At the center of the Galan Immortal Warship, atop Heaven-Supporting Peak-the Ritual Altar!
Beside the Ritual Altar stood a massive tower over a hundred zhang tall. Pitch-black throughout, it radiated a mysterious, boundless aura and imposing grandeur. This was the Totem Pillar found in every Barbarian Tribe settlement, though it was not a true Totem Pillar. Rather, it was a "false" Totem Pillar that anchored and gathered the tribe's faith and popular allegiance, providing a spiritual focus much like the divine statues in temples built by practitioners of the divine path!
The true Totem Pillar, the supreme treasure that safeguarded the tribe, would naturally never be displayed openly outside. It remained in the High Priest's hands and was not readily shown to others!
Even this "false" Totem Pillar had been painstakingly forged by the Blood Xuan Witch King, together with ten Great Witches, seventy-two Mystic Shaman Realm experts, and other powerful members of the Witch Clan. They had refined vast quantities of golden tong, black iron, black gold, and other metal ores with mighty shamanic power and great divine abilities. Over a hundred zhang tall and weighing ten thousand jun, it was as hard as diamond, as though an entire metal mine had been refined into a single tower. It was extraordinarily difficult to destroy and visually overwhelming!
At that moment, the Black Tower Tribe's priests, elders, and others stood arrayed upon the Ritual Altar. Led by Fang, the Black Tower High Priest, eight Great Witches, seventy-two Mystic Shaman Realm experts, and numerous elders and priests stood around the altar and along its steps. The Blood Xuan Witch King personally led another two Great Witches and four Mystic Shaman Realm experts in assisting them, and stood right beside Xiao Ying.
Previously, the Black Tower Tribe had possessed only one priest: