'I messed up big time!' Orakha loathed himself upon seeing Yarsha Zahara gain possession of both Yennda and Grehha. With her intelligence, and through the Transcendent Eater's power of controlling those it revived, she could force the two to divulge all secrets to her.
This meant that everything that Grehha had been involved with would be leaked to Yarsha Zahara, and by extension, the Boar King.
The Mammoth Clan had Blola who could revive all the seven Mystic Paths. This was their confidence, and also a form of arrogance.
If they were about to be captured, they could kill themselves and be revived by Blola. Even though they'll fall under his control, the Mystic Seven could scheme the deaths of each other and force Blola to revive them next.
This way, he'd have to remove them from the slot to revive the next Mystic Path that had died. It was why even Inala incorporated dying into his plans. After all, even if he were revived by Blola, placed in the latter's control was only temporary.
Inala was confident in scheming to ensure two more Mystic Paths died at the same time and create a situation where it was a necessity to revive them both. This way, he would break free from Blola's control and could resume life as before.
As all Mystic Paths were aware of the Transcendent Eater's revival mechanism, they didn't fear death. Hence, they were ready to kill themselves at a moment's notice.
It was why the Mammoth Clan didn't stop Grehha from participating in the race for the Attribute. Even though it wasn't necessary for him, Grehha had other things he wanted to do at the place, especially after learning of Yarsha Zahara getting entangled with the Boar King.
Him getting killed as a result of participating in the action wasn't an issue either. The Mammoth Clan had already claimed the Minor Treasure that Grehha had fused with. Hence, they were lax, which was what caused the current situation.
To avoid getting suppressed even further by Raaha, Blola began the revival process pre-emptively, without having a complete grasp of the situation. And now, the Mammoth Clan had to face the consequences of their arrogance.
Orakha assumed his Human Avatar form, transforming into a jet-black entity and began to rapidly melt through the layer of air particles that had imprisoned him to the place. Though he was wallowing in his stupidity for resulting in such a situation, he was still alert.
Yarsha Zahara only had a few Mystic Eaters in her possession. They weren't enough for her to accomplish anything significant, especially after she used most of them to fool Blola.
But if Yarsha Zahara were to touch his Human Avatar and obtain the power of both Selectively Permeable Plasma and his Primary Nature of Human Avatar, she'd be able to build her Human Avatar at a faster pace.
That would accelerate her growth in strength, increasing the pressure on the Mammoth Clan. Upon seeing the Boar King's actions, Orakha realised that through the Nature of Imprison, the Boar King wanted to capture Blola.
Prana surged into his mouth and melted through the layer of Imprison on his lower jaw, allowing Orakha to shout, "Suicide!"
Prana compressed itself to its limit in his Spirit Container and caused it to explode, resulting in Orakha's body turning no different from a bomb, one that broke through the layer of Imprison and flooded the tunnel with intense heat.
Blola realised that he had messed up and upon seeing Orakha shout, even he could understand what he had to do, observing a layer of particles had locked his body in place, preventing him from moving.
Blola crushed his Spirit Container, causing an explosion of energy in his body as the majority of his branches exploded in response. His Transcendent Eater form collapsed lifelessly as his Spirit Container disintegrated.
Prana surged out of his body, a sign of death. Now, neither Yarsha Zahara would be able to steal his power nor would the Boar King be able to consume him to gain the Transcendent Eater's Nature.
"Watch out!" The Boar King roared at the emission of heat from the explosion and hurriedly erected walls of rock through Rocky Intimidation to block them.
Even though Yarsha Zahara could absorb the heat, only a small portion of her body could be covered by her Human Avatar. Therefore, the heat could melt through most of her body, killing her in an instant.
"Urgh!" The Boar King grunted in pain as he assumed Empyrean Boar King form to seal up the tunnel, blocking the heatwaves from reaching Yarsha Zahara, "Run! Now!"
Prime Skill—Prana Flash!
Yarsha Zahara condensed Prana in her back and grabbed the Boar King's tusk, bolting at her fastest speed right after he assumed human form. The initial thermal shockwave from Orakha's explosion was tanked by the Boar King's body, causing his rear to be severely wounded.
His rear legs and butt had melted in response, so it would take some time to heal from the damage, preventing him from running away. Hence, right as he assumed human form, Yarsha Zahara carried him and bolted in the opposite direction, heading towards the hole that Blola had jumped into the reach the tunnel.
The Boar King had created the mountain smartly, keeping a path open inside that reached the entrance to the Attributed Region.
Now, Yarsha Zahara flashed to the surface and continued through the roadway tunnel for a couple hundred metres before jumping through the entrance. She landed on the flight of stairs made of water and quickly rushed towards Compartment 10-A.
