Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

by Srtyi

Lin Wu was a university student that died after having one too many energy drinks and then reincarnated into the body of a worm. He awakens to find out that he now has a system, but even it doesn't have a clear idea of where they are. He comes out of the ground and discoverers that he’s no longer in his previous world but rather in a cultivation world. Witness Lin Wu’s journey as

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Lin Wu's appearance had done exactly what he had intended to do. The two beasts were shocked and jumped back, creating space for Lin Wu. They could finally feel the aura radiating out of him and could feel that he was much more stronger than them.

These two beasts were at the early stage of the core condensation realm and were thus quite weaker compared to Lin Wu. Not to mention, there was also the bloodline suppression they were feeling.

~meep~

The Mole beast directly laid down on the ground in submission while the Beetle beast just lowered its head. Its body shape wasn't really suited to a posture like that, but it still tried to show its submissive attitude. Lin Wu meanwhile wasn't really expecting this.

"Huh? They're not gonna fight me?" Lin Wu said out loud, but with a screech.

He looked at the two beasts that were trembling and unable to look at him. Lin Wu poked the mole beast a couple of times and saw that it did not even react.

"They really are scared…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

'Hmm… I was gonna fight them and eat them originally… but what should I do now?' Lin Wu wondered to himself.

While he would get a rather large amount of spirit qi and vital energy from consuming the two beasts, he would be able to gain that much later, anyway.

'Let's first find out why they were fighting.' Lin Wu decided.

"Hey! Why were you two fighting?" Lin Wu spoke in a screech.

~Meep~

~Trill~

The mole and beetle flinched in fear. They couldn't understand what Lin Wu was speaking and meanly thought that he was angry with them.

"Hmm, this won't work… System, you got any solution?" Lin Wu asked.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: System will need to analyze the beasts first and gather more data on them.

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"Alright, scan them and see if you can make communication possible with them." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Two targets selected

SCAN COMPLETE: Targets identified.

ANALYZING COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS: please wait patiently…

TARGET 1: Deep Earth Millennium Mole

CULTIVATION BASE: Early stage of the Core condensation realm

SPIRIT SENSE RANGE: 20 meters

INFO: The Deep Earth Millennium Mole is a native beast of the millennium forest and is one of the beasts that live underground, mostly. They can be found commonly in the third to fifth ring. They mainly consume plant roots and other insect beasts that live underground. The strongest recorded Deep earth millennium mole was at the Infant stage of the nascent soul realm.

TARGET 2: Split thorn horn beetle

CULTIVATION BASE: Early stage of the core condensation realm

SPIRIT SENSE RANGE: 22 meters

INFO: The Split thorn horn beetle is a native beast of the millennium forest and can be found in third to fourth ring. They create nests using the trunks of trees that they break using their horns and shred them to make soft wood chips. The strongest recorded Split thorn horn beetle is an adolescent stage nascent soul realm beetle.

NOTE: One of the current Nascent soul beasts living in the sixth ring of the Millennium forest is a Split thorn horn beetle.

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This was the first time Lin Wu had encountered these two types of beasts and thus was surprised seeing them here in the third ring.

"Hmm, the data shows that they are found in the third ring as well, which means that they either reached the core condensation realm recently… or they came from the fourth ring." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

But then when he saw the note at the end for the beetle beast, he was rather surprised.

"Wait, system do you have information on which Nascent soul realm beasts are in the sixth ring?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The system has information on five Nascent soul realm beasts that belong to the sixth ring. Though currently only two of them are confirmed to be there, the others have either perished or are missing.

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"Tell me about them then." Lin Wu said.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The first beast is the Split thorn horn beetle, and the second one is perhaps the strongest beast in the entire millennium forest. It is called as the Twin Light Liger and the only data that is available on it is its cultivation base. The Twin light Liger is at the adult stage of the Nascent Soul realm and has been the ruler of the millennium forest for more than a hundred years now.

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"Oh Damn! That's not a beast I want to cross paths with anytime soon. Though I wonder what happened to the other beasts. Do they get replaced by the new nascent soul realm beasts and die in fights or do they leave the forest?" Lin Wu said.

He then looked at the two beasts and saw that they were still in the same position and did not move at all. Lin Wu probed them with his spirit sense and saw that they trembled again.

'Hmm, this beetle beast probably has a higher potential than the mole beast seeing as there is a nascent soul realm one too. This mole beast on the other hand is average for its species, I guess.' Lin Wu thought looking at them.

~Ding~

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ANALYSIS COMPLETE: Establishing Communication protocols

PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED: Creating link… link created.

NOTIFICATION: The host can now communicate with the beasts.

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"Okay then… let's try this again. Can you understand me now?" Lin Wu questioned them.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Two confused voices were heard by Lin Wu together as he finally saw the two beasts raising their head to look at him. They were still trembling, but this time he could see a hint of intelligence in their eyes. Also, seeing how the spirit sense was radiating from their body, Lin Wu understood that the mode of communication was made with the use of spirit sense.

'So it is similar to the one with Shirong.' Lin Wu understood.

"Now then, you two… we got a few things to talk about."

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Lin Wu had questioned the two beasts, but they still seemed to be in shock and had not answered him yet.

"I asked, why were you two fighting?" Lin Wu questioned again.

Finally this time, it looked like the beasts were able to calm down a bit. Perhaps it was because Lin Wu had not attacked them the entire time, or just because of the fear.

"Lo-lord serpent… I-We… We were fighting for the nesting area." The mole beast finally spoke.

Lin Wu heard its voice, which sounded like that of a young man.

'Is this due to the system's translation or is this how it would sound to other beasts?' Lin Wu wondered.

"Yes, Lord serpent… we were fighting for the new territory." The Beetle beast also spoke up.

Unlike the mole's voice, the voice of the beetle beast was that of a middle aged woman. He was surprised by this variation and added another task to his list, which was to ask the system about the different kinds of voices.

"Oh, I see… And is this why you are in the third ring, instead of the fourth ring?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Yes. The one who wins will get to move to the fourth ring and take over the territory." The mole beast answered.

