Boom!
"Another failure!" Gannala frowned as she stared at the exploded corpse sludge before her. However, without hesitation, she cleaned up the place, gathered the sludge in a Storage Lantern, and began the process anew.
Nature Weapon—Artillery!
It was the Nature Weapon form of a Centinger. Gannala held it in her left hand and inspected it, 'Good, this one might do.'
Nature Weapon—Comet!
In her right hand was the Nature Weapon of an Enran. However, it was a Mammoth Clansman who had fused with an Enran, following which the Skill of Primary Extortion had been used to remove his Primary Nature.
Secondary Nature—Comet!
That was all he had now, which was perfect for Gannala as she turned him into a Nature Weapon. As to how she could use so many Mammoth Clansmen without issues? Once she publicised that Brangara was dead and she was the last surviving Empyrean Tusk to her settlement, they grew desperate.
Hence, they bred like crazy without any hesitation, doing the same thing without rest alongside their other tasks. The ones among them with limited talent were grouped up for Gannala's experiments.
It was from this batch that Gannala was getting her share of expendable Mammoth Clansmen.
Prime Skill—Nature Weapon Assimilation!
Equipping herself into the Nature slot of a Mudropper, Gannala used the Prime Skill to fuse the Nature of Bone-Melting Artillery into the Nature of Comet. It succeeded without much issues, as she had already experimented with the process enough and perfected the combination between the two.
However, Gannala wanted a Gold Grade Nature, which was why she used Nature Weapon Assimilation once again by bringing the Nature of Kinesis Deity into the mix. Within a minute, Prana clumped up within the Nature Weapon and exploded, destroying everything in the process.
"It's too unstable!" She sighed. She was attempting to combine the powers of a Pranic Beast, a Free Human, and a Mammoth Clansman with the power of a Pranic Beast. Even by using the grey sand's assimilation effects, these three subjects were still too diverse to bring about a cohesive result.
Currently, Gannala had three ongoing plans. First was to create Pranic Beast races with terrifying Natures and make nests of them for Mammoth Clan's use. She wanted to create Gold Grade Nature that were pretty potent, but the influence of these Natures had turned the respective Pranic Beast insane.
Their case would be similar to the Empyrean Boar race of the past, which meant managing them extremely easy. Of course, the Mammoth Clansmen would have Weaponisation as their Primary Nature. Hence, they would be storing these Pranic Beasts as Nature Weapons.
Second was to create overpowered Natures for her personal use, and make preparations for the Fourth Major Disaster where she would evolve. Gannala intended to finalise her direction and finish all preparations by then.
The third was her most ambitious project—Internal Astral Cultivator!
She had the entire manual with her, thanks to her predecessor's inheritance and her gaining everything else from the Mammoth Clan Virala who she controlled for a good period of time.
The primary ingredients were the Natures of Cultivator, Internal Inertial Gravity, Voracious Nature, and Astral Chart. Gannala already had everything other than Astral Chart in her possession.
Nature Weapon—Empyrean Boar Transformation!
By using it on Free Humans, Gannala turned them into Empyrean Boars and used them as her primary food resource, which was how she could elevate herself through the Life Stages quickly.
These Empyrean Boars didn't have a Nature, as they used to be Free Humans in the Spirit Stage who had been transformed as such. However, the longer they remained as Empyrean Boars, the stronger the body's characteristics influenced them.
And in her trip through the Kalahatra Desert, Gannala had gathered thousands of Forest Boars in the form of Nature Weapons. By feeding their flesh to the Empyrean Boars and causing the latter to cultivate using Mystic Sumatra Art, she turned the latter into genuine Pranic Beasts.
Beginner Gold Grade Pranic Beast—Empyrean Boar!
Primary Nature—Voracious Nature!
It took a decade's time to reach this point, and currently, Gannala only had three such Empyrean Boars in her arsenal. But it was just a matter of time before she had hundreds.
'The biggest problem until was the fact that Brangara was the last Pranic Beast of his race. His descendants are all Clansmen.' She thought and smiled, 'Thank goodness he's dead. Otherwise, it'll be a repeat of the events from two millennia ago.'
Once there were enough Empyrean Boars, Gannala intended to recreate Brangara's origin as the Empyrean Boar King. And this way, she'd create another Empyrean Boar King. Once this happens, she'd have Astral Chart in her possession.
And unlike the variables in the past that caused things to go awry, Gannala had no worries. First of all, she had already reached the 7-Life Stage and was about to form her eight body. With her set of Natures and accumulations, she could easily defeat a newly formed Empyrean Boar King.
That wasn't all. Just to be on the safer side, the one consuming all the Empyrean Boars would be a Mammoth Clansman who had the power of the Empyrean Boar. This way, the Empyrean Boar King would be a Mammoth Clansman.
Gannala intended to wait until the Empyrean Boar King reached the 2-Life Stage before experimenting with the second body. This way, even if things fail, she could always take a step back, process through things, and begin anew.
The biggest necessity in the birth of the Empyrean Boar King was the Bolt of Transcendence. This was the easiest part for her, as she had a Mystic Biome Bomb given to her by the Royal Zinger long ago.
Gannala had been steadily accumulating Prana in it, and was confident in accumulating a Bolt of Transcendent's worth by the time everything else was ready.
Even if her Mammoth Clansman cannot become the Empyrean Boar King, Gannala could go with her backup plan to create an Empyrean Boar King as is. With enough preparations, she had no issues.
