In the end, Lin Xiao chose a Superior Demon called the Dark Golden Tree Demon from the many Superior Demons in the booklet.
The booklet showed a giant tree with a dark golden luster. It was more than three hundred meters tall and had a crown of nearly five hundred meters. This thing's specialty was its sturdy material. The dark golden luster was the luster of metal, which meant that this tree was as sturdy as a metal tree.
The Dark Golden Tree Demon's natural talent was its metal body. Its trunk, leaves, and roots were all extremely sturdy. During battle, it could control its leaves to turn into sharp metal blades, and its roots to turn into sharp metal whips or metal spikes to pierce out from the ground. Its physical damage was extremely high, and its vitality was extremely strong. It was very difficult to kill.
The main reason for choosing this Superior Demon was that the Tree Demon could not control energy, and its body was limited by its range. It was one of the easiest Superior Demons to obtain Devil Souls from, so the contract with the sect had the lowest restrictions.
After making his choice, Lin Xiao signed a fifty-year contract with the sect two days later. It counted from the time he became an official Totem User. Before becoming an official Totem User, there were no restrictions. He could leave the sect for a short period of time to train.
Then, he began to condense totem runes and build a totem frame.
The Dark Golden Tree Demon required a totem frame made of seventy-two totem runes to carry it. Moreover, it contained seventeen types of basic runes. The six types of advanced totem runes he had prepared earlier were obviously not enough.
Fortunately, the five-star white tower had a complete set of standard one-star to five-star totem runes. He could learn them for free.
Apart from these six, there were eleven types of totem runes from one star to five stars. Then, he used the Tesseract of Fortune to strengthen them one by one. The amount of Fortune Energy he used to strengthen the complete basic runes was much less than the amount he used to strengthen the basic runes from one star to three stars. In total, he only used about thirty units of Fortune Energy.
Then, according to the standard of the Dark Golden Tree Demon's totem rune model, he prepared seventy-two totem runes that contained seventeen types of advanced totem runes. He built a basic totem frame according to the model.
Then, he visualized the totem model and solidified it.
Because the totem runes that formed the model were not fixed before they were refined into the Devil Soul, he had to continuously visualize and solidify them until he refined them into the Devil Soul and Mental Energy.
The main function of the Devil Soul was to become the core of the totem, coordinating and stabilizing the power of all the totem runes in the totem model. The Mental Energy, on the other hand, was to fuse the two together and produce a qualitative change, giving birth to the Talent Totem Tree.
Then, he continuously expended his Mental Energy and various resources to light up the nodes on the Talent Tree. Each node represented a totem's ability.
For example, if the Dark Golden Tree Demon that Lin Xiao chose had seven talents, then there would be seven talent nodes in the talent tree. Once all of them were lit up, he could start to become a real totem user.
Next, the sect would provide him with a Dark Golden Tree Demon's devil soul and enough Mental Energy to transform all the runes on the totem frame.
The Dark Golden Tree Demon's demonic soul was a small section of the tree core made of dark golden material. Its surface was engraved with dense patterns, which were sealing runes.
On the other hand, Mental Energy crystals were transparent crystals the size of marbles. Upon closer inspection, there was a faint mist flowing within. These were Mental Energy crystals that had materialized. There were five of them in total.
The faint mist within them was not Mental Energy, but impurities.
As everyone knew, Mental Energy came from demons. When it was collected, it would carry the demon's spirit imprint, which was Mental Energy. To use it, one had to first remove the demon's Mental Energy and imprint from the Mental Energy.
However, it was very difficult to completely remove the Mental Energy imprint from the Mental Energy using normal methods. Especially for those superior demons, their Mental Energy imprints were strong and tenacious. It was almost impossible to completely remove them.
And this was also the greatest danger that totem users had to face.
Whether it was the remaining Mental Energy imprint in the Mental Energy, or the Devil Soul, or the various demon limbs or organs that needed to be fused to light up the talents, or some other special items, they would all more or less have a Mental Energy imprint, or even a remnant will.
These remnant Mental Energy imprints accumulated over time. As the totem user's strength increased, they would continue to grow. They would need to be suppressed at all times.
Normally, they could be suppressed. However, sometimes when there were too many remnants of things fused, or when one was injured in battle, or when one's spirit was damaged, it would cause them to lose control. The accumulated Mental Energy imprint would then explode, causing the totem user to mutate into a monster.
When fusing the Devil Soul and Mental Energy, totem users would try their best to refine the remnant Mental Energy imprint. However, their abilities were limited, and they could not completely refine it. There would always be remnants, more or less problems.
Lin Xiao stared at the five Mental Energy crystals in front of him. He reached out and pinched one of them. After thinking for a while, the Mental Energy crystal disappeared and reappeared in the space of the Rubik's Cube.
With a thought, the Rubik's Cube spun, and the Mental Energy crystal shattered, turning into clear mist that filled the air. There was a monster's shadow that was so faint that it was almost invisible. However, it was refined in the next second. Then, a wave of Creation Energy fused into the clear mist that filled the air.
