The beetle king had not expected that he would get to see the new Nascent Soul realm beast so quickly. He knew that he would be seeing him eventually in the future as there was no way a Nascent Soul realm beast could stay hidden for long.

And it was as he had expected. Just the aura that exuded from him was enough to make his heart tremble. He could tell that he had come in peace and did not have the contention to fight… at least for now.

He knew that it would not be appropriate to meet him directly in here in his territory and it would be better to talk to him some place neutral. The beetle king left his nest while being followed by his subordinates and went to meet up with Lin Wu, who was waiting at the edge of the territory.

The moment he saw him though, he was shocked.

"This… what beast is this…" The beetle king muttered to himself.

Standing in front of him was Lin Wu, who was nearly fifty meters long. Just from this, his size was bigger than the beetle king.

"Well, hello there!" Lin Wu greeted with a smile, that bordered on being eerie due to him being the worm he was.

"He-hello, I am the beetle king one of the five rulers of the millennium forest." He introduced himself.

"I am the… Crimson Eyed Emerald worm." Lin Wu revealed.

'That's a worm? There's no way that's a worm. That's clearly a snake.' The beetle king thought to himself.

"So what brings you here?" The beetle king finally asked.

"Oh, I am here since one of your subordinates invited me. It was a cricket beast I believe." Lin Wu replied.

"Ah yes. He did say that he invited someone, but I did not expect it to be another beast that was at the Nascent Soul realm." The beetle king replied awkwardly.

"Haha! Oh yes, that's true. I did reach the Nascent soul realm quite recently. I think you must have seen it… oh wait, I think we already met before during the bloodline resonance." Lin Wu said with a chuckle.

"That we did, indeed." The beetle beast replied, feeling uncomfortable.

He could tell that the beast in front of him was at the Infant stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but even then the bloodline oppression he was feeling from him was enough to pressure him, who was at the Adolescent stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

A silence descended in the area as the two beasts stared at each other awkwardly. Lin Wu thought for a bit before finally deciding on what to say.

"You are the first ruler of the forest that I've met till now… well, formally. I did see the Silver beak sky soar eagle before he left the forest though." Lin Wu spoke.

"You saw her?" The Beetle king asked, feeling surprised.

From what he and the other kings knew, the Silver beak sky soar eagle had massacred all of her subordinates and left a trail of death as she went on her path. No beast that came in her path had survived, and perhaps only the minor beasts that were at the Qi refining realm had survived.

They had no idea why she had acted like this and the strange change in her. It was definitely something terrifying for the other beasts, as they feared that one of the renaming kings may also end up doing something similar.

'The Silver beak sky soar eagle is a she? I thought it was a male too. System did you know this and why did you not tell me?' Lin Wu internally asked.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: Yes, the system knew it was a female. As for why it did not tell the host, it was because it was of no relevance at that time.

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'Well… it does seem right, I guess.' Lin Wu thought.

"Yes, I did get to see her. But only see, not meet. She was flying past the third ring of the forest at that time and was heading to the west." Lin Wu replied.

"To the west, you say? Why would she go to the west, there aren't even good humans to eat there." The beetle beast said.

"I don't know either. I just wanted to get more information about the other rulers of the forest from you." Lin Wu finally revealed.

"Is that so… and what would your intentions be?" The Beetle king asked carefully.

"I know that the millennium forest has always had five rulers and the eligibility for that is for a beast to be at the Nascent Soul realm. The fifth seat was empty, but now it has been filled by the Demon Spine ape. Thus… I would like to make a seat empty… for myself." Lin Wu revealed.

~gulp~

The beetle king became alert, and his aura increased. He became ready for a fight and knew that perhaps he should not have come here right away.

"Oh, do not worry, I am not after your position. I have my eyes set on a different ruler." Lin Wu assured.

~phew~

The beetle king servilely let out a breath of relief but did not drop his guard. Who knew if the beast in front of him was only doing so to fool him and would then attack him when he lost focus.

"And which beast are you talking about?" The Beetle King questioned.

"The Olive Viper king." Lin Wu answered.

~Sigh~

"So it is him… I had a hunch that it would be him." The Beetle king said.

"You did? Why so?" Lin Wu asked, although he already knew the answer.

"Your appearance and your aura. They are both quite similar to that of the Olive Viper king. And seeing as you suddenly reached the Nascent Soul realm, similar to how the Olive Viper king did after he obtained the fortune from the falling stars two years ago, I knew that it was something related to that." The beetle king answered.