Volume One, Chapter 19: The Viper Queen

“Hahaha! Want me?”
“Hey kid, have you grown all your hair yet to dare tease your sister like this?”
“Are you not afraid I might really eat you?” Upon hearing Qi Fengling’s words, Hua Qianhui not only showed no fear but laughed even more heartily.

This time, Qi Fengling said nothing. His face had turned ashen, and his icy gaze seemed to want to flay Hua Qianhui alive.

“Hmm? Hmph! Kid, you’ve got some skill! I bet you also swallowed one of those Awakening Orbs!”

“But now, not to mention you, even Ma Zhuang can’t touch me anymore,” Hua Qianhui was no fool; she clearly saw the killing intent in Qi Fengling’s eyes, but her words immediately made him realize something.

The Eye of the Undead Emperor!

[Name: Hua Qianhui]
[Race: Awakener]
[Level: Mid-Level Tier 1]
[Awakening Class: Viper Queen]
[Class Quality: S]
[Strength: 10]
[Agility: 25]
[Spirit: 15]
[Constitution: 20]
[Skills: Thousand-Soft Snake Bones: ???]
[Poisonous Serpent Empress: ???]

Qi Fengling admitted he had underestimated her this time. When he confirmed Hua Qianhui was the underground queen from a past life, he should have used the Eye of the Undead Emperor on her.

It seemed Hua Qianhui’s fortuitous encounter hadn’t been cut short by Qi Fengling; in her previous life, she too had obtained this inheritance. It was this powerful legacy that allowed her to become the underground queen of Yun City.

But Qi Fengling was unwilling to accept this. He had consumed no fewer than ten Awakening Orbs to reach mid-level Tier 1, so why could Hua Qianhui also reach mid-level Tier 1 now?

“Is that so? I’d like to see what the Viper Queen can really do!” Qi Fengling was not scared of the Viper Queen in the slightest; after all, he had driven off a Tier 2 Zombie Emperor. This mere mid-level Tier 1 opponent was beneath his notice.

As he spoke, Hua Qianhui’s ever-smiling face suddenly fell. At this moment, the look in her eyes was filled with curiosity and chilling coldness.

This was simple; after all, it was the early apocalypse, and everyone had just inherited their powers. Who could truly know whose legacy was whose? What shocked Hua Qianhui was that Qi Fengling could accurately name her Awakening class.

Qi Fengling already knew Hua Qianhui’s attributes inside out. It seemed everyone’s base stats were different. Take Hua Qianhui, for instance—though also mid-level Tier 1, her strength was only half of his.

With this in mind, Qi Fengling abandoned his plan to summon a skeleton squad—after all, that was his trump card.

However, he soon regretted his arrogance.

Because just as he was about to draw his pistol from his waist, Hua Qianhui suddenly dashed forward faster than he could react.

“Ah! Kid, does sister’s body feel good? Just enjoy it, then fall asleep forever in here!”

Coiling around Qi Fengling, a smile returned to Hua Qianhui’s face.

At this moment, the two were entwined in an eerie embrace—more bluntly put, Hua Qianhui had completely bound Qi Fengling with her body.

This had to be her innate Awakening skill.

[Name: Hua Qianhui]
[Race: Awakener]
[Level: Mid-Level Tier 1]
[Thousand-Soft Snake Bones: The Awakener’s bones can stretch extremely, increasing the toughness of their flesh. They can coil and slither like a giant serpent, and the binding strength can reach up to five times their own strength.]
[Poisonous Serpent Empress: ???]

Indeed, the Eye of the Undead Emperor did not deceive him—only after the opponent used their unique skill could the Eye reveal the details of that skill.

Qi Fengling’s hands and feet were now fully restrained by Hua Qianhui. What shocked him even more was that no matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free.

“Kid, you’re pretty strong! But don’t bother trying unless your strength reaches fifty. Otherwise, just obediently sleep in sister’s embrace! Hahaha!”

Hua Qianhui’s neck stretched long, her snake-like face hovering before Qi Fengling, flicking out a long tongue now and then—an unsettling sight.

Within less than a minute, Qi Fengling’s face had turned bright red from suffocation; it seemed Hua Qianhui truly intended to strangle him to death like a python.

“Cough, cough! Not bad for a Viper Queen; you do have some skill. But if that’s all you’ve got, it’s probably you who’ll die today.”

Though restrained, Qi Fengling still refused to yield. It seemed his own abilities were insufficient to defeat the Viper Queen.

“Hmph hmph hmph, kid, I bet you’re strangled silly! Less than two minutes and I’ll have you dead. What skills do you have left to escape?” Hua Qianhui sneered, convinced Qi Fengling was bluffing.

“Come out! My soldiers!”

Ignoring Hua Qianhui’s taunts, Qi Fengling silently chanted the summoning spell.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

After a series of strange noises and wisps of white smoke, ten skeleton warriors armed with large blades appeared in the spacious room.

“Hmm? What are these?”

“Not good!”

The sudden appearance of the skeleton warriors startled Hua Qianhui. While she was still observing, the ten skeletons raised their blades and struck toward Qi Fengling without a trace of emotion.

Hua Qianhui’s Thousand-Soft Snake Bones were impressive, but that didn’t mean her flesh was immune to blade wounds. If she continued to try strangling Qi Fengling, she might be hacked down by the skeleton warriors first.

“Hmm? Kid, what exactly are they?” Hua Qianhui stepped back cautiously, her face full of suspicion and confusion.

Just moments ago, she had thought the skeleton warriors were there to kill them both. There was a second where she even imagined watching Qi Fengling get slaughtered.

“Hmph, can’t you tell? They’re my subordinates.”

“Kid, I admit I underestimated you. But as a man, will you bully someone weaker?” Hua Qianhui, trapped with no way out, resorted to provocation.

“Oh! Sister! Weren’t you just calling me ‘kid’ a moment ago? Afraid now?” Qi Fengling was not fooled. Dealing with a chosen one like this required absolute certainty of a kill; otherwise, like the Zombie Emperors, he would only leave trouble behind.

“Fine, you leave me no choice.”

“Hiss!” Seeing Qi Fengling refuse to relent, Hua Qianhui suddenly let out a hoarse, raspy roar.

Her voice was as if someone’s throat had been broken yet they still shouted.

“Viper Queen, don’t think that...” Qi Fengling began, then suddenly recalled something.

[Name: Hua Qianhui]
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