"Urgh!" Standing next to the Royal Zinger's immobile body was Blola, currently at the peak of the Body Stage since he had used the remaining eight to summon the cataclysm of Bolts of
Transcendence.
The ten Minor Treasures of Kinesis Felines were carrying the Royal Zinger's body while a large group of Biome Bombs hopped all over its body. The one fuelling these Kinesis Felines was Blola.
When they were sent here, Boul Brimgan fused the ten Minor Treasures into Blola's body. After all, he knew he would take a blow in the cataclysm, and following that, wouldn't be able to use his State of Harmony.
After all, to unleash it, according to the build of a Brimgan Royal, it was necessary to be at the 10-Life Stage. Hence, Boul Brimgan temporarily lent them to Blola, so that they could harness his Prana to keep fighting.
Once the job was done, the Kinesis Felines would either return to Boul Brimgan or, if he was dead, head towards the Brimgan Empire.
"How much longer do we have to wait?" Blola asked in a fluster as he stared at the Biome Bombs, 'It's almost 20 minutes. They should have been ready by now.'
At a thought from him, Parute Trees popped across the region to get a better view of the situation while his face was pale, 'Barla was killed?'
"Dammit!" The moment the Parute Trees witnessed Brangara's Vara Spirit Weapon in action, Blola grunted and surged Prana through the ten Kinesis Felines who gathered the sum in their mouths and blasted forth a destructive beam each.
Goong!
The ten beams were fired with impeccable accuracy as they targeted Brangara without a miss in aim. However, the moment they entered his Spirit Weapon range, the beam suddenly swerved around and slammed into Resha, sending him skidding back.
"How...?" Blola was stunned by Brangara's increase in expertise in Subtle Terrain Dominance. "No, that's not it. He has currently fused with the Tangible Nature of Empyrean Snapper!"
'Shit! What now? If I get closer, he'll recover faster by consuming me.' His eyes darted between the ten Kinesis Felines and four Spirit Puppets, 'The former is useless while the latter cannot be used by me. Shit!'
His only choice was to revive Barla. However, that took time. And even after she was revived, he had to revive the other 100 existences that Barla had to consume and equip onto her Astral Chart. It would take a while to finish the preparations, time that he didn't have the luxury of.
"Dammit, what am I supposed to do now..." His words came to a halt as Blola turned around and noticed the figure of Pet standing beside the Royal Zinger. And strangely enough, the eyes of the Royal Zinger shot open, as if it had never been incapacitated in the first place.
"You...weren't compromised all along?" His face twitched before brimming with a mix of anger and desperation, "Why the fuck didn't you participate in the battle if you were alright all along?"
"We had to verify something," Pet said sullenly and stared at the eyes of the Royal Zinger calmly focused on his expression, "It's as we had feared."
"I see..." Tears involuntarily streamed out of the Royal Zinger's eyes.
"Wha...?" Blola found himself unable to move as suddenly, seven Minor Treasures of Statue had fused into his body. It had all transpired in an instant, before he could even react. The Minor Treasure of Gracious Inheritor fused with his body as Blola was unable to protect himself anymore.
A few seconds later, a Parute Tree appeared nearby as the new Blola walked out of it, his brows scrunching as he stopped right beyond Blola's Spirit Weapon range, "What's happening now?"
"Take all his data, especially of Barla's." The Royal Zinger commanded, "You have ten seconds to finish it."
"I can do it in two," The new Blola uttered and stepped into the Spirit Weapon range, grunting in pain as a large volume of data was extracted out of Blola and plunged into his database. Right upon finishing it, he stumbled out of the Spirit Weapon range and lay on the ground with blank eyes.
Prana circulated through his body and gradually healed his mind, allowing the new Blola to gasp and recover, "H-How long was I out?"
"Twenty seconds," Pet commented and waved his hand, "You need to leave Kalahatra Desert now. Avoid being hit by Unlimited Predator. Also, once you've reached safety, revive Barla and make her unleash Astral Puncture upon herself a few hundred times at the very least."
"Why should I...do that?" The new Blola was confused, "Please tell me the reason. After all, my intention to make a move on Blola was only after Brangara was killed."
"Come and find me at my Dungeon later," Pet said as the Royal Zinger hit the new Blola with a Tangible Piezo Slip, informing him of the route to Grehha's Dungeon.