"Shit! He's here!" The Boar King shouted with a vexed tone, "Why does every single powerhouse on Sumatra have to come at me at the same time, and in this situation at that?"
As Yarsha Zahara rushed towards Compartment 10-A, the tunnel brimming with intense heat cooled down rapidly and condensed into a sphere before a figure rushed through it.
Primary Nature—Thought Condensation!
Wielding the power of the Golden Empyrean Tentacle capable of altering the terrain as he pleased through the power of thought alone was the Mammoth Clan Chief, Raaha.
Once he brought the Mammoth Clan to safety, Raaha observed Geugeu and Boul Brimgan joining hands to deal with the Boar King. The Boar King's two bodies were currently split.
This meant that both bodies individually weren't strong enough to deal with the lineup of the three strongest powerhouses of Sumatra right after the Boar King—Geugeu, Raaha, and Boul Brimgan. All were at the 10-Life Stage, representing the pinnacle strength of their respective factions.
This was the best chance to kill the Boar King. While Resha bought time by keeping attention on the body of the Boar King in the Attributed Region, they could focus on dealing with the second one. And after killing it, they could focus on the main body which held over twenty Natures of Internal Inertial Gravity.
The second body only had two Gold Grade Natures, gained from the Clumped Fingers. The rest were all Silver and Iron Grade Natures. So, it was possible to deal with him, especially since he had sustained some damage now.
The best-case scenario would be to bring Gannala with him. Through her Dance of Annihilation, she could keep Yarsha Zahara in check. The latter would be busy trying to resist it, trying to use her Human Avatar against the influence generated from the Dance of Annihilation trying to touch her body from all directions.
It would make her helpless against everything else, preventing her from supporting the Boar King. Currently, she behaved as a tank to absorb the strongest of abilities launched by the attackers on the Boar King.
Without her, the Boar King would have to split his strength between offence and defence, no longer having the leeway to spam attacks recklessly like before.
Even though it was better to have Gannala at the scene, Raaha didn't wish to take the risk. After all, she was the Supreme Tusk's successor. Currently, her existence was of strategic importance to the Mammoth Clan, whether it be in terms of acquiring Nature Weapons or allowing the Empyrean Tusks to move about in human forms.
As long as she remains alive, even if all Empyrean Tusks were to die, the Mammoth Clan could be revived in all its glory in the future, for she already carried the inheritances of everyone.
In the past few months, all Empyrean Tusks left behind their inheritances in her. Hence, Raaha didn't wish to put her life at risk by bringing her into the Attributed Region to chase after the Boar King.
Considering their history, Gannala would be met with the entirety of the Boar King's aggression. Therefore, Raaha moved alone. The entirety of the heat generated by Orakha was condensed into a sphere before him as Raaha rushed through the tunnel.
His expression was cold, determined as he rushed through the tunnel, soon passing the area where Orakha had exploded his body. The explosion had caused a portion of earth above the tunnel to be sent flying, opening a hole to the surface.
His eyes shot up and observed Boul Brimgan, expressing his intention, "I'm the Mammoth Clan Chief, Raaha."
"I'm going ahead to kill the Boar King. Come join me."
"Okay," Though he had a lot of questions, Boul Brimgan leapt into the tunnel and landed on a golden feline he had brought out, riding it alongside Raaha. "There are a few things I wish to question the Mammoth Clan."
"I'll stay behind after the Boar King is killed. You can ask me anything until you're satisfied." Raaha said. Even in this situation, he didn't reveal that the Mammoth Clan was behind the deaths of over a hundred Brimgan Royals, acting like it never happened.
'Inala created the perfect excuse for this, something even the Boar King accepted.' Thinking as such, Raaha said, "The Mammoth Clan almost met its end under the hands of Loot. We're happy to cooperate in this regard."
"I'll keep you to your word then." Boul Brimgan said as he watched Raaha mould the plasma sphere into a sword, 'So this is the Mammoth Clan's Chief. He's a tad stronger than the Cooter Clan Chief.'
"I believe this is the first time we've met each other, Raaha." A thundercloud dropped into the tunnel and sped forth like a railgun, erupting with arcs of lightning to induce a magnetic field through the tunnel to propel itself.
"The pleasure's mine, Geugeu." Raaha said in excitement as the trio rushed into the flight of stairs made of water, watching the figure of Yarsha Zahara and the Boar King enter Compartment 10-A, "With the power of us three combined,"
"The Boar King can be killed." As he announced, the trio entered the Attributed Region, jumping the Boar King.
