Unparalleled Beast Soul

Chapter 59 Unfair Beginnings

The passage of time does not change with any will. 【】

The heavy snow that had been falling for seven consecutive days finally stopped, and the hazy sky showed a blue smile. Although the thick snow will not melt in a short time, Tormund City will soon become lively and prosperous again.

Because the New Year's Eve is here.

The four seasons reincarnate with the old and the new, and the New Year's festival is an extremely important festival for any intelligent race on the mainland, whether it is the warm southern elf continent, the rich eastern human territory or the icy and snowy northern Beamon Kingdom, all will be held for this purpose Grand celebration.

In a big city like Tormund, every New Year festival, all the city residents leave their homes and take to the streets, singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year and praying for the protection of the gods.

Those nobles will temporarily put aside their reserve and celebrate the festival with the common people.

And this is also the first New Year that Leon will spend after coming to this world, but before that, he still has more important things to complete.

The day before the New Year's festival, the temple hall.

The majestic temple stands on the top of the mountain, representing the supreme authority of the gods. It is basically closed to ordinary people in normal times, but today it accommodates thousands of outsiders.

230 Five orc warriors who completed the trial mission, plus three times as many relatives and friends who watched the ceremony, as well as temple priests, kingdom guards, representatives of various wealthy and noble families, and so on gathered together, almost occupying the magnificent hall of the temple.

The soul-casting ceremony is a big event for the Beamon Kingdom and the temple. The number of beast soul warriors determines the strength of the kingdom's core strength. Therefore, the temple that holds the soul-casting ceremony spends a lot of manpower and material resources every year. this matter.

You must know that holding the soul-casting ceremony not only consumes precious god-given power, but also requires a large amount of rare and precious materials to be piled up on the altar to complete the ceremony.

The person who presided over the ceremony was not the archbishop of the Tormund Temple. It is said that the highly respected wolf-born high priest has come to the end of his life, and next year this dazzling position will be replaced by a master.

The power of the temple is all in the hands of twelve scepter priests, and three scepter priests jointly presided over the soul-casting ceremony, which is enough to show the grandeur of this ceremony.

When the bell in Tormund City struck nine, the soul-casting ceremony officially began. First, the testers offered sacrifices to the totem pillar in the center of the hall to show their devotion to the beast god.

The content of the sacrifice is very simple. The tester only needs to cut his own wrist and smear the blood on the totem pillar.

If the totem pillar absorbed the tester's blood, it meant that his sacrifice was accepted by the beast god. If it was not absorbed, it meant that it could not be recognized by the beast god, and of course it was impossible to participate in the final soul-casting ceremony.

Leon once heard Panard say that when offering sacrifices, the tester can have a certain perception of whether he has successfully cast his soul. If he feels that it is not good, no matter whether the blood has been absorbed or not, just give up and come back next time. The most sensible choice.

Sacrifice can be said to be the last chance to repent, because once the soul-casting ceremony fails, it will never be possible to become a beast soul warrior again.

The huge totem pillar is as thick as two people hugging each other. It stands on a three-foot-high and ten-foot-square base platform, reaching up to the high dome of the temple.

Its whole body is dark yellow in color, with numerous and complex rune decorations engraved on its surface, and the statue of the beast god Opa is looming in it, emitting a faint glow, giving people a sense of majesty and solemn oppression.

Most devout believers of the orc race regard worshiping the temple and touching the totem pillar as the most glorious thing in their life.

Under the guidance of two white-robed priests, more than 200 testers walked up the steps and smeared blood on the totem pillar one by one.

The entire hall of the temple was full of crows and birds, and everyone's eyes were focused on one place.

For many beast clans, whether they can become beast soul warriors is related to their personal and even family's destiny.

Leon's place was among the testers, but he didn't have to wait long before it was his turn.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped up the stone steps and stood in front of the totem pillar. The white-robed priest standing beside him handed him a silver dagger.

Leon stretched out his hand to take it, and gently stroked his right wrist. The sharp dagger cut through his skin, and bright red blood oozed out immediately.

Like other testers, Leon pressed his wrist to the totem pillar.

boom!

Just as his bleeding wrist touched the cold column, he suddenly felt a wave of coercive force coming from the divine column, completely enveloping him in an instant.

