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The two ape kings looked at Lin Wu a tad bit awkwardly.
"So what is it that you wanted to talk to us about?" The Slim Arm Ape King questioned.
"Well, it was mainly two things. The first being that I will be acting against the Olive Viper King soon, probably in ten days. As soon as I get some things on my end ready. As for the second thing… it's about the Olive Viper King's recent inactivity." Lin Wu said before explaining all that he had seen and his talk with the Split Thorn Horn beetle king as well.
Twenty minutes later, Lin Wu was done speaking and the two ape kings had a serious expression.
"Hmm… we should get things ready on our end as well." The Slim Arm Ape king replied.
"My subordinates are always ready for a fight!" The Demon Spine ape said as a gush of hot steam came out of his nostrils.
"As for the Olive Viper King having a new mate and descendants… I think I may know the reason why. Certain beasts have restrictions on who they can mate with and most of the time it is obvious as they remain in their own species.
But sometimes, they reach a point where their own cultivation or something else restricts them from having offspring. I reckon his mutation must be the reason behind this, and his desire to have more offspring led him outside the millennium forest to find a mate.
Of course, the mate would also have to be strong enough to match his cultivation base, which made it impossible for him to find one in this forest." The Slim Arm ape answered.
"I see… though I doubt we would need to worry much about the lizard beast. From what I know about her species, as long as we don't harm her eggs, she won't do anything. She'll be fine even if we kill the Olive Viper king." Lin Wu spoke.
It was at this point, the Demon Spine Ape kin questioned, "but father, doesn't the forest have a restriction on the nascent soul beasts? We all should have felt it if the mate of the Olive Viper king entered the forest."
"Ah, about that. He has found a way to hide her spirit Qi fluctuations. This effectively makes her invisible to our senses. Only when you are close to her, would you be able to sense her, though seeing her is still normal." Lin Wu explained.
The two ape kings were once again surprised that something like this could be done.
"Hmm… seems like we do need to take the Olive Viper king a bit more seriously. If he has abilities like this then he may have even more." The Slim Arm Ape stated.
"You don't need to worry much about the Oliver Viper King himself, I can handle it on my own and will prevent him from causing too much damage, we don't want a repeat of the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle. All you need to do is to handle his subordinates that will definitely rampage when we attack them." Lin Wu suggested.
The Slim Arm ape king thought to himself and nodded his head.
"Plus, we will need to keep the Twin Lights Liger King at bay. If they decided to interfere, it will get problematic. Plus, we will need to keep all this secret as if he finds out that we are doing all this, he will take this as an attempt at a rebellion." The Slim Arm Ape king added.
"Exactly." Lin Wu said, not telling them that once the Olive Viper King was dealt with, Lin Wu himself would not have any problem dealing with the Twin Lights Liger King either.
'I'll have to either get him under me or kill him… there is no other way. This forest will be mine since I am the owner of the Taiji Celestial's tomb now.' Lin Wu thought to himself with determination.
With that done, Lin Wu talked a few more things with the two ape kings. It was only that he got to take a closer look at the demon spine ape king and the familiar aura he felt from him.
'It's definitely a derivative of the Dark element… but what is it? It has some similarities to the Shadow element but does not have the same corroding vibe to it.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
'System, have you completed the analysis?' Lin Wu asked in his mind.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The analysis has been completed. The elemental spirit qi found to be emanating from the Demon spine ape is another derivative of the Dark element, the Demonic Qi. The concentration of Demonic Qi is quite less in the Demon spine ape as of now, but all of his attacks should contain a fraction of it.
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'No wonder those flames were able to hurt me back then… they do contain the demonic Qi…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Demonic Qi was a type of Qi that was derived from the dark element and was combined with the traces of the Demon path Dao. This made it a very strong type of a Qi that most mortal elements could not stand against unless the user was very strong.
'The demon spine ape might be far stronger than the other beasts if he can use Demonic Qi. Though it doesn't seem like he has full control over it as of now. But as his cultivation base increases, I'm sure he will obtain some innate skills and learn how to use demonic Qi.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Having learned this, Lin Wu was nearly done with the meeting and thought that it was now time for him to leave.
"I'll take my leave for now. You already have the communication jade slip so you can contact me if needed." Lin Wu spoke.
"Oh, aren't you going to take some monkey beasts with you?" The Slim Arm Ape king questioned.
"Oh… I almost forgot.. Yeah, I may as well take a few if you can call them," Lin Wu answered.
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About five minutes later, a troop of monkeys was standing in front of the cave. They had been called here upon the orders of the Slim Arm Ape King and were now waiting for him to speak.
Some of them hung on the trees, some laid on the ground, some scratched their heads while some scratched their butts. Overall, they did all that was expected of monkeys.
"Today, I have called you for an opportunity. The Crimson Eyed Emerald worm would like to recruit a few of you all to work for him." The Slim Arm Ape king announced.
~eek~
Chattering among the monkey beasts could be heard as they were surprised. This was something that had never happened before, and they were wondering what they would be doing.
"What is it that he wants from us?" one of the smarter monkey beasts questioned.
"Why don't you tell them?" The Slim Arm ape king asked, Lin Wu.
"Alright." Lin Wu said before coming to the front.
"I want you all for doing more dexterous tasks that only you can do. It will involve taking care of spirit herbs, spirit fruits and many such things that only humans can do and of course, humanoid beasts like you as well.
Don't worry, I'll be compensating all that decide to join me. All that do so, will get the opportunity to mutate their bloodline and make it stronger, just the same as what a few others have been able to." Lin Wu stated.
~Eek~
The Monkey beasts broke out in chatter again as they discussed among's themselves. Watching all this, Lin Wu felt as if he was watching a bunch of students dissuading amongst themselves after a common announcement.
