Just like the orc god ceremony in the past, it was almost impossible to get a perfect skull gem from an orc with a royal secret technique. Their family's priests were their first choice.
A perfect skull gem was as important to a priest as a top level magic gem was to a human wizard.
Without a perfect skull gem, a large magic circle would not work at all.
Perfect skull gems could only be found in the Orc Empire's death grounds or artificial death grounds once every 100 years. Only the orc god ceremony could harvest one every 10 years.
The Dead Land needed to be maintained, and it needed a large number of corpses. The good thing was that the Pecker Orcs were born to make corpses. As long as there was enough food, there would be an endless supply of Pecker Orcs.
Even with this investment, the death grounds could only produce some normal death qi condensed skeletons. If you were lucky, you might get some good skeletons, but perfect skull gems were just too rare. Therefore, most of the large magic circles in the Orc Empire could only be left empty.
However, there was only one type of skull gem that would appear in the orc god ceremony, and that was the perfect skull gem. The priests thought it was a gift from the orc god, and it only happened once every 10 years. Therefore, the priests were looking forward to the orc god ceremony.
In the past, there would always be many elite priests waiting outside the orc god ceremony. They wanted to be the first to get a perfect skull gem from the orc god ceremony space.
But this year, due to the war, everything needed to be prepared for it. Therefore, only wolf rider captains were allowed to participate. Therefore, all the elite priests had lost interest in the orc god ceremony.
Wizard Donot was forced to come. Due to the lack of intermediate priests, he still had to host the selection. He thought it would be a waste of time and effort, but he didn't expect to see Abel, who had a special secret technique.
A few days later, on the 15th of October, beginner priest Enli appeared in the orc god temple's plaza. The plaza was divided into 2 sections. One section was for the 30 orcs that passed the selection, and the other section was for the ones that were eliminated.
Beginner priest Enli yelled, "The orc god ceremony is about to begin. Gather all the orcs who passed!"
The 30 orcs were already prepared, and they all took a bath. Their armor and equipment were all wiped clean. Everyone had a serious look on their faces as they arrived in front of beginner priest Enli.
Abel stood at the front of the group. This was the recommendation of everyone. Beastmen respected strength, and since he was the strongest, he naturally stood at the front.
"Get on your mounts and follow me!" Beginner priest Enli looked at the 30 orcs in satisfaction. This was a sign of respect to the orc god, so he waved his hand.
Beginner priest Enli jumped onto a mount wolf, and everyone else followed suit. Afterward, they followed him into Nam Mountain.
Nam Mountain looked ordinary, but along the way, Abel discovered countless death energy arrays. These arrays surrounded the entire Nam Mountain.
He was very glad about the tight security of this place. If wolf rider captain Beecher was not a wolf rider captain, he would not be able to enter the Nam Mountain without being discovered without the ability to move in a flash.
After entering Nam Mountain, all the orcs dismounted from their mounts and led them forward.
There was a stone path under their feet. Each stone was engraved with different patterns. There were all kinds of beasts, battle scenes, important historical moments of the orcs, the scenery of the Orc Empire, etc. Almost everything related to the orcs was engraved on the stone path.
Although Abel was a human, he felt like all the orcs were walking on a pilgrimage as soon as they stepped on this stone path. Every step they took was the history of the orcs, the glory of the orcs.
The group moved forward silently. They did not walk too fast, and beginner priest Enli did not rush them. When it was close to noon, the group finally arrived in front of a giant stone wall.
Elite priest Donot was standing in front of the stone wall with his 8 skeletons. The stone wall was very smooth. There were no patterns on it. In front of the stone wall, there was a concave stone platform.
"Master, all 30 orcs are here for the orc god ceremony!" Beginner priest Enli said respectfully to elite priest Donot.
"Ok, let's begin!" Elite priest Donot nodded.
He was not satisfied with this year's ceremony. There were too few orcs in attendance. There weren't even any spectators this year. But what could he do? The Orc Empire was facing a life and death situation. Even an important ceremony like the orc god ceremony had to make way.
"Bring the offerings!" Beginner priest Enli yelled.
Following his voice, a team of 20 Pecker Knights came from the side of the mountain road. The Pecker Knights did not ride on the symbiotic pigs. On the backs of the 20 pigs were living spirit beasts. There were a total of 20 of them.
"Sacrifice!" Beginner priest Enli yelled again.
A Pecker Knight stepped up and placed a spiritual beast on the concave stone platform. He then took out a short knife and stabbed into the spiritual beast's neck. The spiritual beast struggled with all its might, but there was no way it could resist being tied up.
Blood flowed down the spiritual beast's neck and into the concave stone platform. The spiritual beast continued to struggle on the platform.
As the blood flowed in, it slowly seeped into the concave stone platform. As more and more blood seeped in, the concave stone platform emitted a burst of green light. Then, the spirit beast that was still struggling was swallowed by the green light.
After a few seconds, the green light disappeared along with the struggling spiritual beast. The concave stone platform returned to its original clean state. It was like nothing had ever been there.
Abel did not sense any mana wave or death qi wave. All he sensed was a strange energy that disappeared as soon as the green light appeared. He could not understand what was going on.
The sacrifice process continued at a steady pace. One by one, the spiritual beasts were placed on the concave stone platform and disappeared.
Elite priest Donot felt his heart ache as he watched the spiritual beasts being sacrificed one by one. Although he knew this was a gift for the orc god, if he had a choice, he would rather stop this orc god ceremony than waste these 20 spiritual beasts.
It was worth noting that these spirit beasts were not randomly selected. Each of them was a middle-grade spirit beast, and they were the ones with the most vigorous Qi and blood.
The temple had sent out countless forces to capture these intermediate spiritual beasts. A lot of people had died to capture all 20 spiritual beasts.
The orc god ceremony could not be stopped. The head priest of the orc god temple had received a message from the orc god, so they had to hold an orc god ceremony every 10 years. The orc god would also reward them accordingly.
These sacrifices were important to ensure the orc god's continued existence. Therefore, even if they could not get enough rewards this year, they still had to sacrifice them.
Abel was also shocked. Although he didn't recognize all the spiritual beasts in front of him, each of them had a powerful energy. They were all top-tier intermediate spiritual beasts.
It wasn't difficult to kill a middle-grade spirit beast, but there were two difficulties. First, it was to discover the spirit beast. Spirit Beasts were not easy to find because they had a strong sense of territory. Moreover, the areas they chose to live in were all uninhabited deep mountains, forests, lakes, and other places. If one wanted to find them, one would need to have enough manpower to search for them.
The second part was capturing them alive. Spiritual beasts, especially powerful ones, were easy to kill, but capturing them alive was extremely difficult.
Many spiritual beasts would explode their crystal cores if they knew they were going to be captured. You could imagine how difficult it was to capture an intermediate spiritual beast alive.
There were a total of 20 mid-rank spiritual beasts, but they had to be captured alive. The price that had to be paid was so high that even Abel was shocked.
After the 20 mid-ranked spirit beasts were sacrificed, the concave stone platform slowly became sparkling and translucent. The stone platform looked like a crystal. Then, a green light was emitted from the concave stone platform and shot toward the huge mirror-like stone wall.
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