Kalahatra Desert!
Irrespective of where one lived on Sumatra, anyone that stared up at the sky was able to see a thin line of lightning descending onto the Continent from the Transcendent Worlds. The distance between the Transcendent Worlds and Sumatra Continent meant this was possible.
Of course, those situated extremely far away, like those in the Manu Enclave didn't notice it. At most, the Gold Grade existence there felt a streak in the sky, and by the time they lifted their heads, there was nothing in the sky anymore.
A cyclone, swirling about with rampant wind currents had covered the skies of the Kalahatra Desert, a result brought about by the Bolts of Transcendence vaporising every Attributed Region Slabs they came in contact with.
The maze created by Inala was no more. Ginormous pits of lava covered the region, bubbling with heat and smoke. The fumes they released was absorbed into the cyclone, bringing about an acidic rain.
At certain places, thin stalks of what once used to be the Transcendent Eater sprawled across the wasteland, burning up. The cause of the disaster hadn't survived, since it was at the 8-Life Stage when it had attempted to become a Transcendent.
Had that been its original cultivation, then it had a chance in becoming a Transcendent. However, the Transcendent Eater had ten bodies on Sumatra, nine for Blola and the remaining was the other Blola.
In such a case, only if all ten bodies had attempted the process would they have had a shot at reaching the Transcendence Stage. But of course, they were already aware, which was why it had been attempted, since the purpose was to damage Brangara.
At a certain section of the Kalahatra Desert, lying sprawled within a lava lake with a dazed gaze was Brangara, wondering how he had fallen into traps innumerous times and why he couldn't be ready against them in advance, no matter how much he had prepared.
'This is beyond my wildest expectations.' The thought resounded in his mind as Brangara was unable to get up for the time being. His body was a charred mess, with the destructive power of the Bolts of Transcendence still lingering on him, preventing him from recovering for the time being.
All his bodies were in the same state, but that wasn't an issue. Prana was steadily being accumulated in him, as new cells were being created. So, it was just a matter of time before he recovers. However, the biggest shock was his current state of being.
7-Life Stage!
The sheer scale and concentration of the Bolts of Transcendence had resulted in his death twice. It meant they managed to destroy the near indestructible Astral World twice. And upon losing two bodies, his Astral World was still ridiculously tough, but it wasn't as indestructible anymore.
At the current level, Astral Puncture was capable of puncturing through it on its own. But that wasn't all. Even though Brangara managed to protect the Major and Minor Treasures in his Astral World, that was all that he had managed.
He had constantly switched his bodies to spread the damage from the Bolts of Transcendence. And even then, two Astral Worlds had been destroyed. The destroyed ones were from the five damaged Astral Worlds. Brangara had spread most of the damage on them as he wanted the undamaged ones to remain as pristine as possible.
'I need to eat something.' He thought and groaned as he got up. Pieces of flesh from his back fell off, disintegrating once they fell into the lava. Slowly, new muscles began to appear. 'I need highly nutritious food, especially that of an Empyrean Tusk.'
He was at the 7-Life Stage. The cells built by his Astral World couldn't be used to progress through the Life Stage, as it was only enough for Prana generation. Once his physical state recovers, he could gather enough Prana and condense the eighth Spirit Container.
However, that would be a newborn body. It would need to reach maturity before Astral World harmonises with the stack and boosts his State of Unity. And to reach maturity, the fastest method would be to consume an Empyrean Tusk.
As an Expert Mystic Grade Pranic Beast, no Gold Grade Pranic Beast could give him the necessary growth other than an Empyrean Tusk or Empyrean Snapper. Slowly, he turned his head and looked around through the billowing smoke, 'Where are those guys? If I manage to consume Resha, I can swiftly reach maturity for my eighth body. He's currently at the 2-Life Stage. That should be enough.'
At a location a kilometre away from Brangara was a lake covered by dense mist. There were barely any remains of the Attributed Region Cage. Even after taking such measures to guard themselves, they were still unable to avoid taking damage.
"Urgh!" A groaning voice resounded amidst a pool of bone mist as a biome rolled forward and shattered, revealing Resha's actual figure. He was currently at the peak of the Body Stage, 'What happened?'
Sweat covered his forehead as he looked around with unfocused eyes for a few seconds before clarity returned to him. Eyes widening, he looked around in a hurry and shouted, "Are you guys alive?"
"...Barely," Came Boul Brimgan's voice as a golden Human Avatar walked towards Resha's position, wobbling from time to time.
"You..." Resha stared at the extent of damage sustained by Boul Brimgan and asked in a hurry, "Can you fight?"
"Obviously!" Boul Brimgan snorted as the cracks on his Human Avatar began to mend itself slowly. A wave of Rirenal smoke flew into him as his form began to stabilise. Boul Brimgan had died twice, currently at the 8-Life Stage.