"That means you two recently reached the core condensation realm, right?" Lin Wu asked.

"Yes, lord serpent. I reached the early stage of the core condensation realm a month ago, after a hundred and six years of effort." The beetle beast stated.

"And I reached the early stage of the core condensation realm two weeks ago after ninety one years of effort." The mole beast said with a little bit of pride in his voice.

The beetle beast seemed to have gotten a bit angry because of the mole beasts boasting.

"I'm the older I should have been the one to get it. You juniors should be respectful and give it up." The beetle beast said.

"Hah! What nonsense, I'm more talented, so I should be the one to get the territory." The mole beast replied.

"Oh, really? Don't forget that my ancestor is one of the five kings of the forest!" The beetle beast said, trying to intimidate.

The mole beast seemed both angry and a bit wary of the beetle beast's words. Lin Wu meanwhile was hearing their conversation with interest. He had actually learned quite a bit from their short conversation than he had expected. The two beasts had also forgotten about the situation they were in a little while ago.

"So that Adolescent stage Nascent Soul realm Split Thorn Horn beast is really your ancestor?" Lin Wu questioned with interest.

The beetle beast seemed to be shocked after hearing Lin Wu's words.

"Lord serpent knows my ancestor?" The beetle beast spoke with a bit of surprise in his voice.

"Of course lord serpent knows him, you smelly bug." The mole insulted. "A subordinate of the second ruler of the forest will definitely know him." He continued.

"Don't speak like that to me or I'll stab that heart of yours with my horn." The beetle beast replied.

"Wait, a minute! What did you say? Whose subordinate?" Lin Wu suddenly questioned hearing the words of the mole beast.

The two beasts finally became alert after hearing the question of Lin Wu. In their argument, they had forgotten the danger that was right in front of them.

"Lord Serpent forgive me, I should have called the Olive Viper King with respect." The mole beast suddenly said as it almost buried its head into the ground.

"Explain properly to me, who is this Olive Viper king you're talking about." Lin Wu asked but then realized another part. "And why are you calling me Lord serpent? I am a wo-" Lin Wu held his tongue at the end.

Being called a serpent at least sounded better than being called a worm. Though he still wondered how the mole beast was confused about this.

"Lord serpent, you're not related to the Olive Viper king? I thought you were his subordinate… wait, you should be, you have the same aura as them." The mole beast replied, but then saw the glowing crimson red eyes of Lin Wu and shut up.

"Let me explain Lord Serpent, this dumb mole has no idea how to respect his superiors. The Olive Viper King is the second ruler of the forest. He is the strongest beast after the Twin Light Liger King. The Olive Viper King recently became one of the rulers of the forest, about two years ago." The beetle beast explained.

"Is that so… Hmm." Lin Wu muttered as he thought about it.

"And what is this about me having the same aura as that of the Olive Viper King?" Lin Wu questioned.

"My Lord, I've had the honor of seeing the Olive Viper King before and he had the same aura as you. I thought that you were either his descendant or a subordinate." The mole beast answered.

'Same aura? Descendant? What is all this… wait! That Olive viper king it became the ruler only two years ago… could it be related to the meteor too?' Lin Wu thought.

"The Olive Viper King, what was his strength like before he became the second ruler?" Lin Wu questioned.

"The Olive Viper King was once a peak stage core condensation realm beast that lived in the fifth ring of the forest. But about two years ago, when the great disaster happened and stars fell from the sky, the Olive Viper King had a fortunate encounter and grew in strength quickly reaching the Adolescent stage of the Nascent soul realm.

Even the Twin Lights Liger King is wary of the Olive Viper King and has already had a few battles with him." The Mole beast explained.

Lin Wu was lost in thought after hearing the explanation and knew that it was definitely related to the meteor, seeing as how the mole beast talked about 'falling stars'.

'Didn't expect to find another clue to that beast here…'

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Lin Wu wondered if the beast that attacked the Royal court cultivators of the Ling Kingdom and the Olive Viper king was the same. He had not seen that beast's appearance and all he had for identification was the beast carapace fragment.

'Wait a minute… where's that fragment now? The last I saw it was in that temple, but after that, we were moved to the courtyard so that Shirong could recover.' Lin Wu wondered.

"System, do you have an idea where the beast carapace fragment is?" Lin Wu questioned.

The system had scanned the entire city, so he wondered if there were any traces of it in that scanned data.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The beast carapace fragment is in the Lu Clan. It is at the underground area that the host saw before.

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"Ah, so that's where it is. Seems like I have another reason to check it out. I wonder if the system will find some new information from the fragment." Lin Wu muttered in his mind.

The two beasts were getting a bit nervous seeing that Lin Wu had suddenly gone silent. They couldn't tell anything from his actions and were wondering if they had offended him somehow.

"Lord serpent?" The beetle beast said after building up a bit of courage.

"Yes? Oh yeah, we were talking." Lin Wu snapped out of his thoughts.

"Now then… tell me more about the Olive Viper king." Lin Wu questioned.

"Umm… what do you exactly want to know about him? His strength?" The Mole beast questioned.

"Yes, his strength, his appearance, his skills… oh and his subordinates too." Lin Wu replied.

"As Lord Serpent heard before, the Olive Viper King is at the adolescent stage of the Nascent soul realm and is a large viper beast. The center of the back is covered with emerald green scales like that of Lord Serpent. The rest of his scales are olive green in color with his belly being brownish yellow.

As for his skills, we only know the ones he's demonstrated before. He has a lot of raw strength and can crush rocks as if they are chalk and his defenses are also quite strong. In the few battles he had with the Twin Light Liger King, he was able to come out with barely any injuries.

While the Twin Light Liger king was not injured either, this was the first time one of the lower kings had been able to fight like this. He also has a strong venom that even the Twin Light Liger king is scared of. According to his words, no beast in this forest would be strong enough to resist the venom of the Olive Viper king.

The subordinates of the Olive Viper king are mostly his own descendants and offsprings. Though there are a few more beasts that are part of them too, but they are in minority." The Mole beast explained in detail, afraid that if he missed something he would get slaughtered.

