Chapter 676 The Silent Tusk

Primary Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity!

Secondary Nature—Kinesis Lantern Deity!

Tertiary Nature—Cultivator!

Now, armed with three Natures, the Empyrean Tusks were stronger than ever. They were no longer dependent on Gannala to move around in stealth, able to assume human forms through their Tertiary Nature.

Moreover, just switching between the human and Empyrean Tusk forms resulted in a power output on par with a Gold Grade Nature. After all, an Empyrean Tusk was just too massive. A tornado was generated every time Gannala switched forms due to the resulting expansion and contraction of space.

'I am strong now.' Gannala thought as she stared at her hand, observing the waves of Prana circulating through the blood underneath her skin. The Major Treasure of Arsenal had fused with her liver, becoming part of her power.

Secondary Nature—Weaponisation!

With a thought from her, one of the ten copies of Internal Derivative Refiner became absorbed into her Weaponisation, allowing her to automate the process that she had done to Virala. A second later, her power changed.

Secondary Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity!

"Phew..." She exhaled softly, watching her figure sink into the ground, resulting in a terraneous crater. Her Secondary Nature was a Mystic Grade version of Internal Inertial Gravity. The moment it formed, her body's density billowed to a whole new level, to an extent even she was unable to handle for a moment.

"What's that? What is happening to you?" Raaha shouted in shock while the Empyrean Tusks moved to help Gannala.

"It's...alright!" Gannala said, grunting as her words resulted in a sonic boom that sent everyone flying. She closed her eyes and focused on her Secondary Nature, adjusting to it a few seconds later.

Her eyes shot open as she walked out of the crater, no longer damaging the surroundings. She stared at the ground she stood upon, noticing that the traces she left behind were even more minute as compared to before.

An Empyrean Tusk in human form was able to move without leaving behind a footprint. But now, things had improved to a whole new level.

Gannala approached Orakha and leaped faintly, making a vertical spin before landing on his hand. She extended her right hand and used the edge of the nail growing on her index finger to rest upon a strand of thin hair growing from the back of Orakha's middle finger.

The point of contact was minimal, a fraction of a millimetre. But the strand of hair bent only to a microscopic level. To the naked eye, it hadn't budged in the slightest. The weight of her body, including the biomes she carried in her human form, wasn't exerted externally.

"How...is she doing this?" Vhalla stared at Gannala, failing to process the scene playing out before her, "This level of control isn't realistic."

"I'm not done yet." Gannala expressed softly as she lightly flicked her index finger and leaped into the sky, reaching a height of a kilometre. It was as if she wasn't even a gram heavy, for the flick only ruffled the strand of hair on Orakha's arm.

Upon reaching a kilometre in height, Prana billowed out of her body as Gannala also activated her Primary Nature of Internal Inertial Gravity. Combining the two Natures, she assumed Empyrean Tusk form, silent in the transformation.

No wind was generated by the transformation. As her human form was replayed by the Empyrean Tusk form, the air that was pushed out was so seamlessly absorbed by her trunk that there were no sounds or wind accompanying her transformation.

The exoskeleton covering the trunk extended to form a bone needle that now landed on Orakha's hand, causing him to grunt in pain as creaking sounds resounded from his arm. But that was it.

Even after she assumed Empyrean Tusk form, she was able to control the weight of such a massive being that despite holding it firmly, Orakha's arm hadn't shattered.

No other Empyrean Tusk was able to replicate the effect. Even when they used Internal Inertial Gravity, when they moved, the Empyrean Tusks thundered the earth and left massive craters upon every step.

But armed with two Natures of Internal Inertial Gravity, with one of them being at the Mystic Grade, Gannala was pretty much a silent mountain. In the future, she could actually charge at her enemies, who wouldn't know anything unless they were seeing her. Though caught unaware would silently be stomped to death by a charging Empyrean Tusk.

Her existence remained well-hidden until now. Only the Empyrean Tusks knew that she was the Mudropper. Even Virala had no idea, though he had suspicions regarding her. But seeing as how inconspicuous Maroppa had been until now, she was no longer the focus of his attention.

