Chapter 156: Because, I am the King
"This is... the beast head in the hall!" The Library suddenly shouted.
He saw the head of the monster, huge and fierce, without eyes, only a terrifying circular maw filled with curved fangs like boomerangs.
"From left to right, the sixth one." Kevin responded as well, his memory was no worse than The Library's.
After that, they all fell silent, realizing such a thing truly existed.
Right, Tang Rao seemed to know, calling it an Abyssal Worm, but what exactly is this thing?
Is it really a worm?
It's completely unrelated to worms, not at all similar.
Moreover, this creature almost took up the entire wall, eight meters high and over thirty meters long; since when do worms get that big?
"Netherworld, kill him, kill them all!" Fei Jiu said fiercely, it was clear that Tang Rao's words had made him somewhat panicky.
Abyssal Worm... He had no clue what it was.
He only knew that this thing could give him power, could make him a normal person who could hear and speak.
What of leading people to be devoured by it?
It's their fate, their destiny, they deserve to die!
This world has always been about the survival of the fittest.
All this brotherhood crap, all this trust crap, it's all nonsense.
"Gurgle gurgle!" The Abyssal Worm did not charge forward; in fact, it seemed extremely fearful of Tang Rao, constantly making unpleasant noises from its body.
Tang Rao was very calm, truly calm, not feigning it.
This Abyssal Worm in front of him was pathetically weak.
Eight meters wide, thirty meters long, what kind of trash was this?
Not to mention its larval stage, the egg cells of an Abyssal Worm were bigger than this.
A real Abyssal Worm blots out the sun, and those that are ten thousand meters long are nothing special. The most powerful Abyssal Worm Tang Rao had ever seen was the King among them: Netherworld.
Its body stretched for thousands of miles, and with one collision, it could destroy a planet.
And that Netherworld was slain by him, Tang Rao.
Thus, faced with such a peculiarly small Abyssal Worm, Tang Rao could only sneer, not knowing how else to treat it.
Even claiming to be Netherworld, such madness.
"Abyssal Worms are best at beguiling minds, sucking out brains, consuming essence blood. You've brought people here often during this period, haven't you?" Tang Rao looked at Fei Jiu.
Fei Jiu looked at the Abyssal Worm and then at Tang Rao. He didn't understand why the Netherworld didn't go kill Tang Rao.
Aren't you omnipotent?
"So what if I have? Those idiots all deserved to die!" Fei Jiu replied, seemingly extremely vicious.
"Do you know why it doesn't dare move?" Tang Rao pointed at the Abyssal Worm curled to one side and said to Fei Jiu.
Fei Jiu was silent, his hands clenched tightly.
"Because... I am the King, and it, is just a pitiful piece of trash," Tang Rao said slowly, pointing at the Abyssal Worm.
Indeed, after slaying the Netherworld, Tang Rao obtained the soul of the Netherworld, which is the King Seal of the Abyssal Worm.
With this seal, he is the king of all Abyssal Worms.
Unless he is slain by another Abyssal Worm and stripped of the King Seal.
"Come here, prostrate yourself," Tang Rao beckoned to the Abyssal Worm clinging to the wall.
The huge and disgusting Abyssal Worm swiftly descended from the wall, its enormous body knocking Fei Jiu aside and quickly worming its way in front of Tang Rao.
Then, it lay motionless, even its ugly head firmly pressed against the ground, not daring to lift it at all.
Since it is an Abyssal Worm, it can sense the Netherworld King Seal on him.
Not to mention such a weak Abyssal Worm, even those at the starry sky level would not dare to act rashly.
For the Netherworld King Seal is not merely a symbol of a King; its most tyrannical aspect lies in its ability to decide the life and death of all Abyssal Worms below the starry sky level.
Abyssal Worms of the starry sky level have strength roughly equivalent to a Cultivator at the Soul Division stage.
This Abyssal Worm in front of him is trash to the extreme; with just a thought from Tang Rao, it could be turned to dust in an instant.
It was for this reason that, upon realizing it was the work of an Abyssal Worm, Tang Rao completely let go of his worries.
Seeing this monster obey Tang Rao's command and prostrate before him, everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost.
Fei Jiu was no exception.
In their hearts, only three words prevailed: Why is this?
"This person, I'm giving him to you," Tang Rao suddenly said coldly to the Abyssal Worm.
This person, Fei Jiu, had completely deteriorated; such a person, who regards other people's lives as worthless, cannot be left alive.
For keeping him would be a disaster.
"Nng!" The Abyssal Worm made a heavy sound and did not turn around to attack or anything.
Within a brief two seconds, Fei Jiu's head suddenly burst open, a stream of fresh red blood and white matter were extracted from his body, turning into a long flow that was sucked into the giant round mouth of the Abyssal Worm.
Thud!
Fei Jiu's shriveled, headless corpse abruptly fell to the ground, dead beyond a doubt.
The scene was silent, eerily so.
"Old Guan, still want to venture further in?" Tang Rao turned around to look at Guan Zhenkong.
Guan Zhenkong didn't know how to respond, nor did he know how to face Tang Rao. Everything that had happened before him thoroughly exceeded his limits.
"I... I'd rather not continue," Guan Zhenkong shook his head; he needed to sort things out, to calm himself down.
Fei Jiu, a traitor, the Abyssal Worm...
"What about you three?" Tang Rao turned to the other three.
"No... " The Library was the first to shake his head, clearly frightened. This was not Tomb Exploration at all; it felt like a confrontation with alien life.
Kevin also shook his head; who knows what would be encountered next? Perhaps something even more bizarre.
As for Liu Shisan, she quietly watched Tang Rao, then turned her gaze to the Abyssal Worm lying to the side.
"Do you want to continue?" Liu Shisan asked.
"Yes." Tang Rao answered, this tomb was clearly not simple; he had to go in and see.
Perhaps to discover some hidden secrets.
Blue Star... was far from as simple as he had imagined.
Endless resources, located beyond the bounds of the Nine Realms and the Seventy-two Domains, and now the emergence of creatures from beyond the realm. Yes, the Abyssal Worm is a type of Heavenly Demon from beyond the realm.
"I'll keep going with you," Liu Shisan nodded and spoke.
Tang Rao's mouth curled into a smile; he has never been one to forget a grudge.
"Sorry, I wasn't planning on taking you with me." After speaking, Tang Rao walked straight ahead, and the Abyssal Worm followed with rumbling noises.
In just a few seconds, both Tang Rao and the Abyssal Worm had disappeared from sight.
Liu Shisan stood there with her mouth open, gasping heavily, her emotions seeming to be on the edge of snapping.
"Sister Liu, we... better leave here first," Kevin could not bear to stay another moment.
Liu Shisan turned and walked back without even glancing at Kevin.
As she walked, she took a cigarette from her pocket; only with it could she manage to calm down.