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Lin Wu had been in the form of an armor the entire time, hidden underneath Shirong's robes and thus no one had seen him. But now that Shirong was attacking, he instinctively attacked using the Immortal Crystal Armament.
But instead of turning into a weapon completely, Lin Wu did something else. He dementedness over Shirong's right hand and formed a gauntlet. The gantlet was covered in thin plates of crystal that slid over each other and at the knuckles, barbs were present.
It was these barbs that were glowing with the green light when Shirong punched.
'Immortal Crystal Armament: Gauntlet Form!'
Lin Wu released concentrated radiation from the barbs along with Shirong's Immortal Sky Shaker art's wind attribute spirit Qi.
~DENG~
A loud sound was heard as Shirong's fist met the barrier's first layer.
~crack~crack~crack~crack~
Then in an instant, four layers were instantly destroyed. The people watched on in shock as even Clan Head Lu was unable to do the same. He could have done it if he used more of his strength but it would have also harmed the juniors around him.
But now Shirong had somehow accomplished the same without much problem. Clan Head Lu could also sense the Wind attribute Spirit Qi coming from Shirong and thus thought of this to be part of his clan's techniques and did not doubt him.
Elder Pei was horrified at this and spat out more blood to speed up the activation of the Teleportation talisman. This was the same kind of teleportation talisman that Shirong had sacrificed to hide the truth from everyone.
Shirong knew that if she successfully activated the talisman, tracking her would become extremely difficult. The talisman would be able to teleport her to any place within 10,000 kilometers.
Also, right now she was using her essence blood to speed up the process of activation, who knows if she had another one of those teleportation talismans and if she would use it after escaping from here.
If she did, then she would more 20,000 kilometers away from here, which would make it difficult for even his clan to find her. Perhaps only someone well versed in the Spatial Dao might be able to figure out where she went.
But from what Shirong knew, there were less than three experts like these and none of them was someone who could be easily convinced.
Once Shirong had seen the teleportation formation and the defensive barriers, he knew Elder Pei was being supported by someone big and that this was a conspiracy against him and perhaps even the entire Ji Clan.
He knew of the enemies of the Ji clan and wondered which one of them would be so gutsy to act like this in their territory.
Shirong's eyes glared at the woman as the Teleportation formation activated. Her body started blurring and she would be gone any moment now. Shirong originally wanted to capture and interrogate her, but now he wondered if it was even worth letting her live.
He gritted his teeth and exerted more of his strength, destroying the last of the barrier.
~Crack~
But still, this was already enough to delay him long enough that Elder Pei had already teleported halfway through.
While this was happening, Lin Wu was thinking about the situation too. He could sense Shirong's frustration at being unable to stop elder Pei. Lin Wu thought about it for a bit before making up his mind.
"Hehe, I'll just get to see more entertainment if I do this…" Lin Wu said to himself.
Just as Shirong had given up on stopping Elder Pei, he felt a drain on his spirit Qi.
~Shua~
~Zoom~
A streak of green light was released from his fist and hit Elder Pei. He did not know how it happened or why, but when the light died down, elder Pei was still there standing. The teleportation had been stopped, but the difference was there was now a long spike pierced through elder Pei's forehead. The spike was attached to nothing but the gauntlet on Shirong's hand.
"What the…" Shirong muttered to himself.
~shing~
The spike receded into the gauntlet, and it was as if it never existed to begin with. The others looked on in disbelief as the dead body of Elder Pei slumped to the ground.
Shirong quickly looked around and saw the while they were shocked by the dead woman they either didn't see the spike or they didn't care.
"ELDER PEI!" some of the disciples shouted in horror.
They couldn't understand the situation as it had all happed so quickly and were left in a daze. The rest of the elders were able to regain their wits after a couple of seconds, but clan head Lu was the first to come forward.
"Seal the perimeters! Take the disciples away, I do not want a single person speaking about this!" Clan Head Lu ordered.
"YES, CLAN HEAD!" The elders responded.
The guards were summoned, and the students were corralled into their quarters. The elders assured them that they would be fine as long as they do not do anything stupid. The students quickly accepted this and knew they were in something deep that was beyond their capabilities.
Shirong meanwhile was standing beside the corpse of the dead elder and scanning it with his spirit sense. Clan head Lu approached him and stood silently. Shirong found a few things of interest on her body and furrowed his brows.
He took the spatial storage treasure from the dead elder and checked it quickly, finding some things that were not good.
"Take a look," Shirong said handing the spatial storage treasure, which was in the form of a bangle to clan head Lu.
Clan Head Lu closed his eyes and took a look inside the bangle. He took a few minutes before opening his eyes as a serious expression appeared on his face.
~Sigh~
"Seems like your conjecture was right… elder Pei was truly a traitor… not only to you but also the clan." Clan Head Lu said.
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Clan Head Lu sighed again before withdrawing a few documents from the bangle.
"This is why the clan has been losing business in the past few months… she has been leaking our trade invoices. Even the prices that we set competitively were revealed beforehand which let out competitors get an advantage and price it just below ours." Clan head Lu said.
The other elders heard it clearly, and their faces fell. They knew that while the clan was fine despite the losses as it had only been a few months, this situation could have gotten quite bad had this not been found out quickly.
Clan Head Lu looked at Shirong for a bit before speaking.
"I couldn't see anything that showed her backer though. Does young master have any idea?" Clan Head Lu asked.
Shirong had seen the contents of the ring and knew that there were only a few things that incriminated Elder Pei for betraying the Lu Clan, but there wasn't anything specific that could point to her backer.
His gaze went to the cracked teleportation talisman that was lying beside her, and he picked it up. He probed the talisman, but couldn't figure out much from it. Most of the formations had been destroyed after its use, and the rest of them were now fading away as well.
It wouldn't be long before the talisman would only become an unless piece of metal.
"I can't tell which formation master made this talisman. The main formations are already destroyed and the runes cannot be deciphered now." Shirong said.
