Chapter 799: Chrysalis
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Chapter 799: Chrysalis
Sage didnt stop there. He went back into metamorphosis a few more times experimenting with the body features of the Golden Cicada and how they could be incorporated with the mantis. Then he moved on with his experiments and merged with the egg from Elder Manji. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was a magnificent creature. It was unique among all the beasts and insects that Sage had encountered so far in that it was the first with an immaterial body.
The Wind Elemental did not have a solid body either, but it was an elemental, not a Demonic Beast. While immaterial beasts werent impossible, they were certainly rare and the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was the only one Sage had encountered so far. Hed always been eager to see if this sort of thing would work in the past, but the first egg he got from Manji had been stolen by that witch Hei Bai. Hed gone into constant battles after that and then when he saw Manji again he was getting married and didnt want to delay things by a year when he was transforming. He had a chance more recently when raising his family, but he didnt want to be vulnerable for so long. Now that his whole family was no longer beholden to him for protection he finally felt secure enough to perform these experiments. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
The end result was both wonderful and disappointing at the same time. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel could remain insubstantial at all times, with a body of living lighting. The downside was that if Sage wished to do the same, he would have to take the form of a complete Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel. The shape of its body and the strength of its different features formed a very delicate balance to sustain this ability. If Sage wanted to change anything about its body then the ability to constantly remain in energy form would be lost. On the plus side, Sage only had to take a few parts of the Eel in order to gain a temporary lightning form. It was a far cry from a permanent lightning body, but it was also a very powerful addition to all the other abilities hed collected so far.
This new body of his no longer looked like a slim and deadly assassin, but a thick and heavily armored warrior. The long and thin thorax and abdomen of the Mantis were both blown up to larger and thicker proportions. Especially the abdomen, the lower body, of the mantis was segmented and resembled a lobster tail. Laying atop the long tail were two sets of folded cicada wings, rather than the one pair and cover that mantids and beetles have. Some of that extra space in the tail was devoted to powerful muscles for locomotion, some for spinnerets, while the remainder was actually an expanding reservoir for the fluid power system. It was a similar story for the thorax, as the chest area had to be enlarged to accommodate the fluid power system outside of the mantis other body functions. There were also a few extra organs he had to add on from the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel, and the result was a thicker and larger Mantis. Without its stick-like form, this new body was far from being an ambush hunter anymore, but Sage was no insect who cared only about hunting for food so he didnt care about the optimization of the original mantis form.
This new body also had the large tri-sectioned eyes of the Sea Locust as the Jade Sky Mantis did, but it also had six other smaller eyes. A normal mantis had three smaller eyes in addition to its large hunting eyes that were only used to sense light and darkness, but he added extra eyes to push it up to the eight total that his spider body had. Aside from the large uncovered wings, the other large departure was the inclusion of an extra set of legs. A mantis had six limbs, the two large forearms along with four legs for walking. The Genesis Spider had eight legs, and Sage felt a similarity with the Sea Locust. The new body had two large forelimbs and three pairs of legs. The most eye-catching thing was this new bodys brilliant golden carapace along with its immense size. It was quite a bit smaller than the small mountain that was the Genesis Spider, but it was many times larger than the Jade Sky Mantis. His new body was only half a city block rather than the two full blocks of his prior body.
The new body was somewhat against the rules hed established before to focus on only a few key features, but he chose to give that up because of the Lang Clan and their mantis bodies. He changed his rule to be only a few key features added onto the default of the Jade Sky Mantis. It was definitely more muddled, but he chose to treat himself as a test bed. In the future, the best of the Lang Clan could be upgraded to match him. With that in mind he was going to find the perfect upgraded body through trial and error.
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Chapter 799: Chrysalis
Sage didnt stop there. He went back into metamorphosis a few more times experimenting with the body features of the Golden Cicada and how they could be incorporated with the mantis. Then he moved on with his experiments and merged with the egg from Elder Manji. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was a magnificent creature. It was unique among all the beasts and insects that Sage had encountered so far in that it was the first with an immaterial body.
The Wind Elemental did not have a solid body either, but it was an elemental, not a Demonic Beast. While immaterial beasts werent impossible, they were certainly rare and the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was the only one Sage had encountered so far. Hed always been eager to see if this sort of thing would work in the past, but the first egg he got from Manji had been stolen by that witch Hei Bai. Hed gone into constant battles after that and then when he saw Manji again he was getting married and didnt want to delay things by a year when he was transforming. He had a chance more recently when raising his family, but he didnt want to be vulnerable for so long. Now that his whole family was no longer beholden to him for protection he finally felt secure enough to perform these experiments. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
The end result was both wonderful and disappointing at the same time. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel could remain insubstantial at all times, with a body of living lighting. The downside was that if Sage wished to do the same, he would have to take the form of a complete Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel. The shape of its body and the strength of its different features formed a very delicate balance to sustain this ability. If Sage wanted to change anything about its body then the ability to constantly remain in energy form would be lost. On the plus side, Sage only had to take a few parts of the Eel in order to gain a temporary lightning form. It was a far cry from a permanent lightning body, but it was also a very powerful addition to all the other abilities hed collected so far.
