Unlike the concept of "priests" on Earth, in Turanze, only the strongest, fiercest, and most brutal warriors could shoulder such an honor.
And only bodies forged of steel and iron, coupled with unyielding wills, could endure the agony of being torn limb from limb, worse than death itself, when the power of the ancestral spirits descended into their bodies, allowing them to become the ancestral spirits' finest "vessels."
This High Priest of the Great Horned Legion was in no way inferior to the wolf clan officer in combat prowess.
When he mysteriously vanished from behind Meng Chao, Meng Chao had guessed that he intended to personally deal with the wolf clan officer.
All Meng Chao had to do was act as fearlessly as possible, drawing the wolf clan officer's attention and buying time for the High Priest.
Sure enough!
This High Priest should have possessed Thunder Clan blood.
His feet were as sharp as Eagle Claws enlarged several times over.
Several claw-blades at the front and back plunged deeply into the wolf clan officer's shoulders, locking his shoulder blades firmly in place and making him unable to raise his arms.
The two claw-blades that grew sideways like human thumbs, meanwhile, had embedded themselves in the wolf clan officer's neck, resting directly over his carotid arteries.
The cruel smile on the wolf clan officer's face froze instantly.
Boundless terror and despair exploded in his eyes.
A roar from a trapped beast fighting to the death rose from deep in his throat.
He tried to disregard his shattered shoulder blades and slash viciously upward, severing the High Priest's feet.
But the latter gave him not the slightest opening.
The muscles in his legs bulged. His claw-blades suddenly contracted, twisted, and tore, instantly ripping the wolf clan officer's shoulder blades, cervical vertebrae, carotid