Who Dares Hurt My Disciple!

"Both of them have already fulfilled their promise, yet you still won't let go of me!"

Noticing that Liu Ling's hand was still wrapped around her, Yue Mei said irritably.

Hearing Yue Mei's words, Liu Ling came to his senses and said apologetically, "Big Sis, thanks for what you did just now. I'll send you out of the city right away!"

As soon as he said that, Liu Ling suddenly exerted force with the arm around her slender waist. Before Yue Mei could react, her delicate body was hoisted over Liu Ling's shoulder, face-down.

"What are you doing? Put me down!"

Seeing Liu Ling's actions, panic was evident on Yue Mei's face. Her slender arms flailed wildly in the air as she struck at Liu Ling, and her long tail twisted incessantly. Yet Liu Ling's hands were firmly pressed against her pert buttocks and slender waist, leaving her utterly unable to move no matter how she struggled.

Soon afterward, a tall youth could be seen carrying a snake woman across his shoulders as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop through Stone Desert City. Despite carrying her, the youth remained incredibly fast, seeming to fly on the wind beneath his feet without pausing anywhere.

"Open the city gate!"

As he neared the gate, Liu Ling shouted at the soldiers guarding the passage.

"It's Captain Liu! The one on his shoulder is that snake woman!"

"Why are you standing around? Didn't you hear Captain Liu tell us to open the gate?"

Though they did not understand why Liu Ling was taking Yue Mei out of the city, the soldiers opened the gates without the slightest hesitation after hearing his order.

As the gates opened, Liu Ling carried Yue Mei into the somewhat dim passageway.

Meanwhile, in the sky not far beyond the city, Mo Bass and Kui Xing were waiting.

"Big Sis, this is as far as I'll take you. Your friends are waiting outside!" Only upon reaching the city gate did Liu Ling set Yue Mei down from his shoulder.

"Little pervert, don't die too soon. Next time, I'll kill you myself!"

After getting down from Liu Ling's shoulder, Yue Mei glared at him with resentful eyes. After throwing out those words, she twisted her enormous snake tail and swiftly headed toward where the snake people's troops were stationed without looking back.

"I'll be waiting for you to kill me!" Liu Ling shouted in reply after Yue Mei turned away.

"Brother Liu, I really can't hold out anymore. Let's run!" Just as Liu Ling watched Yue Mei's figure recede into the distance, a childish yet anxious voice reached his ears.

Then, Xiao Jin suddenly appeared before Liu Ling. Grabbing his hand with a small hand, Xiao Jin rapidly shot toward the sky beyond the city.

As Xiao Jin carried him through the air at breakneck speed, the fierce winds made it difficult for Liu Ling to keep his eyes open, even with his Dou Qi armor protecting him. He could not help but feel puzzled.

"Even Xiao Jin can't defeat Queen Medusa? Could the rumors in the empire that Queen Medusa is only a Dou Emperor be false?"

However, just as he was pondering this, Xiao Jin suddenly stopped.

Ahead of them, a graceful red figure blocked their path.

"Trying to leave already?" Queen Medusa asked softly, a chill in her eyes as she blocked their way.

"Xiao Jin, you really can't beat her?" Seeing Queen Medusa blocking the way, Liu Ling asked with a trace of lingering hope.

"Mm. She's too powerful. I felt that she wasn't even fighting me at full strength," Xiao Jin said, nodding repeatedly at Liu Ling's question.

"What? She wasn't even using her full strength against you?" Liu Ling cried out in shock.

As they spoke, Queen Medusa swung her longsword, sending a huge sword aura over thirty meters long slashing toward them.

A golden energy sphere several meters wide burst forth from Xiao Jin's palm. However, after colliding with the golden energy sphere, the sword aura's advance only slowed slightly before it continued toward Xiao Jin and Liu Ling.

At the sight, Xiao Jin's eyes filled with deep apprehension. He swiftly retreated with Liu Ling, then rapidly fired another stream of golden energy from his hand, finally managing to completely block the terrifying sword aura Queen Medusa had unleashed.

Seeing that Xiao Jin had needed to attack twice in succession just to neutralize a casually unleashed sword aura from Queen Medusa, Liu Ling finally understood the extent of Queen Medusa's strength.

At that moment, he lowered his head and glanced at the jade talisman hanging around his neck, unable to stop himself from hesitating.

"I remember Master once saying that as long as I crush this jade talisman, no matter where he is, he can instantly reach my side. If he can come, today's crisis will be easily resolved."

Faced with the threat of such a terrifying expert as Queen Medusa, Liu Ling began to consider summoning Gu He.

"Xiao Jin, hold her off a little longer. I'll see if I can get Master to appear and save us!" Seeing Queen Medusa's second attack already approaching, Liu Ling hurriedly said to Xiao Jin.

After hearing Liu Ling's words, Xiao Jin went all out to neutralize Queen Medusa's attack. The solemn look on his face then suddenly vanished, and he grinned happily at Queen Medusa. "Haha, just wait. My master will be here soon to save me."

"Master?"

In the distance, Medusa's face showed some surprise upon hearing Xiao Jin's cheerful voice.

After exchanging more than a dozen moves with Xiao Jin, Queen Medusa had long since learned that he was a Magical Beast capable of taking human form. Hearing that Xiao Jin actually had a master now stirred up a storm in her heart.

What kind of being could make a Seventh-tier Magical Beast willingly acknowledge them as master?

As Queen Medusa pondered this, Liu Ling suddenly reached up and tore the jade talisman from around his neck.

"Not good!"

Though she did not know what the jade talisman did, Queen Medusa sensed an inexplicable danger from it.

The next moment, immense seven-colored energy surged wildly from Queen Medusa's body, spreading across the heavens. It rapidly gathered above her head, and in an instant, it transformed into a colossal seven-colored python dozens of meters long.

The seven-colored giant python formed from Medusa's energy was almost like a living Heaven Swallowing Python. The savage intent in its enormous eyes was vividly lifelike, as though it possessed intelligence.

"Go!"

Once the seven-colored giant python had taken shape, Medusa pointed a slender finger and shouted coldly.

At her command, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python coiled in the sky swung its enormous tail. Its massive body shot forth like a bolt of lightning, hurtling viciously toward Xiao Jin and Liu Ling in an instant.

Watching the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python streak toward them like a seven-colored beam of light, Liu Ling did not hesitate as he crushed the jade talisman in his hand.

At the same time.

In the Black Corner Region, at the bottom of a small valley behind Jia Nan Academy, a white-robed figure who had been sitting quietly in meditation suddenly opened his eyes, icy chill gleaming within them.

"The Void Jade Talisman has been crushed. I wonder which little one is in trouble!"