ZENITH

Currently residing in the lower regions of the lab commonly used for testing, a dome-like structure supported by ankers branched out and connect to the edges of the room whilst it rested at the center, the room was in silence, but the atmosphere was tense and overbearing, waves of energy would occasionally escape the grasp of the dome and assault the area around it.

But with time, fewer waves of energy escaped the grasp of the dome, as it would adjust to the excessive output being released and dissipate it before it could cause any damage to the surroundings. Taking a glimpse within the dome to examine the cause, Z'akk could be seen in a lotus position, he had already absorbed the essence of the three council members, and his mind was now at a profound level of concentration as he remained in his subconscious world, his outer body being like a husk, releasing a blast of heat soo intense it emitted a light that was beyond blinding.

In the world of essence, Z'akk was currently floating with three incredibly small orbs resting in front of him, the three orbs contained the essence of the three council members, but the amount was too small, to make up for the lack of quantity, he began synthesizing the blood he had received, thus increasing the quantity and quality that rested in his body, he continuously channeled energy into the relatively small balls of essence holding the blood of the three council members.

The orbs continued to grow in size as it was repeatedly tempered and refined by Z'akk's energy feeding it, but not only were they growing in size, they began to radiate there own unique hue, The two that he had received from K'hym and Cay'an shone a brilliant virid color, signifying the green heritage they held from their faction of the race.

Ma'alefa'ak's blood, on the other hand, was much more unique than the ones seen thus far, despite the lack of quantity, the quality compared to the others was unmatched, it held a higher concentration of DNA than the others, allowing it to be much more potent in comparison to the common green and white Martians. The synthesizing process had taken only a few hours, but the orbs of essence were now matching the orange fiery orb that he had placed at the edge of his subconscious world.

Taking all four of the orbs containing the essence of the Martians he had synthesized and enhanced, he then converged them all in front of him and raised his hands towards them, for a moment he remembered another detail he was missing.

"Don't even think I forgot about that bonus I got during the rebellion"-Z'akk

Peering above him, Z'akk observed the cloud of orbs containing the essence of dozens of white Martians that he absorbed during the rebellion, promptly gesturing for the cloud to come towards him, slowly, the cloud began to fade as essence began to separate from it in succession whilst slowly descending before him, one by one, once all of the essences approached him, he directed them to all fuse together into a larger ball of white Martian essence.

He then began to swiftly compress the ball down into a smaller size, this time around, he did such whilst receiving a minuscule amount of resistance against his intentions, only this unity was much more profound in its quality due to the quantity residing within it. Once the ball had completely compressed into another orange fiery orb matching the first one he made, he brought them all together.

Seeing as he was already experienced with this process, it all came without much resistance, but the final phase is what would prove to be a challenge.

"Went from only fighting two white Martians, to fighting in a small scale war. Let's see if what I went through all that trouble for was worth it"-Z'akk

Closing his eyes for the moment to help in his concentration, he began the process of awakening whatever secrets lie within the Martian's DNA sequence. Exiting to the world outside, the room that he was in remained unchanged and unscathed, but delving deeper beyond the surface and into the dome he was residing, the walls on the inside of the dome were turned crimson as the heat that began emanating from his body grew to an immense degree, scorching the very atmosphere that remained in the dome, it was nothing less of an inferno.

Gradually Z'akk began to burn as the heat generated from his body increased to higher levels, vibrant blue flames began to erupt from his body while his flesh became more jagged in its appearance, the vibrant blue flames flowing through the fissures that formed over his body, aking to the cracked surface of a volcano. The entire process took only a few moments, but the changes were drastic.

Returning to boundaries of the world within him, Z'akk had successfully fused the two fiery orange spheres containing the concentrated essence of the Martians into one pure blue sphere, but unlike the two spheres before it, the blue sphere was engulfed in an elegant flame matching its l.u.s.trous color, the flame flickered and swayed gently in the space in front of Z'akk.

"That's strange, never seen something like this before"-Z'akk

Once observing it, he gradually approached the flickering flaming blue essence before him, holding it in the palm of his right hand and admiring its radiance up close, he could sense the power held within it, continuously driving him closer with its temptations, but he was not finished. Placing the sphere to the side, he looked at the others gravitating around him and simply brought the two virid colored spheres closer to him and threw them towards the flaming blue ball to be quickly absorbed.

