As a group of Pranic Beasts surrounded the Parute Tree, a carnivorous mouth jutted out of it suddenly and gobbled one of them. Startled, the Pranic Beasts intended to flee when multiple carnivorous mouths appeared and devoured them all.
Not a single Pranic Beast among the group survived. As he returned to his human form, Blola continued to scout the place to ensure he killed all Pranic Beasts that had converged upon his Parute Tree form.
His body was covered by blood, but he didn't care about that for the time being. Instead, he transformed his leg into a root and made it coil on the ground. Following that, by elongating the root, he hovered high in the air, like a king cobra, and peered afar, noticing a faint dot moving rapidly towards the Brimgan Empire's entrance.
It was a Free Human refuge in the Nature slot of who hid Virala. Blola kept watch over the Free Human until he managed to enter the Brimgan Empire, "Fucking bastard."
His root reverted into his leg as Blola landed on the ground and cursed, "It's a mess trying to collaborate with this guy."
Blola wanted the Major Treasure of Pet and hence collaborated with Virala. But the problem with this collab was the fact that the Major Treasure of Attribute appeared. And once Virala obtains it, he has no incentive to help Blola anymore.
As he wasn't that great with schemes, Blola thought that maybe he could get Virala to help him through a cooperation of mutual benefit. But the moment they started to cooperate, Virala did nothing but take advantage of him.
While he was stuck in Virala's stomach biome, a large volume of soil continued to pile into the stomach biome, meant to feed enough nutrients for Blola to create Parute Fruits. When borne, the Parute Fruits were poured into the stomach biome, from where Virala absorbed it to further his development.
Using the Boar King as an excuse, Virala made full use of Blola's abilities, all while keeping the latter in the dark. Stuck in the stomach biome, Blola was unable to know what was happening outside. He didn't even have the means to communicate with Virala.
Unfortunately for him, no matter how stressed he was in such an environment, he couldn't break free. After all, he was within the stomach biome, where the effects of Internal Inertial Gravity were maximum. As long as Virala destroys the space, he could use the rupture to shrink Blola into a grain.
He had that advantage on his side, which was why Blola was unable to resist. Only after getting placed in the stomach biome did Blola understand that he had fallen for a trap. Whether or not the Boar King truly was on their tail was not verified.
Virala casually spent time at the Guna Caves farming for Bludders, Ewworms, and Shifting Ants. He should have taken priority to arrive at the Brimgan Empire. After all, Blola was unable to develop while stuck in his stomach biome.
But now that he thought about it, that was on purpose. Due to Virala's actions, Blola was unable to develop for three years, stuck creating Parute Fruits like a regular Parute Tree. He couldn't experience different situations and grow through battles, think of anything new, and worst of all, learn any information.
His development was halted for three years, only to make him weak enough for Virala to harvest the power of after obtaining the Major Treasure of Attribute.
Blola cursed himself upon realising the truth, "Virala is not something that could be allied with."
"What did I expect?" He sighed, understanding that he was a greater idiot than he had realised. "If given the choice, Virala will consume all Major Treasures."
"But gaining Attribute, his advantage would only grow to gather the remaining Major Treasures with greater ease. That's his true intention." Now that he had a complete understanding of the situation, Blola could no longer sit still.
'I'll simply act like I haven't figured out anything and meet with Virala once a year. In the meantime,' His figure bolted through the wilds, intending to train himself by facing the Pranic Beasts there. only by risking himself would he be able to bridge the gap, 'The current Virala is too powerful.'
"But worst of all is Inala," He felt a chill upon thinking of the latter, "Five Natures? How the fuck is that possible? He's no longer bound by common sense."
Unfortunately for him, the only piece of information he got regarding Inala was the fact that the latter had five Natures. As to what they were, their names, how he got them, nothing was available to Blola.
"If only I gained complete control of this power." He cursed his helplessness. As long as he manages to completely dominate the power of the Transcendent Eater, not only will he reach the 10-Life Stage, but he'll also have complete access to the data of all Mystic Path holders.
From Resha to Viral, the details of all would be available at his fingertips. It would make him the strongest. After all, he was able to control them.
Currently, Orakha and Yennda were under his control. Of course, he wasn't capable enough to exercise control over them due to his lacking strength, but they were still under his control.
And once he fully gains dominance over his power, he'll be able to fully control the two Mystic Path holders that he had revived. 'Either Resha and Virala will be the best or I could have Virala and Inala. That too is a powerful combo.'
By controlling two absurd characters and having them at his disposal, Blola would be unkillable. The Boar King? Sure, send Resha to fight him. Resha died? No worries. Revive him and send him to fight the Boar King once again.
Blola would take refuge at some godforsaken location and spam as many Reshas as necessary until the Boar King was dead. Considering his current strength, at the endgame, Resha would be a walking terror.
Thereby, to face such a Resha, the Boar King would have no other choice but to use Internal Inertial Gravity. Spam enough Reshas on the Boar King and it was just a matter of time before the Boar King ended up using all his stored Internal Inertial Gravity and other Gold Grade Natures.
He'll be an easier opponent following that. And then, it was just a matter of wearing him out. As long as Blola filled his second revival slot with either Virala or Inala for strategic purposes, then killing the Boar King wasn't unrealistic.
'To do that, I need to be bolder.' Blola hardened himself, 'I already killed Resha's parents. Why am I hesitating further? I should just use everything at my disposal to grow stronger.'
He came to a halt and stared in the direction of the Brimgan Empire, grinning, "Say, aren't they a major Free Human civilisation that has existed longer than the Mammoth Clan? Then,"
He grinned, "Won't they have a bunch of Minor Treasures?"
"That too is a way to grow stronger." Laughing in response, Blola began to make preparations, "The Royal Family wouldn't be able to hold back if they notice the presence of a Parute King Tree, right?"
"Especially one that can be transplanted." Thinking as such, he observed a large boulder that spanned a size of forty metres, "This is perfect."
Immediately in response, he landed on it and took root, taking form as a Parute King Tree. A few seconds later, Parute King Fruits began to form on its branches, gaining the attention of powerful Pranic Beasts in the region.
Even Gold Grade Pranic Beasts began to make a move, "Now, come! Fight for me!"