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After the glacier crashed onto the enemy camp, all of the cultivators were sent back to their bodies and they woke up. The one that had died and the others who had lost their limbs regained them.
~Ding~
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THIRD TRIAL: Completed
CONTENTEDNESS: 6/7 Succeeded
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"Huh… so he really managed to survive long enough for the trial to consider him successful." Lin Wu muttered to himself after seeing the results.
The cultivator who had been killed looked to be in shock as he hurriedly checked his body. The ones that had lost their limbs did the same and all took a breath of relief after seeing that they were fully healed now. This was quite a traumatizing experience to them and they thanked the heavens that they survived.
~Shua~
Suddenly the sound of formations appeared and runes appeared in the hall.
"What is happening?" Su Wen shouted in surprise.
The runes gathered around the man who had died and thus failed the trial.
"They're gonna take him out of the tomb. It's a teleportation formation." Wang Xiong explained as he held his head.
Even after he had been fully healed, a splitting headache was still left in his head from using the technique.
~Ding~
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ACTIVATING: Teleportation formation
TELEPORTING: Failed contender.
TELEPORTATION COMPLETED: Failed contender sent to the beginning area.
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Just as he had said, the runes gathered and made a teleportation formation around the man who had failed before he disappeared in a flash of light. Lin Wu saw this and tried to see where the man had been taken to.
Lin Wu switched through the screens and looked at the screen that showed the entrance of the area. The man who had failed was standing there with a crestfallen expression. Lin Wu was interested in this teleportation formation and wanted to see what was its limits.
"System, What's the max range of this teleportation function?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The current maximum range of the teleportation formation is 5000 kilometers. If a sufficiently strong power source is added, the teleportation formation has a total range of the entire Ming Dao world.
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"Holy Crap! The entire planet? This is some next level of formation…" Lin Wu exclaimed in shock.
The system had brought up the map and showed him the range of the teleportation formation on it.
'This will come in handy, I can directly teleport to the Deer Wood city if needed.' Lin Wu thought.
"System, what are the restrictions to use the formation?" Lin Wu questioned, knowing that there must be certain limits considering it didn't have a sufficient power source.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: Only the host can teleport using the formation within the range specified. Teleportation will consume 1000 Units of liquid spirit qi if done. Within the tomb, the teleportation has no cost. The host can only teleport from the tomb to outside but not the reverse.
Note: The system can modify the interface to make reverse teleportation possible.
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"YES! Do that! Make it so that I can travel using this as a transit point." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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CREATING VIRTUAL INTERFACE: Teleportation relay
VIRTUAL INTERFACE CREATED: Teleportation Relay is online
CURRENT FUNCTIONS: 1. Teleport
2. Return
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"Oh? That was rather fast, I guess the data updates really helped it." Lin Wu muttered.
He looked at the progress screens and saw that the system had completed the analysis of the technique 'Glacier Crash' by ten percent by now. Lin Wu had also learned that these cultivators were from the Frozen Cloud sect from the south of the Ling Kingdom.
It was a cultivation sect located about eight thousand kilometers from his current location, which was rather far considering the strength of the cultivators that had come.
"They really were determined to obtain the legacy, huh…" Lin Wu muttered.
"System, show me information on the Frozen Cloud sect." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The Frozen cloud sect is a high level sect of the Long Continent and is located in the south eastern part of the continent. It is situated in the territory of the Fu Lan Dynasty and is considered to be the main powerhouse of the region.
They specialize in ice elemental cultivation techniques and are well known in the Continent. They are one of the sects that have an Immortal Ascension realm Cultivator backing them and have two Dao treading realm cultivators.
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"Damn… so they are a big shot sect. No wonder these guys were able to find information on the tomb in their sect. They probably had it from some ancient record." Lin Wu said, feeling surprised.
'Wait, have there been others that came here before me?' Lin Wu suddenly thought.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The host is the first person to have come to the tomb and obtain the inheritance.
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"So I really am the first… but then do I want these guys to become the next ones?" Lin Wu muttered to himself as ideas appeared in his mind.
Lin Wu started to think of how he could take advantage of this situation. He knew that letting this chance go to waste would pain him to no end, thus he finally decided upon a plan.
'If they receive a certain level of inheritance depending on the results of the trials, maybe I can manipulate it so that it will be in my favor.' Lin Wu thought.
"System, how many rewards are there for completing all the trials?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: There are three levels of rewards for the contenders who have successfully completed the trials. The inheritance that the Host received is the highest level of inheritance. While there are two lower levels of inheritance available as well.
The highest level inheritance can only be given one time, the intermediate level inheritance can be given to two people while the basic level of inheritance can be given to three people.
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"So the seven of them coming here was kind of a lost cause anyway, huh? They would have envier been able to get all the inheritances. Hmm… that Senior brother seems like a good candidate to play with, I guess I'll choose him." Lin Wu said with a chuckle as a plot hatched in his mind.
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Lin Wu looked on as the cultivators got ready to move on to the next level.
"Seems like it's time to make some changes." Lin Wu muttered as he adjusted the trial settings in the window.
The six cultivators reached the next level and saw the new carvings, which showed the birth of the Taiji Celestial. Just from looking at the carvings, the cultivators felt their hearts pound.
"What… what kind of a man is that?" The late stage condensation realm woman asked.
"Whoever he is… or was… is quite likely to be beyond anything that we know. There is no way that everything showed on the carvings happened in this world. Those look like different worlds beyond this one, even the Nascent soul realm soldier we saw in the last trial; that is not something we would see here.
To assign someone at the Nascent soul realm as a lowly soldier would be a great offense in our world. A nascent soul realm cultivator can easily be a clan head or even the sect master of a low ranked sect. Even in our sect nascent soul realm cultivators can directly become elders." Wang Xiong explained.
The rest of his companions nodded in understanding and looked around for the trial to start.
"Huh? Why hasn't it started yet?" Su Wen questioned.
And just as he said that, their consciousness faded and they appeared in the next trial. The reason it took them long was because Lin Wu was specifically changing the conditions of the trial. In total, there were going to be about twelve trials before they would have been able to reach the completion.
But Lin Wu made use of the functions that were available to him and shorted the trial to this single level. He was even able to figure out a way to pass the inheritance of the Taiji celestial himself. There were restrictions on how the rewards could not be controlled by him directly, but he found a loophole such that as long as the inheritance was given to the winner, the formations array would not find it to be an error.
Lin Wu did it for a few reasons.
First of all, he did not want others to know about the true story of the Taiji Immortal as he could tell this knowledge could be used as a trump card. The second reason was that he wanted to interact with the winner of the trial who was going to be Wang Xiong.
He had already determined to let him win and was going to make him his second pawn after Shirong. But this one was going to be used a bit differently. After getting the servants, Lin Wu had already figured out an outline for his future, and having some people under his control was one of the requirements.
The third reason was that it was soon going to be morning and he would have to be beside Shirong till then. He was still an important pawn and would have use for him for quite a while and thus did not want to give up on him.
If he finished the trial in one level, it would give him enough time to talk with Wang Xiong and also temperate back to Shirong.
'I'll have to figure out a way to obtain a power source for the formation array. My own energy is not enough for it to work completely and it needs an integrated source.' Lin Wu thought.
He looked back at the screen and saw the six cultivators fighting against a group of Shadow dread beasts. They were having a hard time as not only did they need to battle the beasts, they also needed to deal with the shadows that would pop up from the ground.
Behind them, a tide of shadows could also be seen coming towards them. It was as if the shadows were a sea and the shadows extended and receded.
"Dammit! What the hell is with the sudden increase in the difficulty?" One of the hate six cultivators said, feeling frustrated.
They had never expected that they would end up dealing with multiple things at once like this. They were only given one instruction at the start, which said to 'Survive'. It didn't even say for how long or how many beasts they needed to kill, which made them feel dread for the coming future.
Lin Wu watched on as their numbers started to decrease. The six cultivators had managed to kill about half of the shadow dread beasts when the tide finally came.
"Run! Escape the tide, the other beasts will die to it." Wang Xiong shouted.
His companions did as they were instructed to and flew away as fast as possible. But to their misfortune, among the Shadow dread beasts were some that could fly and thus they were able to keep up.
~Shua~
The tide of shadows came and spread all over the ground. The shadow dread beasts that had been unable to keep up with them were lost within the shadows and could not be seen. Wang Xiong had a grin on his face as he saw the numbers of the beasts fall again.
"NOW! Kill them!" He ordered and lunged towards the flying Shadow dread beast that was targeting him.
~Slash~
His Guan Dao moved like lightning and split the beast's wings in half, making it fall to the ground with a loud cry. The others did the same and managed to down the flying beasts that were targeting them. They descended to the ground and killed them, but just as they were about to leave, a screeching sound was heard.
~Splatter~
~Splatter~
Two bodies of the cultivators fell as blood spilled from their chests. They had been pierced by long claws and had their mouths wide open.
~Chomp~
Another sound was heard as one of the late stage core condensation realm cultivators' heads was crushed. In their assumption that the Shadow dread beasts would be killed by the Shadow tide, they made a grave mistake.
They were now surrounded by the shadow dread beasts.
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Wang Xiong and the others looked around and felt their hearts drop. There were now only him, Su Wen, and the late stage core condensation realm woman left alive. The others had been killed in the surprise attack which was overwhelming for them.
Counting the beast's, Wang Xiong discovered that there were about twenty Shadow dread beasts that were surrounding them. The ones that were covered with the shadow tide had brought more of them with him which made him grit his teeth in frustration.
He didn't know if there were more trials left but seeing as their numbers had been decreased by more than half now, he doubted he would be able to survive till then.
"What do we do now senior brother?" Su Wen questioned.
"Attack! Use all that you got, even if this is the only trial we are able to complete, give it your all!" Wang Xiong said before a chilling air appeared around his body.
Seeing that their senior brother was now like this they couldn't hold back either. A bow made of a bluish wood appeared in the hands of the woman while Su Wen's sword started to shake.
"DIE!" Wang Xiong shouted as he swung his Guan Dao at the Shadow dread beasts.
A wave of frost came out of it and froze the bodies of the beasts. The woman on the other hand shot out arrows made of ice that pierced the bodies of the beasts and slowed them down. The strangest one was Su Wen though, his sword had shattered into multiple pieces and was now floating around him like a cyclone.
He then directly lunged towards the beasts and the sword fragment cyclone started shredding the beasts as it came in contact with them. In less than two seconds, the beast he had come in contact with had been reduced to a pile of black blood and gore. Their flesh let out a pungent and foul smell that almost made the cultivators flinch in revulsion.
Had it not been for their sheer will, they would have already vomited here. But doing that would cause them to lower their guard and then death. Which was not something they definitely wanted after coming all this way. Even if they were not going to die in real life, they still wanted to avoid it.
With the shadow tide behind them and the beasts in front, they had few choices left. They bore injuries as they killed the beasts one by one but still were getting weaker. Eventually, they were able to kill all the beasts but in return, Su Wen had been touched by a sliver of the Shadow Tide.
"ARGH!" he shouted.
There were black veins appearing on his body and he started to convulse.
"Hold him down! We don't know what would happen from now on." Wang Xiong said as he took out a rope.
He gestured towards the injured man, and the rope automatically flew towards him, coiling around him.
"You can let go off him now." Wang Xiong said to the woman who had been holding down Su Wen.
The man was still struggling and convulsing but now there were changes occurring in his body. His skin became a pale Grey and his hair started to fall. His nailed gained a metallic sheen and his clothes started to corrode. A smoky aura appeared out of his body and his eyes turned completely white with no pupils.
"GRR!" Su Wen growled as he looked at his companions.
"What do we do now?" The woman asked with concern.
Su Wen's transformation conditioned as now his skin started to flake and fall off. Beneath that, a slimy layer could be seen and a leathery ashy skin had appeared.
"It can't be…. He's… he's becoming like those beasts!" The Woman said with a hint of fear in her voice.
Wang Xiong hesitated for a bit before making up his mind. He lifted his Guan Dao and swung it at Su Wen.
~thud~
His head rolled on the ground as the woman looked on in horror.
"You! You killed him!" The woman shouted.
"It had to be done! Or we would have had no chance of completing the trial. He's a lost cause already, better to not let him experience this and return to the real world peacefully." Wang Xiong replied.
~shua~
And just as he said this, the shadow tide started returning and the cries of more beasts could be heard from afar. The woman nodded her head as she understood the reasoning and looked at the shadow tide before determination appeared on her face. Seeing this change on his junior sister's face, Wang Xiong felt a bit happy.
'At least they are losing their naiveness…' Wang Xiong thought as he flew upon his Guan Dao.
The woman did the same and her bow returned to the spatial storage treasure. Lin Wu watched the entire thing with interest, as he had not seen a transformation like that before.
'Hmm interesting, not only did his form start to change but I could also tell his power was increasing. This shadow Calamity… I need to research more about it.' Lin Wu thought.
"System, see if you can extract more information about the shadow calamity from the formation array here." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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TASK ASSIGNED: Analyze Shadow Calamity
SEARCHING DATA NODES: 105 Data nodes found
FILTERING: 9 Relevant Data nodes found
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"Alright, that's a good start, hopefully it can be done quickly." Lin Wu muttered as he looked back to the screen.
The two contenders were flying towards the other end anxiously, with a horde of beasts following behind them. The ones on the ground were still easy to escape, but the flying ones were annoying to no end and would attack them in a suicidal way.
"Time for the big boss to appear…" Lin Wu chuckled.
~ROAR!~
A piercing roar went across the skies as the two contenders almost fell from their spirit weapons.
"What in the heaven's name is that!"
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In front of the two, a beast that was five items as big as an elephant was standing. But just the size wasn't what had shocked them as there were plenty of beasts that were that big in the world. Rather, it was the appearance.
The beast looked like an amalgamation of multiple humans and beasts. There were limbs of both humans and beasts popping out of its body from everywhere and it had a large number of eyes spread all around its body. It moved by crawling but its speed was still astonishing.
The beast was currently starring at the two cultivators with malice in its eyes. A smoky aura surrounded it and a rotten smell emanated from its body.
Wang Xiong tensed his body and took a deep breath. His spirit sense extended and probed the beast but when he did so his eyes went wide.
"Nascent soul! The beast is at the Nascent Soul realm!" Wang Xiong shouted.
He looked at the junior sister beside him and then at the horde of Shadow dread beasts coming towards them.
"Escape! I'll hold them back!" Wang Xiong said as frosty air emitted from his body.
The woman looked on in disbelief as her senior brother flew up without hesitation.
"NO SENIOR BROTHER!" she shouted.
But Alas! It was already too late.
"GLACIER CRASH!" Wang Xiong shouted as the ice started to form in the air.
In less than ten seconds, it had already reached a huge size and was enough to core the body of the large Shadow dread beasts. Still, the beast was moving rather fast and chasing behind the woman. She tried to dodge its attack but was barely avoiding them. Her speed awes vastly inferior to that of Wang Xiong and thus there was little chance for her to survive unless a miracle happens.
Wang Xiong watched on in rage as his spirit Qi thrummed with power. It was as if this had pushed him beyond a certain imitation of his and his aura reached a peak.
"Oh? A breakthrough in the middle of the battle?" Lin Wu muttered, seeing the scene.
He looked at his real body and saw that the spirit Qi was swirling around it too. He was having an actual breakthrough and not just in the illusory world.
But Wang Xiong did something that he had not expected. Instead of focusing on the breakthrough, he channeled it into the skill he was using.
~Weeng~
Then, almost in an instant, the piece of glacier grew to a massive size and spikes appeared on its bottom. The frosty air started to freeze the shadow dread beasts that were running below, and even the large beast was starting to slow down. The Woman was barely able to escape the blow of the large Shadow dread beast when she noticed the change in her senior brother.
She gritted her teeth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Her speed suddenly increased as her complexion became paler. If she had hesitated now, the frost air would have likely frozen her as well.
"Senior brother was able to achieve the second level of Glacier Crash on his own… his aptitude is truly beyond us… had it not been for those arrogant bastards he would have already become a core disciple." The woman muttered to herself.
"Now this is interesting… looks like I've got an underdog here, huh? Well, more fun for me later on." Lin Wu said to himself as he continued observing the screen.
Now that the large beast had been slowed down by Wang Xiong, he was able to target it.
"DIE!" Wang Xiong shouted as the glacier fell, along with himself frozen within it.
His voice was filled with power such that it echoed even outside the glacier.
The smaller Shadow dread beasts were already frozen and as such couldn't do much, but the large one was still snuggling. Alas, the size of the glacier was too large for it to escape.
~BOOM~
The fall of the glacier created tremors that traveled far and wide. Even the shadow tide was affected and ripples papered in it, which made it halt for a few seconds but then continued. The woman had managed to escape the entire ordeal, but she still had a thin layer of frost that had selected on her hair and body.
She watched on with bated breath at the glacier and didn't know what to do.
"Hmm… seems like I'll have to change my pawn now." Lin Wu muttered, feeling a bit disappointed.
Lin Wu had manipulated the test such that Wang Xiong should have had the highest chance of winning, but there were still unexpected things that append. He never thought that he would sacrifice himself that easily. Despite his appearance, he seemed to have a kind heart, which made him vastly different from Shirong.
