Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Guardian Yun felt his body shake as his Dao Shell was hit by the giant blade. The collision was powerful enough to create a crater below the Dao Shell even though it had not even made contact with the earth.

The formation array of the entire mountain flickered, and the fog started to disappear. For a couple of seconds, everyone would have been able to see the true form of the mountain.

Guardian Yun saw this all and just hoped that no one was paying attention to the place. 

'Dammit, I'll have to make up something if they pester me again.' He thought.

Lin Wu on the other hand, was paying his full attention to the entire situation. This was his first time using this new attack he had made, and he didn't know what kind of power it could express.

In fact, he didn't even know if it would work against Guardian Yun at first. But now that he knew it was enough to force him to use his Dao Shell, he knew its power was substantial.

'Nice! Now I got another trump card I can use. Though… its consumption is too high.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he felt his Dantian deplete by half almost instantly.

One must know that Lin Wu's Dantian had a rather massive capacity, and the amount used by him in the attack was enough to fill a small spirit stone mine. Using a small spirit stone mine's worth of spirit Qi in one attack was ridiculous on many levels for Dao Shell realm cultivators.

Especially since they could not even have Dantian that big. 

~WEENG~

~RUMBLE~

The giant blade kept on pushing on the Dao Shell and it looked to be slowing retreating. The sapphire blue blade edge looked deadly and seemed like it would pierce through the Dao Shell at any moment.

Guardian Yun was now in a dilemma. He couldn't retreat directly as that would put him in a bad spot and he couldn't fight against Lin Wu's attack either. Just resiting it with his Dao Shell was taking up all of his efforts.

Not to mention the fact that he could feel the outer layer of his Dao Shell being affected now. 

The Dao Shell of a cultivator that had reached the Shell completion stage would be very strong and could even bear the attacks of Dao Treading realm cultivators up to a certain extent.

And yet Guardian Yun's Dao Shell seemed to be on the verge of being affected. 

'This beast is certainly on a different level. Seems like the rumors of the millennium forest really are true…' Guardian Yun thought to himself.

At this point, Lin Wu's image in Guardian Yun's mind had been increased to a rather highlight. But what he didn't know was that the only reason why Lin Wu's attack was affecting him was due to the Sapphire meridians granted by the Undaunted Sapphire Body art.

Without it, Lin Wu certainly would not have been able to push him to this extent. 

'Looks like I need to invest more in the Undaunted Sapphire Body art. The piercing effect is far better than I thought. I reckon if I reach the third stage, I should be able to break a Dao Shell with no problem.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Taking note of this, he continued his attack and increased the spirit Qi used to propel the blade forward even more.

~WHOOSH~

The jets of fire intensified and the pressure on Guardian Yun increased even more.

It was now that they felt the formation array flicker even more.

~shua~

"SENIORS YOU NEED TO STOP!" Wang Xiong's voice could be heard coming from the distance.

Wang Xiong spoke, but the two beings did not stop their battle.

"LOOK! THE FORMATION ARRAY CANNOT BEAR THIS!" He pleaded further.

But even now, they did not pay attention to him. After all, their entire focus was on the opponent and they couldn't spare the attention to look elsewhere. The loss of attention could mean death right now.

"THEY WILL DISCOVER YOU TWO! WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT!" Wang Xiong finally said the thing that made both the beings wary.

"Hehe, I think the kid is right. I don't think you want this mountain to be revealed to the rest of the sect either." Lin Wu finally spoke.

"Right… I think both of us have obtained what we wanted from this." Guardian Yun replied.

"Agreed." Lin Wu nodded his head. "We stop now?" 

"YES!" Guardian Yun said, and Lin Wu withdrew his attack.

The propelling jets of fire stopped and the blue edge of the giant blade faded away as well. Guardian Yun secretly took a breath of relief and withdrew his Dao Shell back into his body before carefully checking it in his Dantian.

But when he did this, he felt hurt.

"Dammit, he really did make a mark!" Guardian Yun shouted internally.

