Chapter 828: A Battle Between Gods! |
Every Pranic Beast needs to achieve certain conditions to enter the Mystic Grade. These conditions were inherently related to their Primary Nature.
Empyrean Boars had the Primary Nature of Voracious Nature, using which they could gain the Primary Nature of any existence they consume. Thereby, to enter the Mystic Grade, they had to devour all their brethren and then be hit by a Bolt of Transcendence upon activating all the stored Nature of Voracious Nature.
The Empyrean Snappers, with the Primary Nature of Subtle Terrain Domination could control all terrain. However, they were incapable of controlling the Sandy-Grey Void. The moment an Empyrean Snapper successfully controls the grey sand similar to how it controls all terrain, it would enter the Mystic Grade. Perfect control over all terrain, irrespective of what it was. That was the condition for an Empyrean Snapper to enter the Mystic Grade.
Finally, the empyrean Tusks, with the power of Internal Inertial Gravity turned their organs into massive biomes. Hence, they had the condition in which they had to experience life in two different worlds, which was how they could enter the Mystic Grade.
Beings on Sumatra had two ways to enter the Mystic Grade. First was the method Inala, Orakha, and Boul Brimgan had used, which was to employ the assistance of Sumatra Gold. By integrating
Sumatra Gold successfully into their build, their soul emitted the presence of Sumatra, elevating them into the Mystic Grade.
As they entered the Mystic Grade, their abilities were naturally elevated to Mystic Grade level.
The second option was what Brangara had achieved in the past, what Wally intended to attain in the future, and what Resha had grasped in the present.
It was to raise their skill level in their Primary Nature to such an extent that it reaches Mystic Grade, following which it elevates them to the Mystic Grade. In Wally's case, his control over Subtle Terrain Domination should reach a level where he could control the grey sand freely.
Similarly, using Internal Inertial Gravity, Resha had to keep creating biomes in his body that would eventually reach a level where it could be considered a world. Basically, the moment he could contain a massive biome on the level of a world in him, it satisfies the condition of having lived in two different worlds-Sumatra, and the biome in his body.
Resha had achieved that, controlling himself right at the cusp to ensure he would evolve right as needed. This was to harness Brangara's insanity. The longer he remains insane, the worse he could wield his full power, which bought enough time for the Mystic Seven to do something about him.
The head resembled that of an Empyrean Tusk, but there were three eyes, with the third eye on the glabella. The trunk had split halfway into two, elongated further until the tip reached the ground. The tusks were...two, same as usual. However, they redefined what it meant to be Sumatra's hardest object.
Each tusk stretched forward with a slight curve, aligning the lower jaw until the chin, following which it peaked out threateningly. A portion of it could instantly be turned into a storage lantern. And unlike the storage lanterns created from the tusks of Empyrean Tusks, which had a limit of a cubic metre in volume, this has a million cubic metres in volume.
It was a sphere with a side of 100 metres, redefining storage capabilities for the entire Sumatra Continent. If the Mammoth Clan sold them, every single force would fight to purchase these storage lanterns, giving the Clan unprecedented wealth.
The demand will eternally outclass the supply. Trade will bloom across the continent on a level unlike anything. Even though the Quip Clan's Biome Bombs had a similar role, the Biome Bombs needed Prana to maintain the space within them.
Storage lanterns didn't need that. They were stable spaces, so one could eternally store items in a storage lantern and forget about it. The space within would never be affected.
These tusks were heavy, with each of them weighing ten times a regular Empyrean Tusk. And then there came the existence's body. It resembled Resha's Stage 2 Partial Transformation of Exoskeleton.
The entity looked like a human wearing the skin of an Empyrean Tusk. It was humanoid in appearance alone. The hands and legs still resembled the soles of an Empyrean Tusk, flat at the bottom.
However, the biggest difference was the exoskeleton covering it moving about like a river. Its natural state of existence was the battle state of an Empyrean Tusk. Due to its sheer size, there was weather differences across various regions of its body, using which a climate ecosystem had been developed.
There was wind, rain, drought, etc. across the body's surface. These winds generated currents across the exoskeleton, allowing the bone to flow across the surface and constantly maintain the battle state without expending any extra energy. Climate was its driving factor.
Reaching a sheer height of 8.6 kilometres, it stood at a scale beyond imagination. The weather in the Kalahatra Desert changed as the existence lifted its leg and stomped upon the Celestial Boar that barely reached its leg.
Advanced Mystic Grade Pranic Beast-Empyrean Supreme!
The Celestial Boar hurriedly activated its two Major Treasures and punched forth. But suddenly, the power of Internal Inertial Gravity funnelling into it from the Major Treasure of Empyrean Tusk vanished.
The sheer field of gravity emanated from Resha countered its power, immediately weakening the sturdiness of the Celestial Boar's body. And then, the foot slammed upon it, rupturing the
region.
Sand tsunami rippled across a quarter of the Kalahatra Desert from the single stomp, with the crest reaching as high as 80 metres consistently across the ripple's journey.
The sheer size of the Empyrean Supreme was in of itself, a threatening weapon. Adding onto it the increase in density thanks to Perfect Inertial Gravity, it had a similar destructiveness to Inala throwing a massive Attributed Region from the sky.
