"Is that so? Then we shall..."
Just as Nef was about to say something, suddenly, the familiar voice in her heart spoke again, reminding Nefnis in an urgent tone. After hearing this voice, Nefnis was stunned, and then her eyes widened slightly.
"Great Shaman... No, no, we can't follow them, run... run quickly!"
As Nef said this, he immediately turned around and ran behind him. Seeing Nef's reaction, Kapak was stunned. After he came to his senses, although he didn't quite understand the situation, he didn't say anything after seeing Nef's actions. He immediately turned around and ran after Nef.
However, before the two of them ran far, a figure fell from the sky in front of them, blocking their way.
He was wearing a black robe decorated with feathers, and the long staff in his hand was covered with cloth strips with runes written on them. His brown face was painted with palm-shaped facial patterns, and his long black hair, tied with a headband, was scattered behind him.
The shaman who appeared in front of Nefernis and Capac at this moment was a young man. Nefernis and Capac had seen this shaman before beside the huge totem pole in the valley. He was Pasadeco, one of the four great shamans. He was the youngest great shaman in the West after Chabacunca!
"Great... Great Shaman..."
“Go!”
Capac was startled when he saw Pasadeco suddenly appear in front of him. On the other side, Neveu spoke briefly and turned around and ran quickly in the other direction. Pasadeco looked coldly at the two people in front of him and silently extended his hand.
"Soul Binding..."
Following Pasadeco's silent words, several long ropes in the shape of spirits suddenly emerged from the ground beneath Nefernis and Capac, and quickly bound Nefernis and Capac's bodies. With the help of these ropes, Nefernis and Capac suddenly felt their souls being oppressed by a powerful force, and after the pressure on their souls was transmitted to their bodies, their bodies could not move.
'Oops……'
"Such a powerful demon... Is this the Great Shaman? Why does it feel even more powerful than the one I encountered in Rahman's Tomb before..."
After being charged in an instant, Neveu and Capac struggled hard while thinking in their hearts. It was during the struggle that Capac looked at Pasadeco eagerly and then spoke.
"You... you must be Lord Pasadeco, right? Please let us go. There must be some misunderstanding here. We can explain it clearly!"
Capac spoke to Pasadeco anxiously, but Pasadeco did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the two people in front of him coldly and spoke indifferently.
"You know clearly whether there was any misunderstanding between us before... Go to hell with something you shouldn't know..."
After the cold words, Pasadeco activated his ability and did not intend to waste any more words. He planned to kill Nefernis and Capac directly from the soul level and turn them from living souls into dead souls.
After realizing that the other party had no intention of negotiating, Neveu widened her eyes in fear, and then at this critical moment, she began to mobilize a certain power within her soul, causing it to show a slight fluctuation. After Pasadeco sensed this fluctuation, he couldn't help but frowned slightly, and then immediately stopped the action of obliterating.
"Hu... Hu... Please don't rush to act, Mr. Great Shaman, otherwise, everyone in the valley will know what happened here. You don't want to be exposed too early before the plan is completed."
Panting, Neveu stared at Pasadeco in front of him and said, Pasadeco looked at Neveu solemnly for a moment, then silently put his hand down. Then he checked the conditions of Neveu and Capac while speaking coldly.
"Is there still something like this in the spirit? Interesting..."
At this moment, what made Pasadeco stop his killing action was the Lamp of the Underworld that contained thousands of souls sealed in Neveu's body. When Pasadeco was about to attack Neveu, Neveu activated the spirituality of the Lamp of the Underworld and overloaded it. In this way, once Neveu's soul encountered a major impact, such as death, leaving the body, or serious damage, Neveu would lose control of the overloaded Lamp of the Underworld, and the out-of-control Lamp of the Underworld would collapse, detonating along with the thousand souls contained in it.
With a thousand souls as the guide, the explosion of the divine blessing was enough to set off a large-scale spiritual disaster. Although Pasadeco was powerful and suspected to be beyond the scope of ordinary great shamans, even a spiritual disaster of this scale would probably not really hurt him. But it was enough to attract the attention of many shamans in the Ancestor Valley.