"Is that so… that's a shame. But fear not! The Lu clan will get to the bottom of this, I promise you." Clan Head Lu stated.
Shirong nodded his head in acknowledgment and was about to turn to leave when he suddenly felt something coming from the Immortal Crystal armament. It was some information, and it was coming through the connection he had with the immortal weapon.
His vision went blank for a bit before some unknown memories played in front of his eyes. For him, it was as if an hour had passed, but only a couple of seconds had passed in the real life.
Shirong's vision returned, and he looked at the Immortal Crystal Armament with a complex expression.
"So you are willing to help me like this too… almost as if you can read my mind…" Shirong muttered to himself.
"I know who's behind Elder Pei." Shirong suddenly said.
"You do?" Clan Head asked for confirmation.
He didn't know how Shirong suddenly knew more about it but he didn't show his doubt here.
"Yes… I was able to recall certain clues that link them." Shirong made up an excuse.
"Alright, we shall discuss this in some place more private." Clan Head Lu suggested.
Shirong nodded, and the two of them went to the mansion. The elders were instructed to take care of the situation for now and also to make changes to their trade practices imminently since they had found out about them being leaked.
Shirong and Clan Head Lu sat at a table and the old man asked him to speak.
"I used a soul searching technique on her," Shirong spoke.
"WHAT!" Clan head Lu shouted in shock.
"Young master, that is a forbidden technique!" Clan head Lu warned.
"I know… but the one who makes the rules can also bend them. Don't be so naïve clan head Lu, you know it does not matter to us." Shirong said.
Clan Head Lu went silent and nodded his head as he realized that it was fine as long as no one else found out. There were far too many factors that played into this and they needed to be careful.
"Young master, what kind of a soul searching skill did you use? I didn't see you using it." Clan Head Lu asked feeling a bit confused.
"At first I wasn't sure that the skill would work, and I didn't get the information straightaway. Seems like using it on dead people is not effective and thus I didn't get it properly." Shirong lied.
"I see… that does make sense. Well, what did you find out?" Clan Head Lu replied.
"The one behind Elder Pei is minister Du Yang." Shirong revealed.
"Minister Du Yang? Of the Royal Court?" Clan Head Lu asked for confirmation.
"Yes him. It seems like he has a particular interest in your clan's workings. I could not find out why as there were no memories related to that in Elder Pei's memories." Shirong answered.
"This complicates it now… why would a minister of the royal court take interest in our workings? And why would he dare to slight you, Young master?" Clan Head Lu questioned.
"That's where the intriguing part is. They were not intending to particularly harm me, you see. They were spying on me to find out more about me so that the Minister could take advantage of it later on.
They have been informed that I will be visiting the capital soon and they will need to host me. Of course, they wouldn't let go of this chance to curry favor with my clan." Shirong said with a chuckle.
"So the only reason why Elder Pei was running away was because of my clan?" Clan Head Lu wondered.
"No, I doubt that. Even minister Du Yang would not give a teleportation formation like that to anyone willy nilly. Like I said the soul searching method is not fully accurate and the information is likely to be incomplete.
I suggest you do an investigation of your own and verify it. I'll inform my clan of this too and we'll see what happens." Shirong replied.
"I understand." Clan Head Lu said.
"I'll wait till the tribulation platform is completed then," Shirong said and left the hall.
After Shirong left the hall, a pissed-off expression appeared on his face.
"So even my brothers wish to battle for the position of the Heir, huh? Well… since you all want to do it this way, I'll gladly oblige." Shirong said, recalling the information that he had not told to clan head Lu.
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Shirong did not want to necessarily tell the other people about the conflict in his clan. After all, it was not good to wash out dirty linens in the public. Even if his siblings and he had a conflict, it had to be kept in the clan.
But now that they had started attacks like this which were leaning on the side of open, Shirong was desiring to strike back in the same manner.
He walked back to his courtyard silently, his face calm and not a single wave of emotion could be seen on it. But on the inside, a sea of fury was roiling and a storm of malice was forming.
Lin Wu on the other hand, also thinking about the memories he had obtained from Elder Pei. When he had killed her, his aim was nothing but to get the memories. He knew that even if they captured her alive, there was a chance she won't answer anything and just kill herself.
If she did that he would still have a chance to get the memories, but it would be hard to do that openly. Another thing was that she was close to excavating by teleporting, thus he had no choice but to do this.
Lin Wu learned what was actually happening from her memories.
'So this Minister Du Yang is being ordered by some of Shirong's brothers huh… not one but three of them, they formed an alliance and the eldest one of them is going to be the heir if they succeed while the other two get high positions.
The thing that Elder Pei did with the Lu Clan, stealing the documents and trade secrets, was something that was done out of greed, rather than as the main aim. Even Minister Du Yang wanted a cut of the cake and thus prodded her on to do it even more.' Lin Wu thought.
Shirong reached his courtyard and sat down to cultivate for a bit. He stopped when the food arrived and he ate it with gusto. One could see that his body was faintly growing in size as he ate the food. Even Lin Wu saw it and figured that he should be back to his normal condition after a week or so.
Shirong had already transformed Lin Wu, who was in the form of an armor back to the spear form and kept it to the side. Seeing that there wasn't going to be much done here, Lin Wu initiated cultivating in his main body and moved his consciousness to the avatar.
~huu~
Lin Wu let out a breath as he felt the difference in power.
~Ding~
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AVATAR CULTIVATION: Late Stage of the Core Condensation Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [10000/24000] units (liquid spirit qi)
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"So it has already reached the same level as my main body… need to upgrade my main body to let it proceed ahead." Lin Wu said to himself.
His aim was to have both the bodies at a similar stage so that whenever he had a problem, there would be a greater chance for him to solve him. He was now going to do something which he had been planning for since the start.
Lin Wu wanted to switch the main body with the avatar. That way Shirong would have his avatar as the spear while he would be free to cultivate here on his own. He didn't do it straight away though, he wanted to verify that everything was fine in the other places with his subordinates and servants so that he wouldn't be disturbed.
