His intuition told him that the blazing flame surrounding his body seemed to contain an omnipotent and powerful power. However, this power could not be used by him. Zhang Lisheng, who was seriously injured and could not even maintain a cross-legged posture, collapsed on the ground. His ears seemed to be listening to the inexplicable chanting that sounded like the sound of nature that resonated out of nowhere as his consciousness gradually blurred.
Feeling despair in his heart, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. He muttered in a mixture of Mandarin and English, "Sacrifice and war are the major events of a country. As expected, sacrifice and war are the major events of a country. If I'm practicing the Witchcraft's Gate of Sacrifice, perhaps I can use this power of faith to struggle to survive.
This is just like a donkey trapped in a raw meat shop. There's nutritious food everywhere, but because of the lack of a stomach that can digest meat, it's starving to death … "His eyes slowly became empty and finally, he fainted.
At the instant when the young man lost consciousness, the jelly gem that he had always loved to wear on his body ever since he bought it from the jungle town in the Amazon and had never taken it off suddenly emitted a faint seven-colored brilliance for the third time. It began to extend along Zhang Lisheng's fingers and finally covered every part of his body.
The soft stone penetrated into his incomplete body and made up the flesh and bones of his entire body. When the blazing 'flame of faith' came into contact with the 'jelly soft stone' wrapped around Zhang Lisheng, it was like rain and mist drifting into an iceberg, silently condensing into bean-sized, colorless diamond-shaped round beads that rolled to the ground.
As the beads condensed more and more, the flame on the Tudenan totem pole slowly extinguished. The brilliance emitted by the tribal book of history floating in the air also dimmed.
In the end, the thick bark book seemed to have lost its support and fell from the air. However, it just so happened to hit the head of Zhang Lisheng, who had become as skinny as a match but was unscathed.
With a heavy blow on his head, the young man trembled and opened his eyes in a daze. In his hazy state, he saw thousands of bark houses surrounded by fire and countless aborigines crawling on the ground. Zhang Lisheng, who had just gone through a life and death catastrophe, pondered for a long time in a daze before finally realizing where he was.
"Great Raider, w-what's wrong with you …" Right at this moment, the Tudenan aborigine's terrified whisper resonated in his ears.
Not long ago, when Tugra saw that his biggest reliance in suppressing dissidents in the tribe, which was also the biggest hindrance in exercising his authority as the chief, did not become more powerful like the ordinary spiritual monsters guarding the tribe after absorbing the tribe's offerings, Tugra felt extremely flustered. At the same time, he was a little delighted, but he could not tell what he was feeling right now.
He could only stand up in a panic and kneel down beside the Raider again, before saying incoherently, "Legend has it that if the spiritual monster's strength is not enough, then the extra offerings will be wasted in vain. But never, never has anyone been hurt or harmed by the offerings …"
"Tugra, stop nagging. Flesh! Give me the beast's flesh!" Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice interrupted the Tudenan's headman's words and ordered.
"Flesh and blood! You want flesh and blood!" Tugra, who was used to being ordered, immediately stood up and shouted, "Lususa, flesh and blood! The Raider needs the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts …" As he spoke, his voice suddenly became lower and lower in hesitation.
However, at this time, the Tudenan headman's order had already inevitably entered the ears of the others. Before his words could even leave his mouth, a fat aborigine with two feathers on his head smartly leaped up from the ground and ran towards the pile of bloody beast corpses in the distance while wailing like a ghost. "Beast's flesh! Beast's flesh! Beast's flesh!
Giant Fangbeast! Didn't the hunting team catch a Giant Fangbeast today? Offer it to the Raider immediately! Offer it to the Raider … "
Under the leadership of the Tudenan's choresman chief, very soon, a wild boar-like beast that weighed several hundred kilograms and was nearly three meters long with huge fangs that were as sharp as swords was moved to Zhang Lisheng's side.
When the monster's body, which was still warm after being cut open, was naked in front of the young man, he smelled the sweet bloody smell in the air. Gritting his teeth, he exerted all of his strength and placed his mouth on the mass of flesh and blood without hesitation.
When the flesh entered his stomach, Zhang Lisheng felt the exhausted energy in his body being reborn again. Realizing that he was finally out of danger, he raised his head and breathed a long sigh of relief. "Tugra, ask the tribal warriors to hunt for some fresh beast's flesh and blood. The sooner the better."
Looking into the Raider's eyes that were once again emitting a faint brilliance on the Raider's dead gray face, the indescribably complex thoughts in Tugra's heart disappeared without a trace in an instant. He crouched beside the Giant Fangbeast's skin that had already become dry and buried his head in the bloodstained soil before replying respectfully, "Yes, Great Raider!"
That night, Zhang Lisheng had devoured a total of seven ferocious beasts' flesh and blood. In the next few days, his appetite did not decrease at all. The only difference was that he had slowly returned to his eating habit of eating cooked food.