A large number of Gold Grade Mammoth Clansman alongside her would be surrounding the Empyrean Boar King and would swarm the latter. Without any Natures in Astral Chart, the Empyrean Boar King would be captured without issues.
Gannala simply planned to use one of her Life Stage bodies for the process. With a Mystic Grade Internal Inertial Gravity, her biomes far outclassed other Empyrean Tusks in terms of size and the resources they contained. The moment she collapses their gravity field, the body would easily turn into a star.
Primary Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity!
Secondary Nature—Weaponisation!
Tertiary Nature—Cultivator!
Her secondary Nature was at the Mystic Grade while the Primary and Tertiary Nature were Gold Grade. Therefore, when her body collapses, the resulting Nature Weapon was guaranteed to remain at the Mystic Grade.
Gannala honestly didn't need Internal Astral Cultivator. With the aid of Nature Weapon Assimilation, she could simply turn her Primary Nature into Weaponisation and merge it into her Secondary Nature. There wouldn't be much changes other than a slight increase in the potency of the Secondary Nature's influence aspects.
She could then equip the Nature of her choice into the Primary Nature and collapse the respective body into a star, which was a far, far accessible process for her than to rely on a Bolt of Transcendence.
Of course, even if the resources required to gather enough mass to satisfy the need to become a star didn't seem sustainable, Gannala only needed to steal from resource-rich regions. At least, the result was guaranteed, unlike relying on a Bolt of Transcendence which could destroy everything.
Without a piece of Sumatra Gold, using the Bolt of Transcendence was an unreliable method.
Gannala didn't need to go out and seek anything else. She already had everything she needed and in excess. Mystic Grade Nature, a Major Treasure, a ginormous volume of knowledge through the Mammoth Clan inheritance, the most versatile set of Natures, and an arsenal of Nature Weapons that allow her to do whatever she pleased.
Finally, the Indigo Mystic Path with an overflowing accumulation, enough to elevate her to the Mystic Grade with absolute guarantee. If Gannala didn't have a Gold Grade Nature, there was still a chance she wouldn't enter the Mystic Grade.
But she already had one and had been extensively using it to explore the possibilities while also raising her proficiency with the other two Natures to the limit. Similar to Wally trying to enter the Mystic Grade by elevating the functions of his Primary Nature to the Mystic Grade, Gannala was also training.
Even if the Indigo Mystic Cup was half-filled, it was enough to make her reach the Mystic Grade. And now, Gannala intended to take complete advantage of the overflowing cup and become one of the strongest Mystic Grade existences to ever appear on Sumatra.
'I have a thousand times more time and resources than my Dad ever did, not to mention a guaranteed ticket to the Mystic Grade.' She chuckled, 'If I still cannot become an existence better than the Royal Zinger, I would have failed you, Dad.'
"That's not happening." She muttered and continued to experiment. Upon creating new Pranic Beasts with complex Natures, Gannala would store them in a nest and allow them to live their lives while they cultivated Mystic Sumatra Art.
By the second generation, they would have stabilised further and would be less insane. In the future, they would become a stable race, from which point, they'll become scary. And these Races would merely be Nature Weapons that the Mammoth Clansmen would wield.
Iron, Silver, and Gold, the Grade didn't matter. They'll have a stupid reserve of Nature Weapons to do whatever the fuck they want without worries.
And obviously, using her extra bodies, Gannala would create overpowered Mystic Grade Nature Weapons. Also, by relying on Internal Astral Cultivator, she would elevate extremely useful Natures such as Comet to Gold Grade at the minimum.
'The Natures upgraded by Internal Astral Cultivator isn't as comprehensive as the same Nature that had evolved to the respective Grade through time. However, it'll do to conserve vast amounts of time, resources, and endless research amidst countless variables.' Gannala laughed, "The gains far outweigh the minimal losses."
'Grehha's Mammoth Clan will probably rely on Weaponisation too.' Gannala calmed down at the end, thinking for a few hours before making a decision, "Weaponisation gives me too much advantage thanks to the current set of Nature Weapons that I have accumulated. Besides,"
She stared at the Nature Weapon of Empyrean Boar in her hand, "I can store Pranic Beasts in this fashion."
Had the Mammoth Clan from two millennia ago figured out Weaponisation, they could have turned the Empyrean Boar race into Nature Weapons. This way, they could have transported a larger number of Empyrean Boars than what they would have needed as food for the journey.
However, Mahira Tusk was afraid of the influence Weaponisation had on Empyrean Tusks and hence, that hadn't been an option back then.
But in the current time period, Gannala didn't have such worries. So, she could do whatever she wanted. Being the sole surviving Empyrean Tusk was both lonely and enriched in freedom.
She didn't have to conform to a set of ideals. Basically, she now defined an Empyrean Tusk. So, whatever she did was what an Empyrean Tusk did, supposedly to an external eye.
After a few more failures, Gannala cleaned up the place and took out a Free Human. She equipped herself into the Secondary Nature slot of the latter and sneaked into the Ganrimb Kingdom, 'Let's see if these people have come up with something interesting in the meantime.'
'Maybe it'll help me get an idea.' Whenever she hit a block, Gannala pushed the problem to her Mammoth Clansmen and sneaked into the Ganrimb Kingdom. With the assistance from both sides, she usually figured out a way.