"That's… quite a lot of information. Though it is good, I'm happy with this." Lin Wu replied, which made the mole beast take a breath of relief.

'So it seems like I can't go up against the Olive Viper king in the near future either. Not unless I have an advantage… though I wonder if my radiation manipulation would work on it too?' Lin Wu thought.

He had seen that while the Lu clan head was able to resist the radiation up to a certain extent, he was still affected by it and there were disturbances in his own spirit qi too. But Lin Wu's main concern was that if the Olive Viper King obtained his power from another crystal that came from the meteor, then did he gain resistance to radiation as well.

"Looks like I'll need to bide my time till then…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

And just as he did this, a new notification appeared in front of him.

~Ding~

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QUEST UPDATE: Hunt and consume the original bloodline beast.

SUB QUEST ADDED: Hunt and consume the Olive Viper King.

REWARDS: Bloodline progression, Skill progression, Cultivation progression.

DURATION: Unlimited.

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"Oh, finally a new quest!" Lin Wu said seeing the new window.

The system had finally found something to be worth his time and had added it as a quest. Lin Wu had also realized that the system didn't have actual rewards that it could give to him. This was a rather big flaw in the systems quest module that he was confused about.

All the rewards that he got were nothing but his own spoils that he would obtain after fighting or completing the quest. Lin Wu had also asked the system why it was so and got the answer: ERROR!

Knowing that prodding any further would be useless, Lin Wu gave up on that aspect. He knew that the system was still restricted in its functioning, and its full potential was not yet revealed. Lin Wu would have to continue raising his cultivation base if he wanted to increase it.

~Huu~

Pushing these thoughts to the back, Lin Wu took a deep breath and decided to focus on the task at hand. He looked at the two beasts and wondered if he should eat them now that he had obtained the information he had wanted.

Unknowingly just as he thought of eating them, a change in his aura occurred and the two beasts noticed it instantly. The bloodline suppression they were feeling was rather Strong so such small changes were amplified to them.

"Lord Serpent! Please don't kill us!" The mole beast pleaded.

"Yes, Lord Serpent, please spare us!" The beetle beast did the same.

Lin Wu was rather surprised that they had understood what he was thinking of doing. It was evident that his human side was still rather dominant and his beastly instincts were mostly hidden.

"We… we… we will become your servants, Lord Serpent!" The mole beast suddenly said after thinking a bit.

"YES!YES! I'm willing, please take us under your guidance, Lord Serpent!" The beetle beast added hurriedly.

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Lin Wu was actually quite interested after hearing their words. Now that he thought of it, he was rather uninformed about the beast community of this world and barely had how it worked. While he had some knowledge from the books he had read, it was still rather incomplete and would not compare to actual first hand information from beasts.

"Oh? So you want to be my servants, huh?" Lin Wu said, not giving them a straight answer.

While he was not afraid of them attacking him, he still needed to be wary of the other beasts. If they were able to gather a large enough group, he was sure that he would be heavily injured if not dead. Besides, now that he knew that there was another beast with the powers of the meteor, Lin Wu needed to be careful.

While he was looking to obtain the other fragments of the meteor, who knew of the other beasts wanted to do the same and whether they would be able to sense him. From what he knew, there was a certain kind of connection between his bloodline that he gained from the green crystal and the other crystals.

He was able to gain a faint sensation of where they were if they were close enough and wondered if it was the same for others that obtained that Crystal from the meteor.

"Yes, Lord Serpent! A great beast like you needs servants and we would be honored to serve that role." The mole beast said.

"Lord serpent's bloodline quite powerful too, and is no less than that of the five rulers of the forest, I can't help but think that you may replace one of them and become the new ruler." The beetle beast flattered.

"I see…" Lin Wu replied but didn't take his eyes off them.

The two beasts thought that Lin Wu was still assessing them and thus did not dare to move from their positions. But in reality, Lin Wu was talking with the system. He knew that beasts could control other beasts that were lower than them, but the problem was how.

He had seen some books that dealt with beast taming as well, but that was for human cultivators and now other beasts.

"Well system, what can you do about this? Can I make them my servants?" Lin Wu questioned the system.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: According to the systems data banks, other beasts control the weaker beasts by relying on their bloodline suppression. The Deep Earth Millennium Mole and the Split thorn horn beetle have lower grade bloodlines than that of the host and thus can be directly suppressed.

The host merely needs to use his spirit sense to create a brand on their beast cores. This method is similar to that of how the human cultivator's tame beasts, yet in this one, the host will use his bloodline aura as the imprint.

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"So it is similar. But still, if I can suppress and control them using my bloodline, won't the other stronger beasts be able to reverse the process as well?" Lin Wu questioned further.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The system can add additional seals that can prevent this. If the other beasts try to reverse the imprint, the seal can either kill the servant beast or if it is strong enough even oppose the beast that is trying to reverse the imprint on the servant beast.

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'Hmm… this is much better. Kinda similar to what we did with Shirong I guess.' Lin Wu thought.

"Alright, I'll take you two as my servants." Lin Wu declared after deliberating on it a bit more.

"Thank you, Lord Serpent for sparing our measly lives." The mole beast said with tears in his eyes.

"We will do our best to serve you, Lord Serpent!" The beetle beast added, not wanting to lag behind.

Even if the mole beast and she had become the servants of Lin Wu, she still wanted to be the higher one in the hierarchy of the servants.

Lin Wu nodded his head after seeing their willingness and began to prepare. He looked through the steps that the system showed him and memorized them. They had been modified as the system was going to add a seal as well.

Lin Wu was rather interested in this new method that the system had added and the modification felt cool to him.

"Alright you two, which one of you wants to go first?" Lin Wu questioned.

"ME!ME!ME!" The mole beast shouted.

"NO! Take me, lord serpent!" The beetle beast replied.

The two beasts broke out in an argument, and Lin Wu was enjoying seeing it. It was as if he was in his previous world watching a slapstick comedy skit. From the behaviors of the beasts he understood that while their intelligence was at almost the same level as humans, their personality was not.