When the other three shamans, plus the True Spirit Shaman who had not yet appeared, were attracted by the spiritual disaster and rushed over together, Pasadeco would not be able to escape. Perhaps he could argue in front of the True Spirit Shaman and avoid hostility for the time being, but this would also make him suspected and even monitored in an indirect way.
From that person's words, Nephnesse knew that Pasadeco was no good person at the moment, and he was definitely not one who sided with the Shamanism. He should have some secret plan for the Great Wilderness Festival to be held later. Once the True Spirit Shaman and other great shamans became suspicious of him and were on guard against him, this plan would probably be difficult to carry out smoothly.
Therefore, after sorting out her inner voice and understanding the key to the current situation, Nefernis used the Lamp of Hell, which was filled with souls in her body, to threaten to self-destruct, which prevented Pasadeco from taking action immediately.
Nefernis's threat was ineffective, and Pasadeco could not kill Nefer immediately, but this did not mean that Pasadeco had no way to deal with Nefernis.
"Don't get carried away...woman..."
Facing Nefernis in front of him, Pasadeco spoke while stretching out his hand again. After changing a gesture, he waved it casually. Then, under Nefernis's feet, a "silence" magic circle lit up. In the magic circle, Nefernis's whole body gradually turned transparent. Under the influence of Pasadeco's power, her body actually began to quickly turn into a spiritual body!
"This is!"
Nefernis was surprised at the strangeness of her body. At this moment, Pasadeco waved his hand again, and then the magic circle under Nefernis began to darken, and finally turned into a dark hole, like a deep well leading directly into the underground.
"exile……"
As she murmured softly, a powerful suction force emerged from the black hole, and the spiritual body of Nefernis was dragged directly into it. With a scream, she fell into the darkness.
'Miss Thief!'
After seeing this scene, Capac, who was standing by, wanted to grab the falling Nefnis eagerly, but he could not move, so he could only watch Nefnis fall into the black hole. The black hole restored its magic circle and quickly disappeared into nothingness.
Netherworld exile, this is how Pasadeco dealt with Neveu's soul bomb. Since she couldn't be killed, her soul couldn't be dispersed or extracted, and she couldn't lose consciousness, she was transported to a place far away from the Valley of the Ancestors for processing. She might also detonate the bomb to lure people out when she felt the threat was no longer effective, so exile was the only option.
Using the powerful psychic ability of the reverse family, Nefernis, the unstable and dangerous factor, was directly exiled to the depths of the underworld, a place from which she could never return. Even if she detonated her bomb there, it would not cause any waves in this world. This was Pasadeco's way of dealing with things.
After dealing with Nefernis, Pasadeco turned around and saw Capac, who was still being accused and looking at him angrily.
"You... are you also a traitor? Are you one of those people who betrayed the Great Soul?! The so-called... member of the Order of the Underworld?"
Looking at Pasadeco in front of him, Capac said angrily, but Pasadeco ignored Capac's words. At this moment, he was seriously analyzing Capac's soul. He found many strange points in Capac's soul.
"So many soul planting techniques... The unexpected defense is almost perfect... You really have a good teacher, kid."
In order to avoid falling into a trap. After analyzing Capac's soul, Pasadeco couldn't help but whispered that he could clearly see that Capac's soul had some kind of external link, and the link was to the souls of other people. The two souls seemed to be connected through some complex rituals. If he killed Capac or destroyed Capac's soul, those linked to him would be the first to know Capac's change, and even know his mental state to a certain extent.
This soul connection seemed to be performed by some kind of ritual secret technique, which was a transformation of the shaman's soul link ability. The shaman's soul link could link different souls together, and if one suffered, all would suffer and if one prospered, all would prosper. The link on Capak was much weaker, but it could last for a long time, and both parties in the link could clearly know the major changes that happened to the other party in real time. It was the first time that Pasadeco saw such a thing, and he felt a little surprised for a while.
"A genius invention...close to the level of a genius...it seems to be him...after no news at first, he actually accepted disciples from other places..."
Looking at Capac in front of him, Pasadeco couldn't help but think in his heart, and then he couldn't help but recall a face in the past. After recalling the other party's abilities in the past, Pasadeco decided not to clean up Capac immediately.
Pasadeco needs to spend some time to find a way to remove this soul connection before he can kill Capac with peace of mind. Otherwise, the person being linked will obtain some information from Capac's dying emotions, which will also be detrimental to his plan.
