Chapter 870: Minor Treasure—Linked Rupture!
9-Life Stage!
Brangara hadn't lost a single life in his fight against Inala. However, all of his Astral Worlds had been damaged to their absolute extreme, covered by cracks, so much so that simply maintaining the stack was hard.
If he were to unleash his State of Unity even once, the strain produced on his Astral World would cause the stack to implode, resulting in his death. Moreover, he had endured hits from Inala's state of Unity innumerable times.
Even though he wouldn't die, thanks to Unlimited Predator's protection, his body, mind, and soul were at their limit. Rest was a necessity, for a long time, before he could even think of making a recovery.
Amidst the gigantic trees rapidly filling up the forest was a hatchling, beginning to grow. It had stopped growing because a heavy entity was on it, stunting its growth. The weight was so much and the presence radiating from it caused the tree to mutate and sprout a ginormous flower-shaped leaf.
It wrapped around the human entity within, growing in size as it absorbed the whiffs of Prana leaking out from the human. Brangara arrived before the leaf and poised himself on its edge, then slumped on the set of vines connected to it.
The position gave him a slight altitude advantage, which made him stare at the figure of Inala, "Thank you, Inala."
"That was the greatest fight of my life."
Within the leaf was Inala, too exhausted to even move. Nerves had protruded across his body, bursting one after another as from its edges, his body began to disintegrate. The destructive properties of the Bolt of Transcendence were erasing his body now, one pushed beyond its limit.
The optic nerves of his eyes had already exploded, turning Inala blind. His Spirit Container began to crumble, stressed to the extreme. Most of his senses had stopped functioning. Only his throat and ears were somewhat functional, since they were the core of the Royal Zinger's build and were its strongest traits.
"Is that you...Brangara?" A wheeze escaped Inala's parted lips as he tilted his head in the direction of the sound, "What's your...current state?"
"9-Life Stage," Brangara said as his eyes drooped, "But I don't have it in me to unleash Unlimited Predator again."
"You're a monster," Inala chuckled weakly, "Even after everything, I still cannot kill you."
"No, you've won." Brangara closed his eyes and sighed, "Irrespective of our emotions, we truly fought with everything. And you've pushed me to the absolute limit. I don't have any more strength to spare."
He said upon noticing a spot on his skin explode, "The Brood Mother will be able to finish me. Without Unlimited Predator, I cannot keep her at bay anymore."
"The victory is yours, Inala," Brangara said as he felt spots on his skin explode one after another, forming a line from his thigh to his head. His Prana detection means sensing the Brood Mother's approach. Once the prickle reached his forehead, it meant the Brood Mother was upon him. "Rest proud."
"You're the existence that truly pushed me to death."
"I see..." Inala muttered, blood trickling down his eyes as his expression was one of relief, "I am glad then. All that...sacrifice meant something."
"One last thing," He muttered as his right hand twitched. Churning all his strength, Inala barely raised his arm and extended it towards Brangara, "You'll be needing this."
"Ugh," Brangara groaned as he sat up on his spot and dragged himself into the leaf, taking a seat beside Inala as he grabbed the latter's arm, exchanging a handshake. Half a motion later, Inala's right arm disintegrated, causing Brangara's eyes to widen in surprise, "Until the end, truly,"
"You are one terrifying individual." In his hand was the palm print of Inala's right hand. There was a reason it remained behind while the rest of his body was disintegrating. As Brangara stared at it, his vision was blinded by the pillar of light that appeared.
Mystic Grade Major Treasure-Palm!
It was the Major Treasure created by the Royal Zinger as a consequence of unleashing the fourth step of its State of Unity-Four Steps To Nullity.
"Four Steps To Nullity, a truly befitting name," Brangara muttered as the pillar of light vanished, for the Major Treasure of Palm fused with his body. The pillar of light didn't even escape out of the forest canopy before it vanished. Otherwise, things beyond Sumatra would have truly taken a turn for the worse.
It was a Mystic Grade Major Treasure, after all, especially one left behind by the Royal Zinger.
The moment it fused with his body, Brangara smiled wryly, 'As expected of the Royal Zinger's Major Treasure.'
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