NOVEL NEXT Chapter 369: Fighting for the Heavenly Fire
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The eastern area of Stone Desert City had been unsealed, with only a few Sand Mercenary Group members still guarding the pit.
From a high-altitude view, the ground was visibly pitted, with excavated holes everywhere, though most were partially buried by sandstorms, leaving only half of their entrances visible.
Medusa sensed briefly, immediately pinpointing the guarded pit from which the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake had emerged.
She, Yue Mei, and Hua She'er appeared like Gui Mei at the entrance of the pit.
The mercenaries guarding the entrance, who had been dozing off in the shade deeper inside the pit, immediately woke up upon seeing the three women. Their first reaction was astonishment, which turned into terror when they saw the snake tails behind them.
Judging by their luxurious attire, the identities of these three snake women were not simple... The Snake-People Tribe often had more female powerhouses, and high-ranking Snake-People females generally possessed formidable strength.
To possess such beauty and still dare to appear nonchalantly near a human city, they certainly weren't easy to deal with. In their eyes, Yue Mei and Hua She'er were already stunning, but for a Snake-Person to make even them pale in comparison, it could only be the legendary one...
A terrifying name surfaced in their minds...
"Me... Queen Medusa!" They uttered the words with trembling fear.
"Oh, you can actually guess it's Her Majesty... You have some discernment. Now, tell us what you've been doing recently? If I find even one lie..." Hua She'er stared at them coldly.
"Yes, yes... You, you may ask." The mercenary stammered.
Two streams of potent energy shot from Medusa's fingertips, piercing through both their heads.
Blood splattered, and the mercenaries fell limply to the ground.
"No need to ask, let's just go in." Medusa had already roughly sensed the situation beneath the cave. After killing the two, she went straight in.
Hua She'er and Yue Mei quickly followed.
Upon reaching the cavern, an old man in a moon-white robe stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Magma.
When Medusa and the others arrived, he turned around, looking at them with a somewhat solemn expression.
"Why are you here?"
Medusa's pupils contracted. Before entering, she had already sensed a very powerful aura beneath the pit, but she hadn't expected it to be Yun Shan.
"Yun Shan... It seems there really is an abnormal fire here." Medusa immediately thought of what she was also pursuing.
"Snake-People are of a Yin-cold attribute, and an abnormal fire is of no benefit to you. It's better to retreat now. I can promise on behalf of Gu He to refine a Six-Rank Pill for you afterward as a token of gratitude." Yun Shan's tone was solemn.
"Six-Rank Pill..." Yue Mei and Hua She'er swallowed, clearly moved by such a price.
Especially Hua She'er, who looked at Medusa. She didn't particularly approve of Medusa using the abnormal fire for evolution, as the success rate was too low. Once Queen Medusa was lost, the blow to the Snake-People would be immense.
"Gu He... That's right, in the Jia Ma Empire, only this Six-Rank Alchemist would be qualified to invite you to escort him..."
Queen Medusa showed no wavering, shaking her head firmly:
"A Six-Rank Pill is good, but it's not what I desire... If you can produce a Transformation Pill, then I might leave."
At this moment, the abnormal fire was not in Medusa's hands, and she was not in the Snake-People Holy City. The pressure Yun Shan exerted on her far exceeded that of Yun Yun and others. Therefore, if there was a Transformation Pill, Medusa would compromise.
Yun Shan shook his head: "I cannot offer such a high price. Promising a Six-Rank Pill is already the highest price I can offer. If you need any medicinal ingredients, we can also help you find them."
"Then there's no need to continue negotiating. I am determined to obtain the abnormal fire." Medusa struck out decisively.
A purple beam of light shot out from her hand, and terrifying energy fluctuations spread out.
Yun Shan's expression changed slightly, but he had already prepared himself to respond to Medusa's attack at any time.
"Wind Escape!" An energy Barrier, formed by wind-attribute Dou Qi and perfectly blocking Yun Shan's front, appeared.
"You two, go down and take a look." Medusa calmly ordered Yue Mei and Hua She'er.
"Yes."
The two respectfully replied, then shot out, one to the left and one to the right, intending to bypass Yun Shan.
"Don't even think about it." Yun Shan roared.
"Wind Wall!"
Suddenly, strong winds swept through the cavern, and surging Dou Qi energy caused the Magma lake to churn with waves.
A colossal deep-green wind wall, spanning nearly a hundred zhang and dividing the entire cavern into two sections, stood before Yue Mei and Hua She'er.
"Your opponent is me." Medusa raised her snow-white arm, and an illusory giant snake, composed of purple energy, charged towards Yun Shan.
Yun Shan dared not be careless, quickly forming abstruse hand seals with both hands.
He swung his right hand, unleashing a massive energy palm several zhang high.
"Great Wind Hand Seal."
The purple energy giant snake and the green palm collided, unleashing a terrifying energy storm that caused the underground cavern to tremble continuously, as if it could collapse at any moment.
