On the north side of Braun Town, by the waterhole where the Hemer tribe lives, a group of half-elves were sitting around on the snow. They are all young men, with well-proportioned and strong bodies. Even though they have ordinary looks, they are full of vitality. Vertok mingled among them, staring intently at the other side of the pool.
Gangyan, the leader of the Taku tribe, wears a deer helmet on his head and holds a stone sword in his hand. He stands on the edge of the pool and makes a strange whistle from his mouth. Sometimes it is low, like a deep abyss walking underground; sometimes it is high-pitched, like a bird fluttering its wings on top of the clouds. Sometimes gentle, like the whisper of the forest; sometimes violent, like the roar of a herd of animals. It is obviously not a language, but it makes people understand that this is the heartfelt praise of the leader of the Taku clan to the Mother of the Earth:
Life comes from you and life belongs to you.
The Taku tribe and Hemo tribe standing behind Gang Yan were all fascinated by what they heard. The wonderful atmosphere gradually infected the half-elves across the pool. Wiltok was also immersed in it. He didn't know how the other half-elves felt, but his spirit was vaguely connected to the earth, and he felt a silent and invisible pulse that shook every corner of his body inside and outside. At this time, the "knowledge puzzle" of the conscious world is synchronized with self-awareness, and Wiltok's spirit is infinitely elevated, as if he is separated from the shackles of the body, observing everything around him in mid-air.
The last time, synchronization with the "Knowledge Puzzle" occurred in the blacksmith shop on the plantation. Wiltok concentrated on forging iron, entering a state of selflessness, triggering his spirituality. Every time he swung the hammer to hit the sword embryo, it was just right, and finally forged a high-quality sword. Excellent steel short sword.
This time the synchronization was triggered by Steel Rock, and Wiltok immediately realized that the life sacrifice of the Earth Mother Temple was a primitive secret ritual. Wiltok can also clearly "observe" its effect.
The strange whistling sound emitted by the steel rock communicates with the abundant and active water element in the outside world, and resonates with the Taku tribe, the Hemo tribe, and the half-elves who participated in the secret ceremony, thereby conveying his status to the people around him.
The water element, which represents the attribute of life, continues to stimulate the vitality of the audience and awaken primitive instincts. To describe it in one word, it is "ready to move."
The vibrations produced by the sound permeate Wiltok's body, and he remembers this unique frequency, and the "knowledge puzzle" feeds back a piece of memory information.
Activate talent: mobilize huge life potential, relieve fatigue and weakness, and restore physical strength and energy. Currently, one activation can restore 20% of physical strength and 20% of energy, and the cooling time is 84 hours each time.
A complete living body is composed of the four elements of earth, fire, wind, and water, which respectively represent physical attributes, mental attributes, sensory attributes, and life attributes. The life form is actually a limiting model. In order to protect the stability of life forms, the limitations of the life model are like a lock that cannot be unlocked. Even most living creatures cannot squeeze out their potential when faced with the terror of death.
Even though Wiltok has a huge life potential, due to the natural limitations of the life model, he cannot usually use his internal potential. However, the activation talent can actively stimulate an inner potential, but the activation process must still be limited, and it must not be at the expense of lifespan or damage to the body.
Currently, Wiltok can use the activation talent every 84 hours to restore one-fifth of his physical strength and energy. And his current upper limit of physical strength and energy is almost four times that of a person with an awakened physique. Compared with his basic conditions, the recovery effect of activating talents can be said to be very impressive.
The activation talent is still in its infancy, and there is room for continued improvement. It can restore more physical strength and energy, and significantly shorten the cooldown time. However, Wiltok knew that there was still a trigger condition missing in order to obtain the complete activation talent, but he still could not recall the specific information of this condition.
On the other side, the secret ceremony held by Gang Yan was coming to an end. The huge stone sword in his hand burst into cracks, accompanied by a gurgling heat wave, and dark red lava was flowing inside. The head of the Taku clan, wearing a deer helmet, walked barefoot on the ice of the pool. The blade of the lava stone sword pointed downwards and stabbed into the thick ice.
The ice surface melted rapidly, producing a large amount of steaming white mist. Not long after, the water began to bubble, and the bitingly cold small pool turned into a misty hot spring.
Gang Yan put away the huge stone sword that had been restored to its original shape, walked back a few steps, and said to the more than a hundred female warriors of the Hemo tribe around him: "A total of thirty-one daughters of the Earth Mother participated in the life sacrifice. But this year's life Matsuri can only use ordinary combat skills, and cannot use deadly powerful combat skills, otherwise I will intervene and sentence her to lose this competition. You start to choose your mate."