It kind of reminded him of his school days when there would be a big announcement and they would all then chat about it.
'Hmm… seems like as the intelligence of a creature increases, their behaviors start to become more and more similar…' Lin Wu noted.
After about two minutes of chatter, ten monkey beasts came forward.
"We are willing to come!" They said in unison.
"Alright, that is excellent." Lin Wu said with a smile.
He did a quick scan with his spirit sense and learned that all of these monkey beasts were at the Early stage of the core condensation realm. While it was something that was a bit low if they wanted to mutate normally, Lin Wu would have no problem if he controlled the mutation manually.
"Are you fine with this?" Lin Wu questioned the Slim Arm Ape King.
"Yes." The ape king replied.
"Alright… what would you like as compensation?" Lin Wu questioned.
"For now… nothing. Though in the future I would like your help if something comes up that I can't deal with." The Slim Arm Ape answered, surprising Lin Wu.
"If that's what you want, sure." Lin Wu replied, finding the request to be a bit underwhelming than expected.
To the Slim Arm Ape king, ten core condensation realm beasts leaving his control at once was somewhat of a loss. He didn't really have that many beasts under him that were at that stage, just a little over a hundred.
Lin Wu taking ten of them was the same as reducing ten percent of his overall manpower. Though he was pleased that none of the more stronger Core condensation realm beasts decide to leave.
Otherwise, he would have to bear the pain of them leaving and his base weakening.
"Alright then. All of you are to report to the forbidden tomb, which I'm sure everyone should know. That is the place I live in." Lin Wu informed just in case someone didn't know.
"Okay!" All of them said in unison.
Lin Wu nodded his head and then turned to the Slim Arm Ape King.
"I'll take my leave then. I'll contact you if something comes up and you can do the same." Lin Wu spoke.
"Farewell." The Slim Arm ape king and the Demon Spine Ape King said.
"Farewell," Lin Wu replied before taking flight and leaving the territory.
Once he was gone, the Demon Spine Ape king looked at his father with doubt in his eyes.
"Why did you not ask for any compensation right now, father?" The Demon Spine Ape King questioned.
"Oh, I did. The request I asked of him would be more than any material compensation he could give us right now. You've already seen his strength and bloodline. In the future, he will be quite strong and it won't be that long either.
With him being in our favor, we will be able to have a trump card of our own as well." The Slim Arm Ape king explained.
"I understand, father…" The demon Spike Ape King nodded his head.
The Slim Arm Ape king looked in the direction of the Taiji Celestial's tomb and then in the direction of the Twin Lights Liger King's territory.
~Sigh~
"Hopefully a situation like that never arrives…" The Slim Arm Ape King muttered to himself.
"Look! Master's back!" The Hook Winged Swan spotted Lin Wu who was flying in from the distance.
The High Wind Gale sparrow opened its eyes and confirmed that as well.
"He's back early. I thought he'd be gone longer…" he muttered to himself.
~thud~
Lin Wu landed at the top of the Tomb with a thud and took a look at the two bird beasts that were sitting in their nests. He gave them a simple look and entered the tomb.
~shua~
Runes appeared in the air and surrounded Lin Wu, before teleporting him away to the main hall of the Taiji Celestial's tomb.
"Ah~ Home sweet home…" Lin Wu said, feeling the high concentration of spirit Qi in the air.
~swoop~
A few monitoring windows flashed by before Lin Wu picked one of them to view.
"There it is." Lin Wu said upon seeing the monitor window in which the monkey beasts could be seen.
'Now to just wait for them to come here. I'll mutate them and give them the information needed to get them started on all the tasks..' Lin Wu thought to himself.
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Lin Wu had to wait for about three hours before the monkey beasts reached the Taiji Celestial's tomb. Even if it only took him just a few minutes to reach the territory of the Slim Arm ape king, it was not the same for these monkey beasts since they were only at the core condensation realm.
And Lin Wu had directly just flown over the forest to reach there quickly.
"Finally, they are here." Lin Wu said upon seeing the monkey beasts in the monitor screen window.
They were standing at the front of the entrance and looking around, confusedly. There were a couple of insect beasts that would come from time to time to put fruits in a pile, but right now there were none.
This was mostly because the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king had asked all insect beasts to gather so that they could prepare for the battle that was about to come soon. Lin Wu observed the monkey beasts and waited for them to step into the entrant of the tomb.
"System, teleport them into the third inner hall." Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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TELEPORTATION FORMATION: Activated.
TARGET SELECTED: Initiating teleportation.
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Runes suddenly appeared around the monkey beasts startling them a bit, but before they could do anything, the runes combined into the teleportation formation and took them all away, leaving behind nothing.
"Let's head there to meet them as well." Lin Wu said before disappearing into a flicker of light.
~shua~
In one of the many halls of the Taiji Celestial's tomb, a swirl of light appeared and from that Lin Wu's body materialized. There was a group of ten monkey beasts waiting there, looking around in confusion.
The white stone interiors of the Tomb were far different than what most beasts would usually see and thus they were quite intrigued. Monkeys were naturally curious animals, and it only became more amplified in the case of these monkey beasts that had become cultivators.
Their intelligence was almost the same as a human and their curiosity was also higher. Since they had not seen anything like this, they used various methods to learn what it was. They touched it, licked it, smelled it, and observed it closely.
Thus it was another shock to them when Lin Wu suddenly appeared out of thin air.
"EEK!" The monkey beasts shouted, due to being startled.
Lin Wu looked at the monkey beasts. Their specific name was actually Black Fur monkeys and they were the same kind of a monkey that Lin Wu had evolved before. The slim arm ape and these monkeys were actually quite different from each other.
After all, the slim arm ape wasn't actually a native of the millennium forest and was bought here by his master. Still, since he could be considered to be in the same category as these monkeys, they became his subordinates.
