[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades":3,"chapter-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-381":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},418326,682,"Chapter 381  Breakthrough And Newfound Powers","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-381",381,"\u003Cp>Neo made his decision fairly quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These two should be the best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began his breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around him grew still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wisps of white flames began to materialize over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrapped his Will over Will, creating a humongous amount of World Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber, built to contain and withstand breakthroughs of powerful demigods, started to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy circled within Neo before gradually slipping out like an untamed river breaking through a dam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powerful waves of World Energy pulsed outward, making the walls tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy leaking from his body swelled with passing moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final pulse, a wave of raw energy blasted out in all directions, shattering the walls of the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Debris fell to the ground, and a cloud of dust filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber was a compartment within a much larger building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls began to repair themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo exhaled deeply and opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flexed his muscles, testing his newfound strength. He could feel the immense power coursing through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This… This feels completely different from my previous breakthroughs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt as if he could defeat any Paragon with a flick of his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because he possessed three sources of power—two traits and his own ascension?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like I can fight an Exalted now,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest change, however, was in his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's vision—Intent Vision—was improving with each moment, as his body continued to adjust to its newfound power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the tiniest details in the rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same was true for his other senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taste, smell, hearing—all of them were evolving to a level that made him feek like his senses had been 'sleeping' until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distant sound of water flowing far within the earth reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Status.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A translucent blue screen appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Neo Hargraves ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Rank: Half-Step Ascension ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ The World: ??? ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>﹂World Core Rank: N\u002FA\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>﹂World Energy Rank: Stage-1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Stats ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Affinity ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>﹂Death, Shadow, Darkness, Void, Water, Time, Life, Holy, Nightmare\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Magic Spells ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Incantations ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Trait ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>﹂Monarch of Death (Rank: Grade 5 Paragon, Potential: ???): Death, Immortal, Eternal, Primogenitor, Crownless King\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>﹂Mind Invasion (Rank: Grade 5 Paragon, Potential: Grade 1 Empyrean): Mind Invasion, Mind Control, Empathic Bond, Empathic Transcendence\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Quest ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Sacred Treasures: Skyfall, ???, Obitus (Incomplete) ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My stats nearly doubled, and… what's this 'Potential' of my Traits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't take long for Neo to realize what Potential signified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Potential is the highest rank a Trait can reach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held his chin as he pieced his thoughts together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since I took Mind Invasion from Anomaly #33, who was born in a Stage-0 world, that means his 'potential,' in other words, his gene limit, was Empyrean rank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for why it reached Paragon rank despite having a gene limit of Empyrean rank, it must be due to {Link Lock}.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It links my traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My original trait seems to have no limit, and it must've helped Mind Invasion to break past its gene limit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded slightly, feeling that his deductions were mostly correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only thing I don't understand is… how did Monarch of Death have a limit so high that it's shown as question marks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts were suddenly interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp pain tore through his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stumbled slightly and clutched his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision blurred as the sensation threatened to overwhelm him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain dissipated just as quickly as it came, leaving Neo disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panting lightly, he straightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's voice trailed off as he 'looked' at his surroundings with new clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his new trait, Empathic Transcendence, Neo could sense things he had never noticed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze widened in awe as tiny motes of colors floated in the air around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Air elementals, a lighter shade of green, darted through the air like restless fireflies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed incapable of staying in one place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their movements were playful and chaotic, almost childlike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor beneath him was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metallic elementals—iron, copper, mithril Elementals—existed within the shattered floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Space Elementals–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are Space elementals like thi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes locked onto faint silver motes suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the air elementals, the silver motes of Space elementals remained stationary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't what confused him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, the air and space elementals appeared to overlap, occupying the same space simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Space and air elementals are… fused? No, they aren't fused, but how are they existing in the same place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like keeping two objects in the spatial coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something like that shouldn't be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, extending his hand cautiously toward the motes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air elementals phased through his fingers, so did the space elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't touch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Neo was scanning his surroundings, h began to notice faint noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were too faint to make sense of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he could hear, the murmurs resembled the Voices of Time and Voices of Darkness, yet there was something distinctly different about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, my vision upgraded. Now my hearing is,\" Neo realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The breakthrough had brought extraordinary changes to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was still adjusting to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran a hand through his hair, which was damp with sweat, before snapping his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally noticed the sweat and black gunk covering his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do a breakthrough have to be like this always?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his fingers and tried to use Water affinity to clean himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World Energy inside him entered his Divine Energy Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Core, the resonance converted non-elemental World Energy into Water-elemental-infused World Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He observed the process carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water elementals inside the Core coursed through his bloodstream, before exiting his body through the Magic Circuits on his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cool droplets materialized in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo observed every detail, every movements of the Elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he reached into his Shadow Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inky blackness swirled momentarily before he withdrew a simple water bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted the bottle, letting the water spill onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid pooled in the cracks of the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo crouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compared the Water elementals created by his Core to those naturally present in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Both Water elementals are the same, but mine seem… mechanical.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended a hand over the pool of water on the ground, sensing the natural Elementals within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lazed around, moving as the water pulled them along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Elementals are only doing what I'm telling them to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Water elementals inside this water seem to have a mind of their own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo focused intently on the water before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To properly use his new trait, he needed to know how it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 'noises' returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, they were slightly louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Neo focused on the water, he suddenly seemed capable of hearing the water elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Baah… It's too bright… why did you bring me out of my home,' a lazy voice grumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, startled, stared at the pool of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could process what had just happened, another voice—light and playful—cut in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hehe, want us to help you?' The air elementals seemed to glow brighter as they spoke. 'We will help you 'evaporate,' and in exchange, you…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their words trailed off abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air elementals seemed to freeze mid-movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They focused on Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'You can hear us…?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wow!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny pale green motes began to swirl around him like a whirlwind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their movement sent gales thrashing through the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loose debris was kicked up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless voices overlapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each belonging to a different Air Elemental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were different individuals, yet there was 'something' that tied them together, something that made them 'one' even though they were 'many.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How can you hear us?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it related to what you were doing a few moments ago?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Tell us! Tell us!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices blended together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were too excited to notice Neo couldn't understand their overlapping words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo frowned, feeling a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices were hard to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Eternal granting Neo 50% resistance to every harmful effect—and himself being an Ascender—he might have died the moment he heared the voices of elementals that didn't belong to his affinities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak one thing at a time. I can't hear you all like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motes paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in unison, they spoke again, their excitement barely contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What are you doing? How can you hear us?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt like he was surrounded by a hundred overly energetic children who had just downed an entire case of energy drinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can talk to you all with the new trait I gained. As for why I'm doing this, it's to train my trait and see how it works,\" he explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ohhhhhhh!' The voices rose again in a collective cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale green motes whirled faster in a strange excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Training?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Do you want to do some interesting training?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting training?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yeah, we will teach you something nice. Think of it as a greeting gift,' one of them chimed in, its voice sweet and persuasive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something smelled fishy about their offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he decided to entertain their idea—for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motes seemed to vibrate with delight at his response\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If you can see us, you can see the old man Space too, right?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To you, it must look like we and the old man Space exist in the same place.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But that's not true.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We exist in different places.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted between the glowing pale-green motes of Air Elementals and the silvery, stationary forms of the Space Elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>",1619,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","822b7f4266e8940c2465b020f9935c67b6be4b36eb164b10aa5d2592bd274cd8","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-306","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-305",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]