Chapter 372: Body Slider
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Chapter 372: Body Slider
The decision on a body shape was jaded by his personal preferences. Giant toads were somewhat fun from an outsiders standpoint, but he just couldnt bring himself to actually become one. At the same time, he also refrained from being just another serpentine dragon. Form follows function. In this case, the more complex his biology became, the more Body Power it would require. Even so, there was a limit to the amount of Body Power that could be focused upon any single attribute. The rest of the body would have to be properly reinforced and supportive to continue pushing one feature forward. Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.
For example, if he were to pursue an unstoppable piercing horn he couldnt just put 90% of the Body Power into the horn itself. It would just end up three times larger than the rest of his body. Sure, it would be extraordinary, but he would barely be able to lift it, let alone strike with it. To truly benefit, hed need a powerful body. One that was fast and strong to allow him to close with enemies and bring the horn to bear. Hed also need to reinforce his neck and spine to survive the impact of using the horn and even have good enough senses to make sure he struck the target. Similar principles would apply to any other physical feature.
In his last transformation, hed learned how to sort out the more powerful bloodlines, using stronger muscle structures and blood composition from the mix of different creatures and their ancestors that hed merged with. Now, with Guan Zhenyans help he didnt just pick out what seemed to be the most powerful, but instead could tailor his decisions to support his plans. The experience was somewhat surreal, he was fulfilling the dream of so many geneticists. Tailoring his own personal evolution as he wished. Sure, there were constraints, but it was still something so many others pursued for their whole lives without making a fraction of his current progress.
He followed the most orthodox cobra form. As a venomous snake, they were very long rather than thick and heavily muscled. There was also a defining feature of a cobra, the hood. From there, he included the features he was going to focus on. Hypnotic Eyes were the main focus, followed by Poison Meridians, and finally Regeneration. Of course, he wouldnt leave out the special structures required to perform the techniques from inherited memories, like Cosmic Traction and Soul Fragment, but that was something of a given. Once hed integrated each feature he started experimenting with how to distribute Body Power to get the greatest effect. Soon, he found a ratio between the Hypnotic Eyes and body size where it seemed to fall out of proportion. As hed found before, Body Power would also determine his size and growth rates. Adding more and more Body Power to the eyes would start to make them larger after a certain point, and then they wouldnt fit in the head. Then hed have to make the head bigger and soon enough thered be a point where it became ungainly and he wouldnt even be able to lift his head.
With that last set of changes, he was quite pleased. Although it wasnt extremely specialized upon one body feature, the synergy between abilities meant he only lost a slight bit of efficiency while also gaining many other benefits. His hypnotic abilities would lose out to a huge eyed toad, but hed drastically increased his stealth abilities, and also had access to powerful poison.
With the decision made, Sage slowly lost consciousness, fading into a deep sleep state. Guan Zhenyan also stopped paying attention to their connection. Only later would Sage realize that the tiny ball of energy that linked their minds had not faded away. Instead it fell to the ground next to the sapling inside Sages Inner Core and a little flower sprouted where it landed. Sages soul had closed its eyes and curled into a fetal position, unaware of the world around it.
In the outside world, a powerful defensive formation had been formed around a large green ball that looked like it was made out of overlapping leaf shaped pieces of chitin. It was a sort of pupae form the size of a truck, and it had been thrumming with a large amount of energy. Only when Sage made his decision did the energy fall. Those outside the strange pupae would stop feeling any energy being emitted, all of that power instead concentrated into the metamorphosis and now that it had begun, it was shielded from outside eyes. The outer shell did not provide much in the way of physical protection, but it drastically dampened energy emissions. While he could hide before transforming, it was very important that an enemy couldnt just stumble upon him with Spirit Sense or a simple check with their aura.
Just like that, six months passed.
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Chapter 372: Body Slider
The decision on a body shape was jaded by his personal preferences. Giant toads were somewhat fun from an outsiders standpoint, but he just couldnt bring himself to actually become one. At the same time, he also refrained from being just another serpentine dragon. Form follows function. In this case, the more complex his biology became, the more Body Power it would require. Even so, there was a limit to the amount of Body Power that could be focused upon any single attribute. The rest of the body would have to be properly reinforced and supportive to continue pushing one feature forward. Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.
For example, if he were to pursue an unstoppable piercing horn he couldnt just put 90% of the Body Power into the horn itself. It would just end up three times larger than the rest of his body. Sure, it would be extraordinary, but he would barely be able to lift it, let alone strike with it. To truly benefit, hed need a powerful body. One that was fast and strong to allow him to close with enemies and bring the horn to bear. Hed also need to reinforce his neck and spine to survive the impact of using the horn and even have good enough senses to make sure he struck the target. Similar principles would apply to any other physical feature.
In his last transformation, hed learned how to sort out the more powerful bloodlines, using stronger muscle structures and blood composition from the mix of different creatures and their ancestors that hed merged with. Now, with Guan Zhenyans help he didnt just pick out what seemed to be the most powerful, but instead could tailor his decisions to support his plans. The experience was somewhat surreal, he was fulfilling the dream of so many geneticists. Tailoring his own personal evolution as he wished. Sure, there were constraints, but it was still something so many others pursued for their whole lives without making a fraction of his current progress.