"Looks like you all are finding this place to be nice." Lin Wu spoke.
"It's different. We haven't seen a stone like this before." One of the Black Fur Monkeys said.
"Indeed. This place is perhaps the most important place in the entire Millennium forest." Lin Wu said, surprising the monkeys.
"The most important? But isn't that the central area of the forest? The Dark Bloom Caverns?" Another black fur monkey questioned.
"Even that place is linked to this tomb. Worry not, you will learn more as you spend time here. For now, we should get to work." Lin Wu replied.
"What do you want us to do?" they questioned.
"Well, there are many tasks that I want you to do, but first I think I should fulfill my promise and make you mutate." Lin Wu answered.
Hearing that they will get to mutate and grow stronger right away, they were all excited.
"Who wants to go first, then?" Lin Wu questioned.
And just as he asked this, the monkeys quickly arranged themselves into a single line.
"Oh? You guys were ready?" Lin Wu asked.
"We already competed to decide our ranks." The monkey that was in the front spoke.
"Ah, and how did you decide that?" Lin Wu questioned, "did you fight and do that?" he added.
"We decided our ranking by seeing who has the highest number of lice in their fur." The monkey in the front answered.
"Lice?" Lin Wu was confused at first and wondered if he had heard it wrong but then replaying that memory from the system, he realized they were indeed saying lice.
"You picked out ranks by seeing who has more lice infested fur?" Lin Wu asked for confirmation.
"Of course! Lice would pick only the bodies of those that are the strongest to live on!" The monkey beast at the front said while tapping his chest.
Lin Wu raised his eyes and focused a bit on the black fur monkey. His vision zoomed in like a camera and he could really see small white dots moving around the fur of the black fur monkey.
He looked at the other monkeys and they also had similar white dots moving around.
'Dammit! These monkey beasts are as dumb as monkeys.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~Sigh~
He couldn't do much and simply shook his head.
"Perhaps mutating them may help increase their intelligence a bit more and give them wisdom too…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"You said something, master worm?" The monkey at the front said.
"No, nothing… let's get this started." Lin Wu said while rolling his eyes.
"Come forth," Lin Wu said, and the monkey beast obeyed.
Lin Wu then extended his tail from which a spike arose. The spike touched the head of the monkey beast and directly pierced its forehead. Though under Lin Wu and the system's control, it felt nothing but just a little pressure.
"Do your thing system, we got ten of them to go through." Lin Wu said in his mind.
~Ding~
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MUTATION PROTOCOL: Initiated
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This was another thing that system had made according to Lin Wu's orders and he didn't need to specifically make a rhombus gem now.
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"Aaand Done!" Lin Wu said after completing the mutation protocol with the tenth and final monkey beast.
~phew~
"That took way more spirit Qi, than I had expected. No wonder specifically targeted Mutation is faster, just like the system said." Lin Wu said to himself.
Previously, when Lin Wu used the Rhombus gem to make a beast servant, the mutation was not actually direct and intentional. Rather, it happened as a side effect of being in contact with the rhombus gem, which also emanated a part of the radiation from Lin Wu's body.
After being in contact for long enough, they would mutate their bloodlines, causing them to transform into a new kind of a species.
"Perhaps I should come up with a new name for them…" Lin Wu muttered to himself as he watched the monkey beasts that were lying on the ground and slowly changing.
Even though the mutation was directly done, it was still going to take at least a day for them to complete this. While observing the beasts, Lin Wu's eyes went to the small white dots that were moving around on their bodies.
"Ugh! System teleport them into one of the flooded underground halls and wash them. I don't want the lice spreading to other places here." Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
~SHUA~
In the next second, the ten black fur monkeys disappeared in a flicker of light. Lin Wu observed on the other monitor window as they were dunked into a flooded underground hall. This hall was still linked with the rest of the tomb, but over the years, water had leaked into it from the rains.
It had been like this long enough that it was now a water tank. The ten black fur monkeys were thrown into this hall and the formations in the hall started activating.
~woom~woom~woom~
The system used several formations, such as the water repelling formation and water attracting formation, to make the water move around in a spiral. Soon, the water formed into a tornado and the entire hall became a washing machine.
The ten black fur monkeys were fully unconscious due to the effect of mutation and thus didn't feel anything at all. As for them being submerged in water? Spirit beasts and cultivators could hold their breaths for far longer than normal animals and humans.
Not to mention these black fur monkeys were all at the early stage of the core condensation realm thus, they were stronger than the average spirit beast. To them, even if they were submerged in water for thirty minutes, they would be fine.
Besides, the system was keeping an eye on their vitals and wouldn't let any harm come to them. The ten black fur monkeys spun in the 'washing machine/hall' for about five minutes before it detected zero presence of lice.
~DING~
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TASK COMPLETED: Black Fur Monkeys sanitized.
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"Very good system." Lin Wu said as the black fur monkeys were then brought back into the hall.
~splat~
A wet splat was heard as all of them fell to the ground at once.
"Ah, I forgot about the water… fear not though!" Lin Wu said as he pointed his tail towards the monkey beasts.
~WHOOSH~
He then morphed the tail to have two flat blades that were perpendicular to the tip and started spinning them rapidly. But in addition to this, he used radiation to heat up the air.
"There we go. Shirong might call this… Immortal Crystal Armament: Hair dryer form!" Lin Wu chuckled.
The hot air quickly dried out the drenched monkeys and also dried the water on the floor. About a minute later, they were fully dried and Lin Wu changed his body back to normal.
"Ah, the things I do for convenience…" Lin Wu said to himself.
He then went to do some other tasks until it was time for the monkey beasts to wake up. Only when they were fully woken up, could he give them the information. He could of course, try to inject it right now, but with them being unconscious, the information may just get jumbled up.
