The original Rock Queen had amber skin that radiated a golden lustre, appearing full of mature charm.
But now, the Rock Queen’s skin had become so incredibly white, and not the white of snow, but the white of moonlight.
Not only that, her skin was as delicate as silk, as fine as porcelain, as if water droplets could not even adhere to its surface.
Her entire person seemed to have moonlight shining upon her at every moment, constantly emitting a mysterious yet captivating radiance.
At this moment, she no longer resembled the Rock Queen, but rather those elven queens from Earth films.
Except that the lustre on the elven queens in films was achieved through special effects, whilst the Rock Queen’s entire body truly seemed to be covered in a layer of moonlight.
Not only that, her hair had also changed colour, from its original dark brown to silver white.
Only her eyes remained, still as deep and profound as the ocean, dark blue and unfathomable.
The original Rock Queen had already been beautiful to the extreme, yet now she had ascended once more.
Her beauty, sensuality, maturity, nobility, and temperament had all risen another level!
Especially that mature, cold, and mysterious aura, like a vortex, attracting the gazes of countless men.
The Rock Queen no longer resembled the Rock Queen.
From inside to out, she seemed to have completed a transformation.
She slowly opened her beautiful eyes. Upon seeing Sauron, she was first startled, then her gaze turned cold.
Immediately after, her jade finger pressed directly against Sauron’s forehead, whilst her other arm covered her captivating bosom.
With his forehead pressed by her jade finger, Sauron suddenly found his entire body unable to move, unable to channel even the slightest dragon power.
“Who are you?” the Rock Queen asked coldly.
Sauron could not help but be startled, then saw that her beautiful eyes were filled with unfamiliar light. The previous tenderness had completely vanished.
“I, I am Sauron.” Sauron said.
“Sauron?” the Rock Queen said. “Then what is your relationship with me? What have you done to me before? Why are neither of us wearing anything?”
Hearing the Rock Queen’s questions, Sauron was suddenly shocked.
Then, he thought of a startling possibility. The Rock Queen had lost her memory.
That’s right, she had lost her memory.
When she jumped from the abyss and entered the body of the Sea God Titan, she had passed through countless energy defence formations.
These energy formations used a terrifying spiritual power to attack and ravage the brain domain of intruders.
So, although the Rock Queen’s heartbeat and breathing were normal, she simply could not awaken, because her brain had suffered fatal damage and she had become a vegetable.
Later, she absorbed the energy of the Dragon’s Holy Tear, allowing her brain domain to recover its spirit and energy.
But the related memories in her brain had already been largely destroyed.
So, she had lost her memory!
“Speak, do not attempt to lie.” the Rock Queen said. “If there is a single word of falsehood, I will detect it, and you will likely lose your life.”
Then, the Rock Queen said, “First question, what was our relationship before?”
Sauron said, “I, I am considered your child. Because your husband was my father.”
The Rock Queen was startled and said, “Then why are you not my son?”
Sauron said, “It is a long story. Because you are the Queen of the Rock Islands, you could not truly marry my father. So after the two of you secretly worshipped heaven and earth, the stars, the sun and moon on a ship, you left without saying goodbye. And my father returned to the human kingdom, took a wife, and had children.”
Hearing this, the Rock Queen’s gaze softened somewhat, reducing her hostility.
However, she was not much moved, because she had almost completely lost her memory, including her memory of that relationship.
The Rock Queen said, “Then why are we here, and why are neither of us wearing anything?”
Sauron said, “That is also a long story.”
The Rock Queen said, “Then speak slowly.”
The Demon Star said, “Master, I think you had better speak quickly, because we are still inside the Sea God Titan’s corpse. It is gradually withering, and the air inside its body is growing less and less.”
Sauron said, “You have a son and a daughter…”
Sauron narrated in the most concise yet clear manner, explaining the entire course of events from beginning to end.
Including why Sauron had come to the Rock Islands, and his fake marriage with the little princess Yan Xue’er.
Also, the Rock Queen passing the throne to Yan Mo, the Rock Queen sacrificing her life to the Sea God in order to refuse the Hai Clan’s marriage proposal and to pave the way for her son, and her jumping into the abyss to commit suicide.
Speaking of how Sauron returned to the great hall attempting to stop the Rock Queen’s suicide, but was still a step too late, then was pushed into the abyss by Yan Mo.
Finally, speaking of how Sauron carried her and arrived at the last moment as the Dragon’s Holy Tear fell, and how the Dragon’s Holy Tear transformed into countless energies that showered upon the two of them.
So the Rock Queen was able to awaken, but had lost her memory.
After he finished speaking, the Rock Queen’s gaze immediately softened.
Although she had lost her memory, she had not lost her abilities, nor her wisdom.
“You clearly knew in your heart that you could not stop me, yet you still ran back. You clearly knew that returning might mean death, yet you still ran back.” the Rock Queen said. “Although you are extremely intelligent, you are not rational enough. On the contrary, my son Yan Mo is not only intelligent, but also rational.”
