Chapter 1504 Strengthening rituals and divine magic!
"Although the gifted ritual is only the most basic among many priestly rituals, neither the arrangement process nor the auxiliary materials required for the ritual are beyond the reach of ordinary people."
"That is to say, even if we collect the three kilograms of sacred minerals required, we still cannot perform rituals everywhere."
Somo frowned and lightly brushed his fingers over the description of the gift ritual in the "Priest Ritual Ceremony".
Except for the first batch of God-given priests, every subsequent priest has experienced the God-given ritual and is no stranger to it.
However, as the books say, the layout and auxiliary materials of the ritual still have very high requirements.
This also makes most small tribes want to give birth to priests, and they can only go to large tribes to follow each other's rituals.
For example, Thomas was taken by the old priest to the "Snow Eagle Tribe", a tribe of thousands of people, to be promoted.
Of course, this kind of cheating is not free.
According to convention, each tribe needs to submit an additional half kilogram of divine ore as a reward in order to participate.
"I now have a full 13 kilograms of divine ore, and this number is likely to continue to rise. The reward of just half a kilogram is insignificant."
"But the problem is that after the beginning of spring, all the major tribes are busy farming, and the latest gift ceremony will not be held until twenty-four days."
Soma focused on the needs of rituals.
The sacred ore has been gathered, but after two months of collecting auxiliary materials, there are still many gaps.
If you choose to wait for twenty-four days, based on the experience that the magic of greeting can provide every day, this is equivalent to a loss of 50,000 experience.
"This time is enough for me to be promoted to a fourth-level priest, and more and more people from the Fire Fist tribe will definitely be promoted to priests in the future. You can't just let people go to other tribes every time to take the opportunity, right?"
Sumo thought for a while and simply copied all the contents of the talent ritual onto a piece of paper.
upgrade.
Must be upgraded.
The reason why the ritual has not been upgraded before is because the most critical sacred mine gap is too big.
Even if upgrading could reduce demand by half, it would still be a hopeless figure.
But today is different from the past. The large sum of money received from the divine mine has given Somo an idea.
"Based on the large amount of information collected during this period, the development and use of divine magic by humans in the world of faith and the way they absorb the energy of divine mines are indeed still at a very elementary and superficial stage, far inferior to that of aliens.
The use of mysterious power can be described as the difference between cloud and mud."
"There are even many people who "return to their original nature" and take the risk of self-destruction to absorb the power in the divine mine orally. It is simply unbelievable."
"Of course, taking the divine mineral orally orally is not completely ineffective. Theoretically, if someone can withstand and perfectly absorb the energy contained in three kilograms of divine mineral at one time, then he may have a high chance of awakening his magical talent. However, for ordinary people
For humans, the entrance to the divine mine must have only one end, and that is death."
Soma sorted through the known information.
Currently, there are two main ways for priests to use divine minerals.
The first is to hold various rituals and use the power of rituals to absorb and release the energy of the sacred mineral.
This method is the most mainstream, almost harmless to the human body, and has high absorption efficiency.
However, the relative material consumption is huge, and a large amount of auxiliary materials are needed every time.
At the same time, the arrangement of rituals is also extremely time-consuming, and only large tribes have enough manpower to arrange them.
The second is to take it orally directly and use the body to absorb the power in the divine mineral.
This method is much simpler and cruder.
Because according to Soma's research, after briefly dissecting several priests, he found that each priest had a special organ in his body.
It is located in the human stomach and has a weird shape. The first half is like a sieve, which can filter food.
The second half is like a furnace that can wrap up substances that cannot be filtered.
After taking the divine mineral, if the sieve can catch it completely, it will be absorbed through this organ later.
But if something goes wrong in the middle, part of the divine mine will leak through.
That's terrible.
As soon as it comes into contact with gastric acid, the ore will immediately turn into poison, causing all kinds of horrific side effects.
"Therefore, the essence of the gifted rituals carefully designed by mankind is more like an efficient and safe 'energy digestion' system cleverly constructed outside the human body. People who accept the rituals only need to stand in it to be safe.
Safely receive and continue to absorb the pure energy flow released by the divine ore after being finely crushed. In this process, as long as the amount of energy absorbed per unit time reaches the critical threshold of three kilograms, it will be 100% stimulated.
The human body grows the prototype of this organ and acquires the gift of divine magic."
