Chapter 549 Sumatra’s In Danger
"How many Bolts of Transcendence does he plan to pull?" Mahira Tusk expressed her shock as she stared at the furball, "What are the Mystic Tentacles doing? Are they content in releasing so many Bolts of Transcendence?"
"If someone on Sumatra wishes to become a Transcendent, they are obligated to release a Bolt of Transcendence." The furball spoke and stared at a gigantic greenish Transcendent World hovering farther away. It was the source of the Bolts of Transcendence entering Sumatra Continent.
"As a Blessed Race, we're merely an extension of Sumatra Continent's will." The furball spoke, "Just as how the Mammoth Clan works in your favour, we work in Sumatra Continent's favour. The analogy isn't perfect, but you know what happens at the end of a Mystic Tentacle's life, right?"
"Has that piece of information been verified?" Mahira Tusk asked next.
"Jandl Brimgan told me. I haven't personally verified it either." The furball shook its head.
"Jandl?" Mahira Tusk swerved her head to stare in the direction of a Transcendent World with golden discs revolving around it. She sent a tusk in its direction and waited until the tip gently pierced the Transcendent World.
A few seconds later, followed by a golden flash, a humanoid entity of gold appeared before her. His expression was cold, almost emotionless, drained of all energy, appearing no different from a robot as he stared at Mahira Tusk to ask, "Are you that bored?"
"I'm not you." Mahira Tusk snorted, "I only called you to ask you about something."
"The last time I checked, you're not sufficiently stronger than me to summon me as you please." The golden man said without a hint of respect in his tone.
"What if I summoned you, Jandl?" The furball hopped up and down a couple of times to garner Jandl Brimgan's attention.
"You're...Renduldu?" Jandl Brimgan's eyes widened subtly as his tone became one of respect, "Yes, what do you want from me?"
"It's about the information you said before." The furball continued, "Do Transcendents have an endpoint in their life?"
"Yes," Jandl Brimgan nodded, "Theoretically, we have an infinite lifespan. But reality is different."
He pointed at himself, "The day we lose our will to live is the day we die."
"So, it's like that." Mahira Tusk nodded and asked, "What happens after that?"
Jandl Brimgan stared at her in silence, refusing to say anything. He treated her as if her words never entered his ears, acting oblivious to her question.
"Answer the question." A tentacle sprouted on the furball to unleash a tone of anger, prompting Jandl Brimgan to answer spontaneously.
"Are you planning to die now?" The furball asked.
"Are you mad?" Jandl Brimgan pointed his trembling index finger at Sumatra Continent, "My Brimgan Empire is about to usher in a new era. I'll be a dumbass to miss it."
Their discussion came to a halt upon seeing the Boar King's actions. Mahira Tusk couldn't sit still anymore as she unleashed a spiky mountain towards the Attributed Region, intending to destroy the Boar King.
But in response to her attack, the Gaja Enclave lit up and unleashed a spiky mountain of its own to counter her attack. Sumatra Continent's 392 Enclaves remained in a defensive state, having erected a barrier over it once again. These Enclaves acted as its eyes and glared in the direction of Mahira Tusk, warning her to control herself.
"Mom, you're pissing Sumatra too much." The furball landed on Mahira Tusk's shoulder and hopped up and down, "If it assumes a defensive state, it'll bring out all its Influenced Regions. That would harm our foundation because Sumatra Continent would become too dangerous for life to survive. The Mammoth Clan too will be implicated."
Considering how long it had existed, Sumatra Continent obviously possessed a bunch of Influenced Regions, mostly hidden deep underground and away from the reach of living beings. If it starts bringing out them all in order to fight the Transcendents, the continent would become even more dangerous for life to sustain itself.
All the Humans and Pranic Beasts would begin dying in droves. This also meant that no cultivator would be able to obtain enough resources and reach the 10-Life Stage. It implied a lack of Transcendents for the various Transcendent Worlds dependent on Sumatra.
Upon seeing Sumatra Continent's actions, many Transcendent Worlds began to surround Mahira Tusk's Transcendent World as a show of power. They wanted to intimidate her and force her to back down from this confrontation.
Most of these Transcendent Worlds were filled with Free Humans, who cared naught about the Boar King. After all, the entire conflict between the Boar King and the Mammoth Clan was happening in a small corner of Sumatra Continent.
In terms of size, Sumatra Continent was large enough for a Mystic Tentacle to travel all its life from one end and fail to reach the other end. Hence, even if the Boar King grows stronger, the civilisations farther away could care less.
The Boar King would never reach their Empires. Hence, their priority was to stop Mahira Tusk and ensure Sumatra Continent doesn't use its Influenced Regions. But though they wanted to pressure her, all they could do was remain in a glaring contest.
After all, held in Mahira Tusk's hands was Renduldu, a Mystic Transcendent. His existence alone deterred them all. As a result, the Transcendent Worlds did nothing other than surround Mahira Tusk's Transcendent World.
While they remained in a standoff, hundred Bolts of Transcendce slammed into the Attributed Region, following which a pillar of light originated from the place, stunning everyone.
"This is why I wanted to deal with him!" Mahira Tusk grunted in annoyance and stared at the pillar of light in a fluster, "Brangara now operates with a set of rules beyond Sumatra!"
"Are you idiots happy now?" She glared at the Transcendents in other Transcendent Worlds, observing their faces pale in fear. Even though she wanted to rebuke them further, she couldn't, for a second Cosmic Being entered their node, attracted by the pillar of light emitted by Brangara.
"No...this is?" The furball exclaimed in shock as the Transcendent World created by the Mystic Tentacles moved in a hurry.
One of the Mystic Tentacles in it flew out and addressed everyone, "This is a crisis!"
"Sumatra's existence is in danger!"