SSS-Ranked Surgeon In Another World: The Healer Is Actually OP! - Chapter 352: Devouring Evolution!
Chapter 352: Devouring Evolution!
Bruce could sense it clearly now.
Ash had already reached the peak of A-Rank.
And it was still advancing.
Halfway toward S-Rank.
Bruce exhaled slowly.
’Already?’
An A-Ranked Devourer Dragon like Ash was already capable of defeating many S-Ranked beasts using Soul Flame alone.
Once Ash fully stepped into S-Rank… It’ll get even stronger
its access to the Devourer Flame Library would expand.
More flames.
More abilities.
More terrifying potential.
Bruce raised his hand slightly.
A soft pulse of Life Glance flowed outward.
The calming authority of vitality surrounded Ash, gently stabilizing the dragon’s circulation without interrupting its concentration.
Then Bruce spoke quietly in his mind.
’Vaelith, you know what to do.’
[I do] The world answered instantly. The guardian had already been watching. The space around them shimmered faintly.
Without disturbing Ash’s focus.
both Bruce and the dragon vanished.
They reappeared beside the world core.
The heart of the sanctum.
Dense mana filled the air like an invisible ocean pressing against every surface. The atmosphere was so saturated with magical energy that even breathing felt heavier.
This was the single most mana-rich location in the entire world.
The perfect place for evolution.
Ash remained unmoving.
Still circulating.
Still absorbing.
Bruce watched silently.
The dragon’s absorption speed was absurd.
Mana flooded into Ash’s body like a vortex swallowing everything around it.
Bruce exhaled slowly.
’He must have gained a distinguished or an Exceptional title…’
Trying to replicate human circulation techniques had likely triggered something within the Akashic Codex.
A rare reward.
Bruce folded his arms as the thought settled.
Then another thought surfaced quietly in his mind.
’Then why haven’t I received anything?’
He had destroyed countless invaders.
More than most Awakened would encounter in an entire lifetime.
Yet the Akashic Codex had never granted him any special title since he advanced to SS
Bruce’s gaze darkened slightly.
’Soul Shatter… Is Akashic against the use of Soul Shatter?’
The answer suddenly felt obvious.
That ability didn’t merely kill.
It erased.
When Bruce used Soul Shatter, the target’s soul did not return to the cycle of life and death.
No reincarnation.
No afterlife.
No continuation.
Nothing.
Complete annihilation.
Bruce sighed quietly.
’I was warned not to misuse that authority over life and death. Mirrored surgeon interference was manageable since it creates life, but what if Akashic doesn’t support soul shatter cause it erases the very core of life the soul…’
Mirrored Surgeon already interfered with the balance between life and death. But Soul Shatter… Soul Shatter completely broke it.
Still… against the invaders that threatened entire worlds— what other choice did he have? Soul Shatter worked.
It succeeded nearly every time.
An eighty-five to ninety-five percent kill rate against entities capable of destroying entire civilizations.
Only one creature had escaped.
The Cthulhu entity.
Bruce’s expression darkened slightly as he thought of the Cthulhu
’That thing…’
The day its true body arrived…
would be troublesome.
Bruce pushed the thought aside and returned his attention to Ash.
’I wonder… if Ash is restricted like the others ’
Ash had already evolved beyond the natural limits of this world.
A divine race.
A Devourer Dragon. So it was still unknown if Ash is still considered a native of Velmora and has thesame restriction they have…
Whether it was restricted or not, Bruce couldn’t take any chances, He raised his hand slowly.
Mana shifted instantly.
Across the vast core chamber the surrounding mana field changed.
Bruce replaced the ambient mana with energy carrying his own EX-grade signature.
Dense.
Pure.
Overwhelming.
His control over mana had grown tremendously since the days he had helped Sophie form her core. After training his Vitality Sovereign authority inside the SSS Labyrinth, his mastery had expanded even further.
Now he could manipulate far greater volumes of mana.
Far faster.
The effect was immediate.
Ash’s absorption rate exploded.
Mana rushed toward the dragon like a tidal wave.
Inside Ash.
the first ring of its mana core began to form.
Condensing.
Compressing.
Evolving.
Bruce watched silently as the Devourer Dragon advanced toward its next stage of power.
And somewhere far away.
in the quiet warmth of the Ackerman home. the peaceful morning continued to unfold, yet within core of the world, that peace was nothing more than an illusion waiting to be shattered.
Bruce stood in absolute stillness, his presence calm, but his eyes sharp. locked onto the small figure at the center of it all.
Ash…
What had begun as a steady, controlled circulation of mana had transformed into something far more terrifying.
A vortex.
No. something beyond that.
A devouring force.
The surrounding mana, so dense that even seasoned Awakened would struggle to breathe within it, was being pulled inward at an impossible rate. It spiraled violently, collapsing toward Ash as though the entire Labyrinth Core had become an ocean. and Ash its singular, insatiable abyss.
Bruce felt it immediately.
The pull.
The hunger.
It wasn’t natural.
It wasn’t controlled.
It was domination. It was even stronger than his speed back when he formed his own core
Then. it happened.
The first ring formed.
A perfect circle of condensed mana locked into place within Ash’s core, glowing faintly beneath its scales like a newborn star finding its orbit.
Bruce’s gaze narrowed slightly. Ash’s Mana core was gigantic it was completely different from the norm, such gigantic mana core surprised even Bruce…
And Ash was condensing it so easily. There was no instability. No trembling. No signs of strain.
Just… perfection.
The second ring followed almost instantly.
Then the third.
The fourth.
Each one formed faster than the last, as though the process itself was accelerating, shedding the very concept of limitation with every passing moment.
Bruce’s breathing slowed.
Even his own awakening. refined, optimized to near-perfection.
Even Sophie’s, which had bordered on flawless.
They felt… slow. Crude. Inferior. It was a strange feeling.
Compared to this. Ash wasn’t building a mana core. It was devouring one into existence. This was the power of its bloodline!
By the time the fifth ring solidified, the environment itself began to react.
Vaelith’s Core trembled faintly.