It was evident that while they had great potential, their mind was still like that of a child. Seeing that the two beasts were about to break out in a fight, Lin Wu decided to intervene.

"ALRIGHT STOP!" Lin Wu ordered.

The two beats froze in their place again in an almost comical manner and fell to the ground due to their aw awkward postures that they were in. The two of them were in an attacking position when they were stopped, thus they lost their balance.

The beetle beast flipped to his side, ending up on its back like an upturned turtle, while the mole beast rolled for a few meters before stopping his momentum.

'Seems like having these two beasts as servants wouldn't be as boring at least.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

"Okay, we will do a coin flip and then the one who wins it will be the first eon to become my servant." Lin Wu declared.

"That is fine with me, my lord. But what is a 'coin flip'?" The mole beast asked while tilting its head.

The beetle beat had a similar expression and seemed to be confused as well.

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Lin Wu felt a bit awkward after hearing the questions of the two beasts. He had forgotten that they were still beasts despite having a higher intelligence and would probably not have an idea of human customs and games. But this was no problem to him and he just decided to explain to them.

"So what we'll do is we flip a coin or a flat circular rock with equal sides. Each person chose one side and the one that is at the top wins." Lin Wu explained.

"Ah… I see." The beetle beast said.

"I understand too." The mole beast added.

"Alright, we can start then." Lin Wu said and then looked for a small rock.

He found one nearby easily and picked it up with his tail before giving it to the mole beast.

"Huh?" The mole beast said as he took the rock from Lin Wu.

"Go ahead." Lin Wu said.

"With what, lord serpent?" The mole beast said.

"You have those long and sharp teeth right? Turn that rock into a flat disk of equal sides." Lin Wu ordered.

The mole beast tilted his head in confusion before nodding it and doing the task he was assigned. About a minute later, a crude looking palm sized disk was presented by the mole beast.

"Umm… my teeth are too big to do this finely…" The mole beast said with embarrassment.

Lin Wu didn't mind it and just took it from the mole beast, "this should be fine enough." He then put a cross on one side and kept the other side plain.

"Alright, say the side you want out loud when I flip this into the air." Lin Wu said.

~Ting~

A slight sound was heard as Lin Wu used his tail to flip the stone disk into the air.

"CROSS!" The beetle beast shouted.

"No cross!" The mole beast said.

Thankfully for Lin Wu both of them had chosen different sides, or he was sure that they would have started fighting if it was the same side.

~thack~

The stone coin fell onto the soil with a muffled side as the flat side was shown on the top.

"Did you see that you smelly beetle, I'm the first!" the mole beast shouted in excitement.

"Humph! What if you win this time, I'll show you…" The beetle beast said in an unwilling tone.

"It's decided then. You will be my first servant." Lin Wu stated.

"I'm honored, Lord serpent." The Mole beast said with fervor as he got closer.

Lin Wu extend his tail and placed the tip of it on the head of the mole beast. He closed his eyes and focused on the instructions that the system had told him. His spirit sense released from his tail and pierced the skull of the mole beast.

The system had set up a two pronged seal for the servants. One would be set up on the Brain of the servant beast and the other one on the core. Lin Wu's first step was to create the imprint on the brain of the mole beast.

This seal would prevent the servant beast from talking about him or revealing any information accidentally. It would always be active and thus even if the beast was tortured they would not be able to say anything. The seal was also self destructive, such that if someone tried to forcefully read the memories of the mole beast or tried to release the seal, it would explode turning the brain to a mush.

While Lin Wu was setting up the imprint the eyes of the mole beast went dull, as if it had lost consciousness. After the imprint was set up on its brain, Lin Wu proceeded further. His spirit sense finally reached the beast core of the mole beast.

The core was brown like the mole beast's fur and looked rather plain. This was the first beast core that Lin Wu had seen with the exception of his own. His beast core was emerald green like his body and thus melded with it, becoming invisible.

Lin Wu's second core, which was the incomplete one was also invisible and didn't exist in his body directly. He was still a bit confused about how the meridians, dantian, and cores existed in this world. They were both material and immaterial at the same time for some reason which was confusing.

He focused on the beast core and probed it with his spirit sense. It was extremely dense and packed with the majority of the mole beasts spirit qi. Lin Wu would also sense a certain kind of an aura from the depths of the core.

'Hmm… that should be the bloodline of the beast.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

He then poured a bit of his own spirit qi thought the spirit sense and created the imprint on the surface of the beast core. The beast core trembled a bit before stopping and letting him to it properly. About a minute later, the imprint was successfully created.

Now was the time for the last step. Lin Wu kept the tip of his tail on the mole beast's head and extended a small sharp spike from it. The Spike pierced the mole beast's head and embedded into it. Lin Wu willed it and the spike broke off from his tail.

He removed his tail from the mole beast's head and saw his handiwork. The mole beast's gaze, which was dull, returned to normal and a painful look appeared on its face.

~Grr~

It grunted in pain for a bit, before calming down. The pain faded away rather quickly and he gained back his normal sense. But there was still a small change in him. There was now a rhombus shaped emerald green gem stuck to the center of his forehead.

It was mostly covered by its fur, but its shimmer could be faintly seen as the wind moved its fur.

"Master, you servant awaits your commands." The mole beast said as he prostrated in front of Lin Wu.

"Hmm, this seems fine. Alright, you can wait till I finish the next one." Lin Wu replied before looking towards the beetle beast.

The beetle beast had been seeing the entire thing closely and felt a bit surprised at what Lin Wu had done. The beetle beast had seen other stronger beasts making new servants, but it was different than the method that Lin Wu used.

While she could sense that the mole beast was fine, there was also a subtle change in its aura that made her feel a bit scared. She doubted if she should continue with this task or run away. But a moment later, she sighed to herself and knew that the chance to retreat was gone far too long ago.

"I'm ready, Lord serpent." The beetle beast said.

