Shock! Absolute Shock!
Brangara's expression was as if it had been freezeframed, gaping in disbelief upon seeing a 10-centimetre-wide hole appear in his Astral World on one side and an almost half- centimetre-wide hole on the opposite.
Barla's latest Astral Puncture had become so powerful that it pierced Astral World on one side and emerged out of the other. Even though it expended all its power in the process, the sheer extent of damage was incomprehensible.
Even the first hole formed in Astral World was only pin-sized and had been achieved by Astral Puncture that had consumed a Bolt of Transcendence. Even if it had been unleashed a second time, Brangara was confident in withstanding it.
After all, it barely managed to poke a small hole before getting used up. However, the current one had created a gaping hole. And as it travelled through the Astral World, it had pierced through the bodies of 6 Tangible Natures of Empyrean Snappers.
Thankfully, they could recover from the wounds, even though that would take them days to do so, unless they sever the entire damaged region and regenerate it anew from scratch.
Tangible Nature-Prison Bomb!
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Quip Guardian threw a sphere through the hole in the Astral World that sucked in the ivory sand as it entered. It expanded to its maximum size within Astral World and layered the ivory sand on all the Tangible Natures caught within it.
Unfortunately, it had targeted an Empyrean Snapper, so the Prison Bomb couldn't deal with anyone else. Sprouting strings of Prana, the Prison Bomb raced across the Empyrean Snapper's body while covering the latter with a layer of ivory sand.
The Empyrean Snapper would soon break out of it, but that didn't matter. Its purpose too was to serve as a distraction, forcing Brangara to focus on the events in his Astral World, which left him vulnerable to the upcoming attack.
Through the hole opened by Barla through her Astral Puncture flew in a bone serpent, its every particle a storage lantern with a cubic metre in volume. Boul Brimgan's Spirit Weapons had returned to interfere with Brangara's senses, forcing the latter into a defensive state.
Since Astral World was in a vulnerable state, he switched it to a pristine one, right as the bone serpent made contact with his body.
Prime Skill-Gravity Bomb!
It was something Inala created in the Dralh Sea during the Dralh Sea Minor Crisis. He had obviously transferred the Skill to Resha, which had been elevated into a Prime Skill thanks to Resha's State of Harmony.
The space within every particle of ivory sand was compressed to the brim with air. And as it came into contact with Brangara's body, all the particles in contact exploded, creating millions of miniature explosions that were powerful enough to grind through Brangara's body.
State of Unity-Unlimited Predator!
Brangara spammed the ability and used Counterbalance to harness all its power into the bone serpent. However, it was a mineral, and hence, Unlimited Predator's effectiveness was somewhat diminished.
That wasn't all. Every single particle was a Gravity Bomb, resulting in minor explosions that individually weren't even powerful enough to harm Brangara's skin in human form. But when millions were set off in a small space, their combined might was overwhelming.
The first bone serpent targeted the head the second targeted the chest, the third targeted the abdomen, and the final one reached Astral World. Of course, these systematic bombardments weren't enough to damage Astral World.
However, as always, the main attacker was Barla, who consciously followed up with the seventh Astral Puncture. It consumed the fourth bone serpent and slammed into Astral World, rhythmically bombarding it millions of times every second until Astral World cracked and revealed a small hole.
This wasn't as powerful individually as Boul Brimgan's destructive cone, so Astral Puncture was consumed by the time the hole was formed. But that was enough, as spontaneously, the remaining three bone serpents shrunk themselves and rushed into the hole, invading Astral World.
"Stop them!" The Major Treasure of Subtle Terrain Domination bellowed as it assumed Pranic Beast form and used its head like a whip to slam into the bone serpent. Subtle Terrain Domination faced the rhythmic explosions until it was overwhelmed soon enough.
A Tangible Nature of Empyrean Tusk had assumed its battle state to influence the bone forming the bone serpents, turning them a tad slower as it rammed into them, severing a portion.
The Minor Treasures of Eddy Blade quickly revved and scaled up the boundary of the Astral World and closed in on the hole. Prana surged out of them and formed into a 180-metre-long blade of Prana. However, right as they were about to sever the bone serpents at the entry point, their bodies stopped.
It wasn't them alone, but every Tangible Nature within the Astral World was in the same state. After all, rolling out of one of the severed pieces of the bone serpent in the Astral World was a stomach that expanded and shattered, revealing the figure of Resha.
He had sent one of his bodies inside using the attack, "Surprise, fuckers!"
State of Harmony-Mystic Bone Art!
Prime Skill-Prana Submission!
It was a Skill Resha used at the Varahan Empire to suppress the Prana of all the Boar Kings into their Spirit Containers through an application of External Inertial Gravity along their bloodstream. Now, he had elevated it to the level of a Prime Skill thanks to his State of
Harmony.
A powerful field of gravity pushed every single Tangible Nature away from him planting some
of them on the walls of Astral World. The moment he appeared, the entirety of Astral World's power was concentrated on him, rapidly digesting him, 'I don't have long. Let's finish it by
then!'
He grunted and targeted the Empyrean Tusks, which were the easiest once their Internal Inertial Gravity was overwhelmed by his Perfect Inertial Gravity. With Internal Inertial Gravity countered, the bones of the Empyrean Tusks began to collapse upon themselves, which he hastened by applying external pressure.
Normally, even with Internal Inertial Gravity switched off, the Prana of Empyrean Tusks would be able to assist in maintaining their heavy bodies for a while. But now, the Prime Skill of Prana Submission forced the Prana to retreat into their Spirit Containers.
