Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The beasts looked on and saw that there was now a small green gem stuck to the forehead of the monkey. Its eyes were closed and it was standing still. Then suddenly…

~thud~

Its body fell to the ground and it looked like it was unconscious.

"Just wait a bit, it takes time for it to start. But once it does, the process may take a few days to complete." Lin Wu spoke.

The slim arm ape looked at the beetle king for answers and the large beetle nodded his head in approval. Though that little nod moved its large horn which stirred up strong winds.

After getting the answer, the slim arm ape returned his focus to the monkey and watched on. Meanwhile, Lin Wu started on the second monkey that was at the late stage of the Qi refining realm.

This one was a lot more timid than the previous one and fainted the moment Lin Wu got close to it. Though Lin Wu didn't mind it and just went to do what he was supposed to. He placed his tails and extended a spike that pricked into the forehead of the monkey.

After he was done, another small gem was left on the forehead of the smaller monkey. And just as Lin Wu finished this, the mutation in the core condensation realm monkey finally started.

~kii~

It let out a cry from its mouth even though it was unconscious and started trembling on the ground. Soon the trembling turned to spasm and then into what looked like seizures. 

The two ape kings felt like something was going wrong and were unsure of this entire thing now. While the two monkeys had done crimes and were going to be killed after their punishment was over, they did not feel good seeing them suffer like this.

After five minutes of struggling the core condensation realm monkey went still and stopped breathing.

"You killed him!" The demon spine ape yelled.

"Oh, just wait a bit more." Lin Wu said, knowing what was actually happening inside the beast's body.

Just when they thought Lin Wu had deceived them, the core condensation realm monkey started breathing again.

~huu~

A deep breath was taken by the monkey before a small vortex of spirit Qi started forming around him. Everyone watched in shock as the monkey's cultivation base started to increase rapidly and even its body was changing.

The green gem that was embedded into his head was absorbed into the body and the skin of his arms started tearing. But no blood spilled out from them, rather a green layer of crystals was now growing out of them.

These crystals were arranged like a layer of short spikes, like one would see on a meat tenderizer, and formed into something that looked like bracers on the monkey's arms. The same thing happened to its legs and now it was as if it was wearing emerald green shin plates.

After this entire process was completed, the monkey broke into the next stage, reaching the mid stage of the core condensation realm. All of the beasts were astounded at this, and they all knew how long it took for them to cultivate.

Most of the core condensation realm beasts here were over a hundred years old and it took them decades before they were able to progress in a single stage. But here was a specimen who had broken through in less than an hour right from the early stage of the core condensation realm.

The slim arm ape approached the monkey and checked its body with his spirit sense. It closed its eyes for about two minutes after which he opened them, this time the look in them had changed.

"It's true… he truly can improve their bloodlines by mutations…" The Slim arm ape spoke.

"Let me check!" The Demon spine ape said before doing the same thing his father had done. But unlike him, he didn't even take ten seconds before stopping. No words were spoken by him though, which already showed his answer.

"How strong do you think their bloodline will get, father?" The demon spine ape questioned in human tongue.

"Hmm… it is hard to tell, but right now they are already better than their normal brethren. Seeing as their aura and cultivation is still increasing, they may reach an even higher level. Although they will not be at the same level as your bloodline, they will definitely exceed mine." The slim arm ape answered.

After getting the confirmation from his father, the Demon spine ape could of nothing but accept the outcome. He knew that while they were strong together, it wouldn't be long before an even strong contender would arise, not to mention that humans could also appear and start killing his kin for resources.

He didn't want either of things to happen and thus he kept his silence. 

~kiyaaa!~

Suddenly the Qi refining realm monkey that had been silent all this while woke up and let out a loud cry. Its eyes turned red as veins appeared on its skin. Strong waves of spirit Qi were emitted from his body, and it looked like its power had suddenly doubled.

It looked at the other monkey beasts that were standing near him, looking at him curiously and then pounced at them, like a mad beast. But before he could take another step its body froze in place.

~Boom~

~splatter~

Then suddenly, its body exploded into a gory mess and the blood splattered over the other monkeys that were near him. Lin Wu thought had gotten successfully away from the splash zone and thus was able to save his immaculate and pristine body from getting dirty.

"Ah, looks like this one was a failure. Well now, we know that it only works on the beasts that are at the Core condensation realm at the very least." Lin Wu spoke after seeing the result.

~gulp~

The other monkeys alas gulped after seeing the messy scene and wondered if they would have to go through that now.