Only his Human Avatar had taken damage, which could be healed through Mystic Kinesis Art. Moreover, he had enough Rirenal to rebuild his ninth body right as he mended the damage in his current stack. "We need to move, now!"
"Brangara is in an extremely weakened state!" Saying so, Boul Brimgan stumbled a bit before he began to run. Theoretically, they could have relied upon the Major Treasure of Flight being operated by a Biome Bomb to move to safety and return.
However, it could only teleport to a location where the target was in a state of flight. To ensure Brangara couldn't escape to safety, Blola had made the entire Kalahatra Desert the
target.
Thereby, a Biome Bomb with the mechanism to assume flight would have to be thrown from the border. With the Royal Zinger still out of commission, Resha was their next best bet. But even if he were to throw it with all his power, the projectile would take at least an hour or two to reach the current spot.
By then, Brangara would have made a complete recovery. And he could destroy the Biome Bomb in advance, before the Major Treasure of Flight could bring them there.
Therefore, they had to stay in the vicinity and jump out right after to combat a weakened
Brangara. With that intention in mind, Boul Brimgan and Resha began to sprint. Their Prana reserves were only what was left in their body. The Biome Bombs stored in the Attributed Region Cage was destroyed.
Even the Homing Satellites were destroyed completely. Only small pieces were left and the lingering power of the Bolts of Transcendence was vaporising them, causing the dense mist.
"What about the rest?" Resha asked as Boul Brimgan expanded his senses in response.
"Damaged, but alive." Boul Brimgan commented as he watched Barla and Yahard Tusk burst out of the dense mist and join them. Barla had lost one life and had dropped to the 9-Life Stage while Yahard Tusk hadn't lost any lives at all, still maintaining his 8-Life Stage cultivation.
The were less than a kilometre away from Brangara, so the latter sensed them the moment they began to move.
"These fuckers are still alive?" Brangara clicked his tongue as he turned tail to run, 'I need to
buy time...'
"Shit!" Suddenly, chains jutted out of the ground and blocked his path. Rutham Spirit
Weapons slammed into him, containing enough power to harm his damaged flesh. Brangara groaned and punched forth, using a combination of Internal Inertial Gravity and Subtle Terrain Domination to shatter through the chains and rush forth, "Get lost!"
"I'm afraid I cannot!" Grehha's voice resounded as bone mist burst out of the ground in a series of geysers, rapidly recovering the ivory sand of the region.
That wasn't all. Suddenly, a wave of Prana washed over him and affected the terrain. Every flowing lava, billowing smoke, flowing layers of dense mist, and boiling lakes across the region was affected, beginning to rapidly transform into ivory sand.
Secondary Nature-Thought Condensation!
Yahard Tusk had assumed his Pranic Beast form to terraform the damaged terrain into the
ivory sand of before, giving an advantage to both Resha and Grehha.
Prana surged through his body and stabilised, following which his Primary Nature took centre
stage while the other two harmonised with it.
Primary Nature-Prana Solidification!
Secondary Nature-Thought Condensation!
Tertiary Nature-Daily Checkpoint!
A sea of Prana condensed around him and solidified into an energy skeleton. Within a second,
it became a 100-metre-tall humanoid with hair resembling tentacles, numbering in the thousands. The Prana giant groaned once and touched Boul Brimgan, "Let me assist you."
There was a whirr as a powerful presence burst out the Prana giant, following which its substance morphed, turning into Rirenal. Thought Condensation had taken effect. And then, the spine of the entity burst out and stabbed into the ground, forming a totem pole. With it,
Daily Checkpoint too had taken effect.
State of Harmony-Infinite Divine Soldier!
With the totem pole as the centre, a circle spanning a radius of 1440 metres formed around it,
becoming a region where the Infinite Divine Soldier could move about. Here, it was capable of spawning endlessly, for an entire day.
Every time it was killed, it used up a Daily Checkpoint's worth of usage. If the number of
revivals reach the number of days remaining in Yahard Tusk's lifespan, it would dissipate, following which he too would die.
Infinite Divine Soldier was the ability of all Mystic Tentacles that had reached this point upon starting their life as a Silver Empyrean Tentacle. Upon achieving it, Yahard Tusk focused on the mineral of Rirenal, which was a necessity for the situation.
If it was killed, he could revive it using a different mineral. The Infinite Divine Soldier's Prana
body only needs to come in contact with the respective mineral for Thought Condensation to create the same. And in this region, that was never an issue, thanks to the presence of
Armoury.
Brangara had just broken through the chains when even more appeared. He couldn't even detect where Armoury was, but only sense a mass of psychokinesis across the region.
"Shit!" He clicked his tongue upon seeing the group of enemies charge at him. A fraction of a
second later, the Infinite Divine Soldier had rushed before him, condensing a sword of Rirenal to hack down upon him.