So instead of wasting effort and time, Lin Wu just decided to wait and do something else till then. He simply read a few more documents that had been compiled by the system and also let his body cultivate at the same time.
The day passed rather quickly, with little to no changes happening in the forest.
"Another part done…" Lin Wu said with a nod.
Lin Wu had just finished about six more books that the stem had compiled from the data obtained in all his adventure. They contained information about a lot of different things and were sort of an entertainment for Lin Wu as well.
"Let's check up on our guests shall we…" Lin Wu said as he brought up the monitor back.
Looking at it, he could see that three of the ten black fur monkeys were already awake and were just testing out their new bodies. Lin Wu also took this chance to observe them and see if there was anything different.
Looking at them, they also had the crystalline parts like the other beast's Lin Wu had mutated.
In the case of the black fur monkeys, their knuckles, elbows, shoulders, knees, and ankles. Basically, the parts that were joints for their limbs had become crystalline and looked Ike they had green gems embed in them.
"Damn, now their normal knuckles are the same as knuckle dusters." Lin Wu said upon seeing the protruding knuckles.
Though in the case of cultivation base, it hadn't really changed much since most of the spirit Qi that they absorbed during this time and that which Lin Wu had given them had gone into progressing their mutation and speeding it up as well.
Lin Wu watched as the black fur monkeys tested out their new bodies and the changes in them. They clashed knuckles and tapped them together. Then, they started fighting as if it were a boxing match.
"Huh… I may have another entertainment choice now…"
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Lin Wu actually ended up watching the black fur monkeys fighting for about an hour before he remembered that he was supposed to give them the information for the various tasks that he needed them to do.
"Damn, I forgot my snacks for entertainment! These monkeys fight way too well." Lin Wu said to himself.
Though something good had come out of this observation for Lin Wu. He now knew which monkey was actually the strongest of them. The reason they had ended up fighting was also strange.
They wanted to see if the lice on their body had grown stronger too and when they checked, they didn't find any of them at all. This got them confused, and they checked other's bodies.
They then accused that the others ate their lice when they were knocked out and broke into a fight. But from this Lin Wu learned that the one that had the least number of lice on his body was the strongest black fur monkey.
"Huh… so the weakest according to their ranks was the strongest in reality… they are both dumb and kinda smart at the same time…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"Well anyway, let's get to the next part." Lin Wu said before teleporting to the hall where the black fur monkeys were now lying around.
Before they were lying around because they were knocked out by Lin Wu, but now they were lying around because they were knocked out by each other. Of the ten monkeys, only three of them were still awake.
~Sigh~
Lin Wu shook his head upon seeing this and spoke, "why the hell did you go this far?"
The three black fur monkeys that were still awake were startled upon seeing Lin Wu appear suddenly. But at the same time, they felt a strange closeness with Lin Wu that they didn't have before.
They felt as if Lin Wu was far more superior to them and that they needed to follow all his commands. Thus, when they heard Lin Wu speak in a chiding tone, they were startled. They looked at each other before one of them finally spoke.
"Umm… we don't know it just happened." The Strongest Black Fur Monkey said.
~Sigh~
Lin Wu sighed again and thought he should just get this over with. Though now that he was close to the Black Fur Monkey's he realized the bloodline link that was between them. The link was at the same level as that of his other servants after their complete mutation.
'So it does establish the bloodline link. Though the rhombus gem does assist in commutation and extra control if needed.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"System, is the new gem implant developed now?" Lin Wu questioned in his mind.
Lin Wu knew that the Rhombus gem was fine back when he didn't have a strange enough cultivation base and didn't know the effect of his bloodline. But now, since he could directly mutate them, he didn't need to fully place the imprints on them.
Lin Wu reckoned that he could simply use the bloodline resonance to kill these black fur monkeys if needed.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The new version of the gem implant is ready. The features that are modified are the control functions that have been removed due to becoming obsolete, the locater function which has been improved and linked with the formation array of the Taiji Celestial's tomb, and the previously unintentional mutation function which has been accelerated.
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"Perfect. I guess we can add the new gem implants with the information I want to give them." Lin Wu said.
"Affirmative." The system replied.
Lin Wu nodded his head and extended his tail towards the three black fur monkeys that were awake.
"I'll give you three the information about the things in need you all to do." Lin Wu informed.
"Okay, master." The Black fur monkeys replied.
They had already started to use 'Master' as a title for Lin Wu without him needing to tell them so. The natural bloodline suppression could be seen showing the effect here, and it was rather convenient for Lin Wu.
With their answer, Lin Wu touched their foreheads with his tail and implanted small gems into their heads. They were no longer the shape of a rhombus but rather the shape of a pentagon.
They were also far smaller than rhombus gem, but had improved functions.
"Hmm… this should be called Gem Implant 2.0: Pentagem." Lin Wu gave it a name.
~DING~
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DESIGNATION: Added.
NOTIFICATION: The official term for the Gem Implant 2.0 is now Pentagem.
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"Oh? You're quick," Lin Wu said as he refocused on the three black fur monkeys that had dazed expressions on their faces.
"Ah, I forgot they will take time to go through it all. I did ask the system to make it as integrated as possible." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
One could compare this to the installation of a program on a computer. It would take some time and in that time period, the computer might not respond normally.
Lin Wu just let the three black fur monkeys be and went to the others that were still knocked out. Since their mutation process was already completed, there was no problem in just giving them in gem even if they were knocked out.
Lin Wu placed his tail on their foreheads one by one and injected the new Pentagem. Two minutes later, all of the black fur monkeys now had a new green crystal part on their body.
It didn't look out of place with the others at all and seemed natural instead. And fifteen minutes after Lin Wu was done with it all, he got a notification.