On his Dao Shell, a faint mark could be seen. It looked like someone had scratched a marble and left a small impression on it. It pained him, as the flawless look of his Dao Shell was no more.

'This will cost a fortune to repair…' Guardian Yun thought to himself.

If it were anyone else in his position, they would have been helpless at this moment. Or perhaps they might have been dead already. One must not forget that Guardian Yun was far stronger than the average Dao Shell realm cultivator and was also a Demon beast, as estimated.

He had also expanded his Dao Shell several times and thus it was denser than most Dao Shells. Perhaps if it was someone in the Shell Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm, they would have already had their Dao Shell broken.

While Guardian Yun was regretting his decision, Lin Wu was having some problems of his own.

Even though it looked like he was fine on the surface, internally he too, was damaged.

~WARNING~

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NOTIFICATION: Surface meridians have been damaged! 

Damage level: 13%

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"Ugh… get to healing them system. We should have enough vital essence. Though this will take away from our stores." Lin Wu said to the system.

He checked his host data and saw the vital essence fall.

"Will need to be careful next time. Though… now that we have tested it out, you can get to improving the flaws, System." Lin Wu spoke.

"Affirmative." The system replied.

With the battle ended, Wang Xiong and Ye Jin finally dared to leave the dome that had been protecting him.

~shua~

The dome melted away and Wang Xiong looked at the damage that had been caused around them.

"Both of them are monsters on their own…" Ye Jin muttered in shock.

Lin Wu returned his body to its normal form and coiled up to look at the aftermath. 

"How are the formation arrays here system?" Lin Wu questioned.

~DING~

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ANSWER: The system has managed to analyze the formation arrays during the fluctuations that were caused by the battle. The Formation arrays are at 50% integrity and the interference field is now removed for the system.

——

Seeing the system's answer, Lin Wu felt pleased. 

"Perfect, do another scan of the mountain… I want to see everything!" Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Dense formations detected; the scan will take longer than usual

——

"Yeah, that's not a problem. At least we can scan now." Lin Wu said as it was an improvement from before.

Letting the system do that in the background, Lin Wu watched as Wang Xiong and Ye Jin approached them.

"Are you two okay?" Lin Wu asked.

"We are fine, senior. But I don't think we would have been if the battle went on for any longer." Wang Xiong replied.

"I see… perhaps I should have been a bit more careful." Lin Wu stated.

"It's fine senior, it wasn't fully your fault, anyway." Wang Xiong said as he stared at Guardian Yun.

"Patriarch will not be pleased with this Guardian Yun." Wang Xiong spoke in a straight voice.

"It will be fine. You do not need to worry. I'll deal with it." Guardian Yun replied in a similar tone.

Lin Wu could perceive a little friction between the two and wondered what the true reality here was.

"Now that all that is behind us. Will you be willing to tell me what's exactly going on?" Lin Wu asked.

~Sigh~

"I reckon introductions are in order." Guardian Yun said, after taking a little sigh.

"I am Yun Bai, the guardian of the Frozen Cloud sect." He revealed.

"Hah," Lin Wu chuckled a little upon hearing this. "That's not all, is it? I mean, that much was rather obvious. You are a Demon Beast, aren't you?"

"Yes… I am indeed." He admitted.

Hearing this, Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were both shocked.

"A Demon beast? What's that?" Ye Jin couldn't help but ask.

"In simple words, a Demon beast is basically a beast that has the bloodline of a Demon. Demons are nothing but another species of creatures like humans." Lin Wu gave a short explanation.

"But… aren't they…" Ye Jin hesitated to speak.

"I know what you mean. Most humans use the term demon incorrectly. They just attribute it to evil beings, but that's not true. Of course, there are evil demons, but not all of them. 

While they may have somewhat of a volatile mentality, they aren't that different from humans. They are simply a different race of beings. And beasts that have their bloodlines are called as demon beasts.

It's similar to how humans can have beast bloodlines." Lin Wu explained.

Hearing Lin Wu's relatively positive words, Yun Bai was rather astounded.