Lin Wu raised his tail before placing it on the head of the beetle beast as well. This time the position was a bit different as the beetle beast had a long horn on its head. The tip of Lin Wu's tail was placed between the two carapace plates of the beetle beast.

It was the point where the carapace plate of the head met the one of its thorax. Lin Wu's spirit sense penetrated its head and quickly imprinted the first seal on its brain before moving to the core of the beetle beast.

The core of the beetle beast was located at the bottom of its belly and looked like a bluish grey sphere that had the texture of velvet.

"This is rather unique… I didn't know there can be cores like these. Oh yeah, system record this all." Lin Wu said in his mind.

The beast core of the beetle beast was even denser than that of the mole beast, which showed that its cultivation base was slightly higher than that of the mole beast, despite them being at the same stage. Lin Wu quickly created the imprint and left behind another rhombus shaped gem embedded in its head.

The emerald green rhombus shaped gem was hidden between the carapace plates, thus was not easily visible to others. Lin Wu withdrew his tail and nodded at his work.

~Phew~

"That was a bit tiring…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

This entire ordeal had taken him quite a bit of spirit qi actually. The rhombus shaped gems that he had embedded in their heads were the additional feature that the system had made. They were basically antennas that would allow them to communicate over large distances.

They were filled with Lin Wu's spirit qi as well and would be able to function for a long time. And even if they were depleted, they could be recharged later. Though the system said that it would improve on the design and make it so that it could be charged by the servant beast itself.

Still, Lin Wu was quite impressed by this, as it was something the system had created by analyzing the communication jade slips.

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Lin Wu sensed that he could feel the position of the two servant beasts at all times. And could even tell their condition along with the amount of spirit qi they had left.

"Alright, this is done!" Lin Wu declared.

"Thank you master," The two beasts prostrated themselves before Lin Wu.

The two of them could also feel that they were much closer to Lin Wu now.

"Let's see if this works…" Lin Wu said using his communication link.

"Huh? Master, did you say something?" The mole beast suddenly said, feeling shocked.

"I head that too…" The beetle beast added.

"Yeah, now wherever you two are I can talk to you in your minds." Lin Wu said using the link again.

Now that the two beasts could hear it clearly, they knew that it truly was Lin Wu talking. They were shocked by this, as they didn't know this was something that was possible.

"Master is amazing! He can even do something like this." The beetle beast praised.

"Indeed, glory be to our master!" The mole beast said with fervor.

"Now that we know this works, time for some orders." Lin Wu stated.

"Yes, master. Please do give us your first orders." The mole beast replied.

"Your wish is my command." The beetle beast spoke.

Lin Wu had already thought of what he was going to use these beasts for. He needed someone to gather more information on the beasts here in the forest, more importantly about the Olive Viper King. Lin Wu now had the sub quest which would help him a lot and thus what else would be better than to stay a step ahead at all times.

"I want you two to obtain as much information about the Olive Viper King as you can. It would be best if you can track every movement and action of his." Lin Wu spoke.

"Obtaining information would not be a problem master, but tracking every move of his would be difficult unless someone joins under him as a subordinate." The mole beast replied after thinking a bit.

"You just need to stay in the vicinity of it and I'll figure out a method after a bit. For now, just the information would work." Lin Wu stated.

"I shall do that then." The mole beast said.

"Should I do the same, master?" the beetle beast asked.

While the ordures for the two servant beasts were the same, the beetle beast was a bit different from the mole beast and it would be more difficult for it to spy on a Ruler of the forest. The beetle beast was much bigger in size compared to the mole beast too.

"You said that one of your ancestors is a ruler of the forest, right?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Yes master, that is correct." The beetle beast answered.

"That's good. You can join under him then and obtain more information about the forest and the things that happen here." Lin Wu said.

"I can do that with no problem master. Joining my ancestor was my plan anyway, after reaching the next ring. My ancestor will also not check up on me and will simply take me under his wing." The beetle beast stated.

"Even if he does try to check for my imprint, it wouldn't be a problem. I got that covered." Lin Wu added.

"Ah, that's good then master." The beetle beast stated.

Now that everything was decided, Lin Wu felt that it was time to return.

"You can give me daily reports, and I'll also talk to you if needed." Lin Wu said before heading back to Shirong.

It had already been quite a while since he had gone out, but thankfully no disturbance had been detected by the system. This meant that the formations were working well, and no beast had approached Shirong yet. Lin Wu went back to the ground and switched to his new movement mode.

He called this the 'Drill mode' which increased his digging speed by a lot. After Lin Wu left, the two servant beasts started at each other for a minute before grunting in frustration and going on their ways. The beetle beast moved to the south eastern direction while the Mole beast went straight to the south.

While Lin Wu was drilling his way back to Shirong, he checked up on his spirit qi stores.

~Ding~

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QI STORAGE: 7598 units [liquid spirit qi]

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Making the two beasts his servants had taken a lot more spirit qi than he had expected. But this was mostly due to the multiple modifications that the system had made. If he had used the original method and had just put an imprint on the two beasts, then he would have barely used any of his spirit qi.

But not only had Lin Wu made two imprints, one on the brain and one on the core. But he also added the communication link, which was none other than the emerald green rhombus shaped gem. It was that gem that took a majority of his spirit qi to make.

Lin Wu had not told the two servant beasts about all the features of the gem. They only knew that it could be used for communication, but they didn't know that Lin Wu could track their body's condition with it as well.

Plus, there was another safety feature that was present in the gem, Self detonation. This could kill the servant beast if someone was ever able to reverse the two imprint seals on the beasts. Lin Wu knew that this was the system's first attempt at making the seals and thus it needed more data to perfect it.

The system wasn't omnipotent and its seals could be resolved by another being as long as they had the skills and also the cultivation base. Lin Wu reckoned that if someone really did try something like that, the final ability may come in handy.

The gem wasn't really connected directly to the two imprints and the beast's body and thus even if their seals were removed the gem would stay, due to being a physical item.

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Lin Wu's additional trump card against the other ruler beasts was also these very gems. If he wanted the gems could be weaponized and detonated. The detonation would use up all the spirit qi that was present in the gem at that moment and if the imprint seal was still present on the servant beasts, even their beast cores would explode along with it.

