On the royal palace wall—
Yue Nu rubbed her eyes in a daze, her cheeks slightly red.
What did I just see...?
That human... actually spanked Her Majesty the Queen.
This was simply—utterly—unthinkable!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
Just then, several streaks of light flew over from the distance, landing at the base of the palace walls.
Yue Nu gave a slight bow. "Greetings to the First Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder..."
"Yue Nu, where is Her Majesty?" asked the First Elder, whose face was hidden behind a terrifying fang-shaped mask.
"In the palace," Yue Nu replied calmly.
"We request an audience with Her Majesty. We wish to know why she didn't pursue the enemy," Yue Mei said with a serious tone.
Yue Nu's expression remained composed. "Her Majesty is resting. She will not be seeing anyone."
As Queen Medusa's most trusted confidant, Yue Nu naturally didn't dare reveal the humiliating scene she had witnessed between the queen and that human.
Moreover, the fact that the human was cohabiting with Her Majesty was a closely guarded secret.
"Yue Nu, go inform Her Majesty. Tell her we all seek an audience," the First Elder spoke again.
A majestic and unmistakably authoritative voice wrapped in Dou Qi echoed from within the palace:
"Whatever it is, bring it to court tomorrow. This queen is tired tonight. Dismissed."
A powerful pressure accompanied the voice, sweeping out like a wave and lifting the robes of all present.
The three elders and the eight tribe leaders felt their expressions change—but none dared defy Her Majesty's command. After a brief pause, they dispersed.
Inside the royal palace bedchamber
Queen Medusa, half-sitting up, began to cough violently, blood staining her lips.
"I told you not to move. If you force your Dou Qi again, it's only going to make the energy in your body more chaotic—and worsen your injuries," Chen Mo said as he gently held her wrist, carefully sensing her condition.
He then retrieved a Healing Pill from his storage ring and brought it to her lips. But no matter how he tried, Queen Medusa refused to open her mouth.
Rolling his eyes, Chen Mo slapped her purple snake tail, and just as her delicate brows twitched and she opened her mouth to scold him, he shoved the pill inside.
"Swallow it," he said sternly.
"Do you want to die?"
Queen Medusa still swallowed the pill but glared at him with cold, furious phoenix eyes, a mixture of anger and embarrassment flickering within them.
"You only know how to say that line," Chen Mo said nonchalantly as he wiped the blood from the corner of her lips.
Hearing this, Queen Medusa's chest trembled with anger. She gnashed her teeth and snarled:
"When I recover, I'll slap you to death!"
"Sure, sure. Just make sure you heal up first—otherwise you really won't be able to kill me."
"You—!" Her Majesty was so enraged she nearly risked aggravating her injuries to smack him with Dou Qi.
Chen Mo gently brushed aside the strands of hair sticking to her cheek, tucking them behind her ear. Then he said:
"The energy in your body is too violent, and your aura is unstable. You can't refine it . So I'll have to draw it out for you."
Queen Medusa's eyes softened slightly at the gentle gesture, though her words remained sharp:
"Didn't you say just a while ago that if you laid a hand on me again, you'd be a dog?"
Chen Mo barked, then added, "Happy now? Besides, this is an emergency."
Queen Medusa snorted coldly. "And how do you intend to draw the energy out of me?"
"That's simple. I'll just... suck it out with my mouth."
The moment he said that, Queen Medusa's eyes filled with murderous intent. She smiled coldly:
"Human, are you thinking this queen is easy to bully just because I can't move?"
"How could I dare? Isn't it always you bullying me?"
Chen Mo took hold of her delicate jade hand and raised her middle finger—then bit down gently.
He activated the Tai Shang Hunyuan Technique and began drawing out the chaotic energy.
Queen Medusa's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a pained moan escaped from her delicate nose.
Under Chen Mo's energy extraction, she began to feel a noticeable relief in her body.
But seeing him sitting so close—barely half an arm's length away—and staring at her so intently, Queen Medusa's eyes couldn't help but flash with a hint of embarrassment and confusion.
Chen Mo, still holding her hand and absorbing the wild energy, stared at her without looking away.
Her luxurious crown-like headpiece had already been removed. Her long, silky hair flowed behind her. Her phoenix eyes, crimson lips, and alluring face exuded an exotic beauty.
Her clothing, as always, was revealing and provocative. Her smooth collarbone and shoulders, the red bustier tightly hugging her chest, all made her look irresistibly seductive.
And the way Chen Mo kept staring at her—even as she glared back, he didn't flinch or look away.
Queen Medusa's cheeks gradually flushed with a rosy hue of embarrassment.
When she saw that his gaze still wouldn't budge, she gritted her teeth and turned her head away, refusing to let him look at her face any longer.
Chen Mo, a little disappointed, turned his focus back to refining the violent energy he was absorbing.
At the same time, he discovered that Queen Medusa's bloodline energy seemed to slightly enhance his Human Emperor Bloodline. Although the effect was faint, it was still beneficial.
It was now deep into the night. The sky had begun to lighten faintly.
Yun Yun removed the hood of her black cloak and looked toward Hai Bodong, who was lying on the bed, being treated by Gu He. She glanced at Jia Xingtian—who now looked decades older—and frowned.
"What exactly happened out there?"
Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Reina all looked just as confused.
"That Medusa Queen's Snake Seal is as terrifying as rumored. Not even I could withstand it..." Jia Xingtian said darkly.
"Soon, my cultivation will likely fall to the same level as the Ice Emperor."
Those words made everyone's faces change.
They all knew that Jia Xingtian's strength far exceeded Hai Bodong's, yet even he couldn't resist the Snake Seal...
"All of this was ruined by that brat," Gu He said bitterly after stabilizing Hai Bodong's condition. "He's a human, yet he helped the snake-people."
He then turned to Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, and the others, bowing respectfully:
"Everyone, although we failed to seize the Heavenly Flame, I will still honor all the rewards I promised."
Upon hearing that, Yan Shi, Reina, and Feng Li sighed in relief. After all, the only reason they came to suffer in the Tagger Desert was for the rewards.
"You're too polite, Old Gu," Yan Shi said graciously.
But Yun Yun's eyes narrowed.
"Elder Gu He, this brat you mentioned... who exactly is he?"
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