Major Treasure—Deity!
This was the true form of the golden giant, one that had been carefully created by one of the Brimgan Empire's Emperors in the past. Through the Minor Treasures embedded in its eye, the Major Treasure of Deity's effects had been converted to influence a living being too.
Virala was taking full advantage of that, using the situation to soak it up fully as he had begun burning everything as fuel using Internal Astral Cultivator.
As it was a Mystic Grade Nature, by consuming the influence from the Major Treasure, it was able to gradually use the Minor Treasure of Goated Moustache as fuel too.
As Virala's genetics as a Mammoth Clansman were consumed by the Empyrean Tusk in his mind space, the influence from the golden giant affected him rapidly.
The Empyrean Tusk unleashed powerful energy fluctuations, soaking up the influence until it reached a critical point. It tried to transform Virala into an Empyrean Tusk, but since he had already let go of every single relation as a Mammoth Clansman, it was unable to do anything to him.
It still tried to influence his Spirit Container and tried to make him enter the Body Stage and take on the form of an Empyrean Tusk once again.
But now, the golden giant's influence seeped into the Spirit Container, carried by the effects of Internal Astral Cultivator while using the Minor Treasure of Goated Moustache as the medium.
The medium was soon consumed by Internal Astral Cultivator, but by then, a route had already been created for the influence to soak up into his Spirit Container. The influence then targeted the Empyrean Tusk in the mind space, morphing its shape while dragging it to the Spirit Container.
The influence was terraforming his body, with the majority of its focus being the Empyrean Tusk. After all, Virala's biome was already fuelled into it. That was enough real estate to absorb copious amounts of influence and change in response.
There was nothing more that he could do as Virala watched the process happen as the Empyrean Tusk was steadily being dragged into his Spirit Container while the Nature Weapon of Refiner was gradually dissolving into his Spirit Container.
Roars of the Empyrean Boar King, followed by the trumpets of Gannala, Harrala, and Mahira resounded in his mind space as all sides waged war. But seeping into all was the Major Treasure of Deity's influence, affecting them all.
It held a minor advantage in this war as the effects of Weaponisation took effect in the Empyrean Tusk, transforming it into a mystical entity—an Empyrean Tusk that could unleash the effects of Mystic Bone Art.
Days turned into weeks and weeks into months. Virala did nothing but observe them while grabbing the Bone Slips. The information in them naturally flowed into his mind and slammed into the Empyrean Tusk.
The Major Treasure of Deity was created from a Brimgan Royal. Hence, it had a natural affinity to Brandal Brimgan's memories in this war of influence, using his memories as ammo. In a few months, Virala managed to absorb everything, watching as the war drew to a conclusion.
A tiny orb in the shape of an Empyrean Tusk remained in his mind space, containing the core essence of an Empyrean Tusk in the Mystic Path that couldn't be used as fuel. Everything else had been consumed to condense in his Spirit Container.
He had 100 units of Prana now as Virala watched the hundred Spirit Containers combine into a unified whole on their own and take the shape of his figure. The fact that the Spirit Container resembled his figure implied his status as a Free Human.
But if it was just to be a Free Human, Virala wouldn't have gone through so much effort and torture. Rather, he awaited with a smile, watching as right after his Spirit Container finished forming and he entered the Body Stage, a vast stream of information surged into his mind.
First of all, was his cultivation technique. Mystic Bone Art had been influenced and modified extensively, also using Yarsha Zahara's incomplete Mystic Sumatra Art as fuel. This was done by the golden giant's influence, resulting in the birth of the strongest Free Human technique.
Mystic Nature Art!
It resulted in his race becoming a Mystic Human. What if the human race could be born with a Primary Nature? What if such a race was born at the limit possible in Sumatra Continent? Virala's Mystic Human Race was the personification of that question.
It had the combined potential of not just the Free Humans, but the entire Human Race—Free Humans, Ravaged Tribes, and Clansmen.
Mystic Human could be described as a human in the truest sense, not in the slightest influenced by any external parameters. Free Humans were influenced by their Human Avatars. Ravaged Tribes were influenced by the Pranic Beast they served. Clansmen were influenced by the race they became a part of.
So, all three of them were influenced in one way or the other. But a Mystic Human was free of all influence. And that was Virala.
The Mystic Nature Art fused the Spirit Container into his heart, becoming a singular entity, allowing it to develop sentience and even act as a secondary brain. Its primary function was to allow a greater flow of Prana through the bloodstream and synchronise the body with the Spirit Container, allowing Prana to flow through the body at greater volumes, faster, experience minimal resistance, and generate minimal strain on the body.
Of course, fusing the heart and the Spirit Container was a risky move, as displayed by Inala's Prana Blood Skill. Even doing it for a short duration places a significant burden on the body. It was no different here.
But as this was a permanent move, the side effects were displayed in other forms. First of all, was the Prana capacity. The limit of Prana for humans—whether Free Humans, Ravaged Tribes, or Clansmen—is 100 Prana.
It was the same for a Mystic Human too. But this would increase next, as in the case of all humans upon entering the Body Stage. But the problem appeared in lifespan.
One Year!
Virala had one year left to live in this state. If he fails to unleash his Primary Nature before then, he'll explode.
Primary Nature—Astral Weaponiser!
By combusting everything—Four Empyrean Tusks, his Mystic Path, biome, the Minor Treasure of Goated Moustache, the Gold Nature Weapon of Tusk, the Mystic Nature Weapon of Refiner, and finally, his Mystic Grade Nature of Weaponisation—and then causing them to be influenced by the golden giant, Virala escaped from his identity as a Mammoth Clansman and became a Mystic Human.
And the ability he gained to show for that was the Gold Grade Nature of Astral Weaponiser. It was an extremely simple ability. Using it, Virala would be able to gain the body of the target Pranic Beast.
Suppose Virala were to use it on a Centinger, he would gain its body and equip that information in his Secondary Nature slot. He could then use it on an Enrino and store its body in his Tertiary Nature slot.
But unlike Weaponisation where he could swap out Nature Weapons as he pleases in his Nature slots, once he uses Astral Weaponiser to fill up his two Nature slots, they could never be changed. He had lost his ability to make Nature Weapons and take on a Nature Weapon form.
And worst of all, he would only be able to transform into a Centinger and Enrino physically. He wouldn't be able to use their Natures. Astral Weaponiser would have been trash had it been just this.
But there was a reason he sacrificed everything to get it, since the gains far outweighed the loss.
