On May 7, 992 A.D., most of the Ymir continent had entered a hot early summer. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But in the Dragon's Back Mountains near the Northland, the ice and snow accumulated from the long cold winter have just dissipated. Some of the blazing sunlight has fallen on the black soil through the dense coniferous forest, leaving only dappled light and shadow, injecting a faint vitality and vitality into the grass and shrubs that are not luxuriant.

Compared to the colder summit, the base of the mountain is undoubtedly warmer and more colorful. In particular, the crystal lake, where ice and snow melt gather, are full of flowers and lush green grass, making it a scene full of spring.

However, today's spring light on the shore of the crystal lake is mixed with countless wails and curses, as well as a strong smell of blood. Because a blood soul sacrifice presided over by the fish-man is underway.

The so-called Blood Soul Sacrifice is an important ritual that must be held after the relocation of each Fishman tribe. This sacrifice has two meanings, the first is to make a blood sacrifice with the blood and soul of an alien race, to please the cruel fish-man god Kosha, and to make the fish-man god pay attention to the newly settled tribes and bless them. The second meaning is to use the blood sacrifice ritual to cultivate the Blood Soul Algae, so that the Blood Soul Algae can evolve to stabilize the new territory of the Fishmen.

As the 'protagonist' of the sacrifice, or the main sacrifice, Luo Sheng was visited on an altar carved from obsidian, and the emblem in the shape of a huge fish's head glowed with a dark red light, like a beast that chooses to devour people. This altar is also the future altar of the fish-man god Kosha, and after the sacrifice is successful, this altar will become a way for the fish-man to communicate with Kosha, and act like a temple for other gods.

Around the altar is an inverse pentagram of hundreds of wooden frames that stand half in the water. On each wooden frame was a human captive half-submerged in water, drenched in blood. These were civilians captured by the fishmen after they attacked a village led by Cook, and the blood of more than 100 people continued to seep out, staining the lake in the circle red.

When all the lake water in the circle was soaked in blood, the leader of the Cracked Tooth tribe who presided over the ceremony, Old Pike, the prophet of cold light, waved the fishbone dagger in his hand, cut a hole in Luo Sheng's chest, and then 'planted' an olive core-shaped blood soul algae seed in Luo Sheng's flesh and blood, and then countless tentacles as thin as a hair were born from the blood soul algae seed and pierced into Luo Sheng's body. In a moment, Luo Sheng's face turned pale, and his whole person shriveled down like a deflated ball.

And nourished by Luo Sheng's flesh and blood, the blood soul algae began to develop rapidly. Hundreds of slender branches sprouted from the seeds, spread, drooped into the blood-soaked lake, and then began to devour the blood frantically, growing rapidly. It didn't take long for hundreds of branches to grow to the thickness of a cable, and under the guidance of Old Pike, they clinged to each human captive, sucking flesh and blood, and continuing to grow. In the wails of hundreds of human captives, the Blood Soul Algae spread out and slowly spread to the entire magic circle.

Looking at the wildly expanding Blood Soul Algae, Old Pike nodded. A large part of the reason why the fish-man tribe regards cultivating blood soul algae as an important thing as sacrificing to the fish-man god is that this magical plant, which is said to be given by the fish-man god, can grow and reproduce beyond the limits of nature after absorbing blood and resentment, and provide a considerable amount of food for the fish-people. For the fish-man tribe whose food source is not stable, there is a mature blood soul algae, which can basically ensure that the tribe's people will not starve to death.

Of course, providing food is not the main role of Hemosoul Algae. What really makes the Fish-Man tribe regard Blood Soul Algae as the foundation of the tribe is that Blood Soul Algae can continue to grow and evolve. The Black Iron Rank, that is, the initial Blood Soul Algae, can only absorb flesh and blood resentment and multiply at a super speed. After advancing to the Bronze Rank, Blood Soul Algae is able to transform and protect the waters where the fish-people are located, and at the same time has strong combat power. With the Fishman, it can fight against several times stronger enemies.

And if it can evolve to the silver level, the coverage area of the Blood Soul Algae will have an essential increase in its own combat power. In the transformed waters, the Blood Soul Algae can even leapfrog the challenge. Not only that, but the high-level Blood Soul Algae can also provide a large amount of magic materials for the Fish-Man tribe and increase the strength of the Fish-Man. It can be said that a sufficiently powerful Blood Soul Algae is enough to strengthen a fish-man tribe.

