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.

But just its base body was so big that the moment Brangara assumed this form, the expansion in body size sent Virala and Orakha flying.

Boom!

Right as Orakha regained his orientation and assumed human form to jump onto the back of the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature, intending to target the base of its neck to kill it, Brangara assumed human form and punched forth with all his might.

It was timed perfectly as the fist slammed into the Rutham armour covering his chest, resulting in a thunderous boom. The impact sent him skidding back hundreds of metres, forcing him to assume Empyrean Boar King form to plunge his hooves into the ground and absorb the momentum.

'Damn, that hurt like shit!' He thought and reverted to human form—Tertiary Body Stage 1 partial transformation of Brangara—promptly, intending to jump back into the fight, for he still had more to experiment with and finalise his plan of action for the future.

The Rutham armour covered his body as he took a step forward, gasping in shock to see cracks cover the armour before it shattered. 'I hadn't refined this armour much, but it's still made out of Rutham and was being reinforced by my psychokinesis!'

It was then he noticed the faint swirl of wind around Brangara's fists, 'I see, so that was the culprit.'

Brangara had punched plenty of times before, but the impact was only strong. His armour could withstand it since it was being reinforced by the psychokinesis of two Mystic Grade Pranic Beasts.

So, when Brangara had done it once again, Virala hadn't paid it much heed and instead focused on his offence. That was his mistake, as the human form belonged to the Empyrean Snapper. Due to the influence of Astral World, it had the same appearance as Brangara.

If needed, Brangara could retract the influence and cause the human form to have the same appearance as the Empyrean Snapper during its younger days—when it lived at the Cooter Clan and hadn't assumed Empyrean Snapper form yet.

It wasn't just that, but through the Tangible Nature Minor Treasure of Bloody Affection, Brangara made the human form of the Empyrean Snapper Tangible Nature appear like a real body and not the hazy, translucent form all Tangible Natures had.

At that moment, Brangara had unleashed all that, which was how he managed to fool Virala and destroy the latter's Rutham armour.

'He's begun to grow and mature as a Celestial Boar.' Virala frowned, 'He's just begun to use his powers in versatile forms.'

The moment he had the thought, Virala understood that his experimentation session had come to an end. He glanced at Orakha for a moment as the two made eye contact, understanding what needed to be done.

Without any hesitation, Orakha self-destructed, unleashing a sea of adhesive heat that latched onto Brangara while Virala assumed Mystic Ewworm form and plunged into the ground. He fled parallelly to Gannala, maintaining a distance of a kilometre from her, intending to rush to her rescue when necessary.

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.'

His expression hardened as Virala began to think of a plan to ensure Gannala's successful escape. From that point, it took less than twenty seconds for Brangara to destroy Blola's 2-Life Stage Transcendent Eater form and catch up to Gannala.

A hill came in her path as Gannala circled around it, using the two Natures of Internal Inertial Gravity to flee at her top speed. She noticed Orakha revive next to Ruvva in her stomach biome, watching him hurriedly consume Parute Fruits to recover Prana in order to be able to battle once again.

She turned around and saw the figure of Brangara relentlessly in pursuit, 'His stamina outclasses me. If I want to flee away, then I have no other choice but to use it.'

'I didn't want to reveal it so soon. Yarsha might think of ways to counter it. Ugh!' She grunted in frustration for a moment before spitting out the Nature Weapon form of Mammoth Clansman Virala. She then took out the Gold Nature Weapon of Leech and the Gold Nature Weapon of Kinesis Deity to equip onto his Primary and Tertiary Nature slots respectively.

She took out a piece of her tusk and refined it through Mystic Bone Art, transforming it into a Storage Lantern, one with a cylindrical storage space spanning a cubic metre in volume. Externally, it looked like a shaft, spanning a length of twenty centimetres and a radius of two centimetres.

Affixed at the front of the shaft was Virala's Nature Weapon form, directly in contact with the space within. She grunted once and retracted all the information from Virala's mind space. This way, his blood no longer contained any information that Brangara could learn about by absorbing it through his Nature Weapon Minor Treasure of Blood Affection.

'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.