~DING~
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NEW SERVANT ENTRIES ADDED: 10 Black Fur monkeys
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: 1. Communication link
2. Vital status
3. Location
4. Detonate
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Seeing the notification, Lin Wu nodded and knew that the black fur monkeys had now learned all the information that he was intending to give them.
"Now then… let's begin…"
Once Lin Wu got the notification, it meant that the ten Black fur monkeys had assimilated all the information that he had given them through the Pentagem and now they were waking up.
"You're finally awake," Lin Wu said, finding it hard to hold in his chuckle.
"Uh… what?" The Black Fur monkeys seemed confused at once and still held their dazed expressions.
But a few seconds later, light returned to their eyes, and they finally gained an better understanding of this situation.
"Master," the ten Black Fur monkeys kneeled on the ground in respect.
"There we go. I guess you all know what to do?" Lin Wu asked.
"Yes, two of us shall tend to the daily chores of the tomb and get it to its former Flory. Three of us will be learning to cook food for master, four of us shall be farming the spirit herbs and spirit fruits while the last remaining one will take care of the external meeting point that the master has designated for humans." The leader of the Black Fur monkeys stated.
"Excellent! Now then… of you go." Lin Wu replied.
"At once!" The ten Black Fur monkeys said before quickly going to their tasks.
Six of them were directly teleported to their location while the others went there manually. Since the system had improved the implanted gem, the new Pentagem could allow the Black Fur monkeys to use the formations of the tomb up to a certain extent.
It didn't give them any important controls, but just the ones that allowed them to teleport, use monitoring functions, and also communicate. These were the things that Lin Wu had decided would be necessary for better functioning.
"System, show me the screens for the Black Fur monkeys." Lin Wu ordered.
~Shua~
In the next second, ten different screens popped up in front of him and he could see the ten Black Fur monkeys on them. One of them was now in the new area that Lin Wu had designated as a meeting point with the humans.
This was where they would trade and communicate in the future if there was a need. The actual tomb was going to stay hidden and he would only allow his most trusted subordinates, which meant the ones that had his imprint on them to enter it.
Lin Wu was also intending to upgrade the gems of the other servants too.
"Hmm… now that they are on their way, I may as well get the others done as well." Lin Wu thought to himself and sent a message for all his servants to gather.
The bird beasts were already here while the mole and beetle beasts might take a bit longer to reach him. Lin Wu reckoned that it was best to upgrade it as soon as possible since the battle with the Olive Viper King would not be that far.
While it would not be problematic for him to defeat the beast, Lin Wu still wanted to be cautious in his approach. No one knew when fate would get bored with the current flavor and decide to add a twist.
~shua~
Lin Wu disappeared from the hall as the teleportation formation sent him to the top of the tomb.
"You called for us, master?" the two bird beasts were already waiting for Lin Wu and stood at the door.
"Yes, just need to give you something new and improved." Lin Wu said as he extended his tail towards them.
For the servant beast's, Lin Wu had something additional in mind. In conjuration with the Pentagem, he was also going to give them information about cultivation and how the different cultivation realms above the Nascent soul realm worked.
Usually, beasts' own cultivation was different from humans since they didn't really need a cultivation technique to cultivate. They thus figured it out on their own or depended on their bloodline to carry them.
But Lin Wu had information from the upper worlds due to the memories of the Skull God and thus it was enough for him to separate a suitable amount of information that would be good for the beasts to learn from.
It contained small insights of cultivation that might help the beasts with difficult conjectures and turning points. Usually, they were able to figure this out on their own, but having more information would greatly speed up their process. When one didn't have to search in blind, their progress was often fast.
Lin Wu's tail touched the Rhombus gem that was on their bodies and started to modify it into the Pentagem. Since most of their body was already mutated and the Rhombus gem had become part of it, it was a rather fast process.
It was actually the injection of information that took the longest for him. But even then, Lin Wu only took five minutes for each beast. Similar to the Black Fur monkey's they also entered a daze and stayed like that.
"Two more done and two more to go…" Lin Wu said as he brought up the map to check the location of the other two servants.
"Hmm… the mole beast is about half way here since he was already coming back earlier. As for the Beetle beast, she should be here, not that later either since she is still in the sixth ring." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He returned to the inner hall and cultivated till the other two servant beasts arrived. Once they were here, Lin Wu quickly teleported them in.
"You called for us, master?" They too had the same question as that of the bird beasts.
"Yes, I just have some cultivation knowledge for you. It will help with your breakthrough. Oh, and for you Split Thorn Horn Beetle, you should just stay here for the tribulation. Is everything done at your king's territory?" Lin Wu replied.
"Yes master, I have finished setting up the orders for others and I'm free to stay here now." The Beetle beast ordered.
"Good, now get ready.." Lin Wu said as he then upgraded their implant gems as well.
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It took Lin Wu slightly longer than the other servants to upgrade the gems of the mole beast and the beetle beast. Perhaps it was because they had become the servant first and had the gems for the longest. It had become fully integrated into their bodies, thus making it a bit more difficult.
But once it was done, Lin Wu could tell the difference right away.
'The connection strength and presence is certainly stronger… maybe this will have some effect on their mutation as well.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
But on the other side, the mole beast and the beetle beast didn't fall into a daze like the others and recovered almost instantly.
"I feel different?" The mole beast said.
"You too?" The beetle beast questioned.
"What do you feel is different now?" Lin Mu questioned.
"It is like… the spirit Qi has taken on a different quality… it flows smoother than before…" The Mole beast answered.
The beetle beast closed her eyes and checked her body to see the effects on herself and found that she had the same experience.
"Seems like master made it easy for us to use spirit Qi. Also, the information within our minds will certainly help us in cultivation now." The beetle beast answered.
"Mmmhmm… you two can stay at the tomb and figure your abilities out. We shall battle the Olive Viper King in a few days." Lin Wu informed.
"We will be ready, master." The beetle beast and mole beast assured.
