Chapter 133: The Most Threatening Moment Holds the Greatest Deterrent Power
"Before leaving, I still need to resolve this hidden danger."
Xiao Yan walked to the table and took out the Green Colored Lotus Platform from his storage ring. He slowly opened the petals, revealing a lazy black cat and a small seven-colored snake.
The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python opened its eyes, a wisp of green fire flashing through them as it stared blankly at Xiao Yan.
Mao Wu meowed and stretched lazily upon sensing Xiao Yan's presence. It stood up, shook its head, and used its paw to groom the black flame fur on its face. Mao Wu slept to digest what it had devoured and grow stronger.
Meow~~ (>^ω^<) (Is it feeding time?)
"Is eating all you think about?"
Meow! o(^`)o (How can I get stronger without eating my fill?)
"Alright, alright, just wait a moment. I have some things to discuss with Queen Medusa."
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The atmosphere in the room became tense when those words left Xiao Yan's mouth. A sharp aura suddenly emanated from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, completely different from its usual dazed, amnesiac-like appearance.
Unsurprised, Xiao Yan sat on a chair and looked at the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python on the lotus platform with a smile, "Although you put on a good act, Queen Medusa, even using the special soul contract formed during evolution as a cover to make me let my guard down... I am sorry to say that I am a cold-hearted person by nature and not so easily trusting of strangers."
From beginning to end, he had never believed in any nonsense about amnesia, failed evolution, or the emergence of an extra soul. It was simply because the little seven-colored snake before him was Queen Medusa transformed.
No matter how weak the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's current strength was, whether there was some special connection or not, or how harmless it appeared, Xiao Yan would never believe it was truly harmless.
Compared to her alluring beauty, Queen Medusa's fearsome reputation was even more well-known. If she could be so easily defeated, the Snake-People Tribe would have been annihilated by the human empires long ago. How could they have survived for so long in the cracks between several empires and even gained such infamy?
A flash of light appeared and vanished. The instant after the light appeared, a body that could be described as perfect appeared before Xiao Yan.
Her face was stunningly beautiful, almost otherworldly. Her figure was enough to make anyone's blood boil. In terms of figure, perhaps no one could compare to Queen Medusa—she was sexy, alluring, a natural-born stunner.
But even though Queen Medusa was naturally seductive, standing so nakedly before Xiao Yan, his heart did not stir with any impure thoughts at this moment.
Right now, his heart was filled with nothing but utmost vigilance, because he knew that one misstep and he would lose his life here today.
He had considered simply throwing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python out, but he was certain that the moment he did so, he would die at Queen Medusa's hands.
The reason Queen Medusa had been sticking around was also very simple—because the Green Lotus Core Flame was in his possession, and he even had the Core-Fire Lotus Seed. In other words, he had things that Queen Medusa needed.
Similarly, Medusa was wary of Xiao Yan's background and that strange spiritual attack. Now that her body had been incinerated with only a segment of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's flesh to preserve her soul, she was actually very afraid of suffering a spiritual attack now.
Queen Medusa in her current state was only slightly better than Yao Ao back then. She had a physical body, but it was somewhat in an infant state and couldn't withstand a spiritual impact.
The fact that Xiao Yan had infiltrated the Holy City and escaped unharmed from the likes of Gu He and the others made her a bit uncertain about him.
Moreover, he had so easily refined the Green Lotus Core Flame that had almost burned her to death, which puzzled Queen Medusa even more. That's why she followed Xiao Yan, intending to investigate further.
What she hadn't expected was that Xiao Yan would actually be able to guess the truth and even take the initiative to expose her.
Her pretty face turned cold, eyes filled with killing intent as she looked at Xiao Yan and said, "Like what you see?"
"Of course, it's a beautiful sight. I think even in the vast Dou Qi Continent, it would be hard to find such a stunning view." Xiao Yan replied with a calm smile.
Since Xiao Yan had chosen to tear away this delicate veil of pretense, he naturally had some confidence.
Queen Medusa pulled the sheet from the bed and covered the lush spring scenery with a swift motion.
"Are you truly not afraid of death? Even though I haven't fully recovered, killing you is still within my means. That 1-star Dou Emperor outside won't be able to stop me." A cold glint flashed through Queen Medusa's eyes. If given another chance, she would definitely kill Xiao Yan before evolving.
With a faint smile, Xiao Yan looked directly into her eyes and said, "I am afraid. Who can truly claim to be unafraid of death? I believe Queen Medusa fears death as much as anyone else."
Whoosh whoosh! A blood-red flame and an emerald-green flame rose beside him.
A chilling, murderous intent appeared on Queen Medusa's face when she saw these two clusters of flames.
It dawned on her that the earlier experiment was meant to be a warning, a performance put on for her to witness!!!
Just now, Xiao Yan had caused such an explosion without using the Essence Flames. If the two Essence Flames were to fuse, the conclusion was that even Medusa couldn't withstand it and would be burned to death.
Xiao Yan's meaning was very clear: Death, who isn't afraid of it? Even you, Queen Medusa, fear it. If you want to kill me, I'll release both Heavenly Flames before I die and take you down with me.
Xiao Yan was actually even more dangerous than Little Fairy Doctor's Woeful Poison Body. After all, he had three kinds of Heavenly Flames within him! If he were to die, the Flame Mantra would cease to function. Without his Spiritual Strength, the refined Heavenly Flames within his Acceptance Soul would immediately turn into the most terrifying eruption.
He knew very well that Medusa absolutely wouldn't dare to kill him. Because in his previous life, seven billion people worldwide had already proven one thing—when a nuke was about to be launched, that's when it had the greatest deterrent power.
The moment when everyone faced mutual destruction was the moment when peace was most likely. As he and Medusa were now.
"No one can threaten me!"
"I'm just protecting myself."
Xiao Yan wasn't the least bit flustered. He slowly took out an ancient book from his storage ring and tossed it on the table. "Heavenly Flame Evolution. This is a method created by a Demon Saint in ancient times. It's only suitable for fire-attribute magical beasts. By borrowing the power of a Heavenly Flame, all other impure bloodlines in the body are incinerated, and finally, the flesh and blood are reconstructed with the Heavenly Flame to complete the evolution."
"Not only does it purify the bloodline, but it also allows the Heavenly Flame to be incorporated into the body, using the Heavenly Flame to merge with the bloodline power and reshape the body, thereby achieving perfect evolution. Once the evolution is successful, advancing to Rank 8 is only a matter of time."
Xiao Yan glanced at Queen Medusa's jade-like feet. The current Queen Medusa had human legs instead of a snake tail. This proved that she had completed her human transformation.
Having completed the transformation and even purified her bloodline, it was indeed only a matter of time before she became a Rank 8 magical beast. If not for the issue with her physical body, her strength would now be at least that of a middle-level Rank 7 magical beast, equivalent to an intermediate-star Dou Ancestor.
Xiao Yan later found the ancient text in his storage ring that recorded this evolution method. The ancient text only had a few brief sentences and didn't detail the specific evolution process.
But based on these few sentences, he understood why Queen Medusa had been following him and why she wanted the Green Lotus Core Flame back.
Medusa's evolution was both a success and a failure.
Her bloodline had indeed regressed and been purified, but her body had been burned away. She hadn't been able to use the Heavenly Flame to reconstruct her body.
"But I can tell you with certainty that even if I hadn't appeared back then, your attempt to use the Green Lotus Core Flame for evolution would definitely have failed!"
"Because the Heavenly Flame recorded in the ancient text is not the Green Lotus Core Flame, but the Ten Thousand Beast Flame."
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