Seriously Wounding Medusa Queen

Several hundred miles away, just as Zhang Tian had left the Imperial Capital of the Gama Empire.

Within a vast desert where yellow sand swirled through the air, a purple-haired woman in brocade robes appeared.

She wore an elegant purple brocade robe. Beneath it, her voluptuous body was as ripe and luscious as a peach, unconsciously radiating a seductive charm. Yet beneath the robe were not the jade feet of a normal human woman, but a section of purple tail.

"How could it be gone? It has only been nearly half a year..."

She was none other than the queen of the snake-people tribe in the Tagor Desert, the notorious Medusa Queen feared by merchants crossing the desert. She had come in pursuit of the Azure Lotus Core Flame.

Medusa Queen possessed a trace of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's bloodline and required a Heavenly Flame to help her undergo rebirth through transformation. She also had a secret technique for sensing the Azure Lotus Core Flame. However, after finally finding the underground magma cave half a year ago, she discovered that someone had beaten her to it. Thus, she had followed that lingering sense of attraction all the way here.

"Up ahead is Demon Snake Xia Mang's territory." A trace of coldness appeared on Medusa Queen's face. Though Xia Mang was merely a sixth-tier magical beast that had just entered the Dou Emperor level, he had consumed a Demon Transformation Pill. Parts of his body had transformed into human form, and his intelligence had greatly improved. He could control every snake-type magical beast below the fourth tier within Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, so no one wished to provoke him.

Although they were only snake-type magical beasts below the fourth tier, the Ten Thousand Snake Gorge contained tens of thousands of venomous snakes. They were indeed troublesome.

It should be noted that snake-people and the snake race were different. Snake-people were a humanoid race, with intelligence equal to that of ordinary humans, but they did not possess the powerful bodies of magical beasts. Thus, ranks of magical beasts referred to the snake race, while titles such as Dou Emperor, the same as those used by humans, referred to snake-people.

Although Demon Snake Xia Mang had his own name, that did not mean he was a member of the Snake-People Race. He was merely a sixth-tier magical beast that had consumed a Demon Transformation Pill.

"Well, well, well. Who might this be?" A lecherous voice rang out, echoing through Ten Thousand Snake Gorge.

A hint of coldness surfaced in Medusa's violet eyes. She raised a hand and fired a purple ribbon of Dou Qi, brimming with violent poison.

"Starting a fight before you've even entered." The frivolous voice sounded again, though it now carried a trace of gravity.

The killing intent in Medusa Queen's eyes was no longer concealed. With her snake tail sweeping behind her, she charged directly into Ten Thousand Snake Gorge.

Half a day later, Medusa Queen emerged from Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, covered in blood.

Without any concern for privacy, she began changing clothes on the spot. As each garment came off, her mature body beneath the blazing sun gave off a scorching allure that left mouths dry.

Once she had put on fresh clothes, she donned that elegant brocade robe once more. The bearing of a mature woman was fully displayed, enough to stir anyone's heart.

Within Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, Xia Mang was in a miserable state. He hid underground and did not dare show himself.

Scales littered the ground around him, his snake fangs had been smashed apart, and a portion of his tail had been severed. The ground was covered in the corpses of every kind of snake, nearly filling the entire Ten Thousand Snake Gorge.

He had made an enormous mistake. Trying to control snakes before Medusa Queen was simply a joke. Without any difficulty at all, she had beaten Xia Mang until he was critically injured and near death.

It would have been difficult if anyone else had come, but without the endless harassment of snake swarms, Xia Mang, who had only just entered the Dou Emperor level, could not even match Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong in combat strength.

"Found you!" Light flashed through Medusa Queen's eyes after she left Ten Thousand Snake Gorge. Her tongue lightly licked her sensual red lips as she cast a dangerously enchanting gaze toward the Imperial Capital of the Gama Empire.

"Moving, are you... Looks like I can catch up after all. That direction... it shouldn't be Jia Xing Tian."

"I would like to see who dares steal something belonging to Medusa Queen." Medusa Queen sneered. As the queen of the Snake-People Race, having the Azure Lotus Core Flame snatched from her naturally filled her with rage.

With an irritated flick of her snake tail, she sped toward the Gama Imperial Capital.

With the Demon Lyre strapped to his back, Zhang Tian was not flying particularly fast as he traveled through the skies above the Gama Empire.

It was noon. Through the shadows cast by the towering city walls, the blazing sun could be seen hanging high overhead.

Just as Zhang Tian prepared to descend into a town to rest, a snake-shaped stream of purple Dou Qi shot toward him.

Facing the snake-shaped Dou Qi rushing at him, Zhang Tian summoned the Dragon Yin Halberd and smashed it apart.

"This Dou Qi... It's actually a Dou Emperor!" Zhang Tian was somewhat surprised as well. He had not expected to encounter a Dou Emperor just from casually wandering around.

"I finally found you." Medusa Queen's mature figure appeared, her beautiful eyes fixed firmly on Zhang Tian as if seeking the hiding place of the Heavenly Flame.

