This kind of position has some of the power of the priesthood, but it is not a real priesthood. If you have to use an adjective to describe it, perhaps it can be called a castrated and shrunk version of the priesthood.
Because the power of the totem is basically the same, or in other words, all totems are very similar. Whether it is the King of Poisonous Lizards or the King of Ten Thousand Lizards, there is only a difference in the strength of the totem, but the totem is essentially the same, with only a few differences. This may be the difference in the priesthood.
"Is this the secret of the totem of this plane?"
Thinking back to what Senior Sister Chu Mo said to him about the supreme priesthood, Lin Xiao's mind flashed, as if he had grasped something.
Combining the information he had, he had a bold guess, but now he only had one totem in his hand, so this guess was not very sure. He had to find a way to plunder more totems to verify each other, and then he would know whether his guess was correct or not.
As for the current totem, he would use it for himself first.
The method of use is very simple. Just erase the will of the soul of the King of Poisonous Lizards. This totem will be an ownerless totem, and then he can inherit it.
This requires the magic cube of good fortune. It's not that he can't do it, but with the strength of his incarnation, it takes a bit of time and energy to erase the soul will of a totem.
Time is easy to say. It can be erased in a few months at most. He can afford to wait, but he can't afford to waste the large amount of divine power required.
Things that take several months and consume tens of thousands of divine power to do can be erased by the magic cube of good fortune in minutes. No divine power needs to be consumed. Why not do it?
The soul of the King of Poisonous Lizards with a blank will is saved first, and it can be given to subordinates in the future.
The wizards in this plane have the means to summon soul beasts, which is to summon the souls of powerful creatures with secret methods. Depending on the summoning method, the strength of the summoner, and the quality of the sacrifice, the soul beast has a minimum of 30% and a maximum of 80% of the strength of the real body.
As for the corpse of the poisonous lizard king, it was useless. The head of this thing was melted by his golden dragon breath. The remaining body could not be driven by undead spells. If it was left, it would rot and emit highly toxic substances to pollute the environment.
After using the corpse of the poisonous lizard king to completely surrender the poisonous lizard tribe, he burned it with a fire. After
conquering the poisonous lizard tribe, the vine snake tribe began to recuperate. A large amount of iron ore stored in the warehouse of the poisonous lizard tribe was moved to the base. The Red Furnace tribe finally had work to do. The furnace fire that had been empty for a long time was raised, and large-scale steelmaking began.
Although the iron ore in the small mountain range near the poisonous lizard tribe was not large, it was still enough to support the current vine snake tribe.
The Protoss directly used magic to dig up the surface of the mountain, and the iron ore buried deep underground was directly exposed. A large number of rock golems were created to dig, and the small iron mine was completely dug out in less than a month.
At this time, Lin Xiao also entered the final stage of fusion totem.
When he integrated this totem into his incarnation, combining his own will with the status given by the totem, the tribe, from the leader to the civilians, all looked up in the direction of the base.
Many wizards knelt down in his direction and called his name loudly:
"Powerful original dragon master, you are the guardian of the vine snake tribe, the totem of the vine snake tribe, your will will be our will!"
Several kilometers away, Lin Xiao also heard this voice over and over again in the haze.
He slowly raised his head, and the whole person turned into countless golden mists and soared into the sky. After a while,
a golden light flew over the vine snake tribe and quickly turned into an extremely huge golden body. Lin Xiao, who had transformed into his true body, could sense that he had some kind of inexplicable bond with the tribe in front of him.
Looking at the tribe with a majestic gaze, his huge voice resounded throughout the tribe:
"In the name of the original dragon master, give the tribe the name - Dragon Tribe."
"Follow the will of the guardian!"
No one in the entire tribe objected, but instead rejoiced, sang and danced, and began to celebrate.
The name of the tribe itself is named after the tribe's totem. Although the tribes of the entire Snake Lizard Island have been either snakes or lizards for generations, and there are very few other totems, it does not mean that only snakes and lizards can be chosen. It's just that the powerful creatures on the island that have always been qualified to become totems are snakes and lizards.
To become a totem, Lin Xiao has to choose a new wizard for the tribe, similar to a priest of a god, who needs to be designated to grant the identity and borrow his power to activate the totem.
This is easy to do. Just select some young tribesmen who have higher mental power and are smarter than other tribesmen.
After these young tribesmen become wizards, they are qualified to obtain totem seeds from him by sacrificing various sacrifices, and then grant them to powerful warriors in the tribe to activate the totem for the warriors to become totem warriors.
The most common sacrifice is to use various powerful beasts or enemies as living sacrifices, which even Lin Xiao cannot change.
It doesn't mean that all totems are so cruel that they must be sacrificed alive. These powerful creatures that have become totems are no longer as ignorant and bloodthirsty as they were before they were enlightened. The main reason is that they need to consume their own strength to divide the totem seeds. It's okay to divide a small amount of totem seeds, but if they have to divide a large amount of totem seeds, no one can bear it.
The flesh and soul of the powerful beasts sacrificed alive can replace a large part of the consumption. This is one of the main reasons why primitive tribes like to sacrifice alive. They must save money if they can.
