Chapter 649 Living Marionette
Jacob looked at the restless, glistening, pulsating cocoon. It emits an eerie bioluminescence. Inside, something tiny writhes, its form shifting and growing as it seems to devour the energy stored within the cocoon.
Suddenly, a tremor runs through the cocoon. More cracks begin to spiderweb across its surface, glowing brighter with each pulse. With a final surge of energy, the cocoon explodes outwards in a shower of shimmering shards.
Autarch appeared in its place. It retains the basic centipede form but is now only nine centimeters long, and its body is as thin as fine black hair. Its exoskeleton is sleek, obsidian black, polished to a mirror sheen.Visit novelbin(.)com for updates
Along its back run glowing red lines, pulsing with a faint light that seems to emanate from within. Each segment of its body is tipped with a razor-sharp claw, glinting ominously.
Autarch's head had also completely transformed. Now, it was a segmented carapace with six glowing red eyes that could focus independently, allowing Autarch a wide field of view. Two long, whip-like antennae twitched in the air, picking up on every sound and scent.
Autarch stands tall on its numerous legs, its entire form radiating an aura of power and menace. Despite its insectoid features, there's something vaguely humanoid in its posture and stance, hinting at the vast intelligence that resides within.
Jacob was astounded when he saw Autarch's completely changed form. He hadn't expected that the change would be so big in unique rank evolution. Furthermore, Autarch didn't have eyes before, but now it had six of them, and they were exempt from any emotions and completely icy cold.
"Thank you for looking after me, Sir!" Autarch impassively showed its gratitude with its eerie, stoic voice by using the mental connection with Jacob.
Jacob smiled slightly, as despite Autarch's huge change in appearance, it remained the same: cold and emotionless.
"It is what I should do for your excellent services, and I hope you continue to perform well in the future. Now, tell me about your gains this time?" Jacob asked in anticipation.
Jacob's eyes shimmered with astonishment, 'This Living Marionette didn't appear as powerful as Autarch's other abilities, but in truth, they are far more terrifying than all the abilities he has. If he can manipulate the thoughts of millions and influence their actions, the effect would be terrifying.
'It's like dancing in someone else's palms without even knowing anything. No wonder the fantastic insects all have ridiculous retrains. But I can use these abilities to my advantage.'
Jacob's lips curled up in a dark smile as he waved his hand. The Orange Sturgeon he was keeping in his pendant appeared again. He was still the same despite the seven years that had passed; time seemed to have stopped for him.
"Here is your first task after your advancement. I want you to possess him and then teach me the ocean races' language and give me all the information about the ocean races.
"Then you have to infuriate their city not too far away from this place and take over it. I'm in the middle of an extremely important experiment so that I might need some living subjects in the future. I want you to help me with it if the need arises.
"Even if I don't encounter the need, I want you to gather more information about them while also using them to increase your rank up to the peak of the unique rank. Our enemies are not just at the unique rank.
"We still do not know if you can possess someone in the three steps of legend rank or influence their thoughts, so this is also a test to get familiar with the full extent of your abilities."
Autarch slightly shook its menacing head, "I understand."
The next moment, Autarch moved with such speed that even Jacob could only see a faint dark crimson streak. Autarch was simply too thin to be noticed. Furthermore, the deep ocean didn't seem to have any effect on Autarch either.
Within a minute, the unconscious Orange Sturgeon opened its eyes, which were now completely icy cold and mirroring Autarch's emotionless eyes!