He scrolled through the screens and found the two bird beasts eating some beast corpses. They had made a nest at the top of the tomb and it was quite large too. Because no one dared to come near the tomb, the two were having a lot of fun.
They had become the overlord of the area in the past few days, and any beast that dared to come close was killed and eaten by them. Overall, they were enjoying their life more than ever.
"Should I give them some orders? Is it bad just leaving them like this?" Lin Wu wondered.
"Hmm… yes let's send them on some work. They will get fat like this… Hehe." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~ahem~ahem~
Lin Wu cleared his thorough and took a deep breath.
"YOU TWO COME HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT!" Lin Wu shouted in their minds.
~thud~
~flinch~
The two beasts were startled by the sudden shouting and became scared.
"YES MASTER! WE'RE COMING!" The two of the said before hurriedly coming to the top entrance of the cave.
As soon as they landed on the floor, they were teleported into an inner hall. Lin Wu had set it up this way to let them come whenever they needed, just in case someone attacked the tomb.
"Eh-when did you return, master?" The Sparrow beast questioned.
"That is not important. What's important is you two have been slacking. Now go and search for resources for me while also checking the situation in the area." Lin Wu ordered.
"Ye-yes master!" The two bird beasts replied before flying away.
"Now this feels better somehow…" Lin Wu said to himself after the two beasts were set to work.
Lin Wu didn't necessarily want the resources for himself, but rather for the organization he would be creating. He knew that for an organization to be strong, it needed strong members. And for that, they would definitely need a ton of resources.
After all, the reason why everyone wanted to join cultivation sects was because of resources.
While Lin Wu could help them with his own abilities, there was still a limit to it and when their numbers increased, it simply wouldn't be possible for him to do the same for everyone. Thus he thought that it would be best if he started the gathering of resources from the very start.
A plan formed in Lin Mu's mind as the Millennium forest became the base of his operations that supplied him with countless resources.
"MUHAHAHAHA!"
Lin Wu had finished checking up the conditions of all his subordinates. The mole beast and beetle beast were doing what they had been instructed to and Wang Xiong was still traveling back to his sect.
There were close to it now and would reach it in a couple of days at the very latest. Lin Wu had instructed him to find some loyal allies in the sect that were talented so that they could be recruited as well.
If they were found to be worthy, he would even give them the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial. With all that completed, Lin Wu began for his upgrade.
"Alright, system switch my main body with the avatar." Lin Wu ordered.
He had already transformed his avatar into the form of a spear and checked that Shirong was busy cultivating too.
~Ding~
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CHECKING PARAMETERS: Parameters verified
LOCKING COORDINATES: Link established
ACTIVATING TELEPORTATION FORMATION: 2000 Units of spirit Qi consumed (liquid spirit Qi)
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A light glowed around Lin Wu and a few runes appeared and his avatar disappeared in a flash while his main body appeared in its place.
Back at the courtyard, Shirong was startled awake by a sudden increase in the spirit Qi fluctuations in the area.
"What?" Shirong said in an alert voice and looked around.
His spirit sense spread around and didn't find anything. His gaze then went to the spear that was beside him. He looked at it carefully but didn't find anything different with it.
"Strange…" He muttered before going back to cultivating.
'Hmm… need to do something about those spirit Qi fluctuations. Won't be good if people find out whenever I appear somewhere.' Lin Wu thought.
Lin Wu moved his mind to his main body and looked at the spirit Qi that he had currently.
~ding~
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HOST CULTIVATION: Late Stage of the Core Condensation Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/24000] units (liquid spirit qi)
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 2,115,805 units [liquid spirit qi]
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"Hmm… how much spirit Qi more is needed for the tribulation attenuation formation, system?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: 56000 units more of liquid spirit Qi is required for the Tribulation attenuation formation to be activated.
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"Alright, that is tolerable. I can use my own after I finish upgrading to the peak stage." Lin Wu spoke.
"System, upgrade my cultivation to the next stage." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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UPGRADING CULTIVATION BASE: Late stage of the core condensation realm - Peak stage of the core condensation realm
SPIRIT QI CONSUMED: 24000 Units [liquid spirit Qi]
UPGRADE COMPLETED: Host has reached the Peak stage of the core condensation realm
HOST CULTIVATION: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/48,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 2,088,207 units [liquid spirit qi]
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Waves of spirit Qi fluctuations came from Lin Wu's body as his aura started increasing more and more. Soon it broke through and he reached the peak stage of the core condensation realm.
~huu~
"Everything seems to be alright in my body… no instability." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He could feel the power thrumming within him and knew that this was but just the start.
"Alright, system start the upgrade to the Nascent Soul realm!" Lin Wu ordered with determination.
As soon as he did, his body went still. No spirit Qi fluctuation could be felt coming from it and it was as if he had become dead. Lin Wu couldn't move his body and could only think.
'What is this now? Did the system paralyze me or something?' Lin Wu wondered.
It didn't take long before the cold mechanical voice of the system was heard again.
~Ding~
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CHECKING HOST VITALS: Vitals stable
EXTRAPOLATING DATA: Data banks updated
INITIATING UPGRADE: Peak Stage of the Core condensation realm - Infant Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
SPIRIT QI CONSUMED: 48,000 units [liquid spirit Qi]
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~WENG~
A humming sound was heard as Lin Wu's body started floating in the air. It instantly grew to its full size and kept on growing to beyond that. Lin Wu felt pain during this but held on.
Within his body, the Dantian was expanding too. His core on the other hand was spinning at great speed creating a vortex of Spirit Qi around him. The spirit Qi was getting sucked into it and was supplementing him.
Lin Wu's body kept on growing till he reached a length of two hundred meters. The thickness of his body had reached a massive two meters, and he was now a giant. More and more crystal spikes raised from his body along the spine.
Outside the tomb, dark clouds had already started to gather and winds were whipping around. The beasts in the millennium forest became anxious and an uproar began.
