Chapter 159: The Lair of the Evil Monarch and the Poisonous Queen

"Give me the location of your Evil King Poison Queen, and I will take you to him," Feng Tianlin said with an icy voice.

"Ah... This..." Crane hesitated for a moment, then stammered, "The place where Her Majesty the Evil King Poison Queen resides is a secret. We..."

"Enough!" Feng Tianlin roared. "Then tell me a general direction, and I'll drop you off so you can go find her yourselves."

"That would be wonderful." Hearing Feng Tianlin say this, Crane nodded and reported the coordinates to Feng Tianlin with a fake smile.

Feng Tianlin drove the ghost train directly into a primeval forest and let Crane and the Sixth Brother off.

After briefly bidding farewell to Feng Tianlin, the Sixth Brother mounted Crane's back and they rode off into the distance.

The two strange entities flew for a distance, looked back, and then changed direction to continue flying. Not long after, they looked back again and changed direction once more.

After meandering around for a long time, they finally arrived in front of a gigantic ancient tree.

This ancient tree had a human face carved into it. Seeing the two of them arrive, its two hollow eye sockets looked downward, and it asked,

"The Heavenly King suppresses the mountain tiger!"

This was their secret code here. If the code did not match, you would be mercilessly flattened by this giant tree.

Do not underestimate this ancient tree. Although it was only at the second tier of the Opening Origin realm, it could not move because it was a millennia-old tree that had gained sentience.

As the saying goes, when God closes a door, he opens a window. Therefore, while this ancient tree could not move, its attack power was maxed out, and even a high-tier Opening Origin expert might not survive a single blow.

Faced with this code, Crane remained unruffled and calmly replied,

"China piles up bones!"

Hearing this sentence, the ancient tree nodded and opened a pitch-black hole beneath its trunk.

Crane and the Sixth Brother walked right inside.

As soon as they entered, the space inside became gigantic, yet it remained pitch black.

Passing through this darkness, a sliver of light finally appeared. Following the light further in, the scenery within was unimaginable.

Dark-style architecture was everywhere, and all sorts of bizarre strange entities roamed about. Flames and swamps were visible everywhere, instilling a profound sense of danger.

The auras of the strange entities converged here like an ocean.

The area was extremely vast, easily the size of two Spirit Cities. It stretched endlessly beyond the horizon, and the screams of humans could be heard from time to time.

If a human were to accidentally wander in here, there is no doubt they would be frightened to death on the spot.

For every corner of this place resembled a miniature hell, brimming with uncanniness and terror.

Crane and the Sixth Brother seemed completely unfazed. They simply walked forward, and every strange entity they passed bowed respectfully to them.

In this eerie place stood a colossal palace. The entire palace resembled a massive spider, supported high in the air by eight pillars like spider legs.

The palace was oval-shaped, exactly mimicking the abdomen of a spider.

The two of them walked all the way into the palace, where a man in red clothes was already waiting to greet them. He must have been the First Brother.

They followed the First Brother to where the Evil King Poison Queen was located.

There, the Evil King Poison Queen sat upon her throne, conversing with the Demonic Shadow.

Sensing their imminent arrival, the two stopped their conversation, stared at the doorway, and awaited them.

As soon as the two entered the main hall, the Evil King Poison Queen asked, "What did that doll say?"

Normally, when her most important subordinates went out on missions, she would have the Second Brother use his ability to monitor them. But this time, wary of Feng Tianlin's strength, she had not ordered the Second Brother to do so.

Crane bent his two legs downward and said respectfully, "He... He wants to attack the White Banner Nation and snatch people away..."

At these words, the Evil King Poison Queen nodded. This outcome did not surprise her, but Crane continued,

"He also wants to borrow strange entities from us..."

"What!" The Evil King Poison Queen sat up from her seat, her eyes narrowing into slits.

"That human brat Fan Tianxing has been making such big moves recently, and now he wants to borrow people from me? How can I lend them to her?"

After saying this, a flash of light crossed her eyes. Glancing toward the space behind the Sixth Brother, she slowly spoke,

"Since you've come in person, why don't we converse directly?"

Her words stunned all the strange entities present. They looked behind the Sixth Brother, but there was clearly nothing there.

Yet at that very moment, a voice rang out from thin air, "As expected of the renowned Evil King Poison Queen, your strength is truly extraordinary."

Just as the voice faded, the Evil King Poison Queen felt a chill run down her spine. Whipping her head around, she saw a doll standing upon her throne, wearing a teasing smile.

Seeing the Evil King Poison Queen look over, Feng Tianlin's smile widened. "However, your perception doesn't seem particularly strong; you got the location wrong."

Shock! Pure and utter shock!

She had merely happened to notice that the aura in that spot felt slightly off, and so she had tested the waters with a casual remark.

She had never expected that this doll would actually have entered her palace—not in that spot at all, but appearing directly behind her.

Looking back toward that original location, the strange aura had not vanished. In other words, that aura was nothing more than a decoy! A decoy used to draw her attention away!

To sense that aura, she had dispersed the majority of her attention. If the doll had attacked her then, given his strength, she would have died without a doubt!

Terrifying! This doll actually made a strange entity like her feel true terror!

"Your strength is even greater than I imagined," the Evil King Poison Queen said word by word.

"Oh? Is that so?" Feng Tianlin smiled apologetically, then leaned his face right up to hers. "We've finally met."

The entire palace was now dead silent. All the strange entities had entered a state of combat readiness, prepared to wage war against Feng Tianlin at any moment.

Yet the Evil King Poison Queen waved her hand. "All of you, leave. Let me speak alone with this legendary Nightmare Doll."

She understood clearly that without the Divine Mind Bead, any strange entity attempting to fight this being was acting like a complete fool.

Initially, she hadn't understood why the Strange Domain would choose such a doll, but the moment she laid eyes on Feng Tianlin, she understood.

Due to her high level of strength, her perception was far stronger than that of other strange entities, allowing her to sense the uniqueness of Feng Tianlin's aura.

How should she put it? To a strange entity, this aura was as pure as distilled water, completely devoid of any trace of...

Once only Feng Tianlin and the Evil King Poison Queen remained in the palace, the Evil King Poison Queen looked at Feng Tianlin and spoke.

"State your demands. After all, strange entities have no reason to refuse the commands of the King of Strange Entities."

This statement was tantamount to backing down, effectively acknowledging submission.

Naturally, Feng Tianlin was not about to let a single sentence inflate his ego. He understood that this former monarch would bite back the moment an opportunity arose.

Therefore, he had already decided that the very moment this Evil King Poison Queen lost her final shred of utility, she would be finished.

Feng Tianlin's expression remained unchanged, but he hopped down from the throne, landed directly on the Evil King Poison Queen's shoulder, and spoke slowly.

"I not only want your subordinates to help, I want you as well!"

Hearing Feng Tianlin's words, the Evil King Poison Queen turned her head and gazed at him.

"There is a very strange fellow on the human side named Fan Tianxing. You've crossed paths with him, so you know I am currently locked in a stalemate with him.

"If I were to take a large number of my subordinates and leave China, Fan Tianxing would very likely wipe out all the strange entities within China. By then, dreaming of entering China again would be pure fantasy."

Hearing that familiar name, Feng Tianlin merely smiled. "Fan Tianxing..."