"Time to make some changes to the plan then… gotta make it so it would work with a weaker cultivator now…" Lin Wu muttered to himself when he suddenly stopped.
"Huh? What's she doing now?" He said upon seeing the woman fly towards the glacier.
She came to the very top of it and held a sword in her hand.
"SHATTER FOR ME!" She yelled before slamming the sword into the ice.
~Crack~
The sound of a crack was heard as a fissure opened up in the ice. It was evident that the entire glacier was held by spirit Qi and now that had been stopped, its integrity was getting weaker. Even a few attacks from the woman were able to break it open.
~smash~
~Smash~
~Crack~
She continued hacking and cutting at it, till she reached the part where Wang Xiong was encased in. She pulled him out and checked his breathing.
"He's alive!" she exclaimed.
But just as she said that Wang Xiong's breathing started getting weaker.
"NO! YOU CANNOT DIE HERE!" She said before placing her hands at the heart of Wang Xiong.
A determined expression appeared on her face as she started pouring her spirit Qi and vitality into the body of Wang Xiong.
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Lin Wu watched on in interest as he saw a new technique being used. He knew that spirit Qi and vital Qi could be transferred to others as he had done that himself. But the difference was that he had done so using the system and not on how own. He wondered what kind of a technique would be required to do it.
Thankfully, the system was already recording it and Lin Wu would have the analysis soon enough. Even if the technique turned out to be relatively useless for him, it would still help in the extrapolation of data that would further speed up the analysis of other techniques. This was something he knew would be a key point in increasing his influence and power.
About two minutes passed as the woman's complexion kept on getting paler and paler. Her breaths got ragged and eventually, her skin started to wrinkle as well. Her hair started to turn white and even her eyes became dull. But she did not stop despite this and continued till nearly all of her vitality and Qi was transferred to Wang Xiong.
Lin Wu looked at the real body of the woman to see if any change had occurred there but except for a troubled expression on her face, her body seemed to be the same as before.
'Hmm… this illusory array is rather exemplary at simulation. I need to study this more, if I can apply this, fighting enemies may become a piece of cake.' Lin Wu thought.
When the woman was merely a bag of skin and bones, Wang Xiong woke up.
"WHAT!" He shouted seeing the old woman in her arms.
"You… have… to… succeeded… senior… brother…" The woman said with difficulty.
Wang Xiong had a hard time recognizing that the woman in his arms was the junior sister that had been accompanying him all these days.
"You… used that forbidden technique? Where did you even learn it?" Wang Xiong questioned but received no answer.
~Sigh~
"Just tell me when we return to the real world. We cannot let the others know of this, if anyone from the sect finds out, they will kill you." Wang Xiong stated.
There was a faint nod from the woman as she took her last breath and passed away. While Wang Xiong was sad about this, he was at least content that she had not died in real life. Some new feelings had also risen in his heart for the junior sister and he didn't know what to think of them.
'First to pass this trial and get out of here… we were not ready for this inheritance…' Wang Xiong thought.
He flew up and looked around. There was no announcement for the completion of the trial and thus he knew there must be something more he needed to do. There were no more of the shadow dread beasts around him which meant that there was a secondary goal that he still needed to complete.
~Rumble~
It was now that a loud rumbling sound was heard and Wang Xiong saw the Shadow Tide recede.
"What is that?" he muttered.
In the area that the Shadow Tide had receded from, Wang Xiong saw a huge fleshy egg. The egg was even bigger than that of the large shadow dread beast he had killed with Glacier crash and was currently throbbing.
"Are those its heartbeats?" Wang Xiong wondered.
A serious expression appeared on his face as he understood what he finally needed to do to pass this trial. He took flight and spit out a mouthful of blood onto the Guan Dao, increasing his speed by three times. While flying he made gestures with his arms and runes formed around him.
Frosty air materialized around him but this time the color of the air was different from the usual blue. It was a grayish blue color and its temperature seemed to be much lower than the normal frosty air. His clothes and body started to become covered in ice as a determined expression appeared on his face.
~Shua~
The ice continued forming and as Lin Wu looked on, Wang Xiong had turned himself into a giant flying ice Guan Dao.
~Crack~
~Splatters
The Ice Guan Dao pierced into the large fleshy egg and Black blood plastered all over the place. The blood was missed with some other kinds of corrosive fluids that made a sizzling sound as they dripped out.
"That was new…" Lin Wu muttered feeling a bit impressed by the technique.
"The Trial has been completed!" The voice announced and Wang Xiong was transported back to the real world.
~Ding~
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FOURTH TRIAL COMPLETED: One contender successful
TRIAL CONTINUATION: Terminated
ASSIGNING REWARDS: Calculating
REWARD TO BE GRANTED: Basic level inheritance
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Lin Wu read the notification and knew that his changes that he had made previously had worked. What he had done was to basically reduce the number of trials while increasing the difficulty of the fourth trial by three levels. This way, the trial could be completed quicker while also keeping the reward to the minimum as he wanted.
"Now to wait for them to reach the inheritance room." Lin Wu muttered as he looked at the screen.
The six cultivators were just starting to awake and held their heads, as a piercing headache assaulted their senses.
"ARGH!" Su Wen yelled.
He was the one who had been taken over by the shadow tide and was thus affected the most. Wang Xiong had also woken up and was looking at the woman who had saved him. She was awake too but seemed to be a bit dazed.
~Sigh~
"At least well all survived." He muttered/
~Ding~
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TELEPORTATION FORMATION: Activated
TELEPORTING: five failed contenders
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A flash of light happened and the five failed cultivators were sent to the entrance area of the tomb, leaving Wang Xiong alone.
He signed ahead and looked at the wall that had now started moving.
~Ding~
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OPENING INHERITANCE LEVEL: Successful
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Wang Xiong knew that this was the next level and walked there. But upon reaching there he saw something that shocked him.
