The Varahan Challenge gathered a large number of Free Humans and Wean Clansmen in one area and riled them up in the fight since the stakes were too high.
The presence they leaked was enough to strengthen the Empyrean Boar Aurora created by the two combatants—Narkahamy and KalTara.
Following that, the resulting fight between the two revealed countless ingenious ways to use their build in a battle. As they clashed, the spiking presence they released further reinforced the Empyrean Boar Aurora.
As a State of Harmony user, Narkahamy understood the Varahan Empire's flaws. He created every Blessed influence active in the Empire. This made him central to the Empire's future. And the moment he dies, the Varahan Empire would lose most of its strength that allowed it to contend against the Wean Clansmen who had significantly greater privileges, born with Gold Grade strength and possessing a maturity of eight years.
Problem originated from the fact that Free Humans were reliant on Vara produced by someone or the other to cultivate. Fundamentally, this prevented their minds to be in perfect sync with the Vara built into their Human Avatars, since they had faint traces of the source's mind.
Even for the Free Humans with the Tertiary Nature of Vara Accum, due to their Secondary Nature being gained from consuming Wean Clansmen, they could never attain a State of Harmony.
In essence, their Secondary Nature was something they were graciously accepting from the Wean Clansmen they consumed. And by repeating this many times, they accepted the influence into their Vara Human Avatars to result in the Secondary Nature of Voracious Nature.
This was the principal reason behind why none of them reached a State of Unity. As for Narkahamy, through his sheer understanding, he made the Natures he obtained as his own. Moreover, he obtained Voracious Nature from YoriBuntara, someone who had been trauma-adapted to be extremely subservient to his will.
Therefore, her Voracious Nature too reflected this fact and hence remained submissive to Narkahamy's will. That was why only he could attain a State of Harmony.
Hence, Narkahamy concocted a plan, one where he would turn himself into a blueprint. Every cultivation technique generated some influence upon usage. He simply modified it in such a way that the resulting influence consisted of his entire build.
And to cement it further, Narkahamy took advantage of KalTara. When the duo clashed, he harmonised himself to KalTara's Prana signature, waiting for the perfect opportunity for his Blessed Influence of Narkahamy to take effect.
Even if KalTara hadn't stolen Narkahamy's Human Avatar, the latter had planned enough to cause a similar result.
First, Narkahamy riled up the crowd and began influencing the Empyrean Boar Aurora that had formed in the sky. Second, he harmonised his Prana signature to KalTara by taking advantage of situations where KalTara stole his Blessed Influences.
Third, he used KalTara as a whetstone to govern the direction of the Empyrean Boar Aurora's change. Fourth, once the Empyrean Boar Aurora changed, the passive suppression effect it produced began to influence all the Vara Human Avatars, making the Free Humans more perceptive to all the changes happening at the place.
Fourth, he displayed to everyone that Free Humans could unleash terrifying levels of strength through a small bunch of Iron Grade Natures, enough to fight on equal grounds with a Boar King that was empowered with the infamous Astral Chart. He was fighting on par with a Boar King with the same build that every Gold Grade Free Humans at the Varahan Empire possessed, also implying that a regular Wean Clansman wasn't their match.
Fifth, after KalTara stole his Human Avatars, Narkahamy used five of the former's bodies as fuel to absorb all their nutrients, Prana, and obviously the influences generated by their Natures.
The core of the Empyrean Boar Aurora above the Empyrean Colosseum was created by Narkahamy and KalTara. By absorbing KalTara's presence, Narkahamy now had complete control over the aurora, which he capitalised.
Sixth, the Narkahamy Vara Human Avatars absorbed the aurora and stabilised. As they were Human Avatars, they were full of Narkahamy's Prana, which was why they could temporarily move about and even talk.
Consuming KalTara's five bodies strengthened the Voracious Nature of the Narkahamy Human Avatar to the limit. And throughout the process, the State of Harmony was being maintained. Once it was ready, the Narkahamy Human Avatar consumed its human counterpart, inheriting everything.
And finally, the seventh step was when the Blessed Influence of Narkahamy was completed, condensed, and transmitted through a Bolt of Transcendence.
