Ten days later.

The first snow is falling.

Goose-feather snowflakes swirled and fluttered between the heavens and the earth, gently falling onto the deep blue lake, and then falling on the stone statue of the ancestral witch.

In the wind and snow, the majestic stone statue remained motionless, and its deep and kind eyes looked straight ahead.

And the place where the ancestral witch statue looks is the shore of the lake.

At this time, the lakeside was unprecedentedly lively, and the people of all the tribes in Xicheng walked out of the stone houses, and tens of thousands of people gathered in the open space in the dark, and it seemed that the crowd was very lively.

At the center of the crowd are more than 100 giant drums used for sacrifice.

Each side of these giant drums is beautifully crafted, with the head of a monstrous beast hanging from the body of the drum, and the diameter of the drum surface is more than two meters, enough for an adult to lie on it with his hands and feet spread out.

At this time, more than 100 giant drums are put together, covering an area of nearly one acre, which looks quite spectacular.

The soldiers in charge of drumming stood in the giant drum array, they threw away their thick animal skin clothes, stood shirtless in the wind and snow, held huge white animal bone drum hammers in their hands, and struck the air to review the movements, nervously making preparations.

in the crowd.

Ye Xi changed into a pure white linen robe, stood in the cold wind with the ancestral witch bone staff, and talked to each other with a smile.

The Aphid Witch beside him was also wearing a white linen robe.

It's just that he is not as frost-resistant as Ye Xi, and his body is lying on his back at this time, trembling slightly: "It's really cold this day, it wasn't so cold on the day of the Great Sacrifice in the Black Ridge Mountain Range......

"There's still time, why don't you go and add an animal skin coat?" Ye Xi proposed.

Hearing this, Ehu Wu immediately puffed up his chest, and his face was resolute: "No, there is no need to add it, I still hold on to this time." ”

Ye Xi couldn't help but laugh secretly.

On the special day of the Great Sacrifice, everyone wants to show their best side, including witches, so almost every witch has changed into a white robe, and his sleeves are fluttering in the wind and snow, even if his teeth are secretly frozen.

He looked at the crowd around him.

Everywhere you look, there are people dressed in grand costumes.

Everyone took off their shabby animal skin clothes and put on the best clothes that they were usually reluctant to wear, some of them were full of pigtails on their heads, some were decorated with animal bone beads between their hair, and some of them wore exaggerated and hideous bone ornaments on their heads, necks, ankles, and wrists.

He saw Broken Feather not far away.

I saw that Duan Ling was bare-chested, with a golden-spotted leopard skin around his waist, a huge and hideous beast skull hanging around his neck, a pair of curved horns nearly half a meter high on his head, and his whole body was painted with bright oil paint.

"Wu!"

Duan Ling noticed Ye Xi's gaze and came over happily to salute.

Ye Xi smiled and nodded, and when he saw that Broken Ling's hair was full of ice, he couldn't help but help him clean it up.

Duan Ling couldn't help but be flattered, and explained embarrassedly: "I went into the lake in the morning to wash, and it became like this......"

"I know I saw a lot of people going into the lake to wash before dawn. ”

Everyone wanted to show the cleanest and most decent side in the big sacrifice, so they all washed it carefully last night, and some people didn't think it was clean enough, so they went to the cold lake water to wash it again before dawn.

Many of them were like broken feathers, their hair was covered with ice, and their cheeks were red and cracked from the cold.

In fact, although everyone usually cares about the Great Sacrifice, they don't care about this extent, and today is mainly the first joint Great Sacrifice, so everyone is looking forward to it a little more nervously...... Even the war beasts were cleaned by them, and their feathers and hooves were spotless.

After a while, the white turtle witch came to Ye Xi's side.

The White Turtle Witch looked solemn, but there was a flame of excitement in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Xiwu, the time is almost up. ”

Ye Xi immediately looked up at the sky.

Others could only see the heavy snow, but the witches could see the end of the sky, and there was a majestic dark green energy pouring down to the ground like a heavenly river, this scene was magnificent and shocking.

Ye Xi retracted his gaze, nodded lightly at the White Turtle Witch, and then turned around, and announced in a loud voice in everyone's expectant eyes,

"Great Sacrifice, Start ——!"

......

All men took their place and stood in the ranks of their tribes.

Thirty-six tribes were distributed in a radial pattern around the place where the giant drum was placed, and each witch stood at the center of his tribe's ranks.

The drummers held the bone hammer in both hands, staring at the drum for a moment, their chests rising and falling, and they inhaled and exhaled deeply.

Thirty-six witches stood beside the pile of logs with bone rods in their hands, their white robes fluttering and their eyes slightly closed.

More than 20,000 Xicheng people held their breath, and not a single one spoke.

The atmosphere was solemn and silent, except for the whirring sound of wind and snow.

On the hill.

Next to the roots of the mulberry tree, Aori was wrapped in a thick animal skin coat, hugging his arms and curled into a ball.

Her nose was red and shivering, obviously not lightly frozen, but she did not have the slightest intention of going into the house to keep warm, but looked at the foot of the mountain excitedly and expectantly.

The Inhumans have no witches, neither the Silkworm Race nor the Cave Rabbit Clan, only the Tree Humans are a special case, so this is the first time she has seen the tribe's great sacrifice with her own eyes, and it may be the only time.

There was silence.

Ye Xi made a gesture.

Hundreds of warriors standing in the giant drum array immediately took a deep breath, picked up the white giant bones with both hands, and struck them towards the drum surface in a heavy and uniform manner!

- Knock!!

More than 100 drums made a heavy and muffled sound in unison.

The pebbles on the ground were all shaken, and the stars and algae in the lake and the schools of fish retreated in a hurry, and the hearts of all the war beasts present trembled heavily.

Knock! Knock!

Knock knock! knock knock!

The drum beat gradually became dense, and hundreds of burly warriors swollen their muscles and beat the drum with all their strength in the heavy snow.

The combined effect of so many sacrificial drums is staggering.

At the second beat of the drum, everyone's whole body began to burn and boil, the blood in the veins flowed like a rushing river, and the skin turned red like a burnt iron.

The chill was swept away.

Knock! Knock!

The sound of the drums was deafening, like thunder.

And in the sound of the drums that shook the earth, if you listen carefully, it is clearly mixed with the heartbeats of more than 20,000 people, and they are beating violently together with the beat of the drum!

The sound of the drums and the heartbeat were surging to the extreme, the blood was boiling, and everyone and the war beast couldn't help but let out a roar into the air.

"—roar!!"

The fingers of the thirty-six witches trembled slightly.

They were also affected by the sound of drums, their hearts beat violently, their blood boiled, and they could no longer feel the slightest chill.

At the same time, they also felt the surging magic power in their bodies, waiting to erupt urgently.

They took a deep breath and, in the snow, with their eyes closed and facing the sky, began to chant aloud.

The thirty-six witches recited the mysterious and jerky blessing witch words in unison, and they flowed in everyone's ears, even overshadowing the majestic drum.

Gradually, everyone and the beast calmed down.

Their bodies were covered with a dazzling layer of light like a miracle, and under the cover of this light, all the light and dark injuries were all recovered.

Aori, located on the top of the mountain, was also covered with a faint light.

She closed her eyes and clutched her chest, feeling warm and comfortable beyond words.

Originally, she was still a little weak because of excessive consumption of silk, but now she feels that she can vomit silk for three days and three nights without pause, and her physical condition is better than ever.