In this world, the strength of creatures was simply divided into:
Lower-ranked demons, in human terms, were Level Six Transcendent and below.
Middle-ranked demons, in human terms, were Level Six Transcendent and above to Level Seven.
Upper-ranked demons, in human terms, were Level Eight Legendary and below Level Ten.
Superior-ranked demons were equivalent to True Gods.
As for ferocious beasts, there was no need to talk about them. The beasts in the mortal world were only slightly stronger than wild beasts.
As for mutated beasts, they were just demons, but they were called differently in different places.
Other than that, there were a few strange existences in this world that couldn't be explained by common sense. These strange existences had a different power system from the totem users in this world. According to the book, they were a kind of conceptual existence. Their fighting style was similar to causality, which was very difficult to deal with.
It might be difficult to explain how strange these strange existences were with words. In the book, there was an introduction that fifty years ago, a forest hut appeared in this area. Every month, it would randomly appear in a certain location. Anyone who saw the forest hut would either be passive, active, or inexplicably enter the forest hut. There were no exceptions.
Everyone who entered the forest hut had a 50% chance of disappearing, and another 50% chance of turning into a monster and escaping.
Another example was that thirty years ago, there was a gambling addict. Anyone who saw it would have to bet with it. There was no way to reject it, and if you did, you would die.
Its power was extremely strange. Even if an official totem user rejected it, they would also die on the spot. There were no signs or logic to speak of.
There were two outcomes to the bet. If you lost, you would naturally be punished. However, there were all kinds of punishments. Taking your life was just one of them. The scariest ones were all kinds of bone-chilling punishments. For example, a man would become a woman, a woman would become a man, a soul would be swapped with a monster, or an ass would grow in a mouth. It was as strange as it could get.
Strange existences were extremely difficult to kill. This was because totem users in this world still couldn't understand what they were. At least, the book he read didn't introduce how to kill strange existences, nor did it talk about actual cases of killing strange existences. However, there was an introduction to a tragic case.
More than a thousand years ago, a strange existence suddenly appeared next to a seven-star totem user school. At first, it was just a fog-shrouded area that covered an area of less than a hundred square meters. No matter who or what beast entered, they couldn't walk out. The fog didn't expand or move. It just stayed there.
However, as the saying goes, how could one allow others to sleep soundly beside one's bed? This Great Totem User Guild relied on their strength, and the Guild Master led a dozen or so Totem Lords to attack the fog while carrying a supreme magic weapon.
In the end, the fog that had remained motionless for over ten years suddenly expanded. In just ten minutes or so, it formed a gigantic fog that covered an area of over a thousand kilometers, drowning the entire guild.
A year later, the mist disappeared. Only a Totem User King, who was comparable to a True God, escaped with a broken magic weapon. Other than that, the entire sect had disappeared. Not only the people, but also the entire sect's buildings. Not a single tile of the original location of the sect remained. Only an empty base was left.
There weren't many examples like this, but there were also quite a few. Most of them ended in failure.
The reason he said most of them was because the Anomalies were not truly invincible. They could still be destroyed.
For example, a few hundred years ago, there was a Totem User who fell into a Anomaly. Just when everyone thought that he was going to die, he actually succeeded in destroying the Anomaly. After he came out, his strength seemed to have skyrocketed. After that, he was directly promoted to Totem Lord. Today, he was already one of the rulers of the Totem World.
No one knew what the Totem User used to destroy a Anomaly that could even kill a Totem Ruler. No one knew what benefits one could gain from destroying the Anomaly.
Well, there were very few records that stated that anyone who could destroy the Anomaly would end up with extraordinary achievements. Everyone knew that destroying the Anomaly, or coming out alive from the Anomaly, would result in unimaginable benefits. However, the extremely high mortality rate was unimaginable. At least, whether it was the books or the teachers, they all warned people to stay away from the Anomaly.
"Tsk tsk, how scary. I have to ask what the Anomaly is, and if there are any Anomalies nearby."
Closing the book, he left the library while thinking.
Just as he reached the door, he suddenly sensed something and raised his head. He saw a middle-aged man wearing a white professor's robe walking in. His expression quickly turned serious, and he slightly lowered his head and retreated to the side.
The middle-aged man stood in the same spot and looked at him for a while. He lifted his foot and entered the door. As he passed by, he heard a voice in his ear.
"Kid, you won't live for long!"
Lin Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. After he walked out of the tower, he stood at the door for a while and turned his head. A trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes.
"It's hard to say who's going to kill who."
After muttering to himself, he massaged his temples again.
An official Totem User from the Spirit Realm was indeed troublesome. There was no helper here. The entire white tower had already found five or six Children of the Spirit Realm, but there was not a single Child of the God Realm. There was not even a single helper.
Obviously, even if there were human Descenders before, they would have probably been wiped out by them.
