Chapter 203: Ascended Body Acquired! Complete Physical transformation!
[Ding! Your dexterity Talent has also been merged.]
[Ding! Your Body Enhancement has successfully evolved into the talent: Ascended Body (Lower S-Rank)]
Caelus was taken aback by this.
An S-Rank out of a bunch of D-Rank talents? That was absurd, but he did get it.
He eagerly checked the description for the talent.
[Ascended Body (Lower S-Rank): You have the peak strength and power of a human. Your cell density has increased several folds, and your muscle fibers and bone structures are condensed to a microscopic degree. Increases your Mana Affinity to S-Rank.]
[Passive (Ascended Filter): The body filters out toxins, poisons, and cellular corruption automatically.]
[Passive (Injury Redirection): You can redirect critical attacks that land on you and redistribute them to a different, less fatal area.]
[Passive (Molecular Overdrive): When using eye related abilities, time appears as slow as a crawl in your vision as your synaptic firing speed matches the processing power of a supercomputer, allowing you to react just as quickly.]
[Any physical move will land +5 more True Damage, even breaking through energy shields with bare hands]
Bzzt!
The instant the S-Rank talent appeared in him, his body began rapidly reshaping.
It was a cumulative change, something not even the dragon body had been able to bring forth before.
His entire body collapsed in an instant.
Seeing this, Sylvia and Lyra jumped in shock. However, they soon calmed down when they heard a telepathy entering their minds.
Caelus told them to calm down and focused on his body.
The S-Rank talent was altering his body massively.
It was turning him into something that was no longer ordinary.
Something that was ascended.
An Ascended Body!
Boom!
All the cells within him expired. Usually, cellular decay meant you were dying, but this was not death, the Ascended Body was removing all the cells that were inferior and forming new ones on top of them!
Caelus was now a lump of energy, coalesced together via the power of the S-Rank talent.
Then, like the Big Bang, a golden radiance blew up from him. Cells began regenerating at a rapid pace, and these cells, still containing the dragon’s power, were amplified and strengthened with added protection against cellular decay, making him age slower than he normally should’ve.
It didn’t stop there. Once the cells formed, they began grouping together, forming entire structures one by one. Now, his body no longer possessed any microbes.
Any normal human body had microbes in them. These were what regulated the human body. Your stomach can’t break down complex plant fibers or certain carbohydrates on its own. The microbes in your gut are what break them down into nutrients that the body absorbs.
Likewise, they also manufacture essential nutrients like vitamins and help regulate metabolism.
They are also what protect you from infections, forming thin layers to prevent bad bacteria from entering the body.
They are also the main producers of neurotransmitters that regulate mood, including a huge chunk of the body’s serotonin.
Without them, a human body was simply not able to function. Death was certain.
However, the S-Rank Ascended Body was not just for show. The term "Ascended" was the key here.
It completely removed the need for microbes. Instead, the same functions were attained using mana!
The ambient mana in the atmosphere would be the regulator of his body.
Of course, if there was no mana, then it might be dangerous for him, he might even die. But under normal circumstances, this meant there were no residents in his body.
He would be his whole being.
And not just that, he wouldn’t need to eat either. The ambient mana was enough to sustain him.
He would never get sweaty, nor would he ever need to brush his teeth.
The Ascended Body had a filtering system that made it impossible for outside bacteria to enter him. Even if they did, his body would burn up for a moment and remove them completely.
Bone cells began forming as the bone structure took shape. The bone structure this time was much more refined, with none of the asymmetry that ordinary humans had, it was perfectly symmetrical from the sternum to his arms and legs, all of them perfectly aligned.
Once the bones formed, nerves began sprouting from the center. The number of nerves far surpassed anything a normal human had.
Your back has very few nerve endings, which is why you can’t feel exactly where a mosquito is biting you. Your fingertips have an immense density of nerves, allowing you to thread a needle or play a piano blindly.
But now, every single part of his body had the necessary nerve endings for muscle memory and sharp precision. This was what the legendary "controlling every inch of the body" meant.
The control he had with just the Dexterity talent was nothing compared to this one, it could control the body to an immense extent.
However, it also had its downside, he would feel more pain as a result.
Usually, having a lot of nerves would mean you would feel a lot, and your mind would register all of it. When that became constant, you would start ignoring things, leading to you not being fully able to remember something a few moments later, your brain would constantly be in the process of trashing memories.
But he didn’t have to worry about that.
Once the nerves formed, the brain, or rather his Chaos Brain Matrix, took root again with billions and billions of neurons forming. They were all perfectly controlled in numbers, making enough for the most capable processing mind.
Following that, muscle fibers and connective tissue began forming.
The muscle fibers became ultra-compact and braided like high-tensile carbon fiber cables. They stored an immense amount of explosive kinetic energy without needing mass.
The connective tissue became perfectly elastic and indestructible. It would no longer rupture from high force.
Then, the skin formed. It was flawless and pristine, with no impurities to ever form on it again.
All the dark spots from old puberty abscesses also completely vanished from his face, making it look perfect even up close.
A golden radiance erupted from Caelus once more as the Ascended Body kicked into gear.
Caelus slowly opened his eyes. They were still the same old draconic golden eyes that burned like a supernova along with the white runes, and his hair length was also kept the same.
But what changed was that he looked much leaner, and even the arm visible through his clothes was more muscular, like he was on some extreme steroids, with veins popping subtly, giving it a perfect aesthetic feel.
His face was also more symmetrical, and along with the sharper jawline, it exceptionally elevated his appearance.
Most importantly, he was taller.
[Chaos Dragon Body Cooldown has been significantly reduced.]
[Cooldown: 4.5 days -> 2 days]
[Usage: 12 Minutes -> 16 minutes]
[Affinity: D-Rank -> S-Rank]
"Caelus?" Sylvia was dumbfounded.
So was Lyra.
They stared at Caelus, who had transformed completely.