"Alright, do as you please." Raaha sighed, lacking the fighting spirit that he had in the past.

Gannala touched his hand and seeped her Prana into it, calculating based on the Empyrean Tusk characteristics she perceived in him through the power of Internal Derivative Refiner, 'I can grant him Weaponisation, but there are risks associated with it. The Chief doesn't seem all that suitable to possess an accumulative power.'

Weaponisation, Cultivator, Empyrean Incubator, Storage Lantern, Mystic Bone, Empyrean 100, and Internal Inertial Gravity; they were the Nature she knew how to awaken in a Mammoth Clansman through Internal Derivative Refiner.

Of them, Empyrean Incubator, Mystic Bone, and Empyrean 100 were something her predecessor had complete knowledge about. That's how she granted Grehha the Nature of Empyrean Incubator and helped Resha obtain both Mystic Bone and Empyrean 100.

Mystic Bone closely mimicked the battle state of Empyrean Tusks. Resha added the inspiration of an Empyrean Snapper's Subtle Terrain Domination and the functions of the Major Treasure of Weapon to Mystic Bone Art and derived Mystic Bone.

Similarly, he derived Empyrean 100 from the functions of the Major Treasure of Pet while remaining in an extreme state—

having lost his Spirit Container.

The methods were already present in the inheritance from the Supreme Tusk. It didn't take Gannala much effort to figure out a path to derive it through Internal Derivative Refiner. As she focused on Raaha, she thought, 'He doesn't have the Fragment Disease, so I won't be able to give him the Pranic Beast form of an Empyrean Tusk even when I grant him Internal Inertial Gravity. Then, there's only one other option.'

"You can start." She stared at Yahard Tusk who assumed his Silver Empyrean Tentacle form and approached one of Raaha's bodies that were split from the stack.

"I'll live up to my expectations, Chief." Yahard Tusk stated with emotion as he stared at the lone body of Raaha before him.

"Go ahead," Raaha inhaled a deep breath as his body was swallowed up by Yahard Tusk.

Immediately in response, the rules of the Mystic Tentacle race took action, deciding which one of the two would wield the Nature of Thought Condensation. But since Yahard Tusk had swallowed Raaha, the rules made him the winner.

'Now!' Right as the power of the Gold Empyrean Tentacle began to flow out of the 9-Life Stage Raaha, Gannala seeped Internal Derivative Refiner into him and made it take the position of his now empty Primary Nature.

Immediately in response, it drew Empyrean Tusk characteristics from the depths of his being and condensed a power, stabilising the 9-Life Stage cultivation of Raaha.

Primary Nature—Empyrean 100!

"This is...Resha's power." Raaha observed his state, feeling his heart thump in excitement. He sighed immediately after, 'But I am a failure anyway. So, this is wasted on me.'

"Transform once, Chief." Gannala laughed, "You'll be surprised."

"Fine," Raaha sighed and activated his transformation, stunned to see him transform into a figure of the Gold Empyrean Tentacle made out of tusk bone powder, the same that he had transformed into hundreds of times. "This is...?"

"You lost Thought Condensation, but you built your Spirit Container into the body of the Gold Empyrean Tentacle. That remains as is," Gannala grinned, "Empyrean 100 recognised it as your first body."

"You can now transform into a hundred Pranic Beasts." She said and continued to seep Prana into his body through his hands, sending in two more Natures of Internal Derivative Refiner.

"And this is to keep you strong so that you can continue to fulfil your duties as the Mammoth Clan Chief. If it's you, I'm sure you can handle the resulting influence." She said, watching Raaha's shock burst into one of fiery youth, for an extremely simple reason. He now wielded the power of a Deity, two of them in fact.

Secondary Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity!

Tertiary Nature—Internal Inertial Gravity!

No matter how bad the situation seemed, this recovered some of his confidence, 'Though we're fleeing Sumatra, until the day I die, I'll at least continue my duty and not embarrass the title of the Mammoth Clan Chief!'