At the Dark Bloom caverns, the Twin Lights Liger King was raging.
"WHO! WHO IS IT THIS TIME!" He roared in anger.
He didn't want more beasts to compete for the positions of the ruler now. He was already threatened by the Demon Spine ape as it had a greater potential than him. He himself had reached a bottleneck and was having a hard time progressing any further.
He knew that eventually he may be able to break through, but perhaps by that time, the Demon Spine Ape Might have already caught up with him. This is what he was fearing.
A similar reaction was shown by the Olive viper King, and it was furious too. His subordinates dared not come close to him and stayed out of his nest. The beetle king and the slim arm ape on the other hand were calm.
The demon spine ape had flames of battle burning in his eyes.
"Looks like I will have some good competition now… AHAHAHA!" he shouted.
The slim arm ape looked at his son's reaction and sighed.
"At least wait and watch who it is. Know your opponent before you fight them, lest you lose your life." The Slim Arm ape advised.
"I understand, father…"
The tribulation clouds had already gathered and were now stirring up lightning within them.
Back in the hall, Lin Wu was still floating in the air but now there were multiple runes forming around him. These were new runes and were arranging themselves into a formation.
~Ding~
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TRIBULATION ATTENUATION FORMATION: Activated
CHARGING: 56,000 Units of spirit Qi consumed [liquid spirit Qi]
CHARGE COMPLETE: Initializing process
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Suddenly Lin Wu disappeared from the hall and appeared on top of the tomb. There, the ground had started to shift and large stone tiles were rising from the floor. They arranged themselves into a large platform before runes appeared on them too.
The runes that were floating around Lin Wu merged with the runes on the floor completing the formation.
~Ding~
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INITIALIZATION COMPLETE: Awaiting tribulation lightning
HOST VITALS: Stable
COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: All active computational A.I.'s reassigned to the current scenario
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~Shua~
Suddenly six pillars rose from around Lin Wu. The pillars were made of ethereal energy and if one looked closer, one could see some obscure characters written on them. Beams of energy rose from them and linked to each other, forming a circle.
The circle extended downwards, forming a dome around Lin Wu. The dome slowly became denser and denser as it became saturated with runes.
Lin Wu was still not in the control of his body and could only watch on. He was feeling relatively fine in the physical sense, but mentally he was anxious. He looked up at the dark sky and saw that the clouds were far more widespread than he had seen during the time with the Demon Spine Ape.
"Damn… this is gonna hurt like hell, isn't it?" Lin Wu muttered to himself, gaining a bit of control back.
'Oh, that's a good sign, I can speak at least.' Lin Wu thought.
He could feel a mixture of energies from the cloud. He switched to his radiation perception and found there to be blue energy hiding in the clouds. Along with the blue energy, he could feel something embedded in it.
Lin Wu couldn't tell what, but it appeared to be transparent to his perception. The only reason he was able to see it was because the blue energy was highlighting it and formed an outline for it.
It was the same as how you would be able to see a drop of water floating in a vat of oil. But along with this Lin Wu suddenly heard an unexpected notification.
~Ding~
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CONDITIONS SATISFIED: Incomplete core is upgrading
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The vortex of spirit Qi that was spinning around Lin Wu became even more intense and was close to a cyclone now. Inside Lin Wu's body, the incomplete core which corresponded to the unknown bloodline he had was rapidly progressing. The core was completely black in color and was originally a hemisphere.
But now it absorbed the spirit of Qi and grew to a full sphere. From there it kept on expanding until it reached the same size as Lin Wu's main core. But as soon as the second core reached its peak size, a change in the tribulation clouds could be seen.
The clouds flickered, as if they were confused for a moment. Then, the lightning in them intensified and the streaks could be seen tearing through the misty curtains. Lin Wu observed them again and discovered that the amount of that unknown energy had increased.
Before if it was 1% of the entire energy of the lightning, now it was about 3%. He didn't know if this was a bad change or a good change, but he was leaning on the side of luck.
"Thankfully, I activated the tribulation attenuation formation to be cautious. Or I likely would have had a hard time doing it on my own." Lin Wu said to himself.
Lin Wu had the confidence of bearing the tribulation on his own if it was going to be normal, but this unexpected change was not something he wanted to take chances with.
A few seconds after the second core reached its limit, more notifications popped up.
~Ding~
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CONDITIONS SATISFIED: Upgrade possible for innate skill- Radiation Manipulation
UPGRADING INNATE SKILL GRADE: Radiation Manipulation (Grade: Minor - Lesser)
INNATE SKILL UPGRADE: The skill description has been updated
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Innate skill: Radiation Manipulation
Skill grade: Lesser
Proficiency: Novice
Description: The skill Radiation manipulation allows the host to control and manipulate radiation. The host can control radioactive particles to influence other objects and items. The host can use it to heat up objects, corrode, and make them decay.
The host can also sense the ambient radiation in the environment and perceive it.
The Current types of radiation that can be manipulated are: Thermal radiation and Electrical radiation
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The grade of the innate skill had been upgraded, but its proficiency had fallen by two levels. Still, Lin Wu was pleased with this as he read the description of the skill. He knew that the description didn't give full details about what the skill could do as he had discovered more applications on it.
He reckoned that this was likely due to the lack of data from the system. He knew that the system wasn't made to deal with cultivation and it was still adapting to it. There were unknown things that influenced it which would need to be analyzed as they went on.
One of the things that was still a bit difficult to understand was the interaction of spirit Qi and radiation. Lin Wu didn't know who or how it opposed each other. Radiation naturally existed in the world but was in harmony with the spirit Qi usually. But when Lin Wu tried to control it, its properties would become restrictive towards spirit Qi instead.
"Wait, electricity manipulation… can I?" Lin Wu muttered to himself as his eyes glowed in anticipation.
He activated his newly upgraded skill and focused on the tribulation clouds above him. He sensed the energy within it, but found it to be inaccessible. It was as if a heavy anchor was attached to the energy and he couldn't influence it.
