Boom!
There was a loud clang as Nancral stared in shock as his lava spear failed to budge any further. He was forced to look down upon the creature that stood 270 metres tall, built with Attributed Water.
However, this entity was different from the Homing Satellite—made out of Attributed Water—that Kenzar Echo had used. It seemed significantly more dangerous.
There was a sizzling sound from the lava spear as it spontaneously hardened into rock. It had lost all its heat and even then, it hadn't caused a dent in the opponent's body.
A ginormous lake's worth of water was compressed to create a single droplet of Attributed Water. Therefore, unless Zhya were to revert the Attributed Water into regular water, there would be no evaporation from the heat.
The lava spear just didn't have enough heat to vaporise a droplet of Attributed Water.
Primary Nature—Biome Nature!
It allowed the Zinger Representative to create a body using all the terrain the Royal Zinger's Gold Biome Bomb could generate. Of course, there were three special substances—Attributed Water, Bolt of Transcendence, and grey sand.
The specialised build created for the Zinger Representative's body was to have a body of Attributed Water, a grey sand stomach, and a Bolt of Transcendence nervous system. An ingenious trait of this build was that this terrain could only exist as part of the Zinger Representative's body.
If it were to spill out of the Zinger Representative's body, it'd revert to Prana, which meant Zhya could recover it by absorbing the Prana by relying on the Prana absorption characteristics of the Biome Bomb forming her body.
"I've yet to display my power," Zhya commented as she flicked her index finger, shattering the solidified spear. She didn't fear her opponent. After all, her body was merely a construct. Her actual self was the core deep in her body, which was as tough as the body of an Iron Transcendent.
It was protected by a dense cage of Bolt of Transcendence, condensed enough that it could actually destroy the arm of even the Celestial Boar. So much power had been condensed around the core to ensure that it remained unharmed.
Of course, the required resources were astronomical, even for the Quip Clan. After the Royal Zinger accumulated for the Third Major Disaster, most of the Quip Clan's resources had dried up.
They were still in the recovery process, which was why Zhya couldn't set aside too much for herself. Even then, she still prioritised reaching the peak of the Body Stage, at which point she had the confidence to handle all sorts of Quip Clan's troubles, irrespective of what they might be.
Secondary Nature—Accel Growth!
It increased the size of the Zinger Representative's body—at the peak of the Body Stage—from 180 metres to 270 metres. If the Zinger Representative simply wanted to increase her Spirit Weapon range, there were better alternatives out there.
However, Accel Growth was synonymous with Biome Nature's functions, allowing the Zinger Representative to quickly build their body using the characteristics of their grey sand stomach. It allowed the Zinger Representative to grow quickly while remaining in control, also stabilising the body once the Life Stage stack came into play.
Attributed Water was already in its most compressed state, so it couldn't be compressed further. Grey sand was a mineral, and beyond a certain limit, its structure might collapse upon itself. Therefore, when the stack happened, the one getting reinforced was the Bolt of Transcendence nervous system while the rest were simply added to the same body.
At the 10-Life Stage, Zhya's Pranic Beast form would reach a size of 2700 metres. She only had one body and couldn't switch between them, since all the mass forming her ten bodies were combined into a singular whole.
Accel Growth allowed for the exponential mass increase of the Zinger Representative's body through the Life Stage. After all, the volume of the Zinger Representative's body at the 10-Life Stage was way higher than the volume of its body at the peak of the Body Stage multiplied by ten times.
Boom!
Nancral created a hammer out of earth and slammed it on Zhya, grunting upon seeing the latter not budge in the slightest at the impact. "Damn it!"
Seeing the futilety of his attacks, Nancral moved his long neck in the sky, using which he covered Zhya's body within his Spirit Weapon range.
Primary Nature—Subtle Terrain Domination!
"Your weakness is that you have a body that's no different from a terrain." Nancral roared, "As an Empyrean Snapper, I dominate all terrain…"
His words got stuck in his throat beyond that point, failing to understand what was happening anymore. 'I'm using it! I'm USING MY POWER!'
He had cranked up Subtle Terrain Domination to its limit, including the boost achieved through his Secondary Nature. However, despite everything, he was unable to control the Attributed Water forming Zhya's body, 'It makes no sense!'
He turned around and stared at Kenzar's Homing Satellite that was still being controlled by the Empyrean Snappers, 'That was easy. Even if I was alone, I'm confident in controlling it in a matter of seconds!'
"Is it hard to understand?" Zhya raised her head and stared at the face of Nancral who was looking down on her from hundreds of metres up in the sky. She raised her leg that rapidly fattened up while the rest of her body slightly thinned up in response.
The overall mass and volume of her body remained the same as she brought her fattened leg downward, the sheer momentum behind the stomp fractured the earth into a million pieces. The rumbling caused shockwaves to spill out, making large blocks of fractured earth fly out.
Her leg reverted to its normal size as Zhya lashed out with her hand that flattened out like a tennis racket, sending the fractured earth pieces flying at Nancral.
Nancral defended himself by controlling a layer of wind as a shield. However, it was overwhelmed by the sheer number of earth blocks slammed into him, with each packing dangerous levels of momentum, even for him.
Soon, many of them slammed into his body and sent him tumbling back. The injuries healed quickly as the earth morphed to prop him up. With an incensed expression, Nancral bellowed in realisation, "How do you have Subtle Terrain Domination?"
"It's Perfect Biome Domination," Zhya's body glowed golden from the light emitted by her Bolt of Transcendence nervous system, the intensity behind its glows showing how much Prana she was harnessing through her body. "But in essence, they're the same."