Leon's mind went blank for a moment, his whole body was stiff and he couldn't move at all, he could only allow this vast force to overwhelm his body.

At this moment, his soul seemed to be scattered and annihilated, and all his self-consciousness disappeared.

"Pass, next!"

I don't know how long it took, Leon gradually came back to his senses, and heard the voice of the white-robed priest without any emotion.

Is this the end?Leon was stunned for a moment, and found that he had regained the ability to move, but his wrist was still attached to the pillar, and the wound healed without any blood.

Although there were too many doubts and surprises in his heart, Leon was not an ordinary person after all, and there were many people behind him when he immediately walked off the platform from the other side.

Is this OK or not?Leon, who returned to the crowd, knew about it, but he still had palpitations. Under the cover of the terrifying force just now, he felt that all his secrets seemed to be exposed.

This feeling makes Leon very uncomfortable, but he also understands how small he is in the field of power because of it.

230 All five of them completed the sacrifice, and it took less than an hour of effort, and only seven of them failed the test. After all, none of the testers who can stand here are weak.

However, more than thirty passers voluntarily gave up the subsequent soul-casting pose, and they obviously did not have enough confidence to complete the final promotion.

Painful, dejected, or dejected, these losers left the temple halls with their loved ones, but they still had a chance.

In the team of testers, Leon went to Parnad, Naten, and Vostel, and they all passed the sacrifice test smoothly, and they didn't choose to give up, so they were more confident this time.

Panard also secretly made a gesture of victory and blessing to Leon.

As for Laika, Leon had never seen him from beginning to end.

"I am very happy that so many brave fighters have met the requirements of God this time!"

A priest with a golden robe and a scepter stood in front of the totem pole, holding an unfolded scroll in his hand.

The scepter priest looked at the testers with a smile on his face: "Next, please listen to the names I read, and enter the room of the god sacrifice in order. I wish you all pass the final test!"

"Rackham Rhine, Subilot Tiger..."

The priest read out their names one by one, and the testers who were named walked out of the team and entered another room at the end of the hall under the guidance of the white-robed priest.

The Divine Sacrifice Room is specially used to hold the soul-casting ceremony, and the altar inside can accommodate twelve testers at a time for the soul-casting ceremony.

Leon noticed that the first batch of twelve testers were all from the upper race, basically all descended from lions, tigers and wolves, with one descended from foxes and one descended from eagles.

Laika was right. In this kind of competition, the Shang clan had an absolute advantage.

But Leon wasn't too worried. His record was four black elf heads. How many other subordinates could compete with him?

A group of testers entered, and the hall of the temple fell into waiting silence again.

At this moment, Leon suddenly felt something strange, as if someone was staring at him with malicious eyes.

His perception was extremely keen, and he immediately turned his head according to his intuition, and his heart sank.

Among the crowd watching the ceremony not far away, a young nobleman happened to meet his eyes.

Leon was no stranger to this blond lion-born nobleman. It was Wald who had clashed with him in the Forest Goblin Bar that day, the playboy who had the background of the scepter priest!

The other party had a sneer on his face, looking at Leon with naked disdain and ridicule, and his expression looked quite strange.

Seeing this guy, Leon couldn't help but think of Corinna's warning to him that Wald was looking for trouble for him, and it was absolutely no accident that the other party appeared here today!

Leon could almost smell a conspiracy, but when he got here, he didn't have the slightest thought of shrinking back. He glanced at Wald coldly, and he turned his attention back.

The first batch of testers came out of the God Sacrifice Room, and the process of casting the soul was not long.

Among the twelve testers, eight of them looked extremely excited and joyful, walked vigorously and steadily, and their aura was completely different from when they first entered.

"Success! I succeeded!"

They rushed into the crowd watching the ceremony, loudly announcing the good news to their relatives and friends.

The originally silent hall suddenly became noisy and lively. Relatives and friends expressed their blessings one after another, while others looked at these newly released beast soul warriors with envious eyes!

In the Bimon Kingdom, the Beast Soul Warrior is a symbol of power and an object of eternal respect.

The priests had to come forward to stop the commotion in the hall. They could understand the joy of the winners, but the majesty of the temple must be maintained.

As for the four losers, they were either frustrated or broke down in tears, and left the temple directly with their heads down.

The priest of the scepter read out the list of the second batch of 12 people. Without exception, all of them were still from the upper family.

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