Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

While Lin Wu looked at the system's screen, Lian Dajian and Xiaojian had just finished their conversation.

"This… what will you do now, father?" Lian Xiaojian said, his voice a little shaky.

"The same as you are doing now… all other avenues have been exhausted." Lian Dajian replied.

"But… but what if you fail?" Lian Xiaojian couldn't help but ask.

"Then I'll fail… I'll perish and the responsibility of the clan will fall on your shoulders and your other kin." Lian Dajian plainly said.

He didn't want to say sweet words and sugarcoat the situation. As a great merchant that had a lot of success and power, Lian Dajian knew not to fall into false pretenses. It would only harm one in the long term even if it did give one hope temporarily.

"I see…" Lian Xiaojian clenched his fists.

He knew that if his father died, the clan would probably end up in chaos. He would have liked to help and fulfill his father's wishes, but he knew that he was not capable. Not to mention, he himself was in a dangerous predicament.

Forget about saving the clan, he wouldn't even be able to save himself right now.

'No, wait… if I succeed… King Lin Wu would be able to learn more and the rate of success for father will increase!' Lian Xiaojian realized.

While Lian Xiaojian was a bit naive, he wasn't a fool. Spending more than three years in this hall and suffering under the attacks of the formation array had allowed him to learn quite a bit about it.

He had eventually realized that the formation array was not perfect. Whenever he figured out a way to overcome the fomentations, the next ones would get more difficult. The fatty used his brain enough to understand the pattern.

This eventually led him to believe that Lin Wu was probably adapting it according to his progress.

After all, Lian Xiaojian might not be cultivating, but he was certainly getting stronger. The more he went against the attacks, the better his senses became and the better he got at dodging.

Even with his fat body, his agility was now shocking.

His speed of running was also a lot more than the original, and his control over his strength had become finer.

It was a qualitative change in his strength and he had become a lot more 'refined'.

~huu~

Having thought of all this, Lian Xiaojian took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. And when he did, a newfound determination filled them as his aura rose.

"Xiaojian…?" Lian Dajian sensed the atmosphere change and looked at his son, his expression a lot more mature than original.

<strong>~HONG!~</strong>

And just as he did that, waves of energy spread out from Lian Xiaojian's body!

"WHAT!?" Elder Ruanjian was stunned.

He felt his very blood shake as the aura coming from Lian Xiaojian increased. Lian Dajian looked at his son with disbelief.

'What is happening?' he wondered.

~WARNING~

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ANOMALY: Detected

NOTIFICATION: Lian Xiaojian's vitals are fluctuating!

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Lin Wu snapped out of his mind and looked at the fatty.

"System, what's happening? Scan the man!" Lin Wu urged.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Lian Xiaojian

SCAN: Completed

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TARGET: Lian Xiaojian

CULTIVATION BASE: Child Soul Stage of the Nascent soul realm

VITALS: Unstable

BLOODLINE: None

PHYSIQUE: Vital House Physique (awakening!)

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"What?" Lin Wu was stunned as well.

"How is he awakening? He isn't even in the condition specified by the system?" Lin Wu was confused.

~DING~

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ANSWER: According to the system's preliminary analysis, Lian Xiaojian has triggered the lowest chance of randomly awakening the Vital House Physique!

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"F*ck! The fatty got some luck!" Lin Wu exclaimed in his mind.

He watched on as the aura of Lian Xiaojian continued to increase.

The system was also continually observing and recording it all, while also analyzing it simultaneously. The possibility of the Vital House Physique awakening like this randomly was so low that the system wanted to record every minute change.

A rare and random event like this was hard to predict and even a little bit of the information could help the system improve its simulations and analytical ability tremendously.

Lin Wu could hear the notifications popping off in his mind, with the system updating the data banks with every passing minute.

"What's happening King Lin Wu? Is he about to explode?" Lian Dajian couldn't help but ask in fear.

"No… he is awakening… Lian Xiaojian is about to awaken the Vital House Physique!" Lin Wu answered.

"What! Really?" both Elder Ruanjian and Lian Dajian were stunned.

"Indeed… looks like your son is very lucky." Lin Wu praised. "But you two should get back. We don't know what kind of effects this awakening might bring." He warned.

"Y-yes!" the two of them quickly retreated behind Lin Wu, who swiftly created a barrier between them and Lian Xiaojian.

Breaking the barrier, Lina Xiaojian's aura continued to rise while steam also emanated from his skin. The steam was dense and soon covered his entire body. It looked as if a cloud was covering the fatty.

~SHUA~

Five minutes passed by as the steam emitting from Lian Xiaojian's body filled the entire hall, leaving only the area behind the barrier empty.

Lian Dajian wanted to check up on his son using his spirit sense, but found it unable to even go past the barrier erected by Lin Wu.

Lin Wu though, was doing the same with no issues.

~HONG~

Another strange sound was heard, that felt like bellows being blown.

~HUALA~

Finally, Lian Xiaojian's aura reached a breakthrough and strong spirit Qi fluctuations rose from his body.

~WHOOSH~

The spirit Qi fluctuations were like a gust of wind and blew away all the steam clouds around Lian Xiaojian, revealing his body hidden behind it.

"What in the…" All three of them were stunned upon seeing it.

Lian Xiaojian had slimmed down massively and now looked like a bag of mere skin and bones.

It was as if he was half a step into the coffin, but at the same time, the vitality coming from him was youthful!