章節 127: Chapter 127: Failure?
Able to reduce a proud and powerful queen to such wild and anguished screams, one can only imagine the intense pain Medusa is enduring under the burning of the exotic flame. The pain is not just physical; even the soul cannot escape the incineration by the exotic flame, a pain unimaginable to ordinary people.
Standing at a distance, Xiao Yan, tightly focused on the scene, also looked somewhat pale. Medusa's sharp and piercing screams were truly shocking to him. The screams echoed through the entire eastern part of the city, attracting the attention of countless snake-people warriors who could only gaze in this direction, kneeling and murmuring prayers, worried yet unable to intervene due to prior orders forbidding them to approach the area.
The Core Fire of the Green Lotus had already been provoked to the point of uncontrollable rage, setting a boundary that incinerated anything daring to come close, making it impossible to approach unless possessing sufficient strength. The evolution had begun, and no one could save Medusa but herself.
Time passed, and night deepened. The world was shrouded in darkness, with only faint moonlight spilling through. The central area of the island, previously filled with the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, had long dried up into a black, hollow pit. The surrounding pebbles were melted into molten rock by the high temperature. The once lush bamboo forest had turned into ashes, blown across the ground by the breeze.
"What terrifying destructive power!" Xiao Yan, wrapped in a layer of purple battle energy on his body's surface, gradually retreated to the island's edge where Wei Yang stood. Feeling the increasingly hot air, he couldn't help but exclaim. Wei Yang, with his hands behind his back, glanced at him, "Now you know the terror of exotic fire? Before, you were unwilling to weaken it? Medusa is tortured to this state, and even a full pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring couldn't withstand it. How long do you think you could last?"
"Uh." Xiao Yan rubbed his nose, smiling wryly. He had to admit that he was somewhat ignorant before, fearless in stupidity. Medusa, at the peak of Dou Huang, suffered so much; how could a mere two-star Dou Shi like himself compare?
Xiao Yan looked towards the empty center of the island with a complex expression and murmured, "Wei brother, do you think she can ultimately get through this?"
Wei Yang was noncommittal, "Who knows, maybe she can, she seems to have had some good luck recently."
"Yeah... at this moment, perhaps it's only about luck..." Xiao Yan sighed, clenching his fists tightly, his fingernails digging into his flesh, his tone slightly melancholic, "It's up to her to grasp that sliver of life."
The azure flames burned fiercely, illuminating half the night sky. Medusa's shrill screams gradually weakened from their initial intensity. Perhaps because her strength was exhausted, her significantly reduced but still massive body mostly stopped its violent struggle, occasionally twitching a few times. Her beautiful purple-scaled body had become charred black, the originally several-zhang-long form severely shrunk to just over three zhang.
Outside the forbidden area, countless snake-people warriors lay prostrate, staring blankly at the tumultuous azure flames. To them, each passing moment felt interminably slow and torturous. Finally, at a certain moment, a mournful cry resounded throughout the city. Instantly, a gloomy atmosphere enveloped this holy city of the serpent people. Within the azure flames, Medusa's body lay still, allowing the Core Fire of the Green Lotus to continuously burn her, gradually turning to charcoal.
A faint burnt odor wafted into the night sky, and Wei Yang remained silent, expressionless. The entire city fell into a dead silence with the extinction of Queen Medusa's screams.
Moments later, countless eyes filled with hatred turned to Wei Yang and his companion standing on the island's edge, so much so that if gazes could kill, perhaps not even a trace of them would remain. "Bring back the Core Fire of the Green Lotus, we should leave," Wei Yang said softly.
"Okay." Feeling a chill from the many hate-filled stares, Xiao Yan quickly nodded, taking out the Green Lotus Seat from his storage ring and swiftly moving towards the island's center. With Medusa's downfall, the Core Fire of the Green Lotus gradually calmed down. The sky full of azure flames began to recede, finally returning to a palm-sized flame, hovering quietly in the air, occasionally morphing into a lotus shape or a small azure fire snake.
After venting, its power significantly reduced, the Core Fire was retrieved into the lotus seat, and Xiao Yan quickly returned to Wei Yang's side with it in hand. After glancing at the now calm Core Fire of the Green Lotus, Wei Yang waved a hand, quickly forming seals to place several layers of restrictions on the lotus seat to mask the presence of the exotic flame. Subsequently, Xiao Yan stored the lotus seat, finally breathing a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as the exotic flame is safely recovered, there's nothing to worry about. If the snake-people turn against them, they can simply escape.
Ignoring the hateful gazes, Wei Yang turned his eyes to the charred remains in the island's center, slightly frowning. Could Medusa really have fallen just like this? Impossible... "Wei brother, let's leave here first," Xiao Yan quietly suggested. Wei Yang didn't respond, instead lifting his head to gaze at the suddenly overcast night sky above.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yan, curious, also looked up. Wei Yang's mouth curved into a barely perceptible, mysterious smile, "Something's off."
"The energy of heaven and earth has suddenly become violent," Yaolao's solemn voice echoed in their hearts. The strange behavior of Wei Yang and Xiao Yan also drew the attention of many snake-people warriors, who also looked up at the sky, their expressions changing as they saw that the previously clear night sky had grown darker, with thick clouds gathering unknowingly, slowly enveloping the sky.
The abrupt change left everyone baffled, staring at the unusual sky with shock and confusion. Boom! Thunder rumbled from the clouds, with silver lightning darting randomly within, like silver serpents. "What is happening?" Xiao Yan swallowed, feeling the violent energy within the clouds, asking dryly.
Wei Yang looked at the clouds and spoke softly, "I once read an ancient book that recorded that in ancient times, some legendary or bloodline-strong beasts, upon birth or advancement, could cause heaven and earth phenomena due to the massive energy imbalances within them."
"Now, in this city, perhaps only…" he trailed off, eyes again on the charred remains. "Medusa!" Xiao Yan's pupils shrank as he also turned his incredulous gaze to the charred remains, exclaiming, "Did she really succeed in evolving?!"
"What do you think, elder?" Wei Yang asked with a smile. "Hmm, seems like it. To trigger such a phenomenon, that Medusa likely succeeded, a truly lucky lass..." Yaolao's voice whispered in their ears, tinged with a note of admiration.
Xiao Yan was amazed, his eyes gradually lighting up. She really clung tightly to that sliver of life and was reborn through the exotic flame's burning?
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