"Let's speed up our growth!"
Fortunately, his aptitude was too good. They wouldn't dare to do anything in the academy.
Early the next morning, he came to class full of anticipation. Today was the day they would be able to choose a Totem Model.
The person teaching them today was a senior professor from the Alchemy Academy. His name was Bell. He was not related to Professor Bell from the Star Academy. They just had the same name.
He knocked on the table and said,
"Before you choose a Totem Model, I would like to remind you that a person's aptitude is limited. Therefore, choose a Totem Model according to your abilities. Do not be greedy and choose a Totem Model that exceeds your soul's aptitude. For your sake, the academy has already done a comprehensive evaluation of your aptitude. The Totem Model that each student can choose from is based on your aptitude. We will not give out a Totem Model that exceeds your aptitude. Now, we will distribute the models."
As he spoke, he used his cane to point at the podium. Two Bearded Rats hugged a stack of booklets and distributed them one by one.
Soon, Lin Xiao received a booklet with his name written on it. On the first page, there was a warning:
"The soul is the support of the soul. The stronger the soul, the stronger the soul. Be careful!"
There was a signature at the back of the booklet called Griffin. He remembered that this was a senior from the school a thousand years ago.
Flipping to the first page, a familiar image appeared in front of him. It was a Demon Snake with a human face.
"Good fellow, you think so highly of me?"
After the familiar introduction of the Demon Snake, there was a complicated frame of Totem Runes. He looked at it carefully. There were a total of sixty-six Totem Runes. In other words, this Totem Model required sixty-six Totem Runes to form.
Under the Totem Model, there were a few lines of notes explaining how to obtain the Demon Snake's soul to form the Totem Model.
There were three main methods, but in reality, there were only two. With his own strength, he would not be able to kill a Demon Snake with a human face, even if he had two powerful magic tools.
Aside from killing it himself, the second method was provided by the academy. Not only would it provide the Demon Snake's soul, but it would also include the cost of forming the Talent Tree, such as a large amount of Mental Energy.
As one of the top sects in the area, the White Tower had the ability to extract the Demon Snake's soul.
Note: this Demon Soul was only a part of the Demon Snake's soul. It did not mean that the Demon Snake's soul would be completely extracted after killing it. The Totem Model did not require a complete Demon Soul.
Of course, if you wanted to use a complete Demon Soul, you could also kill it. However, this was a method of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. After using it once, there would be no more. There were only a few Demon Snakes in the Misty Mountains.
In fact, the few Demon Snakes in the Misty Mountains were reared. Every time a talented newcomer was qualified to use one, there would be a powerhouse who would go and get some.
As the saying went, there was no free lunch in the world. If the academy directly provided all the costs, he would have to pay a huge price.
For example, he would have to serve the academy for many years. The greater the cost, the higher the cost.
The second method was to be sponsored. Some large totem user families would sponsor talented individuals. The price was the same as serving the academy, but some would be even more demanding.
Lin Xiao's choice was simple. The academy would provide it, and he would stay in the academy in the future. After all, he had no intention of traveling before becoming a Totem Lord.
With this in mind, he flipped to the second page of the booklet and read it with great interest.
The lowest level demon in this booklet was a Superior Demon. Perhaps in the eyes of the academy, his worst talent was to construct a Superior Demon Totem Model. As he flipped to the back, he found two Supreme Demons.
It was worth mentioning that the demons in this booklet were all provided by the academy, or obtained through means. Those that could not be obtained or did not exist would not appear here.
He had seen these two Supreme Demons when he was researching in the library. One of them was called the Master of Mountains. The illustration was of a giant rock beast lying on the ground like an undulating mountain range. Its body was probably more than ten kilometers long.
However, this was only the outer shell of the Master of Mountains. The real Master of Mountains was actually not very big. However, because it controlled the power of the earth, when it slept underground, an endless stream of earth and rocks would automatically gather towards it, eventually forming a mountain range.
The second Supreme Demon was called the Storm Master. The illustration was of an irregular form formed by endless lightning. From afar, it looked like a lightning sun.
This Supreme Demon lived in the Stormy Sea. Or rather, the sea was named the Stormy Sea because of its existence.
The price to pay for such a terrifying existence was naturally terrifying. Lin Xiao only took a glance and passed it over. He gave up on choosing these two Supreme Demons as his Totem Model.
Not to mention the extreme difficulty of using a supreme level monster as a totem and the harsh test, he was actually not afraid of these. The main thing was that if he chose these two supreme level monsters and had the resources provided by the school, he would need to sign a contract in the name of the world's will. There was no other way.
As a Descended One, he would definitely not dare to sign this contract. He would definitely be discovered by the Totem World's will, and the consequences would be …
Therefore, he did not have to think about these two Supreme Demons. He could only choose one of them.
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