At the same time, the demonic light between Queen Medusa's eyes flared, and the wind wall behind Yun Shan, which spanned the cavern and blocked Yue Mei and Hua She'er's path, slowly turned to stone, then shattered, and finally dissipated into energy.
Yue Mei and Hua She'er seized the opportunity to bypass Yun Shan and plunge into the Magma lake.
As Yun Shan was about to block them, a purple snake tail suddenly lashed out at him.
He gathered Dou Qi in his hand to block it.
The snake tail collided with his right forearm, which was enveloped in Dou Qi, producing a "bang" explosion.
Yun Shan retreated two steps, his expression growing even more solemn.
Queen Medusa was a half-human, half-magical beast existence. Within her enchanting body lay astonishing and terrifying power.
In terms of close-quarters combat, Yun Shan had to admit that he was indeed inferior to this woman.
As Yun Shan was repelled, Yue Mei and Hua She'er successfully leaped into the Magma.
Although their strength was formidable, the surrounding fire attribute energy greatly suppressed their abilities, forcing them to expend more Dou Qi to maintain their energy armor.
Beneath the Magma, Qing Meng observed the battle between Medusa and Yun Shan through his connection with the Worms of Spirit in the cavern.
Yue Mei and Hua She'er entered this fiery red World. They looked at each other, momentarily unsure which direction to go.
"Do you sense anything?" Hua She'er asked.
"No..." Yue Mei shook her head, somewhat at a loss.
Just then, they faintly felt an aura within their bloodline. The two exchanged glances and swam towards that direction without much thought.
Soon, they found the source of this aura: a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake several zhang long.
The half-magical beast bloodline within the Snake-People seemed to be at work, as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake showed no great hostility towards either of them, and was even quite intimate.
"Little fellow, do you know where the abnormal fire is?" Yue Mei asked.
The right eye sockets on both heads of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake had a circle of white.
The two heads looked at each other, both shaking their heads, revealing very human-like confusion and bewilderment.
"It seems you don't know what an abnormal fire is..." Yue Mei chuckled lightly: "Then do you know if there's any place nearby with an abnormal temperature?"
The right head of the Two-Headed Fire Snake nodded eagerly, responding in the language of magical beasts:
"Follow me."
Qing Meng, on the lotus platform, pinched his right eye socket and muttered softly:
"Tsk... I even had to specifically arrange for the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to lead the way, otherwise these two wouldn't even find where the abnormal fire is...
"It's not Queen Medusa; Yue Mei and Hua She'er are much weaker, so the original abnormal fire's intensity was too high for them to take away...
"...Because Gu He tried to refine the abnormal fire, causing the abnormal fire to retaliate, the refinement failed, Gu He was incinerated, and the abnormal fire also fell into a slump...
"The two Snake-People Dou Kings who arrived later took advantage of the situation and, without prior preparation, relatively easily took down the weakened abnormal fire... Hmm, that's the script... This is reasonable."
Yue Mei and Hua She'er, led by the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, continuously approached Qing Meng's location.
The surrounding Magma's temperature grew higher and higher, bringing a hint of joy to their faces.
Just then, a huge energy fluctuation suddenly emanated from ahead. The terrifying power caused the entire Magma ocean to churn.
This was Qing Meng intentionally separating a portion of his flames and spirit power, detonating them to simulate Gu He's attempt to collect the abnormal fire but suffering a backlash.
After separating a portion of flame energy and spirit power, although it wouldn't harm his origin, it would make Qing Meng appear listless.
This huge commotion was even noticed by Medusa and Yun Shan in the cavern, who sharply swept their gaze over the Magma lake below.
Yue Mei and Hua She'er stared ahead in horror, somewhat hesitant and unsure whether they should continue forward.
They could feel that the energy that suddenly erupted in the Magma just now was enough to tear them to shreds.
After a moment of hesitation, they still chose to continue forward.
Green Magma replaced the fiery red, making the two, whose bloodline leaned towards yin-cold, even more uncomfortable.
Their expressions also grew more solemn; the surrounding temperature was already so high that they could barely tolerate it.
"Look ahead..." Yue Mei suddenly spoke.
Directly in front of them, a green flame was quietly burning in the Magma.
After carefully sensing the surroundings, they did not find Gu He's figure.
"Perhaps he failed to subdue it and was burned to death by the abnormal fire." Yue Mei speculated.
"Let's risk it... For Her Majesty the Queen." As the captain of the personal guard, Hua She'er naturally did not lack loyalty. Even after experiencing the terrifying power of the abnormal fire, she was willing to try.
Seeing Hua She'er approach the abnormal fire, Yue Mei hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and followed.
Hua She'er cautiously used her Dou Qi to touch the abnormal fire, guiding its movement.
The green flame suddenly flared, but its power was not strong, and the two easily suppressed it back.
After this final burst, the abnormal fire seemed to have completely lost its ability to resist, allowing Hua She'er to lift it upwards with her Dou Qi.
Yue Mei and Hua She'er both showed joy.
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