Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The greatest fear that Cang Anyu was that the Calamity Fiend might target the great hall and thus the most important people within it.

But that wasn't all either as the Great hall had a lot more to it than just a place of gathering. It represented the face of the sect and even had a lot of treasure hidden within it.

If it was damaged or destroyed, the sect will not be able to recover easily.

"Quick! Quick!" Cang Anyu shouted.

~BOOM~

But just before they were a short distance away from the Great Hall, it collapsed!

~SCREECH!!~

A distorted, inhuman screech could be heard echoing across the sect, coming from the rubble of the Great Hall.

The rubble was pushed apart as a being rose from the ground. It's body was covered in black scales of various kinds and had tens of eyes on it head. Its mouth was filled with rows upon rows of sharp teeth and long sharp tusks jutted out of it.

But that wasn't all, as several hundred tentacles also rose from between the gaps of its scales. The tentacles were of various kinds too, some having a mouth, some having a sharp spike while some just being smooth.

The guest finally saw the Calamity Fiend with their own two eyes.

While many had heard or even seen its portraits before, watching it in front of them was an entirely different experience. After all, a portrait only showed the appearance of a being. It could not capture the aura, scent and presence of a being.

All of which was overwhelming after gazing at the Calamity Fiend.

"This… is massive…" A few of the guests felt faint just from seeing the towering creature.

"You!" Cang Anyu had already turned red with anger and was finding it hard to contain it.

"Well, well, well…" Then much to their surprise the massive being in front of them spoke.

"I knew I smelled something delicious to the north. Didn't expect to find an entire feast set up for me. I feel honored." The Calamity Fiend spoke, its tone nearly filled with ridicule.

"Enough! Do you really think you can continue to live on after this! You foul fiend!" Cang Anyu roared.

"Patriarch Cang is right, you've broken all limits! You've offended us as well!" The two Dao Treading realm elders of the Long Clan shouted.

The old man and woman were passive at the start, but seeing how the calamity fiend had directly targeted the Great Hall, they knew it was coming for them.

"Ah~ I like it when my prey's angry. Adds a little extra spiciness." The Calamity Fiend spoke and stared directly at the Long Clan elders. "I must say… I've missed the taste of your clan's snakes." It said while a long tongue seemingly licked its mouth.

"Humph! Offending the Long clan is the worst mistake you can make!" The male Long Clan elder said before attacking.

He pulled his fingers apart like a claw and lashed out. A large claw imprint formed in the air and targeted the Calamity Fiend.

In response, the Calamity Fiend flicked one of its many tentacles towards the claw. It rapidly expanded in the air before transforming into a claw of its own!

This claw wasn't illusory and was rather nefarious looking. Black dripping nails tipped the fingers and crimson veins could be seen all over its palm.

"HAAA!" The male Long Clan elder increased his force seeing the Calamity Fiend respond.

He didn't want the fiend to have any chance of resisting, but he had underestimated it.

~CLANG~

Claw struck against claw and sparks flew.

~RIP~

The Claw Imprint actually managed to rip into the flesh of the Calamity Fiend's claw and dark blood seeped out.

The guests watching it found it impressive. After all, everyone knew the Long clan was the strongest existence in the Long Continent and each of their clansmen was quite strong too.

The ones here were especially great, being Dao Treading realm elders.

"Oh? Seems like I need a little more effort." The Calamity Fiend spoke, seeing that its attempt at resisting was failing.

~shua~shau~shua~

Tens of tentacles writhing around his body merged together, turning into an even large tentacle. It rapidly rushed at the Claw Imprint and transformed into a sharp pincer just before reaching it.

~SNIP~

The sound of a scissor closing could be heard as the pincers closed around the claw imprint.

"What!?" The Long clan elders were stunned. "How can you stop the Azure Dragon Claw which can even rip through the defenses of a high grade spirit armor?"

"Stop? I can do a lot more than that." The Calamity Fiend responded by transforming the pincer into a pair of jaws and directly swallowing the two parts of the Claw Imprint. "Yum, nothing like some freely used Qi skill."

"It swallowed it?" the normal guests watching it were stunned.

~CRACKLE~

~BUZZ~

~BOOM~

But just while everyone was reeling in from the absurdness of the Calamity Fiend's actions, they saw a lightning bolt strike it.

~THUD~

One of the tentacles was directly blasted apart from the middle and half of it fell down with a loud thud.

"Elders, we'll need to be a lot more proactive this time." Shirong spoke, his face sharp.

Arcs of lightning streaked across his body while strong gales were forming around him as well. The Crystal Spear in his hand was similarly covered with electricity and was letting out a powerful aura.

"Sea of Cang Lan!" the patriarch agreed by directly attacking the Calamity Fiend.

The blue and green sea surrounded the fiend and made it look small compared to it. The sea water surged, threating to drown the Calamity Fiend.

"Junior Shirong is right," The female Long clan elder spoke and stood in a narrow stance.

Her arms were positioned like taut pythons ready to attack while streaks of spirit Qi swirled around them.

~cough~cough~cough~

But just as everyone was getting ready to attack, a bout of coughing was heard coming from the rubble.

"Cang Qing!"