Chapter 1411 - 1250: The Ancient Beast Era 16
Chapter 1411 - 1250: The Ancient Beast Era 16
The power of the Illusion Beast Incense was even stronger than Shuangshuang herself had imagined. She thought this incense would merely slow down the movements of these big-horned sheep and weaken their combat abilities.Whether it was because Shuangshuang used too much of the Illusion Beast Incense, by the time the incense in her hand was half-burned, these big-horned sheep were already wobbling as if they were drunk.
When the incense was mostly burned, all the big-horned sheep had already fallen, and Shuangshuang looked at the remaining unburned part of the incense in her hand with some regret.
Truly a miscalculation, she hadn’t expected the incense to be so powerful. Lighting so much at once turned out to be a waste of quite a bit of it, which was a little heart-wrenching.
Although the Illusion Beast Incense wasn’t difficult to make, the herbs were rare, especially one of the herbs, which was not only rare but required laborious processing. This incense was used sparingly, and she wished she had been more frugal.
While Shuangshuang was still heartbroken over her incense, over there, Shi Li and the other members of the Hunting Team had their mouths wide open in surprise, looking at the mass of prey lying on the ground, their jaws practically dropping!
Each member of the Hunting Team rubbed their eyes desperately, trying to make sure everything in front of them wasn’t an illusion. One beastman even slapped himself, gritting his teeth in pain to confirm that it was all real.
After the shock came ecstasy. All the beastmen rushed towards the prey. Along the way, besides the fallen big-horned sheep, they also saw some predatory beasts.
These were likely carnivorous beasts that were lying in ambush to hunt a solitary big-horned sheep, but they were unlucky to have been caught in the Illusion Beast Incense, ending up dozing off as well.
One beastman, while running, tripped on something soft and fell flat on the ground. He got up only to find he’d stepped on a wild rabbit.
With this beastman’s accident, everyone else realized that along with the big-horned sheep, countless small animals hidden in the tall grass and some unfortunate birds flying too low had also been knocked out by the incense.
However, with the herd of big-horned sheep in front serving as a greater temptation, no one cared about these smaller prey. They all raced towards the herd of big-horned sheep.
These big-horned sheep, though lying powerlessly on the ground, their eyes were still open. Seeing the beastmen, they instinctively sensed a threat and struggled to get up and escape.
But unfortunately, their limbs were too weak to escape, and even their cries were feeble and powerless. The beastmen didn’t care about the sheep’s resistance and directly went up to handle the prey.
Confirmed that these big-horned sheep were completely incapacitated and indeed unable to resist, still, the beastmen couldn’t quite believe that all of this was real.
No need for bloody battles, no fighting until exhaustion, no facing life-and-death crises, they harvested so many prey so easily! It was simply unbelievable!
"Great Witch... this... Great Witch, how did this happen with all these prey?" A beastman was so shocked he could barely speak straight, stammering as he spoke.
"Shuangshuang, how did you do it? How did you manage to bring down so many prey at once?" Shi Li’s hands were trembling with excitement as he eagerly looked at Shuangshuang for an explanation.
"Bless our Silver Tiger Tribe, the Great Witch’s Divine Power is boundless, to hunt so many prey at once! The Great Witch Divine Power is limitless! The Great Witch Divine Power is boundless..."
"The Great Witch Divine Power is boundless!"
"The Great Witch Divine Power is boundless!"
Before Shuangshuang could answer Shi Li’s question, one beastman suddenly shouted and then dropped to his knees, bowing to Shuangshuang, shouting that the Great Witch’s Divine Power is boundless.
Led by this beastman, all the beastmen, except Shi Li, fell to their knees, kneeling before Shuangshuang, kowtowing, and shouting that the Great Witch’s Divine Power is boundless with an expression of reverence and fanaticism.
The sudden display from the crowd startled Shuangshuang, catching her completely off guard. Before she could react, these beastmen were all kneeling before her.
Shuangshuang watched the group of beastman bowing with raised hands with a wooden expression, listening to their shouts of ’The Great Witch’s Divine Power is boundless.’ Meanwhile, her mind echoed a phrase repeatedly: "Long live the leader, unify the world!"
The scene seemed so much like a cult gathering, a primitive society beastman version of it, causing Shuangshuang to shiver at her own imagination, feeling quite embarrassed.
Seeing even her father Shi Li’s gaze was slightly off, Shuangshuang feared Shi Li would also kneel and shout about the Great Witch’s Divine Power being boundless, which would really make her feel unfortunate.
Hurriedly, she bent down to pull up Da Shi, who was kneeling nearby, then lightly coughed and said to the beastmen, "Alright, everyone stand up. This isn’t the result of witch power, but the result of the Great Witch’s knowledge.
Even though witch power depends on talent, the power of a Great Witch you can never wield, but as long as you’re willing, I can teach you the knowledge of the Great Witch."
Saying this, Shuangshuang took out a piece of Illusion Beast Incense, motioning for the beastmen below to look at the incense in her hand.
She explained, "I made these prey fall by using this Illusion Beast Incense, which is part of the Great Witch’s knowledge. I rely on this knowledge to use herbs to make the incense.
As long as you are eager to learn and thirst for knowledge, I will teach you everything I know without holding back. Making Illusion Beast Incense isn’t too hard, and you can make it yourselves in the future."
Shuangshuang always wanted to give these beastmen additional education, learning to read and write, and eliminate illiteracy. As a Great Witch, her identity made it easy to enforce this.
Shuangshuang was sure that as long as she suggested that the beastmen study, they surely wouldn’t oppose and would comply earnestly, but she hadn’t done it.
Because she knew that even if the beastmen took her suggestion to study seriously, learning has always been something only a few enjoy while most find it painful.
In the primitive society where the importance of culture was unknown, getting these freedom-loving beastmen to enjoy reading was too difficult, and non-voluntary learning is often just a waste of time, yielding little result despite much effort.
Moreover, the most crucial point is that at the moment, the beastmen couldn’t even ensure their survival, so they had no mind to spend time learning.
But now the timing was just right; she hadn’t expected that the Illusion Beast Incense from her inherited memories would be so effective, solving the most difficult, highest mortality hunting problem for the beastmen at once.
Having solved the issue of survival, it was time to address some spiritual matters such as acquiring knowledge, especially after the beastmen had witnessed the power of knowledge with their own eyes.
Now there was no need for Shuangshuang to use her status as a Great Witch to command them to study; they themselves were eager for knowledge. Willingness to learn actively and passive learning produce vastly different results.
Active learning helps retain knowledge better, while passive learning often goes in one ear and out the other, wasting effort.
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