"I'll go first."
As the leader of the Steel Rock clan retreated, Xinna, a female warrior from the Hemer clan, was the first to appear. She wore a neat single ponytail and wore a leather bra and leather skirt, revealing a large area of brown-black skin and strong muscles. She moved her long and strong legs, raised a 6-meter-long stainless steel spear with one hand, pointed at the opposite side of the hot spring, and said in a loud voice: "I choose John from the Adventurer's House to be my spouse! Which of you wants to Steal him from me?"
John, the head coach of the training camp, was sitting next to Wiltok. When he saw everyone looking at him, his face showed an embarrassed expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The first Hemer female warrior to appear will face repeated challenges from several competitors, and must defeat all opponents in order to gain priority in selecting a spouse. The spouse chosen by Xinna was of course the best one among dozens of candidates.
However, as a half-elf male, John would be a little uncomfortable letting the female warriors of the Hemer tribe choose.
"John is my chosen mate! You she-wolf, wait until I tear you apart!"
A Hemo female warrior grabbed a 6-meter spear and emerged from the crowd. Her eyes were almost on fire, like a furious lioness, staring at Xinna fiercely.
This female warrior turned out to be Xinna's daughter, Xixi.
A few dozen days ago, Wiltok met Xinna and Xixi at the gate of Braun Town. She was very interested in John at that time, but Xinna didn't show any special expression. Unexpectedly, Xinna was the first to pick John in the life sacrifice.
Xinna turned to face Xixi, pointed the sharp spear tip at her, and sneered: "Little bitch, if you don't have the ability to challenge me, just get out of here. I won't show mercy to you."
Xixi was ridiculed and became even more angry. Her face was distorted, her teeth were clenching, but she calmly held the spear steady, pointed it at Xinna, and moved slowly sideways.
Xinna responded in the same way. The mother and daughter stared at each other closely, taking staggered steps with their bare feet, circling and confronting each other on the snow.
Seeing this situation, Wiltok couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. He has the talent of dexterous hands, masters the wolf fighting skills, and is familiar with the use of various weapons, including spears.
Known as the king of long weapons, the technique for killing enemies with a spear is simple and efficient, which is to strike with a stab. Pull it out with your forehand and stab it; pull it with your backhand and stab it again, just these two times.
A small movement of the spearman will be amplified when transmitted to the tip of the spear, and the power will be doubled. Therefore, the action of using a spear is extremely concealed, extremely unappealing, and extremely deadly.
In fact, a true warrior must realize that any creature that bleeds, no matter how powerful, can be killed. This means that a life-and-death fight will often determine the outcome in a very short moment, and determine life or death. If the two sides can go back and forth dozens of times, it is not a battle at all, but a sparring performance.
The spear is a weapon that can help the weak defeat the strong enemy. Xixi may not be as strong as her mother, but as long as the spear in her hand can pierce Xinna's body, it will be enough to kill her. This principle is also valid for Xinna.
Whether it is a ferocious beast or a wise half-elf, in a battle that determines life and death, it only takes a moment to launch a fatal attack, but the battle process is by no means simple, and can even be very long. It is not only a competition of physical fitness, strength, speed and skills, but also a collision of will and will, and a duel of wisdom and wisdom. It depends on who can reveal the flaw first and who can seize the best opportunity to take action.
You only have one life, and you can't come back if you die. No matter how cautious you are in fighting, you should be cautious.
Xixi and Xinna each held a 6-meter stainless steel spear. They bowed their waists, shrank their shoulders, relaxed their muscles, and walked softly but firmly in staggered steps. Their feet never left the ground at the same time. The cold-gleaming spear tips were always pointed at each other's vital points. , or the heart, or the eyes, circling around each other.
Wiltok knew at a glance that they were playing for real.
The murderous entanglement between the two Hemo female warriors naturally revealed a tragic smell of blood. Behind them, there seemed to be an illusion of the enemy being killed.
Reaching the point where their will is revealed, their circling and confrontation is not only wonderful, but also extremely dangerous and unpredictable.
Perhaps a snowflake fell from Xixi's left eye, breaking the deadlocked balance. Xin Na suddenly advanced with the spear. Her waist and legs exerted strength, and her steps were as heavy as a drum. She trampled the snow on the ground into pieces. She had the momentum to shake the earth, but the 6-meter spear in her hand was like a tooth. The poisonous python that spat out the message passed through the cold and biting air, with a buzzing sound, and stabbed Xixi's left eye like lightning.