Lin Wu nodded his head and teleported away from the hall he was in. He returned to the main central hall and decided to sort through his inventory now.
'Hmm… the herbs I have aren't really useful to me directly now. I think it is time to set them up for further growth.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
There were also other items in his inventory that Lin Wu didn't really need anymore or never ended up using as his strength rose up quickly.
"Alright system, sort out the herbs that can be replanted and shift them to the area that we designated as a herb garden. As for the others, you can store them in the herb repository for later." Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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ORDER: Accepted
NOTIFICATION: These herbs can be replanted: 1. Eight Sigils Chrysanthemum 2. Earth Spirit Ganoderma 3. Blood Quill Grass 4. Iron Bark Tree…. (total number= 127)
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Lin Wu was surprised at seeing the large number of spirit herbs that could still be planted again. He had thought that most of them would not survive that and could only be used as resources directly or for making pills.
"Even the Eight Sigils Chrysanthemum can be replanted… this should have been impossible though shouldn't it?" Lin Wu said.
~DING~
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ANSWER: Due to the recent Data bank upgrades, the system has extrapolated and analyzed new methods of spirit herb growing. This can allow several spirit herbs to be replanted or even grown entirely from seeds and cuttings.
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"AWESOME!" Hearing this Lin Wu was excited.
While he knew that he would have to depend on the monkey beasts to rear some spirit herbs, those weren't really of much value spirit Qi wise and were mostly for Lin Wu's own consumption as food.
But now he could actually rear the spirit herbs if needed.
"Data Updates are awesome!" Lin Wu exclaimed again.
He was now fully convinced that gaining more and more information and knowledge was the key to becoming stronger. As long as the system could gain more data, Lin Wu reckoned it could do everything.
"Alright, system how are we going to replant them?" Lin Wu asked.
~DING~
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ANSWERS system can set up a formation array for rearing the spirit herbs. The host will only need to plant them according to the instruction and the formation will ensure proper growing conditions.
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"Alright, we can do that. Which hall are we choosing for it?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The sixth to eleventh middle halls are perfect for rearing spirit herbs. The are plenty of spirit Qi channels passing through them that can supply the needed spirit Qi and sun soaking formations can also be set up to provide them the sunlight.
As for the soil, normal soil from the millennium forest will suffice and for some specific herbs, it can be modified as needed.
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Lin Wu read the entire answer given by the system and decided to get to work. He wanted to set all of this up before the arrival of the avatar so that he would be able to fight the Olive Viper King right away.
~SHUA~
In the next moment, he disappeared from the main hall and appeared in the hall, which the system had labeled as a sixth middle hall. Upon appearing there Lin Wu saw the floor was quite damaged and cracked.
'No wonder the system chose this hall. The floors can just be removed entirely and replaced with soil.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: The host has to first remove all of the stone floor tiles to unearth the actual soil beneath.
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"Let's get to it then. I'm a worm, I'm made for this!" Lin Wu motivated himself before using cellular crystallization.
This time, he changed his body to gain multiple barbs on it. After doing this, he laid on the ground and started spinning while also moving ahead.
~RUMBLE~
~DENG~DENG~DENG~
~THUD~THUD~THUD~
Chunk after chunk of the floor was uprooted and thrown around. Lin Wu was like a powerful excavator that rapidly moved throughout the hall. In about ten minutes, Lin Wu had successfully removed all of the stone tiles from the floor.
"There we go, this should be enough." Lin Wu said as he gazed at the sight of devastation.
If it were anyone else here and they saw the state of the hall, they would definitely think that it was destroyed due to some earthquake or other such disaster. It looked utterly terrifying.
"Now then… what's the next step?"
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~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: The host now has to add soil to this layer before the system can divert water from the flooded levels to inundate the soil.
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"Ah soil, that's easy. I got a massive amount of soil in the storage." Lin Wu said to himself.
Whenever Lin Wu dug, he either had the option of pushing the soil aside while digging or swallowing it and excrete it out at the same time. With Lin Wu's body, both options were easy for him, though he mostly used the option of pushing aside the soil.
But there were areas that were more packed and the soil couldn't be moved aside easily. Lin Wu could of course, use more force to push it aside but it would result in him losing his speed and momentum.
Thus rather than doing that, the option Lin Wu used was to eat the soil and storing it in the storage of the system. There was an entire section that Lin Wu had for soil. He had also done this because he had the idea of making an attack similar to what the Aquadream Sea Lotus had used.
While the Aquadream Sea Lotus had flooded the area with water, Lin Wu reckoned he would flood an area with massive amounts of soil. While he didn't have enough soil in the storage for a flood like that, it was more than enough to fill this hall and several more.
Lin Wu thus moved around while dropping soil from the system's storage. If one could compare him with a farming implement, it looked like he was a tractor that deposited soil as it traveled.
This time, Lin Wu took about thirty minutes to fully spread the soil in the hall. Since it needed to be a bit leveled, Lin Wu had to take extra effort. Still, once he was done, the hall had completely changed its look.
Before it looked like a scene of devastation, but now, it looked like a freshly plowed farm.
"Annnd~ Done!" Lin Wu said upon finishing.
"System, time to do you thing." Lin Wu ordered.
~SHUA~
In the next moment, several runes appeared at the sides and top of the hall before arranging themselves into a formation. Then, a few seconds later, water started to rain down from the top and sides.
~Whoosh~
The rain was strong enough to push the soil down and pack it a bit more properly.
"Huh… this is now like one of those green houses." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Water didn't really affect Lin Wu, so he just stood there getting drenched. Though it did help remove the dirt and soil that had stuck to his body.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The host now needs to make two reservoirs at the sides of the hall.
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"Okay," Lin Wu said and dug deeper holes in the walls of the hall.