Narkahamy died as a result, but he resulted in the birth of a new version of Gold Inheritance Art that any Free Human could learn. And the moment they do, they'll get the Tertiary Nature of Vara Accum, allowing them to make Spirit Weapons and Information Slips through the Vara growing from their nails.
And when they reach the Body Stage, they gained Silver Grade strength. This was monumental and would go down in Sumatra's history as one of the most important anchors that rewrote the fate of Free Humans.
After all, thanks to Gold Inheritance Art, every Free Human could now obtain Silver Grade strength without issues, irrespective of where on Sumatra they lived. Basically, the Free Human Race was wholly upgraded to Silver Grade, making them the strongest race on Sumatra.
With Vara Accum, as long as they were talented enough, put in the effort and worked hard, they would obtain Gold Grade strength. As long as they used Gold Inheritance Art, the Narkahamy Aurora would appear and give them insights, allowing them to slowly tread on Narkahamy's path until they reached the endpoint.
At this stage, they had peak Gold Grade strength, allowing them to fight a Boar King.
Narkahamy's actions instantly elevated Gold Inheritance Art to one of the most developed cultivation techniques, bringing it to the same stage that Gold Kinesis Art stood at before it was upgraded to the Mystic Grade.
And that was his intention, which was why he issued the Varahan Challenge.
"As long as this cultivation technique exists, our Race of Free Humans would never have to suffer as our ancestors did." Mesupoh roared as his presence spiked, "And look! Thanks to the insights I gained from this fight and His Royal Majesty's aurora, I reached a State of Harmony!"
"And we all can reach this level!" As he said so, Mesupoh glared at the Wean Clansmen with a ravenous expression, "The Wean Clansmen cannot reach a State of Harmony. His Majesty has clearly pointed it out."
The Wean Clan's build couldn't be harmonised to reach a State of Harmony. Narkahamy showed this fact, giving confidence to the Free Humans.
Through the usage of Astral Chart, a Boar King could attain a State of Harmony, but it wasn't a natural one. It consumed a tremendous amount of Prana and wasted the ten Natures that unleashed the effect.
This was unlike the Free Humans who could unleash their State of Harmony without prep time, since it was unleashed through their innate Natures.
Most of all, Astral Chart was only available to the Boar King. There was only one Boar King with the Wean Clan at the moment, and even KalTara's State of Harmony wasn't invincible.
Narkahamy had pointed out all its flaws in their fight before his Human Avatar was stolen. As long as two or more Free Humans with a State of Harmony fought against KalTara, they would win.
The Free Humans would eventually have an excess number of Blessed Influence wielders, able to gang up on the Wean Clan's Boar Kings.
"Kill…!" KalTara muttered as he observed the Free Human side getting riled up in absolute excitement, "Kill them all…"
A future where he was being besieged by multiple State of Harmony users; KalTara pictured it for a moment and roared his command, "Slaughter them all."
"Don't let them leave this place!"
Astral Chart—Shredded Lunge x10!
His figure promptly vanished as KalTara made a beeline towards the closest Free Human who had attained a State of Harmony, 'There are eight of them now. Before they get used to it, I'll kill them all!'
Blessed Influence—Ring Blade!
The targeted Free Human activated the Blessed Influence granted to him by Narkahamy and retaliated. He grunted and used Shredded Lunge to barely evade upon seeing his Ring Blade getting absorbed into KalTara's tusk.
"Is this how I do it?" The Free Human gasped for a moment as he fired off two more Shredded Lunge before his demeanour changed.
Blessed Influence—Manoeuvre!
His speed spiked as his Prana usage too reduced, allowing him to fire off the ability without losing his Natures. He had just succeeded in using it when a stacked wind blade cut through his midriff.
"Just because you have Blessed Influence doesn't make you Narkahamy." KalTara uttered as his figure flickered all over the stands, engaging in a scuffle with the Free Human before a series of wind blades locked onto the other party.
He had given chase in such a way while delaying the wind blades that when they appeared, they surrounded the Free Human.
"Just…when I reached this level…" Even after the Free Human transformed into an Empyrean Boar, he was still hacked into pieces.
