Chapter 535 Arriving Before Attribute
Compartment 1-K!
Inala entered it alongside Asaeya and turned around to stare at Rhanalla, nodding towards her, ‘Be safe!’
Rhanalla waved her hand, implying that she intended to focus on protecting herself as she had already obtained keys leading to the adjacent Compartments, prepared to seek refuge in whichever one was safe.
The reason was simple, very much so, as the Attributed Region rumbled.
From the skies of Sumatra Continent, originating from somewhere too far for an individual to perceive, came Bolts of Transcendence, targeting the Attributed Region at two spots. Yes, two.
Both the bodies of Boar King were summoning the Bolts of Transcendence to counter the Attributed Region.
A bolt slammed into the gate of Compartment 5-L, revealing an opening into 4-L. Resha’s figure flew all over the place, harnessing his Prana to the limit to keep the Boar King engaged.
The Bolt of Transcendence lost most of its power by the time it pierced through the Attributed Region’s ceiling and gate. The purpose of a Bolt of Transcendence is to fuse the body of a cultivator at the 10-Life Stage into a singular whole and, in the process refine it until he becomes a Transcendent.
Once the cultivator became a Transcendent, the Bolt of Transcendence was no longer a threat to him, even if they were only an Iron Transcendent. Similarly, all Influenced Regions were on par with the bodies of Iron Transcendents.
As a result, the Bolt of Transcendence was unable to destroy the Attributed Region. It was only able to damage it slightly and lost most of its power in the process. This meant that the Boar King could continue to summon them without worries.
By the time the Bolt of Transcendence reached him, it had lost a majority of its power. Hence, he could tank it without issue, only facing second-degree burns in response, which wasn’t much considering his recovery means.
In contrast to the damage, the Boar King’s gains were tremendous. A vast sea of knowledge contained in the Bolts of Transcendence flowed into his mind, causing his abilities to improve naturally. New Skills were developed for his Natures, brimming with endless inspiration and a wealth of knowledge incomparable to anything he had obtained before.
When a bolt hit the wall of water forming the Attributed Region, it absorbed some of the influence in the region, which was then transferred to the Boar King’s body. The massive biome in his stomach began to absorb the Attributed Region’s influence through the Bolts of Transcendence, developing in response.
“You’re dead when I catch you, Resha!” The Boar King roared as he assumed Empyrean Boar King form for an instant and swallowed Braga, finally able to get his hand on one of his sons.
“There’s more!” Resha said and took out Brana from his stomach biome and held him on his right. Held in his left was Baga as Resha chucked him towards an Attributed Creature like usual and just as the Boar King defeated the latter, he snuck away both Baga and the key.
Using the Boar King’s rage and the influx of Bolts of Transcendence, Resha rapidly paved a path through the Attributed Region, constantly changing Paths as he approached the centre. Only he used a key. Right before entering a gate, Resha swallowed the Boar King’s children.
And once he was on the other side, he took them out and taunted the Boar King. The keys were only necessary for entry and exit. Through the stomach biome, it was possible to bring an army with him, which was what he had done in Sumatra Chronicles.
Hence, Resha was experienced with the process.
The Fourth Layer! The Third Layer! The Second Layer!
Resha was rapidly getting to the centre.
At the same time, the second body of Boar King had reached the Seventh Layer by now, also drawing in Bolts of Transcendence to forcibly break through the gates.
‘They are fast!’ The second Boar King’s body stared at his back and noticed the trio of Raaha, Geugeu, and Boul Brimgan remaining right on his trail, ‘They’re keeping up with me even when I’m using a shortcut.’
Upon spotting an Attributed Creature, Raaha would use his body to terraform the fluid body of the Attributed Creature at the spot before its key, in the shape of a nail. Geugeu would then use the power of Mystic Mist Art to slightly part away the layer of water surrounding the key.
This would loosen its position, following which Boul Brimgan’s golden feline would unleash a golden beam on the head of the nail, which would slam into the key and send it flying out of the Attributed Creature.
It took less than a minute for the trio to gather three keys, which was how they were able to keep pace with the Boar King. As they cooperated, they were able to synchronise their teamwork better, able to take down Attributed Creatures faster.
The walls of the Attributed Region were thick and behaved no different from glass towards light. Hence, the refractive index was high, making it impossible to observe more than the adjacent Compartments.
But despite that, Inala could feel the approach of the two Boar King bodies. After all, the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and even the bodies of the Attributed Creatures formed ripples every time a Bolt of Transcendence slammed into the Attributed Region.
Even though the region was rapidly healing from the damage, thanks to it being made from water, Inala could observe that the walls were beginning to thin out. The reduction in thickness was merely a millimetre, next to nothing in comparison to the walls sporting a thickness in the range of dozens of metres.
But it still meant that the Boar King’s actions were able to damage the Attributed Region, one of the most threatening territories to exist on the continent of Sumatra.
“We need to hurry!” Inala assumed his Empyrean Zinger form and flew towards the group of spinning tops in the Compartment.