In terms of the speed at which one could accumulate their Prana at a body part, the Zinger Representative outclassed every existence on Sumatra, including the Royal Zinger, the Deity it served.
Even the Celestial Boar had a limit to how much Prana it could circulate through its body without overwhelming its Spirit Container. It took time to gather Prana before it could unleash an attack.
However, that limit simply didn't exist for the Zinger Representative that moved Prana through its Bolt of Transcendence nervous system. Heck, if necessary, a portion of the nervous system could supply Prana.
Two million units of the Royal Zinger's Mystic Grade Prana were necessary to condense a Bolt of Transcendence. The Zinger Representative was only at the Gold Grade. Therefore, the sheer amount of Prana at her disposal was tremendous.
Zhya didn't have a full bolt. Only at the 10-Life Stage, at the peak of her development, would her nervous system be composed of one Bolt of Transcendence. But even a tenth of it was still a shocking sum of Prana, not to mention the rest of her body being an even greater reserve.
A Zinger Representative used its Prana to generate the terrain forming its body. So, its entire body was a Prana battery for her. She was already powerful from the get-go, but to attain a perfect build, she had been building her Bolt of Transcendence nervous system in a certain fashion.
Tertiary Nature—Prana Stitch!
Using it, she created a certain circuit in order to birth a familiar power. The Royal Zinger's Perfect Biome Domination was birthed from Subtle Terrain Domination, Wittral's Subtle Terrain Domination at that, sourced from his heart.
Zhya's heart was Inala's original heart. And thanks to it, she already had the necessary information in her genetic makeup. From then on, she simply had to understand how Subtle Terrain Domination had been changed into Perfect Biome Domination, and use the power of Prana Stitch to emulate the same effects.
She focused on correcting the circuit based on her insight and memories, until eventually, it unleashed the power she wanted. From then on, Zhya only maintained Perfect Biome Domination, using Prana Stitch's power solely to keep it active.
And then, by relying on the properties of her Bolt of Transcendence nervous system, she gradually destroyed and refined her core, delicately targeting it until Prana Stitch was wholly filled with the influence of the Nature of Perfect Biome Domination.
Upon reaching that point, her Tertiary Nature changed.
Tertiary Nature—Perfect Biome Domination!
With it, she reached her ideal build, happy to be rid of Prana Stitch since it didn't suit the Zinger Representative's build all that well. Rather, Inala gave it to her as a means through which she could attain Perfect Biome Domination.
And now that she attained it, the respective information was imprinted in the Royal Zinger genes part of her, making it possible for future generations of Zinger Representatives to attain Perfect Biome Domination.
The path had been laid. Moreover, Zhya had accomplished it well in advance, exactly two years since the end of the Third Major Disaster. Even Inala hadn't expected her to be that fast, but as someone born the perfect Empyrean Snapper with talent on par with Resha, it was just a matter of time.
The higher the amount of Royal Zinger genes accumulating in her, the more Zhya's mind became like Inala's. As a result, she achieved her objective at breakneck speeds.
"Say," Zhya calmly observed Nancral's fluster and asked, "Where do you rank among the Empyrean Snappers?"
"Why do you ask?" Nancral glared in response.
"You see, the stronger ones were at the Dralh Sea." Zhya shrugged, "The 1st Empyrean Snapper's Subtle Terrain Domination was the strongest. Of course, based on our records, there were some generations of 1st Empyrean Snappers who were stronger."
"With your control capability…" She trailed off as she stared at Nancral with disdain, "You're probably not even ranked in the top one hundred of the current group, not to mention when the ones who died at the Dralh Sea are included. If we're comparing the history of the Cooter Clan,"
She commented, "You'll be ranked in the rear end of the three digits or even in early four digits."
"Are you mocking me?" Nancral stomped the ground as the earth moved up his body and compressed itself into a thin, robust armour. Metals were separated from it and gathered into the hand in the shape of a spear while lightning danced across the sky and surged into the spear.
"I'm giving you a reality check," Zhya raised her voice, eyeing the rest of the Empyrean Snappers to announce, "And I…when I was an Empyrean Snapper, was touted to be the strongest of our kind."
Even when young, Wittral could control grey sand, even if barely. Had he matured and put in some effort, he could have controlled the grey sand without issues, which was pretty much the requirement to enter the Mystic Grade.
"I still retain every ounce of my capabilities." Zhya patted her stomach as her body turned jet-black. Her feet morphed a little to give her the initial push necessary to charge forth.
Her heavy body broke into a sprint like an Iron Grade Pranic Beast, showing no signs of being weighed down by the weight of her body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Followed by a casual leap, the Zinger Representative punched once, shattering all the defensive arrangements of Nancral and caused a massive dent in his chest. The impact was so strong his body was sent crashing into the group of Empyrean Snappers.
"None of you are individually close to the 1st Empyrean Snapper in terms of power. So, you'll never best me in a one-on-one battle." Zhya roared, "So, be obedient and return to the Cooter Clan."
"You make a point," The old man at the lead muttered as he watched Nancral revert to human form, "Even the strongest here only used to be the 38th Empyrean Snapper."
"Individually, we cannot match you, Wittral, even if you've changed races, as long as you wield a power similar to Subtle Terrain Domination." As he spoke, the space around them sparked as they combined their strength, "But combined, we can easily destroy you."
"Is that so?" Zhya snorted as suddenly, her three Natures began to synchronise, "Then I'll give you a reality check."