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~Sigh~
"Seems like my plan fell flat before it even started…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
'Just gotta endure the tribulation then.' He thought.
~Rumble~
The lightning gathered together before condensing into a bolt that was as wide as a bowl. It gathered right on top of Lin Wu before falling.
~BOOM~
But before the lightning bolt could hit Lin Wu, it was blocked by the tribulation accentuation formation instead. The six pillars absorbed this lightning and glowed with a white light before launching smaller lightning bolts towards Lin Wu.
They were six in number and had the thickness of a pinky finger. They entered Lin Wu's body and made it glow again. His translucent emerald green body now had streaks of white lightning flowing through it.
"Ooo! This isn't that bad… it tingles," Lin Wu said.
He actually liked the feeling of the lightning passing through his body and it was as if he was getting one of those electrical deep tissue massages. The lightning that had entered his body eventually reached his first core and hit its surface.
"Ouch! Now that hurts." Lin Wu said.
He looked back up at the clouds and saw that more bolts were condensing in it. It was evident the process was far from complete. Lin Wu had guessed that he will get at least three lightning bolts since his bloodline was at least comparable or even above the Demon spine ape.
He didn't have to wait for long as the lightning bolt was finally condensed. This time it was slightly wider than a bowl and the color was intense as well.
~RUMBLE~
~BOOM~
The lightning bolt fell and struck the tribulation formation again. The pillars absorbed it again and converted it into smaller bolts. They shot into Lin Wu's body again but this time they didn't feel as gentle as before.
"Damn! This one hurt." Lin Wu cursed.
He braced himself and watched as the third bolt of tribulation lightning condensed in the sky. This one was as wide as two bowls, and the purple outline was deeper than before. It roiled in the clouds for a bit before finally falling.
~KABOOM~
The tribulation attenuation formation shook with this bolt but was able to hold on. The six pillars converted the bolt into smaller ones, but this time they were the thickness of thumbs.
"ARGH!" Lin Wu cried in pain as the lightning bolts assaulted his body.
~Crack~
A crack appeared on his first core and that sent a stabbing pain through his body.
~huu~huu~huu~
Lin Wu took labored breaths as he held on for the next bolt. While he was doing this, the rulers of the millennium forest were going crazy.
"THREE BOLTS AND IT IS STILL NOT STOPPING! We cannot let this happen! We will need to attack whoever it is as soon as the tribulation passes." The Twin lights liger king said.
The olive viper king on the other hand, stopped raging. It was not because he was tired, but because he sensed something familiar.
"That aura… it is similar to me… but who?" It wondered.
The slim arm ape meanwhile had a serious expression on his face.
"You will need to be careful, my son. This is no normal beast at this point, his bloodline may be the strongest I've ever seen or heard of." The slim arm spoke.
The Demon spine ape heard his father's words but did not respond. He nodded his head and looked towards the sky.
"That place… isn't that the forbidden tomb?" The demon spine ape suddenly said.
"Hmm… now that I think of it. That should indeed be the tomb, but this does not make sense. Why would there be tribulation lightning falling there, unless…" The slim arm ape muttered as realization dawned in his eyes.
Far up in the sky, another layer of clouds were gathering above the tribulation clouds. If one looked from afar they would look like two mushrooms stacked on top of each other.
Lin Wu was observing the sky with his radiation perception and knew there was now more danger incoming. The second layer of the clouds had increased the density of the energy once more.
Both layers of the clouds rumbled and lightning spread between them. The purple color looked threatening, and it was as if they would tear apart whatever came in front of them.
~BOOM~
~BOOM~
This time two lightning bolts descended together and hit the tribulation attenuation formation. The formation was able to bear them but this time the pillars seem to be struggling to convert them fully.
Six smaller lightning bolts were shot from the pillar, and another bolt descended directly from the top of the formation. It was evident that two bolts were beyond the current capabilities of the formation.
Lin Wu knew he was operating the formation at its most basic level. He would have used a higher level of course, but that was simply not possible. Even if he supplied all of the spirit Qi on his own, it would not be enough to do it.
Without a main power source, the later levels of the formation were unable to be activated. He could only make do with the current level.
"AAAAH!" Lin Wu cried out in pain as the lightning traveled through his body.
If he could, he would have spit blood at this point.
~Crack~
The lightning bolts cracked his first core even more and this time affected his second core as well. There were no cracks on the second one but it was shaken.
The tribulation clouds though, showed no signs of stopping and were already prepared for another round.
~BOOM~
~BOOM~
Two more bolts fell and hit the formation. The formation did its best, but Lin Wu was still hurt by them.
~Crack~
~Crack~
The first core was now covered in cracks while the second core had a single crack appear on it.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! What the hell! How do I continue like this!" Lin Wu cursed as he started to think of more solutions.
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Lin Wu had known that the heavenly tribulation lightning was needed to make the core transform into a Nascent Soul. The cracks appearing on it were like an egg hatching, but there was also a danger, of course.
If proper care was not taken or if a problem happened, the core would just shatter and the cultivator would die. It would have been fine if he had one core as the tribulation would have likely stopped at this point, but now that he had two it was not gonna stop till both of them had completed the process.
The thing that was problematic was that even if the second core was not completely cracked, and needed more time. This was also gonna affect the core that was already cracked. If it was affected more, Lin Wu feared that it may be destroyed.
He watched with fear as two more lightning bolts formed in the clouds.
"Dammit! This may really kill me… come on think! There should be something I can do…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~Rumble~
Lin Wu closely observed the bolts as they fell and braced for impact.
"ARGH!" He yelled in pain but his eyes shone as he realized something.
"IT CAN BE DONE! The clouds are the reason why it looked so difficult." Lin Wu said out loud.
Lin Wu had been observing the lightning blots with his full focus and realized that after they left the tribulation clouds, they didn't seem uncontrollable. Previously, he felt like they were heavy, like an anchor was attached to them.
