Chapter 276 Battle Upon Death Hour (Part 2)
A Mammoth Clansman at the peak of the Body Stage transforms into their respective Pranic Beast form. At the same level, a Free Human takes on their Human Avatar form. A Cooter Clansman had their Spirit Weapon transformation.
Their body transforms into an object, behaving like a Spirit Weapon. Its shape and size resemble a Cooter Clansman's heart, continuously pumping out Prana. Surrounding it to form a false body would be mist influenced by their Primary Nature.
This false body could either be the same size as their original body or could grow into a giant. The only difference would be the Prana consumption necessary to maintain such a giant false body.
The biggest advantage of this is the fact that the false body is merely a mass of fluid acting as a Spirit Weapon. Whether or not it gets obliterated wouldn't affect the Cooter Clansman. They only need to consume more Prana to regenerate it, like a slime.
The heart-shaped object—their Spirit Weapon form—is their actual body. They would only be injured when this heart-shaped object sustains damage. Thereby, their rate of survival increases sharply.
When the Sumatra Ship began to glide towards their stronghold, Ralral alerted everyone upon noticing consumption in the mist and became battle-ready. Unfortunately, none of them ever expected such a level of power display from Inala as their entire stronghold was destroyed, defensive arrangements and all.
Ralral assumed her Spirit Weapon transformation, squeezing herself like a stream of water through a bunch of narrow passages between the collapsed cave walls. Kept safe in the centre of the stream of water was her Spirit Weapon form.
"No!" She screamed upon noticing that all her group members died from the impact, brutally crushed under the explosion. They weren't at the peak of the Body Stage and hence couldn't take on a Spirit Weapon form.
If she hadn't assumed her Spirit Weapon form, she too would have died, for her false body was obliterated. Since there wasn't enough space to generate a humanoid false body, she created a serpentine one that flowed like water.
The humanoid form was the most energy-efficient, since she was a human. Moving in the serpentine form, though barely a third of her human body in terms of volume, consumed more than twice the Prana to maintain and control.
"Inala!" She growled in rage, wishing to destroy Inala. But she exercised awareness, understanding that it was still the Death Hour. Now that her Clansmen died, it wouldn't be possible for her to take on two Mammoth Clansmen and an Empyrean Tusk.
'I need to wait.' Thinking as such, she flowed deeper under the rubble, remaining hidden there. From there, she released mist and covered up the region, making contact with the mist covering the island. Using her psychokinesis, she began to pull in the mist from other areas, consuming them to replenish her Prana, thereby maintaining an optimal battle state.
Once the cold shower begins, she could retaliate. Hence, it was prudent for Ralral to exercise caution.
The Sumatra Ship landed atop the rubble as Inala observed mist covering the region. The Prana Bomb scales covering his ship were already full of Prana, unable to absorb anymore.
After some thought, Inala took on his female form and chucked out dozens of Life Bombs, waiting for them to hatch as they slammed into unsuspecting Iron Grade Pranic Beasts.
He infused minimal instructions into the shells forming the Life Bombs.
One of the Life Bombs slammed into a Pranic Beast and began to absorb its Prana. The Pranic Beast retaliated in a fluster, becoming afraid upon seeing its attack failing to even scratch the Life Bomb. A dozen seconds later, the Life Bomb hatched an Empyrean Zinger Scout.
It immediately accessed the Life Bomb shell like a bone slip and received Inala's instruction, quickly evading a blow from the Pranic Beast whose Prana it used to hatch. By activating Internal Inertial Gravity, it assumed miniature form and disappeared.
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