In the small pool, Queen Medusa stared at the flickering exotic fire in the center, a trace of hesitation appearing on her cold face.

The next thing she had to do was extremely difficult, and a slight mistake could cost her life. No, it should be said that the possibility of success was very small, and the probability of death was very high!

“Let’s begin!”

After preparing for a while, Queen Medusa lightly opened her red lips, took a deep breath, and placed her hand on her brocade robe. Slowly, she untied it, revealing her snow-white and delicate body, which was slender and tender, arousing desire.

Then, she folded her hands and continuously formed various hand seals. The aura around her became more and more violent. Finally, in a dazzling light, her half-human, half-snake body completely disappeared and turned into a purple giant snake over ten zhang long!

As soon as the purple giant snake appeared, it leaped into the air and plunged straight into the pool, swallowing the green fire in one gulp, and its body quickly sank into the cold spring.

Immediately, a mournful cry resounded from the mouth of the purple snake. Its flesh was visibly charred, countless scales fell off its body, and blood sprayed out like it was free.

Seeing that Queen Medusa had started to evolve, Xu Zong leisurely appeared from behind the forest.

But at this moment, Queen Medusa had no time to pay attention to her surroundings. The pain of the exotic fire burning her whole body made her howl in agony, leaving her with no strength to resist anything.

“Splash!”

Suddenly, the sound of water flowing came from the lake behind.

Xu Zong looked back and saw a figure in a black robe jumping out of the lake onto the shore.

“Xiao Ao, long time no see!”

The black-robed person was also stunned when he saw Xu Zong. He was initially surprised, but quickly changed his tone and awkwardly looked at Xu Zong.

“Who else could it be? It’s you again!”

Yao Chen floated out of the ring and looked at Xu Zong with dissatisfaction.

“You guys came for the Qinglian Heartfire, right?”

Xu Zong glanced at the black-robed person and gestured towards the direction of the pool.

“I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush. Let’s wait until Queen Medusa is done!”

“Is that Queen Medusa?”

Xiao Yan stared at the purple giant snake in the pool, which had been tortured by the exotic fire to the point of being unrecognizable, with disbelief.

“What is she doing?”

“She has already reached the peak of the Dou Huang realm. In order to break through and evolve, she swallowed the exotic fire.”

Xu Zong said with a mysterious expression.

Xiao Yan was secretly shocked. He had heard from Gu He outside that the snake people’s physique was incompatible with the exotic fire. Even so, Queen Medusa dared to forcefully consume the exotic fire, which was truly astonishing!

“What will she become?”

“Either she fails and turns into charcoal, or she succeeds and evolves into a Dou Zong.”

Xu Zong continued to gaze at the purple giant snake and casually replied.

“What is the success rate?”

Xiao Yan couldn’t help but ask.

Xu Zong shrugged slightly. According to probability theory, it was very small.

But according to the character’s halo, the probability was much higher.

“Almost impossible to succeed.”

Yao Chen shook his head when he saw this.

“She probably wants to use the exotic fire to stimulate the ancient beast bloodline in her body. If she succeeds, her future will be limitless, but this method is too reckless, almost like a life-or-death gamble!”

“I hope she fails!”

Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and prayed.

He had no connection with Queen Medusa. She had snatched away the exotic fire that he had been eyeing, forcing him to take risks. If she became a Dou Zong, it would be even more difficult for him to take back the exotic fire!

Xu Zong glanced at Xiao Yan.

6!

Xiao Yan looked at her in confusion, not understanding why she was looking at him like that.

In the field, Queen Medusa’s mournful cry never stopped. Her whole body was rapidly charring, emitting a strong smell of charcoal.

Xiao Yan swallowed his saliva. He had been wandering in the desert for the past few days and hadn’t eaten fresh meat for a long time.

Xu Zong tapped her chin and suddenly thought of something.

She took out a slender sword that was translucent green all over from her storage ring. The hilt was also embedded with gemstones that facilitated the circulation of Dou Qi. Then, she walked towards the purple giant snake, or rather, the black giant snake now.

“Teacher, what are you doing?”

Xiao Yan was slightly surprised and asked her.

“Are you going to cut her up and eat roasted snake meat?”

Xu Zong glanced at him as if he were crazy, raised the slender sword in her hand, and aimed the tip at the purple-black giant snake. She thrust the sword forward.

Suddenly, an extremely cold sword intent emanated from her, centered around the tip of the sword, and entered the body of the purple-black giant snake.

“What kind of combat technique is this?”

Yao Chen saw this and a trace of astonishment appeared on his wrinkled face.

As soon as the cold sword intent entered the body of the purple-black giant snake, its body suddenly stiffened.

“It actually works?”

Xu Zong saw this and a smile appeared on her face.

This Profound Yin Sword Intent had actually been consumed almost a year ago when she was cultivating the Flameless Flame. However, this sword intent was not without foundation. After she practiced the Profound Yin Twelve Swords for a period of time, the Profound Yin Sword Intent returned.

This thing was quite sharp when used against fire-type martial arts.

Xu Zong became interested and simply released all the remaining sword intents, pouring them into the body of the purple-black giant snake.

The mournful cry of Queen Medusa suddenly eased a bit, and her huge purple pupils turned slightly, looking towards Xu Zong with a look of astonishment.

