Chapter 226: Scouting?
Lin Wu was currently heading towards the direction of the Millennium lake as the beetle king had informed him. It took him a mere ten minutes to reach with his speed but he did not get too close as he didn’t know if the Olive Viper king may be able to sense him or not.
“Alright, system do a detailed scan of the area and find the Olive Viper king. Once he is found do a scan on him too and show me the data.” Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Area selected
SCAN COMPLETED: Map updated
MULTIPLE ENTITIES DETECTED: Marking on map.
RADIATION SIGNATURES DETECTED: Similarity to Host’s own radiation.
SPECIFIED TARGET IDENTIFIED: Olive Viper King
CULTIVATION BASE: Adolescent Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
BLOODLINE: Mutated Olive Viper Bloodline
(1.40% Similarity to Crimson eyed emerald worm. 2. 5% similarity to the unknown bloodline.)
INNATE SKILLS: Unable to detect [Closer proximity needed]
NOTIFICATION: Other beasts in the area also have mutated bloodlines similar to that of the host but at fractions of a percentage.
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Looking at the data the system gave, Lin Wu knew for sure that the Olive Viper king had probably consumed a fragment of the same crystal that he had back at the forbidden area. Not only that, but like he had caused mutations in his subordinates, the same way Lin Wu had.
This showed Lin Wu that this was not an exclusive ability of his and those other beasts that had this could do the same. But this only increased the desire Lin Wu was feeling to kill and eat the Olive Viper King.
When the quest was given, he only felt an obligation to complete it due to the reward. But now he wanted to do it because his own body was telling him to do so. It was a rather strange feeling that he had not felt before and thus he was a bit confused.
“Looks like killing him is the only option now… hehehe.” Lin Wu chuckled.
He took a look at the map and marked the routes that seemed to be good for entry. There were a lot of beasts spread around in the area, patrolling it. Any beast that came near it would be found by them and killed, only to be taken to a pile beside a large burrow that was made at the side of a small hill.
The hill was located in the middle of the lake and was like an island. Lin Wu looked at the map and switched to a lower layer on it, and saw the many paths that had been created underground.
“He has a lot of paths to escape and move around too. This is probably how he has been travailing around the area most of the time, hidden from the eyes of the others.” Lin Wu realized.
It was not that the Olive Viper king appeared less for the others, rather it was just that he stayed hidden most of the time and only appeared to create a large uproar from attacking other beasts.
Having learned enough for now, Lin Wu went back to the tomb. He thought that he needed to be a bit more strong than just his cultivation base if he wanted to fight against the Olive Viper king.
Even if he had the advantage in the case of his bloodline, there was no guarantee that he would be able to come out on top against him. So he decided to err on the side of caution and do more preparation.
“Being at the Child stage of the Nascent Soul realm should be enough to fight against the Olive viper king, as then he would only be one stage above me. And after I defeat him and kill him, my bloodline should progress and increase as well.” Lin Wu said to himself.
Lin Wu could have directly teleported himself to the Tomb using the teleportation formation but did not do so, since he wanted to save up as much spirit Qi as he could for the upgrade to the next stage.
He currently had a little over one million units of liquid spirit Qi units stored and needed 5,000,000 more to upgrade to the next stage. For this, he would need to cultivate and gather more spirit Qi so that he could reach it at the earliest.
Soon he reached the base of the tomb and teleported himself to the inside. He looked around at the empty hall and a thought came to him.
“I should decorate this place a bit… it is too empty. Maybe a few cushions or mattresses to sit on?” Lin Wu thought.
But then he considered his large body and estimated the sheer number of pillows that he would need to do that. While he could shrink his body and use fewer pillows, that would defeat the purpose of relaxation.
While Lin Wu’s main body was thinking of this stuff, his avatar was still cultivating. The main body also started cultivating, but was a little bored at the speed. He even asked the beetle king if it would be fine if he started eating the beasts in the forest.
The beetle king said, while it would be fine if he did it up to a certain extent, he shouldn’t go too far. The five rulers ensured that a stable number of beasts were maintained in the forest and the number could not go below a certain level or everyone’s interests will be harmed.
Lin Wu asked why did they have to follow something like this, like what was forcing them to follow this rule and the beetle king replied that it was the mandate that was embedded deep within their bloodlines and if they did not follow it, the forest itself may curse them.
Other beast rulers in the past had indeed done massacres and eaten a lot of beasts, but their end was not good. That was also perhaps one of the reasons why the Silver Beak Sky Soar eagle left the forest after committing the massacre of his subordinates. She knew she would not be able to live long here after that.
