Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Chapter 180 - Tomb?

Lin Wu aimed at the opening and shrunk his body a little bit more. He was actually going beyond his limit and would not be able to maintain a size this small for long and needed to be quick.

"Alright, line up properly and release me then." Lin Wu said.

"Umm… master I just realized another thing…" The sparrow beast said.

"What?" Lin Wu asked.

"You will be able to enter freely but… how will you exit it?" The sparrow beast replied.

"I will…" Lin Wu then realized that he had completely forgotten about this point.

He started to think of solutions to this problem, and an idea popped up in his mind.

"System, can your sensing abilities enter through the opening?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: A limited area scan is possible but the system's reach will be restricted.

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"That's fine. try to see what's the depth from the opening." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Scanning please wait.

SCAN COMPLETED: Depth found to be 75.32 meters.

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"Bingo! This will be easy then." Lin Wu exclaimed internally.

He then looked at the sparrow beast and said, "you can drop me now, I can come back up myself as the height is less." 

"If you say so master…" The swan beast said and got ready. The sparrow beast nodded and both of them looked at each other.

"NOW!" 

~thiu~

Lin Wu's body started dropping, and he moved his weight around to orient himself in the air. His head became heavier even though it was narrow. His enter ire body was streamlined and shaped like a missile now. He fell vertically straight and soon passed through the opening.

~shua~

His speed increased more and a tearing sound was heard in the wind.

~DENG~

Lin Wu collided with the rocky ground and directly pierced it. His entire body was inserted into the ground, leaving only the tip of his tail outside. He didn't really feel any pain, except for the physical impact that his body had to endure.

"Well… that was something…" Lin Wu muttered as a new idea appeared in his mind for future use.

~Wiggle~

Lin Wu started moving and expanded his body to the size that was tolerable to him.

~crack~

The expansion of his body cracked the rock ground, and the broken pieces were lifted up due to it. Lin Wu was released and he easily pulled himself out of the ground. He then looked around and saw that he was on a rather plain area on the hill and there was barely anything here.

"Hmm… the main entrance of the tomb should be elsewhere. The one I saw at the base of the hill is definitely a trap." Lin Wu said.

"Now then, scan the area system." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Please wait a moment.

SCAN COMPLETED: Map has been updated.

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Lin Wu opened the map window and took a look.

"Dang! How many layers does it even have?" Lin Wu said with shock.

The map could show the different layers in the ground, and there were markers for it on the map. Lin Wu counted their number and saw that there were more than twenty.

"This definitely goes deep into the ground." Lin Wu stated.

Lin Wu looked for the closest entrance and found it a short distance away from him. He crawled to entrance and found a set of stairs going into the ground. Stairs were directly carved out of the rock the hill was made out of and went quite deep.

Lin Wu started crawling and looked around with his spirit sense. There was a damp smell in the area and moss was also growing on the walls.

"Hmm… rainwater should probably come here all the time and that's why it is so damp here…" Lin Wu concluded.

He eventually reached the bottom of the stairs and stood in front of a set of doors. The doors were family made out of stone and there were some strange carvings on them, that were mottled. It was evident that they had been weathered due to the elements and had been greatly damaged.

The cravings could barely be made out, and Lin Wu saw that there were a few humans on it. They were flying in the air and what looked like clouds were below them, so Lin Wu guessed that they must be the depiction of cultivators.

He looked at the map and saw that the next area was a rather wide hall, but the doors were blocking him. He tried to push them but found it to be quite difficult.

Lin Wu had to activate qi amplification in order to muster enough strength and push the doors open. 

~Rumble~

It was as if him opening the doors had triggered something and the turning of gears and cogs could be heard coming.

"What the hell was that?" Lin Wu said with surprise and quickly took a look at the map.

Seeing that there was no change to it, he took a breath of relief.

~phew~

"There definitely was some change, but it seems like I'll have to find it out myself…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before taking a look around the new area.

According to the map, he was in some sort of a hall, but similar to the stairs before, this area was quite dark. Even his spirit sense couldn't reach the borders of the hall, which made him realize that he would have to physically see it now.

Light was no obstacle to Lin Wu, and he raised his tail up high, before making it glow with light. This was one of the basic methods of manipulating radiation, and Lin Wu had nearly mastered this part. Before he was only able to create light when he used all of his power, but now he could particularly control how much light he made.

~Zing~

The bright light from his tail spread all around the hall, and Lin Wu finally saw its entirety. There were multiple pillars in the hall that propped up the roof, and there were more carvings on its walls.