After a while, it seemed that the process of evolution was over. The purple-black giant snake lay on the ground, its whole body charred, as if the entire snake had been burned dry.

“Is it dead?”

Xiao Yan walked forward and saw that the giant snake seemed to have no signs of life, his eyes filled with shock.

A peak Dou Huang powerhouse had actually killed herself like this?

“No, it seems not.”Yao Chen seemed to have sensed something, his expression becoming serious as he squinted his eyes.

“Quickly find the Exotic Fire and then let’s get out of here!”

He urged Xiao Yan with a stern tone.

Xiao Yan didn’t dare to delay, he quickly stepped forward. Under Yao Chen’s guidance, he extracted a blue flame from the charred snake corpse, as if performing a cesarean section, and placed it on a blue lotus seat.

“Are we leaving now?”

Having successfully obtained the Blue Lotus Core Fire, Xiao Yan was somewhat incredulous.

“Let’s go. I don’t know what trick that little girl has pulled, but it’s very likely that the Medusa Queen has successfully evolved!”

Yao Chen’s expression was grave, his tone solemn.

“This Exotic Fire is her property. Once she recovers, it won’t be easy for us to escape!”

“That’s true!”

Xiao Yan came to his senses and quickly waved at Xu Zong.

“Little roar, cough cough, Teacher Xu, I’m leaving first, please cover for me!”

After saying this, Xiao Yan hurriedly slipped away towards the outside of the Heart Lake Island.

He had previously disrupted the battlefield, and the snake people must be worried about their queen. He didn’t know if anyone was rushing over here, but now that he had the Exotic Fire, it was better to leave as soon as possible!

Xu Zong raised his hand, smiled slightly, and pointed out.

“Ah!”

Just as Xiao Yan stepped into the water, he suddenly let out a shout, gulping down several mouthfuls of lake water before suppressing his headache and running away without a trace.

“So petty! I corrected myself in time, but he still used his soul power to drill into me!”

Xiao Yan grumbled in his heart, and under Yao Chen’s guidance, he quickly ran towards the city outskirts.

In the Heart Lake Island.

Xu Zong watched Xiao Yan, who had already left, and fell into deep thought.

“Crack crack!”

Behind him, the charred giant snake suddenly emitted a cracking sound.

In a short while, the charred giant snake collapsed like carbonized meat, and a small, colorful head emerged from under the snake’s body.

It was a colorful little snake, only about a foot long, looking as cute as a child’s toy, without any threat.

“Pop!”

The little snake seemed a bit uncomfortable, and with a light flick of its tail, an astonishing sword intent burst out, splitting the already damaged pool with a sharp and slender cut.

After forcing out that sword intent, the colorful little snake finally looked comfortable. It raised its upper body to observe its surroundings, and then it saw Xu Zong.

Xu Zong also looked back at it.

“Xiao Yan, you’ve lost your wife!”

Xu Zong had a strange expression, grumbling in his heart.

Could it be because I interfered with the world line?

Upon further thought, Xiao Yan had indeed become much bolder, probably because he had the backing of a Dou Zong level Yao Chen, so he was far from being as cautious as he was in the original story.

Well, I hope he won’t get into trouble because of his recklessness in the future.

“Come have some candy!”

Xu Zong didn’t mind, instead, he took out a Life Origin Pill from his storage ring.

The colorful little snake swam over, extended its tongue to touch the pill, and its small eyes immediately showed intense joy. It then jumped onto Xu Zong’s hand and swallowed the pill in one bite.

The pill was not much thinner than its body. As soon as it swallowed it, a section of its body bulged up like a ball.

After eating a Life Origin Pill, the colorful little snake immediately squinted its eyes in satisfaction, affectionately rubbing Xu Zong’s palm.

“Am I a snake charmer now?”

Xu Zong looked at the colorful little snake in his palm and couldn’t help but laugh.

Since Xiao Yan doesn’t want it, I’ll take it!

No, this is clearly a gift from my disciple!

Xu Zong suddenly realized, no wonder Xiao Yan left in such a hurry, it was his filial piety!

“Hmm? Someone’s coming?”

Xu Zong’s gaze sharpened, looking at the colorful little snake.

“Little Cai, come with me, I promise you won’t be treated unfairly in the future.”

The colorful little snake seemed to understand her words, it didn’t think much, nodded its little head, then coiled around Xu Zong’s arm, hanging on her arm like a bracelet.

Xu Zong turned around, his figure blurred, and quickly disappeared.

Not long after, the strong members of the snake tribe arrived late, all with some injuries. Seeing only the carbon ash of a black giant snake left on the spot, they wailed all over the place, lingering for a long time.

On the other side, Xu Zong left Heart Lake Island and quickly returned to the flying magical beast.

“Where’s the master?”

He scanned the people on the flying magical beast, seeing that both Gu He and Yun Yun were nowhere to be found, he couldn’t help but ask.

“Just now a man in a black robe ran out with the Exotic Fire, Master Gu He and Sect Master Yun both went after him.”

A Dou Ling powerhouse respectfully replied.

At this moment, two huge Dou Qi light bursts exploded in the distance, and a thunderous noise spread all around.

Xu Zong immediately changed his expression and hurried towards that direction.

“Yao Chen, don’t you dare get serious!”

Tomorrow should be the start of the Cosmic Genius Battle chapter.

(End of the chapter)