Sauron nodded and said, “I am indeed not a rational person.”
The Rock Queen said, “What determines a person’s future and fate is not his intelligence and wisdom, but his character. If you were an ordinary person, then this character would not matter much. If you were not so intelligent, this character would also not matter much. But you are so intelligent, so special, and yet possess such a character. Your fate will likely be very… subversive.”
Sauron was silent for a moment, then said, “Character cannot be changed.”
“Master, we should go. The Sea God Titan’s corpse has been continuously withering. When it withers to a certain degree, many small blood vessels will become impassable, and we will not be able to get out.” the Demon Star said.
“Aunt, let us go.” Sauron said.
Hearing the word ‘aunt,’ the Rock Queen could not help but feel somewhat strange and startled, but still nodded.
Then, following the Sea God Titan’s blood vessels, they walked out of its heart and kept going upwards.
This Sea God Titan was unimaginably enormous. The blood vessels inside its body were countless, extending in all directions, like a demonic palace inside.
By all logic, it should be impossible to get out.
Moreover, he and the Rock Queen were completely naked, without even half a weapon on their bodies.
The Sea God Titan was an energy-based creature. After death, its flesh completely transformed into an indestructible energy body. Even at its thinnest points, it was thousands or tens of thousands of metres thick, utterly impossible to break through.
But Sauron’s wisdom was sufficient to deal with this situation.
His method was to keep walking, without worrying about direction. When a fork in the blood vessels appeared ahead, choose the thinnest one.
From thick blood vessels dozens of metres in diameter, to ordinary blood vessels, then to micro blood vessels, and finally to capillaries.
And capillaries were already very close to the Sea God Titan’s body surface.
The blood vessels the two walked through grew thinner and thinner.
From dozens of metres in diameter, to several metres, and finally to just over a foot in diameter.
At this level, they could no longer walk, but had to desperately crawl.
Finally, even crawling was impossible. This was already the Sea God Titan’s capillaries, with a diameter of only centimetres.
“Aunt, now I need you to use your martial power to blast open and forcibly break through the Sea God Titan’s surface flesh.” Sauron said.
“How thick is it?” the Rock Queen said.
Sauron closed his eyes and calculated, then said, “Probably, several dozen metres.”
The Rock Queen nodded.
Then, she unleashed her martial power and forcibly smashed at the thick energy matter.
The Sea God Titan’s bodily energy matter was harder than stone, but even so, it was still blasted away layer by layer by the Rock Queen’s terrifying martial power.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
Moreover, the energy from the Rock Queen’s blasts was too powerful. Sauron had to retreat several dozen metres to avoid being harmed by the energy waves.
A full hour later!
“Boom…”
The Rock Queen’s final strike.
Pierced through the last layer of Sea God muscle energy matter, and then seawater surged in.
Sauron and the Rock Queen swam out from the hole that had been blasted open.
After emerging from the Sea God Titan’s corpse, the two were still beneath the deep seabed fissure.
Originally, the Sea God Titan’s body was thousands of metres beneath the seabed, separated by a thick layer of rock shell. But because the Sea God died and the Rock Islands collapsed, this thick rock layer also cracked open.
Sauron and the Rock Queen swam several thousand metres along the seabed fissure before truly reaching the seabed, then swam up several hundred metres more.
“Pu…”
The two suddenly burst out of the sea surface.
Once again, they saw sunlight and blue sky!
But before their eyes, apart from the boundless, endless seawater, there was completely nothing else.
Where were the originally densely packed Rock Islands? There had been hundreds or thousands of islands, distributed across several hundred li of sea area, yet now they had all completely vanished.
“There is a fleet over there.” The Rock Queen suddenly pointed towards the west.
Sauron could barely see, because the distance exceeded tens of thousands of metres, and they were facing the setting sun’s light.
But since the Rock Queen said so, it was certainly correct.
Then, the two swam towards the fleet tens of thousands of metres away.
Closer and closer, closer and closer.
When they were roughly several thousand metres apart, Sauron could see clearly.
This was the Queen’s Island fleet, the fleet the Rock Queen had given to the little princess Yan Xue’er.
He had not expected that she had still not left. At least ten days had passed, yet she had still not left.
Sauron immediately felt a tenderness in his heart.
…
“It has already been eleven days, young mistress. We should go.” the Rock female general said. “The Queen and Lord Sauron will not appear.”
The little princess had lost a full circle of weight, but still desperately shook her head, unwilling to leave, her eyes still fixed on the direction of the original Rock Islands.
“I won’t go, I won’t go.” The little princess could not give a reason, but stubbornly insisted.
The Rock female general said, “Young mistress, our fresh water is about to run out. If we do not leave, we will all die here.”
