“Laid an egg, my child?……”

Zhang Ji was silent, and the void was filled with oppression. The air seemed to be solidified, with only terrifying baleful aura surging. Huang An and Han Yong below in the forest trembled with fear, not daring to move at all.

“Whoosh~”

A hurricane howled overhead, stirring the turbulent mist. Zhang Ji’s figure vanished in an instant.

Huang An and Han Yong exchanged a look, both seeing the fear and relief in each other’s eyes. Reporting to Snake Lord really was life-threatening!

“Return? Brother An, Snake Lord seems to have already returned,” Han Yong asked.

“Return my ass! While Snake Lord’s not here, let’s drink all the blood here. Only then will we be worthy of this trip. Snake Lord doesn’t care about this blood, but for us, it’s a treasure!” Huang An’s eyes darted around as he said, bending down to drink the blood.

Han Yong hurriedly followed suit, drinking. There were many depressions in the forest, filled with accumulated blood. They gulped it down, their bodies surging with Qi and blood, receiving a great benefit.

“Find a bag and pack up the remaining blood. Bring some to the hall master.”

“Alright!”

~

Snake King City was still under construction. Everywhere, one could hear the shouts of laborers, the sounds of bricks being laid, and the collisions of giant trees being moved. Someone was telling an off-color joke, occasionally eliciting bursts of laughter.

But the deeper one went, the quieter it became, even somewhat oppressive. Heavenly Serpent Gang members patrolling and standing guard were everywhere.

Because here was close to the Snake King Palace.

This was the place belonging to the owner of this city, the King Cobra.

The Snake King Palace was mostly completed. The pavilions and palaces were at least six hundred meters tall. At the very center was a majestic and magnificent pyramid-shaped building, a thousand meters tall, piercing the clouds, with half of it obscured by the mist.

This was the Snake King Hall.

The tallest landmark in the city, it was engraved with a ferocious three-headed King Cobra pattern, representing the King Cobra’s absolute kingship and rule.

Behind the Snake King Hall was the Snake King’s harem courtyard.

At this moment, many figures were busily moving in and out.

“Quick, the Snake King’s consort has laid another egg! This egg is ten meters big, it might be a double-yolker, but it’s a black egg, emitting black gas. What’s going on? Could it be a dead egg?”

“Let me see… Heavens! This isn’t a double-yolker, nor is it a dead egg. This is a royal seed! I can sense the astonishing vitality and Qi and blood fluctuations within. It far surpasses other king-grade eggs!”

It was Bei Liu’s voice, his face full of shock.

In the courtyard, rows of snake eggs were placed. The smallest was three meters in size, all snow-white. Only the egg that had just been laid was a massive ten meters, a dark black egg.

It flowed with nine-colored light and was topped with a wisp of black smoke, very sinister, yet exuding a noble aura and carrying a hint of astonishing pressure. The eggshell was covered with strange纹路 (wénlù – patterns), like Heavenly Dao runes.

Bei Liu carefully examined the egg, becoming more and more shocked as he looked.

He had seen the eggs of rare birds and exotic animals that the elders brought back from their outings at the Great Wilderness Sacred Hall, most of which were king-grade.

He had only seen a royal-seed egg once before, the egg that the great figure who owed him a favor had obtained on an outing, said to be the egg of a Golden Crow descendant, burning with golden flames, emitting nine-colored light, with纹路 (wénlù – patterns) all over it, just like the egg in front of him.

“A royal-grade egg, definitely! If this egg hatches and grows up, it can definitely become a demon emperor and join the ranks of super giants!”

Bei Liu’s eyes shone with excitement, his face flushed red.

King-grade was already extraordinary, born as kings, capable of fighting demon kings, let alone royal-grade, which could become a demon emperor.

Demon emperors numbered no more than the fingers on two hands in the entire Great Wilderness, standing above all living beings, with thousands upon thousands of demon kings serving under them. Even the elders of the Great Wilderness Sacred Hall had to bow when they saw a demon emperor.

Bei Liu had the good fortune to witness a demon emperor’s procession once. The scene was so grand that it was unimaginable. Wherever it passed, numerous tribes prostrated and paid their respects.

“If a demon emperor appeared in a barren place like Xichuan Town, those old guys at the Great Wilderness Sacred Hall probably wouldn’t be able to sit still… No, it should be those old geezers from the Twelve Divine Kingdoms who wouldn’t be able to sit still first.”

A gloating smile appeared on the corner of Bei Liu’s mouth.

He was already dissatisfied with the Great Wilderness Sacred Hall. After working for the Sacred Hall for so many years, he was now trapped here, and no one had come to save him, leaving him to fend for himself. Although his status was humble and not worth saving, he still felt uncomfortable.

And the Twelve Divine Kingdoms had always regarded evil-seeds as異種 (yìzhǒng – different species), fallen ones, ominous and forbidden creatures. They would never allow an evil-seed-level demon emperor to grow up.

But the black egg in front of him was obviously an evil-seed.

The other white eggs, at least on the outside, didn’t look like evil-seeds.

“It’s just rather strange. The King Cobra hasn’t become a demon emperor yet, so how could his offspring have a royal-seed appear? Could it be related to his邪神 (xiéshén – evil god) bloodline?”

Bei Liu narrowed his eyes and guessed. He had never been sure whether Zhang Ji was a邪神 (xiéshén – evil god) in Nirvana or reincarnation, and now he was even more confused.

“Bang~”

Suddenly, he was kicked on the butt. Bei Liu winced in pain, glaring back to see that it was Second Sister Longma, who had come to warn him with a look of warning: “Don’t even think about those eggs. I don’t want to be chased by that ferocious King Cobra.”

She saw Bei Liu’s eyes darting around, and his face was flushed, obviously excited, and thought Bei Liu was going to steal the eggs.

There were secret medicine refining techniques in the Great Wilderness that used king-grade eggs to refine rare elixirs.

Bei Liu rubbed his butt and said, “Second Sister, what kind of person do you take me for?”

“Also, can you kick a little lighter? Do you know that you almost kicked my eggs off just now? I haven’t even gotten a wife yet!”

He rubbed the spot, glaring angrily.

“Besides, I didn’t want to steal the eggs. I’m just looking, curious how the King Cobra can have a nest of king-grade eggs, and even a royal-seed.”

In the Great Wilderness, king-grade and royal-seed were rare because the offspring of many people didn’t have king-grade and royal-seed, even if the parents were kings or emperors.

The birth of king-grade and royal-seed depended not only on bloodline inheritance, but also on innate luck.

But with the King Cobra, he actually produced nests of king-grade and royal-seed.

Like a wholesale market, it was unbelievable.

Just then.

“Hoo-ooh~”

A hurricane swept through the void, carrying a terrifying and fierce evil aura, accompanied by a terrifying pressure sweeping in all directions, and a fierce stench permeated the air, making the void viscous and imprisoned, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.

The evil wind howled, and the eggs on the ground rolled around. Some were even swept into the air and hit the corners of the roof, shattering the stones, but the eggshells were unharmed.

Everyone looked up in horror, seeing a behemoth looming in the mist, with blood-colored scaled wings suspended. The snake’s tail was too long to see the end in the mist. Three ferocious snake heads stretched out from the mist, their scarlet vertical pupils as large as blood lakes, flashing red light, scanning the courtyard.

“These are my children……” A majestic voice echoed in the void.