When the Vine Snake Tribe was renamed the Dragon Tribe, it represented a change in the entire tribe. As the main force of the tribe, the totem warriors naturally had to change.
In the past, the totems activated by the totem warriors in the Vine Snake Tribe were mostly snake totems, with only a small number of non-snake totems. For example, the tribe's first strongman had a flying dragon totem, but he died in battle to cover the tribe when he was chased by the poisonous lizard tribe.
Now that a new totem has been born in the tribe and the tribe has been renamed, the totem warriors naturally have to be replaced.
Through the magic cube of creation, a full thousand portions of diluted Naga blood essence were obtained from the real body, and then one hundred portions were given to the tribe after several blood sacrifices. The first step was to replace the totem of the tribe's original totem warrior.
Because according to the rules between tribes, after the new totem is born in the split new tribe, the totem of the original main tribe before the split will take back the power bestowed. The totem power of the old totem warriors of the tribe now comes from the original tribe. When Lin Xiao becomes the new totem, their power will gradually disappear, and eventually they will not be able to activate the totem and become ordinary mortals.
Similarly, like many tribes he conquered, such as the poisonous lizard tribe, the original totem king of the poisonous lizard has died, and their totem warriors will also face the situation of power disappearance.
After the Dragon Tribe conquered the poisonous lizard tribe, there were nearly 40,000 tribesmen, and the remaining ones added up to less than 60.
Of course, this is because most of the totem warriors died in the process of the war. Normally, the proportion of totem warriors born among the warriors who are qualified to carry the totem of a tribe is about one or two tenths. This kind of candidate totem warrior is called a warrior, that is, a tribe with one thousand warriors can have one hundred to two hundred totem warriors.
There are not many warriors qualified to be called warriors in ordinary tribes, and there may be only about ten out of a hundred strong warriors.
Lin Xiao gave the first batch of 100 portions of the Great Naga's blood essence. He planned to first get 100 totem warriors to see the situation and see how strong the totem warriors activated by the Great Naga's blood essence are, and then adjust the blood essence concentration according to the situation.
Under his full attention, many selected wizards began to use the 100 portions of the Great Naga's blood essence as materials to tattoo totems for the selected tribal warriors.
The so-called totem is a tattoo. The blood essence is used as the material to tattoo the shape of the totem on the body, and then the totem is activated through secret methods to obtain the power of the beast represented by the blood essence.
For example, if the dragon's blood essence is used as the material to tattoo the totem, the dragon totem is activated.
He used the Great Naga's blood essence as the material, and the Great Naga totem was activated.
As the first warrior washed off the original totem on his body and re-tattooed a new totem, a lifelike Great Naga wrapped around his body, looking particularly majestic and terrifying.
A wizard stood in front of a naked tribal warrior kneeling on a totem pole. It was not known if it was a coincidence, but this tribal warrior was the totem warrior who had discovered the base at the beginning - Luo!
The wizard stretched out his hand and pressed Luo's forehead, where the Great Naga totem tattoo was, and muttered something, and an invisible force slowly descended.
At the same time, in the far northern continent of the Gemini continent, there was a river that ran across the entire continent from west to east in the easternmost part of the continent. There was a huge alluvial plain in the delta where a tributary of the river entered the river mouth. There was a highland to the west of the plain. There were a lot of houses scattered on the highland, and a large number of primitive people wearing simple linen clothes were busy.
In the center of the tribe, a large number of tribal warriors gathered here, and several wizards were tattooing totems for several warriors.
There was a mountain peak not far from the tribe. A stone staircase road stretched up along the mountainside until it reached a platform on the mountainside. There was a cave here, and a faint mist poured out of the cave. There were no insects or ants around.
There is a different world deep in the cave. Li Xiushen sat on a stone platform. A light curtain unfolded in front of him, showing the scene of the tribal wizard tattooing totems for tribal warriors.
He frowned and watched his wizard activating the totem for the warriors after the tattoo was completed.
As the totem seeds were activated, the totem tattoos on the five warriors lit up with a faint emerald green light. Many warriors showed a trace of pain on their faces, and their facial muscles began to tremble, as if they were enduring some pain.
This is the most difficult level of totem activation. The so-called totem is to forcibly integrate into the new bloodline. Although the extraordinary power of the totem can reduce the repulsion between humans and totem bloodlines, there is still repulsion even at a low level. It is not only very painful, but also has a high probability of failure.
Once failed, it is naturally certain to die.
After only ten seconds of fusion, a warrior jumped up with a painful roar. The skin with totems tattooed on his body exploded in mid-air, and blood gushed out. The whole person fell to the ground and twitched for a few seconds before dying directly.
In the next less than thirty seconds, two more warriors failed one after another, which made Li Xiushen frown.
Fortunately, the remaining two warriors, although their facial muscles kept twitching, finally survived the most dangerous stage. Even though their bodies were shaking and their muscles were cramping and deformed, they did not lose control.
After going through the most painful and dangerous stage, the power of the totem emerged and covered their entire bodies. Their naked bodies began to change color, from red blood color to stone gray, and soon from petrified gray to emerald green.
(End of this chapter)