Orakha melted the ground and turned it into lava, intending to create a path of escape for Blola, failing to understand the fact that the body of the Boar King fighting everyone only intended to save Yarsha Zahara.
Following that, he was ready to kill himself. After all, his existence would only cause an implosion to the body of the other Boar King who was within the Attributed Region. Moreover, the Boar King was aware of the existence of the Transcendent Eater.
He had no idea about this in Sumatra Chronicles. And the fact that he learnt of this information was recent was never revealed, for he had been camping at the Gaja Enclave whenever he returned from a ruin's exploration.
In a war of information, even the slightest lack of knowledge results in faulty preparation. Anyone could make this mistake. And now, Orakha had done the same. The problem here was the consequences of his mistake.
As toxic fumes covered the region, the Boar King activated Rocky Intimidation and erected a mountain over the hole that Blola had jumped into, effectively sealing up the region.
Boul Brimgan and the rest were cut off from the Boar King, unable to target him for the moment. Geugeu unleashed rain to dissolve the toxic fumes and result in acidic rain. It ended up clearing the region, revealing the massive mountain before them.
"Tch!" Geugeu grunted in anger as the mountain pulsed with power, suppressing his physique and Prana. Even he felt sluggish, unable to fight at peak capacity. He reverted to human form and landed on the ship Boul Brimgan had created, panting a little, "What now?"
"We'll proceed," Boul Brimgan said and poured Prana into a giant golden feline that gathered the Prana into its mouth and unleashed a beam of energy, rapidly beginning to drill through the mountain. Sweat covered his forehead as he stopped after two seconds, gasping, "It's ridiculously tough."
"It'll take me at least a minute or two to drill all the way through." He said and stared at Boul Brimgan, "What about you?"
"I need a longer time," Geugeu grunted as Prana surged into the wound on his stomach and began to rapidly heal it. He switched to a healthier body and commented, "My Spirit Weapon form has sustained damage."
"Dammit!" Boul Brimgan then turned around to see the Raid Team panting profusely, downing Elixirs in large numbers in an effort to recover their strength as quickly as possible. It was thanks to them tanking the Boar King's artillery strike span that millions of lives had been saved.
Otherwise, an even greater region of the Southern Veins would have been decimated.
"Brother, all my refined Spirit Weapons have been destroyed." Bronsk Brimgan sighed, "Regular Spirit Weapons can barely tank a volley from the Boar King's artillery strike."
"Dammit," He cursed in anger, "If not for that creature, we could have killed him long ago. What exactly was it?"
"I'm not sure," Boul Brimgan frowned in anger as he glared in the direction of Orakha, observing that the latter had drilled into the ground to make his escape, "Only one way to find out."
'This bastard's presence is the same as the one near the Golden Giant. He must be behind father's disappearance.' Thinking as such, Boul Brimgan retracted all his golden felines. Upon downing a large container full of Elixir, he condensed a hoverboard and sped towards the hole Orakha had dug out, "Follow me once you've recovered."
"Alright," Geugeu nodded along with the rest as he turned in the direction of the Cooter Clan's approach, 'It might take them at least a day more to arrive. There's not much I alone can do.'
His eyes widened in shock for an instant as his pupils contracted, "Impossible! This presence…"
His words alerted Bronsk Brimgan and the Raid Team, causing them to assume battle positions, looking around in shock but failing to figure out the cause for his shock.
In the meantime, Orakha was frantically digging through the ground using his Mystic Eaters, 'Shit! I ended up creating the perfect opportunity for my enemies! I'm a fucking idiot!'
He had sped at his fastest, managing to drill a hundred metres into the ground before barging into the tunnel created by Gannala, only to see that he was late. "Blola!"
Blola had already assumed his Transcendent Eater form by now and had used all his strength. But Yarsha Zahara was prepared as she emptied all the abilities stored in a Minor Treasure of Lunchbox, using Geugeu's lightning attacks to stun the Transcendent Eater's branches protecting its two fruits.
'Shit! Shit! Shit!' Orakha launched a Mystic Eater towards Yarsha, unable to target her fast enough since speed wasn't his thing. Moreover, his Mystic Eater had to stop abruptly when a kite-shaped Spirit Weapon appeared before it.
