Chapter 496 The Dark Queen

*Crumble... Crumble...*

"Finally, the barrier is starting to open." Xia Tian muttered to himself as he watched as the barrier continued to disappear and the portals in the centers of each rock formation started to glow.

"Are we going to go inside directly, Xia Tian?" Feng Xian'er inquired as she looked around at the people from the other sects who were stationed in each of the rock formations, all of whom appeared eager to enter the ancient ruin, particularly Yan Jin, Du Jian, and the Yan Sisters.

However, Xia Tian just shook his head and didn't say anything to her, but he suddenly raised his eyebrows. 'Sigh, this aura does belong to the Dark Race, but I still don't know if any of their members are still alive in this ruin. If some of them are still alive inside, then this exploration will be very dangerous.'

As for Twin Star Sword Sect, Mei Yin kept glancing at Xia Tian, and she seemed to be waiting for his next plan. Xiao Yuxi and Yang Yao didn't say anything to her, and they waited for her decision.

From the Medical Valley Sect, Dugu Yan and the two male elders also waited in silence, and they seemed to be waiting for Murong Mengxin's signal, especially after she could recognize the symbol on the rock formation.

Gao Lan sighed, seeing Ling Xin keep glancing at Xia Tian. 'This Ling Xin really lacks self-awareness, Xia Tian has already beaten him to a pulp long ago, yet he still wants to challenge him.' "Hey, Ling Xin! I don't want to meddle in your matters with him, but for the time being, you should focus on this exploration first."

"Okay." Ling Xin just nodded and turned his face away from Xia Tian.

After some time, the barrier had opened completely, and they suddenly heard a woman's scream.

"Ahh!"

They then turned towards the source of the voice, and they saw that Qin Qing, who was still digging, was suddenly sucked in by something, and she disappeared into the portal.

"Tsk! She's too careless!" Xia Tian gritted his teeth and dashed towards the portal that was sucking Qin Qing in, but just as he was about to step into it, something knocked him back. "Damn it!"

"What happened, Tian? Why can't you enter the portal?" Nalan Qing asked as she approached Xia Tian along with the other women.

"I don't know, but someone or something is deliberately blocking me from following Qin Qing." Xia Tian replied as he crouched down and took a good look at the portal, but it was no longer active.

"Let's go in." Yan Jin said as he entered the portal, and Du Jian followed behind him.

Yan Qianying and Yan Chenyu exchanged glances for a moment and nodded to each other, then they also walked into the portal of their choice.

Xiao Yuxi then asked. "Are we going in now, Sister Yin?"

Mei Yin glanced at Xia Tian briefly before she nodded at her and walked into the portal, Xiao Yuxi and Yang Yao immediately following her.

"Mengxin, we will go in now." Dugu Yan called out from afar; she knew that Murong Mengxin wanted to follow Xia Tian, but she was a member of their sect after all, so she wanted her to stay with them.

"I'll go with them, Tian." After saying that, Murong Mengxin flew over to Dugu Yan and the others, and they immediately entered the portal.

After the four groups disappeared, the portal they entered also lost its glow.

Xia Tian stood up and looked at the remaining two portals, and he then told the five women. "I think we should split into two and enter the remaining two portals."

"In that case, I will go together with Youling and Meiyi." Nalan Qing said as she walked away with the two women. She wanted Xia Tian to enter together with Feng Xian'er and Fan Quexian, because she wanted them to get closer quicker.

Xia Tian nodded in agreement to her, then hugged Feng Xian'er and Fan Quexian's waists, surprising them. And he brought them with him to enter the last portal.

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Qin Qing's Location

*Vomit*

Qin Qing immediately fell to the ground and vomited quite a lot, and after a while, she started to look at the surrounding location. "Where am I right now? Is this another area inside the ancient ruin? I remember that I never crossed this area in the past."

Qin Qing immediately got up from the floor and walked down the only corridor, and soon she arrived at a very large room. In the middle of the room, she could see three large statues, and she then walked over to them.

However, when she arrived in front of them, she was shocked to see the statue of a woman in the middle. The woman in the center had two large wings on her back, and below her waist was a long tail with a dagger at the end.

"A woman with wings and a tail? She was truly beautiful! I've never seen a woman like her before; is she the owner of this ruin?" Qin Qing continued to observe the woman statue, and she then turned to the two statues on either side of the woman statue.

"What kind of creatures are they?" Qin Qing was terrified at the sight of the two statues, one of which looked like a big cat with wings on its back and the other of which looked like a bat but had a fox-like head.

Qin Qing shuddered at the sight of the three statues, and she decided to go to another room not far from her location, but she didn't notice that the female statue's eyes suddenly glowed black and moved to follow her.

"Ugh! This place is really disgusting! Why does it smell so bad?" Qin Qing spoke to herself as she covered her nose with her energy because she couldn't stand the strong pungent smell. She then surveyed the surrounding area and saw many bones scattered at that location. She then took a few bones and studied them one by one, but she immediately got shocked and threw them back on the floor. "What kind of ruin is this? It's more like a graveyard; not only are there human bones here but also many strange beast bones."

"giggles"

"Who!?" Qin Qing was started by the giggling sound of a woman, and she immediately took out her hammer and mustered up her energy, saying, "Show yourself!"

"Aiyo! I'm really scared." The woman with the voice immediately appeared in front of her, making Qin Qing freeze in place, especially when she looked into her jet-black eyes. "A little girl like you dares to barge into my resting place, and now you want to challenge me."

'Isn't she the same woman as the statue in the room before?' Qin Qing inwardly wondered.

"That statue is indeed me, and it was made by someone to worship me." As she giggled, the woman said.

"Who are you!?" Qin Qing's heart tightened as the woman in front of her seemed to be able to read her mind. Suddenly, she stiffened, and her body couldn't move, and the woman was already behind her.

The woman hugged Qin Qing from behind and whispered to her. "Who am I? To be honest, I even forgot my own name, but people used to refer to me as the Dark Queen."

*Swoosh*

Qin Qing, with all his might, turned around and smashed her hammer at the woman, but her attack only hit the air, for the woman had disappeared from behind her again.

"Haha! You really are an ignorant little girl! Do you seriously want to attack me within my own domain?" The Dark Queen said this playfully, then moved her hand and made Qin Qing float in the air.

"Ugh! Let me go!" Qin Qing tried to shake off the darkness around her, but her energy suddenly disappeared, and her body floated towards the Dark Queen.

The Dark Queen then cupped Qin Qing's cheeks and looked her directly in the eyes, making her tremble violently. "It's been a long time since humans have visited my place; you better accompany me in this place, little girl."

"I don't want to! Let me go quickly, Mhn~" Qin Qing was shocked when the Dark Queen kissed her lips, especially when her tongue invaded her mouth. However, she suddenly felt something strange happening inside her, and her eyes gradually lost their light.

For a while, the Dark Queen kissed Qin Qing passionately on the lips, but she was like a soulless doll and did not respond to her kisses. "Hehe! Unfortunately, you have no other choice, and you will accompany me in this place until I drain your yin energy clean, my little doll."

After that, the Dark Queen took Qin Qing away with her, as she muttered. "I've got one, and I'm going to capture those women next."

- To Be Continued -

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