My Beautiful Duchess Wife

When Lin Peng leaped over a thousand meters into the swamp, Abel finally reached the edge. He coldly watched Lin Peng, who was about to leap further forward, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Looking again at the monster carcasses in the swamp, I couldn't help but shudder. I remembered what my father had told me when I came to Darkmoon City: "Never, ever step into that abyss next to the mine. Otherwise... you might never come back!"

Now that we've stepped into the abyss, can we turn back? Shaking his head, Abel's somewhat aloof face hardened, and he slowly began to gather wind elements.

Even if I don't have the same luck as Lin Peng, I can still fly there directly!

After letting out a cold laugh, his body slowly floated up. A faint breeze seemed to envelop his feet, and with each step he took, he immediately stopped in mid-air.

Lin Peng, who had been leaping for ages ahead, nearly vomited blood when he saw Abel running through the air behind him. He admitted he was lucky, but for someone to fly right over like that seemed like true luck. How did she even comprehend the wind element?

Seeing Abel flying extremely fast in the sky, Lin Peng stopped and stood on the small flat ground.

The entire swamp seemed utterly lifeless. Even in the air, the wind element was not well controlled. After running fast for a while, Abel began to wobble and stagger.

The wind element wrapped around their feet seemed to have turned cyan.

Lin Peng stared at Abel in the sky in surprise, then his jaw nearly dropped. Abel cried out in alarm, as if suddenly losing his ability to control the wind element, and plummeted downwards.

Before she could even control her fall, she landed with a thud at Lin Peng's feet. Her face was ashen, and it seemed as if wisps of black energy were still clinging to her fair skin.

"Poisoned?"

Lin Peng was startled, staring blankly at Abel, who was gritting her teeth and staring intently at him. He hadn't expected that the wind element she could so easily manipulate would be poisonous. The more she came into contact with it, the more poisoned she became. Looking at the swamp where even the bushes seemed withered, Lin Peng almost burst out laughing.

It's true, what goes around comes around! Who would have thought that in such a short moment, the tables would turn? He was now in control, and this person who had once dominated him, Abel, was now lying beside him.

"You... if you dare touch a single hair on my head, I will absolutely kill you!" Whether it was due to poisoning causing her to lose her mind or for some other reason, Abel snorted coldly and shouted. It seemed to carry a hint of threat.

Lin Peng slowly squatted down, a handsome smile curving his lips. A sudden sharp pain shot through his abdomen, and he quickly sat down. One hand clutched his stomach, the other stroking his chin: "Looks like you've been poisoned. Hmm, how about this? I'll just roast you, hehe… I wonder if roasting you over a fire will help clear the poison?"

Of course, Lin Peng was just bluffing. After all, being chased for so long, especially as a woman, was incredibly humiliating.

Now, scaring her a little gives Lin Peng a sense of accomplishment.

However, Abel didn't seem to care about any of that. He didn't make a sound of panic, didn't move at all, and didn't even glance at Lin Peng; he just lay there quietly.

The mud splattered from her fall from the sky still clung to her fair face, carrying a strange allure. There wasn't even a bird's chirp nearby; the silence was almost eerie.

Lin Peng suddenly felt like he'd been tricked, and coughed awkwardly, "Well, by the way, what kind of person are you in the Crimson Demon Territory? Judging by your peak Demon King level strength, you shouldn't be unknown!"

Abel snorted twice, seemingly quite disdainful: "Is a peak Demon King level so impressive? Hmph, what a country bumpkin. As for me, while I can't say I'm particularly powerful, I am a descendant of the Rishid royal family. However, the most powerful one in the Crimson Demon Territory is still my father, Lord Jerry!"

Abel spoke of his own strength with a hint of pride. However, when he mentioned Jerry, there was actually a trace of respect in his voice.