Lin Wu had thought that this could be used as a sneak attack to be used when needed. He wondered if he should gather more servants like these and make them work for him. The prospects seemed to be quite good and one of the things that Lin Wu lacked the most, 'Information' could be obtained from them.

Not to mention that if he managed to gather a sufficient amount of them, he would be able to disguise himself into them and make it seem like he was part of them. Lin Wu was pretty sure that if other beasts saw him, at least in the case of the rulers, they would be suspicious of him.

This way he could have the servant beasts vouch for him.

"System, how're the links? Everything working well?" Lin Wu questioned.

The two beasts and he were now about two hundred kilometers apart from each other. The beetle beast had wings, thus it could fly and travel a much larger distance than the mole beast. Because of this, the beetle beast was the farthest from him being at a distance of 212 kilometers. While the mole beast was at about 138 kilometers.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The communication links are working properly and the gems are stable.

NOTIFICATION: A new section has been added to the host data window now and the host can take a look at it as he desires.

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"Alright, show me the new updated Host Data." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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HOST NAME: Lin Wu

AGE: 2 years, 5 months, 20 days

LIFESPAN: 300 years

HOST SPECIES: Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm

HOST CULTIVATION: Mid stage of the Core Condensation Realm

-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/12000] units (liquid spirit qi)

QI STORAGE: 7598 units [liquid spirit qi]

BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)

2. Unknown (3)

CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: None

QI SKILLS: 1. Qi Amplification (Lesser)(Proficiency: Novice)

INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation (minor) (Proficiency: Expert)

2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser) (Proficiency: Expert)

3. Cellular Crystallization (great) (Proficiency: Intermediate)

INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate, Pink Women's underwear, Dagger

BEAST CORES: 1.Fully Condensed(Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm)

2. Incomplete core

VITAL ENERGY STORAGE:13698 units

SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 11896 units

RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:

1. Human

2. Unknown (3)

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SERVANT BEASTS:

1.Deep Earth Millennium Mole

STATUS: Vitals stable

COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable

LOCATION: Available on map

FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate

2. Split thorn horn beetle

STATUS: Vitals stable

COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable

LOCATION: Available on map

FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate

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Lin Wu nodded his head in his mind after seeing the new addition and felt that it was quite good. If he clicked on the location option in the servant beast section, it would directly take him to the location of the servant beast on the map. This was a quick access feature that the system had added on its own.

"This should make it rather easier." Lin Wu muttered to himself as he looked at the mini map.

He had now arrived near the location of Shirong and was at the place that he had left the ground from. It was about two kilometers away from the trunk in which Shirong was resting in. Lin Wu checked up on him one more time before shrinking his size using the innate skills and sneaking back to his location.

Surprisingly, he found that there were actually a couple of small beasts lurking near the edge of the formations that Shirong has set up. The system had not warned him of an intrusion, thus even Lin Wu was surprised.

"System, how did they get here?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: These beasts have not yet violated the boundary of the formation, thus no alert was sent out.

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"Oh, I see." Lin Wu muttered before taking a closer look at the beasts.

These beasts were rather small, being the size of rabbits. They had a red coat of fur and had small beady eyes. Their ears were covered with a hard layer of skin and seemed more like horns. If it were not for the opening that Lin Wu had seen at the side of them, he would have surely thought of them as horns.

The beasts had four short limbs but still moved fast. Currently, it seemed as if they were searching for something around the formation's area.

"Are they looking for Shirong or is it something else?" Lin Wu wondered.

Lin Wu knew that the scent of Shirong was still present in the area, thus it would be no surprise that the beast would be able to detect that. Though the repelling formation that was set up seemed to be ineffective against them.

"System, why does repelling formation not work on them?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The repelling formation works by spreading a certain frequency of sound waves. These sound waves are inaudible, yet are disliked by the beasts. They would not be able to detect them but would still avoid them unconsciously.

But in the case of these beasts they seemed to have a different auditory range and thus are resistant to the repelling formation.

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"Hmm… interesting." Lin Wu muttered.

Lin Wu wondered if he should scan these beasts and was about to do that, but then he saw Shirong moving a bit.

"Dammit! Need to get there fast." Lin Wu said.

He slithered there quickly and took back his form of a spear right beside Shirong and laid on the cloth.

Shirong opened his eyes and looked around. He saw that the spear was still Bede him and took a breath of relief at that. But then he saw something else in front of him. The red furred beasts.

"Pests…"

Shirong had been totally focused on himself and was relaxing calmly when he felt the faint vibrations coming from near him. At first, he had thought that it was just some beasts passing by and that they would ignore him due to the repelling formation array.

But it turned out to be the opposite, as the beasts only got closer and closer. He had even felt some stronger vibrations coming from deep under the ground, but didn't know what it was. He had no choice but to awaken himself when he sensed the strong vibrations reaching near him.

Shirong opened his eyes and took the first glance at the green crystal spear and slightly nodded his head before taking a look at the reason behind the disturbance. It was caused by none other than the small red furred beasts that were circling around the formation.

"Pests!" He said in frustration before scanning them quickly with his spirit sense.

He found them to be in the mid stage of the qi refining realm, which was a bit strange as there should not be many of those levels of beasts in the third ring.

"May as well take care of them…" Shirong muttered to himself before picking up the green crystal spear.

Once Lin Wu was in the hands of Shirong, he was free to do whatever he wanted.

"System, scan the beasts." Lin Wu ordered straightaway.

He was interested in their ability to ignore the sound waves and thought that perhaps it could come in handy.

~Ding~

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TARGET SELECTED: Scanning.

SCAN COMPETED: Target identified.

TARGET: Hard Eared Limber Mice

INFO: These are a type of spirit beasts that live in large groups that are of hundreds at the very least and about ten thousand for the big ones. Their group size depends on the cultivation base of their king beast. A Peak stage qi refining realm Hard Eared Limber Mice can command a group of about thousand beasts with ease, while one at the early stage core condensation realm will have a group with ten thousand beasts.

