Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The sudden appearance of Lin Wu was not expected by them at all.

After all, the one eyed old man and his subordinate were thinking about the Shadow Lord appearing, not the Calamity Fiend himself.

"This… The Calamity fiend?!" The One eyed old man was taken aback.

"Master," Cang CI spoke with joy.

Lin Wu took a look at Cang Ci, finding her to be completely fine physically but he did find a seal of some kind placed on her body. The seal was hidden and could not be seen by naked eyes.

Even for spirit sense, it might be rather hard to perceive.

'Is this why the communication link was cut off system?' Lin Wu asked.

"AFFIRMATIVE." The system replied.

'I see… the seal can block the messages but can't block the tracker function. Guess that is good.' Lin Wu thought.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Seal identified!

DATA BANKS: Updated

INFO: The seal used on Cang Ci has similarity with the shadow calamity's restrictions.

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"Huh? How's that possible? Unless…" Lin Wu turned his attention to the one eyed old man.

His appearance was strange even for Lin Wu's standards as he seemed to be covered in ash. But that was not all, as Lin Wu's radiation perception revealed a lot more than just that. He could see a lot of energy hidden within the man.

'This isn't just vital energy or spirit Qi either… this is something else… something hot.' Lin Wu realized.

With his radiation perception, nothing that was in the form of an energy could be hidden. Especially raw energies like heat and radiation.

'This man is not normal… His organs have changed entirely and the amount of energy within him makes him feel more like a furnace instead…' Lin Wu assessed.

This combined with the similarity of Shadow Calamity that the system had told him about made Lin Wu think that this man certainly had something to do with it all.

'May as well ask him directly…' Lin Wu thought and stared at the one eyed old man.

"You… Why do you have traces of the Shadow Calamity on you?" Lin Wu questioned directly.

Though much to Lin Wu's surprise, the one eyed old man showed an unexpected reaction.

"You know… you know! You really know!" The one eyed old man exclaimed.

Lin Wu would have furrowed his brows at this if he had any in this form. Cang Ci too seemed to be confused and wondered if the old man had lost his mind.

'Though coming face to face with master does tend to have that kind of an effect… it won't be the first time either.' Cang Ci remembered the time when some of the weaker experts had gone dumb after seeing Lin Wu and his power.

To her, this was an entirely justifiable reaction.

"What did you intend to do with my subordinate?" Lin Wu asked instead.

"Wait! Aren't you the Calamity Fiend? Isn't she supposed to be the subordinate of the Shadow Lord?" The man standing next to Cang Ci questioned, finding it all strange.

"The Shadow Lord is one of my avatars." Lin Wu simply stated.

"Of Course! It all makes sense! Why would the heir of Shadow Calamity need someone else on the same level as him!" The one eyed old man still seemed to be in his own world.

"You should answer my questions soon, or I'll sink this entire chain of islands into the ocean." Lin Wu said, making the very air tremble with pressure.

"Yes, yes!" this time the one eyed old man was rather eager. "I've been wanting to meet you." He said.

"Meet me? Why?" Lin Wu questioned.

"I want your help… We are of the same lineage, but I… made some mistakes and now am in a complicated state." The one eyed old man said, his tone becoming a little serious.

Lin Wu glanced at the old man again, quickly piecing together bits of information and forming a vague picture.

'Did he gain some sort of inheritance of the Shadow Calamity too? Or did it come from some place else?' Lin Wu wondered but then spoke up. "Is it to do with your body?"

"Yes! Everything to do with my body!" the one eyed old man replied.

"Master, can I first get rid of this guy?" Cang Ci asked, pulling Lin Wu's attention.

Lin Wu gazed at the man who was still holding onto Cang Ci and made him shudder.

~THUD~

In the next moment, the man felt like his body had turned limp and he toppled over.

~THUD~

"Thank you master," Cang Ci while kicking away the paralyzed man.

"You certainly have the entire inheritance! I've never seen such a skill before." The one eyed old man said in amazement.

He didn't seem to mind that his subordinate had just been paralyzed and kicked away like trash. Instead, he was marveling at the skill that Lin Wu had just shown. In reality, it was just some paralyzing poison.

Lin Wu had consumed so many poisonous and venomous beasts that even he didn't remember them at this point. The system had optimized the poisons while merging the best parts of them, making entirely new toxins that were a lot stronger and effective.

He had used one such paralyzing poison that was rapid acting. Lin Wu had been spreading it from his body the entire time but only activated it when Cang Ci had called for it. The system's modification made it possible for Lin Wu to individual control all poison particles.

With his higher level controlled on poisons, he could make it so that others would be safe even when it was all around them. They wouldn't breathe it in either, making the use rather safe even on large scale.

"You still haven't told me everything." Lin Wu looked back at the one eyed old man.

"Ah yes! Let me start from the beginning then. I am the thirty-sixth generation heir of the Tian Clan… Also known as the Ghost Of Tian."