Chapter 661 Weaponised Staff
The body of Brangara sent flying to the Zahara Kingdom landed right as the figure of Yennda was on the verge of dissipating. Upon seeing that everyone was safe, Brangara condensed the Tangible Nature of a Razor Rat and hurled it in the direction of his other body.
A few seconds later, the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature noticed a tiny dot flying in its direction, visible clearly as it was spamming Shredded Lunge. The waves of Prana it generated faintly reached the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature as the Razor Rat dissipated.
The emitted presence was more than enough for Brangara to understand the situation at the Zahara Kingdom. Had the one hurled been a Shifting Ant Tangible Nature, it would mean that he would have to leave everything and tunnel his way to the Zahara Kingdom, for the situation there was serious.
But as the one hurled was a Razor Rat Tangible Nature, it implied that he could focus on shredding apart his opponents.
'My family is safe.' Brangara grinned at the information. As he was communicating with his own body, he could piece together the full information with minimal clues, for he understood himself the best.
'I need to act fast. They're all smart bastards!' Brangara thought, intending to capture Gannala when a massive Mystic Eater coiled around the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature's neck and began to rapidly melt through it.
A jet-black humanoid walked out of the ground amidst a pool of ink-black substance, leaping onto the Empyrean Snapper without hesitation. It was Orakha, having activated his Human Avatar to go all out.
While he had been camping underground, one of the Transcendent Eater's roots approached him and used a Bone Slip to communicate with him that Grehha had already died.
The third body of Blola, left behind at the Mammoth Clan had already begun reviving him. And as it could feel that Yennda too was no longer in Yarsha Zahara's control, it meant that he too was in a dying state.
That was a signal for Orakha to buy time for Gannala's escape. Orakha could revive without issues. Blola had a body kept safe at the Mammoth Clan. So, their priority was to ensure Gannala escaped.
As a result, now that they had achieved their objective and since Brangara's strength had jumped to an even higher level, Orakha emerged from his hiding spot to fight.
"Go!" Blola grunted as he sucked in the nutrients from underground and hurriedly condensed his second body.
His second body that had been sent to the Zahara Kingdom had committed suicide once its task had been completed. But the second body was barely revived when the remaining Transcendent Eater branches were shredded apart by bladed wings the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature generated.
"Run!" The shredded body of Blola was all that survived the attack. Gannala grabbed him after equipping herself onto the body of an Empyrean Zinger—that had the Secondary Nature of Internal Inertial Gravity—and ran away.
"You're not getting away!" Brangara shouted as he appeared in his human form, only to see Orakha rush to his front. Immediately in response, Virala flickered to his back, joining hands to target him.
Unlike before when Brangara could only transform between Human and Celestial Boar forms, he had four options now—human form, Celestial Boar form, Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature, and human form for the Tangible Nature.
The human form of the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature was achieved when he used Voracious Cultivator. It was significantly powerful from a functional standpoint, since it was no different from the human form of an Empyrean Snapper.
So, in that state, he could act as a human while wielding Subtle Terrain Domination to its full potential. However, the physical body was only at the Gold Grade, so it would be shredded apart when punched by Virala.
But the pros far outweighed the cons. After all, he could now assume four different forms, making it hard for his enemies to counter him. The Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature was especially useful, since it was a ginormous entity.
Its neck alone reached a length of 10 kilometres while its body covered an area of 16 square kilometres. It didn't have the mountain on its back, as that was an accumulated mineral deposit and not a part of its body.
After all, if Gannala were to be captured, their losses would be irrecoverable. 'This is still too early in the game for something like that.'
'The preparations are done.' Gannala thought as she filled the space within the shaft with a plethora of Nature Weapons that she had collected until now. With a thought from her, Virala's Nature Weapon glowed and condensed a sword of blood.
As a part of her immune system, the Mammoth Clan Virala was the closest extension of her body, as he had the Mystic Grade Nature of Weaponisation. Unlike the rest of her immune system that she would have to concentrate to influence, Virala would conduct her thoughts seamlessly, like an extension of herself.
As a result, she could control him fully, taking complete advantage of his Empyrean Tusk brain. Through the Gold Nature Weapon of Leech, Virala's blood condensed into a sword and actively controlled it like a Spirit Weapon.
That was the power of the Decaleech, one elevated to the Gold Grade. It could freely manipulate the blood within its Spirit Weapon range as it pleases. But as she was just fleeing, that wasn't enough, which was why Gannala equipped the Gold Nature Weapon of Kinesis Deity onto Virala's Tertiary Nature slot.
Kinesis Deity could only be used to control Spirit Weapons made out of Rutham, so it didn't seem suitable at first glance. But Gannala was aiming at the increase in Spirit Weapon range granted by Kinesis Deity.
Now, Virala's Spirit Weapon range had increased from 180 metres to 1.8 kilometres. Holding the sword in hand, Gannala raced up a mountain, turned around abruptly once Brangara was within range and swung her sword.
The blood blade increased in length to reach 1.8 kilometres and cut into the body of Brangara, scattering only after managing to pierce halfway into his bone. Subtle Terrain Domination had disrupted the blood while his Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Bloody Affection dispersed the rest.
That was why the blood blade failed to sever through. But still, thanks to the concept of arc length, the speed of the tip of her blood blade was terrifying enough against even Brangara.
'It's still not enough.' Thinking as such, Gannala raced to the peak of the mountain that reached a height of twelve kilometres and plunged her blade into it, swapping Leech with Mystic Nature Weapon of Tunnel.
A tunnel formed to a depth of 1.8 kilometres as she jumped inside and closed the top, intending to flee in this form. The mountain was thick enough to buy enough time for Brangara to make his way through. Besides, it was connected to a mountain range, making it her best option to flee.
But right as the topmost portion of the mountain's tunnel closed up, Brangara entered, bellowing as he stared at Gannala, "I won't allow you to escape!"
"I know, so I came prepared," Gannala said, swapping Tunnel with the Gold Nature Weapon of Imprison. Immediately in response, aided by the range of Kinesis Deity, the mountain walls latched onto Brangara, constricting him at the spot.
In the shaft, the Nature Weapon of Tunnel was placed at the forefront, in contact with the Nature Weapon form of Virala. Right as she used Imprison, Gannala swapped the Natures Weapons of Tunnel and Imprison.
Another tunnel extended below her, reaching a depth of 1.8 kilometres as she continued to fall. She also worked on closing up the tunnel above her, relieved upon hearing Brangara's rageful screams as he worked on breaking the shackles through Subtle Terrain Domination. 'The rock is too thick around us. If he assumes Celestial Boar form or even the Empyrean Snapper form, his body is the one that'll get crushed as it expands. It'll also prevent him from chasing after me through the tunnel.'
She was experiencing free fall while he would have to crawl his way through Subtle Terrain Domination. Even if he used Drifting Tunnel, his range was limited to 180 metres. Moreover, even when stacked a dozen times, its effect still paled in comparison to her Mystic Grade Nature Weapon of Tunnel.
She angled the direction of the tunnel and continued to fall, diverting herself into the mountain range through a tube spanning a length of 3.6 kilometres, opening at the front and closing at the rear.
Soon, she was no longer able to hear the howls of Brangara as Gannala succeeded in her escape, 'Thankfully, I was prepared enough this time.'
She stared at the countless other Nature Weapons within the shaft that she hadn't used, 'This is amazing. I'll incorporate this technique into the Mammoth Treasury once I gain possession of it.'
Weaponised Staff!
Upon seeing that it was effective even against Brangara, she gave it a name and continued to flee.