"

Strengthening Chaos Magic by such a margin was no small feat. A mere Level 1 Divine Core seemed capable of amplifying its effects.

Testing further, he found that all his abilities-Sunlit Radiance, divine speech, flight, and more-received a similar boost.

Even Sunshine showed nearly 20% more power.

"This core is like a power amplifier," Syd thought, marveling at its effects.

The range of his divine speech extended from 80 kilometers to over 90 kilometers.

His flight speed surpassed Mach 20, breaking a new threshold.

"If this is what Level 1 can do, what happens at Level 5?"

The potential left Syd eager to upgrade the Divine Core further.

For now, even Sunshine's improvement took a backseat to this newfound power.

Determined, Syd sought the method to level up the Divine Core.

Before long, he received his answer.

(End of Chapter)

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