There was no rain in Compartment 1-K, but instead was filled with spinning tops, with each spanning a height of twenty metres and a radius of forty metres. These spinning tops slammed into each other, resulting in dangerous splashes of water.
The level of danger was exceedingly high as compared to other Compartments, as this was the final test one had to face in order to obtain the Major Treasure of Attribute.
Seated in the centre atop the spinning top was an Attributed Creature, in a meditative pose. Its body spun alongside the spinning top, but as it wasn’t a living being, it wasn’t bothered with being spun for an eternity.
There were close to thirty Attributed Creatures here, with the cheapest treasure contained in their bodies being Gold Grade Mineral superior to Rutham. And in the body of the Attributed Creature that was the biggest and seemed to be the strongest was a billowing celestial body of energy, churning with enough power that it seemed capable of exploding the Attributed Creature itself.
Minor Treasure!
He might have to spend days before managing to obtain it, since it was positioned in the most dangerous spot amongst the group of spinning tops, impacted the most by other spinning tops, so the splashes of water near it were the highest.
Having personally faced enough Attributed Creatures, Inala was now able to determine which held the key leading into a deeper layer. “Focus on defence alone.”
“Okay,” Asaeya nodded and caused six of her most refined Spirit Weapons to hover around them, revolving rapidly to defend against any water splashes. She had practised enough to use psychokinesis, pulses of Prana, rotary speed, the effects of inertia, and incident angles to deflect the water splashes.
The angle of deflection wasn’t high, but was enough for the water droplet to miss its mark. Best of all, her most refined Spirit Weapon could deflect at least ten such droplets before shattering.
Since the Spirit Weapon wasn’t enduring the entirety of the force behind the water droplet, it could withstand the impacts. Rhanalla was the one who taught her this method of application, basing it upon the experience gained by the Empyrean Tusks in the Attributed Region.
Inala made a beeline towards the Attributed Creature containing the key to the centre of the Attributed Region, one that was the second strongest in the Compartment. He opened his mouth as four strings of Prana created using the Minor Treasure of Tangible Psychokinesis coiled to form a barrel out of his mouth.
It jutted out just like a tongue but was shaped like a barrel. Its rear end extended through his throat, layering on its inner wall before getting connected to his stomach biome.
The group of Empyrean Zingers there had set up a factory line of Gravity Bombs, all charged up to their limit. Through the combined use of psychokinesis of more than a hundred Empyrean Zingers acting upon a heavy piston that cranked up a light lever arm, a Gravity Bomb was launched into the throat.
His throat was wide enough for the Gravity Bomb to fly through without problems in his Empyrean Zinger form. As it flew through his throat, Prana radiated from the strings.
The strings were coiled in his throat, forming a smooth surface, creating a diameter of open space that exactly matched the Gravity Bomb’s. As a result, when the Gravity Bomb moved through the throat, its surface remained in contact with the four strings of Prana.
Tangible Psychokinesis!
It was to unleash the effects of psychokinesis through the strings of Prana. And now, the four strings did the same, unleashing the effects of psychokinesis on the Gravity Bomb along the length of the string.
Due to the coiled nature of the strings, the Gravity Bomb began to spin, for it acted the same as the grooving of a gun. And then, through the effects of psychokinesis unleashed through the four strings, the Gravity Bomb accelerated.
It was already shot by the combined might of a hundred Empyrean Zingers, carrying with it enough momentum. And now, as it passed through the throat, its momentum was stabilised alongside a spin, allowing it to have a stable flight path once ejected out.
Like a tongue, the barrel of Prana string jutted out of Inala’s Empyrean Zinger mouth and curved a little to face the Attributed Creature. And then, Gravity Bombs shot out of it like a machine gun, bombarding the target.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Right as a Gravity Bomb came into contact, it exploded, discharging shockwaves in the direction of the Attributed Creature. And then, right at the same point, a second Gravity Bomb impacted, making another discharge.
The line of Gravity Bombs slammed the exact same spot and unleashed concurrent discharges of shockwaves to cause a major ripple on the Attributed Creature’s body, so much so that it deformed.
After all, Inala was bombarding it at least forty times a second, causing the impacted zone to cave in and push the water there to other sections of the body. “Asaeya!”
“On it!” Asaeya erected a six-layered Spirit Weapon on their bodies, transforming it into a drill that rotated at tremendous speeds. Peeking out of the drill’s tip was the barrel, continuing to cave in the targeted spot.
And then, when the Attributed Creature’s body at the spot thinned out alarmingly, the drill pierced through it and appeared on the other side, only losing four layers in the process. The drill shattered as Inala landed on the ground, holding Asaeya with one arm.
His other hand held the key leading to the centre as Inala turned around to stare at the Attributed Creature with a gigantic hole in its centre, “I got what I wanted.”
“Stay safe, Asaeya.” Inala dropped her at the gate and leapt through it, entering the centre as he stared at the pillar of light emanating from a tiny brain-shaped object, “Finally, I’m here.”
Major Treasure—Attribute!