Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Watching the two subordinates of his that were in deep sleep now, Lin Wu sighed to himself.

~shua~

But just as he did that, he saw the barrier of the Frozen Brook division flickering.

"Oh? Are they finally ready to come out?" Lin Wu said as his spirit sense spread.

It easily passed through the barrier, which was already coming down, and discovered all the members of the Frozen Brook Division that had been observing it all.

"Well, that was understandable. Though this is certainly a bit more open than I thought. Looks like I'll have to change the plans a bit." Lin Wu muttered to himself as he saw a couple fly out from the top of a peak.

The couple came to stand before Lin Wu and bowed deeply.

"Senior," Wang Xiong and Ye Jin said with immense respect.

"Thank you… Thank you for your help." Wang Xiong said, his voice trembling slightly.

He had witnessed the fight from the very start and knew just how dangerous it all was. The most shocking thing was the revelation from the Supreme elder's power. They had never expected that he had progressed this far.

Wang Xiong had learned from his current master, the patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect, and had obviously seen the man's power. He was stunned to find out that the supreme elder's power was not that far off from Patriarch Bing's.

"Yes. If not for Senior, I don't know if we could have lived for long." Ye Jing added as well.

"Mmhmm… It was indeed necessary. I don't believe this would end here, though." Lin Wu replied.

Hearing this, Wang Xiong trembled slightly.

"You mean to say…" Wang Xiong said lightly.

"Yes. There will probably be others that will now interfere. The news about the supreme elder dying and the situation of the Frozen Cloud sect will inevitably leak. Even I cannot ensure that it can be stopped.

The Weiyuan Chamber will take this opportunity, no doubt. They might even consider this grounds for revenge considering we did just kill their cash cow and ally." Lin Wu explained.

~clack~

Wang Xiong clenched his fist, making his bones pop.

"What do we do then, senior?" Wang Xiong asked.

"Well, the only way to take care of this would be to stabilize the sect first. You trust the patriarch, right?" Lin Wu replied.

"Yes. He is trustable. And he also has a friendly relationship with Guardian Yun, so it should be fine." Wang Xiong confirmed.

"Very well. Then he will have to deal with it. Though the endgame would be to have you take power officially." Lin Wu spoke.

"I know, senior. But that will take a while. I'll have to be at the very least in the Dao Shell realm to even be considered for the position. Besides, Patriarch Bing is still in the prime of his life and won't be retiring from his position anytime soon." Wang Xiong stated.

"That's fine. You simply need to strengthen your own position. Even though it was unavoidable and what we did, the loss of the Frozen Cliff division will weaken the Frozen Cloud sect. The number of high leveled cultivators you had have effectively been halved." Lin Wu spoke truthfully.

With the help of the system, Lin Wu knew exactly how many people had died here and how many he had killed. Even if the lower ranked disciples were still alive, and their numbers were not that far reduced, the loss of elders was not something that could be solved easily.

If the Patriarch was the backbone of the sect, then the elders were the ribs and limbs. Without them, the sect would be efficiently crippled.

"Then… the other sects and powers will also be acting, won't they?" Ye Jin said, understanding Lin Wu's words.

"Indeed. The main threat will come from them. While the Weiyuan chamber is the problem, they won't act out in the open. With their mode of action, they would much rather attack with a borrowed knife.

Them inciting the other powers and sects won't be that hard either." Lin Wu replied.

Ye Jin and Wang Xiong's expressions darkened as they understood the potential future they would have to face.

"We have to get Guardian Yun out." Wang Xiong spoke after a minute of silence.

"Yes, let's do that." Lin Wu spoke.

"Wait, we need the key from the supreme elder." Wang Xiong replied.

"A key?" Lin Wu asked.

"The key to the sealing formation. It should be on the supreme elder. Originally it was Elder Qianshu who held it, but he should have handed it to the supreme elder since it would be safer with him." Wang Xiong replied.

"Let's see then." Lin Wu said and pulled the corpse of the supreme elder towards them.

Looking at the heavily damaged corpse that was missing a leg, Ye Jin shivered. This was the worst condition she had ever seen someone in; even if they were dead right now. She couldn't help but subconsciously imagine herself in the situation.

Wang Xiong frisked the corpse and soon found the spatial storage tool that the Supreme elder kept.

"That's his spatial storage tool?" Lin Wu was surprised.

"Yes." Wang Xiong replied.

"I don't feel any spatial or spirit Qi fluctuations from it." Lin Wu spoke.

"That is understandable. This is a peak grade spirit tool, after all. One of the few our sect has." Wang Xiong said while holding what looked like a hair clip.

It was hidden inside the long hair of the supreme elder and was not seen by Lin Wu. The surprising thing was it was still undamaged even after bearing the collateral impact of Lin Wu's attacks.

'System scan the thing.' Lin Wu ordered, feeling interested.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Unknown Hairclip

SCAN COMPLETED: Data banks updated

TARGET: Deep Holding Mantis Clip

INFO: The Deep Holding Mantis Clip is a peak grade spatial storage tools having additional functions such as defensive barriers and also a locking formation on it. It is made with thousandfold tempered Black Iron and is very durable.

It's capacity is also about a thousand cubic meters.

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