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Just before the path to the next level had opened for Wang Xiong, Lin Wu had started to move. He activated the teleportation formation and had teleported himself to an empty hall. Since he was the one that was gonna give Wang Xiong the inheritance, he had to keep up certain pretenses and couldn't just give it to him directly.
Wang Xiong entered the dark hall and saw that there was nothing he could see at first. But then two red lights suddenly appeared in the dark. They looked like eyes and were staring at him. He felt chills going down his spine, and he didn't know why.
"Is this the new trial?" Wang Xiong muttered to himself.
~Shua~
Suddenly a green light came from around the two red lights and Wang Xiong could not see the outline of a head.
~Shua~Shua~shua~
One by one the green light traveled downwards, and the segments started to be revealed.
"What… in the name of heavens?" Wang Xiong muttered to himself in shock.
In front of him was none other than Lin Wu in his full sized form. He was starring at Wang Xiong deeply and a suppressive aura was coming from his body.
"Welcome contender," Lin Wu spoke for the very first time.
Wang Xiong flinched as he saw the monster in front of him speaking in human tongue.
"You! What are you?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"Well, aren't you rude? ~Sigh~ I should have expected this…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
His mutterings were still audible to Wang Xiong and he tensed his eyes.
"What do you mean by expected?" he asked, but before he could continue, the lights started to illuminate the hall.
~flash~
Wang Xiong flinched as the bright light assaulted his eyes, but soon recovered. He finally saw the monster in front of him properly. It was a long crystalline creature that had multiple segments and two crimson red eyes that glowed like lamps. Its entire body was emerald green in color and looked rather beautiful.
"First of all, let me congratulate you for passing the trial." Lin Wu said.
"Huh? I passed?" Wang Xiong questioned in confusion.
"Yes, you did." Lin Wu replied.
"I… I… I PASSED!" Wang Xiong exclaimed in joy.
"Ahem!" Lin Wu made a coughing sound that doused the excitement of Wang Xiong rather quickly.
He quickly remembered that he was in the presence of some unknown monster that he had never seen or heard of.
"So… what are you and what will happen now?" Wang Xiong questioned.
He guessed that since the monster had not attacked him till now, perhaps it did not have malevolent intentions for him.
"I am called as the Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm and I'll be the one to give you the inheritance." Lin Wu said.
This was the first time he was revealing his identity to a human, and he only did this because he had full confidence in being able to control Wang Xiong. If something untoward happens, it would take him merely a second to kill him. Besides, there was no way he was gonna let Wang Xiong leave without a contingency plan.
"You? I see… But what is this tomb, can you tell me?" Wang Xiong questioned.
This was the question that Lin Wu had been waiting for and had rehearsed it a few times in his mind.
"I was gonna do that at the very start, had you not interrupted me. Now… listen well." Lin Wu replied, prompting Wang Xiong to silence himself.
"This is the tomb of the Taiji Celestial, and I am one of his disciples. Since you have successfully passed the trials, you are now eligible to inherit a part of his legacy and become his disciple." Lin Wu explained.
Wang Xiong felt shocked at the first part but had already expected the second part of Lin Wu's words. As it was an inheritance ground, it was obvious that he would get some techniques; becoming the disciple of a powerful cultivator was only an additional benefit.
"You said you are the disciple of the Taiji Celestial? But how? If the Taiji celestial is the one that is depicted in the carvings, then it means that he lived tens of thousands of years ago. Did you also gain his inheritance through the trials?" Wang Xiong questioned further.
"Master lived even before the time that you are thinking of. And no, I didn't gain his inheritance through completing the trials, I was directly selected by him." Lin Wu answered.
"Directly selected… that means… you have lived since that time…" Wang Xiong muttered as a dumbstruck expression appeared on his face.
Usually, the lifespan of a creature was directly proportional to its cultivation base. If what Lin Wu was saying was true, then it meant that the creature in front of Wang Xiong had a cultivation base that was terrifying.
"Hmm… that is indeed correct." Lin Wu lied.
"Then… Senior!" Wang Xiong said before hurriedly falling to the ground in a kowtow.
"Please forgive my rudeness senior!" Wang Xiong said, trembling on the ground.
From what Wang Xiong knew, even the Dao treading realm cultivators only lived for three thousand years. He didn't know how long the immortal ascension realm cultivators lived for exactly, but there was no way it would be comparable to the time when the Taiji Celestia existed.
Wang Xiong could very well tell that the carvings were very old and the world that he had seen in the trials seemed to have something that had gone extinct by now. Particularly in the third trial, Wang Xiong had seen a few plants that he knew had gone extinct at least a hundred years ago.
If he hadn't known that he was in an illusory array, he would have long since gone crazy after finding it there. Those plants didn't even have beneficial properties, but since they were extinct, they would still have a great research value that any alchemist would pay a great price to study.
"Senior, may I ask… what is your cultivation base?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"Hmm… if you consider the current time then… I'm at the Core condensation realm."
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At first, Wang Xiong couldn't underhand the words of Lin Wu. He could sense the aura and the fluctuations coming from him and they did seem to be at the core condensation realm like he had told him.
But then he thought over it more and realized that emphasis on 'current time'.
"Wait senior you said current time, you mean…" Wang Xiong spoke with hesitation.
"Yes, your guess is correct. My cultivation base has regressed as I have been dormant in sleep for all these years, waiting for a contender to come and pass the trials." Lin Wu explained.
Wang Xiong nodded his head as his doubts were confirmed. If it were that Lin Wu was naturally at the core condensation realm, it wouldn't have made sense for him to stay alive all this time.
"So senior what do we do now?" Wang Xiong asked.
"I think you've seen the carvings on your way here and also the shadow calamity in the trials right?" Lin Wu asked.
"Yes, senior. I did very well." Wang Xiong replied.
"Our master, the Taiji Celestial was the one who had defeated the shadow calamity. The shadow calamity was a strange phenomenon that had gained consciousness. It then spread across multiple words and started to consume them as you had seen.
