Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The shaking of the ground was prominent enough that Tian Han and Tian Chu had to verify that it wasn't just more trouble heading their way. And they did see something large appearing from behind the smoke and dust.

"Now, now… Don't go away, when the climax is just around the corner." A familiar voice was heard as the ground trembled.

The voice was slightly distorted and felt chilling to Tian Chu and Tian Han. But they still recognized him.

"MASTER!" Tian Chu gleefully called out.

Tian Han though, didn't say anything. He couldn't tell what his feelings about Lin Wu were right now. He both hated the beast and was also aware that the breakthrough he had right now was because of him.

'Though the suffering was not worth it…' Tian Han muttered.

~WHOOSH~

A strong gust of wind blew from the south, dissipating all the smoke and dust that had been spread due to the man's attacks. And when it was gone, everyone could finally see the towering figure of Lin Wu appearing.

Lin Wu gazed at the many dead bodies that were injured beyond normal and some that looked incredibly sick. There were also piles of ashes that were mostly gone due to the strong wind from before.

"Hmm… this'll be a waste…" Lin Wu muttered, knowing that those that had been burned away were not one's he'd be able to consume.

"The others though… should still be consumable." Lin Wu said as he looked at the ones that were dead but were killed by the strange symptoms. 'The effect of the Erupting Radiation poison is far more powerful than I expected…' he thought.

That's right!

The strong attack that came from Tian Han's head was none other than a Poison Breath that had been charged with the Erupting Radiation poison. He was actually Lin Wu's true trap against the Elders of the Frozen Cliff division rather than the formation array that he had set up and given control to Tian Chu.

Rather, Tian Chu was merely supposed to be a delaying aspect in the whole plan. He of course, didn't tell her this as he knew that if he did, she might try to do a lot more to show him her worth.

He had understood her character enough by now that she liked to be on the top, as if she was a top student in a class competing against all.

Tian Chu's role here was to delay the elders long enough that the new function that Lin Wu had added to Tian Han got time to activate. The system had already told Lin Wu that it would take longer than what Lin Wu himself needed to use the skill.

It was inevitable since he wasn't the one doing it, and it was being used by someone with a far lower cultivation base than him. The Pentagem in Tian Han's body was basically pushed to the very limit, trying to execute the skill.

~shua~

Lin Wu spread his spirit sense and checked the area while asking the system to check Tian Han.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Tian Han

SCAN COMPLETED: Data banks updated

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Lin Wu looked at the system's notification and nodded while pushing the window away for now.

"You did good." Lin Wu finally said to Tian Chu.

"And what about me?" Tian Han asked, feeling a bit left out.

"You did good too… I guess." Lin Wu replied.

'You guess!!! I almost died!' Tian Han shouted in his heart, but didn't say it out loud.

Even though he wanted to do that a lot…

"Careful master! That man is still alive! He's Elder Qianshu, the second in command of the Frozen Cliff division." Tian Chu hurriedly warned, remembering that they still had someone alive.

"Oh, we don't need to worry about him." Lin Wu said as he looked at the broken man.

"No, no, no, no, no…" the man kept on incessantly muttering to himself, his voice getting hoarser and hoarser.

His vitality was also falling rapidly and all the healing pills he had taken earlier seemed to be useless now. Not just that, he couldn't even think straight now and was basically the same as a mentally deranged person.

'Did you know that the mental effects would be this severe system?' Lin Wu questioned in his mind.

~DING~

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ANSWER: According to the system's preliminary analytics, the target should have been killed before any such effects could happen. Thus, this was not predicted during the simulation.

The Data banks have already been updated and new analysis is underway.

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'Hmm… I see.' Lin Wu said in his mind.

While he was looking at Elder Qianshu, Tian Chu was wondering how it all had happened. Tian Han was the same and touched the center of his brows again, finding something new there now.

It was hard and felt similar to a scale to him. It had five sides and looked like a pentagon, with its tip pointed downward.

