"D-Dou Venerate?!"
The middle-aged man's voice trembled.
The four Peak Dou Emperor experts behind him turned deathly pale, their legs shaking. One of them even collapsed straight onto the ground.
They had never imagined they would encounter a Dou Venerate expert in a place like this.
The middle-aged man dropped to his knees with a thud.
"Spare me, my lord!"
"This insignificant one was blind and offended you. I beg you to spare my life!"
The other four also fell to their knees, kowtowing nonstop.
"Spare us, my lord! Spare us!"
The sound of kowtowing and pleading filled the air.
Xiao Chen looked at them, his face expressionless.
The middle-aged man raised his head, his eyes full of fear.
"My lord, we are disciples of Ice River Valley."
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained.
"Ice River Valley is a major power on the continent."
"I beg you to spare our lives for Ice River Valley's sake."
Xiao Chen said nothing.
Thinking Xiao Chen had some reservations, the middle-aged man hurriedly continued.
"My lord, if you spare us, Ice River Valley will surely remember your kindness."
"If you ever need anything, we will do everything in our power to help."
Xiao Chen looked at him and said coolly,
"Are you finished?"
The middle-aged man froze.
"My lord..."
Xiao Chen raised his hand.
He brought his palm down.
A palm-shaped blast of Dou Qi howled through the air and struck the middle-aged man squarely on the head.
The middle-aged man died on the spot, without even managing to cry out.
The four remaining Peak Dou Emperor experts saw this and were terrified out of their wits.
"Spare us, my lord!"
One of the experts' voice trembled.
"We were only following orders. Please spare our lives!"
Xiao Chen ignored them.
He raised his hand.
One palm.
Then another.
Palm-shaped blasts of Dou Qi shot out one after another.
The four Peak Dou Emperor experts fell to the ground, one after another.
They were all dead.
Not one was left alive.
Xiao Chen lowered his hand and brushed the dust off his clothes.
Queen Medusa stood to one side, looking at the five bodies on the ground, her eyes full of shock.
Five experts: one Dou Zong and four Peak Dou Emperors.
They hadn't even had a chance to fight back against Xiao Chen.
The strength of a Dou Venerate was truly terrifying.
Queen Medusa looked at Xiao Chen, a wave of envy welling up inside her.
A Dou Venerate.
When would she reach that level?
She bit her lip, and that thought began churning through her mind again.
If she married Xiao Chen and became one of his wives, could her strength break through as well?
Yue Mei, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Yao Yue, and Yao Ye—every woman who had married Xiao Chen had seen her strength soar.
If she married Xiao Chen too...
Queen Medusa took a deep breath and forced the thought down.
She looked at Xiao Chen's back, a complex expression flickering in her eyes.
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at her.
"Let's go."
Xiao Chen said.
Queen Medusa came back to herself and nodded.
The two continued flying toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Deep in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Queen Medusa and Xiao Chen landed in a dense forest.
Queen Medusa surveyed their surroundings, her gaze settling on a cave.
"It should be somewhere around here."
Queen Medusa said.
She had heard earlier that a sixth-tier magical beast had been spotted in this area.
The Magic Core of a sixth-tier magical beast was exactly what she needed.
The two continued onward.
They hadn't gone far when a low growl sounded ahead.
Queen Medusa stopped, her expression grave.
A huge magical beast emerged from the forest.
Its entire body was silver-white, and it was enormous, standing several zhang tall.
A sixth-tier magical beast: a Frost Giant Ape.
The Frost Giant Ape saw Queen Medusa and Xiao Chen, a fierce glint flashing in its eyes.
It let out an angry roar and charged at them.
Queen Medusa blurred forward to meet it.
She channeled her Dou Qi and struck the Frost Giant Ape in the chest with her palm.
The Frost Giant Ape raised its massive hand to meet her.
Their palms collided with a dull thud.
Queen Medusa staggered back two steps, while the Frost Giant Ape remained unmoved.
Queen Medusa's expression darkened.
This Frost Giant Ape's strength was comparable to that of a human Peak Dou Emperor expert.
She attacked again, darting forward and striking at the Frost Giant Ape.
But the Frost Giant Ape reacted incredibly quickly, blocking her every attack.
What troubled Queen Medusa even more was that the cold radiating from the Frost Giant Ape could actually freeze her movements.
She grew slower and slower, and every strike became sluggish.
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