Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

"Wh-what's happening?!" The disciples were more than shocked.

The leader's face fell as cold sweat appeared on his brow.

"It's… it's a beast…" before he could say much, the ground tore open.

~BOOM~

"KIIIIIIIIII~" A strange screeching sound was heard as a cloud of dust and dirt was created due to whatever that had come up from the ground.

From the dust clouds, they could make out a few green glints of light coming, but couldn't exactly tell what it was.

~SLASH~

But before they could get a chance to do so, the sound of something tearing and ripping apart could be heard.

~splat~

A wet liquid was sprayed on the bodies of the disciples and they felt a warmth coming from it.

"Blood?" One of them touched the warm liquid on their face and looked at it. The crimson red liquid stuck their fingers, showing them the proof that one of their companions had just died.

"RUNNNNNNN!!!!!" The leader shouted.

~RIP~

Unfortunately for him, that was just a needless cry. Before he could even take another step, his body fell apart like ribbons. The ribbons were fleshy and held on by some bones and sinew.

The blood spilling from it spread a bloody scent in the area and tingled the nostrils of each and every disciple there. A sickening feeling rose up from the bottom of their stomachs, and they tried their best to hold it back.

~WHOOSH~

Finally, a gust of wind blew away the dust and the scene could be seen clearly. Two dead bodies that were greatly damaged were lying on the ground. One of them was split into four unequal parts while one of them was turned to fleshy ribbons.

The one that was split into four unequal parts was none other than the smart disciple who had recognized the beast tracks, while the one that was turned into ribbons was the leader. 

Two normal living disciples that were speaking just a few seconds ago were now dead.

"EEEEEKKKKK!" The female disciples let out a high pitch screeching shout upon seeing everything.

Even if they were the disciples of a cultivation sect and were used to death and battles, this level of blood and gore was not something they had seen before. And even if they had, it was usually the beasts that were butchered like this and not humans.

All of their mentality and willpower had gone into the drain, and their morale dropped to zero.

A pair of dark brown eyes gazed at them as the snout in front of them twitched slightly. The whiskers on it moved diagonally as they sensed the fine changes in the air. Below the snout, a mouth could be seen.

But the most shocking thing was the thing that hung out from the mouth. A pair of sharp emerald green crystalline incisors could be seen jutting out from the mouth. They curved towards and looked like sharp blades.

This was a beast, and it was not just any beast, but the mole beast who was the very first servant of Lin Wu. His emerald green crystal claws were covered in blood as well and it slid down them without staining them at all.

"Daring to defile Master's property, hump! Impudent!" The Mole Beast scoffed.

Of course, his words were only understandable to Lin Wu as of now and to the disciples, it was just a beastly screech. The spirit Qi fluctuations coming from this body were also nothing weak and turned the knees of the disciples weak.

"N-Nascent soul… Nascent soul… A Nascent soul realm beast!" The disciples cried out.

The mole beast walked forward and didn't care that the disciples were running away. Just a little hit of his aura was enough to freeze them in place now. He casually walked up to the next disciple and raised his claws.

~SLICK~

The claws were like razor sharp blades as they cut through the disciple's body cleanly. If one looked at it, one would see that the disciple was now cut in four vertical slices. It looks like someone had put an egg in an egg slicer and cut them.

The blood started to spill out more and more, turning the area bloody.

~sniff~

the fresh blood of humans… just how long has it been since I got to taste it?" The mole beast wondered.

~STEP~STEP~STEP~

A few disciples gained a second wind and managed to break through the fear that was immobilizing them. 

~WHOOSH~

Their spirit tools were summoned by them and all of them tried to fly away.

~SHUA~

The Mole beast raised his claw again, causing winds to stir. The ones that were close by were knocked back just by this.

~BOOM~

Then he slammed his claw down to the ground, making it shake as if an earthquake had arrived.

~THUD~

~thud~

~THUD~

But that was just the start as three spikes rose up from the earth. The spikes were made out of solid rock and rose at a great speed. They appeared just below the disciples that were trying to fly away and stabbed them from the bottom.

~SLICK~

Three disciples were now skewered like rats on a stick, unable to move. Their spirit weapons fell helplessly to the ground. They lost their glow, and it was the sign that they were no longer being controlled; their owner had died!

"Just a few more left…" The mole beast said in a pleased tone as he changed his gaze towards the four disciples that were left alive. These were the ones that were too scared to move and the pressure exuding from the Nascent soul realm cultivation base was also immobilizing them.

~SHING~

The mole beast waved both of his claws, splitting the disciples into multiple pieces of meat and bones. It then licked his claws, tasting the blood of the freshly slain disciples.

"This is nice… perhaps humans coming to the forest again ain't that bad…" the Mole beast muttered.

Lin Wu who had seen everything, felt entertained as well as he shoved more and more snacks down his mouth.