Xixi's body leaned back slightly, her center of gravity shifted back, her strong waist accumulated strength like a spring, her hands stirred the spear handle, and the stainless steel spear whirred, and it was moved to the backhand with powerful force. Her timing was perfect, and the two spears made of fine steel collided hard.
Under normal circumstances, if the spear thrust cannot hit the target first, the opponent's call does not require too much force and will certainly change the direction of the spear thrust. Immediately afterwards, Xinna's chest will reveal a flaw. Xixi's body is like a pendulum clock, and her waist is like a spring. She will use all the strength she has accumulated in advance to pierce Xinna's chest directly with a spear.
The method of using the spear is so simple and brutal.
However, Xinna's seemingly powerful and fierce thrust turned out to be as light as catkins. The moment it collided with Xixi's spear, the spear in her hand was weak and slid back. Xixi's backhand call dialed Loneliness, and she didn't have time to adjust her center of gravity, revealing a fatal flaw.
"Poof", Xinna spit out her spear and pierced into Xixi's right chest. The tip of the spear penetrated the shoulder blade behind her back, bringing out a cloud of blood and broken bones.
Xixi's body was completely pierced by a spear, a big hole opened in her right lung, her shoulder blade was shattered, and hot blood fell on the white snow, forming a shocking scene. She was bleeding from her mouth and nose, her eyes still fierce and fierce, staring at her mother.
A cruel and bloodthirsty smile appeared at the corner of Xinna's mouth, and she slowly pulled out the spear, as if she wanted to inflict greater pain on Xixi. Without the obstruction of the spear, the wound on Xixi's right chest suddenly gushed with blood. She was too injured to fight anymore, so she could only use her spear to support her body and prevent herself from falling.
Vertok frowned his long, straight eyebrows. He could see that Xin Na had mastered the secret of the mirror heart, had minute control over her body, and could change the intensity of her power at will. Although Xixi is powerful and has superb spear fighting skills, she is far from Xinna's opponent.
On the other hand, Xinna did not stab Sisi in the head or heart, obviously showing mercy. You know, with Xinna's terrifying power of piercing the dragon beast's head with one blow, she only pierced her daughter's right breast. However, Xixi's injuries were serious enough to be fatal. If she fell down now, she might never be able to stand up again.
Wiltok was very confused. He originally thought that the life sacrifice was a unique wedding ceremony of the Hemer tribe, but he did not expect that there would be a life-and-death fight that would not even show mercy to mother and daughter.
Of course, this kind of situation occurs everywhere in nature. In order to compete for the right to reproduce, male beasts will fight hard with their own kind. However, in the Hemer tribe, it is the females competing for male mates.
The life sacrifice of the Temple of the Earth Mother fully demonstrates the primitive instinct of the female warriors of Hemer. They follow the natural law of survival of the fittest, and only the strongest warriors are qualified to leave blood descendants.
This may be the reason why the Hemer are naturally powerful, but Wiltok doesn't like it.
Gang Yan did not let the Hemo sister bleed to death. He stepped forward and pressed his fingers on Xixi's wound a few times to help her stop the bleeding, and then walked away without saying a word.
The warmth shown by the leader of the Takut clan made Wiltok's expression slightly improve. What he didn't know was that in the previous life sacrifices, the female warriors of Hemer would die on the spot. Only in this year's life sacrifice, Gang Yan took the initiative to intervene.
The dragoons of the famous Golden Oak family have a great influence on the Earth Mother Temple in Braun Town. In order to prevent a worse situation from happening, eight adult Taku clan members, including Gang Yan, decided to retain their fighting power and did not participate in the life sacrifice. Otherwise, it would not be John's turn to be selected first.
Perhaps it was because John's attraction was not strong enough for the Hemer tribe to fight for him, or perhaps the other female warriors felt that there was no chance of winning against Xinna. In order to preserve their strength and continue to compete, they all abstained, and no one came out again. Challenge Xinna.
Xinna finally showed a satisfied smile. She put down the steel spear and walked straight into the hot spring until she was completely submerged in the spring water. When she emerged from the water again, she had transformed into a stunningly beautiful rock elf woman with long ears.
She was still wearing a leather bra and leather skirt, revealing her slender waist and slender, round thighs. Her skin was as radiant as snow and her beauty was stunning. She walked up to John in a charming manner, her shy expression full of silent temptation.
John couldn't even move his eyes. Under the envious gazes of everyone, he was led by Xinna towards a leather tent.
The competition between the Hemer tribe is still going on, but the young half-elves participating in the life festival are really not worth their efforts. Although some female warriors were injured, they were not as serious as Xixi, and no one died on the spot.
