Two young women and two middle-aged men were standing by the side of a long and deep river, but the water in the river was black and gave off poisonous fumes, and they even had to protect themselves with energy to avoid being exposed to the poison. In the area around the river, there were also many skeletons of humans, beasts, etc.
The four people were Murong Mengxin, Dugu Yan, Song Ming, and Zhang Wei. They actually wanted to fly across the dark river, but there was a flight restriction formation in the area, so they couldn't do it.
Song Ming then took a bone and threw it into the river, and they took a deep breath, watching the bone dissolve into the river water. "Yan'er, this river is too poisonous, there's no way we can cross it."
"Even though I'm a poison expert, I've never seen poison as potent as the one in this river, and it can even dissolve human bones." Zhang Wi added as he crouched by the side of the pond and examined the river water with his senses.
Murong Mengxin chuckled at their words. "Of course, this poison is so terrible, even God Rank Beasts will definitely die if they are exposed to it."
"God Rank Beast?" Song Ming, Zhang Wei, and Dugu Yan all turned to look at her in surprise, for their knowledge of Heaven Rank Beasts was the strongest.
"Why are you guys looking at me like that?" Murong Mengxin looked back at them with a relaxed smile, and she then explained to them. "You guys are wrong, if you think that Heaven Rank Beast is the strongest. There are several other ranks above Heaven Rank, such as God Rank, Mythical Rank, Immortal Rank, and I have also heard rumors about the existence of Primordial Beasts."
"Huh? How did you know about all that, Mengxin?" Dugu Yan then paused for a moment before continuing. "Anyway, please tell me about this ruin and its owner; I'm sure you know about this, right?"
Murong Mengxin was too lazy to explain to them about beasts, and she directly answered Dugu Yan about the ruin and its owner. "This ruin belonged to a giant race known as the Dark Race; as the name implies, they were a race that possessed darkness energy and excelled in dark arts."
"You-"
"Sorry, Sister Yan." Murong Mengxin stopped Dugu Yan, who was about to ask her a question. "You don't need to bother asking about how I know about them, because it's my secret, and I won't tell you; only my husband and family know about it."
Dugu Yan nodded in understanding, although she was very curious about it, she had no right to force Murong Mengxin to say it. "So Xia Tian also knows about them, right?"
"Know about them?" Murong Mengxin laughed softly at that; she then shook her head and replied. "People from the Dark Race would immediately flee in terror if they met Tian, especially if he had already drawn his sword. They-"
Suddenly, Murong Mengxin stopped talking as she felt something or someone watching her, and she looked around and around, looking for something. Dugu Yan wanted to ask her, but she waved her hand as she continued to search for the source. 'Hey, I didn't expect that there were members of the dark race left in this place, and one of them seems to be targeting me.'
Following that, several tiny ice spirits emerged from Murong Mengxin's body, some of them scattered in all directions, and some surrounded her and Dugu Yan's body. As for the two middle-aged men, she could not care less about them, nor would she care if they died, but she would not allow anything bad to befall Dugu Yan.
Murong Mengxin then squatted down by the river and released her ice energy, and the dark river soon began to freeze. Even the poison in the water was meaningless to her ice, shocking Dugu Yan, Song Ming, and Zhang Wei.
After the dark river froze completely, Murong Mengxin then jumped onto the frozen river, and she immediately started walking while saying. "Let's go; we must immediately find a way out of this place."
The three people exchanged glances for a moment, and they then hurriedly followed behind her.
'How can her ice be this strong? Even the poison fumes inside this river can't break through it.' Dugu Yan wondered in her heart as she stared at Murong Mengxin's back, she suddenly remembered something and asked. "Hey, Mengxin. Did Xinyue really return to her kingdom? Or did you do something to her?"
Murong Mengxin raised her eyebrows upon hearing that; she then turned her head and answered her. "Sister Yan, for your own good, you'd better forget about that woman."
"What do you mean?"
Murong Mengxin sighed softly. "Xinyue is a foolish woman; she's been cooperating with the demons, and you must know how much Zhu Yuhe hates demons, right?"
"What? Is it true that Xinyue is cooperating with the demons?" Dugu Yan and the two male elders were completely shocked to hear that.
"If you don't believe me, then you can ask Zhu Yuhe directly."
The three people were speechless at her reply; let alone them, not even Dugu Zhong could communicate directly with Zhu Yuhe.
Murong Mengxin raised her eyebrows and looked back as one of her ice spirits discovered someone's presence. 'Oh? Unexpectedly, that woman is still alive, Tian will definitely be very excited to see her again. If that's the case, I'll have to be even more careful; I'm sure some of those women have already fallen under her control.' "Come on, we have to run faster."
"Huh?" The three people were confused as Murong Mengxin ran so much faster, but they also sped up their pace.
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Meanwhile, the Dark Queen appeared beside the frozen, dark lake, and her expression was utterly shocked. She then sat down and touched the ice, and she channeled her energy to defrost the ice, but her efforts were in vain.
The Dark Queen then glanced at Murong Mengxin and the others who were continuing to run away, as she muttered to herself in shock. "Impossible! Obviously, that woman's cultivation is only at the 4th Stage Soul Condensation Realm, but why can't I melt her ice?"
Suddenly, several of Murong Mengxin's ice spirits moved to enter the Dark Queen's body, but they instantly disappeared as soon as they touched her body.
The Dark Queen herself could feel their momentary touch, but she could not sense their aura. "What the hell happened just now? I felt a strange chill in some parts of my body, but I found nothing."
"Hmm? In the past, I had heard of an ice that could freeze anything, and if I remember correctly, its name was eternal ice." The Dark Queen spoke to herself as she stood up and flew into the air, her eyes focused on Murong Mengxin's figure. "Given that race is the only one with eternal ice, could that woman have descended from that race? But, oddly, I don't sense the aura of that race emanating from her body."
After she thought for a long time, Murong Mengxin's entourage had already disappeared from her sight, and the Dark Queen sighed softly. "If that woman really comes from that race, then I have to plan everything carefully before I move to capture her, or else I will be the one to be captured by her. If necessary, I will use my three dolls to do so, and she definitely won't suspect them."
The Dark Queen then disappeared from that place, and she moved to where the last two women were.
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Murong Mengxin and her party, meanwhile, had successfully crossed the dark, frozen river. And now, they were standing in front of a large door that was slightly opened, so they immediately entered it carefully.
'It's a shame my ice spirits can't enter that woman's body; if only I can control her and turn her as my slave, she will definitely be very useful for Tian.' Murong Mengxin muttered disappointedly in her heart as she entered the door, and they froze at the few giants sitting around the dining table, but they looked as if they were already dead.
"So they are members of the Dark Race, Mengxin?" Dugu Yan asked in a low voice.
- To Be Continued -
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My other novels
1. Primordial 'Dual Cultivator' Dragon With System: To begin with, Ling Yun's character was still too gentle and naive, when compared to Xia Tian, but he would change with time.
2. Otherworldly-Cultivator : There is no doubt about Chen Li's character, he adapts quickly, smart, gentle towards those closest to him, and sometimes wise. But he is also psychotic, vile, ruthless, and violent towards his enemies.
3. Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son: I have started rewriting this novel, and the story will be a lot different from the original novel.
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