Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

It would be a lie if Lin Wu said that he was not worried about the Twin Lights Liger King's words, but he still went on with his decision. Even if there were some repercussions to it, Lin Wu was confident of finding a solution to them.

"Go on… tell me what this place is and what was that thing." Lin Wu stated.

The Twin Lights Liger King took a deep breath and looked towards the barrier before speaking.

"That thing… those eyes you saw… I do not know what it exactly is, but it is a dangerous creature. It tempts every beast or human that manages to come here and offers them power.

Little do they know that they are simply tricked and get their own life sucked out of them instead." The Twin Lights Liger King stated.

"Huh? They get killed?" Lin Wu asked.

"Indeed." The Twin Lights Liger King nodded his head. "Come, follow me." He added.

He then turned around and led Lin Wu to one of the parts of the cave to the very back. The location that he took him to was hidden behind a large boulder which the Twin Lights Liger King pushed aside.

This revealed another tunnel, and he entered it. 

~hua~

The Twin Lights Liger King illuminated the path with his eyes and repelled all the small beasts and bugs that would trouble whoever entered the place. Lin Wu could see that they were the same bug swarms that could bite a Nascent soul realm beast to death.

'So that's how he navigates here…' Lin Wu thought upon seeing the light of the Twin Lights Liger King's eyes.

The light emitting from his eyes was like smoke scaring away the bees and preventing all the bugs from coming close. They scuttled away and let the two beasts pass. Though Lin Wu had no need for this, as these beasts never considered him to be a living beast due to his crystalline body.

Lin Wu wondered where the Twin Lights Liger King was taking him and if it would take long. But the wait was rather short, as in just ten minutes they were at the next location.

This was also a cave, but it was at least twice as big as the earlier one. In fact, Lin Wu could even see the multi-layered barriers here as well.

"There's… another cave like that one?" Lin Wu questioned.

"There are four to be accurate, though all of them are the same and are located in a circle." The Twin Lights Liger King answered.

Lin Wu checked the mini map on the side of his vision and saw that he was indeed at a 90 degree angle from the previous place. He then looked around at the cave and saw something more shocking.

"Bones? There's so many of them too… even more than the bone hills in front of the tomb." Lin Wu said.

"These are all the unfortunate creatures that fell prey to the temptation of power. That creature would suck out the life of whoever it managed to trap and leave them dead. Their bodies would be drained of all vitality and spirit Qi leaving only a sack of skin and bones behind." The Twin Lights Liger King replied.

"If all the caves are same, then why were there no bones in the previous one?" Lin Wu questioned after thinking for a bit.

"That's because I'm usually blocking that cave and preventing anyone from coming. These other caves though, I can only check when I suspect something has happened." The Twin Lights Liger King said.

"I see… but what are you doing here exactly? I understand you are blocking that creature, but why's that?" Lin Wu asked the main thing he wanted to.

"I am doing this because this is my duty… or is something forced upon me by this forest." The Twin Lights Liger King replied.

"Forced? Has the forest bound you to it somehow?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Yes… it has control over all the beasts that live within it. Though its control mostly extends over the Nascent soul realm beasts. The ones weaker than that are not worthy in its eyes and are mostly ignored.

The forest acts through the bloodline resonance and can put shackles on us that we don't even feel. They can subconsciously compel us to do things that we don't even know we are doing.

That is exactly how it exerts its rules and how they came to be." The Twin Lights Liger King explained.

"I see… so that's how it all started. But how did you get involved in this?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Sigh~

"All of this started a long time ago… longer than even the existence of this forest. Back then, this place was called as the Dark Celestial's tomb. It was said to contain a source of great power and was sealed because of the danger it posed to everyone.

A Peerless expert seemed to have descended upon this world and sealed the place. It was said that when the peerless expert descended, the sky turned bright and all the shadows were dispelled.

Having sealed the tomb, he left the world. But not before making sure the tomb would be taken care of. He made it so that the tomb would be self sufficient on its own for the most part.

The Seal itself was based on bloodlines and as long as a certain amount of strong beasts were linked to it, the seal would be intact." The Twin Lights Liger King explained.

"That's why the need for five Nascent soul realm rulers…" Lin Wu muttered. 

"Indeed. It's not that they are five rulers, but rather they are the five chains that hold back the creature and keep the seal intact. Whatever the seal is, it depends on the bloodlines and not the cultivation of the beasts. 

For it to function like this, I do not know what level of a formation master it would need, but it's certainly not an average one.." The Twin Lights Liger King spoke.