The Great Worm Lich

Outside the curtains, the Pavaro people who were deathly pale were still kneeling under the totem poles of Tudenan in a group, making the Tudenan tribe that now had 30,000 people to continue flourishing.

In the bark house dedicated to the Tudenan tribal book of history, Zhang Lisheng was smoothing out his almost broken right limb with a lingering fear, as he continued to put the bloody medium cooked meat of a wild beast into his mouth, before chewing what he put into his mouth in one go.

After God knows how long, the curtain of the bark house suddenly opened.

Along with the deafening shout of “Great Raider Zhang Lisheng! You’re Tudenan’s legend, the strong hope of the tribe…” that gushed into the room through the opened curtain, Tugra ran into the room with a pleasant surprise before kneeling in front of Zhang Lisheng. “Ascended! Tudenan has ascended! Great Remodeler! Oh! I should call you Conqueror now…”

“Ascend? What’s that?”

Upon hearing Zhang Lisheng’s question, Tugra was stunned before quickly explaining to the fake spiritual monster that the Hellfire tribe was divided into degrees of prosperity of ‘wood thorn, spear, iron knife, partner, and concealed spirit’.

The falling Tudenan was merely a weak ‘wood thorn’ tribe that had 5000 to 6000 tribesmen. However, little did they know that Zhang Lisheng would save the tribe when it was at the brink of destruction. In just less than a year, it had expanded to become a medium-sized tribe that had more than 30,000 people, ascending to become a ‘spear’ tribe.

Zhang Lisheng, on the other hand, had become Tudenan’s Raider in one fell swoop with this brilliant achievement.

Upon hearing Tugra’s explanation, Zhang Lisheng said thoughtfully, “So it turns out there’s actually such allusion. Remodeler, Raider… What are the other honorific titles after these?”

“There are only Conqueror, Legendary Spirit and Island God left, Great Raider.”

“Guardian, Defender, Remodeler, Raider, Conqueror, Legendary Spirit, and Island God…” Zhang Lisheng nodded and muttered the seven ascending honorific titles a spiritual monster could achieve in the Hellfire tribe.

From his personal experience, he could faintly guess that the seven honorific titles in the Hellfire tribes are poles apart with each having an insurmountable position. The Guardian at the very bottom would most likely only receive offerings from aborigines, with just a figurative symbolization of ‘prestige’. The highest, Island God, on the other hand, might be regarded as the real god in the tribe. A large number of the tribesmen would most likely be willing to compete with each other just for the sake of sacrificing their lives to show their respect to them.

After careful consideration, Zhang Lisheng grabbed a large piece of barbecued meat from the huge stoneware dish on the animal skin and stuffed it into his mouth. “Tugra, since Tudenan had already ascended to become a spear tribe, then it’s not a good idea for me to guard the tribe alone, not mentioning the fact that I rarely stay in the tribe. You should think of a way to recruit more Guardians.”

“Raider, by relying on your power, the hunting ground of Tudenan has already covered the entire hill. I believe that an ordinary spiritual monster should be very willing to accept the support of the tribe. However, this kind of thing depends on luck. Even in Hellfire Archipelago, it’s not easy to come across a spiritual monster,” the Tudenan headman said bitterly.

“Didn’t you say that the Lunar God will pour down the Dew of Wisdom to give birth to…”

“Great Raider, you know that the newly born forest spiritual monsters are usually ignorant and hot-tempered. At the same time, they do not wish to attack the Hellfire people through their instinct. Even if we provide offerings to such a spiritual monster, it’s practically useless.” When Tugra could tell that Zhang Lisheng would make a slip of tongue again, he interrupted his sentence which he rarely did.

Zhang Lisheng was stunned before nodding silently. At this moment, a figure strode into the bark house and kneeled to worship him.

When Tugra saw somebody kneeling closely beside him, he was caught off-guard and could not help but be astonished. However, the moment he saw the man’s face clearly, a wild joy gushed out of his heart. “Tumu! Are you crazy? To think that you intruded the ritual house enshrining the Tudenan tribal book of history and even lost your manner in front of the Great Raider! You! You should be hung…”

“Headman Tugra! I’ve just found a child who knows how to domesticate the giant millispider among the Pavaro tribesmen! He even put the millispider’s eggs in an underground hole in the Pavaro tribe!”

“Domesticate the giant millispider? H-How is this possible?” Upon hearing Tumu’s words, Tugra no longer wanted to make things difficult for his enemy. Instead, he said in great amazement. “How can somebody from a small tribe like Pavaro know how to use the technique that belongs to ‘partner’ grade?”

“This is a very long story, Headman Tugra! I can slowly tell you the story after getting the millispider’s eggs. The most important thing now is that I want to ask the Great Raider to temporarily lift the order of not entering Pavaro…”

“Since when have I prohibited you from entering Pavaro?” Despite not knowing what the giant millispider and its eggs were, Zhang Lisheng could tell that it was something very valuable. For this reason, he asked with a frown.