The victorious female warriors of Hemer passed through the hot springs one after another, turned into beautiful rock elves, and took away their chosen spouses. The injured female warrior was unable to compete and could only choose the remaining half-elves. After being baptized by the hot springs, all their serious injuries were healed without leaving any scars.
To be honest, after Xixi transformed in the hot spring, she is the most beautiful rock elf today. Unfortunately, she was also the last rock elf to choose a mate, so she didn't have to choose. However, judging from her shy and sweet smile, she seemed quite satisfied with her spouse.
The half-elves who participated in the Life Sacrifice were all taken into their respective tents by the female warrior Hemer. By the no longer warm water pool, only Wiltok was left alone.
This year's life sacrifice in the Earth Mother Temple seems to have ended, or maybe it has just begun. The marriage life of the Hemo people only lasts for a few days. When the time is up, they will put away their tenderness and sweetness and kick their spouses out of their tents, leaving no mercy for them.
Anyway, none of this has anything to do with Wiltok. He had nothing to do here, so he went around to the other side of the pool, picked up a steel spear from the snow, and tried to swing it twice.
Other female warriors of Hemer who were pregnant or had just given birth and did not participate in the life sacrifice did not hesitate to sympathize with Vertok. Someone shouted to him: "Pretty boy, don't be sad. When you grow up, we will risk our lives for you!"
Vertok's eyes flashed and he muttered: "When I recover all my memories, I will tell you..."
The gift of dexterous hands made him feel like flesh and blood were connected with the steel spear in his hand. He dragged the spear to a big tree, raised the spear and stabbed it straight. The tip of the spear touched the bark and instantly withdrew its force, and stabbed again, Retrieve, stab again, reap again. The spear stabbed continuously, and an endless buzzing sound gradually sounded in the air. The powerful force was stirring up the falling snow, but there were no holes left by the spear tip on the mottled bark.
Vertok was focused on nothing. He had been practicing for an unknown amount of time, his amber eyes were as bright as a torch, and he suddenly sent the spear into the tight wooden trunk. The power accumulated from the vibration of the spear exploded instantly, and the thick trunk burst from the middle. The whole tree fell to the ground with a crackling sound, sending up a burst of mist and flying snow.
"Did I read that correctly? This is an advanced combat skill, stabbing?"
"How can a half-elf male use the advanced combat skills that only our Hemer tribe can do?"
"No, this is not really a stabbing explosion... Wiltok has the same effect as a stabbing explosion after accumulating strength."
"Well, you don't need to accumulate momentum for a real thrust. If you accumulate momentum for a long time in a battle, isn't that looking for death?"
"Anyway, Vertok is really awesome, and he's so beautiful..."
A group of Hemo women were chattering, and the topic went further and further away.
Wiltok ignored them. He blew out a breath of hot breath from his mouth, and his body suddenly felt weak. He used simple spear thrusting techniques, coupled with combat breathing techniques, to simulate the thrusting explosions of the Hemer female warriors, and showed terrifying power, but it was also very taxing on the body.
This kind of simulation really has no actual combat value. Wiltok wants to help himself understand the mystery of the mirror heart by simulating difficult combat skills.
Gang Yan came over, looked at the fracture in the trunk of the big tree, and said to him: "Wiltok, you are only a hair away from the realm of the Heart of Mirrors, but it is difficult to break through this small gap."
Wiltok nodded. His dexterous hands now penetrated the muscles of the shoulders, back, chest, waist and abdomen. There was still a certain gap between them and the whole body.
"Steel Rock, you also mastered the Heart of the Mirror? How did you master it?" Wiltok threw away the spear and asked curiously.
The leader of the Taku clan pointed at his eyebrows and said lightly: "I mastered it naturally... Behind the heart of the realm is the shadow of the dream, and behind the shadow of the dream is the higher soul body. I now master the basic level The shadow of the dream... The day before yesterday, although that bastard Xiulant was powerful, it was very easy for me to kill him."
"Dream Shadow? Soul Body? What is that?" Wiltok murmured.
"There is no way to describe it clearly. When you reach that state, you will naturally understand." Gang Yan shook his head and said instead: "Bartom sent someone to find you. He asked you to go back and said there was something important. Discuss with you."
Wiltok nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back."
Gang Yan looked at him silently, with no intention of getting out of the way. After a while, he said: "Wiltok, you are a sub-elf favored by the Earth Mother. I hope you can stay here."
Wiltok asked in confusion: "Why?"
Gang Yan looked at him deeply, remained silent for a while, shook his head and said: "There is no reason, I just hope you can stay."
"You can't give me a reason...then I need to go back to the hotel to sleep now."