"Also," The Royal Zinger lifted its finger as a Bolt of Transcendence entered the new Blola's mind, causing him to grunt in shock.
"How is that possible?" The new Blola expressed his fluster, "That data was a part of my database. How could you target it?"
"The Transcendent Eater is one of the bodies I have extensively researched." The Royal Zinger muttered casually, "Those are unnecessary risks, so I've gotten rid of them."
Mammoth Clansman Inala, Mammoth Clansman Virala; the new Blola was capable of reviving these two. That posed a significant risk and hence, the Royal Zinger destroyed that possibility. It then casually eyed the new Blola, its gaze causing the latter to tremble subconsciously and then waved its hand, making a motion implying the new Blola to shoo off.
[Leave!]
Hearing the Royal Zinger's words, the new Blola's body withered and collapsed while a row of Parute Trees formed, one per every 20-30 kilometres as he hurried out of the Kalahatra Desert.
"Is everything done?" The Royal Zinger asked Pet once the new Blola had left. It reverted to human form as Inala got up from his spot. Faint sparks flickered across his forehead as he had fully recovered.
"Yes," Pet nodded and took out a Spirit Weapon in the shape of a stomach, "I have extracted Spirit Weapons from everyone here, including the Celestial Boar. And then..."
He patted his stomach, "The psychokinesis forming Armoury is in here. There's only a trace amount left there, and Harrala is controlling it."
"Alright," Inala nodded softly, "Keep a watch on Blola to ensure he doesn't recover. Once everything is done, I'll be counting on you to recover all the Minor Treasures and give them to the respective parties."
"You can count on me." Pet nodded and extended its hand for a shake, "It was my pleasure to
call you my friend."
"Likewise," Inala nodded as the Biome Bomb containing the Major Treasure of Flight appeared next to him. He fused with the Major Treasure and disappeared.
In the sky high above the Kalahatra Desert was an orb. It was constantly in a state of flight, camouflaged within a small cloud barely a few metres wide. Inala appeared next to it and took out the Major Treasure of Flight, "Thank you for assisting me all along. After you bring my kit, return to the Quip Clan's custody and wait for my successor."
The Major Treasure of Flight vanished immediately as Inala's body began to free fall. He activated his three Natures as he eyed the surface, his eyes turning red upon witnessing the faces of Resha, Boul Brimgan, and Yahard Tusk fighting against Brangara, 'I'm sorry.'
'You placed your trust in me, but I never placed mine on you.' He let out a soft sigh as his figure continued to accelerate. For a moment, his mind thought of Grehha, 'At least, before I vanished for good, I confided everything to at least one person. He's the only guy I was honest
towards.'
"This is the end of a stressful life." He said as the Major Treasure of Flight appeared behind him, carrying a total of 168 orbs. For a moment, it accompanied him, saddened by his
departure. And then, letting out a soft hum, it vanished.
168 Bolts of Transcendence!
Slowly, they began to enter his body and Inala almost fainted from the pain, "Haaaaahhhh...
I've barely begun and it already makes me want to give up..."
"I can flee...even now...maybe for a decade...or two...I can explore Sumatra before I'm devoured..." His expression turned desperate as his lips quivered, "I...I don't need to do this, right? I can still travel..."
'Man, this is pathetic.' He let out a chuckle, 'A dead man never despairs.'
'Besides, everyone that followed your plan is dead, so don't back out at the last minute.'
Irrespective of the plan, if Brangara wasn't killed, he would only return stronger. So, even if the wait was grudging, Inala had to be patient until Brangara had been weakened to the extent his State of Unity could get the job done.
Slowly, the 168 Bolts of Transcendence began to fuse into him as a suffocating power bubbled
within him, 'This is my life's last act!'
Slowly, a small pillar of light began to form in the sky, too high up for anyone to notice as it descended slowly.
Meanwhile, things in the Kalahatra Desert had entered a desperate spree. Both sides gave their everything in the fight. However, the scales had clearly tipped in Brangara's favour.
State of Harmony-Astral Puncture!
The Vara Sumatra Gold appeared before him and unleashed Astral Puncture, cleanly killing Boul Brimgan to lose a life. The Vara Sumatra Gold had the power of Blessed Inheritance elevated to the Mystic Grade, allowing it to selectively retain one Nature from the Spirit Container it absorbs.