It would infect the creatures living on that planet and cause them to mutate into what are called the Shadow Dread beasts." Lin Wu explained.
Wang Xiong was amazed at this information and wondered how strong the Taiji Celestial would exactly be. He had seen the shadow tide and just one of them was enough to kill them and he was unable to go against it.
If there were more of them on the entire planet and then even more across the worlds, he couldn't even imagine how someone would fight against that. And yet even then his new master had accomplished that very thing.
"Does that mean this world was also once affected by the Shadow calamity?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"Yes, it was. Master left inheritances at every place that was affected by the shadow calamity spread in hopes that when it arises again in the future when he is gone, he would have more people that would be able to deal with it." Lin Wu answered.
"In the future? You mean the shadow calamity is not gone? But I thought the Taiji Celestial defeated it as you said." Wang Xiong asked further.
Lin Wu slightly nodded his head as the conversation was going, just as he had wished for it to go. With a few lies here and there along with the truth as the base, he was able to weave a plot beneficial to himself.
"The shadow calamity is not gone yet. Master predicted that it would return in the future and would be even stronger than before. You see, the shadow calamity evolves over time as it spreads across the worlds.
Those shadow dread beasts you saw, those were not present when the shadow calamity first appeared. It only gained that ability later on. It is likely that it has gone dormant as well, somewhere.
The most likely place would of course be the planets where it spread originally. It doesn't need to be as big as it was to survive. Even a bare sliver of it can last for many millennia and then grow back to its full potential when the time is right and the conditions favorable." Lin Wu explained.
Wang Xiong had an anxious expression on his face upon hearing this and he couldn't help but think the worse.
~gulp~
"Do you think the shadow calamity will arise on this world?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"Will arise? No… it already has…" Lin Wu revealed.
"WHAT! But we haven't seen anything like that yet." Wang Xiong said.
"I know. I fear that it has changed its form greatly and is likely to be hidden. Still, I can sense its presence on this world, although it is faint." Lin Wu explained.
Wang Xiong no longer had the strong demeanor that he had with his companions now. He looked to be anxious and was gripping his Guan Dao tightly.
"What should we do now senior?" Wang Xiong asked after thinking for a bit.
"Well, master left behind a few instructions in the past. The first was to find a few disciples and train them. The second was to form an organization that could provide us with a base and then finally the third, to gain power in the world and be the strongest. After all, our master is the Taiji Celestial, we would be dishonoring his name if we were weaker than the other powers of this world." Lin Wu answered.
Wang Xiong's eyes went wide upon hearing this, and he could imagine the implications of it. He felt nervousness and excitement at the same time. After all, wasn't this exactly what he wanted? Power so that he could stand tall proud and not having to serve the whims of others?
He cupped his hands in a salute, and a determined expression appeared on his face.
"Please teach me senior!" He said.
Lin Wu nodded his head in appreciation upon seeing this and thought for a bit before speaking.
"Alright then. I shall accept you as a disciple in the master's stead!" Lin Wu said before a powerful presence exuded from him.
Wang Xiong's eyes went wide as he felt the pressure coming from Lin Wu. He felt as if a certain kind of energy was suppressing his spirit Qi and no matter how much he tried, he couldn't muster it.
'What power! What kind of cultivation base must he have in the past if he can suppress my cultivation base and spirit Qi just by the virtue of his presence?' Wang Xiong thought with awe.
Lin Wu extended his tail and placed the tip on Wang Xiong's forehead. He wasn't fully sure if this was going to work, but he hoped for it.
"Alright system, you take over from here."
~Shua~
Lin Wu knew that there was no way he would be able to put a servant imprint on a human. The technique that he had was only made for beasts and even the system couldn't modify it enough to make it work on humans without more data.
If he wanted to do the same with the humans, he would need to find a slave binding technique and he was pretty sure they were forbidden. Of course, they could still be found in the market and even in the sects, but the question was that of access.
He couldn't just waltz straight into the places while being in his form of worm and neither could he order Shirong to do it directly. Thus he either had to wait on his luck to bring that to him or he could go about this in a different way.
Lin Wu had seen the method by which the Formations array of the tomb had passed the inheritance to him and he was thinking of using that as a back door to put an imprint on Wang Xiong.
He knew that there were little modifications he would be able to do to it, but he only wanted to put some minimum contingencies on it. For the rest, Lin Wu was gonna control Wang Xiong through good old manipulation.
That was the reason why he had made up the entire plot and the persona that he had.
Lin Wu looked at the notification window, as more and more of them started appearing.
~Ding~
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INHERITANCE FORMATION: Activated
TRANSFERRING DATA: One Contender detected (Wang Xiong)
INHERITANCE LEVEL: Basic inheritance
BASIC INHERITANCE CONTENTS: 1. Cultivation Technique= Taiji Refinement Scripture
2. Qi Skill= Unity Returning Fist
INJECTING TROJAN: Creating back door
INJECTION: Successful
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A smile appeared on Lin Wu in his mind as he looked at the notification.
'It worked, though how well it functions is still unknown. Still, the inheritance he got seems a bit strange. The cultivation technique seems like the inferior version of the Taiji Dual Unity Scripture, but the Qi skill is completely different.' Lin Wu thought.
The system had recorded the skill when it was transferred to Wang Xiong and thus Lin Wu could take a look through it.
"Huh? This is actually a good skill! Why was it not in the complete inheritance I got? No wait… I haven't unlocked it completely, so perhaps the better version of this technique is there." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"System, can you check and tell me if there is any data in the encrypted part that matches the technique? Even if the encrypted data can't be seen, it should be possible to cross reference it right?" Lin Wu said, hoping for a positive response.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: There is data that is 70% similar to the Qi skill: Unity Returning Fist in the encrypted data.