However, it is not an easy task to make the Blood Soul Algae evolve. Under normal circumstances, the advanced potential of Blood Soul Algae is only up to the Bronze Rank, and this step can be achieved through a grand Blood Soul Sacrifice and the blessing of the god of fishmen. But if you want to continue to advance, you must let the Blood Soul Algae devour the source of power of the caster of the same level on the Blood Soul Sacrifice, preferably the Druid's Heart of Nature. Only after completing the devouring will the Blood Soul Algae grow rapidly and break through the limit.

However, in the continent of Ymir, spellcasters are the most valued group of people among all races, and they are heavily protected. Capturing an alien spellcaster alive as a sacrifice requires great sacrifice and amazing luck. In addition, the Blood Soul Algae cannot evolve through the source of power of the Devouring Fishman caster, so the Blood Soul Algae of many tribes always stays at the bronze level, and it is difficult to evolve again.

This time, though, fate seems to be on the side of the Crackfangs. After migrating to Crystal Lake, he captured hundreds of human captives, including Rasen, a druid apprentice. Although the apprentice was not officially promoted to the first level and stepped into the Black Iron Rank, through the sacrificial ritual, Old Pike was sure to promote Luo Sheng to the first level, give birth to the Heart of Nature, and meet the needs of the Blood Soul Algae to devour and evolve for the first time.

And once this sacrifice is successful, the Blood Soul Algae of the Split Tooth Clan will not only have extraordinary potential, but also greatly increase its combat power, which will be of great help to the Split Tooth Clan's foothold in the Crystal Lake. Therefore, after returning from the sneak attack, the Cracked Fang tribe immediately took action, completed the preparations as quickly as possible, and began this blood soul sacrifice.

Because of the nourishment of the blood and fear of hundreds of human captives, the Blood Soul Algae quickly spread the entire magic circle, and at the same time, it also fully activated this reverse pentagram magic circle. A layer of dark red light rose and converged on the altar where Rasheng was, lighting up the emblem of the god of fishmen. These red lights are the blood elements formed by the combination of negative emotions such as pain, fear, and despair of human captives with their life force, and they are also the most important sacrifices in all blood sacrifice rituals, second only to soul and life. In the past, when the fishmen held blood sacrifices, the blood elements would be sacrificed to Kosha first in exchange for the attention of the fishman god, but this time, the cold light prophet divided a considerable part of these cherished blood elements and infused them into Luo Sheng's body through the blood soul algae.

With the infusion of blood yuan, Luo Sheng, who was originally dying, quickly became energetic, and while his physical body recovered, his mana also began to slowly increase. But it was accompanied by Luo Sheng's painful and distorted expression and the deep despair in his eyes.

Theoretically speaking, it is not uncommon to use blood element infusion to increase strength in the Ymir Continent. Although the consequences are great, because of its immediate effect, many evil people will not refuse this way of ascension. However, the normal blood element infusion, the absorbed blood element is refined by the object of sacrifice, such as the evil god, the devil archduke, the demon lord and other powerful beings. Even if it contains some private goods such as the will of the evil god, it will basically not affect the future strength of the absorber.

But at this time, the blood element that Luo Sheng was infused with was the most elementary product that was hastily gathered by the reverse pentagram array. Not only is the life force full of impurities, but the mental force is full of pain, fear, and despair. If such a blood element is infused, although it can also improve his strength, Luo Sheng has to endure the pain of repeated tears and healing of his muscles physically, and mentally he has to be impacted by countless painful and desperate thoughts, which is simply worse than death.

And more importantly, using this kind of blood element full of impurities to improve his strength, especially the most basic black iron level from an apprentice to a professional, is equivalent to completely ruining the possibility of Luo Sheng's future growth. For the fish people, it just needs a natural heart, and the quality basically doesn't matter. But for Luo Sheng, it means that even if he survives, the future is completely finished, and all hope has been lost. So after holding on for half a quarter of an hour, Luo Sheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and passed out completely.

Old Pike didn't care about Rason's coma. In order to please the god of the fish-people, the fish-people will try their best to torture the sacrifices when performing the blood soul sacrifice. The pain and despair in it may not be able to withstand even the bronze and silver rank professionals, and it is normal for Ra to be a druid apprentice and fall into a coma. And for the old Pike who presided over the Blood Soul Sacrifice, as long as the sacrifice of Luo Sheng did not die before the advancement, it would have no effect on the sacrifice.

But what Old Pike didn't notice was that when he turned around to guide the magic circle, Luo Sheng, who had just been unconscious, trembled and reopened his eyes. The eyes that were originally full of pain and despair have disappeared, replaced by confusion, surprise, confidence, and unprecedented firmness, and the corners of the mouth even show a slightly evil cruelty. But these changes came and went quickly, and before old Pike could notice it, Rason 're-unconscious' as if nothing had happened.