The little princess Yan Xue’er’s gaze immediately became incomparably sorrowful and pained. She wanted to keep waiting like this, waiting for her mother queen and Brother Shen Lang to return. But if she let so many people die because of her, she was utterly, utterly unwilling.
So, she had to make a choice.
However, just at this moment, someone suddenly pointed and said, “Young mistress, look quickly… to the east, to the east there are people, two people!”
The little princess Yan Xue’er was first overcome with wild joy, then without even removing her clothes, she directly jumped into the seawater and swam towards the two.
The Rock female general and others also quickly removed their clothes, revealing their diving suits, and jumped into the sea to protect the little princess.
A dozen or so minutes later, the two sides were several dozen metres apart, and could completely see each other’s faces.
Upon seeing Sauron and the Rock Queen’s faces, the little princess Yan Xue’er could not help but put away her expression of wild joy, revealing a trace of confusion.
“Who, who are these two people? Are they Mother Queen and Brother Shen Lang?” Yan Xue’er was puzzled.
Mother Queen’s face vaguely resembled Mother Queen, but she had become so white, her hair colour had changed, her whole person had changed.
As for this man, he looked completely different from Shen Lang. Instead, he resembled Yan Mo so much, only much more handsome.
Just as she was puzzled!
Sauron swam over rapidly and pulled the little princess Yan Xue’er into his embrace.
Instantly, the little princess sensed a familiar aura. That’s right, he was Brother Shen Lang. She immediately threw herself into Sauron’s embrace with wild joy and contentment.
After a long while, the little princess pointed at the Rock Queen and asked timidly, “Brother, she, is she Mother Queen?”
The Rock Queen swam over and looked at the little princess’s face, so similar to her own, her eyes so pure and flawless, her temperament so innocent and adorable.
Recalling Sauron’s words, her daughter had been injured in an accident, so although she was already twenty-eight years old, her mind would forever remain at thirteen.
Now seeing her in person, although she had lost her memory, the Rock Queen still welled up with infinite maternal love.
Her own daughter was simply an angel!
She directly stepped forward, pulled the little princess Yan Xue’er into her embrace as well, and then also pulled Sauron into her embrace.
…
Half an hour later, the three returned to the little princess’s flagship cabin.
The Rock Queen changed into a snow-white long dress, looking even more like an elven queen from a film.
The Rock Queen said, “Sauron, I can command this Queen’s Island fleet, but I am no longer the Rock Queen.”
Sauron nodded and said, “I understand your meaning.”
The Rock Queen said, “I no longer bear the responsibility of revitalising the Rock people. That responsibility belongs to the new Rock King. For the future of the Rock people, I will not go find Yan Mo to seek justice for you, nor will I go to the Thunder Islands to bring back reinforcements. But this Queen’s Island fleet will completely belong to your Sauron family.”
“Yes.” Sauron said, “To receive the loyalty of the Queen’s Island fleet, I am already grateful to tears.”
The Rock Queen said, “You said I once had a name called Yan Chuo’er, correct?”
“Yes, Aunt.” Sauron said.
The Rock Queen said, “Then from this day forth, there will only be Tianshui City Naval Commander Yan Chuo’er. There will be no more Rock Queen.”
“Yes, Aunt.” Sauron said.
Yan Chuo’er (the Queen) lovingly stroked the little princess’s cheek and said, “Little Xue’er, from now on, Tianshui City will be our home.”
Yan Xue’er had already fallen into a deep sleep in her mother’s embrace, with a trace of glistening saliva at the corner of her mouth.
These past ten or so days, she had waited every day for her mother queen and Sauron’s return, and was already utterly exhausted.
Looking down from the sky, nearly two hundred ships were arranged in a dagger formation on the sea surface, with the enormous flagship guarded in the centre, mighty and grand, sailing towards Tianshui City.
From this day forth, there would be no more Queen’s Island fleet, only the Sauron fleet!
Seven thousand of the ten thousand Rock people’s Rock pirates, one hundred and ten warships, would become the most elite force of the Sauron navy.
Sauron stood on the flagship’s deck, gazing towards Tianshui City’s direction, though it was still ten thousand li away.
The Demon Star finally found an opportunity to speak and said, “By the way, Master, do you still want to know what level your swordsman cultivation has broken through to? You absolutely cannot imagine it!”
…
At this moment, on the dock of Luanyang City, three men gazed at a small boat approaching from the sea.
The three men were Tu Lingchen, Luanyang City Lord Tu Li Wen, and his son Tu Li Yang, this ugly and short young master of Luanyang City.
The small boat drew closer and closer, closer and closer.
On the small boat was only one sailor rowing, and a person lying on the boat, covered entirely by a grey blanket.
Before it even reached shore, Tu Li Yang could barely restrain himself from jumping onto the boat and said tremblingly, “What happened to Tu Lingduo? What happened to her?”
Then, he stepped forward and lifted the blanket. Upon seeing Tu Lingduo beneath the blanket, his face instantly changed colour, and he could not help but retreat several steps.