"These rat people will fight to the death with the totem beasts in the arena. As long as they can kill the totem beasts, not only will they have the chance to obtain totem power, they will also receive the blood of the clan warriors on the spot and become a member of an ancient family. You can say that they have reached the top in one step!
"Even if they die in the arena, their corpses will be given the blood of the clan warriors, and they will be used as sacrifices to the spirits of their ancestors. Their families will also receive better treatment, and they will have the right to become servant soldiers."
"Is becoming a servant soldier also called 'better treatment'?" Meng Chao could not help but ask.
"Of course, not all rat people have the right to become servant soldiers, just like Leaf and the others. They have to go through layers of selection and go through countless gates of hell before they can obtain the glory of fighting for the clan warriors. Most of the time, forget about the servant soldiers, the clan warriors are even picky about the slave soldiers," Ice Storm said.
"After all, the probability of the servant soldiers dying in battle is high, and the death rate of the slave soldiers is frighteningly high. But while they are still alive, they can still get some food to eat by following the clan army. If they win, they will have the chance to loot the enemy's towns and farms.
"If they win multiple battles, the slave soldiers will have the chance to become servant soldiers, and the servant soldiers will have the chance to become attendants. The attendants will have the chance to receive the blood of their masters and become real warriors.
"The hope might be slim, but it still exists.
"But if they are old, weak, women, and children who cannot fight in battle, when the clan army moves out, they will be left behind. You have to understand, when the Mandala flowers bloom, the recruitment teams go out everywhere, and all the Mandala fruits will be gathered in the hands of the clan army. They will be carefully preserved, and not a single one will fall into the hands of the old, weak, women, and children.
"If they can't become slave soldiers or servant soldiers, they can only starve to death. This is the cruel and glorious law of Turanze for millions of years!"
Meng Chao was silent.
He remembered the time when Dragon City had just transmigrated. It was an era where resources were scarce, the strong preyed on the weak, and it was lawless.
The law of survival was cruel no matter what era and place it was.
It was no wonder why the three rat people in the arena were gritting their teeth, their eyes were bloodshot, and their faces were filled with hostility. They wanted to die together with the totem beasts.
They were also fighting for their own survival, and even the survival of their families!
And their opponents …
This was the first time Meng Chao saw a totem beast in battle mode.
At first glance, it was a monster that was twice as large as a Demonic Halberd Pig. Its mane was like steel needles, and it shone with a metallic light.
Aside from the dazzling patterns on their fur, which made them look like natural totems, they were not fundamentally different from monsters.
Judging from its charging speed and biting posture, it was at most as ferocious as a Level-1 Nightmarish Beast.
And the three rat people were a mixture of minotaurs and boar-people. They were born with great strength, and their skin was tough. They also ate a lot of food and medicine in Blood Skull Coliseum. With their astonishing brute strength, they released fighting power that was close to that of a broken-star superhuman.
Three against one, there was still a chance.
Just as he expected, the trio stood at three corners of the arena and surrounded the totem beast that looked like a Demonic Halberd Pig.
It kept letting out sharp screeches that were rhythmic, attracting and distracting the totem beast's attention.
When the totem beast charged towards one of them, the other two immediately threw out the iron chain and the beast trap net.
There were sharp hooks in the chains wrapped around their shoulders and the beast trap net that had been rolled up into a ball.
Once they bound the totem beast's limbs, the hooks would pierce deep into the totem beast's flesh.
Even though the totem beast used brute strength to break the chains and tear apart the beast trap net, its limbs were covered in blood.
Its tendons were cut, and a large number of hooks that dragged the chains were embedded in its joints. It caused the totem beast so much pain that it wanted to die, but it also greatly reduced its speed and agility.
The three rat people seemed to be the same as Spider in Meng Chao's squad. They had a lot of hunting experience.
They were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they carefully circled the totem beast and waited patiently for its blood to flow through the entire arena. Then, they swung their swords and axes and rushed forward.
Kacha! Crack! "
Two clear and pleasant sounds of bones cracking rose. A sword and a huge axe sank deep into the totem beast's skull and neck. They practically cut off half of the monster's head.
There was also a powerful spiked club that cracked half of the totem beast's skull. The sharp hooks tore off half of its face, revealing its white bones. Even half of its fangs were exposed to the air, and it looked as monstrous as a demon.
The three rat people let out excited cheers at the same time.
Meng Chao's eyes lit up as well. He praised their fierce offense in secret.
The totem beast, which had half of its face torn off, was stimulated by the pain and let out an even more violent roar.
Then, something that Meng Chao did not expect happened.
A dazzling light shone from the totem beast's wound.
There seemed to be a lot of runic symbols carved on its bones, and they formed complicated totems.
As its vitality magnetic field trembled violently, the dazzling runic symbols shone brightly. The totems turned into balls of liquid metal that gushed out of the wound.