With the nourishment of countless essence of flesh and blood, the heavy injuries suffered by the young man's body soon healed. Two weeks later, he had already recovered to his original state.
The afternoon sun shone through the transparent crystal on the roof into the newly completed bark house, casting a faint golden glow on everything in the house.
Using his faith to urge the wizard power in his body to surge vigorously like a tidal wave, he did not feel any obstacle at all. In this brand new bark house enshrining the tribal book of history sitting next to the Tudenan's totem pole, a fleeting happy expression appeared on Zhang Lisheng's calm face as he completely changed the layout of the house.
Turning around, he sat cross-legged on the animal skin chair under the altar and looked up at the seemingly ordinary bark book placed in the wooden cage on the high platform. Becoming speechless for a long time, he suddenly said, "Tugra, I've always thought that it's impossible for the spiritual monsters to provide protection for the Hellfire tribe for no reason for tens of thousands of years. As expected, all of this is built on the basis of mutual benefit.
The Hellfire tribesmen use the invisible power of faith as an offering in exchange for the protection of the spiritual monsters. It looks like a very cost-effective deal. "
"Great Raider, other than the faith of the Hellfire tribe, the offerings that the spiritual monsters receive also include exquisite stone tools, blood sacrifice, and so on. They're not as kind and generous as you are to Tudenan." The Tudenan aborigine kneeling behind the young man was stunned for a moment before replying with an undisguised wry smile.
"No matter how many types of offerings there are, the most important one must still be the power of faith." Zhang Lisheng turned around and took out a diamond-shaped round stone that was condensed by the flame of faith from the animal skin bag tied around his waist. He weighed it in his hand. "Who would have thought that this almost weightless stone would actually contain some kind of omnipotent power?"
Upon hearing the Raider's words, Tugra hesitated for a while before saying in a low voice, "Raider, I don't know if the power of faith is omnipotent. I only know that whether it's seen with my own eyes or in the legends, it shouldn't, shouldn't …"
"There's no need to explain, Tugra. I was too careless and didn't consider it thoroughly. Don't think about it anymore …
Alright, go get Turaru. " Zhang Lisheng knew that he was a foreign world's creature to the Shrimp World No. 2. Just like the virus cells that invaded the body, he might encounter many strange dangers that the mother's cells would not encounter, especially when it came to mysterious things like faith and gods. For this reason, he shook his head in a reasonable manner.
"Yes, Raider!" The Tudenan headman's expression became much more relaxed as he stood up and walked out of the treehouse.
Looking at the disappearing back of the aborigine, Zhang Lisheng rubbed the gem condensed by the flame of faith in his hand. A helpless expression appeared on his face as he muttered to himself, "The possibility of having a long life almost can't overcome the temptation of mastering supreme power. Even if this' temptation 'can be implemented successfully, the possibility of success is only 20% at most.
The complexity of the human heart is really unimaginable. It's a good thing that there are not many such unusual people among the Hellfire people … Ah, forget it!
In any case, it's more beneficial for me to have this kind of person occupying the position of the Tudenan headman when I'm not around. I'd better think of something useful instead. Sacrifice and war are the only things that matter to the country. If I can freely use the power of faith, it'll be of unimaginable help to me.
However, such a powerful force is right in front of me, but I can't use it at all. This is really a reckless waste of God's gift! Not only that, according to my plan, Tudenan will only become more and more powerful, and the number of Hellfire people who believe in me will also increase. Don't tell me that all of this is going to be wasted?
No, no! I must think of a way! I must think of a way … "
Vaguely feeling that the power of faith would become his biggest reliance in the future, the young man frowned and forced himself to let his imagination run wild. At this time, Tugra brought the first Tudenan warrior who had successfully received the Gold Core fragment transplant into the big bark house.
The two of them waited by the side respectfully. It was only until Zhang Lisheng shifted his gaze to them that they finally kneeled on the ground.
"Great Raider, you're the living faith that I believe in! You're the Tudenan …" The young aborigine warrior took the initiative to say sincerely.
After quietly listening to the praises of the devout believer, Zhang Lisheng nodded and said, "Get up, Turaru. The reason I called you here is that you're the first Hellfire tribesman who has successfully accepted the gift ceremony. I want to ask you, has your power grown again recently?"
"No, Great Raider!" Turaru was stunned when he heard this. Then, he said dejectedly, "I've let you down. Even though I bring my warriors to hunt the most ferocious beasts in the jungle every day, it's still …"
"No, no, no, Turaru! I'm not blaming you!" Zhang Lisheng could not help but chuckle as he shook his head. Putting the faith stone in his hand back into the animal skin bag on his waist, leaving only one stone in his hand, he pinched it between his fingertips and said to the aborigine warrior, "The magical power that I've given you will not increase just by fighting with the beasts."
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