Today's fourth update: Chapter 3060! 4/4!
"You have done very well. Although the sacrifices this time were immense, the gains were not small either." Xu Kun's calm yet imposing voice slowly echoed through the command tent.
The two Tortoise commanders, along with the Tortoise Totem Wielders behind them whose auras had clearly changed, all knelt respectfully on the ground. Their voices brimmed with reverence and fervor. "Thank you, Lord Huang, for your grace in nurturing us!"
At the cost of thirty million Tortoise Army soldiers, how many Tortoise Totem Wielders had ultimately been refined and awakened?
Fifteen hundred!
A brutal ratio of nearly twenty thousand to one!
Yet in Xu Kun's eyes, and in the eyes of these awakened individuals, such sacrifices were undoubtedly worthwhile.
Including the two Tortoise commanders, every Tortoise Totem Wielder behind them had successfully awakened and gained a new power originating from the Myriad Wild Cauldron.
In fact, if one simply compared their bloodline ranks before awakening with their now-fixed S-rank Tortoise Totemic Power, it could even be considered a "downgrade," especially for the two Tortoise commanders, who had once held lofty status.
But as "first-generation" Totem Wielders directly transformed by Totemic Power, their loyalty to Xu Kun was absolute and rooted deep within their souls.
In the deepest reaches of their consciousness, they already regarded Xu Kun as a parent who had given them new life, someone even more important than their blood relatives!
Awakening Totemic Power was the highest honor and a gift!
Without stripping away their original memories, Xu Kun had successfully acquired a force of utterly loyal followers.
There was no need to overly placate those willing to die for him, but Xu Kun had personally received them this time in order to give them a grander blueprint and mission—to use