Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu's body glowed, revealing the path ahead. The look of the temple was the same as the ones before and Lin Wu simply rushed to the inner hall without caring much for the statues here.

~creek~

The large stone doors swung open and along with all the torches lit up.

~GRRRR~

This time Lin Wu didn't even have to go step in, before he heard the sound of the Specter Skull Hound. The beast had been lying at the base of the statue of the Vermillion bird and seemed to be ready for any intruders. 

Lin Wu could even see the thick layer of dust that had settled on its body.

~flap~

The Specter Skull Hound shook its body like that of a dog, shaking away all the dust that covered it.

"Just how long has it been there for? That dust has definitely not been accumulated in just a few days." Lin Wu said upon seeing the scene.

~step~

~step~

The Specter Skull Hound stepped towards Lin Wu while baring its teeth. It was the same size as the one he had seen bore and was equivalent to a Nascent Soul realm beast. 

"Let's get started!" Lin Wu said as he used radiation manipulation from the very start.

~boom~

His tail swung like a whip, causing a sonic boom and knocking the dust from the walls around. The end of the tail was like that of a spear and shot towards the Specter Skull hound.

~thud~

The Specter Skull Hound was not expecting such a response and was hit square on its head.

~Crack~

In a single hit, the mask like face of the Specter Skull Hound was cracked as dark blood seeped out from it. Lin Wu's tail was also covered with wind attribute spirit Qi that was laced with radiation.

This wind laced witih radiation, penetrated into the wounds of the beast, and started to ravage its insides.

"Huh? That's it?" Lin Wu said upon seeing the beast getting knocked away.

The beast didn't even twitch after the hit and it seemed like it was done for. Lin Wu approached the specter skull hound to check up on it.

~BOOM~

"THINK YOU CAN TRICK ME, BITCH!" Lin Wu yelled as he slammed his entire weight on top of the Specter Skull Hound.

~pwesh~

The minced meat and blood leaked out from below Lin Wu as the beast was smashed. Lin Wu had seen the faint movement of radiation with his radiation perception and knew that the beast was trying to trick him by pretending to be faint.

Lin Wu didn't fall for it though and took a decisive approach… Body slamming the beast to a mush. One had to know, Lin Wu weighed over a thousand tons and had an incredibly hard body that was covered with sharp spikes.

All this combined was enough to take the life of the Specter Skull Hound.

~shua~

A few seconds later, the body or rather the remains of the Specter Skull Hound started to sublimate and turned to smoke. A couple of minutes later, it all disappeared and only a spiderweb like crack was left on the ground.

"Looks like this is the way… to kill the Specter Skull Hounds, not letting them react fast enough." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

~huu~

Feeling content that he had figured out a method to take care of the beasts and also managed to save time and energy, Lin Wu took a deep breath. He then looked at the statue of the vermilion bird and looked for the bloodline crystals.

He approached the statue and raised his head to the level of the beak.

"Huh? Two crystals?" Lin Wu said with surprise.

Inside the beak of the Vermilion bird's statue, Lin Wu could see two small red crystals. He broke the break, releasing the crystal into his grasp. Lin Wu looked at the two crystals on his tail and was stunned for a bit.

"Why are there two of them here? Does this mean a temple can have more than just one of these bloodline crystals?" Lin Wu wondered.

But after a minute of thinking his eyes lit up.

"AHAHAHA! THAT'S IT!" I FOUND A SOLUTION!" Lin Wu exclaimed.

Lin Wu was originally conflicted about helping the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle because it meant that he would have to give the bloodline crystals to her and would not get to take advantage of it himself.

It was not like he could say he didn't find a crystal in the temple and just consumed it himself as the beast would be able to sense its aura on him. But if there were two or more crystals in a temple, Lin Wu would not have this problem.

He could very well take one himself and give the other to the Silver Beak Sky Soar eagle and she would be none the wiser. 

"No, wait! I can't consume it here… not to mention the possible incompatibility with my bloodline, the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle may even sense it on my body. If the bloodline is accumulated even a little bit in my body she would be able to tell it due to bloodline resonance." Lin Wu suddenly said.

Lin Wu thought over it for a bit to figure out a solution which came to him as a reminder from the System.

~Ding~

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NOTE: The host can store the bloodline crystal in the system's inventory. No signs will be visible if the bloodline crystal is kept in the inventory.

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"That's right! I just need to use the inventory." Lin Wu agreed.

"Alright system, store the bloodline crystals in the inventory. I'll just give one of them to the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle." Lin Wu stated.

~Ding~

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NOTIFICATION: The bloodline Crystals have been stored in the system's inventory.

INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate, Pink Women's underwear, Dagger, Iron Bark Wood Tree, Eight Sigils Chrysanthemum, Bloodline Crystals of the Vermillion bird (x2)

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Lin Wu nodded his head and made his way back to the surface, excited about later.