The Five Poison Clan—a name spoken with hatred and fear.

The Tang Clan and the Beast Palace had destroyed them a century ago, wiping them from existence.

Or so they had believed.

‘The Five Poison Clan… That’s the origin of Five Poison Returning to the Origin Art, the foundation of my martial arts. Grandfather mentioned them before, but… I never thought they would still be alive.’

I turned to Grandfather, stunned by the revelation.

Then—

A suffocating killing intent exploded beside me.

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The Beast Palace Lord, Meng Hu, was seething. His killing aura was so dense it made my hair stand on end.

"Father! P-Please calm down! We have guests here!"

Even Seolpyo, his daughter, had to intervene, barely managing to restrain him.

Meng Hu clenched his teeth, then turned to the dead Queen Demon Ant and growled.

* Crunch.

His jaw tightened so hard I could hear his teeth grinding.

"If this was the doing of the Five Poison Clan… then they must have used our Beast Berserk Submersion Technique.”

"The Beast Berserk… what?"

The Tang Clan warriors, including Grandfather, looked at Meng Hu in confusion.

Seolpyo took the opportunity to explain.

"It’s a technique that forcibly unleashes a beast’s latent strength, driving it into a temporary frenzy. However, after using it, the beast will collapse for days, and in some cases, it might even die. That’s why it’s only used as a last resort for survival."

Grandfather stroked his beard, deep in thought.

"Then they must have modified it, combined it with the Tang Clan’s golden needles and poisons, and used it to drive the Queen Demon Ant into madness."

I cautiously voiced my own thoughts.

"I think… they made her eat endlessly and lay eggs without stopping. Ants never eat their own kind, but when we found her, she was devouring her own children."

Gasps filled the room.

"What?!"

"The Queen was eating her own children?"

"Unbelievable!"

Even the Beast Palace warriors, who had faced all kinds of horrors, were taken aback.

They had assumed the Queen had been eating random corpses, but they hadn’t realized they were her own offspring.

I nodded grimly.

* Slither.

* Tsrrt?

* Tsrut?

* Clap!

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