Thanks to the protection measures taken by the master for his disciple, Capac managed to save his life temporarily. Pasadeco planned to keep him until after the Great Wilderness Festival. Of course, before that, he also needed to completely deprive Capac of all his behavioral abilities.
Facing Capac, Pasadeco first took out a piece of bone from his clothes, and then gently made a hand gesture with his hands up and down. Then Capac's whole body was stunned, and then the translucent soul left his body directly, swirling and twisting towards Pasadeco, gathering and attaching to the bone piece, sealing it in it. Capac, who had lost his soul, was like a puppet with its strings cut, and fell to the ground.
Because of the soul link, Capac's soul was always tied to the real world. Pasadeco was worried that the underworld exile would not be able to exile him to a place too deep in the underworld, and he would be easily channeled out later. So he chose to seal Capac's soul around his body in the form of a soul, which could greatly reduce the impact on the soul and make it impossible for the other end of the link to sense it.
"Take this, transport it along with the body, and find a place to reinforce the spiritual seal. I will deal with it after the Great Wilderness Festival is over."
Looking at several men who looked like warriors walking over from not far away, Pasadeco spoke frankly, and then handed the bone fragment in his hand to them. After taking the bone fragment, several warriors looked at Pasadeco and saluted respectfully, then carried Capac's body away.
Then Pasadeco turned his head and looked towards the valley. Looking at the towering huge totem pole, he took another step.
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Northern mainland, Friesland.
At night, in a luxurious suite in a hotel somewhere in Arnstell, Dorothy, who was sitting on a balcony chair, stood up slowly with a gloomy face, walked in front of the railing, and stared into the distance to the west.
"Among the four great shamans... there is actually a person from the coffin mixed in. This is really not good..."
Rubbing the corners of her eyes, Dorothy thought seriously, by the time she realized that there might be something wrong with the four shamans, it was already too late.
Before, Dorothy had always been interested in Uta's situation. As an old man with rich knowledge and experience, he was just an ordinary tribal shaman. Even an ancient king like Harald felt it was abnormal, but he himself thought there was no problem. This made Dorothy realize that something was wrong.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity after the soul-sealing ceremony, Dorothy asked Neveu and other shamans to consult Uta's situation, and learned about the selection mechanism of the Shamanism's chief shaman. After combining it with Kapak's words, she immediately realized the problem.
The selection of the Grand Shaman is carried out after the position of the Grand Shaman becomes vacant. It is for those who have passed the initial round of trials in front of all the True Spirit Shamans. These qualified people will follow the guidance given by the True Spirit Shamans in advance, travel the entire New World, go to various secret realms to carry out various trials, increase their experience, enrich their experience, learn secrets, and grow quickly. Whoever completes all trials first and returns to the Ancestral Valley first can be promoted to the new Grand Shaman.
The most recent tribal shaman selection was forty years ago to select the vacant Western Great Shaman. According to Kapak, Uta also came to the Tupa tribe from the West forty years ago, and was still full of confusion when he came. This is exactly the same. Forty years ago, the confused wandering shaman in the West had knowledge and experience beyond that of ordinary shamans. Combining these, Dorothy can infer that Uta is likely to be one of the participants in the selection of the Great Shaman that year, and is close to the old one!
The Great Shaman's travel trials are probably not only a test, but also a learning process, and are the first step in the promotion ceremony. Under the guidance of the True Spirit Shaman, these selected participants can enter more unknown secrets and undergo trials in extremely dangerous situations. At the same time, they can also quickly accumulate knowledge and experience as a Great Shaman and understand various secrets.
If someone could survive all these trials without losing his life, he could be said to be a quasi-great shaman, fully possessing all the qualities of a great shaman. When he returned to the Valley of the Ancestors, he would probably need to go through the last part of the ritual to completely complete the promotion. So Wuta might be the person who completed many trials that year and was just one step away from completing the promotion.
As for why Uta didn't return to the Valley of the Ancestors, it was because he wandered into the Tupa tribe in confusion, and became a shaman of the Tupa tribe without knowing what was wrong. Even Harald saw the abnormality, and he didn't think there was anything wrong. Dorothy hadn't determined the reason before, but now that she had seen the divine means of the Coffin, she immediately thought that this might be a conspiracy of the Coffin.
