Chapter 285 Preparations Complete
"Hmm, will this work?" Inala activated his Skill of Puppetry and used psychokinesis to lift four Empyrean Zinger Scouts in the air, watching them glide around him while maintaining a consistent altitude.
Each of them created four Prana Bombs, converting them into Prana Hands. Following that, while keeping its Prana suction deactivated, each Prana Hand grabbed an Empyrean Zinger Scout and lifted it into the sky, at its maximum Spirit Weapon range.
Zingers were unable to control when their Prana Bombs absorbed Prana. Hence, their Prana Bombs could even be used against them. But Empyrean Zingers weren't subject to this rule. As the pinnacle evolved form of their race, they could control when their Prana Bomb absorbed Prana. The same applied to their Prana Hands too.
"Keuk..." Inala felt a sharp mental strain for some reason, even though he was only controlling four Empyrean Zinger Scouts, ones that had reduced their weight to the limit and remained in their miniature forms.
Tertiary Nature—Spatial Immune System!
He observed that since there was contact from the Empyrean Zinger Scouts in the extremity, despite them only touching the Prana Hand of the four Empyrean Zinger Scouts propped up by his psychokinesis, it was considered as a legit contact.
Hence, his Tertiary Nature was active and extended to the Empyrean Zinger Scouts in the extremity, which somehow caused a burden on his mind.
"Let me shift this," He dropped three Empyrean Zinger Scouts and focused on only propping one up. That scout used a Prana Hand as a Spirit Weapon and hovered it towards the end of its range, carrying an Empyrean Zinger Scout.
Resting its miniature body on the Prana Hand, the Empyrean Zinger Scout created a Prana Bomb and transformed it into a Prana Hand, grabbing another scout from the ground. But right as it had done this, the energy streams of Prana used for psychokinesis dissolved, causing all Empyrean Zinger Scouts to fall to the ground.
They spread their wings wide and glided toward him, landing on his head. Reading their thoughts and memories, Inala made an observation, 'This is somewhat similar to the stress-strain relationship in a cantilever beam. The farther the part of the beam is from the joint, the larger the strain it causes.'
'In that vein of thought, there's a limit to the size and length of the network of Empyrean Zinger Scouts I can control at a time.' He concluded, 'When I spread them out, the network collapses in the second generation. But in a single file of connections, I could stabilise four generations. This is worth experimenting about in the future.'
Optimistically, he had hoped to create a connecting line of Empyrean Zinger Scouts that would consecutively hold each other up by using a Prana Hand as a Spirit Weapon. Thereby, he would be able to create a long transmission line and possibly reach the Transcendent World.
Even though the Empyrean Zinger Scouts employed Internal Inertial Gravity to keep their weight to a minimum and used their gliding abilities to glide in a uniform circular pattern, there was still an impossibility to his thoughts.
Prana was a fusion of the energies of the body, mind, and soul. Therefore, even though Inala thought the only strain he would feel would be to physically hold the Empyrean Zinger Scout directly controlled as a Spirit Weapon by his psychokinesis, there was a strain on both the mind and soul generated from this network, which were all transmitted to him.
"Kiek!" The Empyrean Zinger Scout he propped up as a Spirit Weapon shrieked in pain, for it too felt the mental load.
"Seems I cannot infinitely build a staircase of Empyrean Zingers yet." Inala shook his head and then focused on the next aspect of his experimentation.
Stage 1—Jaw!
He flicked his wrist as a miniature Prana Bomb appeared in the palm of his hand, melting rapidly to layer his claws. Inala grabbed the Iron Grade Pranic Beast captured by his Empyrean Zinger army and dug his claws into it, watching it twitch in pain while its Prana flowed into him.
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