"One down, seven more to go…" KalTara muttered as his figure flashed back a couple metres, watching a blade of Prana slash into the ground. The presence of the Free Humans and the Wean Clansmen resonated with the Prana forming the Empyrean Colosseum, causing another Empyrean Boar Aurora to form in the sky.
Created from Brangara's Prana and refined by Inala, the Empyrean Boar Colosseum made it easy for the aurora to appear. That was the intention behind its creation. In the Empyrean Colosseum, those related to the power of an Empyrean Boar were empowered while the rest became weaker.
"If it's a war you seek, I'll be at the forefront to deliver it!" Mesupoh roared as he threw a couple Wean Clansmen heads towards KalTara. Held in his hand was a blade of Prana two metres long, with a slight resemblance to a whip, capable of elongating and contracting as necessary, his signature ability specifically created by Narkahamy for his use.
Blessed Influence—Enhanced Eddy!
The Narkahamy Aurora manifested behind Mesupoh as the latter paused for a moment. His presence then spiked a level further.
Blessed Influence—Astral Stack!
Blessed Influence—Mesupoh!
"Now, even if you steal it, I can steal it back the moment you activate it." He uttered and got into a battle stance, bellowing at KalTara, "Come at me, pig!"
"I'll butcher you like the rest of your kind!"
"Ah, I was always searching for your head on the battlefield." KalTara snorted as he stuffed the severed corpse of the Free Human he had just killed. As he crunched it, his cultivation entered the 6-Life Stage, "Now, I'll be able to exact revenge for my fallen brethren."
"Kill the humans!"
"Don't let anyone escape!" The Wean Clansmen roared as they assumed Empyrean Boar forms and rushed towards the exit. Some of them climbed over the walls and chased after the Free Humans who had fled outside.
The battle-hardened Free Humans spontaneously joined hands and retaliated, causing a bloodbath on both sides.
Clang!
Right as the Pranic Beasts hesitated on what to do, a metallic sound resounded as they lost their senses.
Krieeee!
Suddenly, the Grim Knell that was responsible for destroying the senses of all Pranic Beasts in the area screamed in pain as blood spurted out of its body like a geyser. It then noticed a shadow and lifted its head to see two, terrifying Pranic Beasts standing before it.
These two Pranic Beasts had lost most senses, except for their Prana detection means. However, they didn't care about it and instead bore down on the Grim Knell.
"It's a war." The Panger, Loya uttered as it punched the Grim Knell a few times until the latter was knocked unconscious. It then stared at the Brully standing next to it and asked, "Even though I protected our Prana detection means, we're still under the Grim Knell's effects. I'm afraid we won't recover our senses until all our Prana gets consumed."
"I'm sure it latched many entities on us, so there's a chance we'll be within the Spirit Weapon range of at least one entity whose Prana is being consumed to remove our senses." It concluded.
"Is that a worry?" Inala chuckled, "We do have that, right?"
"You're right." Loya chuckled as its Prana values rapidly plummeted.
Mystic Sumatra Art—Race Elixir!
The duo quickly created an Elixir by consuming all their Prana. Once their Prana values reached zero, they recovered their senses. By then, they had already knocked all the Death Knells unconscious, as the other side was already bleeding out the moment their ability touched Loya's Shield of Thorns.
"Down it goes!" Inala consumed the Elixir and felt his Prana values steadily recover. He quickly observed the Empyrean Colosseum, 'It's chaos.'
'Everyone's participating.' He frowned upon seeing that even the Mystic Humans and the Brimgan Royals had entered the mix, taking advantage of the chaos to reap benefits.
Inala didn't worry about it, as he already benefitted tremendously thanks to Narkahamy's actions. He didn't even need to spend time at the Varahan Empire and could instead begin heading to the Brimgan Empire, 'But first…'
"I'll leave it to you to protect the rest of the Librarians," Inala said and broke into a sprint, quickly focusing on the Free Human youth who seemed to be fleeing in fright. But when observed with focus, one would notice a few existences from the surroundings strangely disappearing.
And amidst the chaos, some Nature Weapons were rolling to the feet of this youth who picked them up and stuffed them in his mouth. 'That's indeed her!'
With that, Inala charged towards his target.