But the moment they left the Tribulation clouds, the lightning bolts became freed. Using his radiation perception, he could feel the power contained in it.
"I just need to do it at the right moment… but the time frame is too small." Lin Wu said as he grasped the time between the bolts of lightning leaving the clouds and striking the formation.
The time span was very small, less than a second. But he had to do it to ensure his survival. Lin Wu looked at the Tribulation attenuation formation and saw that its six pillars had gotten dimmer.
"Seems like even the Tribulation attenuation formation is at its limit…" he muttered to himself.
A staunch expression appeared on his face as he looked at the tribulation clouds. His body glowed as waves of spirit Qi arose from his body. This time they were not because of the breakthrough but because of his own self.
~Rumble~
The streaks of lightning condescend in the tribulation clouds and their amount was much greater this time.
"Three bolts? COME ON!" Lin Wu said with determination.
~Rumble~
~Crack~
The three bolts fell, two of them together, and the third one lagging behind a little bit. Lin Wu exerted a hundred percent of his power and focused on them, his innate skill radiation manipulation working at its maximum potential.
"HAAA!" Lin Wu shouted as two bolts of lightning hit him.
But then…
~KABOOM~
The moment the third bolt of lightning was about to hit the tribulation attenuation formation, it bent and struck the ground to the side, exploding it. The sound was louder than when the lightning hit him and it was as if an earthquake was happening.
~Crack~
Now Lin Wu's cores were completely covered in cracks. Both of them had been impacted and even the second one was 90% covered in cracks. The first one was teetering on the verge of shattering, but Lin Wu was able to divert the lightning at the last moment which had saved him.
~WHOOSH~
~Shua~
Harsh winds blew, and it was as if the tribulation clouds were angry. Another layer of tribulation clouds started forming over the two exiting layers. They now looked like three mushrooms stacked on top of each other.
But then a new change happens. The three clouds were connected by a tube that opened up like a mouth. The tube went from the bottom of the first layer all the way to the third layer.
The lightning bolts could be seen streaking inside it, chaining between the three layers. It was as if a dazzling white-purple net had been formed in that 'mouth'. The more it moved between the three cloud layers, the deeper its color got.
Lin Wu now knew that it was undergoing a qualitative change. With his radiation perception, he could tell the colorless part in it was getting more dense. Before it was at 3% but now it had reached 6%, doubling the previous amount.
A fierce look appeared in Lin Wu's eyes, as he knew this was the moment of reckoning. He would either succeed here or die trying. Finally, a couple of minutes later the lightning had changed its color and the center half of it was white in color while the outer half was purple in color.
There was now only a single bolt, and it was not even that thick. It was the mere thickness of a chopstick, yet there was a deadly power within it. Had there been anyone else here they would have fainted just from the oppressive pressure.
This time Lin Wu started using his skill from the very start before the lightning bolt had even left the tribulation cloud. He knew it was difficult, but he hoped to influence it, even if it was a mere fraction.
~Rumble~
The bolt looked like a mortal that had been propped up with many attachments. It was lined straight in the 'mouth' of the tribulation clouds and looked menacing. The attachments were nothing but smaller bolts of lightning holding it up.
The moment these small bolts retracted, the half purple half white thing bolt of tribulation lightning fell.
"BREAK FOR ME!!!!" Lin Wu yelled as his aura reached a peak.
The entire millennium forest shook from the power that resulted from the collision of Lin Wu's aura and the Tribulation's pressure. The beasts trembled in their places while the weaker ones directly fainted.
In multiple places on the Long continent, a few old people were deep in their mediation, but then they suddenly woke up.
"Three layered anomalous tribulation? An abomination has been born…"
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The moment the final bolt of tribulation lightning fell, it looked like a spear. Along with that, it was as if another spear was rising up in the sky, ready to meet the lighting spear. This spear was invisible and was coming from Lin Wu.
The invisible spear was formed from his innate skill Radiation manipulation's effect. The spear collided with the lightning bolt and a loud explosion was heard.
~KABOOM~
The tribulation lightning split into three parts. One part of it hit the pillars of the Tribulation attenuation formation, one of them directly hit Lin Wu not being blocked by the formation, while the last one struck some distance away from the formation splitting the rocky ground in two.
A fissure could now be seen going from one side of the hill to the other. It was deep and its edges were red hot.
Lin Wu bore the brunt of the lightning and held on barely. Both of his cores were now fully covered with cracks and a strange aura could be felt coming from them.
~huu~huu~huu~
Lin Wu took tired breaths as he reeled from the pain. His entire body was aching with menacing pain, and he could barely move. The tribulation clouds above him finally started fading and the top layer disappeared.
~Zoom~
Then in an instant, it was as if a tsunami of spirit Qi was released from Lin Wu. A storm started forming above him, in which the spirit Qi had gotten so dense that it was now visible to the naked eyes.
~Ding~
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TRIBULATION ATTENUATION FORMATION: Deactivating
DAMAGE DETECTED: Formation integrity at 4%
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~Shua~
The spirit Qi started pouring into Lin Wu's body and it started to heal at a great speed. The spirit Qi was from the atmosphere and was pure, due to being naturally condensed, it was rapidly absorbed.
The fine cracks that had appeared on the surface of his body also started to heal. Within Lin Wu's Dantian, a different scene could be seen. His Dantian was currently being bathed in copious amounts of spirit Qi and started to fill up.
After a minute or so, it was completely filled up and now the two cracked cores floated within it, like fish in water.
Then, a blinding light came from Lin Wu's first core from between the cracks.
~shatter~
The core finally shattered and from within it, a tiny infant appeared. The infant had a emerald green skin and its eyes were closed. Lin Wu observed this infant and found it to have similar features like him when he was human.
"Why is in the form of a human when I'm a worm now?" Lin Wu wondered.
And just as he said this, a smoky grey light came from his second core.
~Shatter~
The second core shattered as well, and another infant was born from it. Except this time, the infant's skin was black in color. This infant had the same features as Lin Wu too.