Soon, the wound on the Demonic Halberd Pig totem beast's head and neck was wrapped up by the liquid metal. It was as if a new layer of monstrous skin had grown over it.
It was not just the wound. The liquid metal also flowed to its left shoulder, giving it an incredibly exaggerated pauldron.
There was also a high charging horn on the pauldron, which made it look like a knight's spear that could destroy everything.
"An armored monster!"
Meng Chao gasped in amazement.
Even though it was not full body armor, it only covered half of its head and left shoulder.
It was enough for the totem beast to instantly regain its fighting strength before it was heavily injured.
Its brutality also increased by leaps and bounds!
It exerted strength in its limbs and charged forward. The charging horn on the pauldron pierced through a rat person's chest and came out of his back.
This Rat Man, who had the blood of both a Tauren and a Boar Man flowing in his veins, was also extremely valiant. Not only did the fatal injury not make him loosen his grip on the huge sword, but it also stimulated his immense strength and courage before his death.
"Oh, my ancestors!"
Blood gushed out of his throat, and he let out a furious roar that sounded like thunder. While the totem beast's charging horn was stuck in his flesh and bones, he tightened his grip on the greatsword in his hands and continued slashing it with force.
With the remaining crafting technology of the Tulan civilization, they could not polish the greatsword to the point where it could cut a hair. To increase its destructive power, they made part of the blade into a sawtooth shape.
The blade had been stuck in the totem beast's neck just now. Even if the liquid metal gathered together to form armor, it could not squeeze the blade out.
At that moment, as the dying rat person continued slashing at the totem beast with all his might, he heard cracking sounds coming from the spine of the totem beast's neck. It was bone-chilling.
The second rat person seized the chance to jump on the totem beast's back.
After all, the liquid metal secreted by the totem beast was too little to cover all the vital parts on its body.
While the left side of its head and its left shoulder were protected, the right side of its face, shoulder, and throat were still exposed to the air.
The rat person reacted quickly. He tied the totem beast's neck with an iron chain and then his own arm.
He exerted strength in his arms and tightened the chain. The hooks on the chain pierced into the totem beast's throat and tore the totem beast's veins and trachea as he pulled it back and forth.
The third rat person raised his mace again and smashed the totem beast's right face, which was not protected by armor.
Then, he threw away the mace and picked up a short spear as thick as an arm. With a roar, he accurately found the eye socket on the totem beast's bloody face and stabbed the entire spear into it.
Just like that, the three rat people were like Siamese twins, clinging to the totem beast without letting go.
The Totem Beast went berserk, pouncing and biting wildly, knocking the three of them to the ground and the iron cage at the side of the stage into a bloody mess.
But the three of them were like mad devils. Ignoring the fact that their muscles were broken and their blood was spurting out, they continued cutting, tearing, and stirring the totem beast's armor with all their might, searching for fatal gaps between the totem beast's armor.
Meng Chao reckoned that aside from their courage because they had no other choice, before they stepped on the arena, they must have had their fill of stimulants that were equivalent to high-density stimulants.
Only then could they be like zombies, unafraid of pain and death. Even when their internal organs and brain matter flowed out, they would still fight to the death without retreating.
The thrilling scene caused the blood of the surrounding audience to boil.
The noble warriors of the clan laughed and cheered for the lowly rat people sincerely.
Finally, when the three rat people were smashed into pulp by the Totem Beasts.
They had also successfully crushed the totem beast's brain, crushed its trachea, and cut off its cervical vertebrae.
The three humans and one beast were like a huge mountain of flesh that had just experienced an eruption of magma and was still spewing thick smoke. They collapsed with a loud bang and no longer moved.
"Did they … die together?"
Meng Chao cast a glance at Hailstorm.
But he noticed that Hailstorm was still staring at the arena with full attention, as if the outcome of both sides being heavily injured might change.
The audience also became silent. All the clan warriors held their breaths and waited.
Just as he expected, before long, slurping sounds came from the pile of corpses formed by the three humans and one beast.
Meng Chao widened his eyes. To his shock, he noticed that as the totem beast died, the armor that covered its left face and left shoulder turned into liquid metal again. As if it had gained life, it crawled to one of the injured ratfolk.
The liquid metal crawled into the rat people's body through the wound.
This Rat Man was already on the verge of death, and his breathing was very weak.
Once he received the support of the liquid metal, his breathing and heartbeat became stronger again. Soon, he opened his eyes slightly.
He struggled to stand up from the pile of corpses, as if he was not used to the brand new power flowing through his body. His movements were like a rusty machine.
But soon, he realized something. He widened his eyes and let out a low growl.
A large amount of liquid metal secreted from his left face and left shoulder. It gathered together to form the exact same armor as the totem beast a moment ago!
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