Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The people in the hall watched the video closely, not missing even a single second of it.

Their expressions changed several times during the video. Sometimes there was shock, and surprise on their faces, and the other times there was fear and nervousness en it. But along with this, a few people also had expressions of awe on their faces.

This was strange, and it was union what was going through their minds to show an expression like this. After all, the monster in the video was by all means not something that would be good for anyone.

And when the video was finally over, the lords of Tieba city were left speechless.

"That thing… what do we…"

They all looked at each other, wondering if anyone had an idea. Even the Dao Treading realm experts among them seemed to be alarmed.

"M-my lords… how should we progress from here?" One of the expedition team members asked.

They had already experienced the scene in the video first hand, and thus didn't feel as overwhelmed as these lords. Or rather to them, the video could barely compare to the oppressive pressure they felt there in person.

It was the same as showing someone a video of a tiger and then seeing a tiger face to face.

The person's question snapped out a few of the lords from their thoughts and they furrowed their brows.

"We need to first asses just how much danger does it pose to us." Lord Cao was the first to take the lead.

"Lord Cao is right, even if it seems to be rather dangerous from the video, I doubt that's all there is to it." A few others agreed.

"First of all the monster's words. From them we can deduce that it wants to destroy everything that it can. Not to mention it seems to have no fear of the Long clan either, despite the fact that it knows about them." Lord Cao stated.

"Hmm… not just that, we mustn't forget that the monster said it was sealed for over a hundred thousand years. If that is true, then it has been in existence for longer than the recorded history of this continent." Another lord added.

The people were the most concerned about this fact. A being that old was certainly experienced, and possibly something they might not even be able to comprehend.

"I think this point is also a good one. We know for sure that it was sealed. Which means that there IS a way to seal it. Perhaps even kill it." Miss Xiaolian suddenly said.

Her words got the approval of many as they finally realized that the monster itself showed that it could be sealed. This also gave them a reference to being their search for the sealing method.

After all, the best way would be to start from the same place they found the monster in. The unknown tomb of an Immortal Ascension realm expert.

"Should we send some people to check the tomb? Maybe we'll find insights into how the monster was sealed. After all, we were meant to get it all anyway, but since nearly the entire expedition team is dead, we don't have that information." Someone suggested.

"No, wait… that might be too risky right now." Lord Cao suddenly said before looking at the people who were at the sight of the tomb. "Did any of you actually see the monster leave?" he questioned.

After all, in the video, the recording had stopped after Lin Wu went back into the tomb. Anything that happened after that was unknown to them.

"N-No, Lord Cao. We all left the place as soon as the Monster wasn't in our sights. It went into the tomb, so we don't know if it has left the place or not." The leader of the mission answered.

"Then we'll need to confirm that first…" Lord Cao furrowed his brows.

Picking someone for this job will be difficult, as it wasn't as if he could just send someone weak and expendable for it. They will quite possibly die before that. And seeing the ease with which the Monster had killed the Dao Shell realm commander of the Zhan kingdom, a Dao Shell realm expert was also out of the choices.

This was troubling, since the Dao Shell realm experts were the strongest they had on their hands. Anything above that would be on the same level as the Lords of the Tieba City and there was no way they would go out on a dangerous mission like that.

"I… Don't think the Monster has left the tomb." Miss Xiaolian suddenly spoke.

"Huh? Why do you think so Miss Xiaolian?" Lord Cao questioned, while others looked on curiously as well.

"Thinking of it again… the Monster that killed a Dao Shell realm expert with ease actually didn't notice the spy team? And it even asked the commander and the Elder Guo to guide him? Don't you all think that is strange?" Miss Xiaolian stated.

Hearing this, the lords as well as the other lower ranked members were intrigued.

They realized that they had overlooked this fact due to the shocking actions of the beast as well as its appearance.

"Do you all think a monster as strong as that wouldn't be able to find out where the spy team was hiding?" Miss Xiaolian added.

"That's right! It should have sensed us!" The leader of the mission said out loud.

Though it only made others shudder in fear, as they realized that perhaps the monster saw them and still didn't target them.

"Indeed. But if it did, it should have killed you all. We can easily confirm from its actions that it is hungry and want's to eat, possibly to restore its condition." Miss Xiaolian elaborated.

"That does make sense." Lord Cao nodded his head.

"Since the monster didn't eat you all despite its hunger, then there is only one reason left for it." Miss Xiaolian added.

"And what might that be?" Everyone looked on in anticipation.

"The monster is weakened… or at the very least it doesn't have senses that are good enough to go past a certain range." Miss Xiaolian answered.

Hearing this, the lords felt rather surprise. After all, this was something logical that even they should have figured out immediately. And yet they had missed it all.

"It will be good if the monster has a limited range of senses. It will allow us… or others to outmaneuver it. Giving us an advantage to trap it or even kill it." Lord Cao said, finding it feasible.

"Mmmhmm…" Miss Xiaolian agreed.

"But doesn't this also mean that the monster will get even stronger after consuming creatures?" Another lord wearing a mask on his face asked.

He too was a Dao Treading realm expert and was named Wendi.

"That is indeed the most troublesome part… we can't be obvious in going against this monster and we can't let it stay around on its own for long, either. After all, Tieba city isn't that far away and if the Monster's goal is to eat as much as possible, it would eventually come here too." Lord Cao said after pondering over his fellow lord's words.

This was a dilemma inducing situation that made it hard to choose.

"So, what do we do now?" The people wondered.

The lords were silent for a few minutes, unable to pick. Only after five minutes had passed did one of them spoke.

"I think we should let the others act as a probe for us first." Miss Xiaolian said.

"The Zhan Kingdom and the Peony Plains kingdom." The lords realized.

"Yes. Elder Guo is most probably alive since he managed to escape even further than where our people were due to the commander's effort. We can simply let the people of the two kingdoms check the situation out first.

We shall watch from the back while also gathering as much intelligence as we can on the tomb and the monster that woke up." Miss Xiaolian proposed.

"For a monster as dangerous as this, I don't think there are no records. There should definitely be something left over." someone said.

The lords acknowledged this and felt like they had probably just missed it somehow.

But now that they had the reference for the monster's appearance, there was a better chance for them to find out about it.

"Very well, all people of the intelligence shall search for this." Lord Cao ordered to his people.

"Our intelligence department shall do the same." The other lords joined in as well.

While they all decided this, Miss Xiaolian looked at a jade slip in her hand. She held it for a moment before a frown appeared on his face.

"What's the problem, Miss Xiaolian?" The second female lord asked.

"I'll have to leave for now." Miss Xiaolian said.

"Huh? How can you leave at this time, Miss Xiaolian." Lord Cao asked.

"Yeah, half of this plan was your suggestion, so how could you leave?" the other lords asked as well.

The semblance of unity and understanding they had earlier had disappeared and they finally showed their shrewd selves.

To them, if Miss Xiaolian was leaving at a critical juncture such as this, they couldn't help but wonder if they were being baited or fooled to act.

Of course, they wouldn't want something like that to happen. Additionally, they knew about the reputation of Miss Xiaolian and how scheming she really was.

"I have to leave on some important matters that actually concern our current situation. I'll also be able to find some information about this monster this way." Miss Xiaolian said.