I picked up the scattered attributes

"Don't you understand your terror? Don't you understand who you're fighting against? Why does this sound so familiar..."

The Queen Mother was initially bewildered, then her eyes widened in surprise.

In that instant, her memory seemed to travel back more than three thousand years to the eve of the destruction of the Lingyun Kingdom. That terrifying black hand suddenly descended, warning her that if she dared to make a move, she would surely perish along with the Lingyun Kingdom!

After the long passage of time, she had almost forgotten everything that happened back then, leaving only that lingering shadow that never faded away, which always loomed over her heart no matter how many years had passed!

However, today...

The horror of that year has returned!

"No... Impossible! I did nothing! Why are you coming to find me?!" The Queen Mother screamed hoarsely, her entire body's magical power surging wildly without reservation. Tentacles beneath her shot out like lightning, transforming into countless terrifying Kun creatures that shrieked and screech as they pounced on the gray mist figure.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Boom boom boom boom——

The ancient king's chariot had barely gone far when a terrifying explosion came from behind.

Almost the entire area was shaken and disintegrated. The withered ancient tree trembled first, and then suddenly cracked into pieces. The ground beneath our feet also crumbled and cracked. In an instant, a sea of ​​fire surged. Under the crushing force of almost tangible energy, even the earth melted into magma!

From a distance, one side is a gray fog that blots out the sky, and the other side is thousands upon thousands of leaping tentacles!

There was also a dim, illusory hall, appearing and disappearing under the impact of energy.

"Damn it, I backed down three thousand years ago, don't think you can do whatever you want three thousand years later!"

The Queen Mother's piercing scream came from the center of the explosion.

After an unknown amount of time, all the tremors gradually subsided.

The gray fog gradually dissipated, and the area was completely turned into scorched earth. Even in the second layer of wasteland, it was now an absolute dead zone!

There was no sign of life.

Just then, a figure shrouded in starlight approached and stood before the ruins of the great battle.

Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, the figure laughed loudly and strode forward:

"Stars and constellations turn, oceans turn to dust, yet my heart remains unmoved, free as heaven! Fellow Daoist, the way you're buried in the ground isn't very elegant. Would you like me to turn you over?"

silence.

A deathly silence.

After a long while, a weak female voice finally drifted over:

"Who...are you?"

“Fellow Daoist, I am Starbucks. You may also address me by my Daoist name…”

"Xingji!"

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Chapter 0390

"Starbucks? Starbucks?"

Beneath the scorched earth, the Queen Mother's weak voice rang out once more: "Fellow Daoist Xingji, state your request."

In her view, since the other party discovered her presence but did not take action directly, but instead chose to speak up and point it out, it was obvious that they had something else in mind!

As she was in a weakened state, as long as the other party did not directly attack, there was still room for negotiation.

"What are my requirements?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xia shook his head, took out the "Starbucks" alias that he hadn't used in a long time, and secretly returned to the battlefield after a major battle, mainly to find out the situation after the war.

If the Holy Son isn't completely dead, then let him die again.

The results of the investigation... were as he expected; the Holy Son had indeed descended once again.

Moreover, the power projected this time was extremely terrifying, so strong that it almost destroyed the Queen Mother's clone!

If Feng Xia hadn't made prior preparations and managed to deceive the Holy Son's senses through the Nine Lotus Heavenly Heart Prison and the Creation Profound Art, this situation could very well end badly!

"If I'm not mistaken, even with the Holy Son's current strength, he should suffer heavy losses after a great battle with the Queen Mother..."

In this way, he will have enough free time to deal with the Qian Yuan Wan Xiang Formation.

However, the fact that the Empress was able to win this battle was truly beyond Feng Xia's expectations—after all, the psychological trauma that the Holy Son left on the Empress when the Lingyun Tribulation broke out back then is probably still uncalculated to this day.

The area of ​​psychological trauma is infinite.

"My request is actually very simple."

Feng Xia nodded calmly, adopting the air of a reclusive master, and said with a nonchalant smile, "All you need to do is forge a Chaos Contract with me, fellow Daoist..."

