Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The power of the third bolt was the strongest and created a sonic boom that destroyed trees in an even larger radius than before. In fact, some of the trees have been directly been ignited due to the traces of lightning that had spread in the area.

Lin Wu could see the red flames and the smoke coming from the distance, signifying that the fires were blazing. He wondered if there would be more strikes, but soon it proved to be no.

The clouds started dissipating, and about five minutes later they were gone, leaving behind a clear sky. 

'So did that monkey beast succeed or not?' Lin Wu wondered. 

He watched on for a few more movements and saw the change in the spirit Qi of the area. A huge vortex started manifesting, completely made out of spirit Qi. This vortex was right where the tribulation lightning had fallen.

The vortex spun at great speed and gathered a lot of spirit Qi, pouring it down to the bottom. This process lasted for about five more minutes before it stopped and a strong fluctuation of spirit Qi came from that location.

But that was not as Lin Wu could feel a bloodline aura mixed within it. Lin Wu's body started glowing without control and his red eyes glimmered like stars. He suddenly found himself in a different space.

He knew that it was just his mind that was here and not his body. Here Lin Wu saw a few figures manifesting in front of him. The first figure was that of a large beetle that had a horn with barbed thorns on it.

The second figure was that of an ape that had long and slim arms that reached all the way to the ground. Its body was packed with lean muscles and a hint of intelligence could be seen in its eyes. 

The third figure was that of a large liger. It was similar to that of the Lamp light ligers that Lin Wu had seen before but was much larger in size. It had two eyes, one black, and the other white.

The fourth figure was of a snake that was about a hundred meters long and three feet thick. It had green crystalline plates on its back and its scales were olive green. It had long fangs and yellow eyes.

The final beast was the one that caught Lin Wu's attention the most. This was also an ape, but it was much larger than the one he had seen before. It had a buff, muscled body with a wide torso. Its spine could be seen coming out of its back as the bone grew directly out of the flesh. The spine spread into the ribs, which formed a sort of armor around its chest. Its fur had red patterns on it, and a dangerous aura could be seen coming from it.

Lin Wu realized who all these beasts were. The first four were the rulers of the millennium forest and the final one was the son of the Slim Arm Ape king that had the second bloodline of the Demon spine ape. 

~Roar!~

The Liger king roared at everyone after appearing, trying to intimidate them. 

~Thud~

The beetle king slammed its horn on the ground, creating quakes and threatening the others.

~Kiiiii~

The slim arm ape let out a strange growl from its throat that spread through the air.

~Hiss~

The Viper king let out a deadly hiss, that suppressed other's auras while bearing its long fangs that were dripping with venom.

~HOWL~

The son of the ape king let out a howl from its mouth that seemed unusual coming from an ape. The beasts all growled at each other, trying to suppress each others' bloodline. There was a strange resonance that was occurring between each bloodline, and it was as if they were trying to determine which one was the strongest.

For a while, the five beasts were only trying to intimidate each other, and it was as if they had not seen Lin Wu there yet. Their battle continued and eventually, the Demon Spine ape came out on the top, letting out a great howl while beating its chest and baring its teeth.

It was now that the beasts noticed a sixth being along with them. 

~howl~

~hiss~

~Roars

~Kiii~

~Thud~

Not a single word was spoken before all of the beasts started intimidating Lin Wu. The pressure on his mind increased by a lot suddenly, and he couldn't think for a bit due to the impact. But then his main body that was in the form of a spear started glowing too, along with the avatar and an impeccable pressure was released from it.

Shirong who had been holding the Immortal Crystal Armament in his hand found it to be thrumming with power and then started glowing in a green light along with two red ones at the top.

'Why is it doing this?…' Shirong wondered.

"Wait! Is it due to the heavenly tribulation, perhaps? Did something trigger a seal in it?" Shirong muttered to himself in confusion.

Shirong couldn't sense the bloodline aura of the beasts and neither could he feel it coming from the body of Lin Wu, thus he was not shocked like he was before when he had fainted directly.

Back in the mind of Lin Wu, the pressure he was feeling from the intimidation of the five beasts was suddenly gone. Instead, the five beasts were now cowering on the ground, unable to move.

If one looked from the perspective of the five beasts though, they would see a massive beast that was the size of a hill standing in front of them. Its body was hidden in a haze and could not be seen clearly, but what could be seen were the crimson red eyes that had purple outlines. 

The eyes glared at the five beasts and suppressed them with ease. It was as if the battle of auras that they had before was but just a joke in front of it.

The illusion broke after that, and Lin Wu found himself back in his mind.