Just as Luo Hong and two others were making their way deep into the beast horde, four half-human, half-ant fiends knelt simultaneously before a massive white bed in an Underground Palace formed from countless tunnels and caverns, a million li away.
Around the giant bed, three pieces of Azure Willow Wood had been arranged in a triangular formation. Though they were roughly the same size as the piece Luo Hong had obtained, each of these three was entwined with over a hundred strands of pure, ethereal qi as dazzling as the Milky Way.
Without question, these were the Nine Heavens Pure Qi cultivated by the Nine-Orifice Azure Willow—something rarely seen in the world!
At this moment, a strand of Nine Heavens Pure Qi suddenly drifted from one piece of Azure Willow Wood. After slowly floating several dozen zhang, it entered a pair of purple lips.
"Kui Xing, why did you not bring the treasures this Queen required?"
As a majestic voice sounded, a stunning woman clad in purple gauze sat up from the enormous white bed. With only her upper body exposed, she was already three zhang tall, making it easy to imagine the size of her true form.
"Reporting to Mother, outsiders destroyed the Soul-Snatching Beast King before us and accidentally discovered the secret passage we had dug, disrupting the original plan.
Though I led the troops in every effort to remedy the situation, the one who took the divine wood fled far too quickly. I could only go support Kui Chen and the others. I beg Mother to forgive me!"
Hearing this, the half-ant fiend kneeling furthest to the left immediately pleaded guilty.
"Failure is failure. Still, considering your efforts, I will not punish you severely this time."
After saying this in a deep voice, the purple-robed beauty