Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Chapter 548 - A Small Test Of Mettle

Lin Wu's quick agreement was not something that the Slim Arm Ape king had thought of. Even if he knew that Lin Wu could do it was going to do it on his own, he was sure that Lin Wu would probably ask for something extra, perhaps.

He didn't know what Lin Wu would ask, but in his mind, the common option was none other than his kin, the Black Fur Monkeys. Even though they were not of the same species directly, being of the same source, the Slim Arm ape king still considered them to be his kin.

Back then, Lin Wu had asked for some of his kin to join him. Of them all, about ten of them had decided to join Lin Wu. And those that joined were now many times stronger than before.

In fact, two of them were already at the Nascent Soul realm. Even though they weren't as strong as him, they were still far stronger than any other beast in the forest. The Slim Arm ape had met them before and knew that they had gone on an entirely different path than what he had seen.

The influence of Lin Wu had changed them and this was a fact. With the miraculous changes that Lin Wu brought, the slim arm ape king was confused as to whether this was due to him getting the crystal from the meteor or something entirely.

But now there was nothing that the Slim Arm ape king needed to worry about. 

'Perhaps it might really be better with Lin Wu at the helm. He's eerily like humans… despite being a beast. Though he truly is a beast, the bloodline does not lie…' The Slim Arm ape king thought to himself.

"Alright, I shall follow you then." The Slim Arm ape king stated.

"I won't though!" The Demon Spine ape king suddenly said out loud.

"Oh?" Lin Wu looked on with interest.

He knew what the headstrong beast wanted and would not mind giving it to him, either.

"What do you want?" Lin Wu still decided to ask for the sake of formality.

"I want to fight you!" The Demon Spine Ape King spoke.

"Son! You cannot do that!" The Slim Arm ape king wandered.

"I know, I know! I cannot fathom to think of winning against him. I do not want to fight him for that. I want to fight him to see the power of a Dao Shell realm beast. And I also want to see if I can comprehend something." The Demon Spine ape king replied.

Lin Wu nodded his head and thought that it was fine. He himself had no threat and if he wanted to, he could defeat the Demon Spike ape king without even touching him. Simply the radiation let off by his body would stop the beast in place.

With the increase in his control after the breakthrough, Lin Wu's power had increased once more. 

'This might be a way to test my control as well. I can try that on the Demon spine ape king.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

"I'm fine with that too. But if you get injured, you will have nothing to complain." Lin Wu stated.

"I am not scared of injuries. Give me this one thing and fight me at your full power. I want to witness it! I want to see if you are worthy of being my leader!" The Demon spine ape stated.

"Oho? You want me to fight at my full power? That might not be good for you or the forest either. I do not have control over it and even my half power will kill you before you react. The forest won't fare well either." Lin Wu replied.

The Demon spine ape gritted his teeth upon hearing this. He knew that Lin Wu was not lying. This much he could tell. He still had a hope that he might be able to match a little bit against a Dao Shell realm beast.

But he had forgotten that he was not just fighting against any Dao Shell realm beast, but Lin Wu. Even the Sliver Tusk Tapir King, who the Demon Spine ape was intending to perish against, was nothing in front of him right now.

The Demon Spine ape king had been stunned by seeing the power of the White fox masked man. He had heard that he was a Demon beast that had taken a humanoid form and wondered if he himself would have the same power.

His mother was a Demon Beast and he knew that while he might not have the same potential as her, he would still be many times stronger than the average beast. 

"Just do whatever you can, I'll fight at my full power then." The Demon Spine ape replied after thinking for a bit.

"Okay, where do you want to fight?" Lin Wu asked.

"The forbidden area… it has calmed over the years and any damage caused there shouldn't be problematic for us. We can go there." The Demon Spine Ape suggested.

Lin Wu thought over it and nodded.

'Haven't been there for a while now, wonder what the changes there have occurred till now,' Lin Wu thought to himself. 'Maybe I'll get to see if there are any lava fishes there hehe~'

With the agreement made, Lin Wu and the Demon spine ape flew towards the forbidden area. To them, it was merely a few minutes to reach at their cultivation base.

The forbidden area had become desolate over the years since the meteor landed here. This was the place Lin Wu started his journey, and this is the same place that he had returned to.

~thud~ thud~

The two of them landed in the middle of the area and looked around. The lava pits had long since cooled and hard black basalt could be seen there. In some of the places, the lava had turned into obsidian instead and long slabs of it were spread as cracks were visible within it.

This was the arena that the two would be fighting in.