Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

No one knew that someone long forgotten had become interested in the current events.

And neither did Lin Wu knew, that there would soon be someone coming to pay him a visit.

For Lin Wu, the days went by normally and another year had passed without much change in his routine. The spirit Qi and vital essence he had collected over the past year had increased once more, and his cultivation base had also been progressing.

"Hmm… Seems like going past the Embryo Growth Stage of the Dao Treading realm will take a long time." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Even with the boosted upheaval caused by the Avatar, there was still a slowdown in his progress.

'Then there is also the fact that I've consumed most types of beasts that there are on the Long Continent.' Lin Wu realized another factor.

The progress of the Helix of Assimilation depended on him consuming various kinds of beasts, plants and unique materials. Lin Wu had already reached a certain limit on the types of beasts he could consume.

The avatar basically spent it free time wandering around the Long Continent, and consumed all kinds of beasts as well as plants. As for materials, they didn't have much of an effect.

Lin Wu reckoned they would have to be very unique and strong to give any noticeable growth to the Dao Embryo.

"At the very least, the Upheaval Totem is still growing due to the constant battles in the continent." Lin Wu analyzed.

Having understood this, Lin Wu realized that he had reached a point where the Long Continent might not be enough to provide him what he ended.

"Looks like I'll need to speed up some of my plans…" Lin Wu reckoned.

He had already intended to go to the other two continents, but he had thought it would take him a longer time. But now that moment had come earlier.

'Though I can't do it carelessly. I can quite definitely send the avatar over, but doing that will make it harder to expert pressure on the people of the Long Continent. The Shadow Lord needs to be here for it to all work properly…' Lin Wu continued to think.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Incoming Emergency Message!

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Lin Wu was suddenly brought out of his thoughts by a notification from the system.

"Huh? This message." An emergency message was something only Lin Wu's own subordinates could send.

Even the so called 'Emergency talismans' he had given to the kings and other people didn't really count as an emergency for him. They were more like work calls for them since the target of those calls was none other than the avatar.

And with Lin Wu's influence increasing over the years, there wasn't anyone that would dare to go against him. This was also why an emergency message like this was quite serious.

His expression turned colder in that moment and he opened up the message. A frantic woman's voice was heard in that moment.

"Master! One of our shadow legion's squad was attacked and captured. I went after them but wasn't able to fight against the captors… they are stronger than me. I don't know who they are either, but they are not saying anything—"

The voice belonged to none other than Cang Ci and the message had cut off abruptly.

"Seems like she was knocked out… she's not dead, that is sure, or the system would have given a direct warning. Also, the safety functions in her implant didn't activate either… interesting." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Cang Ci was someone that was rather strong among his subordinates. With the many implants that she had taken from Lin Wu, her raw physical strength alone could compare to that of a peak Dao shell realm cultivator.

Her own cultivation base had also reached the Dao shell realm a while back, and when combining her physical strength and the cultivation base, her strength could easily contend against a Dao Treading realm cultivator.

"For her to be captured like this, the captors should be at the Dao Treading realm… and there have to be several of them to suppress her." Lin Wu analyzed the situation.

He knew better than to act right away and took to thinking more.

'It is not someone from the sects or clans attacking her either… there aren't enough of them to do that.' Lin Wu knew of every operation that was going all over the continent.

Cang Ci herself was away on a different kind of mission. She had been sent to the southern parts of the Long Continent for gathering various beasts and plants that the avatar might have missed.

Since the avatar needed to be in the Tieba city for the Shadow Lord, Cang Ci was the only one who could carry out that mission. And to make it a lot more efficient, she had brought along a squad of the Shadow Legion members, all of whom were at the Nascent soul realm.

Such an entourage was something that even the kingdom's armies would think thrice before attacking. Not to mention, their goal wasn't to go out openly, simply to find beasts and plants.

Thus, the chances of an open conflict happening were unlikely.

"Looks like I'll have to take a look personally… at least it gives a reason for the Calamity Fiend to act." Lin Wu muttered before closing his eyes.

~shua~

His consciousness transferred over to his avatar and its eyes opened.

"System, where is Cang Ci's last location?" Lin Wu questioned.

~DING~

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TRACER ACTIVATED: Marking last known location on map

ROUTING: Fastest Route Calculated!

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Lin Wu gazed at the man and saw her final location during the emergency message to be in one of the smaller forests of the souths that were near the coast.

"Time to see which power is trying to play around this time." Lin Wu said before moving into one of his many tunnels.

This tunnel directly led to the south and was basically an expressway for him to travel.