Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

After seeing the information provided by Cang Ci, Lin Wu was sure of one thing.

Whoever was behind this wanted the people of the Second Light city to know of Hu Dagao's disappearance and also mark the return of the Wandering Head Bandit. But considering that he had found the true traces of Hu Dagao out of the second light city, he knew this was also a misdirection.

"They want to divert the attention of the Hu clan to the Wandering Head Bandit. After all, the actual location of his disappearance was in the forest a thousand kilometers away. By doing this, they would be able to confuse the Hu clan for long enough that they would have fulfilled their goal." Lin Wu explained. "Whatever that goal might be…"

Cang Ci thought over it and found it to be possible. Even if it was a little unusual, she believed in her master's judgment.

"What do we do now, master?" Cang Ci questioned.

Lin Wu thought over it for five minutes before coming up with a plan.

"First… I want the identities of all those that had seen Hu Dagao in person before his disappearance." Lin Wu replied.

"I have them already." Cang Ci handed another jade slip to Lin Wu.

"Hmm… this will do." Lin Wu memorized them and also got the system to track them in the Second Light city.

"What's next?" Cang Ci asked.

"Next… We make a little show. They want the Wandering Head Bandit to bear the blame right? Well, I'll make him take the blame for more than just Hu Dagao's disappearance." Lin Wu stated.

~Slick~

Cang Ci then saw another tentacle extended from Lin Wu's body. It started to twist and morph before quickly turning into a scarred man wearing a long bandit robe. He looked exactly like the person in the reports.

"The Wandering Head Bandit… You intend to lure out the original?" Cang Ci asked.

"If they can kidnap a fake Hu Dagao, I can also make a fake Wandering Bandit kidnap real people." Lin Wu replied. "Let's see how the original likes that."

Lin Wu intended to completely mess up the plans of those plotting. He didn't care if this worked in their favor or not, he would benefit from the chaos either way.

'It'll be the perfect time to add more bloodline data to the data banks as well as nourish the Helix of Assimilation…' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Saving Hu Dagao was an afterthought, and he would let the opportunity present itself. At the very least, Lin Wu knew for sure that the man was alive. If something more happened to him, the vital status in the system would change and alert Lin Wu.

'Bloodline Tracer should be able to sense Hu Dagao too, but since he only has the implant and not the bloodline, the range will be limited. I'll have to expand the scope of my search…' Lin Wu reckoned.

With the plan made, Lin Wu gave some instructions to Cang Ci and started his work.

"Alright system, mark the suitable targets on the map and hijack all the arrays around them." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

SCAN: Completed

MAP: Updated

TARGETS: Identified

FORMATION ARRAYS: Detected

INJECTING TROJANS: Please wait a moment…

TROJAN INJECTION: Completed!

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In less than twenty minutes, the system had finished its work and Lin Wu was ready to enact his plan.

~SHUA~SHUA~SHUA~

Tens of his tentacles rose from his body and drilled into the roof. The first target was relatively close to his location and he didn't even need to get to it. His tentacles dug through the solid ground and quickly reached the surface.

There, they halted for a while before turning in a specific direction.

Lin Wu controlled the tentacles to avoid most people and their senses and quickly guided them to a certain building. At the back of the building, one could see a rather vast garden.

In this garden sat a man dressed in the robes of a rich merchant.

He was drinking a pot of fragrant wine that was being warmed on a gentle flame.

"Ah~ The Three Peony Peach Wine is the best. Thankfully I managed to get the last shipment before it left the city." The man said in pleasure.

He waited for the wine to reach the perfect temperature before picking up the bottle. It was a dainty-looking bottle and seemed to be made from high-quality ceramic.

The man then took out a brown cup that was painted with the images of various flowers and poured out the warm wine gently. Only when the cup was filled halfway did he stop and put the bottle back down.

"To the pleasures of life," the man toasted to the sky before taking a sip.

"To the Pleasures of life," but then a second later, he heard another voice.

"Huh?" The man almost spat out the wine, but forcefully swallowed it not wanting to waste even a drop.

~COUGH~COUGH~COUGH~

Only after swallowing did he dare to cough. His eyes turned red due to this, and it took him ten seconds to calm down his lungs.

"Who?" The man looked around for the source of the voice.

~clack~

But he didn't expect the voice to have come right from his side. He looked there, only to see a scarred face man pouring out his precious Three Peony Peach wine!

"You can't have that!" The man said in anger.

"Ugh! Learn to share a little." The scared face man said before quickly downing the wine in one go.

"YOU! How dare you! Who are you and how did you get in!?" The man shouted. "GUARDS! GUARDS!"

"Ah perfect! I just wanted a little audience." The scarred face man spoke.

~SHUA~SHUA~SHUA~

Not even five seconds later, several people flew into the backyard.

"My lord what's the issue!?" The guards questioned upon arrival.

But they quickly saw the suspicious-looking man next to their lord.

"Get him! He's trespassing and stealing!" The lord ordered.

"YES!" The guards quickly rushed towards the scarred face man.

"Ahaha! This will be fun." The scarred faced man laughed before waving his hand.

~SHING~SHING~SHING~

"ARGH!"

"No!"

The guards that were the closest to them were quickly hit with several daggers. They seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and injured them.

Some stabbed into their chests while some stabbed into their limbs. Only the guards that were at the very back were still okay.

"H-how!?" The guards were surprised by this attack. 'How did he get through our armors?' they couldn't figure it out.

All of them were wearing tough armor, that could endure the attack of a Nascent soul realm cultivator with ease. Not to mention, all of them were at the peak of the Nascent soul realm as well.

Combining the two defenses, even a Dao Shell realm expert shouldn't be able to harm them in one hit. And yet, here there was someone right in front of them.

"You… Who are you?" The lord was now scared.

Seeing his 'elite' guards get injured like this, he was stunned.

"W-what do you want?" the lord took a few steps back.

Hearing this the scarred faced man smirked, "What do I want?"

The man stepped closer, his robe trailing on the ground, hiding something sinister underneath it. The darkness of the night and the dim light from the stove in front only made it harder to take a proper look at his body.

The lord trembled while the guards were about to act again.

"What I want is… You." The scarred faced man said before lunging towards the lord.

"No!" The lord was scared and tried to retreat.

"Protect the lord!" The guards shouted and rushed ahead.

Unfortunately for them, they were very slow compared to the scarred faced man. The man moved like a blur and quickly grasped the neck of the lord. "There we go." Exerting a little force, the lord was knocked out cold.

"Let go of the lord!" the remaining guards were at a loss and could only say this.

They understood that they were outmatched, but didn't know why someone was doing this. After all, they understood that the person in front of them was a strong expert, but if there was really someone like this targeting their lord, there was no reason to act like this.

They could have openly fought them and still be fine.

"Who are you?" one of the more wary guards asked, as he stayed put in his place.

He didn't care if he would lose his job or life, he still needed to get something from the person in front of them.

"Hmm, you are smart." The scarred face man replied. "So I'll give you an answer." He added, making the guards raise their brows.

"I am… The Wandering Head Bandit! And I'm here to kidnap your lord." The scarred faced man stated. "So… let it be known to all. I'll be coming for others soon…"