Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu felt content with the fact that he had chosen to add Tian Han and Tian Chu as his subordinates. Both of them were detached from his current entourage and could do things that these might not be able to.

Another advantage they had was that they were currently unknown from all ends and there would only be those from the clan that knows about you.

"Will there be any problem in you two leaving the clan?" Lin Wu questioned, knowing the special rules of the Tian clan.

"No master. At least not for me. Reaching the Nascent soul realm allowed me to become a junior elder in my clan for now and I have a certain level of authority. I can leave the clan for a short time without a notice and for as long as I want if I have a valid reason." Tian Chu answered.

"Hmm… that's good. And what about Tian Han?" Lin Wu questioned.

"I'll have to see if there are any missions currently leading to out of the clan. Since it is the Frozen Cloud sect, there are always some missions near it for stronger members of the clan. I'll get one of them." Tian Han answered.

"Alright, do that and see what you can find. Also… the situation at the Frozen cloud sect is not stable and you might be in danger too. Make sure you are not suspected either." Lin Wu warned.

"We shall keep that in mind, master." Tian Han and Tian Chu replied.

"I'll await the report then." With that done, Lin Wu closed the link and thought about what he needed to do for the next part.

'Most of the plans will depend on what kind of intel I get from them. This will take at least three days.' Lin Wu thought and contacted Wang Xiong.

"Master? Are you coming to help us then?" Wang Xiong asked, a little hope apparent in his voice.

"Mm… I will come. But I'll need to gather some information before that. But that will take me some time and here is the condition… how long can you hold out for?" Lin Wu asked.

"…" Wang Xiong didn't reply right away and seemed to be silent. 

Lin Wu too didn't prod him on and let him think to himself.

'There will no use in rushing him, rather it might only cause more troubles.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

After about five minutes, Wang Xiong finally responded.

"Sorry for the wait senior. I consulted my people and we can easily delay for about five days. And if need be, we can forcibly stop them for another two or three days. But doing that will be the final push and it will severely deteriorate our condition." Wang Xiong explained.

Lin Wu thought over it and found the time to be reasonable.

'Three days for them to find the intel and then two days for me to prepare and leave. It'll be a narrow time span, but manageable.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Lin Wu looked at all the beasts that were seemingly waiting for his orders and wondered who to use the beast.

'The monkey beasts are out of the question, they are far too important here in the forest. If they are gone, this place might just return to chaos. Hmm… that reminds, me now that the Slim Arm ape is under me anyway, I should get more of the monkey beasts and get them mutated.' Lin Wu analyzed. 

His gaze went to the mole beast, the beetle beast, and the bird beasts. All four of them were good choices and had been with him since the start. They were loyal so far and would be ready to do anything he asked of them.

'No… they are still not strong enough. Simply a few of the disciples of the Frozen Cloud sect if gathered up can kill them. Don't want to lose them this easily.' Lin Wu thought before his eyes went to the four former kings.

'The slim arm ape king has his value here too. He is the smartest one and has a good idea of control. The Split Thorn Horn Beetle King is strong, but he has far too many beasts under his command. While the Emeraldine Horn Beetle might be able to control them somewhat, the sheer number of them is still too high.

Not him either…' Lin Wu spoke to himself before his gaze went to the Demon Spine ape.

"You're coming," Lin Wu said.

"Me? When are we going and who are we killing?" The Demon Spine Ape was ready in an instant.

"The Frozen cloud sect, to kill some human cultivators of course… well not all of them, just the one that we don't want." Lin Wu replied.

~thud~

The Demon Spine Ape King slammed his fists together creating sparks and gave a toothy grin. 

"Good! I've been itching for some good action." The Demon Spine Ape King said with joy.

"I'm coming too, I assume?" The Twin Lights Liger King inquired.

"Mmhmm… we will need strong power to go against the elders of the Frozen Cloud sect. There will be those at the Dao Shell realm and a couple at the Dao Treading Realm too." Lin Wu replied.

"I'll be able to handle the ones at the Dao Shell realm… perhaps even three at once, but I can't say much about the Dao Treading realm. Those are a different kind." The Twin Lights Liger King stated.

"I don't want that either. I'll be the one handling them. Though hopefully if all goes as I want it to be, we won't fight them out in the open and thus we'll have the element of surprise on our side." Lin Wu replied.

But what Lin Wu didn't say to the beast was that he was not going to stay at his current cultivation base either. He was looking to use this opportunity to consume a few hundred cultivators or some resources and boost his cultivation to the next stage as soon as possible.