Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu first took out the body of the Olive Viper King and scanned it fully.

This was the first major quest that he had received and he was finally getting to complete it after all this time.

~huu~

"It feels rather strange… he seemed too far away back then and now… he's nothing…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

After looking at it for a bit, he was enticed once again by the delicious aroma of the cooked meat.

"Well, let eat!" Lin Wu said before he pounced on it.

The first bite he took was of the tender white flesh and it was soft and melted in his mouth.

"Yumm! This is the best food I've had in this world!" Lin Wu proclaimed.

He then went to the scales of the Olive Viper king that had turned crispy under the constant heat.

~Crunch~

~Crunch~

~Crunch~

"Damn! These are just like chips! All they lack is salt," Lin Wu said before taking out some salt from his inventory.

He had gathered plenty of spices and condiments for his meals and, spreading it over the olive viper king, the taste was enhanced by another level.

Lin Wu kept on eating more and more of the corpse and munched on the bones that broke under his teeth like biscuits or breadsticks. The heat had cooked them to perfection, and they were brittle now.

Lin Wu took the time to savor everything and finished the entire corpse of the Olive Viper King in about three hours. And when he was finally done, he got the notification he had been waiting for.

~DING~

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QUEST COMPLETED: Consume the Olive Viper King

REWARD OBTAINED: Bloodline progression, Cultivation progression

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Once the quest completion notification came, Lin Wu got a ton more notification. They were mostly about spirit Qi and vital that was obtained, but at the end, a notification came that he had not seen for a while.

~DING~

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BLOODLINE UPGRADE: Both of the host's bloodlines will receive an upgrade

NOTIFICATION: The host will be in a hibernating state, permit upgrade: Y/N?

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~Sigh~

"I must've expected this…." Lin Wu muttered to himself and thought to himself.

"System, can I live on in my Avatar body till then?" Lin Wu questioned.

~DING~

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ANSWER: The progression will affect the host's own soul, thus the host would not be able to stay conscious. Though the host can give certain commands to the Avatar, that can be carried out on autopilot.

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"Hmm… I guess that's a bit reasonable…" Lin Wu muttered to himself and looked at his avatar.

"And how long is the progression going to take?" Lin Wu questioned.

~DING~

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ANSWER: There is no current estimate for it. The time period of bloodline progression cannot be plotted due to the unexpected irregularities that can appear and the compatibleness between the bloodlines.

The system will be actively modifying and adapting the bloodlines to the most optimum format.

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Reading this, Lin Wu reckoned that he should definitely prepare some backups in case it takes too long for him to wake up. He then spent a few hours thinking of all possible things that could happen and made a few plans.

He then made alternative plans with the assistance of the system and gave them to the avatar. Lin Wu also contacted his subordinates and told them that he would be cultivated in seclusion longer than he had said before.

They were currently doing their task of capturing the territory of the Olive Viper King. And while talking to them, Lin Wu also received some news. It was about something he had nearly forgotten about.

"The Club tailed lizard, she wants to talk?" Lin Wu heard from the beetle beast.

"Yes master, since her mate is dead she wants a place to live. We would have attacked her but she didn't do that to us, thus we held ourselves. Plus, she was stronger than us thus we didn't want to take the risk without your permission." The beetle beast ordered.

The Club tailed lizard was a strange creature for Lin Wu and he didn't know how the Olive Viper king had brought her here.

"Where is she?" Lin Wu asked.

"She moved away from the territory before Master started to attack." The beetle beast answered.

"No wonder I didn't see her there." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

"What do you want us to do with her then, master?" The beetle beast asked.

"Send her to the tomb, I'll talk with her." Lin Wu replied.

"Alright, master." The beetle beast said.

"Hmm… the club tailed lizard… wonder what happened to the eggs. I didn't see her or the eggs back when I fought the Olive Viper King. Did she know something was going to happen and move away?

But if she did that, how did she know that I was going to attack?" Lin Wu wondered.

~shua~

A few screens appeared in front of Lin Wu and he quickly went through them, observing the work that his servants were doing. In some of them, he could even see the other subordinates of his servants as well.

"Hmm… they have certainly increased their numbers by a lot. How many is it now? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?" Lin Wu didn't exactly know.

Unknowingly, Lin Wu had gathered a rather large number of beasts under his banner. While they were a bit inept and inefficient than humans at work, they were at least far easier to convince.

To humans, Lin Wu would have to offer better resources and all before they would agree. But for these beasts, as long as Lin Wu was stronger than them and had a superior bloodline, they would follow his orders.

Such was the law of the jungle and it reigned supreme even among the humans. It was just that it was often hard to see for a lot of people, as the ones controlling were too far up at the top.

They wouldn't even know that their lives were in the hands of another person and they could be culled at any time.