Lin Wu looked on as the two infants sat cross legged with their backs to each other while the spirit Qi in his Dantian flowed around them, slowly nourishing their bodies.
With this, the process was finally complete and Lin Wu had officially broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.
~Ding~
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UPGRADE COMPLETE: Host has reached Infant Stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Qi SKILL UPGRADED: Qi amplification (Lesser) (Proficiency: Novice) - Qi amplification (Great) (Proficiency: Novice)
HOST DATA UPDATED: Please check in the relevant window.
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The clouds in the sky dissipate completely, and the winds stopped as well. The spirit Qi storm was fully absorbed into Lin Wu's body as well, and silence descended in the forest.
Not a single beast dared to let out a cry, and everyone shivered in their place.
Then all of the beasts suddenly started prostrating in the direction of the tomb, as a bloodline aura spread from there. Lin Wu too found himself being transported back to the place where he had the bloodline battle with the five rulers of the forest.
They too appeared there, but this time they were much more reserved. Lin Wu could see the fear in their eyes, and they did not challenge him this time. But what Lin Wu didn't see was that there wasn't just him standing there. Along with him, an outline could be seen that was black in color.
He didn't spend much time in that place, as the bloodline of the five beasts lost before they even started. The place started dissolving and Lin Wu returned back to the real world. His body descended to the ground, making it shake due to his weight.
He looked around at the destruction that was caused and felt a chill going through his body.
"Heavens! I survived… ~phew~" Lin Wu exclaimed.
He looked through the systems logs and saw all the notification.
"System, show me the updated host data." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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HOST NAME: Lin Wu
AGE: 2 years, 7 months, 2 days
LIFESPAN: 1,000 years
HOST SPECIES: Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm
HOST CULTIVATION: Infant stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/1,500,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 1,006,405 units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 3,749,494 Units
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
2. Unknown (3)
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: Taiji Dual Unity Scripture
QI SKILLS: 1. Qi Amplification (Great) (Proficiency: Novice)
2. Unity Avatar Technique (Great) (Proficiency: Basic)
INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation (Lesser) (Proficiency: Novice)
2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser) (Proficiency: Expert)
3. Cellular Crystallization (great) (Proficiency: Intermediate)
INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate, Pink Women's underwear, Dagger
NASCENT SOULS: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (human soul)
2. Unknown bloodline (human soul)
VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 0 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 1,406,239 units
CURRENT SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 198 units/hour
RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:
1. Human
2. Unknown (3)
3. Hard Eared Limber Mice King
[Extend 61]
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As soon as Lin Wu saw the host data, he was in shock.
"HOLY SHI-"
There were far too many changes in the host data and Lin Wu needed some time to go through them. He had expected the decrease in the spirit Qi storage and system energy but the two Nascent Souls were completely unexpected.
His skills had also increased in proficiency and grade, which was something he liked a lot. Radiation manipulation was much more powerful than he had originally thought of. He now understood its true potential, as its grade would rise in the future too.
'If the skill allows me to manipulate any type of radiation, then its potential is nearly endless.' Lin Wu thought.
But when he saw the spirit Qi required to upgrade to the next stage, he was dumbstruck.
"One and a half million units? Goddamn! And it will only increase more as I upgrade it. No wonder they say it is hard to reach Nascent Soul ream and progress after that.
I can't even imagine who I would have done this had I not been with the system." Lin Wu said to himself.
Lin Wu finally got a sense of his cultivation and looked at his massive body.
"Oh my… no way Shirong's gonna hold me now is he…" Lin Wu muttered to leftism.
"System what's my current weight and length?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The host weighs 211,694.20 Kilograms and is 102.62 meters long.
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Lin Wu tried to recall his past memories and what he had studied and realized that a blue whale which was the biggest animal in his past world weighed about 200,000 Kilograms.
"Damn! I'm even bigger than a blue whale…" Lin Wu said with shock.
He looked at his appearance in the Host data and saw the minor changes in his body. His overall shape was the same as before, just that he had extra spikes on his back now and his segments were more in number.
Since Lin Wu could just change the number of the segments, he didn't really count them. Now he wanted to see how much could he shrink, he doubted it would be the same as before.
~Rumble~
He triggered the skill cellular manipulation and started shrinking his body. It was quite difficult for him, similar to how it was when he did it the first time. All the new body mass was hard to move all at once, and thus he had to figure it out again.
About five minutes were needed for Lin Wu before he reached a point after which he could not shrink.
"Welp… I'm still more than ten meters long. Seems like the avatar is gonna have to replace me as the spear from now. No wait… if it increases in cultivation too it will be heavier too wouldn't it? And what will happen if it reaches the Nascent Soul realm? Will it have another nascent soul or will it not?" Lin Wu wondered.
More and more questions arose his mind. He had originally thought that as he grew in cultivation, he would get more answered, but instead of that he only got questions.
It was similar to when he was a student. In the first couple of years in the University, he thought he knew a lot. But then by the time he reached the final year, he realized he knew jack shit.
He understood why his professors that had two doctorates and over thirty years of experience told him the more they study and research, the more they doubt themselves.
~Sigh~
"Seems like I'm gonna have to keep on doing the same as I have been till now… Wing it!"
But as he thought of winging it, another idea came to Lin Wu's mind.
"Speaking of wings… can I fly now? Nascent Soul realm cultivators can fly without spirit tools, right? Hmm… let's try." Lin Wu said to himself.
He willed himself to fly, but nothing happened. He then propped his tail like a coiled spring and pushed hard.
~DENG~
~THUD~
~Crack~
He reached a height of fifty meters in the sky from the jump before falling back to the ground and cracking it, creating a small crater.
"System, how am I supposed to fly?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: According to the system's analysis, Nascent Soul realm creatures use the ambient spirit Qi in the environment along with their own and make their bodies float.
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"Hmm… use my body's spirit Qi and the environment's spirit Qi…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He first tried to sense the spirit Qi in the air and did it rather effortlessly. Then he tried to see if he could control it and was able to do that too, as he had done so before. But then the problem raised when he tried to control a large amount of it.
