I'll Surpass The MC

Chapter 1098: Calamity Recovery (Part 1)

[Property of Sir Brangara!]

“See, it’s there.” Brangara pointed under his feet as he stood atop the solidified layer of air on the lake.

“Take a look closely.” Wally smiled in response as the words changed.

[Property of Sir Brangara’s Daddy!]

“You’re being rude to our guests, Son.” Wally leered. Seeing Brangara frown in response, he chuckled, “Does my facial expression disgust you? That’s hypocritical, you know.”

“Since all I did was mirror yours.”

“Oh, really?” Brangara burst into laughter as he eyed the trio of Wally, Zhya, and Nirat grouping together, intending to face him. He glanced at Nirat, “Kid, you’re fine with them taking something that belongs to you?”

“No,” Nirat shook his head and narrowed his gaze, “However, these two aren’t capable of stealing what I already possess.”

’He knows about my Mystic Human Stamp?’ Brangara’s expression curled up into a faint smile as steadily, his presence billowed out of his being, causing ripples through the solid layer of air underneath him. “Let me rephrase my question.”

His eyes scanned the trio and then lingered on Nirat for a second longer, “Do you believe these two can defeat me?”

“I do…” Nirat suddenly ducked mid-sentence, hastily assuming his Human Avatar form to shoot a Spirit Weapon his body’s length to the side and using it to pull himself towards the spot. In the place he stood at originally was Brangara, moving almost like a flash.

Brangara’s target wasn’t Nirat. Instead, followed by a sidestep, he curled his body like a serpent and lashed his head towards Wally. A barrier of earth and air appeared between him and Wally, producing a loud gong sound upon collision.

Crackle!

“Hehe!” Brangara raised his fist as Prana gathered into it and accelerated it using psychokinesis. In response, Wally cranked up his defensive strength. However, when the attack landed, it wasn’t even a hundredth as strong.

Minor Treasure—Spirit Puppet Slip!

In that instant Brangara had moved and curled his body, he had already assumed Mystic Ewworm form, becoming a metre long. He hid within the Puppet body that curled to target Wally.

And now that Wally had craned most of his strength for defence, the layer of air on the lake was weaker. Without a moment’s hesitation, Brangara burst out of the puppet’s ass and bolted into the lake.

[Stop!]

His body became stunned, to an extent even his resistant to external influence couldn’t guard against. It was only for a duration less than a tenth of a second. However, at this closeup, this was enough for sound to reach him.

[Stop!]

[Stop!]

Mystic Royl Art—Tangible Piezo Slip!

Mystic Royal Art—Piezo Resonance!

Normally, this combination wouldn’t be so effective, especially against someone stronger. However, in the Quip Clan’s library was the data of Virala from back at the Brimgan Empire.

It was when Gannala made contact with him and accessed all his memories. Inala got them from her and then, upon becoming the Royal Zinger and establishing the Quip Clan’s headquarters at the Ravaged Federation, he placed this data in their library.

The Quip Clan’s library was a Mystic Biome Bomb containing a Bolt of Transcendence. Currently, it was just a small spark, as even the entirety of the Quip Clan’s knowledge only amounted to such.

The day Virala arrived at the Ravaged Federation, Zhya had already accessed his memories from the Quip Clan’s database in order to be ready to face him. And now, she used it to devise a Tangible Piezo Slip that easily influenced Brangara, since it was based from the latter’s memories.

“Urgh!” Brangara grunted, feeling a mild headache, as for a moment in his mindspace, the Virala database seemed about to overpower the Brangara database. Zhya’s attack was triggering all of Virala’s data.

[Stop!]

Every step she took, she unleashed a Tangible Piezo Slip, ensuring Brangara couldn’t break free from the attack. And then, she was before the latter, casually raising her hand in an effort to touch the latter.

The hand turned into a faint blur, gathering a large amount of Prana to create soundwaves that were resonant with Brangara’s body. If that were to make contact, the resultant body part would shatter easily.

“Pretty annoying, right?” Zhya uttered as her hand abruptly changed direction and touched a Mystic Ewworm puppet that burst out of Brangara’s ass to stab at her. The moment the puppet touched her hand, it burst into blood mist.

Boom!

The blood mist created a mild cover to dampen the effects of Tangible Piezo Slip, giving Brangara just an instant of window where he cranked Mystic Nature Art to the limit and leapt back. He spontaneously took house within a puppet version of himself and gasped.

’It is…significantly stronger than what Inala used in the past.’ There was cold sweat dripping his back. Even though he had stored a few Mystic Ewworm puppets to defend himself in advance, the sheer potency of Zhya’s abilities stunned him.

Worst of all, Zhya was merely using Mystic Royal Art. And it was all that she had used until now.

’Indeed, a monster.’ Brangara exhaled softly and increased the number of puppets within the body he was piloting. He stored some Prana within his Mystic Human Stamp, retaining in it the command to create a puppet to house him the moment the current puppet gets destroyed.