He despaired as he observed the faces of Yennda and Grehha within the translucent fruits hanging from the Transcendent Eater's branch. Yennda's eyelids fluttered and shot open, reaching the final stage of his revival. In a few more seconds, he could break out of the fruit and walk out.
Having been revived so many times, Yennda was used to the revival process, able to regain consciousness well before he was fully revived. This was the one field he was focusing on for growth, so it made sense.
To revive as quickly as possible and consume minimal resources to do so, Yennda was only at the Iron Grade. Initially, it took Blola a day to revive him. But now, having had enough practice, he only needed a few hours.
His eyes craned to the side and observed the determined face of Yarsha Zahara rapidly approaching him, too late to evade. His eyes then shot to the opposite side, observing the fruit reviving Grehha, 'No, he must not fall under her control. At least him.'
'He knows too much about the Mammoth Clan!' Yennda hurriedly activated all three of his Natures and touched the inner walls of the fruit that had enveloped him, seeping a powerful disease through it.
The disease rapidly spread out of the fruit and travelled through the branch of the Transcendent Eater, intending to enter the branch carrying Grehha's fruit. As long as it manages to enter his fruit before Yarsha Zahara touches it, Grehha will be successfully infected.
It would still take time for his revival. The most Yarsha Zahara could do after gaining control of him is to place the fruit in her Minor Treasure of Lunchbox. As long as the infection affects Grehha before that, it would begin to mutate rapidly.
Even if Yarsha Zahara gains possession of the infection, that would only be true for its first variant. The successor variants would be something genetically produced by Grehha's body, not aided by a Nature. Hence, it would continue to eat away at him and destroy him.
By the time Yarsha Zahara generates enough Prana to revive him, Grehha will already be a dead man in the fruit. She would lose the opportunity. By then, the figure of Blola at the Mammoth Clan could have started another revival process for Grehha.
As long as Grehha was revived, the crisis would be averted. 'Please! Reach him!'
Yarsha Zahara touched the fruit reviving Yennda first as the latter resigned himself to his fate, observing that he was being put under her control instead of Blola. 'Go!'
He watched his infection rapidly swerve through the network of branches forming the Transcendent Eater and enter the branch in charge of carrying Grehha's fruit. It seemed Blola could feel his intentions through the database of the Transcendent Eater and hence suppressed his body's internal defence mechanism, allowing the infection to move freely at its maximum speed.
It was faster than Yarsha Zahara, about to reach Grehha first. But then, it slowed down as a powerful suppressive force slammed into them.
Astral Chart—Rocky Intimidation X12!
The walls of the cave shone with the intimidation effect, causing Prana to churn at half its usual speed for everyone in the tunnel. Their physical bodies were suppressed even further, unable to gather the strength to even move for an instant.
There was a flash of energy as a spinning Boar King rushed past the Transcendent Eater, unleashing fourteen blades of Prana that accurately severed the branches right beyond the spot where the infection was, cutting it off from reaching Grehha.
Astral Chart—Eddy Blade X7!
Astral Chart—Imprison X2!
His Spirit Container cracked in response to using seven Natures of Eddy Blade without having a strong enough rotation. He wasn't a Bludder and hence wasn't geared to spinning at such speeds. As a result, he couldn't accumulate Prana to activate seven Eddy Blades fast enough.
By forcing himself to still go ahead and successfully accumulate over two thousand Prana in the fraction of a second to unleash the effect, the generated stress cracked his Spirit Container. If he kept it active any longer, his Spirit Container would have shattered in response.
But that instant was enough as all the branches of the Transcendent Eater were shredded into pieces with that one spin.
Particles of air rapidly gathered onto the bodies of everyone in the tunnel and imprisoned them to their spots, preventing them from moving. The Clumped Finger's Nature of Imprison was perfect for the situation.
As all her targets were unable to move, Yarsha Zahara managed to reach the fruit reviving Grehha. Her Human Avatar came in contact with it and brought it under her control. An instant later, the fruit disappeared, having been stored in her Minor Treasure of Lunchbox.
She could revive Grehha in her free time later. And since the revival process was already underway, Blola couldn't revive Grehha until the fruit in her possession was destroyed.
Yarsha Zahara didn't waste time though. Right as she stored the two fruits, Prana buzzed out of her body as her figure made a beeline towards Orakha, "You've harassed me enough!"
"Now, your power is mine!"