Whenever he went beyond a certain limit, his control over the spirit Qi was lost and he had to start over.
"Seems like this is the disadvantage of progressing fast. I don't have enough experience and control." Lin Wu realized.
This also reminded him of the time when he was refining spirit sense for the first time and had a hard time.
It took Lin Wu a couple of hours before he was able to control a sufficient amount of spirit Qi in the air. The amount was enough to coat his entire body in it.
"Okay, I got this part. But how do I create lift now?" Lin Wu muttered to himself before thinking of more ideas.
He tried some of the ideas from his past life that were used to fly, like jets, propellers, and more complex things like magnets.
"That's it! Maybe I can create a repressive effect by pushing and pulling using the spirit Qi in my body and the air." Lin Wu had an epiphany.
Lin Wu controlled the spirit Qi in his body and made it move towards the upper direction while the spirit Qi in the air repelled his body. As soon as he did that, his body shook for a second before gently lifting up a few inches above the ground.
"OH YEAH!!!"
Lin Wu's body was hovering about a meter above the ground and he was now trying to move around. He followed the same method and slightly tilted the repulsive force to a diagonal angle.
~Crash~
As soon as he did that, his body uncontrollably shot towards a rock and smashed it to pieces.
"Uff… need more practice." Lin Wu said to himself.
And just like this, Lin Wu continued practicing for a while.
But while he was doing this, his servants were undergoing something else.
The mole beast was sprawled on the ground and writhing in pain.
"ARGH! What is this pain!" He cried.
There was a piercing headache in his head arising from the rhombus gem. It spread from there all the way to his core, making him tremble and shiver. This had started the moment Lin Wu broke through the Nascent Soul realm.
The other three servants of Lin Wu, the beetle beast, the sparrow beast, and the swan beast were in a similar condition.
The beetle beast was currently surrounded by a lot of other insect beasts, and they were all looking at her with concern.
"What is happening to junior sister? Why is she in pain?" One of the insect beasts questioned.
"I don't know one moment she was fine but then suddenly she was like this." Another insect beast said.
"Move aside!" A voice suddenly said from the back.
As soon as the insect beasts heard the voice, they knew who it was.
"Ancestor!" They recognized.
The beasts moved aside and let the large beetle king approach the beetle servant. She was still crying in pain and couldn't move much. The Split thorn horn beetle king placed his long horn over her body and closed his eyes.
A minute later he opened his eyes, which were now filled with shock.
"It can't be… how?" The beetle king muttered.
"What's wrong, my king?" one of the close aides of the beetle king questioned.
"Yes, what happed to junior sister?" Another insect beast asked.
"Her bloodline… it is mutating." The beetle king said.
"Mutating? Is it even possible?" A stick insect asked.
"But isn't she one of your descendants, my king? Did she perhaps have a parent that was different?" The aide of the beetle king questioned.
"I do not know. There are far too many descendants that I have. Since she was able to reach the Core condensation realm, she was eligible to follow under me. But now… I do not know." The beetle king answered.
"My king… could it be… due to the Heavenly tribulation that just occurred?" The aide asked.
The beetle king's eyes went wide, and he connected the dots.
~Crack~
And just as he did, a change occurred in the beetle servant beast. Her horn started cracking and the hard layer that was on it fell to the ground. The insect beasts watched in horror and thought that she was going to die.
But then suddenly a crystallizing growth appeared on the horn. It started at the base of the horn and went all the way to its tip. The crystalline part was was emerald green and shone with a pale light.
"This…" The beetle king recognized the faint aura that was now coming from his descendant.
A similar change occurred in the other three servant beasts of Lin Wu.
The mole beast's claws and teeth fell out and in their place emerald green crystal claws and teeth grew.
For the sparrow beast, its feathers fell out and new ones grew. These feathers had a green sheen and looked sharp if one looked from the side.
The swan beast had the most radical change, though. The rhombus gem in its forehead started growing and formed a helmet like layer over its head. The smalls feathers on its head all fell out and were now covered in a hard emerald green crystal.
Its beak grew a bit longer and also changed to become crystalline. Its legs grew crystalline scales and its talons became crystalline as well.
After these changes presented in the beasts, they all fell into a deep sleep. But if one looked at the spirit Qi around them, they would find that it was being absorbed by their bodies and their cultivation base was increasing slowly.
In a few hours, all of the servant beasts reached the mid stage of the core condensation realm.
Lin Wu was completely unaware of it and was on his nth attempt at flying when he got the notification from the system.
~Ding~
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CULTIVATION BASE INCREASE: (Early stage of core condensation realm - Mid stage of core condensation realm)
1.Deep Earth Millennium Mole
2. Split thorn horn beetle
3.Hook Winged Swan
4.High Wind Gale Sparrow
MUTATIONS DETECTED: All servant beasts have undergone mutations.
SERVANT DATA: Updated
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~Crash~
Lin Wu lost focus upon seeing the notification and crashed to the ground again.
"Huh? What the hell! How did all of them break through at the same time? And what's up with the mutations?" Lin Wu wondered.
Lin Wu opened the servant data and checked how they were now. He was surprised to see their appearances as all of them now had the same emerald green crystals like he had incorporated into their bodies in some or the other ways.
"Was this… caused by my breakthrough, system?" Lin Wu asked.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The gems that the host emended in the bodies of the servant beasts responded to the bloodline resonance that happened when the host broke through the Nascent Soul realm due to the connecting links between them and the host.
This affected their beast cores and oppressed their own bloodlines. This further resulted in their bloodlines forcefully adapting to the bloodline suppression by mutating.
The mutation led to an increase in their quality of bloodlines and thus triggered break thorough of their own causing them to directly reach the Mid stage of the Core condensation realm.
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"Huh, so their aptitudes increased because of me too now. Well, I guess it's just good for me then, I can use them for even more tasks." Lin Wu stated.
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