[{"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-726":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},418716,682,"Chapter 726: First Physique","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-726",726,"\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if I create millions of souls—each one holding a single trait?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought was insane, yet not completely out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already used his Nightmare Element to create things before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creating shadows of his soul was something he could do easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I give each copy a different trait, then link them all back to myself...\" Neo’s fingers drummed against his arm. \"I could resonate them together. The output would multiply exponentially.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, if I combine them like that, only one of the traits would be strengthened. That’s not what I want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo had a different plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t going to let one trait be strengthened due to resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His goal wasn’t to generate more energy from resonance or to empower a single trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to resonate the traits with raw force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raw resonance,\" he murmured. \"If the effects of all traits are combined, the result will be something else entirely. Something unnatural like an abomination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word didn’t frighten him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, it intrigued him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of a metaphor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like cutting sheets of paper into animal shapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sheet was cut into a cat, another into a dog, another into a shark, another into a dinosaur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Individually, they had form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were recognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of these ’shaped paper’ was a trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if he stacked them all together (resonate them) and looked from above?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlapping cuts would blur into nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t look like a cat, or a dog, or anything else. Just a strange mess of shapes that meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what happens when you resonate traits forcefully without trying to generate the resonance energy or strengthen a single trait,\" Neo said. \"It wouldn’t create anything comprehensible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if he took scissors to the stack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if he trimmed away everything that only appeared once, and left behind the shapes that appeared most often?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If most of the animals had tails, then the tail stays,\" he muttered. \"If only one or two had it, then I cut it off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simple logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By removing the rare and keeping the common, he would end up with something new. Something consistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And when I look at the stack after that... I’ll see a chimera.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One not born from a single Origin Rune, but from the echoes of millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t preserve the unique nature of the individual traits, but it would carry the common denominator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s eyes glinted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m giving up the uniqueness of traits for unique abilities... in exchange for a trait that gives me enormous raw power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new trait wouldn’t be complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t give him some fancy new ability or a delicate trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because it resonated with the shared nature of millions of traits, whatever effect it would give no matter how basic would be overwhelming, and tremendous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his Nightmare Element outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy bled from his body and stretched across the barren plain where he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground cracked under the weight of the element, then split open as countless nightmares rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, copies of his soul flickered into existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lacked his Existence, and without that, they could never become true beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t need to be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just needed to be anchors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half-true is enough,\" Neo whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The copies lined the barren plain like a vast army, stretching farther than the eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one carried his shape, and his eyes, but they were hollow, and incomplete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo pointed to them, and traits began to flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of runes tore themselves from his body and drifted into the copies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each hollow soul received one. A single trait, burned into its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the last rune had left his hand, Neo clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now... Resonance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plain shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The copies shivered as power sparked between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A web of resonance began to form, millions of threads connecting each soul to the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The traits clashed and sang like a discordant roar echoing through the barren land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo shut out the noise and forced control onto the resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strip away everything unique,\" he reminded himself. \"Keep only what repeats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the effects of the traits fell away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare abilities, strange mutations, unique quirks. They all were sealed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The borrowed traits were stripped down to their simplest forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body trembled under the sheer force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep cutting,\" he muttered. \"Don’t stop until only the common denominator remains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resonance shrieked louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A storm of conflicting power ripped across the plain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barren ground tore apart in vast fissures, stretching toward infinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horizon cracked like glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, all at once, the storm collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every copy of his soul froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of traits hummed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo staggered back as the point pulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if he was sharing a common heartbeat with all souls he had created, feeling the traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a giant burden (new trait) was being carried by all his souls together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new trait was near completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light expanded in a violent wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barren land shook like it was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground split open, chasms swallowing everything in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky tore itself apart. Fragments of darkness scattered like broken glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The endless plain crumbled as though the world itself had reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stood in the center, every nerve in his body screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself to stay upright, to hold the convergence steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on,\" he hissed. \"Finish it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light pulsed one last time, then sank into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael sat back on his throne, one hand propping up his chin as the hall remained quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pocket universe—a small swirling vortex suspended in the middle of the chamber—had been stable since Neo entered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pulsed faintly like a star contained in glass, its flow under his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the sudden shiver through it made his brows furrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its calm rhythm broke apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael straightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed as cracks spread across its surface like shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint hiss of leaking energy filled the hall before the entire thing burst apart with a deafening crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave rolled across the chamber, so potent that the stone beneath the throne groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael instantly lifted his hand, weaving a barrier that wrapped around the explosion before it could reach the far edges of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy condensed like a raging storm forced into a bottle, straining but never breaking his hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his strength, he couldn’t deny the weight behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the blast subsided, smoke hung heavy in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, it cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the collapsing remains of the vortex, a figure walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael’s gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael could feel it the moment Neo stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air trembled faintly, not from energy, not from a new ability, but from something heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was raw, unrefined power, leaking off him like heat waves from a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael raised a brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do?\" His voice echoed in the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo didn’t answer at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply flexed his fingers, opening and closing his hand as though testing the weight of his own strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael leaned back slightly, studying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... feel strong,\" he admitted. \"It’s not like someone who’s learned a dangerous ability or mastered a new element. No. This is different. It’s like your body itself has changed... or should I say evolved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo exhaled slowly, rolling his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura spilling from him made even Bael frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do? I’ve seen thousands of monsters and gods rise. But this feels like something else. Honestly, it feels like you could kill a Grade 5 Stage 6 God with one punch. What the hell did you do, princess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo raised a brow at the title but didn’t argue it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his palm once more, then closed it tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veins ran across his hand as power coursed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll explain later,\" Neo finally said. \"But thanks for the pocket universe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael blinked as Neo stepped forward and vanished in a blur, the oppressive aura fading from the hall as quickly as it came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hall returned to silence, but Bael remained sitting on his throne, hand still propping his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered under his breath, \"This brat gets more and more ridiculous every time I see him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo reappeared far from the hall, on a barren stretch of land that extended endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered himself onto a large rock and sat cross-legged, focusing inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pulse was steady, but the power surging through him felt bottomless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew a slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell was that, Heavenly Record?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint hum answered in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Analyzing...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited, staring at his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Analysis complete.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Godfather—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was silence as the Heavenly Record 1 paused, then attempted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Godfather—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m deleting you if you call me that again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo frowned, rubbing his temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The response came without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Master—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you seriously want me to delete you? Fine. Be my guest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wait!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words appeared hastily, almost panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All Heavenly Records are going to call you Godfather or Master. Even if you erase me, this won’t change. Now, go ahead, delete me if you like.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected begging, or an excuse to live from the Heavenly Record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the damn thing accepted death while casually reminding him he wouldn’t escape the embarrassing name anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...damn it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just tell me what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All traits boost physical strength in some way, even if minor. The resonance you created amplified that effect.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your current physical strength is approximately 9,117,598 times greater than before your breakthrough.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1656,"2026-05-30T08:01:16.233Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","c9df7829e8779804e066b4ac0deab0c992bbc48ea5123351cbd15f57d9f6be5d","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-727","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-725",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]