Time passed little by little, and the blood soul sacrifice was also approaching the climax little by little. After half a morning of torture, hundreds of human captives were already dying under the double extraction of the Blood Soul Algae and the Reverse Pentagram, and even a few of them were on the verge of death, but the blood elements in the circle were getting thicker and thicker, and even formed a dazzling light curtain. And under the infusion of blood yuan, Luo Sheng's aura is also close to the first level, and it is still improving, and it seems that he will be promoted at any time.

But at this time, there was a hint of doubt in Old Pike's eyes. According to the experience that has been passed down within the Fish-Folk Clan, it doesn't seem like it takes much blood to raise an apprentice's infusion to level 1. Under normal circumstances, Luo Sheng should have completed his promotion long ago, and then devoured the Heart of Nature by the Blood Soul Algae, and then drained the souls of all human captives, completely ending this Blood Soul Sacrifice. But now that the other human captives seem to be unable to support it, Luo Sheng is still constantly absorbing blood elements and has not been promoted.

"Could it be that the qualifications of this sacrifice are really so poor?" looked at Luo Sheng, who was still unconscious, and Old Pike looked a little anxious. The Blood Soul Sacrifice was held to please the god of the fishmen, and although there was no hard time limit, delaying it for too long would definitely displease the grumpy Kosha. Whether it was to please the gods and complete the sacrifice as soon as possible, or to wait a little longer for the growth of the blood soul algae, it had become a dilemma.

After hesitating for a while, when the selfishness in his heart overpowered the fear of the gods and wanted to wait a little longer, Old Pike's expression suddenly changed. Although Luo Sheng has always seemed to be in a coma, his breath is not chaotic, but very pure, full of natural breath. This state is not like being infused with blood elements and forcibly promoted, but more like accumulating enough apprentices, actively communicating naturally, and advancing normally.

"No, there's something wrong with the sacrifice!" After discovering the suspicion, Old Pike immediately realized that there was something wrong with Rasen. Although he didn't know why this happened to Luo Sheng, Old Pike still didn't hesitate to raise the fishbone dagger and stab it in Luo Sheng's chest, while issuing a command to forcibly devour the Blood Soul Algae.

If there is no problem with Luo Sheng, this knife will be regarded as completing the Blood Soul Sacrifice, and at most give up the opportunity for the Blood Soul Algae to devour the Heart of Nature this time. And if Luo Sheng has a problem, he will not be able to make any waves under serious injuries. On the contrary, in order to protect himself, he may give up suppressing the advanced level, and he happens to become the target of the Blood Soul Algae.

But before Old Pike's dagger could be stabbed, an arrow with green light pierced through the protection of the Blood Element Light Curtain and shot him in the back of the heart. Even though Old Pike activated the Truth Word Shield in an instant, he was still almost knocked down, and the dagger that stabbed Rasho's chest was also deflected and pierced into Rasho's shoulder.

"Ranger's aim shot, has the human counterattack arrived?" Turning around and seeing the two arrows coming one after another in the air, Old Pike's face was gloomy, and he directly crushed the talisman on his chest and activated the Truth Word Shield. Sneak attack on humans for blood soul sacrifice, old Pike is also ready to be counterattacked by humans, and the battle preparation is very sufficient.

Just as Old Pike was dancing his staff and preparing to fight back, the aura of Rasheng behind him changed suddenly. Without waiting for Old Pike to react, a wolf claw with the glow of magic fangs gently gripped at his back. Although the power is not great, the demon-destroying effect of the magic tooth technique and the Wild Power specialty is superimposed, and it is still transformed by the enhanced Shingon Shield and almost collapses.

At this time, the second Channeling Arrow lightning bolted through the Blood Element Light Curtain, shattering the defensive stance on the Shingon Shield and the old Pike robes that were about to collapse. In the next moment, the third fatal shot came, piercing Old Pike's chest, which was only protected by his robes and scales, and the huge force shattered Old Pike's internal organs at the same time, pushing the Cold Light Prophet to the altar behind him, and the huge fish head landed right next to the wolf head of Luo Sheng's change.

"Old Pike, use your life to witness my rebirth!" said something in Old Pike's ear that no one else understood, and the wolf's mouth opened and bit the Prophet of Cold Light on the neck. Turning around, he tore off the fish's head, and blood spurted out, staining the entire altar red.