On a rare clear night recently, the moon, like silver eyes, gradually faded away.

The spiritual power between heaven and earth also receded.

At this moment, under Aiven's guidance, the Totem Warrior's progression ritual for Zinaro was thoroughly completed.

In the extremely subtle crackling of electricity.

Zinaro, clad only in shorts, sat cross-legged in the center of the circular bluestone altar, looking up at the night sky.

On his body, the totem engraving belonging to the "Life Tree" had completely solidified.

The twenty-four-year-old young man, already at the Peak of Apprentice level, now had a richly textured, jade-green "Life Tree" embossed on his bronze skin, appearing three-dimensional.

Breath—Inhale—

The Beginner Level [Desperate Thunder Swordsmanship] Breathing Technique, simplified by Aiven, assisted Zinaro in integrating the power of his body and mind.

At this moment, every muscle, bone, organ, and even nerve in his body began to rhythmically move as if acquiring an independent life.

Crunch! Crunch!...

Even his fascia and skin were gradually tautened.

And this was just the surface; deeper changes were occurring within his body.

The Tier 2 Extraordinary Transformation was causing a profound change at the cellular level within Zinaro's body.

The "Life Tree" imprinted on his skin seemed like a green tree swaying in the wind, gently shaking with the rise and fall of his skin, emitting a faint green Extraordinary Spiritual Light that permeated every inch of his flesh.

Constantly regulating the process of his physical transformation, this treatment is evidently far superior to the ordeal faced by Knights, who rely on sheer willpower.

The power of the totem is clearly not limited to combat alone.

Of course, advantages come with disadvantages.

Although the advancement of a Totem Warrior is simpler, with almost no requirement for willpower—just maintaining devout worship of the totem and meeting the physical endurance standard to continue advancing.

But on the contrary, very few Totem Warriors ultimately break through to Tier 3 and stand shoulder to shoulder with Great Knights of the civilized world.

And in this process, it is accompanied by gradually aligning part of their soul essence with the Natural Spirit they worship.

Only with the aid of these inherent soul spirits can Totem Warriors manage their overly powerful bodies.

But unlike the similar path of the Holy Professional, Totem Warriors, after death, have neither a sanctuary nor a Divine Kingdom to house them.

They would gradually lose themselves, eventually becoming part of the Natural Spirit.

Most Natural Spirits, who prefer live sacrifices, are indifferent, showing no concern for the emotional impurities found in mortals' joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

At times, Aiven even wondered if this profession, "Totem Warrior," with little cultivation of one's mind, was ultimately to provide those Natural Spirits, lacking physical forms and divinity, with a powerful human vessel for possession?

Thinking about it was terrifying.

As time ticked away little by little, due to the great sacrifices of those previous "volunteers," Aiven had ample experimental data.

He easily deduced that Zinaro's transformation had succeeded.

If it's a normal Extraordinary Path already imprinted in the World Root Source, a professional only needs to conduct the corresponding ritual themselves, requiring little external intervention.

However, the few paths Aiven had established from the ground up, relying on the wizard's mysticism knowledge, did not work like that.

If Aiven were absent, no second person could preside over such a highly complex ritual.

Suddenly.

Swish—

In the laboratory, where all light sources, including ritual candles, were already extinguished, a red bolt of electricity suddenly flashed.

That was Zinaro suddenly opening his eyes!

"Hmm? He's awake already. But... there's something a bit off."

Aiven slightly furrowed his brow, waving for Paka, who was observing nearby, to step back, only because at this moment, an abnormal condition appeared on Zinaro, one that had never appeared among those Nimansite Pirate "volunteers" before.

Pant—

The heavy panting sound made Zinaro appear like a tiger whale just landed from the ocean.

Boom!

Zinaro, who stood silently like a cat, had a feather-like engraving flash lightly on his ankle. With a raised leg, he flew in front of Aiven.

The wind howled loudly.

Then an engraving resembling a simplified bull horn flashed on his wrist, and the native young man with reddened eyes suddenly swung his fist like a hammer mixed with thunder, perhaps... it was not just like that.

But the lightning engraving on the back of his neck, integrated between the branches of the Life Tree, flashed synchronously, and the heavy iron fist indeed had yellow electric light flashing!

Even if there were a stone wall here, one would surely believe his tiger whale-like tail swing and heavy punch would crush it into ruins.

However.

Bang—

With a great noise, the rampaging Zinaro was already seized by Aiven like a cat by the scruff of its neck and slammed hard onto the ground.