They communicate in a unique manner, which is by rapidly tapping their legs against the ground and transmitting vibrations through them. The leader of the group can control his subordinates even from a distance of hundred kilometers.

These beasts live in underground burrows usually and come out to search for food. They can eat a lot of things and are even able to consume ores that are rich in spirit qi.

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"Oh damn! Does Shirong even know what these beasts are? Seeing that there are tens of them around, the rest of them should have been nearby, but they're not." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

He looked at the map window and saw that only the beasts that were shown nearby were present, while the rest were all too far away from there. It didn't seem like there were any more Hard Eared Limber Mice hidden here.

'Wonder why they came here though?' Lin Wu thought while his body extended like a whip and ripped apart the bodies of a few Hard Eared Limber Mice.

~Scree~

A screeching noise was heard as the Hard Eared Limber Mice screamed out together in pain. The battle didn't even last a minute as Shirong made quick work of them. After all of them were dead, he went to each of the corpses or the remnant of corpses so that the spear could absorb the spirit qi.

~huu~

Shirong let out a breath of comfort as the liquid spirit qi poured into his body from the green crystal spear. Soon the process was complete, and he went back to sit on the hollow trunk and recover. Lin Wu was also placed back on his side on the soft cloth.

Lin Wu waited for an hour before deciding to move. While he had absorbed the spirit qi and vital energy from the Hard Eared Limber Mice. He still wasn't able to get their bloodline data. He decided that he should at least get it while the corpses are still in front of him.

He took one last look at Shirong before crawling away silently. One by one each of the dried out corpses were devoured by him and when he had finished all twenty six corpses, he had not only obtained the raw bloodline data but had also gained a bit more vital energy.

~Ding~

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OBTAINED RAW BLOODLINE DATA: Hard Eared Limber Mice

VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 1371 units

VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 15,069 units

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"Nice!" Lin Wu chuckled after seeing the amount of Vital energy storage he now had.

He returned back to the position beside Shirong and opened the system interface.

"System, analyze this bloodline data and see what useful things can be obtained and if it is compatible or not." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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ANALYZING BLOODLINE DATA: Hard Eared Limber Mice

COMPARING DATA: 40% Compatibility detected

INNATE SKILL DETECTED: Sound Resistance

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"Alright, 40% compatibility seems good enough, but I don't think it can be used yet, can it?" Lin Wu said after reading the notifications.

"System, what else would be needed to raise the Compatibility?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: Additional bloodline data that is complementary to the Hard Eared Limber Mice can be obtained to extrapolate the results. Or the host can consume the king beast of the Hard Eared Limber Mice and obtain a higher quality bloodline data from it.

It is likely that a Hard Eared Limber Mice king would be enough to raise the compatibility, and there is even a chance that additional innate skills may be revealed.

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"Hmm… so my best chance is to find their king, huh? But that would be a bit difficult, and I would have to go out of my way to find it. I guess I'll just obtain more complementary bloodline data and wait for the system to extrapolate it on its own." Lin Wu thought to himself.

Now that he had gotten a bit more of the information, he decided to check up on his two new servants that had gotten quite far from him.

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Lin Wu opened the Beast Servant section and clicked on the location option. This directly took him to their current position on the map.

As of now, the Split thorn horn beetle was the farthest from him and had traveled to over 250 kilometers. Lin Wu could tell that it was heading towards the south western direction but didn't exactly know what existed there.

On the other hand, the Deep Earth Millennium Mole was traveling underground similar to Lin Wu. He was a mole beast and thus had an innate affinity to digging, quite like Lin Wu. But his speed was slower than Lin Wu's digging speed and he was about 190 kilometers away from him in the southern direction.

Even when Lin Wu was using his normal method of digging, he would have been faster than the Deep Earth Millennium Mole. But now with his Drill mode, he was very fast and could cover about two hundred kilometers in that mode.

But this wasn't without its cost focuser. Using the drill mode required him to constantly use his innate skills, which used up spirit qi. So if he wanted to travel so fast, he would have to consume additional spirit qi to do so.

Thankfully, Lin Wu's spirit qi stores were more than enough and if he were to use all of the spirit qi he had right now. He would probably be able to travel about five hundred kilometers before it would be depleted. But even then he would have the additional spirit qi in the system's storage that he could quickly use to replenish it.

Another thought that Lin Wu had was of digging straight underground. He didn't know how far deep into the earth he could go. If it was possible for him to travel about a hundred kilometers into the ground, he reckoned that even the strongest of cultivators would have a hard time finding him.

'I should test it out when I have some free time. But I'll need to create some kind of diversion with Shirong before that.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Just like this, the night passed and the day came. But even then, the sunlight barely passed through the few open spots in the forest canopy. The tall trees covered a lot of the sky and created a shade that hid the floor of the forest.

This would only get denser and denser as they went deeper into the Millennium forest and by the time they reached the fifth ring, they would see no open areas in the forest canopy. The only open areas were those that were created due to some trees naturally dying or some beasts breaking them down.

In fact, this was an important part of the ecological cycle of the millennium forest. The beasts in the fifth ring were much more stronger and violent than the other beasts. They would fight almost every day and in turn cause damage to the trees, breaking them down.

These broken trees would fall to the ground and would become the source of sustenance for some lower kinds of beasts. While the opening that was created due to this would give the opportunity for newer and smaller plants to grow.

Of course, this didn't last for long and the plants in the millennium forest grew very fast. A broken tree would quickly be replaced by either another tree that newly grew or an existing one that spread its crown of leaves, taking the opportunity of absorbing more sunlight.

This cycle was rather balanced, and if the core condensation realm beasts like those fought in the outer rings of the millennium forest, they would instead cause great damage to the forest instead of stimulating its growth.

Thankfully, the core condensation realm beasts chose to move to the inner rings once they grew stronger so that they could obtain more spirit qi. There were even some plants in the millennium forest that would start absorbing spirit qi and gain sentience.