The flame flickered once again upon the absorption before abruptly settling, afterward, Z'akk placed his sights on the very last sphere before him holding martian DNA, the crimson ball of essence containing the blood of Ma'alefa'ak.

"Let's make this count, I'm not trying to wait any longer than I have already"-Z'akk

Summoning the crimson orb forward, he held it in his left as he called the flaming orb to his right, he then slowly began bringing the two closer together. A large blast of energy was released as the orbs approached one another, the gust of energy reaching to the outside and causing the dome to expand like a balloon, struggling to keep the energy being released contained within itself.

Z'akk began to push the orbs closer and closer together as the energy being released continued to grow, Z'akk was expecting the two orbs to reject each other and fight against him, but it was quite the opposite, the flaming orb and the crimson orb were coming together in unison, the once blue flame began to flicker in an aggressive yet dignified manner, shifting its hue into a much deeper purple tone, burning uncontrollably as its light illuminated the entirety of his inner world.

Everything came to an end as the fusion was complete, the burst of energy and heat being released from his body in the outer world ceased and the dome was still intact, his inner world was only left with two spheres, the one containing the countless dinosaurs he had assimilated, and the radiant purple flame of essence that illuminated the world within him.

Z'akk only stood near and admired the flame.

"The feeling I'm getting from this thing is no joke-Z'akk

Finally leaving his inner world, Z'akk opened his eyes and immediately giving a mental command for the dome to open, in an instant, it split in half and opened to reveal Z'akk in his new body, he stepped out of the boundaries of the dome and stood within the room examining himself, his feet slowly sinking into the metal floors beneath.

Directly he could see the extreme changes that his martian form had undertaken, the most noticeable being that his body was under a perpetual blaze, no real skin remained on his body, only the semblance of a carapace like somewhat organic material, engulfed in raging purple flames that covered every inch of his frame.

"I'm impressed, I must have become a special variant of a burning martian or something of the sort, ill have to test my strength some other time, can't risk destroying this place"-Z'akk

Gradually the purple flames surrounding his body proceeded to dissipate as green skin began to form over his body, he was back to being a "normal" green martian, after the process was finished, the black Superman outfit formed over his body, completing his previous look.

"Hex, report"-Z'akk

[Structural integrity: 38%]

[Branch stability: 46%]

[Energy absorbed: 3082MW]

[Status: recovering]

Hex spoke out the statistics of what it had to endure while containing his energy. Hearing the level of energy that was absorbed, Z'akk was even more impressed with his creation than he was before.

"How long will it take for you to recover completely using the stored energy"-Z'akk

[Roughly 5 minutes]

"Well get to it, commence with the necessary upgrades while you're at it"-Z'akk

[Yes host]

After stating his command to Hex, all of the constructs that were set up within the room to contain him began to liquify and converge at his left bicep, the braces on the walls all turned back into the targets, and the dome returned to being an arm cuff, seeing that everything was back to how it was, he nonchalantly made his way back to the upper lab were Bey'on was currently residing.

Reaching the top floor after some time, he entered the room through the automatic doors to see Bey'on huddled into a ball covering her head, trembling, immediately going on alert, he scanned the room for a potential reason for why she was left like this, but he found nothing, which made him even more confused.

Walking up to her and crouching on one knee, he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"What's wrong with you?"-Z'akk

She immediately moved away from his hand and looked at him with some fear in her eyes, leaving him somewhat concerned for her.

"Such terrifying vile energy, trying to sense you felt as if my body was about to burst into flames, what were you doing down there!"-Bey, on

Suddenly realizing he was most likely the cause for her distress, he looked at her for a moment before sighing.

"I might as well just get on with it since I'm leaving soon anyway"-Z'akk

Hearing him, the fear she was feeling dissipated and was quickly replaced by curiosity by what he meant. Standing up, Z'akk slowly began to change back into his original form, his once green skin became more Rosey and paler in tone, his frame began to shift and change as his muscles bulged, platinum hair began to grow to his shoulders, and his eyes became reptilian-like whilst his irises and sclera began glowing a purple and blue hue.

"My reall name is not Z'akk, call me Spencer"

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