If the underworld coffin wants to support his own people to get promoted in this selection, what methods will it use? The most direct method is to quietly kill other competitors while traveling through the trial while fully supporting the one he supports. However, there are some problems with this. First, other competitors are spread all over the continent and are completely difficult to find. Secondly, as the host of the entire selection, the true spirit shaman has the possibility of summoning the spirits of the candidates who died in the trial for questioning. Direct killing is very likely to be exposed.
Therefore, in this case, a better solution than killing people is to use the power of Pluto to make them forget.
As long as the Underworld Coffin can collect a little information about other candidates or items on their bodies in the Ancestor Valley or other trial sites, it can use its divinity to make the most outstanding candidates forget their goals and fall into confusion. In this way, those supported by the Underworld Coffin will become the new great shamans without any competition.
Then, forty years after he participated in the Great Wilderness Festival, he took a major position in this grand ceremony today... This was the first thing Dorothy wanted to explain about Uta. If Uta's identity as a participant in the selection of the Great Shaman forty years ago was true, then under the premise that he had forgotten the selection event, he would be highly suspected of being the winner of the selection. After all, how could you forget something you risked your life to work hard for? As long as it can be confirmed that Uta was a participant in the selection, then today's Western Shaman would have a big problem.
"The Dark Coffin... wants to do something during the Great Wilderness Festival! Their target is most likely the Divine Eagle Suen!"
At this moment, Dorothy could understand Ming Coffin's intention more clearly. They had started planning for today decades ago...even tens of years ago!
"We must immediately inform Uta of the intentions of the coffin and the true identity of Pasadeca, but now... Neveu and Capac cannot move freely... What should we do?"
Frowning, Dorothy thought anxiously. After realizing that Pasadeco might have a problem, she immediately asked Neveu and Kapak to find Uta for confirmation. With the blessing of Dorothy's divine nature of "enlightenment", as long as Neveu kept asking Uta some questions, Uta would definitely be able to remember something. But she didn't expect that before Dorothy's confirmation, the other party actually took the initiative to find her and intercepted her directly. Dorothy was far away in Friesland, and most of her abilities could not effectively support them. They could not fight against Pasadeco at all.
In Dorothy's area, there are only two consulting channel contacts, Neveu and Kapak. Dorothy did not establish a consulting channel with Uta himself. He has a firm belief in the great soul. Kapak once suggested that he pray with Aka, but he did not listen...
Now Neveu has been exiled to the depths of the netherworld, Capac has been sealed, and Dorothy has almost cut off her means of sensing the Valley of the Ancestors... Not to mention the ability to provide support, she can't even send messages.
“This is really… troublesome…”
Covering her forehead, Dorothy murmured with a distressed look, then she glanced around and looked at the night scene of Arnstell in front of her, thought about the purification of Kramar that was being deployed and the various conspiracies surrounding him, and thought about the current situation of the disappeared city of Steenham, and her worries in her heart could not help but rise to a higher level.
"There are more than one troublesome place... This time, the coffins started their layout in several places at the same time..."
New World... Main World... Ancestor Valley, Arnstell, Steenham... Pasadeco, Klamath, Amanda, Sinclair...
Dorothy could see that this time the underworld situation spanned several decades and involved a number of key locations and characters. These seemingly unrelated points were actually secretly connected together, all vaguely depicting a grand plan belonging to the underworld.
The coffin attacks from multiple points at the same time. If Dorothy wants to crack this plan, she must also start from multiple points at the same time.
Next, Dorothy slowly walked back to her seat, and after calming down, she began to meditate, thinking about how to break the current situation.
Suddenly, a piece of information that was almost overlooked came to her mind. While thinking, Dorothy took out a photo from the magic box and placed it on the table.
Reflected on the photo was a blurry lens. This was the abnormal lens that Atchery had mentioned to her before, which was found on the Twilight Shadow after the Tivian incident. Written in a messy manner on the lens was "Go to Steenham quickly."
Looking at the photograph, Dorothy's mind wandered, and some connection was made between it and the situation in the distant Ancestor Valley.
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