It was pretty much Voracious Nature but with selective target capabilities, effective even on targets with more than one Nature. It targeted Barla's Astral Chart, absorbing it along with all the Natures stored in it, using which Brangara could unleash Astral Puncture.
Of course, the conditions for using this were extremely strict. It had to be fired constantly. Prana had o be accum ated in it at Brangara's maximum capacity, following which it ha be fired. If the pace lagged for even an instant, it would be considered as deactivating it, which would cause Astral Chart to vanish from the Vara Sumatra Gold.
Therefore, he was forced to rely on it, since it resulted in a guaranteed death of the target. Consuming Barla's body allowed Brangara to recover fully. His eighth body had almost reached maturity as his Astral World was showing signs of regaining its passive.
However, his enemies weren't sitting still either. Their relentless attacks had begun to
damage the sixth Astral World, ensuring that even if he were to regain his passive Unlimited Predator protection, it would still be incomparably weaker than before.
State of Harmony-Astral Puncture!
Brangara killed the Infinite Divine Soldier, targeting in such a way some of Astral Puncture's
power reached Resha.
State of Harmony-Mystic Bone Art!
Weapons of bone flew out of the ivory sand as Resha engaged in close combat with Brangara,
being blasted with Unlimited Predator multiple times. His body began to collapse, but the ivory sand merged into it and rebuilt the damage.
Astral Puncture hit him and destroyed his upper body. However, his actual body was hiding in
one of the biomes situated in the lower body, thereby allowing him to survive. An instant after his upper body was destroyed, Resha had rebuilt it and resumed fighting.
"You're relentless!" Brangara screamed as the crack on his sixth Astral World worsened.
"You're dying today, Brangara!" Resha roared and condensed a hammer to swing with weight akin to a dozen mountain ranges combined. It cracked the Unlimited Predator Shield, following which he turned it into a spear and pierced through the cracks in the shield. Fluidly, The converted it into a sword and hacked into Brangara's neck, severing it.
Another head popped up right after, but Boul Brimgan's Spirit Weapon and the Infinite Diving
Soldier took the opportunity to thrust their attacks at Brangara's stomach, slightly increasing
the cracks on Astral World.
State of Unity-Unlimited Predator!
Brangara wrapped the entire region in Unlimited Predator, causing Boul Brimgan's Spirit
Weapons to lose their power.
Unlimited Predator-Mould!
The pillar of light targeted Boul Brimgan. When he evaded, numerous more pillars appeared.
In his Kinesis Deity form, Boul Brimgan barely managed to avoid the pillars until suddenly,
his legs had melted, forcing him to stumble onto the ground.
Major Treasure-Subtle Terrain Domination!
It had finally begun to influence his legs since his Prana reserves had gotten alarmingly low.
Right as his legs were restricted, the pillar of light slammed into him.
Tangible Nature—Empyrean Snapper!
With a flick of his wrist, Brangara threw a Tangible Nature at Boul Brimgan that fused into the
latter's body upon contact. From within, it used Subtle Terrain Domination to cause his body to melt. And then, appearing before him was Brangara, Vara Sumatra Gold poised straight at
his Spirit Container.
'I did everything in my power, Inala. The final stretch relies on you to complete.' Aware that he was bound to die, Boul Brimgan harnessed all his remaining strength into a chakram and sent it flying straight at Brangara, 'I'll damage your sixth Astral World to the limit!'
The Spirit Weapon struck the Astral World and cut into a tenth of it. However, the expected attack didn't arrive. In shock, Boul Brimgan watched as Brangara had unleashed Astral Puncture into the ground. There was silence for a moment before a painful scream resounded.
"No!" Immediately in response, a terrified shout resounded from the Infinite Divine Soldier
as Yennda rushed out, 'That makes no sense! Why is she here?'
"Stop! Please!" Ignoring his cries, Brangara fused his body into a Shifting Ant and jumped
into the hole he had created, behaving a tad strangely.
Mystic Royal Art-Universal Slip! Mystic Royal Art-Tangible Piezo Slip!