That wasn't all, Resha also destabilised the biomes of the seven Empyrean Tusks, causing the space in them to conflict with the space of the Astral World. Unlike regular Empyrean Tusks, the biomes of the ones in the Astral World were empty organs.
Now, Resha's actions caused them to become biomes, which resulted in the two spaces conflicting with each other and caused the latter's explosion.
Boom!
The seven Tangible Natures of Empyrean Tusks had died just like that, immediately impacting Brangara's density.
Resha then focused his attention on the Major Treasure of Empyrean Tusk, grunting in annoyance upon seeing the latter being guarded by a group of Empyrean Snappers, 'I'll be fully digested by the time I go through the blockade.'
'Then,' He immediately changed targets and used External Inertial Gravity to leap towards the densest cluster of Tangible Natures, "This is a gift from the Mammoth Clan!"
As he roared, all the Prana surged into his stomach and formed a biome, following which he caused it to explode, intending to deal the most amount of damage as possible to Brangara's preparations, "Cherish it!"
Kaboom!
"Aargh!" Brangara roared as he switched to a new Astral World and blocked the entry of the
bone serpents. He felt weaker than usual as the damage done within Astral World was
devastating to the Tangible Natures.
Minor Treasure-Gracious Inheritor!
The Quip Guardian had been sneak attacked by Brangara right as Resha's attack struck him.
And now, it stared blankly as Brangara hurriedly entered its mouth and hid within, using it as
a shield for the time being.
Moving through its throat, he observed the state of things in Astral World, his expression paling at the loss and reddening in anger moments later, frequently switching between the
two. The disastrous losses were as follows:
Tangible Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity x7!
Tangible Nature-Subtle Terrain Domination x2!
Minor Treasure-Mud Ball! Minor Treasure-Prana Shock x8!
Minor Treasure-Eddy Blade x6!
Minor Treasure-Bio-Synthesis x2! Minor Treasure-Shredded Lunge x5! Minor Treasure-Satellite x2!
Minor Treasure-Rocky Intimidation!
Even though they were Gold Grade, the regular Tangible Natures were still a bearable loss,
since they would vanish anyway once Brangara stops supplying them Prana. However, the loss of the Minor Treasure felt like he had been brutally punched in the gut.
He had lost a total of 25 Minor Treasures, and the worst loss among them all was the Silver
Grade Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Rocky Intimidation. It wasn't easy elevating this into a Minor Treasure.
However, at the last moment, it had assumed its Rockatrice form and used all its hands to
protect the smaller Minor Treasures. Without its sacrifice, Brangara's losses would have been
even higher. "Damn you...damn you..."
"RESHA!"
He was already dealing with uncontrollable levels of hatred and Resha just topped up the list.
'But if I go them simultaneously is pretty taxing. And my daughter's attacks are the worst to face.'
now, I'll be ganged up once again. Even though I'm strong, dealing with all of
Prana surged into his Spirit Container as clusters of data churned in his mind space, forcefully
calming him down. It hadn't even been a second since he entered the Quip Guardian's mouth and sealed it shut.
His brain was operating at full capacity as he analysed, 'Thankfully, my two Major Treasures
are intact. That's good enough. And I have two Minor Treasures of Satellites remaining. I can
make do with that.'
'Five Astral Worlds have already sustained damage, I cannot take these risks anymore. Dammit, only the damage it sustained to kill Virala was worth it.' Brangara tapped his head as his body began to voraciously consume the Quip Guardian's blood.
The latter had already been exhausted to the limit by Brangara's two Minor Treasures of Whip Exhaustion. And banking upon the Quip Guardian's inexperience, Brangara targeted it right as
he was getting attacked, which served as the perfect window to slip Gracious Inheritor into his
opponent's body.
They were in physical contact anyway, so it was damn easy to do so.
As he absorbed the Quip Guardian's blood through Bloody Affection, Brangara gained
information regarding Inala's conversation with the Quip Guardian, 'A disposable pawn created out of my body.'
'So, my Astral World has been turned into the Major Treasure of Turnip.' Brangara patted his
chin with increasing frequencies as he grabbed a few Tangible Natures from the Minor Treasure of Gracious Inheritor and filled up the empty slots of Astral World.
Tangible Nature-Statue x4!
This allowed him to hide better within the Quip Guardian's throat. Moreover, Brangara
brought out a Tangible Nature of Decaleech and fused into its body, using its natural camouflage capabilities to become indetectable.
He quickly finished absorbing all of the Quip Guardian's blood and then retracted the two
Minor Treasures of Whip Exhaustion binding it. Following that, he waited in silence, sensing
Boul Brimgan's Spirit Weapons drill into the withered corpse of the Quip Guardian, 'I am going about this wrongly.'
"I am a living Major Treasure." He muttered and stared upwards, letting out a rotten sigh, "I
might be the strongest dumbass in Sumatra's history."
"My strongest state combined with the two Major Treasures allow me infinite combinations. I
literally don't need anything else all that much." Exhaling softly, he watched as Unlimited Predator covered his body.
But unlike before when it was an armour, it gradually expanded in size until it appeared no different from the Celestial Boar. However, it remained the Unlimited Predator.
'First, I need to take out their spear!' Bursting out of the Quip Guardian's corpse, Brangara
stared at the figure of Barla standing atop a flight of bone stairs, preparing another attack,
"Let me attack you with something for a change..."
State of Unity-Unlimited Predator!
The Unlimited Predator Celestial Boar clenched its fist, reeled back, and punched forth,
sending a pillar of light at Barla, rapidly melting through the latter's skin in the fraction of a
second, "How is it, my daughter?"
"The pillar of light of a living Major Treasure is different from a dead Major Treasure!"