On the north side of Braun Town, by the waterhole where the Hemer tribe lives, a group of half-elves are sitting on the snow. They are all young men, well-proportioned and strong, and even though they have ordinary looks, they are full of vitality. Wiltok is among them.
Among them, they stared 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 the top of the clouds.
Sometimes it is gentle, like the whisper of the forest; sometimes it is 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 Mother of the Earth by the leader of the Taku clan:
Life comes from you, life belongs to you.
The Taku clan and the Hemer clan 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, vibrating every corner of his body inside and outside. At this time, the "knowledge puzzle" of the conscious world synchronized with his self-awareness, and Vertok's spirit rose infinitely.
It's like being freed from the shackles of the body and observing everything around you in mid-air.
The last time, the synchronization with the "Knowledge Puzzle" happened in the blacksmith shop on the plantation. Wiltok concentrated on forging iron, entered a state of selflessness, triggered his spirituality, and 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 could 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 Hemer tribe, and the half-elves who participated in the secret ritual, thereby conveying his state 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 generated by the sound permeate Wiltok's body, and he remembers this unique frequency, and the "knowledge puzzle" feeds back a piece of memory information.
Activation 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 the life form, the life model
The limitations of life are like a lock that cannot be unlocked. Even facing the terror of death, most living things cannot squeeze out their potential.
Even though Vertok has a huge life potential, due to the natural limitations of the life model, it is usually unable to activate the internal potential. However, the activation talent can actively activate an internal potential, but the activation process must still be limited, without sacrificing lifespan.
At the cost of body damage.
Currently, Wiltok can use his activation talent every 84 hours to recover one-fifth of his physical strength and energy. And his current upper limit of physical strength and upper energy limit are almost four times that of a person with an awakened physique. Compared to 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 further improvement. It can restore more physical strength and energy, and greatly shorten the cooling time. However, Wiltok knows that there is still a trigger condition missing to obtain the complete activation talent, but this condition
He still couldn't remember the specific information.
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, and along with the gurgling heat wave, there was dark red lava flowing inside. The head of the Taku clan wearing a deer helmet had bare feet.
, stepped onto the ice of the pool, pointed the edge of the lava stone sword 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 surface began to bubble, and the bitingly cold small pool turned into a mist-filled 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 a mate."
"I'll go first."
As the leader of the Gangyan tribe retreated, Xinna, a female warrior from the Hemer tribe, was the first to appear. She had a neat single ponytail, a leather breast protector, and a leather skirt, revealing a large area of brown-black skin and
She had 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 me."
My spouse! Which of you wants to rob him from me?"
John, the head coach of the training camp, was sitting next to Wiltok. Seeing everyone looking at him, his face showed an embarrassed expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The first Hemer female warrior to take the stage will face repeated challenges from several competitors, and must defeat all opponents before she can gain the right to first select a spouse. Of course, the spouse selected by Xinna is among dozens of candidates.
The best companion.
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 partner! You she-wolf, wait until I tear you apart!"
A Hemer female warrior grabbed a 6-meter spear and stepped out from the crowd. Her eyes almost burst into flames, like a furious lioness, staring at Xinna fiercely.
This female warrior is surprisingly 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 had no special expression. Unexpectedly, Xinna was the first to choose John in the life sacrifice.
John.
Xin Na turned to face Xi Xi, pointing the sharp spear tip at her, and sneered: "Little bitch, if you don't have the ability to challenge me, just go away. I will not show mercy to you."
Xixi was ridiculed and became even more angry. Her face was distorted and her teeth chattered, but she calmly clamped the spear and pointed it at Xinna, moving slowly sideways.
Xin Na responded in the same way. Both mother and daughter stared at each other, took staggered steps with bare feet, and circled each other on the snow to confront each other.
When Vertok saw this situation, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. He was gifted with dexterous hands, mastered the wolf combat skills, and was 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 thrust. Pull it out with your forehand and thrust; strike it with your backhand and thrust again, over and over again.
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 movement of using a spear is extremely concealed, extremely unappreciable, and particularly deadly.
In fact, a real warrior must realize that any creature that bleeds, no matter how powerful it is, can be killed. This means that a life-and-death fight will often determine the outcome and life or death in a very short moment.
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 is enough to kill the opponent. This principle also applies to Xinna.
Also valid.
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, or even very long. It is not only a competition of physical fitness, strength, speed and skills
, it is a collision between will and will, and a duel between 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-light 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 two Hemo female warriors were entangled with murderous intentions, naturally exuding a tragic smell of blood. Behind them, there seemed to be an illusion of the enemy being killed.