The Mental Energy crystals were refined and purified by the Rubik's Cube. Then, they were fused with the Creation Energy, turning into pure crystals that contained even more powerful energy.
Finally, he threw the Dark Golden Tree Demon's Treeheart into it. Using the same method, he completely removed the remnant Devil Soul and impurities. Then, he fused … a total of fifty units of Creation Energy, a branch from the Tree of Life, a complete Ancient War Tree …
These were all resources obtained by the real body. He then threw them into the Rubik's Cube and fused them with the Dark Golden Tree Demon's Treeheart thrown in by his incarnation.
The incarnation had long since sent the message that he was preparing to construct a totem model to the real body. Lin Xiao was already prepared. He used his military rank and authority to exchange the extra cards for what he needed.
He could not exchange for the Tree of Life, but he could exchange for a branch.
The value of the Ancient War Tree was much lower than the Tree of Life. He exchanged for a few different Ancient War Trees.
He also included a few types of Ancient Trees. Anyway, as long as it was an Ancient Tree, he would exchange it. If the value was too high, he would just exchange it for a small branch.
With so many Ancient Trees combined into one and fused with a total of fifty units of Creation Energy, Lin Xiao was very much looking forward to it.
He could not get his hands on a Supreme Class Magical Creature, but with a Supreme Class Magical Creature as the base, with so many ancient trees and fifty units of Creation Energy, the totem model he could create should be no different from a Supreme Class Magical Creature, or perhaps even stronger.
In another tower, three Children of Spiritual Realm were sitting opposite each other. Two of them were sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed. The other middle-aged Child of Spiritual Realm was holding a Mental Energy crystal in each hand. When he saw a clear light rise above one of the young men's head and form the shadow of a Human-Faced Devil Snake, one of the Mental Energy crystals turned into a clear light and flew into the shadow of the Human-Faced Devil Snake above the young man's head.
"Prepare to fuse!"
The young man frowned. The muscles on his forehead twitched involuntarily, twisting into snake-like muscles. His face was contorted in pain.
"Stay true to your heart. Don't be affected by the illusion!"
At the same time, the other young man was also affected. The muscles on his forehead bulged and twisted like a snake. The middle-aged Child of Spiritual Realm cursed in his heart. The totem's shadow had not even risen yet, but it was already like this. It meant that his soul was not strong enough to suppress this totem.
"Do you want to change? This totem model is too much for you. It's fine now, but if something goes wrong after forming the totem and forming the Talent Tree, you might mutate into a monster."
The young man shook his head.
"My talent is not as good as others. If I can't compete in this aspect, my future will be limited. I want to try."
The middle-aged man nodded.
"Then I won't persuade you. Take care of yourself."
Then, he took out another Mental Energy crystal and said to the young man, "Don't be impatient.
Try to stabilize your mind first. When you feel ready, visualize the totem. "
Compared to the two Children of Spiritual Realm who had someone to look after them, Lin Xiao was alone.
It was not that he was not qualified, but the process of forming the totem model was very important. Normally, no one would want an outsider to be present.
However, as a One Star talent, he could not construct the totem model by himself. There was a totem formation in the stone tower where he cultivated in seclusion. It had the effect of calming and stabilizing the mind. At the same time, it could be activated three times. After activation, another formation would be activated. It could forcibly stabilize his mind and soul, and suppress the abnormalities in the room.
Normal stone towers had this function, but most of them were not as good as the one he was in. Three activations were enough to stabilize the totem model. If it still did not work after three activations, he could rest for a while and continue next time, or ask for the help of the sect's elites.
However, at this moment, the stone chamber Lin Xiao was in was extremely quiet. He sat quietly on the floor of the formation, and a huge tree that was completely pure gold stood above him. Many pure gold roots were inserted into the void, and the pure gold leaves swayed gently, emitting an expanding life force. They were emitting waves of resplendent golden light that illuminated the entire stone chamber in a golden color.
The formation had not been activated once. It was completely refined and purified by the Rubik's Cube of Creation. When he fused the Devil Soul and Mental Energy crystal, he did not feel anything. He easily constructed the totem model.
Well, it was not really that easy. At least, temporarily adding the basic totem runes took some time. The rest was fine.
Previously, the totem framework he constructed was based on a high-level demon. Now that this thing was fully strengthened, it definitely surpassed the high-level demon. When he fused, he would need to temporarily add a large number of totem runes. In the end, the total number of totem runes it carried after fusion was as high as 150.
After fusing dozens of ancient trees of different strengths, the final product was not a Dark Golden Tree Demon. Instead, it was an unknown ancient tree that was entirely pure gold.
Compared to the Dark Golden Tree Demon that was filled with a demonic aura, this ancient golden tree that was entirely pure gold looked majestic and full of righteousness. It was obviously a good tree …
'Let me see how much talent it has!'
He could feel that the power this ancient golden tree gave him was many times more than he expected. However, whether it had reached that level would depend on the talent tree.
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PS: Recommended a reader's book (Science Maniac). According to the author, it's a hard sci-fi novel. If you like this genre, you can check it out.
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