Stone chips flew, even the smooth floor tiles beneath them shattered into several pieces.

The totem warrior, who had just completed his extraordinary transformation, fainted silently before he could display his divine power.

Aiven squatted down, pried open Zinaro's eyelids, and carefully checked, finding his pupil color had completely returned to normal.

Then he gave Paka, who was worried, a reassuring look:

"He is already a totem warrior, just a bit unaccustomed for now. He'll be fine once he wakes up on his own. You take him back to his place."

"Yes, sir!"

Although somewhat worried, out of trust in the captain's powerful strength, Paka didn't ask more, pulled Zinaro's robe to wrap him up, gently carried him out of Aiven's laboratory.

Clearly, it's obvious that the Arawak clan's traditions had also passed to the two of them.

Behind them, Aiven was thoughtfully touching his chin.

"Is it the remnant of the tiger whale totem belief within the Arawak clan? The final struggle before being completely cleared by the new totem power from the 'Life Tree'.

The Nimansite people didn't have such issues because they and their ancestors never believed in natural spirits? Both body and soul are quite clean.

But it's not a big deal, just need a thorough purification ritual before the ceremony begins in the future.

Moreover, it saves me some trouble... Display!"

Name: Zinaro

Gender: Male

Profession: Pirate Officer (Dragon Cavalry Pirate Gang)

Tier: Life Tree Totem Warrior

Attributes: Constitution 1.31 Strength 1.2 Agility 1.34 (Estimated maximum value in half a month based on big data, physical growth requires a certain cycle)

Skills: Sessi Scimitar Technique, Totem Engraving (Swift Run, Steel Wrist, Thunderbolt)

Although Zinaro, who has just completed his transformation, seems as powerless as a child in front of Aiven, Aiven has already thoroughly recorded his physical data at a glance.

As for the few abilities just exhibited, as someone terrible at naming, Aiven directly plagiarized the names of his sister's talent magic, since the effects were similar.

It's better to say that Aiven's design for the 'Life Tree Totem Warrior' abilities already referenced some of Anita's dragon vein talent magic.

Even changing them to names like 'Elegance of the Cat' or 'Strength of the Bear' wouldn't be an issue, as these are essentially the highest cost-effective spell enhancements for physical professions.

'Fast as lightning, infinitely powerful' is already the ultimate pursuit of most physical side transcendent.

Aside from this, the 'Life Tree Totem Warrior' has also completely achieved its expected goals.

Zinaro, who hasn't learned the advanced part of [Desperate Thunder Swordsmanship], can instinctively use the power of lightning under the mutual cooperation of engravings.

Being able to do this, the development of this new profession has already completely paid off.

"However, rather than 'Life Tree Totem Warrior,' I prefer to call this new profession [Branded Swordsman]!"

The totem warrior that Zinaro took office as, even though it is already an advanced version of witchcraft, appears to be stronger than the single-core rune totem warrior limited by natural spirit abilities.

But compared to the complete version Aiven intends to apply to himself, it can only be called a monkey version with cut features.

It's not that Aiven is stingy, afraid that his subordinates will surpass him.

But because Zinaro lacks both Aiven's three-attribute balanced physical talent and the 'Life Tree' projection formed in the sea of consciousness through the meditation method of the Vitalist School.

Without the qualification to learn the monkey version of [Desperate Thunder Swordsmanship], even being able to trigger 'low-power' thunder light requires a special lightning attribute rune sword.

With mutual cooperation, only then can he barely manipulate the lightning originating from the life magnetic field, and both the intensity and precision are incomparable to the genuine version.

And the witchcraft engravings on the [Extraordinary Profession · Branded Swordsman] refer not to external existences like natural spirits or extraordinary sources but to the soul origin of the transcendent themselves!

The Life Tree rooted in the sea of consciousness, with its lush crown supporting the space of awareness.

While its roots extend downwards, merging with the body's meridians, spreading into every functional area of the body, integrating truly with the witchcraft engravings on the skin, granting them extraordinary spirituality.

Ultimately, through the dual 'Life Tree' resonance of inside and outside, completely realizing the integration of body and soul.

By then, the body shall be the divine hall, the soul being the worshiped god within, self-sufficient without seeking external divine power!

Theoretically, it should be easy to cross the threshold of Tier 3, achieving extraordinary energy comparable to Combat Qi, the real thunder power from the life magnetic field — [Divine Power]!

"The time is ripe, the achievement of becoming a true Tier 3 Transcendent is not far off."

Aiven lightly clenched his fist, lightning flashing in his palm.

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