"Jerry? That's the lord who sided with the prime minister. Heh, that kind of person is trash. If it were me, I would never side with anyone. Is someone like the prime minister someone worth siding with?" Lin Peng seemed to be talking to himself. However, to Abel, it sounded particularly grating.

She gave a cold snort, then shouted sharply, "What do you know? How could our Crimson Demon Territory submit to the Prime Minister? Hmph, we're just cooperating. Unlike you, who actually submitted to such weaklings as Shia and Eileen!"

With that, she turned her head away, ignoring Lin Peng completely, leaving him feeling frustrated.

He gave a wry smile, and was just about to say something when the entire swamp suddenly trembled. Each time, the pools of water rippled and some green liquid flew out.

The liquid hissed as it splashed onto the land, melting and creating tiny holes that sent chills down everyone's spine.

His lips twitched, and he turned to look at Abel. Abel, too, felt a chill run down his spine. It was as if something powerful and unbelievable was watching him.

A chill ran through her body, and her already immobilized body began to tremble slightly. Her previously mild discomfort seemed to freeze instantly, her blood ceasing to flow. Her eyes widened in terror, and when she looked at Lin Peng again, she was even more astonished.

Lin Peng closed his eyes, his breathing becoming even. At this moment, he seemed to be slowly falling asleep.

A series of chilling screams of monstrous beasts and howls like the wrath of the undead filled the air. The entire swamp seemed to begin to slowly rise and sway, as if undergoing a ritualistic process.

Yes, Abel wasn't mistaken.

The entire swamp was moving. In particular, the piece of land he was lying on, which was no more than ten square meters in size, had begun to slowly move forward.

The withered bushes and other plants seemed to be swallowed up by the moving pools of water in an instant. The entire swamp was shrouded in a green mist, like a haze hanging in the air, resembling a scene after dark clouds had descended.

"What exactly happened?" With a heart filled with fear and dread of the unknown, Abel uttered these words in a trembling voice.

However, the ground was still moving. The pools of water began to slowly recede, forming a green lake-like surface before Abel lost consciousness.

When her breathing became rapid, Abel finally succumbed to the pain and fainted. The blood in her entire body seemed to have stopped flowing.

Chapter 47 Lin Peng on the verge of collapse

The town of Kulau was in complete chaos. The Duke's advisor and Lord Jerry's daughter from the Red Demon Territory had both vanished, seemingly by prior arrangement. Three days had passed, and there was still no clue, only the horrific scene outside the mine. It appeared to have been the result of a fierce battle.

When Kappa arrived and saw the ravines and scorched ground, he said dejectedly, "That's a battlefield left behind by a battle between peak Demon King level experts. It seems... it must be the work of Abel and Lin Peng!"

Jess even began to believe that Lin Peng had taken a liking to Abel's beauty and kidnapped her. However, when Kappa said that the power of fire seemed inferior to the sharp force that could cut through the ground, Jess suddenly felt an urge to kill Kappa.

When Eileen brought Angelina here, Angelina's words plunged everyone into a state of confusion.

"Brother Lin Peng couldn't defeat that woman who uses wind elements, so he ran away. But it seems the woman with wind elements is chasing after him!"

After saying that, Angelina suddenly vanished from everyone's sight, as if she had never existed. This terrified Jess, who thought he had encountered a ghost, one of those extremely powerful ghosts.

At this moment, in the council hall of Kurau Town, Jess had a dark expression, Eileen frowned her willow-leaf eyebrows, and Kappa was deep in thought. Their actions were observed by Nadas, who had just arrived.

With a helpless sigh, he asked listlessly, "My lords, have you made up your minds? Are you going to search that abyss directly, or simply abandon this mission?"

In truth, Nadas still harbored a strong urge to directly hunt down the Abyss. After all, he and Lin Peng were sworn brothers. If it weren't for Lin Peng's potion, he might already be dead.

Moreover... the fact that the Duke was willing to sacrifice the medicine he had been given to save him was a debt of gratitude he could never repay.