He followed the most orthodox cobra form. As a venomous snake, they were very long rather than thick and heavily muscled. There was also a defining feature of a cobra, the hood. From there, he included the features he was going to focus on. Hypnotic Eyes were the main focus, followed by Poison Meridians, and finally Regeneration. Of course, he wouldnt leave out the special structures required to perform the techniques from inherited memories, like Cosmic Traction and Soul Fragment, but that was something of a given. Once hed integrated each feature he started experimenting with how to distribute Body Power to get the greatest effect. Soon, he found a ratio between the Hypnotic Eyes and body size where it seemed to fall out of proportion. As hed found before, Body Power would also determine his size and growth rates. Adding more and more Body Power to the eyes would start to make them larger after a certain point, and then they wouldnt fit in the head. Then hed have to make the head bigger and soon enough thered be a point where it became ungainly and he wouldnt even be able to lift his head.
With that last set of changes, he was quite pleased. Although it wasnt extremely specialized upon one body feature, the synergy between abilities meant he only lost a slight bit of efficiency while also gaining many other benefits. His hypnotic abilities would lose out to a huge eyed toad, but hed drastically increased his stealth abilities, and also had access to powerful poison.
With the decision made, Sage slowly lost consciousness, fading into a deep sleep state. Guan Zhenyan also stopped paying attention to their connection. Only later would Sage realize that the tiny ball of energy that linked their minds had not faded away. Instead it fell to the ground next to the sapling inside Sages Inner Core and a little flower sprouted where it landed. Sages soul had closed its eyes and curled into a fetal position, unaware of the world around it.
In the outside world, a powerful defensive formation had been formed around a large green ball that looked like it was made out of overlapping leaf shaped pieces of chitin. It was a sort of pupae form the size of a truck, and it had been thrumming with a large amount of energy. Only when Sage made his decision did the energy fall. Those outside the strange pupae would stop feeling any energy being emitted, all of that power instead concentrated into the metamorphosis and now that it had begun, it was shielded from outside eyes. The outer shell did not provide much in the way of physical protection, but it drastically dampened energy emissions. While he could hide before transforming, it was very important that an enemy couldnt just stumble upon him with Spirit Sense or a simple check with their aura.
Just like that, six months passed.
Chapter 372: Body SliderThe decision on a body shape was jaded by his personal preferences. Giant toads were somewhat fun from an outsiders standpoint, but he just couldnt bring himself to actually become one. At the same time, he also refrained from being just another serpentine dragon. Form follows function. In this case, the more complex his biology became, the more Body Power it would require. Even so, there was a limit to the amount of Body Power that could be focused upon any single attribute. The rest of the body would have to be properly reinforced and supportive to continue pushing one feature forward. NvlRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Novln.For example, if he were to pursue an unstoppable piercing horn he couldnt just put 90% of the Body Power into the horn itself. It would just end up three times larger than the rest of his body. Sure, it would be extraordinary, but he would barely be able to lift it, let alone strike with it. To truly benefit, hed need a powerful body. One that was fast and strong to allow him to close with enemies and bring the horn to bear. Hed also need to reinforce his neck and spine to survive the impact of using the horn and even have good enough senses to make sure he struck the target. Similar principles would apply to any other physical feature. In his last transformation, hed learned how to sort out the more powerful bloodlines, using stronger muscle structures and blood composition from the mix of different creatures and their ancestors that hed merged with. Now, with Guan Zhenyans help he didnt just pick out what seemed to be the most powerful, but instead could tailor his decisions to support his plans. The experience was somewhat surreal, he was fulfilling the dream of so many geneticists. Tailoring his own personal evolution as he wished. Sure, there were constraints, but it was still something so many others pursued for their whole lives without making a fraction of his current progress. He followed the most orthodox cobra form. As a venomous snake, they were very long rather than thick and heavily muscled. There was also a defining feature of a cobra, the hood. From there, he included the features he was going to focus on. Hypnotic Eyes were the main focus, followed by Poison Meridians, and finally Regeneration. Of course, he wouldnt leave out the special structures required to perform the techniques from inherited memories, like Cosmic Traction and Soul Fragment, but that was something of a given. Once hed integrated each feature he started experimenting with how to distribute Body Power to get the greatest effect. Soon, he found a ratio between the Hypnotic Eyes and body size where it seemed to fall out of proportion. As hed found before, Body Power would also determine his size and growth rates. Adding more and more Body Power to the eyes would start to make them larger after a certain point, and then they wouldnt fit in the head. Then hed have to make the head bigger and soon enough thered be a point where it became ungainly and he wouldnt even be able to lift his head. With that last set of changes, he was quite pleased. Although it wasnt extremely specialized upon one body feature, the synergy between abilities meant he only lost a slight bit of efficiency while also gaining many other benefits. His hypnotic abilities would lose out to a huge eyed toad, but hed drastically increased his stealth abilities, and also had access to powerful poison. With the decision made, Sage slowly lost consciousness, fading into a deep sleep state. Guan Zhenyan also stopped paying attention to their connection. Only later would Sage realize that the tiny ball of energy that linked their minds had not faded away. Instead it fell to the ground next to the sapling inside Sages Inner Core and a little flower sprouted where it landed. Sages soul had closed its eyes and curled into a fetal position, unaware of the world around it. In the outside world, a powerful defensive formation had been formed around a large green ball that looked like it was made out of overlapping leaf shaped pieces of chitin. It was a sort of pupae form the size of a truck, and it had been thrumming with a large amount of energy. Only when Sage made his decision did the energy fall. Those outside the strange pupae would stop feeling any energy being emitted, all of that power instead concentrated into the metamorphosis and now that it had begun, it was shielded from outside eyes. The outer shell did not provide much in the way of physical protection, but it drastically dampened energy emissions. While he could hide before transforming, it was very important that an enemy couldnt just stumble upon him with Spirit Sense or a simple check with their aura. Just like that, six months passed.