All the information collected by the Biome Bombs through the skill of Piezo Resonance was
ready. It slammed into the Unlimited Predator dome and created faint fluctuations of sound,
following which all the information appeared in Brangara's mind.
However, unlike the first attempt that turned him mad, this triggered his sense of hunger and
reasoning to an irrational extent. No one knew the cause, including Resha, who only figured it out a tad late through his Spectral Eyes Minor Treasure.
He tried to pull Brangara back, but his External Inertial Gravity was somewhat negated by the latter's Drifting Tunnel. And by fully exerting the weight of his Astral World, Brangara continued to fall deeper through the ivory sands of the Kalahatra Desert before falling into a
sand vortex.
There, holding a Biome Bomb in her hand was Harrala, seated like a statue, long since prepared. The instant his feet landed on the ivory sand within the vortex, his sense of hunger
spiked. His feet lunged forward and assumed Celestial Boar form, mouth wide, smoothly swallowing Harrala.
The space expansion from his transformation sent the sand spilling upward, revealing the scene of him swallowing Harrala, and ten patting his stomach, "That hit the spot."
She was at the 4-Life Stage, and swallowing her was the final amount necessary to mature his
eighth body, causing Astral World to be protected by a passive Unlimited Predator once again. Right as it happened, he recovered, a moment later in realisation, 'What had I done?'
'It's like I was forced to eat her!' He hurriedly patted his stomach, wondering if he had been infected from the inside. Just then, a rage-induced scream from Yennda resounded.
"Whyyyy...!" Yennda screamed, his words cut off as a pillar of light slammed into him and destroyed him.
"He's almost done for." Brangara eyed Boul Brimgan and then stared at Resha and Yahard Tusk, "That leaves the two of you. Now that I've regained my passive, it's game over."
Far away from the Unlimited Predator dome on Kalahatra Desert, Blola's figure stood like a statue. Suddenly, a wart formed on his forehead. Upon seeing that, Pet promptly extracted the seven Minor Treasures of Statue and the Minor Treasure of Gracious Inheritor.
He fused them into the bodies of eight Bone Vipers he had prepared just for the occasion,
veiled himself in bone mist and plunged deep into the Kalahatra Desert, intending to flee as
far from the place as possible.
"Argh!" Blola screamed as pain erupted from him. His Primary Nature was flaring up, out of
his control as warts covered his body, growing in size rapidly as suddenly, a hand brutally
burst out of his chest, "W-what is this? What's happening?"
AARGH!
At the same time, watching from the border of the Kalahatra Desert was the Zinger Guard,
Kenzar Echo. He poised his head to gaze into the sky, watching a pillar of light slowly grow in size as a powerful presence erupted, felt by every Gold Grade existence on Sumatra Continent.
"Everyone..." His voice choked as he roared in sadness, bowing in departure, "Bid farewell to our Deity!"
Kuakkk!
Every single Quip Clansman manning the border screamed in sadness as they all prostrated on
the wall, watching the pillar of light descend from the sky, vanishing for an instant before covering the skies of the entire Kalahatra Desert. It was the final act of their Deity, exhibiting the pinnacle of power achievable on Sumatra.
State of Unity-Four Steps To Nullity!
The pillar of light condensed and blasted unlimited Predator, creating an aurora spectacle
that drowned out every sensory means across the region.
"Haah..." At a faraway ivory sand dune lay sprawled Resha, his body cracking for reasons
unbeknownst to him. Emerging out of the sand was Pet, his expression sad.
"Seems you know what's happening to me, based on your expression," Resha uttered as he
lifted his crumbling hand, smiling wryly upon seeing it melt into a sludge.
"I am aware," Tears streamed out of his eyes as Pet kneeled before Resha, silently sobbing.
"If Blola were to consume and revive me..." Resha stopped speaking and let out a sigh, "Is
Blola in the same state?"
"Everyone who had come into enough contact with Unlimited Predator is done for, including
Blola." Pet found it hard to speak, unable to lift his head and make eye contact with Resha out of guilt, "I'm sorry."
"I don't blame you." Resha let out a pained smile, "I was prepared to die the day I returned to
the past. What I'm afraid of is different."
"Yes," Pet bowed his head even lower, "Inala will finish Brangara. Please rest in peace,"
"Resha."
Volume 6: Weapon Collector-The End!