Chapter 467 Please, Stop! I Beg You!
The influence of a Minor Treasure could only be unleashed through Prana. Therefore, to influence Virala's being, Prana was constantly seeping into his body from the golden giant's stomach. And it was being unleashed by twelve Minor Treasures.
These twelve Minor Treasures weren't the limit of the Brimgan Empire's stash. After all, Brandal Brimgan alone had fused with eight Minor Treasures. Adding onto powerful branch families of the Brimgan Royalty that had a Minor Treasure or two, their total number would be way higher.
But the twelve Minor Treasures had been selectively placed in the eye sockets of the golden giant, because their synchronised perfectly with the Major Treasure's influence and generated an effect capable of extracting information from the minds of anyone placed in it.
Virala observed that Brandal Brimgan hovered in the air and didn't set foot on the floor of the golden giant's stomach. He had stabbed a Spirit Weapon into the cavern's ceiling outside and hovered in the air through psychokinesis alone.
Considering his strength, carrying his weight through psychokinesis wasn't an issue. But the fact that he refrained from coming into contact with the region spoke volumes of the place.
'Some genius Emperor had made this arrangement in the past and that's being followed blindly by future Emperors to take advantage of.' Virala thought of the Brimgan Emperor that was said to be on par with a Mystic Tentacle. 'He might be the one that made this arrangement. Now that I am aware of Sumatra Gold, I can understand his strength. He managed to integrated at least one piece of Sumatra Gold into his Human Avatar.'
But the problem with this situation was that Virala wasn't an ordinary individual. He had means that could be unleashed beyond a Cultivation Technique or a Nature.
Dance of Annihilation!
He had four of them dwelling in his mind space, subservient to his will. With a thought from him, the four information clusters in the form of Empyrean Tusks made a move and stored all valuable information in their bellies.
This way, the information being extracted wouldn't be too detrimental to his plans. This was just the first step of the process.
The Dance of Annihilation too was able to influence others through waves of Prana. He wasn't targeting anyone at the moment though and was just using it to protect himself.
That generally was impossible, as the thoughts of the individual in contact with the golden giant's stomach would continue to be extracted. But, if someone with a Gold Grade mind was prepared, they could constantly generate enough thoughts to maintain a balance with the speed of extraction.
This way, the information being extracted by the tornado would only be useless stuff, exactly what Virala was doing now.
With an Empyrean Tusk's mind, following the initial fluster, Virala was able to quickly gather his beings and adapt to the situation. Without the four Empyrean Tusks, it would have taken him a few months to do so. And by then, he would have lost a good chunk of sensitive information.
But in either case, it was impossible for his mind to be extracted completely by the influence of the region. It was understandable since he had an Empyrean Tusk's mind. Every other creature, including Gold Grade Pranic Beasts were unable to endure long enough for their minds to adapt.
By then, they became vegetative, having all their information extracted already. As a result, the Brimgan Empire Royals had a misconception.
Though they had Gold Grade strength, their minds were vastly inferior as compared to Virala's. And due to the small size, a Brimgan Royalty had to be at the 4-Life Stage for his stacked mind to be on par with a Gold Grade Pranic Beast's.
Theoretically, someone like the Fentan City Lord could barely last long enough to adapt to the region. His mind would almost be reduced to a vegetative state. Even if he survives, he would have lost majority of his life's memories, reduced into an amnesiac patient unable to use his abilities anymore.
No longer having the memories of his past, he would be rendered useless. But Brandal Brimgan could very well take full advantage of the place without losing much memories.
Unfortunately, someone of his level was the Brimgan Empire's Emperor. And such existences never took a seat in the golden giant's stomach. As a result, the true function of the golden giant was never found out.
'I don't know if that was their intended purpose or not. But to me, it's a place to grow beyond limits.' Thinking as such, Virala absorbed more influence of the golden giant into himself and allowed it to influence his being.
With the Empyrean Tusks moving about in his mind, the tornado was kept in check, allowing him to focus on absorbing the Major Treasure's influence and observe his body being terraformed similar to a region getting influenced by a Major Treasure.
"Aaaah! Please, stop! I beg you! STOP!" Virala continued to scream to ensure Brandal Brimgan didn't suspect anything.