"According to this idea, there are two ways to upgrade the talent ritual."
"First, significantly reduce the need for ritual auxiliary materials and only construct a simple external digestive organ. Although the consumption of sacred minerals may increase dramatically, the slow absorption will also simultaneously reduce the probability of side effects."
"Second, change the requirements for auxiliary materials of the ritual, upgrade the layout of the ritual, and construct a more powerful digestive organ. With the help of this method, the probability of humans obtaining high-level magical talents will be greatly increased."
After figuring out the upgrade idea, Sumo thought and called up the system.
As far as the current situation is concerned, of course the first method is the most practical. Even if it costs twice as much divine ore, it is completely worth it.
"280 points, the price is so cheap, it has gone up!"
Compared with the price of creating magic spells out of thin air, the upgrade of rituals is traceable and the points required are relatively cheap.
Somo immediately stopped hesitating and finished speaking.
A green light shot out, dragging the paper and flying off the table.
Visible to the naked eye, the words on it began to change rapidly, evolving into black ink prints like swimming fish.
After a few seconds, the paper fell, and a brand new talent ritual appeared on it.
The requirements for auxiliary materials have plummeted from the original nineteen types to four, all of which are common ore materials in cracks.
The layout has also been greatly simplified. Nine complex processes have been reduced to three, and the time consumption has been reduced by two-thirds.
"If you can crush the divine ore and absorb the internal energy, well, let's call you Devouring Ritual!"
The upgraded talent ritual is no longer purely used to obtain magical talents.
Its main purpose is to help the user absorb the energy in the divine mine, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
However, there are gains and losses, and the standard for using Devouring Ritual to obtain talents has been increased by half.
The original three kilograms now require four and a half kilograms to do.
"It's better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. Try to get talents tonight!"
Soma took a deep breath.
With the addition of an additional priest to the Fire Fist tribe, Thomas' burden will be instantly relieved.
At least he, the clan leader, can lead his tribe to retreat at critical moments and have the ability to build the tribe in another place.
In this way, it can be regarded as a way out.
It's night.
It is the fourth day since the snow bandits set off from Qinggang City.
Six of the seventeen snow bandit teams have been killed by Thomas, and the remaining eleven have not appeared yet.
But I estimate the time will be today and tomorrow at most.
Therefore, except for the sixteen guards who remained in the Fire Fist tribe, the rest of the civilians were moved by Somo to several surrounding tribes for temporary residence.
"Clan leader, this ritual."
Thomas came to the platform on the heating tower and frowned as he looked at the rituals on the ground.
Although he has not arranged the gift ritual with his own hands, he has seen what the ritual looks like with his own eyes.
The ritual that Soma laid out was like the building blocks built by a child. It couldn't be simpler.
"This is a reward from the Stone God. I'm not sure whether it will work or not."
Sumo didn't even raise his head and opened his mouth to make a fool of himself.
According to the requirements of the genuine talent ritual, you first need to choose a full moon night, at the top of a mountain or at the intersection of rivers. There is no such terrain around the Fire Fist tribe, so it is simplified to an unobstructed high place.
Can.
"All right."
As soon as he heard the words "Stone God", Thomas immediately shut his mouth.
Sumo tinkered for a while, but he didn't say anything, just stood in the corner and watched quietly.
About half an hour passed.
After comparing the structure on the paper, Sumo stood up with satisfaction, took out the sacred ore from his pocket and weighed it.
"Do you need four and a half kilograms?"
"Well, there is no other way. There is too little other material, so we can only use the divine ore to neutralize it."
"As long as it can be done, it's worth the expense. We now have a lot of surplus from the divine mine." Thomas seemed to be worried about Sumo's psychological pressure, so he took the initiative to say a few words of comfort, "In a while, when you and I are both five
As a high-level priest, the Fire Fist tribe must have the ability to lay down innate rituals."
"The extra consumption now will be recouped very quickly when we have the ability to lay rituals in the future."
Sumo nodded slightly. If he could really manage this business in the future, it would be equivalent to having another income channel.
Or think of ways to simplify the talent ritual and reduce the need for divine minerals.
At that time, we will still charge the original three kilograms, and we will be rich in a short time.
"I'm starting!"
"Okay, I'm right here. If the patriarch feels any discomfort, just call me."
Soma nodded and immediately walked into the center of the ritual.
A magical scene happened.