“Raider, after you’ve conquered the Menger tribe, you’ve given your order that no Tudenan tribesman is allowed to enter the habitat of the Menger people. For this reason, after you’ve conquered the two tribes of Vals and Pavaro, I followed the precedent case and prohibited the Tudenan tribesmen from entering these two habitats,” Tugra hastily explained.

“Oh, I see. You did well, Tugra.” Zhang Lisheng nodded and stood up from the animal skin, moving his right arm that was gradually healing after he had consumed a lot of food for nourishment before striding out of the bark house. “However, there’s no need for that now. Remove all of the prohibition orders. Beetlecar is the fastest. Tumu, since this matter is urgent, I’ll go take a look at Pavaro with you.”

“Yes, Raider.” Tugra hastily retreated.

Tumu, on the other hand, replied “Yes!” and beckoned more than ten Tudenan warriors who were holding a spear surrounding an aborigine teen with a pair of huge eyes to go up to Zhang Lisheng.

“Is this the teen who knows how to domesticate the giant millispider?”

“Great Raider, your devout believer, Vakuku, is here to pay tribute to you. You’ve guessed it right. I’m the one who knows how to raise the giant millispider and turn them into Hellfire people’s partners.” Without waiting for Tumu to reply, the aborigine teen had already knelt on the ground and kissed Zhang Lisheng’s footprints as he replied.

“But I didn’t see any giant millispider when I was conquering Pavaro.”

“Great Raider, I was exiled to this island for only seven days, so how could I possibly cultivate a ‘partner’ for the Pavaro in such a short amount of time?” The indigenous child replied in a wronged expression.

Zhang Lisheng frowned but did not say anything more in fear that he would make a slip of tongue again. Turning around to command Beetlecar that was crouching by the side of the totem pole, he suddenly realized that the Tudenan totem pole had become about 27 to 28 meters high, the patterns that appeared on it seemed to look a lot more complicated as well.

After carefully looking at the totem pole that had changed dramatically than before from a distance, he muttered to himself, “Looks like this is the sign of the tribe’s ascension,” before commanding the wizard gu to prop up its legs and ran towards himself.

After leaping up the wizard gu’s back and walking up to its head, he pointed to the large space on the insect’s back behind him and said, “Tumu, bring the teen and the tribal warriors up. Let us depart now.”

Upon hearing Zhang Lisheng’s call, Tumu and the others climbed up the body of Beetlecar and stood solemnly. Only that clumsy aborigine teen was constantly fumbling around after he was pulled up to the giant insect’s back and kept muttering, “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I-Is this is a legendary creature? Yeah? Great Raider? It’s your partner, right? If we Hellfire people have the ability to attract powerful partners like you, the Mainlanders would have long been annihilated…”

By right, even the Tudenan headman did not dare talk so much nonsense in front of Zhang Lisheng. Strangely, this teen who claimed to be able to cultivate the giant millispider to become the aborigine warrior’s partner seemed to have the privilege of doing whatever he wanted to some extent. None of the Tudenan tribesmen on the insect’s back even stopped him from talking nonsense.

Although Zhang Lisheng did not answer the nonsense question of the aborigine teen, he did not seem to have the intention to stop him from speaking either. He merely commanded Beetlecar to run out of the valley in the worship of the other aborigines and stretched its long legs that were full of suckers on the jungle canopy. It did not take long for them to reach the wrecked aborigine tribe.

Commanding the wizard gu to crouch down using his mind, Zhang Lisheng glanced at the countless dilapidated bark houses at the surrounding and asked, “Vakuku, we’ve already reached the Pavaro tribe. Where is the hole where you buried the eggs?”

The aborigine kid finally stopped asking and pointed at a bark house located at the edge of the tribe and answered, “Over there, Great Raider!”

Zhang Lisheng nodded unbothered. When he was about to command Beetlecar to head towards there, Tumu, who was on the side, suddenly had a change of expression. “Vakuku! Why didn’t the Pavaro headman place the giant millispider’s eggs near the underground hole near the totem pole but put it outside of the treehouse where ordinary tribesmen live?”

The aborigine kid was stunned for a moment before replying toughly, “Chief Tumu. How can I possibly know what is in Pavaro headman’s mind? Besides, the eggs are the wealth of our Vaku family, so of course, I can put it wherever I want. Pavaro headman cannot do anything about it anyway. Don’t tell me you think I actually risked blasphemy to make up an absurd story just to return to Pavaro to see the ruins here? Anyway, the giant millispider’s eggs are just right there. It’s up to you whether you want to believe or not.”

Upon hearing such an answer, Tumu bit his teeth with uncertainty. When he was just about to say something more, Zhang Lisheng stepped in and calmly said, “Enough, Tumu. Since the place Vakuku pointed only takes a few steps for Beetlecar to traverse, it’s not a problem for us at all. We’ll soon find out whether it’s the truth or not. If he’s telling the truth, everything will be fine, but if it’s a lie, I’ll let him feel in a moment that his birth is nothing but a mistake!”