Chapter 327: Chapter 324: Who is the Queen?

Despite their unpleasant name, Fierce Beasts were an exceptionally rare and high-quality ingredient.

Furthermore, because they were constantly tempered by baleful, yin, and foul energies, nearly all the dregs and impurities within their bodies had been purged.

What remained was the purest essence, an absolute tonic for the body!

A single bite of a Medicinal Cuisine made from one would be more blissful than the life of an Immortal!

The Pig Emperor’s eyes gleamed as it trotted briskly, following the sounds of the beast’s roars.

However, when it arrived several hundred feet away and was about to enter the dense forest to go deeper, it was blocked by an invisible force.

"Hmm?"

Puzzled, the Pig Emperor extended a trotter and swatted at the air. To its surprise, a ripple, like a watermark, appeared where there had been nothing before.

A powerful force repelled its trotter.

’A barrier?!’

The Pig Emperor quickly followed the invisible force to investigate its perimeter. It soon discovered that it, Mo Qi, and the others were trapped within a small area, only a few hundred feet across.

A powerful, invisible force surrounded them, blocking any escape. There was no way up into the sky, nor down into the earth.

’Strange. This shouldn’t be here.’ The Pig Emperor cupped its chin, lost in thought.

’If it’s a barrier, it must have been set up by someone.’

’But in the Mountain and Sea Empire, no one has the power to venture this deep into the Wailing Abyss.’

’Those Evil Ghosts and Spirits and Fierce Beasts are no pushovers!’

After all, years ago, the Mountain and Sea Empire had joined forces with the Four Great Sects to explore the Wailing Abyss. In the end, they gained nothing. They suffered innumerable casualties and were forced to retreat before even reaching its depths.

’So, who could possibly possess such power?’

’And why would they place a barrier here?’

’Could it be related to the Nether King?’

"This is a seal!" Yan suddenly said from nearby.

Her delicate brows furrowed as her gaze swept their surroundings. Here, too, she felt a familiar ripple of energy.

But for the life of her, she couldn’t recall where or when she had encountered it before.

Just then, Mo Qi himself stirred and awoke.

Streaks of green and purple light flashed in his left and right eyes, respectively.

A tyrannical aura flared for an instant before vanishing. He had clearly far surpassed the Purity Realm!

"Mother!"

Mo Qi’s first word stunned both the Pig Emperor and Yan.

The Pig Emperor knew a little of the inside story and had once seen an image of the woman presumed to be Mo Qi’s mother.

She was an incredible figure!

Thus, it didn’t believe Mo Qi’s mother could possibly be in the Wailing Abyss.

Yan, however, felt an inexplicable wave of nervousness.

’Could that silly kid’s mother really be here?’

Mo Qi paid them no mind. Instead, he took the ring his mother had left him from around his neck.

The ring began to tremble faintly, as if drawn by some unseen force.

Mo Qi sensed something. He pricked his fingertip and let a drop of blood fall onto the ring.

DING!

With a crisp chime, the ring shot from Mo Qi’s hand and flew directly overhead.

RUMBLE!

In the sky above, the baleful, yin, and foul energies erupted into a chaotic frenzy, weaving together, repelling one another, and reacting violently.

The distant roars of beasts fell silent. Aside from the grating sounds of the churning energies, the Wailing Abyss was deathly quiet.

Both the Pig Emperor and Yan raised their heads in curiosity, staring at the chaotic mess of energies in the air.

Suddenly, a series of moving images materialized within the chaotic energies.

Countless densely packed black shadows were surrounding a graceful figure in white.

It was a woman with delicate features and a faint smile on her face.

The moment they saw the woman’s face clearly, the expressions of Mo Qi, the Pig Emperor, and Yan all changed drastically.

"Mother!" Mo Qi cried out again. He stared, completely transfixed, at the image in the sky, his eyes turning red.

’Isn’t this the exact scene I’ve dreamed of before?’

The Pig Emperor sighed, thinking, ’Mo the kid’s path will not be an easy one.’

Already reeling from shock, Yan’s knees buckled when she heard Mo Qi’s cry of "Mother," and she nearly collapsed.

A long-forgotten memory, one Yan had deliberately banished to the farthest shores of her mind, came rushing back.

’She... how can she be that silly kid’s mother?!’

Yan couldn’t believe it, but she had no choice but to accept the truth.

A person might mistake an acquaintance, a brother, or even a lover, but they would never mistake their own mother!

It was a twofold connection, rooted in both blood and soul.

’No wonder... No wonder the silly kid can absorb Nether Energy. No wonder he has so many tricks up his sleeve.’

’It’s just that, between his mother and I... Sigh...’

Yan sighed to herself. The light in her eyes dimmed, her former radiance gone.

Both Mo Qi and the Pig Emperor were so captivated by the image in the sky that they failed to notice Yan’s unusual behavior.

By now, the battle in the vision—a deadly ambush—had reached its climax.

The woman in white collapsed from exhaustion, while only a few of the countless black shadows remained.

Mo Qi knew the most critical part was about to begin!

In the vision, a giant hand tore through the sky, reached out from the rift, and seized the woman in white.

Mo Qi held his breath, his eyes glued to the scene.

He had seen this dream many times, but he always woke with a start at this critical moment, never learning what happened next.

Today, he had to see it through. He had to know if his mother was alright.

BOOM!

The giant hand clenched violently around the woman in white.

A person-sized purple crystal fell from the sky, the woman in white sealed within.

"Thank you for your assistance, Queen."

The few remaining black shadows hurriedly caught the crystal and bowed toward where the giant hand had been.

SWISH!

The giant hand vanished, replaced by a mature woman in a long purple gown.

The woman was the very embodiment of beauty and seduction, and her figure could only be described as "explosive" and "perfect."

She covered her mouth with a hand and chuckled. "No need for thanks. This was merely a transaction. Just don’t forget your end of the bargain."

With that, the woman turned to leave. But just before she departed, she asked, "In doing this to her, are you absolutely certain that *he* has fallen? Have you ever considered what might happen if he’s still alive?"

The black shadows were silent. The woman in purple chuckled, shook her head, and vanished.

The vision froze at that point, showing nothing more.

"Damn it!"

Mo Qi roared in fury as two diametrically opposed auras—one of life, the other of destruction—erupted from his body.

A tall, blurry phantom appeared behind him.

It projected an aura of defiant confidence—an invincible, world-scorning heroic spirit!

It was the phantom of the Nether King!

BOOM!

The moment the Nether King’s phantom appeared, the frozen vision shattered and dispersed like smoke.

The baleful, yin, and foul energies all recoiled, unable to get anywhere near Mo Qi.

"Queen! Who is this Queen?! I, Mo Qi, swear to the heavens that I will hunt you down! I will make you suffer a thousand, ten thousand times over for what you did to my mother!"

Mo Qi roared at the sky, venting the fury in his heart.

What he didn’t see was that as he made his vow, Yan hung her head even lower.