For a moment, he wanted to use his Tratham armour. However, Wally was nearby, so he abandoned the idea. His flesh could easily resist Wally’s Subtle Terrain Domination. However, his Tratham armour couldn’t as well.

It would only create a tug of war between the two, which would limit the mental capacity Brangara could allot to the other two.

All along, Nirat hadn’t attacked in the slightest. He was merely observing Brangara like a hawk to analyse the latter’s weakness.

“Well, I have to admit.” Brangara relaxed his shoulders, “In this form, I can’t hope to win against the combined might of the three of you.”

“Then,” Brangara exhaled softly. A tinge of sweat squeezed out of the pores on his skin. His body vibrated for an instant as the sweat turned into mist, which hovered before him as a cloud. As he casually waved his hand, the cloud followed his movements.

“Hooh!” He then took in a deep breath and held his lungs tight, following which he extended his right arm, curled it into a fist, pointed at the trio before him, and uttered calmly, “Allow me to express my might.”

Beginner Mystic Grade Pranic Beast—Mystic Ewworm!

Brangara assumed his Mystic Ewworm form and caused a loud thud as the tail landed on the lake. A ginormous mountain of Tratham was held at the end of the tail. An instant later, the tool separated from the tail, generating force upon the layer of air shielding the lake.

“Urgh!” Wally grunted in response to the weight, as he was using air to defend. If he was using a solid terrain, he wouldn’t have to waste as much Prana or concentration to maintain the defensive construct.

“Good,” Brangara grinned as the split was instantaneous, avoiding giving Wally much time to react. Most of the Tratham mountain was beyond Wally’s Spirit Weapon range, crushing upon the lake.

In response, Wally was employing Subtle Terrain Domination to generate a pressure wave that acted as the layer preventing the two from touching.

There was a gurgle, following which something seemed to have been digested within the Mystic Ewworm’s stomach. Judging by the digestion speed, it wasn’t its stomach. And in a matter of seconds, a large tool formed at the tail.

Mineral—Vara!

By the time Brangara made his preparation, Zhya was already within the lake, steadily moving towards the data cluster at the bottom. She was less than a few hundred metes from the lake when the water around her turned warm.

’Hoh!’ Zhya wriggled her body sharply and watched her arm getting blown off. Before she retaliated, Nirat was behind her, his Human Avatar form letting out a mild shine as a Spirit Weapon manifested between the two.

Then, it moved a metre to the front, piercing through Zhya’s body to stop, and then returned right to the surface of Nirat’s Human Avatar. In a tenth of a second, it moved back and forth over thirty times, now forming a gaping hole in Zhya’s chest.

Her heart and its surroundings had been clearly destroyed, leaving behind no room for recovery.

With a tense look, Nirat gulped, spared a glance, and then moved upon the data cluster in the shape of a Mystic Tentacle in a meditative pose.

[You Can Stop Now!]

Suddenly, his body struggled to move forward. With a stiffened form, Nirat expanded his Prana detection means and noticed that the one he had destroyed was a Biome Bomb. Zhya was comfortably hiding within another Biome Bomb that had camouflaged itself nearby to appear undetectable in the water.

Mystic Royal Art—Piezo Resonance!

’At the same frequency, even though your Prana detection means can perceive the Biome Bomb I’m hiding within, your brain fails to analyse this information.’ Zhya casually floated past a stunned Nirat and used a Tangible Piezo Slip to communicate with the latter, “Your destructive might is insane, given you could easily puncture through a Gold Biome Bomb.”

“I can picture how you’ve managed to win against eight Gold Grade Pranic Beasts.” Zhya commented casually, “However, stand down, Nirat.”

“You’re outclassed here.” Zhya stood before the inheritance and reached for it with her hand. She stopped the moment before making contact, smirked, and used a Tangible Piezo Slip.

[Sleep!]

The figures of over thirty Mystic Ewworm puppets jutted out of the lake, all growing silent as they had fallen asleep, ’The puppets obviously don’t have enough capacity to take in this inheritance. So, they’re waiting to buy time until he arrives. Still, to think he made his arrangement during that short exchange.’

[Sleep!]

She reinforced the puppets’ state of unconsciousness and touched the inheritance, ’This might assist us in the upcoming war…’ Chapters first released on NoveI[F]ire.net

Her thoughts were cut off, as suddenly, stemming from deep within herself was an unbridled sense of fear, something so strong, even she was overwhelmed. ’It’s…my genetics!’

The Royal Zinger genes within her were crying at her, warning her, pleading her to run. They had been doing it from a while ago. However, she couldn’t feel it.

Making contact with the inheritance allowed Zhya to link with the strongest authority left behind by the Royal Zinger.

Major Treasure—Palm!

“Oh, no!” Her face paled in fright as Zhya roared towards the lake’s surface, “WALLY!”

And then, the second source of boom heard a while ago made its way into the Death Tentacle Ruins.