The absolute domain protecting the Celestial Boar cried out under the impact before shattering like a balloon. The sheer stress from its shattering was borne by the brain, which exploded in the process as the body got flattened shortly after.
However, that was it. The moment Resha lifted his foot a little, the Celestial Boar's body reformed, taking half a second to regenerate the entire body from scratch. After all, even with this attack, the Astral World wasn't even scratched.
"This is merely the start, Brangara." The Empyrean Supreme opened its mouth to bellow a shockwave that rattled the region. The exoskeleton covering its arms flowed like a whirlpool
as it raised its arms.
Empyrean 100-Royal Zinger!
Secondary Nature-Mystic Bone!
Its arms morphed into the Royal Zinger's arms with the power of Empyrean 100. Mystic Bone gathered enough bone into the construct to enlarge it into a size where the Empyrean
Supreme could wield it.
It condensed a piece of bone in its hand and then threw it with force, forming a five- kilometre-deep crater as a series of earthquakes rattled the Kalahatra Desert.
[Take Cover!]
At the border of the Kalahatra Desert were the Quip Clansmen, constantly gliding across the skies in sheer number to patrol the place. They had barricaded the entire Kalahatra Desert to ensure no external entity would barge into the place.
To ensure no external variable could arrive that can mess up his plans, Inala made three contingency measures. First was to deploy most of the Quip Clan that he was content exposing to patrol the Kalahatra Desert's border.
They would prevent other races from approaching the place. The plans were underway for many years already, with countless Homing Satellites created by the Zinger Guard, Kenzar Echo patrolling the place.
They erected forts adjacent to every single noteworthy force, using trade as a means to control the latter. The Quip Clan patrol was to ensure no stragglers manages to get in.
After all, there were simply too many dangerous Natures among the beings bordering Kalahatra Desert. If Brangara consumes them and elevates these Natures through the Life Stage, he could easily create counters for most of Inala's plans.
This wasn't limited to this region alone. Ever since the appearance of the Empyrean Boar
King, every Pranic Beast race and Free Human Kingdom with powers suitable for Astral Chart
had hidden themselves, making little to no waves. They lived in hiding for the past two
millennia.
The Brimchoirs were just one of the millions of such examples. Astral Chart was just too overpowered of an ability. Its output was only limited by the user's creativity. In the hands of Inala, it would have been a thousand times more terrifying.
In the limited time he had, Inala managed to create Astral Puncture for Barla, which was still
the strongest offensive ability on Sumatra. In terms of piercing power, it outclassed even the Royal Zinger's Attributed Region throw.
If Inala had a few decades with Astral Chart, he was confident in creating many abilities on par with Astral Puncture. He knew how dangerous it was. And Astral World was even more dangerous as compared to Astral Chart.
So, absolutely no external existence could enter Kalahatra Desert. If any were to try, the Quip
Clan will eradicate them. Not just the Quip Clan had been mobilised for this task. The fighting
strength of both the Brimgan Empire and the Mystic Humans too had been employed for the
purpose.
They were enough to guarantee that even a horde of Gold Grade Pranic Beasts will fail to breach into Kalahatra Desert.
The second contingency measure was the Major Treasure of Weapon itself. It wasn't within
Armoury. Inala had long since relocated it, sealing it inside multiples layers of Biome Bomb with a terrain of Attributed Region, ensuring the pillar of light it emits wouldn't leak out.
This way, without the allure of the Major Treasure of Weapon, no Pranic Beast will have the incentive to enter Kalahatra Desert.
The final contingency was simply a wall. It was made by the roots of Blola's Transcendent
Eater, reaching a height of two kilometres into the sky and five kilometres underground. These were the same walls that had trapped Yarsha Zahara.
So, unless it's a Deity on the level of an Empyrean Tusk or an Empyrean Snapper, it couldn't
manage to break through the wall.
Boom!
The shockwaves slammed into the wall, causing creaking sounds as the wall tremored in response. Handing on its sides were Quip Clansmen, using Zinger Shrieks to communicate
with each other.
[It's growing more intense inside!]
[Take cover!]
[Keep watch on our surroundings. Ensure no nutcase uses this chaos to sneak inside!]
There were indeed such nutcases. A Pranic Beast with a webbed feet rapidly scaled across the wall before a series of Prana Bombs slammed into it and knocked it unconscious. A string of Prana then coiled around it and three it onto the floor, causing its body to form a dull splat
from the impact.
"Honestly..." His hair fluttered as Kenzar Echo stared at the rippling sands, the fierce gales,
and the cataclysm of thunder and lightning rampaging about deeper in the Kalahatra Desert, "Even an Empyrean Tusk will be considered an ant in this fight."
"It's truly a battle among Gods!" He clasped his hands together in prayer for Inala, "Please
win! You have to!"
"Everyone's praying for you, Lord Inala!"
His eyes then widened as he noticed a figure rush towards the wall rapidly, its body a flicker,
"Intruder?"
At his command, a group of Homing Satellites jutted out of the earth, made of the same
material, intending to intercept the intruder. However, they simply splattered, following which the intruder vanished.
By the Kenzar had blinked once, the figure was standing on the wall beside him. Right as he
was about to unleash a stronger attack, the figure opened his mouth to utter, "I'm not an
enemy."
"I'm simply..." It was Wally, his expression helpless as he stared at the cataclysm, "...a spectator."
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