Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Chapter 278 - Mutating The Insect Beasts?

The insect beasts were a bit overwhelmed by this, as they didn't know what had just happened. One moment they were outside the tomb in the forest and then in the next, they were in a wide and tall hall.

The tiles on the floor were a pale gray and its walls were of the same color. Overall, it looked extremely unnatural to these beasts who had lived in the millennium forest all their lives.

"What is this place?" The scorpion beast questioned while looking around.

It was tapping its legs in anxiety, and its beady eyes showed a hint of fear as well.

"Ah… seem's like you guys are finally done choosing." A voice suddenly stalemated them.

The voice came from the back and was powerful despite not being loud. The insect beasts turned around and saw the coiled emerald green body of Lin Wu lounging on the ground.

The fearfully looked up and saw his crimson red eyes staring at them. Lin Wu's mouth was closed so they did not see the sharp teeth that were hiding within or they would have definitely been scared to death.

"S...S-senior!" The scorpion beast let out while stammering.

The ladybug beast had also snapped out of its daze by now and finally realized what was happening. 

Immediately bowing its head, it said, "greetings senior! It's our honor to meet you."

Lin Wu raised his non-existent brows upon hearing the words of the ladybug beast and looked at it with interest.

"Hmm… those things you are carrying, I believe they are for me?" Lin Wu asked.

"Ye-yes. These are all part of your payment." The scorpion beast spoke.

There were a couple more beasts, along with the scorpion beast and the ladybug beast. Since they were not carrying anything for payment, Lin Wu guessed that they were here to observe or to take these two beasts back when their mutation started.

"I'll take them then." Lin Wu said before he put all of the fruits that the ladybug had brought him in the storage.

As for the spirit beast, the scorpion beast was carrying in his pincers, it was conscious but still alive.. Lin Wu simply extended a spike from his tail and raised it.

~shing~

The spike impaled the spirit beast in the scorpion beast's pincers, and Lin Wu picked it up effortlessly.

~crunch~

Throwing it into his mount whole, Lin Wu casually chewed it for a few seconds before swallowing it.

"That should be enough for the mutation." Lin Wu said, before looking at the two insect beasts.

"So who wants to go first?" Lin Wu asked.

"I-I'll do it first senior. I was the first winner of the tournament thus I'll go first." The scorpion beast replied.

"Come closer then." Lin Wu said.

The scorpion beast hurriedly got closer to Lin Wu, fearing that any delay in his actions will cause Lin Wu to be offended. He was stopped by Lin Wu's tail which came towards him. The scorpion beast then saw a small spike extend from the tail which Lin Wu then rested on the top of his head, right above where his eyes were.

The scorpion beast was secretly trembling in his place, but it was still apparent to Lin Wu. He didn't pay much attention to that as he had already expected such a reaction. There had been a subtle change in Lin Wu's aura after he cultivated the Immortal Sky Shaker.

And now that here was the Undaunted Sapphire body art added to it, the change was even greater. His aura exuded a pressure that made lower beasts tremble and fear. Even those that were above his cultivation base would think thrice before choosing to attack him.

Right now Lin Wu had not even used his bloodline suppression or it would be even more terrifying for the beasts.

'Controlling beasts is so much easier than human… plus they are not as fickle as them either. Their schemes are a joke compared to what I've seen. Only makes manipulating them an easy task.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he started the mutation process.

The small spike was touching the scorpion beasts head and had actually pierced into its brain. But the process was so fast that the beast had no idea and thus did not feel any pain, either. If one were to look from the side, they would not be able to see that the spike was extending deep either.

Lin Wu then let the system handle the rest of the process and about five minutes later it was done. 

~thud~

A low thud was heard as the scorpion beast fell asleep on the ground. There was now an emerald green rhombus shaped gem in its head and a faint vortex of spirit Qi could be seen hovering over you.

"Oh? Already absorbing spirit Qi, this is fast…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Unlike the other servant beasts he had gathered, this scorpion beast was much more talented and his higher aptitude allowed it to accelerate the mutation process. The faint vortex of spirit Qi was a sign of this, as his cultivation base started to grow already.

Lin Wu withdrew his tail and looked at the ladybug beast.

"He is done, now you can come next." Lin Wu spoke.

~gulp~

The ladybug beast secretly swallowed its saliva before walking towards Lin Wu, just the way the scorpion beast had done. It had its eyes closed as it watched Lin Wu place the spiked tip of his tail on its head.

The tip was placed right below the part where its wings were attached to. The spike then quickly entered its head and it trembled for a second before getting still. The system got to work quickly and imprints were created on their brain and Dantian.

Five minutes passed while the system did its work. Lin Wu was observing both the insect beasts for changes and once it was done, he did not see the same level of reaction as that of the scorpion beast.

"Hmm… so his talent was truly a notch above the others." Lin Wu muttered to himself.