Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The information he gained from the followers of the Skull god mentioned that there was going to be a unique event soon. Six temples will be appearing at once and many teams of followers will be sent out to gather the bloodline crystals from there.

"Seems like we have our next goal." Lin Wu said.

"Where are these temples going to appear? I can't really sense them. If they were really going to appear, I should have been able to tell that." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle questioned.

"There is still a week till they appear. I think you should be able to sense them soon. Besides they are far from this location as well." Lin Wu said.

"I see… we should get there quick then. If all six appear at the same time, we will have to be early or the Skull god followers will take them." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle replied.

"That's true… but we can also snatch it from them. It may actually be even easier." Lin Wu replied.

The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle simply nodded her head in response and flew up with Lin Wu following alongside her. During the time Lin Wu had spent in the Dread Coil marsh he finally realized just how big it truly was.

Even with his speed, it took them days upon days to cover the distance between multiple points. This made him get a little sense of just how big this enter continent was and then form that the world.

'Once the power source of the Taiji Celestial's tomb is fully activated and linked with the tomb, I'll be able to anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye.' Lin Wu thought, anticipating the future.

Time passed like sand through fingers, as Lin Wu and Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle continued on their journey. They traveled far to the west of the Dread Coil Marsh and were actually nears its western border now.

If Lin Wu continued beyond this for another couple of days he would actually end up leaving the Dread Coil Marsh and appear in the Burrow Light Kingdom. And if they went slightly south from there, they would change borders again and appear in the Bing Kingdom.

Though technically he was already in the Burrow Light Kingdom.

~Rumble~

The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle could sense vibrations coming from afar and knew what it was.

"There! The temple is appearing I can sense it!" The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle exclaimed.

~Piiii~

She let out a loud cry before flapping her wings hard. Usually while flying the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle did not use her full speed, so that Lin Wu could keep up. But now seeing the temple after a long time she seemed to be excited.

The flap of her wings blew away all the clouds in the area, revealing the crescent moon that was hidden behind it, small twinkling stars could also be seen there accompanying it in a pleasant serenade.

***

On the ground, a group of men in strange garbs were walking when they heard a loud cry coming from afar.

~whoosh~

"Huh? Where did all the clouds go?" one of the men said in shock.

They all looked up and saw that the gloomy clouds which eternally covered the Dread Coil Marsh were now gone. The moon and stars which were rarely seen in the marsh were now visible to the men,

"No… NO! IT'S THAT BEAST! THAT EAGLE BEAST IS COMING!" The priest who was the leader of the group spoke.

"That Eagle beast which has been terrorizing our men? How did it come here? We are so far to the west." One of the other men asked.

"Who would I know!? But I know only that beast can create winds like these that can blow away the clouds!" The priest exclaimed.

"What do we do now?" The followers asked feeling scared.

"We hurry to the temple! Once we get the crystal we will need to escape quickly." The Priest stated.

Alas! The priest was too late.

~Swoop~

Just as he had said that sentence, he along with another man was snatched up into the air.

"AHHHHHH!! HELP ME!! HELP ME!!!!!" The Priest shouted.

This priest was a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, yet even he could not get out from the talons of the Eagle beast. As for his companion who was in the other talon of the eagle beast? He was already dead from being squeezed by the claw.

The other followers on the ground scattered like flies, unable to decided where to go. They were running randomly when they suddenly felt the ground shake.

"Huh? Did the temple appear?" someone wondered.

But then…

~Thud~

Multiple emerald green crystal spikes sprouted from the ground impaling all the men that were trying to run away.

~Tremble~

The soil parted as the long body of Lin Wu appeared from it. Along the length of his body, one could see over ten men impaled on the spikes. The spikes then started to move towards his head, like some kind of a conveyor belt, and brought the dead bodies to his mouth.

~Crunch~

~mush~

Lin Wu quickly consumed the ten bodies and gained the memories from the data nodes.

"Oh? Didn't know it would work like this…" Lin Wu said in a surprised tone.

Lin Wu had just managed to obtain the location of the sanctuary of the Skull God. He didn't know how exactly he got it as usually the memory would end up getting corrupted by some kind of an influence.

'Seems like eating multiple followers at once, did not allow the 'influence' to erase the memory quick enough…' Lin Wu guessed.

"Still… this just made out task easier." Lin Wu muttered.

~Piiii~

Another cry came from the sky as the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle descends, blood visible on her beak.

"Did you eat them too?" Lin Wu asked.

"I felt peckish…" The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle replied while looking away.

"Ha-" Lin Wu barely managed to hold in his chuckle, after hearing the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle words. He obviously did not want to get punished.