Such plants were a bit different from spirit herbs and spirit beasts and were instead called natural monsters. Even other inanimate objects such as rocks, earth, or metal that absorbed enough spirit qi to give birth to sentience would have the chance to become natural monsters.

This was actually a unique path of cultivation that was only available to inanimate beings and objects. This was called as the 'Nature path'.

Shirong finally awakened as the rays of sunlight fell on his face.

"Hmm… that was a good rest. Now to continue onward…" Shirong muttered to himself before picking up Lin Wu and flying ahead.

They followed the same routine as before and would slaughtered all beasts that came upon their path. By the end of the next day, Lin Wu had already obtained about half of the spirit qi that he had used to create the two Rhombus gems for the servant beasts.

At night time, he wanted to sneak away again but couldn't as Shirong seemed to be more alert today. Perhaps it was because they were now officially in the fourth ring that he was tense, or just because of the uncomfortable location they were in.

It had started raining and Shirong had no choice but to take shelter on top of a large branch of a tree. He had used a few large leaves to create a roof over his head by tying them with vines, but it wasn't the best one. The winds were also strong and would make it move, and the water would slide down from the corners, making his clothes wet.

Still, he was able to bear with it and spent the night in cultivation. The next morning, the rain had still not stopped and the floor of the Millennium forest had become muddy. But in exchange, the pleasant smell of petrichor was spread all around along with the aroma of leaves that had become rejuvenated.

Lin Wu took a look at the map and saw that they were about 25% of the way in through the fourth ring of the millennium forest and if they kept the same rate of traveling, they would need two more days to enter the fifth ring.

"Wait, what's that!"

Lin Wu was staring at the map window and saw something moving. It was quite large and looked as it it was flying over the tress of the forest. Currently it was about fifty kilometers away from his location but with the speed it was moving at, Lin Wu was sure it would reach there quickly.

Though the problem was that he didn't know if the beast that was heading toward them would attack them or not. From what he could see on the map, there were plenty of other beasts in the path of the flying beast. But it had not stopped and attacked them, but rather just flew past them.

'Hopefully, it is just passing by and is not out for hunting…' Lin Wu thought to himself but still prepared himself to run.

Just from the size of that flying beast, Lin Wu could guess that its cultivation base was quite high.

"System, can you scan and see what that beast is?" Lin Wu asked.

~Ding~

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WARNING!: Nascent soul realm beast detected.

SUGGESTION: The host is advised to retreat.

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"Oh F*ck!" Before Lin Wu even had the chance to complete the sentence the system automatically gave him a warning.

Shirong who had been resting for this entire time, suddenly felt as if the forest had gone quiet. It was night time thus there should Herve been some cries and growls of beasts coming from everywhere but it was strangely calm.

Suddenly Shirong felt danger coming from his connection with the green crystal spear. He opened his eyes and saw that the green crustal spear was trembling in its place as if something was wrong. He picked it up and felt a new thing from the connection.

"Run?… RUN!" Shirong understood and took out the spirit sword to fly.

He didn't know why the spear was telling him this, or rather just projecting the feeling of fear on him. But Shirong knew deep in his heart that he needed to escape as soon as possible. Lin Wu on the other hand was looking at the map and was searching for a place to hide.

They barely had any time left, and the flying beast was only ten kilometers away from them now.

"System search for suitable locations to hide!" Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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LOCATION FOUND: Marking on map

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Thankfully, the system was rather quick this time and Lin Wu was pointed towards a cave in the ground nearby. But the problem was, the cave was in the opposite direction to which they were running. This meant that if they wanted to hide there, they would have to go back a bit.

"Dammit! What is happening!" Shirong creased as he could sense the winds that had gotten stronger.

He wanted to speed up, but then felt a pull on his hand. The green crystal spear in his hand seemed to be trying to pull him towards something.

'What does it want now?' Shirong thought.

Seeing that the direction it was trying to pull him towards was the direction opposite to the one he was running in and towards the source of danger, Shirong hesitated.

"GAH! I'll just do it!" Shirong uttered as he quickly turned back.

The flying beast was now only five kilometers away from them and Lin Wu would have been able to see it with his two eyes if it were not for the canopy of the forest hiding the view of the sky. Shirong reached the cave that the spear was directing him towards just a couple of seconds before the flying beast passed over the forest canopy.

The trees shook from the winds generated by the wings of the beast, and Lin Wu finally got a clear look at it and had already told the system to scan it.

The beast in question was a large Eagle that had a wing span of nearly ten meters. Its feathers were yellow, while its beak was silver in color. It had sharp claws that were thirty centimeters long and its eyes were black in color.

Shirong could also feel the waves of spirit qi coming from that beast and knew what it was.

"A Nascent Soul realm beast!" He muttered with shock.

The beast kept on flying and did not pay attention to him. The danger that they were feeling passed away quickly and Shirong slumped to the ground.

"What the hell is a Nascent soul realm beast doing outside of the sixth ring or even the fifth ring?" Shirong wondered.

Usually, the nascent soul realm beasts would not leave the sixth ring and would only go to the fifth ring at the very most. But from the speed and direction, this eagle beast was heading towards, Shirong could tell that it was leaving the forest.

While System was still analyzing the data from the beast, Lin Wu decided to contact the two servant beasts of his.

"Master? You need something?" The mole beast questioned.

It had been calmly digging through the ground and heading to do its task when he heard the voice of his new master in his mind. He thus had no choice but to stop and listen to what he was saying.

"Tell me among the five rulers of the millennium forest, is there an eagle beast?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Yes, master. The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle is one of the five rulers of the forest. Though I do not know much about him, nor have I seen him before either." The mole beast answered.

"Alright, that's fine." Lin Wu replied before communicating with the beetle beast.

"The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle? I haven't seen him before master, I've only heard of him from the other beasts. It is said that he is the second oldest beast here after the Twin Light Liger king and that his power was unrivaled until the Olive Viper King came." The beetle beast spoke.

Lin Wu was intrigued by this information and wondered how he could take benefit of this.

"Hmm… let's wait for the system's analysis.

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