Chapter 2978: Unforeseen (1/2)
Ves never summoned all of his design spirits at the same time. This was the first time he did something like this. It took a lot of time for Ves to realize that he was not alone when it came to spiritual manipulation.
He always lamented the lack of spiritual adepts at his side who could assist him in his spiritual engineering endeavors, but it turned out that he already had a number of them in his company!
They just didn't come in the form of living, breathing humans!
Now, he was ready to test whether their collective strength was enough to fend off a resurrected dark god!
”Solemn Guardian! Bravo! Qilanxo! Illustrious One! Ylvaine! I call upon all of you to resist this invader and prevent him from doing any more harm!”
Six figurines seemed to glow as the design spirits behind them readily answered his call!
A formidable wave of mixed spiritual energy flooded into the mind that Ves had opened on his own accord and immediately poured into Blinky's spiritual body.
The dark tide was receding, though the devouring vortex absorbed a lot more spiritual energy than before due to the vast increase in input.
Seeing that this was still not enough, Ves did not hesitate to call upon his final two friendly design spirits.
”Lufa! Mother! Help us drive back this invader! Purify the Unending One and eliminate this remnant!”
A pure and holy glow washed over his body and began to enter Blinky's body. Since parts of Lufa were freshly integrated into the Star Cat, Lufa was directly able to strengthen Blinky's resistance against the dark pollution!
As for the Superior Mother, the moment a giant, translucent hand appeared above Ves, its giant index finger poked into his head and directly touched Blinky's body.
WUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
An inhumanly deep spiritual scream echoed through Ves' mind and poured out into the surroundings.
”Ahhh! What is this?!” Dr. Ranya cried out in pain while clutching the side of her head.
The intervention of the Superior Mother finally managed to break the unfavorable status quo. Against the entity that was connected to a spiritual sorcesses who excelled in devouring energy, the Hexer ancestral spirit was a lot better prepared to fight against their current foe than the other design spirits.
When the Superior Mother's finger pressed upon Blinky's semi-possessed body, strong Hexer-flavored spiritual energy poured into the companion spirit.
Under the Superior Mother's exquisite control, the energy she commanded first reinforced the Star Cat's unpossessed portions and formed an impervious wall that completely blocked the dark pollution from advancing further.
Qilanxo also helped with reinforcing this defensive barrier.
Unlike the spiritual energy leveraged by the other design spirits, the Superior Mother's energy was more tenacious and denied the Unending One any chance of converting her strength into his own.
Sure enough, an expert with the same abilities knew how to counter them the best. It was the right choice to call in the Superior Mother!
With the assistance of the other design spirits, the Superior Mother led the counterattack against the resurrected Dark god. The impervious wall she erected began to push forward and capture more and more lost ground.
As a result, more and more parts of Blinky's body turned back to normal. The dark pollution that dimmed the blinking light flashes visibly retreated as time went by. Though the Unending One performed various attacks against the Superior Mother, the difference in their current strength was too vast to make up in a short amount of time!
The remnant of the Unending One that came back to life only leveraged a portion of Blinky's strength along with what he absorbed.
The Superior Mother was not only a design spirit connected to many millions of LMC mechs piloted by brave Hexer mech pilots, but she also served as an object of worship to trillions of Hexer citizens who had put their faith in her as the Komodo War continued to press upon the Hegemony.
With all of this spiritual feedback, the current form of the Superior Mother was more than a match for a dark god that was not only isolated, but only a pale shadow of his former glory.
Blinky's body continued to clear up as the Superior Mother did not yield at all throughout the struggle.
Once she rescued the subcomponents responsible for devouring and converting energy from the Unending One's hands, the outcome was set! Without any viable means to increase his strength, the dark god lost his final chance of gaining enough strength to resist the collective might of so many design spirits.
The pollution kept receding further and further. Soon Blinky's hind body had cleared up. Only his tail remained dark, but at this point in time the remnant of the Unending One had lost so much ground that the Star Cat was finally able to put up a good fight!
In the end, Ves, Blinky and all of the design spirits that had answered the call managed to scour every polluting energy from the companion spirit's body.
Strangely enough, the only portion of Blinky's body that remained dark was the tip of his tail. Ves checked it extensively but found nothing wrong with it. Neither the Superior Mother nor Lufa found anything amiss over there either.
It was evidently a souvenir from the previous struggle. Blinky had yet to grow older than an hour but he had already gained his battle-scar!
”That's the life of a Larkinson.” Ves proudly muttered as he relaxed. ”We don't shy away from challenges. We fight back as hard as possible!”
Mrow!
Blinky experienced a lot of relief now that he had gained control over his own body again. The Star Cat squinted his glowing eyes and brushed his cheek against the giant finger of the Superior Mother.
As the different design spirits pulled back their presence now that they had done their jobs, the Superior Mother's giant hand patted Ves' prone body a couple of times, causing him to feel like he was being squashed like a pancake, before disappearing entirely.
”Ooof! You've grown stronger since last time!”
The crisis had passed. Though Ves couldn't completely rule out that the Unending One had disappeared entirely from Blinky, he believed in the judgement of the Superior Mother. Since she felt comfortable enough to leave at this junction, the risks shouldn't be too great anymore.
”Are you happy now, Blinky?”
Mrow.
It was strange for Ves to interact with his new companion spirit.
On one hand, he felt as if he was talking to a pet like Lucky.
On the other hand, it was like talking to himself because he possessed an undeniable connection to Blinky.