"Umm, what is this?" Tian Han asked, pointing to the scale on his head.

Tian Chu too looked at it now and found it peculiar, having a yellow color.

"Oh?" Lin Wu looked at where Tian Han was pointing and was intrigued.

He pulled up the data window he had moved away and read the information in it.

'He got mutated too?' Lin Wu was surprised.

According to the system's information, Tian Han's body and Nascent soul had changed under the influence of the Pentagem. This would normally not happen in the case of humans, but due to the complex situation of his breakthrough along with the massive amount of spirit Qi that Lin Wu had injected when writing the new function had added to it.

Plus, the execution of the skill had also given his mutation a direction, changing his talent somewhat. Lin Wu quickly peered at Tian Han's Nascent soul and found that it had taken a sulfur like yellow color.

While it didn't match the same shade of yellow as the scale on his forehead, it was still yellow.

Lin Wu sensed the bloodlines and felt Tian Han's more prominently than Tian Chu now.

'Guess I should answer him. He's survived it all and managed to win.' Lin Wu thought. 'Plus, his mutation makes him a bit more special now… the system will have a fun time analyzing him more.'

"Tian Han." Lin Wu spoke, making the man stand at attention.

"You now have a part of my bloodline in you." Lin Wu stated.

"Huh?" Tian Han was taken aback. "What do you mean by your bloodline?" He asked.

"You do know about bloodline assimilation, right? This is pretty much that… with some minor changes." Lin Wu replied.

"How? I didn't even assimilate your bloodline." Tian Han said in surprise.

"Yeah, Don't we need bloodline essence crystal for that?" Tian Chu questioned, finding it strange.

"Well… you saw the attack that came out of your head before right? That was a fail-safe I added to you before. An attack that would save you if something dangerous happened. And since it was my own power that was stored there, it affected your body and caused the change.

Your breakthrough gave it the perfect condition to adapt and assimilate it. Even now, you should feel it growing." Lin Wu answered.

Tian Han was stunned and found it all a lot to take in. Lin Wu understood this and gave him a suggestion.

"You can wait and ponder on it while I take care of some things." Lin Wu stated.

"A-alright…" Tian Han said, feeling a bit lost.

He sat down on a fallen rock nearby and thought to himself. Tian Chu was also feeling a bit lost but at the same time a different feeling rose within her heart.

'Master's bloodline… I want it too… I want master in me…' Tian Chu thought to herself, a weird look appearing in her eyes.

"Hm?" Lin Wu suddenly looked around, feeling a chill on his back.

'What was that?' Lin Wu spread his spirit sense around just to verify that there was no danger nearby, unaware of the woman's thoughts next to him.

Finding that everything was fine and there were no enemies close by Lin Wu decided to resume his task.

"Now then… guess I'll use them while they are still fresh. They're losing quality by the second…" Lin Wu said as he waved his tail.

~SHUA~

Wind attribute spirit Qi swirled around his tail before spreading out and affecting the area around it. The dead bodies that were spread around were all pulled along with it before Lin Wu controlled it to come towards him.

Tian Chu then saw a sight that was terrifying to her again.

Lin Wu's mouth opened wide and all the dead bodies were sucked into it all at once.

~CRUNCH~

~KACHA~

~SQUESH~

Various sounds were heard coming from Lin Wu's mouth, loud enough to reach Tian Chu's ears, making her shiver.

Lin Wu didn't care for that though and simply looked at the notifications.

~DING~

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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 15,169,872 units [Liquid Spirit Qi]

VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 3,148,593 units

SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 75,409,087 units [liquid spirit qi] -> 90,578,959 units [liquid spirit qi]

VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 33,969,909 Units -> 37,118,502 Units

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"Almost there…" Lin Wu muttered, seeing the significant increase in his spirit Qi storage.

'Though it could have been more if the other bodies were intact… perhaps I might have even gotten enough for the breakthrough all at once.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

But then his gaze went back to the best dish that was still waiting.