Chapter 164: A Male Concubine?!

"Interesting."
"As weak as an ant, yet you dare to speak to this Queen like that. You are the first."
Yao Mei started moving her slender legs, her flawless, jade-white feet stepping gently upon the skulls as she walked down the throne step by step.
Her enchanting, blood-red robe fluttered lightly in the wind.
Her eyes sized Xu Han up.
Xu Han's forehead was covered in sweat.
This pressure was a few notches more terrifying than the pressure from Wang Yuan and the others earlier.
It made it somewhat hard for him to breathe.
Yet the conviction in his heart made him grit his teeth and hold on stubbornly.
Absolutely no kneeling!
So what if she is a Queen?
He would rather die standing than live on his knees!
Yao Mei walked right up to Xu Han, reached out, and gently lifted his chin.
Her vermilion lips parted slightly: "Interesting."
"This is the first time this Queen has ever seen such a tenacious ant."
"You make this Queen slightly curious."
With that, she instantly withdrew her pressure.
Xu Han suddenly felt a lightness in his body, his legs turned to jelly, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Yao Mei stared at Xu Han and slowly spoke: "Little fellow, quite handsome, aren't you?"
"This Queen will give you a chance."
"As long as you can withstand three moves from this Queen, this Queen will take you as her male concubine."
Xu Han was stunned.
A male concubine?
Although the Queen before him was indeed quite pretty.
The problem was, this was a Corpse Queen!
Was he, a living, breathing human being, supposed to do that kind of thing with a corpse?
A chill ran through his heart.
He certainly didn't have that kind of perverted fetish.
But if he didn't agree, given this Queen's personality, she would probably kill him right on the spot, wouldn't she?
Never mind, saving his life comes first.
The corners of Yao Mei's mouth curved upward slightly, revealing a strange smile: "The first move."
She slowly raised her left hand.
Her embroidered sleeve slid down her arm, revealing a section of snowy, jade-white skin.
If he didn't know her true identity,
Xu Han might have truly thought she was an peerless beauty.
"Curse of the Lycoris."
Yao Mei softly uttered the name of the skill.
The ground beneath Xu Han instantly turned blood-red, resembling a pool of blood.
Clusters of bright red spider lilies bloomed around the blood pool.
Beautiful and bewitching.
The spider lilies bloomed faster and faster.
Their numbers also multiplied rapidly.
Soon, they spread to the soles of Xu Han's feet.
Xu Han felt an itching sensation on his feet.
He lowered his head to look.
He saw a blood-red spider lily growing right out of his foot.
Then came his calves, his thighs, his waist.
In merely the span of a few breaths,
blood-red spider lilies bloomed all over his body.
His health points dropped rapidly.
He felt as though his life force was being drained away by these spider lilies.
Seeing this, a trace of pity flickered in Yao Mei's eyes.
"What a pity, he couldn't even make it past the first move..."
"The first man this Queen took a fancy to, I never expected him to be so weak..."
Before her voice had even faded, she saw the spider lilies on Xu Han's body begin to wither and fade at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Very soon,
all the spider lilies turned into flying ash and dissipated completely.
And Xu Han's condition looked even slightly better than before.
A hint of surprise flashed in Yao Mei's eyes: "Oh? How very interesting."
"It seems this curse has lost its effect."
"Not bad, truly worthy of being the first man this Queen has taken a fancy to."
"Indeed different from those other pieces of trash."
Xu Han maintained a blank expression, but inwardly rejoiced.
Fortunately, he possessed the Body of Darkness.
Not only could it immunize him against all curses and negative status effects,
but it could also absorb them and convert them to his own use.
Earlier, the propagation speed of the Curse of the Lycoris was simply too fast,
and its effect too powerful.
The Body of Darkness couldn't react in time for a moment.
Fortunately, once it did react, the Body of Darkness ended up fully absorbing those spider lilies and converting them into fuel for himself.
That was how he managed to survive the first move!
Yao Mei slowly raised her hand: "Next comes the second move!"
"Ghost Procession!"
The next moment,
a howling ghostly wind swept through the entire grand hall.
The surrounding temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.
The previously calm ground suddenly surged with a group of soldiers clad in tattered armor, missing limbs and broken arms.
These soldiers wore expressionless faces as they marched forward step by step.
As time went on,
the number of ghost soldiers rapidly multiplied.
Within mere seconds, a thousand-odd ghost soldiers were marching in neat formation toward Xu Han.
Every step these ghost soldiers took made the grand hall tremble slightly.
A terrifying murderous intent radiated from their entire bodies!
Faced with this multitude of ghost soldiers,
Xu Han's expression also gradually grew solemn.
He raised his hand.
The phantom of a Magma Sub-dragon appeared behind him.
A searing fireball rapidly condensed within the dragon's maw.
"Burst Fireball!"
He let out a low roar.
The Magma Sub-dragon whipped its head,
hurling that blazing fireball straight toward the advancing ghost soldiers!
Boom!
The fireball exploded violently,
scattering dozens of ghost soldiers.
However, the soldiers behind quickly filled the empty gap.
Xu Han raised an eyebrow.
It seemed
these ghost soldiers weren't invincible after all.
They could be burned with fire.
Since that was the case!
Then let's bring out a heavier move!
He raised his hand
and let out a low roar: "Meteor Descent!"
The ceiling of the grand hall turned fiery red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The crimson firelight illuminated the entire hall.
The originally gloomy and icy hall experienced a sharp rise in temperature.
A massive meteor, dragging a blazing trail of fire, appeared at the ceiling of the hall.
Looking at this meteor, a trace of surprise flickered in Yao Mei's beautiful eyes.
This human little fellow actually knew a skill with such immense power?
It seemed this second move wouldn't be able to stump him either.
The searing meteor plummeted from the sky, fiercely smashing down toward the pack of ghost soldiers!
Boom!
The scorching high temperature of over a thousand degrees, carrying a powerful shockwave, swept out in all directions!
Those thousands of ghost soldiers vanished into thin air almost instantly.
The scorching flames did not diminish in power, rapidly spreading toward the edges of the grand hall.
Yao Mei slowly reached out her hand and tapped gently at the flames.
The spreading flames instantly froze in place.
Yao Mei pressed her palm downward into the empty air,
and those flames seemed to be extinguished by a pair of giant hands.
A chill gripped Xu Han's heart.
This wasn't a skill.
It was pure spiritual power.
When spiritual power reaches a certain level, it can be projected outward.
When spiritual power becomes extremely formidable, one can directly manipulate it to execute attacks or defenses.
This Queen was actually able to extinguish such high-temperature flames with a mere flick of her hand.
One could only imagine just how terrifying her strength truly was.
If she had used spiritual power to defend just now,
the meteor probably wouldn't even have landed before being blocked by her spiritual power.
Yao Mei looked toward Xu Han, the smile on her lips growing even brighter.
"There is still one final move."
"Cheer up well, my male concubine!"
Xu Han sighed inwardly.
It was a pity this woman wasn't a living person.
Otherwise, he wouldn't mind making a sacrifice and acting as a male concubine.
Too bad she was a Corpse Queen.
No matter how pretty she was, he couldn't summon the slightest bit of interest.
Yao Mei raised her hand once more.
A dark purple flame danced in her palm.
Just laying eyes on this flame made one's hair stand on end.
Even though it was only a single cluster of flames,
its power left even the meteor trailing far behind in comparison!