The sacred mine placed on the ground suddenly rose up without any wind, emitting a faint light that reached the waist.
One, two, three. All the stones began to rotate slowly in circles, gradually forming a white halo.
When the gap in the halo is completely invisible to the naked eye, the halo begins to move up and down again, gradually turning into a luminous cocoon that completely wraps Soma inside.
At the same time, streaks of white mist also slowly separated from the light.
"This is the energy in the divine mine!"
Somo felt happy, quickly adjusted his breathing and began to inhale the mist.
call.
suck.
A wisp of mist enters the mouth and nose, as if applying cooling oil on the tip of the nose and temples, it is very refreshing.
Then, this cold air quickly passes through the throat, moves downward, and finally settles in the stomach.
"My guess is correct. The reason why humans cannot practice divine arts is because they are missing an organ."
"In the future ruins, I start with cancer and control the growth of tumors to form this organ, which is used to accommodate divine power and release special magical powers."
"It's the same in the world of faith. It's just that the organ is created with the power of the divine mine."
If he entered by himself, Soma might also pay attention to the changes in his body.
But it's just a body created by the game, so it changes. It's not like he hasn't changed at all.
Soon, I felt an unbearable itching feeling in my stomach, which seemed like burning and acupuncture.
Sumo endured the discomfort and continued to take in the escaping white mist.
I don’t know how long it took, but as the itching, pain, numbness, and swelling gradually disappeared, the mist began to become thinner.
"What, is it over?"
Somo raised his hand and touched his belly, but didn't feel anything special.
This is completely different from the feeling brought by the genuine talent ritual.
According to Thomas, when a person acquires a talent, he or she will have a feeling of evolution in the essence of life, which is similar to being reborn and starting a new life.
But now.
Sumo frowned and was about to open the properties panel to check the status, but unexpectedly, the halo suddenly started to accelerate.
boom.
There was an explosion, all the sacred mines exploded, and fierce fog filled the air instantly.
This time, in addition to breathing in, Somo's exposed skin also began to passively absorb the mist.
Sizzle.
Lines of black oil seeped out from the surface of the skin, causing life levels to begin to change.
"I see, I stopped before because the upper limit of my mortal body's absorption has been met."
Sumo quietly felt the changes in every part of his body, and the smile on his face gradually grew stronger.
Speaking of which, compared with the refreshing feeling of crossing the life level from interstellar human beings to the super star human level, the refreshing feeling of gaining magical talent is simply not worth mentioning.
However, this is a crucial ticket, the key to breaking the battle of faith, and the last thing the world designers want to see.
"Three months. Before I came in, I didn't expect that it would take so long to break the situation."
"But from now on, it's not too late, it's time for me to exert my strength!"
The fog disappears.
Soma's upper body was naked, showing off his strong muscles.
At best, the talent ritual can only allow people to grow magical organs, but it cannot cut off the hair and cleanse the marrow and bring about physical changes.
But the extra kilogram and a half gained by swallowing the ritual has greatly made up for this shortcoming.
Now in terms of physical strength alone, Su Mo estimates that he has reached the level of a top athlete, which is comparable to Thomas's level when he was in the third level and had not gone to the mortal realm.
"It's done!"
No need for Somo to explain, Thomas could detect the special fluctuations on Somo's body with just a little induction.
This means that the two of them already belong to the same life level and have the same abilities and upper limits.
But, this is not over yet.
Before Thomas could continue talking, a dazzling golden light flashed across the gray sky, like a shooting star suddenly appearing in the night sky, more dazzling than the stars.
When they reached the top of the Fire Fist Tribe, the golden light struck them directly.
"this"
Thomas was shocked and immediately wanted to pull Somo out of the way.
Unexpectedly, the golden light was like a pillar of heaven, reaching straight into the ground, shrouding Somo inside.
In the blink of an eye, the entire sky was dyed with a dreamy bright red, as if nature's most outstanding painter had exhausted all his paints at this moment, just to depict this shocking scene.
"Is this the legendary divine magic?"
God-given magic, legend has it that only the talented priests of the first generation were rewarded by God.
Later, without exception, these priests who were rewarded entered the ninth level realm.
But now more than ten years have passed, and such rumors have long since disappeared.
Thomas was stunned, his eyes fixed on the dreamlike sky illuminated by golden light, and endless shock and awe surged in his heart.