Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu was intrigued by the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle's words. 

"What does he know?" Lin Wu questioned.

"The Twin Lights Liger King is the oldest beast of the Millennium forest. He has been here for over five hundred years now and has seen over ten rulers in that time. All of them perished to the time though.

He is the only one who has lived till now and has been the supreme ruler since then. At first, I thought that he was this strong due to his bloodline. But now that I've become a Dao Shell realm cultivator myself I realized a hint of truth behind him.

I think that he can break through to the Dao Shell realm at any moment if he wants to. But he is restricting himself for some reason. Over the years he should have gained enough resources for multiple breakthroughs. But he still hasn't used them." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle answered.

"Why would he do something like that? Doesn't everyone want to get stronger?" Lin Wu asked, feeling weird.

"The forest… I think it has something to do with it. The forest can suppress the minds of the beast somehow and only those that are strong enough can tell the difference. Among the beasts, I think only I and the Twin Lights Liger King were able to do something like this.

There were more of them before though… but they all perished." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle answered.

Lin Wu immediately realized what she meant by this.

"The beasts that tried to enter the Dark Blood Caverns… they all died due to that didn't they?" Lin Wu said.

"Yes… back when I was still a ruler, there were two rulers who tried this. They were the rulers who were there before the Slim Arm Ape and the Olive Viper King. They were all strong beasts, almost the same strength as mine back then.

They were very interested in the Dark Bloom cavern and it was as if it attracted them. Both of them were at the Adult Stage of the Nascent Soul realm too. But once they entered the Dark Bloom Cavern they never appeared again.

We could sense their aura's disappearing and the seats of forests freeing up again. I think that is why the Twin Lights liger King has been staying at the Nascent Soul realm and is not breaking through." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle replied.

"So that's why the Twin Lights Liger King obsessively stays in one of the caves of the Dark Bloom cavern. He can't resist it but cannot also enter it. He fears that if he breakthrough he will be unable to hold himself back from entering…" Lin Wu hypothesized.

It was a really strange situation from what Lin Wu could tell. He himself had not felt any attraction from the Dark Bloom caverns yet but he reckoned that it may be due to his special circumstance. Even the Tomb of the Taiji celestial could not accurately sense him for the trials because his soul was that of a human while the body was that of a beast.

'If the attraction is only for the beasts then it may make sense. Though if it also depends on the bloodline then the Olive Viper King might also be able to resist it as he has a similar bloodline to mine.' Lin Wu thought.

This conversation with the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle had given Lin Wu a lot to think about. He even asked the system to analyze the findings and see if it could come up with something. The system simply said that it will analyze it and inform him when it was done.

The two beasts continued flying for over three days non stop. They had no aim so they just wandered around. On the fourth day though, they suddenly saw something.

"Huh? Are those the men from before?" Lin Wu spotted.

The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle looked down and with her sharp gaze accurately observed them.

"Yes it is those same men from before. Those… Skull god's followers." The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle replied.

"Hmm… if they are here then they must know the location of the next temple. Or at least have an idea where it is. Let's mug 'em!" Lin Wu said before dropping from the sky.

Both of the beasts were flying above the gloomy clouds of the Dread Coil Marsh and hence the followers of the Skull god had not seen them. But Lin Mu's body that was descending like a missile was hard to miss.

~Weeng~

A tearing sound could be heard as Lin Wu's tore through the air and opened a hole in the clouds.

"Wh-what! What is that!" The follower of the skull god pointed at the air.

Lin Wu had streamlined his body which made him move even faster. The moment it touched the ground strong tremors spread across the area.

~BOOM~

The followers of the skull god all fell to the ground. Lin Wu had fallen over a kilometer away from them, yet the tremors were terrifying. After a few seconds, the followers of the Skull god managed to stand up.

"What in the name of Skull God was that?" Someone asked.

"Did a treasure fall from the sky?" another one commented.

"Come, let's go check it out. Maybe it will be a good sacrifice to the Skull god." The man who was dressed like a priest stated.

They started to walk ahead and their spirit sense was spread to the full extent. But not even a minute after they started moving they stopped.

~Rumble~

The followers of the skull god could feel the ground beneath them shift and move. It made them wonder if another quake was coming or what.

~thud~

A massive emerald green head popped out of the ground as two crimson red eyes started at the men.

"No need to go ahead… I've come to you." Lin Wu said in human tongue, his voice eerie and cold.