Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Shirong knew about the Skull god very well.

After all, that being was the reason why he had almost died a decade ago. He was still upset about it and it had only pushed him that much to getting stronger.

"The skull god… I've had an encounter with him." Shirong replied in a low voice.

"I know." Lin Wu replied, shocking Shirong.

"YOU DO!?" Shirong exclaimed.

"Indeed… after all, that spear recorded everything." Lin Wu pointed to the crystal spear.

Shirong stared at it for a moment before speaking. "Of course… how could I forget."

"And I have to say, you did well there. You foiled the attempt of the Skull god's avatar of coming back to life." Lin Wu faked some praise.

Shirong didn't know what to say to this and felt a bit conflicted.

"Senior… this spear… what happened to it?" Shirong asked with slight hesitation.

"You could say it depleted all of its energy by destroying the avatar, purging its traces from your body and then sending you off to a safe place." Lin Wu replied.

Shirong looked back at the spear and said, "it did all that?" finding it unbelievable.

"Yes. It was a failsafe function in case all else didn't work. And thankfully, it worked. Though it also ended up damaging the spear greatly. Now it is merely a shell of its original self." Lin Wu explained.

"Then can it return to its original state?" Shirong asked.

"No." Lin Wu firmly stated. "At least not in this world." He added.

"Huh? What do you mean, senior?" Shirong asked in confusion.

"When you got the spear, it was never in its original state. It was damaged from the very start. That spear is far stronger than it looks. This world would not allow a weapon as strong to ever enter it.

Or rather… the spear itself wouldn't enter a world as weak as this for the fear or damaging it." Lin Wu replied, dispelling some of his doubts.

"Then how did it come to this world?" Shirong asked.

"The most likely reason is it came searching for me. But if it did, then it means its original owner must have been dead. With him gone, the spear probably ended up wandering around the universe.

It has probably taken a long time to reach this world. Since I'm its creator, it instinctive sought me out." Lin Wu replied with the response he had made a long time ago.

Hearing that it belonged to someone else, Shirong recalled some of the memories that he had shown.

'That man in the illusion that taught me spear intent… that must've been the owner.' Shirong thought.

"Then… can this spear be repaired again?" Shirong questioned, feeling hopeful.

"Of course it can." Lin Wu said.

"Really!?" Shirong almost shouted.

"Yes… but there are some conditions." Lin Wu said, reducing his excitement, but not completely.

"What are they?" Shirong inquired.

"Well first of all, that spear will not be able to reach the very peak of its power, or the original state that I made it in. For that to happen, I would have to reach my original cultivation base too. And that is something that will take a while.

Being in a dormant state greatly regressed my cultivation base and returned me to my juvenile form. Until I recover my cultivation base, I won't be able to fully fix the spear." Lin Wu respondent.

Hearing Lin Wu's words, Shirong took another look at him.

'This is a juvenile form?! Heavens! Just how big is he going to be, then?' Shirong completely mistook Lin Wu's words.

But it was not like Lin Wu would mind them. Rather, it was the best for him, if Shirong came to his own conclusions. That way, there would be fewer inconsistencies and plot holes in his lies.

Pushing these thoughts aside for now, Shirong spoke once more.

"Then what can you do for the spear now, Senior?" Shirong asked.

"Well, it won't be on the same level as when you got it. But I can repair it enough to return some of the features." Lin Wu replied.

Lin Wu had already expected Shirong to ask this and had gotten the system to prepare some potential solutions. Thus he gave out this response right away so that Shirong would know to keep his expectations low.

"That will be fine, Senior!" Shirong accepted it right away.

It was still better than the state it was in, as he couldn't even use it at all. Any improvement would be good for him.

"Hmm… though there is also a way you can speed up the process of its recovery." Lin Wu said intently.

"What is it?" Shirong was ready to take anything.

"You simply need to kill creatures with it. It will absorb a part of their cultivation base." Lin Wu stated.

"That won't be a problem!" Shirong answered.

He was fine with it as he had been intending to do it from the very start. And it was his goal before too.

But he was unaware that it was all Lin Wu's ploy to get him to do work.

'Heheh! My AFK bot will be ready soon…' Lin Wu thought to himself as his smile widened a little.

Though the difference in his smile was unnoticeable to Shirong, as he didn't even know it was a smile in the first place.

"Give the spear to me then, it'll take a while for me to repair it." Lin Wu said.

"Sure." Shirong replied and gave the spear to Lin Wu.

Lin Wu took hold of it and felt excited and curious at the same time.

'Wonder how much spirit Qi the spear accumulated till now… the system did say that it should be able to absorb and retain a significant amount.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

'System, check the spear and scan it for the stats.' Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

The system gave him a report right away, but when he saw it, his eyes went wide.

"What in the…"