“Search the forest at the edge of the abyss; at least that will confirm whether they escaped from here,” Eileen said decisively after a moment’s hesitation. Her beautiful eyes fixed on Jess gave her a cold, alluring look.

Jess snorted and shouted, "Why are we searching for the Abyss? Hmph... just because we believe that little girl? Heh, maybe she's a ghost, deliberately leading us into the Abyss. Besides, who knows if it's Lin Peng chasing Miss Abel, or Miss Abel chasing Lin Peng!"

“But Lord Jess, the power of the wind element clearly overwhelms the fire element. So…” Kappa said, frowning. He was only halfway through his sentence when Jess glared at him fiercely and snapped, “Shut up! You’re not a Demon King-level expert, how do you know Miss Abel is dominating Lin Peng? Humph…”

In his heart, he cursed Capa hundreds of times. Suddenly, he thought, "If only Furren were here!"

The old butler behind Jess sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said, "Young Master, even if Lin Peng is hunting down Miss Abel, we still have to search for Abyss. You must understand... she's from the Crimson Demon Territory. If something really happens to her in our Darkmoon City, then..."

Jess paused, then wiped the sweat from his brow. The old butler was right; no matter what, they still had to hunt down the Abyss. So many days had passed; if they had already killed Lin Peng, Abel would have emerged long ago.

But now there isn't a soul in sight.

It's foreseeable that both of them may have encountered some powerful creature. Or perhaps they were trapped in a unique environment from which they couldn't escape!

“Alright, search the edge of the Abyss!” Jess suppressed his anger and said coldly, while Eileen snorted, as if mocking Jess’s actions. Kappa, however, frowned immediately: “I’ll lead the team! You gentlemen are better off staying in Kurau Town!”

As he spoke, he led his men straight out of the council hall.

The abyss beside the mine is on the outskirts, similar to the area around Darkmoon City. However, it seems much quieter and more peaceful. There isn't a single magical beast; even a ground crawler is hard to spot, let alone a high-level magical beast.

With a mid-level demon lord like Kappa leading the team, their speed was unimaginable. Just as the red moon set and the white moon still hung in the sky, they had already reached the deepest part of the edge.

Ahead, a small, lonely figure startled Kappa. In an instant, he vanished from his spot and reappeared beside the little girl. However, when he looked in the direction the little girl was looking, his lips twitched, and he found himself speechless.

“This place…it didn’t seem to be like this before!” Kappa managed to utter, rubbing his eyes hard as if he couldn’t believe it.

The little girl, Angelina, shook her head and explained, "This lake was moved here by human labor. Perhaps it was some kind of magic circle, or perhaps it was created directly by their own power. See those mists in the air? They're all highly poisonous. If things go wrong, it could be fatal!"

Kappa gasped, somewhat surprised by the potency of this highly toxic mist.

The team had just been led to the lake by Nadas. Looking at the lake, they too were filled with astonishment.

……

Unlike Darkmoon City, the middle section of the abyss is perhaps even deeper. The moment Lin Peng opened his eyes from his dazed state, what he saw almost made him faint again.

Limbs and dismembered bodies were everywhere—segments of unknown magical beasts, pieces of bodies from unknown monsters or demons, eyeballs soaking in glass bottles, and even a few organs submerged in a green liquid.

The entire scene looked like a scene of carnage. Or rather, the laboratory of a crazed researcher. About ten meters away from me, along the wall, stood enormous, dragon-like skeletons. And there were also a few human remains stored there.

About twenty meters away, an even more terrifying array of cobbled-together objects was laid out. Some had the bodies of sphinxes, others the bodies of spiders with human heads. And, of course, the heads of stunningly beautiful women.

Even stranger were some: a human body topped with a bull's head or a snake's head. The whole scene was extremely bizarre. And among them, the human-bodied, bull-headed monster seemed to sense the gaze of others, and actually opened its bull-like eyes.