Soon after, Fengxia transformed into a hazy starlight, silently dissipating and disappearing into the wilderness.

"Sister Ling, we'll meet again someday."

His soft laughter came from the darkness, like a gentle breeze.

"See you later."

The Queen Mother carefully rose from the ground, her short tentacles waving, and her upturned eyes gleamed with an indescribable light.

"This Fellow Daoist Xingji is quite a remarkable person, much more interesting than that National Preceptor Lingyun, and the cultivation technique he mentioned is also very intriguing..."

The Queen Mother whispered in a voice only she could hear, slowly uttering a name: "Anli Demon Saint Technique... I never imagined that such a miraculous technique existed in this world!"

After the deal with Starbucks, the Queen Mother now has absolute confidence.

Even without the mysterious pearl gifted by the Grand Preceptor Lingyun, she could have evolved and transformed herself once again with just this "Anli Demon Saint Technique," reaching a higher level that was unimaginable before!

By then, perhaps she will no longer have to face that terrifying dark force and choose to retreat in humiliation, as she did three thousand years ago.

"More importantly... that Imperial Preceptor Lingyun is really too ugly."

The image of Starbucks, shrouded in starlight, appeared in her mind. Although she couldn't see it clearly, it left a very deep impression on the Queen Mother during this brief conversation.

Dragging her severely injured body, the Queen Mother took a moment to catch her breath before gradually disappearing into the distance.

Her injuries were quite serious, and she needed time to recover. Staying here could easily cause unnecessary trouble.

"I don't know when we'll be able to meet again."

The Queen Mother raised a slender hand and subconsciously touched the chaotic mark on her chest.

"Fellow Daoist Xingji, we will meet again soon."

Soon after, an old woman without arms, leading a group of villagers with limb disabilities, cautiously approached. When they discovered the traces of the battle, their expressions became extremely serious.

"One aura emanates from an unknown powerful being, but there is another aura that is..."

The villagers looked at each other, all seeing the gravity in each other's eyes.

Surprising!

The source of the mystery!

For them, this was an all-too-familiar aura, the only enemy to which they had devoted their lives and blood for over three thousand years, and to which they were locked in a life-or-death struggle!

"That thing... has definitely escaped!!"

"Even if they're not completely out of danger, they're probably not far off!"

"Damn it, where did that old man go at such a crucial moment? He was sent to find out the junior's identity, not to sneak out and play!"

The old woman, whose arms were made of metal, pounded her cane hard, her face turning quite grim.

It's been three days!

Three whole days have passed since the old village chief disappeared with that young woman. If it weren't for the fact that the old man was indeed fond of women, they would have thought that the village chief had caught up with that young woman and they were living happily ever after!

“The old man should still be alive, but he doesn’t respond no matter how we call him…” The old woman squeezed out a sentence with a grim face, “Let’s not worry about that bastard anymore. Now that the source of the strange phenomenon seems to have broken free, we should all set off!”

The moment the words fell, all the villagers' expressions suddenly turned solemn, and they shouted in unison:

"As long as we live, Lingyun will live!"

……

Above the darkness, a place where gray mist gathers.

"So... we failed again this time?"

One after another, figures of gray mist materialized, their voices unusually tinged with shock.

Once, twice, three times...

Three consecutive failures are an unprecedented event for beings of their stature; such a thing has never happened before in history!

"Although we failed, we have already discovered that person's identity. Xia Donghai is the Kun Clan Queen whom we warned back then."

"More than three thousand years have passed, and this woman is still unwilling to accept it? Unfortunately, the Kun clan is ultimately just the Kun clan. Even after visiting the Wangxiantai, they cannot escape their own shackles..."

"The losses this time are indeed considerable, but that woman should have lost the ability to fight again. Once we have recovered more strength, we can easily wipe her off the face of the earth."

The gray fog transformed into rolling clouds, and one thought after another collided and exchanged rapidly.

"However, we need to carefully consider the resources available for our next move."

The group of gray mist figures fell silent.

The repeated losses of strength were already a significant blow to them.