When 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. Xinna suddenly advanced with her spear, her waist and legs exerted force, and her steps were as heavy as a drum, trampling the snow on the ground into pieces.
With an aura that shook the earth, the 6-meter spear in his hand was like a poisonous python with its teeth bared and spitting out messages, passing 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 moved back, her strong waist accumulated strength like a spring, her hands stirred the spear handle, and the stainless steel spear whirred, and she moved her backhand with powerful force. Her timing was accurate,
Two spears made of fine steel collided hard.
Under normal circumstances, if the spear cannot hit the target first, the opponent's call does not require too much force, and it will definitely change the direction of the spear. Immediately afterwards, Xinna's chest will reveal a flaw, and Xixi's body
Like a pendulum clock, her waist is like a spring. By exploding all the power she has accumulated in advance, she can directly pierce Xinna's chest 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 dialed
I was so lonely that I had no time to adjust my focus, 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. Her mouth and nose were bleeding, her eyes were still fierce and fierce, and she was dead.
Staring at his mother.
A cruel and bloodthirsty smile appeared at the corner of Xinna's mouth, and she slowly pulled out the spear, as if to inflict greater pain on Xixi. Without the obstruction of the spear, blood suddenly gushed out from the wound on Xixi's right chest. She was injured so much
It was too heavy and I could no longer fight, so I could only use my spear to support my body to prevent myself from falling.
Vertok frowned his slender and straight eyebrows. He could see that Xinna has mastered the secret of the mirror heart, has meticulous control over her body, and can change the intensity of her power at will. Although Sisi is powerful, her fighting skills with spears are also very superb.
, but is far from Xinna’s opponent.
On the other hand, Xin Na did not stab Xixi's head or heart, obviously showing mercy. You know, with Xin Na's terrifying power of stabbing the dragon beast's head with one blow, she only stabbed her daughter.
It only penetrated her right breast. However, Xixi's injuries were serious and could 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 who compete 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 tribe is 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 tenderness shown by the leader of the Taku clan made Wiltok's face slightly improve. What he didn't know was that in the past life festivals, female warriors from Hemer would die on the spot. Only in this year's life festival, Gang Yan took the initiative to intervene.
.
The famous dragon cavalry of the Golden Oak family has 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 combat effectiveness and did not participate in the life sacrifice. Otherwise, they would
It was not John's turn to be chosen 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 rock elf woman with slender ears and stunning beauty.
She was still wearing a leather breast protector 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 Xin Na and walked towards a leather tent.
The competition between the Hemer clan is still going on, but the young half-elves participating in the Life Festival are indeed not worth their efforts. Although some female warriors were injured, they were not as serious as Xixi's, and no one died on the spot.
The victorious female warriors of Hemer passed through the hot springs one after another, transformed into beautiful rock elves, and took away their chosen spouses. The injured female warriors were unable to compete and could only choose the remaining half-elves. They were baptized by the hot springs
, no matter how serious the injury is, it will be completely 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 is also the last rock elf to choose a partner, so she doesn’t have to choose. However, looking at her shy and sweet smile, she seems to be interested in
My spouse is quite satisfied.
The half-elves who participated in the Life Festival 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 a few days. When the time is up, they will put away their tenderness and sweetness and kick their spouses out.
You can use your own tent to show no mercy to them.
Anyway, none of this had anything to do with Wiltok. He had nothing to do if he stayed 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 Hemo female warriors who were pregnant or had just given birth and did not participate in the life sacrifice did not hesitate to sympathize with Wiltok. Some people shouted to him: "Pretty boy, don't be sad. When you grow up, we will do it for you."
You will risk your life!"
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 a flesh-and-blood connection with the steel spear in his hand. He dragged the spear to a big tree, raised the spear and stabbed straight. The tip of the spear touched the bark of the tree and instantly withdrew his force before stabbing again.
Retract, stab, and retract. The spear stabbed continuously, and an endless buzzing gradually sounded in the air. The powerful force was stirring up the falling snow, but there was no spear tip left on the mottled bark.
hole.
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 dense tree trunk. The power accumulated from the vibration of the spear exploded instantly, and the thick trunk burst from the middle, and the whole tree exploded.
The tree fell to the ground with a crashing sound, sending up a puff of fog and 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 blast after accumulating power."
"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 asking 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 explosion of the Hemer female warrior,
And it shows terrifying power, but it also puts a heavy load on the body.
This kind of simulation really has no actual combat value. Wiltok wanted 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 the penetration of 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?" Vertok 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."