Right at the moment Barla was exhausted from facing Virala and was in a standoff, Inala swooped in and ambushed her. With a series of slaps to the back of her chest, Inala split her Life Stage stack into individual bodies.
Following that, over a dozen strings of Prana wrapped around each body of Barla and siphoned her Prana, and Lifeforce, the pain coupled with her extremely strained physical and mental state plunged her into unconsciousness.
Tertiary Nature-Prana Stitch!
Inala's hands wriggled like that of a spider as he quickly tied up each body of Barla into a cocoon, ensuring she wouldn't be able to even flap her eyelid, not to mention moving the rest of her body.
He grabbed nine cocoons and stared at Virala, "Tired?"
"A little," Virala gasped faintly, "She became pretty scary towards the end. I was almost forced to use my Minor Treasure."
"That's good enough, as far as battle instincts go." Inala nodded and then eyed Blola, "Do you need any more Free Humans or Pranic Beasts?"
"No," Blola shook his head, rubbing his arms to cover the goosebumps that had formed on his skin, "The group you've created specifically for Barla is outright terrifying. I won't be needing anything else as long as I have this in my arsenal."
Primary Nature-Eddy Blade x2!
Primary Nature-Drifting Tunnel x4!
Primary Nature-Satellite x4!
Primary Nature-Imprison x1!
Primary Nature-Prana Shock 32!
Primary Nature-Shredded Lunge x2!
Primary Nature-Bio-Synthesis x4!
Primary Nature-Statue x1!
Primary Nature-Linked Rupture x1!
Primary Nature-Piezo Response x28!
Primary Nature-Human Appeal x1!
Primary Nature-Reactive Counter X16!
Primary Nature-Rectum Merger x2!
Primary Nature-Kinesis Deity!
Altogether, the above list of Natures added to a total of 99, which was meant to be fed into Barla's Astral Chart. Basically, to arm Barla with the best set of Natures, Blola consumed Pranic Beasts and Free Humans that were suitable.
This way, once he revives Barla, she could consume the Free Humans and Pranic Beasts he revives next, and this way fill up her Astral Chart instantly. Inala was the one who brought in all the living beings for Blola's consumption.
Kinesis Deity was gained from a random Free Human whose memories were removed by Virala and then forced to enter the Body Stage using Mystic Kinesis art and forming a Human Avatar out of Rutham.
This list of Natures wasn't anything special or spectacular when viewed normally. However, the reason Blola experienced goosebumps was due to the hundredth Nature that Inala had prepared for Barla's Astral Chart.
Primary Nature-Prana Circuit!
With Prana Circuit acting as the core, all the other 99 Natures part of Astral Chart were integrated seamlessly to produce a certain effect, something impossible to replicate even if one had all the Natures, for they had to be arranged in a certain manner, activated in a certain order, and supplied with Prana in a similar order of quantity.
It required strenuous control and ample practice. However, the results were deemed to be terrifying.
"Consume her first and be ready," Inala said to Blola and disappeared. He appeared near Root and plopped the nine bodies of Barla on the ground, "This is the main dish."
"Empyrean Boar King?" Root's eyes widened in surprise as he grinned giddily, "This outclasses everything I've consumed until now by a large amount!"
"Well, it is a 9-Life Stage Empyrean Boar King." Inala nodded as he watched the Major Treasure of Turnip steadily consume the nine cocoons. The energy it generated as a result funnelled into Root and rapidly allowed him to gather Tangible Natures and even elevate them through the Life Stage.
now been elevated into a Minor Treasure.
It allowed him to create Spirit Puppets, which was an extension of his skill of Spirit Puppet
Slip taken to the extreme.
Spirit Puppet Slip was a skill that allowed Virala to create a puppet body of himself that
resembled the original. He would then insert a Spirit Container cluster in its heart, allowing it
to operate on its own.
These puppets could perform limited tasks. Of course, Virala usually filled their mind space
with all the necessary data first. This way, the Spirit Container cluster only selected the type of action the puppet needed to perform from its database.
Spirit Container cluster existed in cultivators at the Spirit Stage. So, as the limitation stated,
there could only be a maximum of 100 before the cluster collapses on itself. Moreover, they were Spirit Stage's Spirit Containers, which meant they were incredibly fragile.
So, the puppets couldn't perform strenuous activities for long. If one of them were to fight at
full strength, it would collapse on its own in a matter of seconds. Usually, in such cases, Virala didn't use them as autonomous puppets but instead controlled them like Spirit Weapons, allowing them to unleash their full strength without issues.
However, they were Spirit Stage's Spirit Containers, which meant the puppets created by Virala couldn't assume his various transformations.
But, the Minor Treasure of Spirit Puppet overcame that limitation. It allowed for the Spirit
Container cluster to be combined into a whole, similar to when a cultivator entered the Body Stage.
Even though the limit was 100 Prana as before, the Spirit Container was a Body Stage version now, instead of the Spirit Stage cluster before. Secondly, transformation was now possible for the puppets, which meant that a puppet in his human form could assume Mystic Ewworm form, Empyrean Boar King form, and all the various Partial Transformation combinations.
Of course, the Spirit Puppets only had 100 units of Prana, so they had to limit themselves in
terms of transformation and only use the robustness of their physical body to fight. The Prana would be reserved strictly to command the body autonomously.
Boom!
Virala pressed the trigger as pieces of his bone shot out like bullets and landed on the
Attributed Region cube. Upon gaining Inala's permission, the bullets passed through the wall and fell inside.
There was a spike in Prana as each bullet transformed into a human form of Virala-assuming
the appearance of Brangara. A group of such figures landed on the floor and spontaneously charged towards Barla, intending to kill her, succeeding a few seconds later.
"Let's do it as many times as necessary, before she gets the hang of it," Blola muttered as Parute Trees sprouted on Barla's corpse and absorbed all the nutrients that formed her, including the contents of her Astral Chart. With minimal losses, Blola was able to revive her once again and equipped her with the set of 100 Natures.
Once! Thrice! Thirty Times! Barla continued to be killed by the horde of Spirit Puppets
released by Virala. Two whole months later, there was finally a change.
Boom!
A massive gaping hole formed on the Attributed Region cube, circular in shape, spanning a
radius of three metres. Standing behind it was a panting Barla, having absolutely shredded all the Spirit Puppets along her path of attack.
"Huff...hah!" She gasped, feeling like she was about to lose consciousness at any moment. She
watched as the surrounding dense water tried to close the gap but seemed to be struggling for some reason, as if a mysterious force was preventing it.
"Finally, she achieved it." His eyes brimmed viciously as Inala got up from his spot and stared
at Barla ravenously, "The weapon necessary to pierce through Brangara's stacked power of
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