"You?" Zhang Tian looked at Medusa Queen's distinctive long purple hair, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

"Aren't you in the Tagor Desert?"

"So it really was you!" The moment Zhang Tian mentioned the "Tagor Desert," Medusa Queen's eyes reddened with fury.

"Hand over the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and I will spare your life."

"Huh? A Nine-Star Dou Emperor. No wonder you could seal Hai Bo Dong." Zhang Tian let out a soft sound of surprise as he looked at Medusa Queen, astonished by her strength as a Nine-Star Dou Emperor.

She was a full five or six stars above Yun Yun. As expected of one of the greatest female powerhouses in the Gama Empire.

After hearing her demand, Zhang Tian burst into laughter.

A treasure like a Heavenly Flame was something even a Dou Zong would be unwilling to lose. How could he possibly give it up because of a few words from Medusa Queen?

"Stupid woman, let's settle this with our hands." Naturally, he could not hand over the Azure Lotus Core Flame, so he attacked directly without holding back in the slightest.

Rip! With the sound of tearing, a large portion of Medusa Queen's purple hair was severed, all of her flowing locks cut away.

After firing two streams of Dou Qi, Medusa Queen immediately shifted her position. If she had not instinctively dodged just then, the Phoenix Cry Sword would likely have taken her head.

After easily dispersing the two streams of Dou Qi with a slap, Zhang Tian sneered.

"The Azure Lotus Core Flame? Today, you won't even get a single Lotus Seed!"

He untied the white zither from his back and continued controlling his flight.

An ancient crimson zither appeared in Zhang Tian's hands. He plucked a note with his index and middle fingers.

Seeing this, Medusa Queen did not hesitate to launch a powerful blast of Dou Qi. It whipped up a gale as it struck toward Zhang Tian.

A massive blue Dou Qi seal blasted Medusa Queen's attack apart, and then Zhang Tian plucked the strings.

Zheng!

As the two clashed, the people below, tiny as ants, immediately fell into chaos. Great Dou Shi and Dou Zhe leaped onto rooftops or city walls to observe the battle.

A zither note that shook heaven and earth rang out. Everyone below the Dou Shi level felt their minds roar, instantly losing consciousness and collapsing to the ground.

A terrifying wave of flame swept across several hundred meters. Medusa Queen continuously released Dou Qi, condensing it into a purple Dou Qi python a hundred zhang long. The purple python collided with the flames, and the shockwave scattered the drifting clouds in the sky, tearing the light white clouds into fragments.

Zhang Tian stood proudly in the air, sitting cross-legged as he played the zither. One note after another transformed into blades, burning with roaring flames as they sliced toward Medusa Queen. At such power, even steel several meters thick would be cut through.

Medusa Queen's face was filled with fury. Blood now stained the corners of her lips as she transformed into a giant purple python dozens of zhang long and released a long howl.

Under the soundwave, all the flaming blades shattered.

Zither notes versus soundwaves.

"Hahaha, the zither stirs the heart—how many truly understand its tune?!" As Zhang Tian continued playing, he gradually grew fond of music. His two fingers plucked repeatedly, sending flaming blades dozens of meters long slicing toward Medusa Queen.

The giant purple python ignored everything else and endured the attacks of the flaming blades. Opening its enormous mouth, it spat out five hundred-zhang-long purple Dou Qi pythons that coiled and lunged toward Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian played with both hands, brushing his palm across the zither's surface. The Magic Core was instantly replaced with a wind-attributed Magic Core.

The zither's color instantly changed from crimson to pale green. As he played again, countless wind blades surged forth, shredding the Dou Qi pythons into pieces.

Zhang Tian's expression remained calm. He became more immersed in his playing, yet his mind stayed clear.

Heaven Rank Dou Techniques consumed an enormous amount of Dou Qi, but the Demon Lyre Life and Death Game used the energy of the Magic Cores embedded within it, so it placed no burden on Zhang Tian.

On the final page that recorded the cultivation method for the Demon Lyre Life and Death Game were several lines of text: When the Demon Lyre reaches great mastery, embed three or more ninth-tier Magic Cores. With all seven strings played at once, it can stand against a Dou Di.

"Strange. The Demon Lyre Life and Death Game clearly emphasizes 'no self, no other, perish together.' By all rights, I should enter a state of total absorption and forget myself in rapture, so why have I never entered it?" Zhang Tian's mind remained clear. With a flick of his finger, an incomparably sharp wind blade sliced through space and cut off a portion of the giant purple python's body.

With another light brush, the zither's body glowed crimson as though it were about to ignite. Flames exploded across the sky in a raging frenzy, turning everything within a thousand meters into a sea of fire. Even the aura that leaked out was terrifying beyond measure.

The Great Dou Shi-level experts below who could barely remain standing all swallowed with dry throats. If such a horrifying attack had erupted in the town below rather than in the sky, the town would have been destroyed at once.