Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu's choice was certainly not something the Twin Lights Liger King had expected. In fact, it was a choice that was not even presented to him. From all that he had learned and observed about Lin Wu till now, the Twin Lights Liger King was sure that he would take over his place.

He did think that there was a small chance that Lin Wu might just turn away, but Lin Wu's personality was not like that. The Twin Lights Liger King knew that Lin Wu also desired power and would like to try his own attempt at this tomb.

The Twin Lights Liger King knew this because he himself was the same as Lin Wu back then. Despite hearing the dangers, he was willing to take the duty into his own hands, because he had the coincidence and hope that he would be able to do it.

But that was a mistake. A mistake that cost him several hundreds of years of his life and his cultivation as a cost. Even now, he only cultivated so that he could supply the spirit Qi to the sealing formation when needed.

Other than that, he could never break through to the Dao Shell realm, no matter how much he wanted to. In fact, if he was never bound to this tomb, he would have broken through to the Dao Shell realm over two or three hundred years ago.

His innate potential was really high, and it was just the tomb holding him back. There were many problems hovering over him, the main one being that he was running out of lifespan.

He only had about a hundred years or fewer of lifespan left and he needed to find someone else willing to take over him. Otherwise, he would never be able to breakthrough.

There was actually something he had not told Lin Wu, and it was a secret that was only held by the keeper of the tomb. It was that even if a beast's lifespan ran out, they would still not die.

The tomb would keep their souls bound to the world and forcefully keep their bodies alive. They would become living puppets that would only have the task of providing spirit Qi to the formation.

It was a cruel existence and no one would like to live trapped like that. The Twin Lights Liger King knew this because the one who was the keeper before him was in that stage. The beast had already run out of his longevity and was only alive because of the seal.

The beast passed on his position to the Twin Lights Liger King and turned to dust in the next second. The Twin Lights Liger King did not want that to happen to him as well. He was desperate to escape but couldn't give away the duty to anyone carelessly, either.

This was not because he was forced to, but he knew just how heavy his duty was. He had felt the horrors of the thing that was bound by the seal and knew that if he passed the duty to someone incompetent and they let the seal be broken, this world as he knew would end.

Either way, he would die. Thus, it would be better for him to suffer a bit more and find someone that could bear the duty for him. 

But now, here was Lin Wu, who had neither accepted, nor denied his offer. Rather, he was going on a separate path that the Twin Lights Liger King did not know where it would lead to. 

All he could do now was to let Lin Wu show him.

"And what's that? If you choose neither, then what are you going to do?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned.

"Just watch… even if you can't do anything to this place and are helpless, doesn't mean I am too." Lin Wu answered.

"Oh? Confident I see… overconfident perhaps too…" The Twin Lights Liger King added.

"Nope, just a bit more tech savvy." Lin Wu replied.

"Tech savvy? What's that?" The Twin Lights Liger King asked feeling confused, having never heard those two words.

"Ah, you won't get it." Lin Wu shook his head.

"Let me just show you…" Lin Wu said and approached the barrier.

While the Twin Lights Liger King had been explaining things to Lin Wu, he had been talking with the system and coming up with other plans. He knew that even if the seal was strong and had trapped many beasts till now, it would still be nothing in front of the system.

All he needed was a little time and preparation. 

'The system managed to overcome the formation of the Taiji Celestial's tomb, which is far more complex than this one. The formation sealing this place should be far easier…' Lin Wu thought as he observed the barrier from up close.

"If I directly touch the barrier, you'll be able to access the formation despite the interference field, right system?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Affirmative." The System answered.

~huu~

"Alright, here goes nothing… can't embarrass myself here after talking hot shit now," Lin Wu said and extended his tail before lightly touching the barrier with it.

The Twin Lights Liger King was watching him as well and was wondering what he would be up to and was a little worried when he touched the barrier. Even though he knew that the barrier did not cause any harm to anyone that touched it from the outside, there were still unexpected things that could happen.

He was secretly anticipating something to happen, but that something never happened. Instead, Lin Wu simply stood there with his tail touching the barrier for about two minutes.

The Twin Lights Liger King kept on watching, feeling astounded for five more minutes and finally decided to speak again.

"Just what are Yo—" But before he could complete his sentence, he saw something that shocked him to his core.

~HONG!!!!~

The formations all started to hum with a loud noise, and it looked like the entire cave was shaking.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" The Twin Lights Liger King shouted.