Chapter 20: Intensify the Efforts

The Donghe tribe has no temple on the boat island. Instead, they worship a blue stone statue called [Qi]. They rarely make wishes to the gods. It is more like the sacrificial tradition left by the Donghai clan. Most of the time, the Donghe tribe is sailing, fishing and capturing slaves.

Lu Yao is ready to make a test.

He clicks on [Miracle], spends 30 faiths, and chooses [Hurricane].

The hurricane quickly condenses on the water surface, causing a huge vortex in the water, and rushes towards the boat island of the Donghe tribe.

Facing the hurricane, the Donghe tribe is not panicked at all. They even talk and laugh.

"Look, it's a storm."

"The storm will roll up a lot of fish, and maybe crabs. That's great."

"Praise Qi God, send us food."

"The sky will be beautiful after the storm."

"Wow, the storm is big."

Just as Lu Yao was puzzled, the hurricane suddenly collapsed when it approached the boat island, turning into a breeze that swept around. The dissipated hurricane brought them some fish, which fell on the deck of the boat island.

The little man of the Donghe tribe picked up the harpoon and started fishing everywhere.

The screen showed.

[Because of the blessing of the god totem, your miracle cannot take effect. ]

Lu Yao noticed that there were some slight cracks on the surface of the totem of the god statue on the boat island.

The totem seems to be not only a symbol of faith, but also a defensive prop that can block even natural disasters such as miracles.

Lu Yao got excited.

I want to see how many times you can block it.

[Lightning]

Give me lightning!

A silver lightning fell from the sky again, hitting the totem. Like the previous hurricane, the lightning disappeared immediately after landing, and did not pose any threat to the boat island at all.

"The weather is really strange today."

"Is it going to rain? Storms and lightning, it will rain soon."

"Last summer was a serious drought, but it looks like there will be a lot of rain this spring."

"With more rain, the river will be wider, which is a good thing."

The little people of the Donghe tribe were still chatting.

Lu Yao clicked on the miracle, and lightning struck again.

[Lightning]!

[Lightning]!

[Lightning]!

Three consecutive lightning strikes landed on the boat island, and cracks appeared on the totem.

This time, even the people of the Donghe tribe noticed something was wrong.

"Wow, what's going on?"

"Are these lightning strikes caused by cracks in the air?"

"I have to tell my grandmother that something is wrong on the water today."

"Fortunately, there is a totem for praying to the gods, otherwise it would be a disaster."

Lu Yao further increased his efforts.

[Lightning] × 5!

There were lightning and thunder in the sky, and lightning fell one after another, bombarding the top of the boat island. The first four lightning strikes dissipated, and the fifth lightning strike finally fell hard on the boat island, killing two Donghe tribe villains who had no time to escape, and also caused a fire on the boat island.

The blue totem that had been cracking and damaged before was finally completely destroyed and turned into ashes.

The Donghe tribe was in chaos at this time.

The tribe members ran around to put out the fire, and some slaves took the opportunity to jump on the canoe and escape, and the Donghe tribe had to send people to hunt down the slaves.

But the biggest impact on them was the destruction of the totem.

"The prayer totem is broken! It's over!"

"We have lost our shelter and can no longer fight against the storm and whirlpool!"

"The prayer god has abandoned us!"

"Oh my God! Oh my God!"

"Why is this happening!"

Instead, the five men from the Garlic Tribe spoke one by one.

"Lightning! Lightning is back! The god Lightning is back!"

"It's the great Yao God. You attacked the Garlic Tribe and angered Yao God!"

"Yao God is angry!"

"You are in trouble!"

But no one from the Donghe Tribe paid any attention to them.

...

Lu Yao moved his fingers.

As he had guessed, the prayer totem was a consumable item and should be a gift from the gods. The totem seemed ordinary, but it collapsed under the miracle bombardment of 210 points of faith. It was very strong.

The Donghe Tribe had only a hundred people, but they could live on the Donghe River for a long time. They attacked other tribes in canoes and captured slaves with a domineering momentum.

They relied on sea monsters for attack and the prayer totem for defense.

Now that Lu Yao had broken an arm of the Donghe tribe, they immediately panicked.

Lu Yao observed again and found that the Donghe tribe was indeed unable to repair the totem. Seeing this, the tribal leader [Grandmother] issued a series of orders.

"You will set off immediately, take all the sea monsters that have shed their skins this year, return to the clan temple to offer sacrifices, and pray for the new totem gift."

"Block the river to prevent other tribes from knowing that the totem has been destroyed until the new totem returns."

"Feed all the female slaves to the sea monsters so that they can shed their skins earlier."

...

Lu Yao looked for a while and roughly understood the situation.

The Donghe tribe's prayer totem originated from the Donghai clan's temple. As a branch of the clan outside, the Donghe tribe has always maintained contact with the Donghai clan. They raise sea monsters, firstly to reserve military strength, and secondly to need sea monsters to shed their skins and offer sacrifices to the prayer god.

In other words.

If there is no sea monster skin, the Donghe tribe will not be able to get the totem. Without the totem, the Donghai tribe will be vulnerable.

That's easy.

A smile appeared on Lu Yao's face.

The fleet of the Donghe tribe that asked for help from the clan set off quickly. Five canoes carrying sacrificial sea monster skins, escorted by three sea monsters, left the boat island and headed east.

When the boats were far away from the tribe's water settlement, Lu Yao pointed out [Lightning] and directly covered all five boats.

The sudden thunderbolt set the canoe on fire.

The surviving pixel people had to jump off the boat to escape. They struggled desperately on the water, with terrified expressions on their heads. The sea monsters were helpless and could only carry the pixel people away from the burning boats.

The sacrifices on the canoe were burned to ashes.

With the help of the sea monsters, the surviving people escaped back to the boat island with difficulty.

Hearing that the sacrifices were also burned, the entire Donghe tribe was completely panicked.

"All the sea monster skins have been burned, we can't go back."

"Lightning, lightning everywhere, lightning won't let us leave."

"We have angered the gods here, we must offer sacrifices, otherwise the tribe will be attacked by lightning again."

"The tribe is finished, the tribe is finished."

"Let's run away, let's run away."

The Donghe tribe, which was originally arrogant, faced a natural disaster that could not be resisted by human power, and many villains showed a tendency to surrender and desert.

[Grandmother] was the leader of the tribe after all, and she showed the calmness and decisiveness of a leader at this time.

"Some slaves said that it was Yao God of the Garlic Tribe who sent down the punishment."

"Let's go to the Garlic Tribe and reconcile with them."

...

The boats of the Donghe tribe slowly docked at the shore.

[Grandmother] met with the prophet and the shaman with two female captains.

The two sides chatted privately for a while.

An exclamation mark appeared above the prophet's head: "The Donghe tribe has angered the God Yao. If you want to be forgiven, you must fear the gods and offer your faith."

"You need to build a temple to worship the God Yao."

"The God Yao is a benevolent god who loves peace and life. He punishes the Donghe tribe because of your rudeness and offense."

After a while, a prompt appeared on the screen.

[The Donghe tribe has presented you with a sacrifice. 】

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