These were going to supply the channels so that the hall would stay watered at all times. One would ask if the system could make water rain from the top, what was the use for these reservoirs?
The reason was the spirit herbs didn't just need normal water for proper growth, they also need water that was enriched with sprint Qi. Thus these reservoirs were going to be used for that reason.
Once Lin Wu made the two holes for the reservoirs, runes appeared on top of them as well before embedding themselves into it.
"So this is why the system needed these halls. Since they are near the spirit Qi nodes, it can directly pull higher flow of spirit Qi in here to infuse into the water." Lin Wu understood.
A small teleportation formation appeared from which the water dropped like a hose and filled the two reservoirs. Then the spirit Qi infusing formations that were made earlier started to slowly release spirit Qi into it.
The other spirit Qi gathering formations also became active and started to increase the amount of spirit Qi that was present in the air.
~DING~
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REROUTING SPIRIT QI CHANNELS: 5 channels rerouted
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Lin Wu checked the map and saw that five of the other unused halls were now empty of spirit Qi and all of it was being redirected to this hall. The entire tomb had several halls and all of them got nearly the same amount of spirit Qi.
But since Lin Wu didn't really have a use for all of them right now, he didn't think he should just waste the spirit Qi in them and let it float around. Since the tomb also lacked a bigger constant supply of spirit Qi, Lin Wu had to make use of the spirit Qi gathering formations that were carved all around it.
As for the spirit Qi spring source that Lin Wu had added to the tomb, it would take a while before it grew to the level where it would be useful for Lin Wu and start to generate spirit Qi.
Though the system had assured Lin Wu that with the new protocols it was taking, the spirit Qi spring source should start producing spirit Qi in about a year. Once that happened, there would be an additional spirit Qi source in the tomb.
And while this would be smaller than the overall supply of spirit Qi, the tomb obtained from all the spirit Qi gathering fomentations, it would still add at least 10% additional supply than the current level.
"Now what do we do?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Please follow the steps given in the window to plant each specific herb.
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Lin Wu then saw about 127 different windows that were tacked on top of each other appear.
"Damn… at least the steps are not long for all of them." Lin Wu muttered upon seeing the windows.
He picked the first window and saw that it was for the Blood Quill grass.. The steps were pretty straightforward and Lin Wu just needed to add some blood to the soil where he was going to plant before putting the plant in.
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Lin Wu ended up taking about four days before he was finally able to plant all of the spirit herbs. The requirements for some of them made it so that he couldn't plant them next to each other or that he needed to modify the soil in some way.
Overall though, it was a learning experience for Lin Wu and now he had the entire spirit herb garden set up.
~phew~
"Finally done…" Lin Wu said as he observed it from the distance.
He looked at his hard work for a few more minutes before checking the map.
"The avatar should be here in a day now…" Lin Wu said after considering the distance.
A serious expression appeared on his face as his eyes glowed.
"Time to get the team ready…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before contacting the three Beast kings.
He explained to them what they needed to do and the positions that they should take. Lin Wu had let the system analyze the map to see what locations could be of a strategic advantage.
One had to remember that while Lin Wu was just targeting Olive Viper King for now, there was no guarantee that the Twin Lights Liger King would not interfere in it. After all, Lin Wu had killed a lot of his descendants as well before.
After he was done with the rulers, Lin Wu contacted his subordinates and told them their part. They weren't going to be directly involved in the battle, as they had other things they needed to be doing.
"We shall do as you command, master." All of the servant beasts said before Lin Wu closed the link.
~huu~
Lin Wu took a deep breath as he looked at the tens of monitoring windows that were floating around him.
"Now to just wait…" Lin Wu said as he started to cultivate to spend the rest of his time.
In the center of the millennium forest where the Dark Bloom Caverns were located, a pair of eyes opened. One eye was entirely white in color while the other was black in color. They peered out of the Caverns and looked around the forest.
"The forest seems to be strange… what has happened while I was asleep?" A deep but cold voice muttered.
"You're awake, my King?" Suddenly another voice came from the distance.
A few seconds later, the sound of someone running could be heard as a large Lamp Light Liger appeared. It had a scar on its face that went from its nose to the corner of the mouth. It was bigger than the other Lamp Light Ligers and it was obvious that it was at the peak stage of the core condensation realm.
"I am…" The same deep and cold voice replied.
A faint rumbling sound could be heard as the two eyes started to move. Once they appeared in the light, one could see a massive liger beast. The stripes on its body alternated between black and white, matching its two eyes.
The Lamp Light Liger that had just appeared looked like a child in front of the Twin Lights liger King.
"The forest has been relatively calm these few days, thought the calmness in unsettling. I can't help but wonder if there is something going on with the other rulers." The Lamp Light Liger spoke respectfully.
"Hmm… a calm before a storm… is the Olive Viper King about to do something?" The Twin Lights Liger King wondered.
"He… he's been inactive since he got injured recently as well." The Lamp Light Liger spoke.
"I see… and what about that other worm beast that appeared? The one that has a similar bloodline to the Olive Viper King?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned.
"The same for him, too. There have been no particular changes about it in the past few months. But before that he apparently fought the Demon Spine Ape and won effortlessly, yet even then… he didn't take the throne of a Ruler.
We also felt someone breaking through at the forbidden tomb and it is none other than that worm beast. He has already reached the Adolescent Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm." The Lamp Light Liger answered.
"Seems like this newcomer has bigger aspirations than I thought… never thorough a worm might be smarter than a snake in this aspect…" The Twin Lights Liger King spoke.
The Lamp Light Liger stood there and listened to the ramblings of his king silently, without daring to speak. Only after the king had spoken his share of words did he speak again.
"Do you want me to do anything, my king?" the Lamp Light liger asked.
"For now? Nothing… but do keep an eye on things. I'm sure something is about to happen." The Twin Lights Liger King replied.