This new body of his no longer looked like a slim and deadly assassin, but a thick and heavily armored warrior. The long and thin thorax and abdomen of the Mantis were both blown up to larger and thicker proportions. Especially the abdomen, the lower body, of the mantis was segmented and resembled a lobster tail. Laying atop the long tail were two sets of folded cicada wings, rather than the one pair and cover that mantids and beetles have. Some of that extra space in the tail was devoted to powerful muscles for locomotion, some for spinnerets, while the remainder was actually an expanding reservoir for the fluid power system. It was a similar story for the thorax, as the chest area had to be enlarged to accommodate the fluid power system outside of the mantis other body functions. There were also a few extra organs he had to add on from the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel, and the result was a thicker and larger Mantis. Without its stick-like form, this new body was far from being an ambush hunter anymore, but Sage was no insect who cared only about hunting for food so he didnt care about the optimization of the original mantis form.
This new body also had the large tri-sectioned eyes of the Sea Locust as the Jade Sky Mantis did, but it also had six other smaller eyes. A normal mantis had three smaller eyes in addition to its large hunting eyes that were only used to sense light and darkness, but he added extra eyes to push it up to the eight total that his spider body had. Aside from the large uncovered wings, the other large departure was the inclusion of an extra set of legs. A mantis had six limbs, the two large forearms along with four legs for walking. The Genesis Spider had eight legs, and Sage felt a similarity with the Sea Locust. The new body had two large forelimbs and three pairs of legs. The most eye-catching thing was this new bodys brilliant golden carapace along with its immense size. It was quite a bit smaller than the small mountain that was the Genesis Spider, but it was many times larger than the Jade Sky Mantis. His new body was only half a city block rather than the two full blocks of his prior body.
The new body was somewhat against the rules hed established before to focus on only a few key features, but he chose to give that up because of the Lang Clan and their mantis bodies. He changed his rule to be only a few key features added onto the default of the Jade Sky Mantis. It was definitely more muddled, but he chose to treat himself as a test bed. In the future, the best of the Lang Clan could be upgraded to match him. With that in mind he was going to find the perfect upgraded body through trial and error.
Chapter 799: ChrysalisSage didnt stop there. He went back into metamorphosis a few more times experimenting with the body features of the Golden Cicada and how they could be incorporated with the mantis. Then he moved on with his experiments and merged with the egg from Elder Manji. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was a magnificent creature. It was unique among all the beasts and insects that Sage had encountered so far in that it was the first with an immaterial body. The Wind Elemental did not have a solid body either, but it was an elemental, not a Demonic Beast. While immaterial beasts werent impossible, they were certainly rare and the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was the only one Sage had encountered so far. Hed always been eager to see if this sort of thing would work in the past, but the first egg he got from Manji had been stolen by that witch Hei Bai. Hed gone into constant battles after that and then when he saw Manji again he was getting married and didnt want to delay things by a year when he was transforming. He had a chance more recently when raising his family, but he didnt want to be vulnerable for so long. Now that his whole family was no longer beholden to him for protection he finally felt secure enough to perform these experiments. This chapter was first shared on the Nvl1n platform.The end result was both wonderful and disappointing at the same time. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel could remain insubstantial at all times, with a body of living lighting. The downside was that if Sage wished to do the same, he would have to take the form of a complete Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel. The shape of its body and the strength of its different features formed a very delicate balance to sustain this ability. If Sage wanted to change anything about its body then the ability to constantly remain in energy form would be lost. On the plus side, Sage only had to take a few parts of the Eel in order to gain a temporary lightning form. It was a far cry from a permanent lightning body, but it was also a very powerful addition to all the other abilities hed collected so far. This new body of his no longer looked like a slim and deadly assassin, but a thick and heavily armored warrior. The long and thin thorax and abdomen of the Mantis were both blown up to larger and thicker proportions. Especially the abdomen, the lower body, of the mantis was segmented and resembled a lobster tail. Laying atop the long tail were two sets of folded cicada wings, rather than the one pair and cover that mantids and beetles have. Some of that extra space in the tail was devoted to powerful muscles for locomotion, some for spinnerets, while the remainder was actually an expanding reservoir for the fluid power system. It was a similar story for the thorax, as the chest area had to be enlarged to accommodate the fluid power system outside of the mantis other body functions. There were also a few extra organs he had to add on from the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel, and the result was a thicker and larger Mantis. Without its stick-like form, this new body was far from being an ambush hunter anymore, but Sage was no insect who cared only about hunting for food so he didnt care about the optimization of the original mantis form. This new body also had the large tri-sectioned eyes of the Sea Locust as the Jade Sky Mantis did, but it also had six other smaller eyes. A normal mantis had three smaller eyes in addition to its large hunting eyes that were only used to sense light and darkness, but he added extra eyes to push it up to the eight total that his spider body had. Aside from the large uncovered wings, the other large departure was the inclusion of an extra set of legs. A mantis had six limbs, the two large forearms along with four legs for walking. The Genesis Spider had eight legs, and Sage felt a similarity with the Sea Locust. The new body had two large forelimbs and three pairs of legs. The most eye-catching thing was this new bodys brilliant golden carapace along with its immense size. It was quite a bit smaller than the small mountain that was the Genesis Spider, but it was many times larger than the Jade Sky Mantis. His new body was only half a city block rather than the two full blocks of his prior body. The new body was somewhat against the rules hed established before to focus on only a few key features, but he chose to give that up because of the Lang Clan and their mantis bodies. He changed his rule to be only a few key features added onto the default of the Jade Sky Mantis. It was definitely more muddled, but he chose to treat himself as a test bed. In the future, the best of the Lang Clan could be upgraded to match him. With that in mind he was going to find the perfect upgraded body through trial and error.