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"Bingo! Just as I thought. Looks like I'll be using the inferior version till then… though how would I?" Lin Wu said after a bit of realization.
The technique required one to have hands and also meridians that worked along with it. Lin Wu could perhaps make something similar to that of a hand from his body, but there was no way he would be able to created meridians. This was something that was beyond his Cellular Manipulation skill.
"Looks like I'll have to wait for the system to adapt this technique to my physique." Lin Wu thought to himself.
'Though, there should be more techniques in the other level of inheritance should there? Perhaps I should find someone to give the intermediate level of inheritance or just give it to Wang Xiong.
Though I did plan to make him work for it. So it doesn't seem right to give it to him right now.' Lin Wu thought.
He looked at the man who was still beelining there and had his eyes closed. The Trojan was what the system had used to inject the back door into the core of Wang Xiong. The inheritance formation was much more powerful and could do much more than the system for now.
Thus taking advantage of it was rather good for him right now.
The transfer of the inheritance finished and Wang Xiong finally opened his eyes, prompting Lin Wu to pull back his tail, leaving behind a faint green glint that was the size of a pin head. He checked again to make sure that everything was fine before nodding his head.
~Ding~
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ADDED NEW SECTION: Subordinates
SUBORDINATES: 1. Wang Xiong
Functions available: Communication
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Lin Wu wasn't able to put a detonation function to the imprint and thus changed it to a subordinate imprint instead. This would allow them communication as well.
Lin Wu had placed an inferior version of the Rhombus gem in the head of Wang Xiong too, but this one was much smaller than the previous ones. Because it was made with the assistance of the Inheritance Formation.
"Thank you senior," Wang Xiong replied.
"Good, now you need to cultivate well and get stronger. If you reach a certain level, you will become eligible to receive the rest of the inheritance." Lin Wu said.
"The rest of the inheritance?!" Wang Xiong shouted in surprise.
"Yes, there is more. Right now you are not strong enough for it, thus this is all you can get." Lin Wu answered.
"But just this technique I received is already many times better than my sects cultivation technique." Wang Xiong spoke.
"Your cultivator sect? You're from a sect?" Lin Wu asked, showing ignorance.
"Yes senior, I am from one of the high tier sects of the Long continent, The Frozen Cloud sect." Wang Xiong explained.
"Ah, is that so. I see, seems like I need to gain more information about this world. There were not many sects in the past, and this… Long continent didn't exist either." Lin Wu replied.
"Senior, if you need information I can help you. There is plenty of it in my sect and my companion's may be able to help too." Wang Xiong said.
'Bingo!' Lin Wu said in his mind.
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Lin Wu internally smiled upon hearing the man's words and knew that it would be easier from now.
"That would be good, let me give you something that would allow us to communicate." Lin Wu said.
"What senior?" Wang Xiong asked feeling interested.
The thought that anything that the senior was willing to give him must not be common and should be quite valuable. He wondered if it was going to be some rare treasure. He then saw Lin Wu extended his tail and a small spike popped on it.
Well, the spike was small considering the size of the beast, but comparing it to Wang Xiong, it was still like a dagger. Lin Wu manipulated it a bit and made it a bit flatter and then broke it off from his tail.
"Here take it," Lin Wu said.
Wang Xiong grasped the spike which had now become like a flat strip. He could feel a faint heat contained within it which was fading by the second. The surface was smooth to touch and seemed to be quite hard.
"What is this senior?" Wang Xiong asked.
"You should have used communication jade slips before right? This is something similar to that. Hold it to speak with me." Lin Wu answered.
Wang Xiong was rather intrigued by this as from what he knew communication jade slips were spirit tools that needed to be made by spirit tool refiners. While his sect gave them out for free to the disciple, the skill needed to make on was still quite high.
For someone to make one in a couple of seconds like this was rather incomprehensible to him. Wanting to test it out he held it in his hand and tried to communicate with Lin Wu.
'Can you hear me senior?' Wang Xiong said in his mind.
'Yes, I can.' Lin Wu replied.
Wang Xiong nodded his head and felt content with it. He knew how valuable the guidance of a senior like Lin Wu could be who had lived for so many millenniums. Just the experience that he had must be worth the fortune of the entire sect.
"You should head back to your companions now." Lin Wu said.
"My companions? Where are they senior?" Wang Xiong asked.
He had a guess that they were perhaps sent out of the tomb, but he still wanted to confirm the fact since they all had suffered death in the trials and he didn't know if they were going to have long-lasting effects.
"They were teleported back to the entrance and should be fine." Lin Wu answered.
It was now that an idea appeared in Lin Wu's mind, and he narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me… why do I smell Beast Inciting powder on you?" Lin Wu questioned.
"Uh… we… were having trouble getting to the tomb, and a lot of beasts were in our paths. We never wanted to use it but had no choice left but to use it. Taking advantage of the time that the beasts were dazed, we escaped and went further towards the tomb." Wang Xiong answered.
"So that's what happened…" Lin Wu muttered.
It was a bit different from what he had expected but it was fine never the less for him. He had already gotten a bit of a benefit from all the hard eared limber mice.
"I'll send you out then," Lin Wu said, before activating the teleportation formation.
~shua~
Runes appeared around Wang Xiong and he disappeared in a flash of light.
"Thank you for everything senior…" Wang Xiong uttered before disappearing.
~Sigh~
"Now to get back to my own work…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before taking a look at the inheritance that he had received.
The Taiji Dual Unity scripture was a cultivation technique so its effects were apparent, but the Unity Avatar technique seemed to be more complex.
"System, show me the data on the Unity Avatar technique that you've analyzed." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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QI SKILL: Dual Unity Avatar Technique
Info: The Dual Unity Avatar Technique was created by the Taiji Celestial as a remembrance to his past two selves, Bai and Hei. The technique allows one to create a second avatar of themselves that can be equal to that of the main body. The cultivation base can be set according to the host but must always be lower than that of the main body. The avatar can cultivate on its own and can transmit a part of the spirit Qi to the main body.
