NOVEL NEXT Chapter 530: The Great Chief 48
It may be because when awakening the Warrior Power, Yan Shuangshuang absorbed the Thunder Power created by the hyena Fierce Beast, now when she uses a small amount of Warrior Power, she can control whether there is the power of lightning. However, once she uses it in large amounts, the power of lightning will appear uncontrollably.
After slashing at the Giant Horned Beast and confirming it couldn't survive, Yan Shuangshuang jumped off its head. As she landed, the Giant Horned Beast's body swayed briefly before crashing into the snow, emitting a dull thud, and the flying snow that was stirred up covered Yan Shuangshuang.
Feeling the still abundant Warrior Power within, Yan Shuangshuang felt excited. A prey like the Giant Horned Beast used to require over twenty members of the Hunting Team working together and fighting intensely for a long time to win, but now she defeated it effortlessly alone!
This was the combat strength brought by the application of Warrior Power. Moreover, after killing the Giant Horned Beast, Yan Shuangshuang didn't feel any fatigue; even her entire body seemed more energized, making her feel that she could kill another Giant Horned Beast if necessary.
Since the refined use of Warrior Power has such benefits, the next step is to teach the tribe's warriors how to use this power. Yan Shuangshuang believes that once all warriors can use power like she does, the tribe's combat power will rise to a new level.
Applying power to her arms, Yan Shuangshuang dragged the huge Giant Horned Beast, which was as large as a Mammoth, towards the direction of the Earth King Beast. With the smoothness of the snowy ground, combined with the use of Warrior Power, Yan Shuangshuang didn't find it too strenuous to drag the Giant Horned Beast.
When Yan Shuangshuang found the Earth King Beast, it had already overturned a large patch of snow, munching on the fresh grass sprouting there, which made Yan Shuangshuang somewhat worried. After the Earth King Beast grazed closely to the ground like this, she wondered if it would affect the growth of the grass.
Tying the Giant Horned Beast with the rope she brought, behind the Earth King Beast, Yan Shuangshuang sat on the satisfied Earth King Beast's head and headed back, thinking that before the grass truly grows, it would be better to prevent the Earth King Beast from damaging these seedlings again.
In the cave, the prey brought back by the Hunting Team today was abundant and varied, even including many wild chickens usually considered to have more bones than meat. Yan Shuangshuang had previously roasted a wild chicken once, and the taste was quite good, making everyone think it was perfect for worshipping the God.
However, together the prey brought by the Hunting Team didn't cause as much amazement as the prey Yan Shuangshuang brought back. For those in the Power Tribe and Lanshan Tribe who weren't active on the grassland, the Giant Horned Beast was something very novel.
The people of the Power Tribe had seen the Giant Horned Beast before when searching for Bright Light Seeds, but the Lanshan Tribe people had only read about it in the tribal book, and hadn't seen it during the previous hunt for the hyena pack.
Of course, the most shocking thing for everyone wasn't just that Yan Shuangshuang hunted a Giant Horned Beast alone. Due to her fierce displays during this time, although her hunting of the Giant Horned Beast was surprising, it wasn't entirely unexpected.
What plunged the Power Tribe and Lanshan Tribe into celebration was the method of utilizing Warrior Power that Yan Shuangshuang announced to everyone! No one doubted that Yan Shuangshuang wouldn't teach everyone this method.
In their simple way of thinking, there was no concept of hoarding and being stingy. If they gained some advantage, they wouldn't hesitate to share it with everyone; likewise, they didn't think their fellow tribesmen would be begrudging in sharing benefits with them.
Although this stubbornness often made Yan Shuangshuang furious, she couldn't deny that this way of thinking often made her feel warm and fond of it. She liked this atmosphere, the simple interactions without intrigue.
With Yan Shuangshuang's Giant Horned Beast, the preparation of food for the divine ritual was already settled, so much so that there would even be leftovers after the celebration.
Yu, Zhi, and Yun, the three Great Witches, promptly decided to forgo hunting and immediately hold the divine ritual. The three were too excited to wait any longer.
During the preparations for the divine ritual, the people from the Power Tribe and Lanshan Tribe were very excited, everyone earnestly and devoutly preparing all kinds of food. Flaming Grass and chili beans, which weren't used during a whole cold season, were used generously to make delicious food.
Infected by their enthusiasm, Yan Shuangshuang, who initially only saw the divine ritual as a gathering, couldn't help but become excited as well.
To properly conduct the divine ritual, Yan Shuangshuang was urgently trained by the three Great Witches on how to perform prayers during the ritual, while members of the Hunting Team braved the cold to go to the Great Lake and brought back many Bright Light Seeds, and returned the seeds from the cave back to the lake to continue growing.
Yan Shuangshuang felt that being able to grow and produce seeds in such cold weather made the Bright Light Seeds truly a mystical organism. Fortunately, the peculiar growth of the Bright Light Seeds maintained the quality of life in the tribe, as living in a brightly lit cave was more comfortable than in a dark one.
With the addition of people from the Lanshan Tribe, now the food reserves of the Power Tribe have been placed in an upper level cave, and the lower cave is used only for living; the upper cave, while less accessible, was drier, making it perfect for food storage.
This time, the Hunting Team brought back a great number of Bright Light Seeds, making not just the lower cave bright, but also the upper cave being illuminated by the seeds. In this brightness, the stacked food in the cave seemed even more astonishing.
Despite eating through a cold season, like a small mountain of White Stone Fruit and Sweet Potatoes, freshly added various dried meats were piled within the cave. Standing there, members of the tribe felt a sense of security and satisfaction arise spontaneously.
On the day of the divine ritual, the cave was cleaned spotlessly, the ground covered with fresh dry grass. As for the dry grass's source, the Earth King Beast felt aggrieved, its fodder taken, yet it couldn't complain because it was taken by its most beloved person.
Everyone wore newly made clothes, placing the food specially prepared from dawn on the stone platform for the Heavenly God. Yu, Zhi, and Yun wore heavy but white beast skin outfits, with plants used to paint patterns on their faces, and feather headdresses on their heads.
The three Great Witches knelt on the ground, hands raised to the sky, chanting strange yet melodious prayers, while everyone else knelt down, hands crossed over their hearts, sincerely giving thanks to the Heavenly God!
Yan Shuangshuang knelt at the forefront only behind Yu, Zhi, and Yun, also sincerely closing her eyes, earnestly thanking the God.