The bloodshot veins seemed to form his eyes, and just one glance almost made Lin Peng freeze in place.

"Strange, this guy wasn't modified? Could it be that this is what he looks like after being modified?" The minotaur was taken aback at first, then looked at the snake-headed man next to him and said slowly.

The snake-headed man opened his eyes, and behind him, all the monsters seemed to have received some kind of command and opened their eyes as well. Seeing so many monsters looking at Lin Peng, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back.

His fingers trembled slightly, then a sudden inspiration struck him. With a cold laugh, he spread his fingers wide and shot five scorching beams of light towards the minotaur. However, what nearly drove Lin Peng to despair was...

The minotaur tilted its head, its eyes flashing with a red light. Then, the five scorching rays seemed to vanish, causing a ripple in space before suddenly reappearing and shooting back.

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, he quickly dodged. The bottles of glassy green liquid behind him exploded one after another. Eyeballs, fingers, and other organ-like things spilled all over the ground.

The snake-headed man let out a few strange hissing laughs, seemingly mocking Lin Peng's overestimation of his abilities.

Lin Peng was furious. Even monsters should show some respect. This mockery, especially from the minotaur who had no idea what Lin Peng had just said, was met with a forced smile as he scratched the back of his head.

A feeling of powerlessness suddenly spread throughout my body, and unexpectedly, my whole body twitched.

"Fire Giant, come out!" He slammed his fists into the ground, and instantly, a raging inferno transformed into a gigantic fire giant. However, a faint blue light flashed in the snake-headed man's eyes afterward.

Lin Peng's jaw nearly dropped to the ground. Behind him, the once quite impressive fire giant had now turned into a stone golem. It couldn't generate any heat or power, let alone fight.

Lin Peng's lips twitched, and he tried to back down: "Brothers, what exactly is this place? How come... you are all... this..." He stopped there, giving an awkward laugh as if he couldn't continue.

"Are they all monsters?"

The Spider Beauty sneered, then suddenly leaped up and slowly walked towards where Lin Peng was standing. Her sharp eyes scrutinized Lin Peng's entire body, and she suddenly gave a bitter laugh: "I didn't expect you to be healed with just a minor injury. Heh... Is it strange why we're like this? Because we were both seriously injured, almost beyond repair, and on the verge of death, only barely saved by our teacher. For us, just being alive is the greatest blessing!"

At this point, the monsters seemed to lower their heads. The unbearable pain they seemed to feel even affected Lin Peng.

Yes, who would want to become like this? Unless, of course, they're a psychopath and a lunatic.

"Who is your teacher? He saved me, right? Hehe... I really have to thank him. Such a strong person deserves my respect!" Lin Peng said humbly, and the monsters all nodded repeatedly.

Unfortunately, the next sentence almost caused Lin Peng to collapse again.

"Recently, we encountered an injured wind-type magical beast, and coincidentally, we captured a wind-type demon. It seems to be a member of an extremely powerful royal family. So, Teacher, I'm trying to help that magical beast prolong its life!"

Chapter Forty-Eight: The Black Mist, Seemingly Familiar

"Is this the woman who was with me?" Lin Peng asked cautiously, afraid that these poor monsters might suddenly attack and kill him if things went wrong. Of course, no matter what, their ferocious appearance alone was enough to instill fear.

The snake-headed monster hissed twice and nodded: "Yes, it's the woman who was with you. Yeah, she's the one we used to give our little sister a new body. I just don't know if it will be successful."

At this point, the monsters all nodded with some worry. It seemed that if they failed, something terrible might happen. At the same time, Lin Peng felt a little uneasy. What if Abel was successfully synthesized and then died? Or what if he died despite the failure? In that case, he would almost certainly have no one left to give Jess and the Red Demon territory.

It's important to know that Jerry, the lord of the Crimson Demon Territory, is a true Demon Emperor-level expert. If Abel were to die here by accident, he might very well launch an attack on Darkmoon City.