Restrictions:
1. The cost to create an avatar is half of the host's current cultivation base.
2. If the Avatar is destroyed, the host will not be affected, but the spirit Qi provided to the avatar will disappear.
3. The Avatar can be merged with the main body to increase the power and cultivation base of the host.
4. Both the main body and the Avatar will contain the same consciousness and can be controlled by the main body.
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After reading the Qi skill's details, Lin Wu felt amazed and understood that this was exactly what he had needed all this time. Being with Shirong had its benefits, but it also came with its own restrictions.
But now that he was able to have two bodies, he would be able to have the best of both worlds… albeit with a few restrictions. Lin Wu thought for a bit and then decided to make an avatar. He will be keeping the avatar here in the tomb while his main body will be with Shirong.
"System, I can use the teleportation array with the avatar the same way I can do with myself, right?" Lin Wu questioned for confirmation.
"Affirmative." The system responded.
"Alright, that will make things much easier…" Lin Wu said.
"Wait system, can I just use the stored spirit Qi to create the avatar?" Lin Wu asked again.
"Affirmative," the system responded.
"Excellent…" Lin Wu nodded his head.
He checked the time and knew that it was very close to when Shirong would wake up, thus he needed to hurry up.
"Let's get to it then…"
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Lin Wu followed the steps for the Dual unity Avatar technique and started pouring the spirit Qi into it. With the amount that he had stored, he didn't have to sacrifice his own cultivation base.
~Ding~
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ACTIVATING QI SKILL: Dual Unity Avatar Technique
SPIRIT QI CONSUMED: 60,000 units [liquid Spirit Qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 2,024,600 units [liquid spirit qi]
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The spirit Qi was quickly absorbed and then a large illusory figure started forming in front of Lin Wu.
~Shua~
The illusory figure started absorbing the spirit Qi that Lin Wu had given and started to materialize. About five minutes passed before a replica of Lin Wu appeared in front of him. At the same moment, Lin Wu also felt a sharp pain in his head.
Then he felt as if he was falling inside his mind and then suddenly stopped. When he opened his eyes though, he found himself with two points of view.
"So this is what it feels like to have two bodies, huh?"
"So this is what it feels like to have two bodies, huh?"
Both the bodies spoke at the same time, which surprised Lin Wu a bit.
'I'll need to fix this…' he thought before closing his eyes.
He focused on his consciousness and tried to see if he could create a filter of some kind between them. It took him a couple of tries, but he finally figured it out.
~phew~
"That was something… at least I won't keep on repeating the same thing twice when I speak. It would be quite awkward if I randomly speak while in the spear form and people hear it." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~Ding~
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AVATAR CREATION: Completed
HOST DATA UPDATED: Added new section: Avatar data
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"Alright, let's check how it looks like." Lin Wu said before bringing up the avatar data window.
~Ding~
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AVATAR DATA:
AVATAR CULTIVATION: Early Stage of the Core Condensation Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/6000] units (liquid spirit qi)
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
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)
BEAST CORES: 1. Fully Condensed(Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm)
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The Avatar data was less than the host data and there were a few things that had shocked Lin Wu. Considering the amount of spirit Qi the avatar had taken to be created, he ha expected it to be at the Early Stage of the Core devastation realm but what he had not was that the skills it had would be at the same level as him.
Another thing was the bloodline, for some reason it only had the Crimson Eyes Emera Worm Bloodline and not the unknown one.
"System, why does the avatar only have a single bloodline?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The unknown bloodline that the host has is not fully analyzed and thus cannot be replicated whereas the Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm Bloodline is manufactured by the system and thus can be reduplicate freely. The host can also choose to use the raw bloodline data to add more bloodlines to the avatar.
Some parts of the system are shared between the avatar and the host's main body, such as the spirit Qi storage, vital essence storage, and system energy storage along with the host's own skills. If the avatar obtains a new skill on its own, the skills will be gained by the main body as well.
The only difference is that the cultivation base of the avatar will be independent and whatever spirit Qi it acquires, 10% of it will be transferred to the host as well. The spirit Qi acquired by the avatar will always further its cultivation base.
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After reading the answer of the system, Lin Wu understood the finer nuances of having an avatar. It didn't really bother him and couldn't complain about it either, as the technique was rather impressive.
"Oh yeah, what about the distance? Is there a limit to the distance till which the avatar can operate?" Lin Wu questioned after thinking for a bit.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The range of operation will increase with the growth of the host and avatar's cultivation base. Currently, the avatar can operate normally as long as it is located in the same world as that of the host and will be able to transfer energies freely.
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"Damn… that is rather impressive. I'm already having so many ideas… hehehe." Lin Wu chuckled.
Now that this was done, Lin Wu needed to quickly return to Shirong's side.
"Teleport me to the top level of the tomb." Lin Wu ordered.
~shua~
He disappeared from the hall and appeared at the top level of the tomb. There he left from the top and saw the two beasts who were still flying around the opening.
Lin Wu checked for the function to control the barrier and widened the opening.
"Hey, you two come down here!" Lin Wu ordered through his link.
The two beasts were surprised upon suddenly hearing the voice of their master in their heads, but then felt happy as this meant that he had survived.
"MASTER! You are alive." The Sparrow beast said.
"Yes, I am. But I don't have time to talk much. I'll be going some place else but I now own this tomb now and can control everything. You two can stay here for the time being and investigate more about the five rulers of the forest.
If I need you, I will call for you." Lin Wu explained.
The two beasts had some questions in their mind such as what did Lin Wu get from the tomb and how did he gain control of it. Another one was, where was he going. They wanted to ask them but knew better to do that now, after hearing the urgency in the voice of their master.
"We shall do as you order, master." The two beasts spoke in unison.
"Good, see you later." Lin Wu said before disappearing in a flash of light.
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