"Do you mean to say a war between other rulers could be happening?" The Lamp Light Liger questioned.
"Possibly… we may have a new ruler this time… or perhaps… something different." The Twin Lights Liger king answered.
Hearing this, the lamp Light Liger became tensed but nodded his head.
"I shall do as you command, my king." The Lamp Light Liger said before leaving.
Once he was gone, the Twin Lights liger King looked into the depths of the Dark Bloom Cavern.
~Sigh~
"Will I finally get the chance to be free from this?"
Time passed and finally, at the edge of the millennium forest, a floating platform could be seen. It came to a halt near one of the surrounding hills and stopped. An emerald green crystalline worm was could be seen coiled on top of it.
A minute after the platform came to a halt, the Avatar opened its eyes as they shone in the dark of the night.
"It is time!" The avatar of Lin Wu said.
~shua~
In the next moment, the platform below it disappeared into thin air and the avatar jumped down from the sky and drilled directly into the ground; the rumbles of his movement spreading but fading away quickly.
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~BOOM~
An explosion could be heard echoing throughout the Millennium forest, making all the beasts cower in fear.
"AHAHAHA! Finally, I can do it!" A voice could be heard shouting.
If one looked at where it came from, they would find an olive green snake with crystalline back shouting out. It was long and had burst through the hill near a large lake. Green energy floated around him like ribbons before entering his body.
The spirit Qi fluctuations coming from him would put the beast at the Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
"With my new mastery, the Twin Lights Liger King is nothing! And that little worm… humph! I'll finish him and eat him whole!" The Olive Viper King proclaimed out loud.
By now, several of the Olive Viper King's subordinates had gathered around and were looking at him from the trees. They too were snakes of different kinds along with some random beasts mixed in.
"What is our King now about to do?"
"Is it time for another war?"
"YEAH! LET'S GO KILL THEM ALL! WE SHALL OWN THIS ENTIRE FOREST!"
The voices of the beasts could be heard coming from the crowd as they mixed together. But no one noticed at this time that a small group of the beasts that were shouting suddenly disappeared into the ground.
A few seconds later, two more such smaller groups disappeared. The beasts did not fully notice due to their excitement and kept on celebrating their king's recovery and growing stronger.
There were praises and flattery being sent out freely as the Olive Viper King enjoyed the vanity. But while he was doing this, he finally noticed the scent of a few beasts suddenly disappearing.
"Hmm?" The Olive Viper King looked around but didn't really see anything different.
But a few more seconds later, he spotted something from the corner of his eye.
"Where did they go? They were there just a second ago…" The Olive Viper King felt a bit confused.
He focused his gaze on the area, and his eyes went wide.
"Holes?" He potted holes where the beasts were supposed to be.
They were hard to see due to the trees and other foliage, but the Olive Viper King still managed to spot it. His gaze turned fierce as a wave of spirit Qi arouse from his body. His spirit sense spread around the area like a rain covering the land, but he didn't find anything.
This time, he kept a closer eye on things and sensed a few more beast groups disappearing.
"WHO IS IT!" The Olive Viper King shouted out directly.
Hearing their king shouting like this, the subordinates of the Olive Viper King were confused.
"What's happening, my king?" some of the higher ranked subordinates of the olive Viper King questioned after coming closer.
"SEARCH THE AREA! WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!" The Olive Viper King announced.
As soon as his words spread around, his subordinates frantically started to look around for the suspected intruder.
About a minute later, they finally found a sigh.
"LOOK THERE!" A large python with the thickness of an oak tree shouted.
But the moment he did, green crystalline spikes rose from the ground, piercing him and pulling him under.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" Some of the beasts that notice this shouted out in hysteria.
"I GOT YOU NOW!" The Olive Viper King said as he prepared to fly towards the location.
But before he could, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from the back.
~BOOM~
Tens of blades made of Wind attribute spirit Qi hit the back of the Olive Viper King, knocking him off the hill.
"No, 'I' got you!" Lin Wu chuckled as he appeared from the ground.
"Who is that!?" some of the beast that hadn't seen Lin Wu before questioned.
This was the first time they were seeing Lin Wu clearly and were shocked by it. Lin Wu's size was even bigger than their king and he was made entirely of crystal than their king, who only had half of his body made of crystals.
While the Olive Viper King was caught off guard, he wasn't really injured, mostly shocked.
"YOU DARE!" The Olive Viper King yelled as he looked at Lin Wu with its dark eyes.
The white sclera of his eyes was turning red as veins popped up in rage.
~WHOOSH~
The Olive Viper King rushed towards Lin Wu, full of anger, and breathed out a cloud of poison.
"SHEESH! Someone forgot to brush their teeth!" Lin Wu said as he avoided the poison breath.
He knew that the poison of the Olive Viper king was strong and could even affect him possible, thus he wanted to avoid it as much as he could. To dodge the incoming Olive Viper King, Lin Wu flicked his body to the side as the Olive Viper King slammed into the muddy soil near the lake.
~THUD~
The Olive Viper King's body left an imprint in the soil, but he quickly got up. His spirit sense had already detected Lin Wu and lunged towards him.
It was here that Lin Wu found another big difference between himself and the Olive Viper King.
"Damn, he's faster than I am…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
His slender form and a smaller size gave him a speed advantage which he was fully making use of.
"You came at just the right time. I've been craving some food!" The Olive Viper king said as another poison breath spread towards Lin Wu.
This time, the breath was in the form of a spray and came straight. Lin Wu had a little time to dodge it and thus didn't do it.
"Huh, think you can get me this easily. No way!" Lin Wu said as a vortex of wind attribute spirit Qi was shot outwards from his body.
The wind blocked the poison breath from coming near Lin Wu, but the Olive Viper King didn't really care and directly slammed into him instead.
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