Evolution Once More

"You're leaving Jia Nan Academy? That makes sense, Jia Nan Academy can't teach you anything more now," Su Qian sighed.

After refining all the Pills, Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan to Great Elder Su Qian to apply for graduation.

Su Qian was somewhat worried about Zi Yan, but he had to admit that following Xiao Yan, a Seventh Grade Alchemist, was more promising than staying at the Jia Nan Academy.

However, before leaving, Su Qian still managed to find something good in the Jia Nan Academy Library Pavilion — the Thousand Hundred Elders, had broken through to the Dou Zun after taking the Supreme Pill, and Su Qian would probably have to manage the Library Pavilion for the next few years.

"I'm not entirely sure what these are either. They contain an extremely rich amount of fire-attribute energy, but it's also far too violent. Even the Old Fire, Peak Dou Emperor, wouldn't dare to refine them. However, since you're Seventh Grade Alchemist, perhaps you can use them."

After rambling on like an old man, Su Qian handed Xiao Yan a box made of flint. Upon opening it, he found seven deep red beads, each the size of a longan.

These beads all exude terrifying fire-attribute energy fluctuations. Let alone the Old Fire at the Peak Dou Emperor, even a Dou Zong expert would likely suffer a backlash from the violent energy if they consumed them, resulting in more harm than good.

After a moment's thought, Xiao Yan immediately realized that this should be the core of the Flame Lizardmen, probably obtained by Mang Tianchi when he explored the Lava World. With his strength and vision, he could probably only collect Fire Pearl produced by Flame Lizardmen at the Dou Zun level...

"I have a great use for this. If I use it all to feed my Heavenly Flames, it might even take my Heavenly Flames to a higher level." Xiao Yan put away the Fire Pearl and thanked Su Qian.

"It's good that it's useful. You've been a great help to the Jia Nan Academy. I'd really feel bad if I didn't pull out some of my best stuff." Su Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After seeing them off, Xiao Yan and the three girls rode Xiao Lan away from the Jia Nan Academy.

Sitting cross-legged on Xiao Lan's back, Xiao Yan counted the number of people and said somewhat confusedly, "I feel like I've forgotten something?"

"You must have forgotten to give me the Pills!" Zi Yan grumbled as she approached.

Xiao Yan gave her a Primal Qi Augmentation Pill. Distracted by Zi Yan's actions, Xiao Yan was too lazy to think about what he had forgotten—given Xiao Yan's current Soul Realm, anything he could forget was definitely not important.

After arriving in Feng City, Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind, preparing to use the Imperial Pill and the Sect Breaking Pill to break through to the Dou Ancestor realm.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian said their goodbyes properly— Xiao Yan planned to explore the Nether Saint Relic, and the two wouldn't be able to see each other for a long time.

After saying goodbye, Xiao Yan took Queen Medusa with him. This trip to the Beast Mountain Range was not only to explore the Nether Saint Relic, but also to find the Form Transformation Grass, help Qing Lin capture Sixth Grade Magical Beast, and help Zi Yan and Xiao Lan break through to the sixth order. All of these required Queen Medusa's help.

Queen Medusa was already an Eight-star Dou Ancestor at this time. With the bloodline of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, she was capable of fighting against the Peak Dou Zong. In the Beast Mountain Range, a region without Eighth Grade Magical Beast, she was an absolute powerhouse.

The group seized the territory of a Seventh Grade Magical Beast in the Beast Mountain Range and settled there openly.

This area is a dense forest covering a radius of a hundred miles, with each tree standing a hundred meters tall, exuding vigorous vitality, making the people staying here quite comfortable.

"Your Majesty, are you confident that you can successfully evolve now? Or should we wait until I come out of the ruins?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Will that ruin take a long time?" Queen Medusa frowned.

"There might be Illusion Realm there. If we can't break through it, we could be trapped for a hundred years." Xiao Yan said with a sense of helplessness.

Even the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame can bewitch many Dou Sheng Experts, so whether the Nether Flame Demon Saint can break the Illusion Realm really depends on his mood.

However, since that unfortunate senior was safe and sound, Xiao Yan felt that he was not in too much danger.

"Then let's just go straight for the Dou Zun!" Queen Medusa's expression turned cold. Anyway, she wouldn't die from the Snake Shedding Grass, so she could just try a few more times.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately summoned the Sea Lotus Heart Flame, whose terrifying heat caused Queen Medusa to take two steps back.

"This is the Sea Lotus Heart Flame, formed by the fusion of three Heavenly Flames. If you find it too terrifying, I can separate out another Heavenly Flames to reduce its power to a level you can bear."

"No need!" Queen Medusa retorted. "Let's use the strongest one!"

As I said before, since Snake Shedding Grass won't kill us, we should get the best of everything.

"Then you should gather Medicinal Herbs first. I will refine a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill for you. If you fail to break through and are seriously injured, you can still use the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to break through and rebuild, and evolve your bloodline."

"No need!" Queen Medusa refused again. "The Heavenly Flames will definitely allow me to evolve my bloodline, but the Pills may not. If I fail, I will regroup and evolve again until I run out of Snake Shedding Grass."

"... Niu Boyi".

After deciding to evolve, Queen Medusa appeared in the sky above the entire forest. She scanned the surroundings, confirmed the area, and then formed a series of intricate hand seals.

As Queen Medusa's handprints created afterimages, a strange writhing sensation suddenly appeared in the space above the forest.

After a while, the entire space became distorted, and everything that happened in this forest would be concealed by the distortion of space.

"Space Lockdown!"

As a cold shout fell, the surrounding space suddenly froze, and then an unusual fluctuation rapidly spread out, eventually enveloping the entire forest and forming a Space Barrier.

With this Space Barrier, the evolution of Queen Medusa can be largely prevented.

After making the preparations, Queen Medusa took out a Snake Shedding Grass with more than ten seeds, and after a moment's consideration, swallowed the whole plant.

"We can begin."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan waved his hand, and the Sea Lotus Heart Flame formed a sea of fire above the forest. The scorching heat caused the leaves of the trees below to wither and shrivel.

Queen Medusa took a deep breath, and then her body suddenly burst forth with a burst of seven-colored light.

Amidst this dazzling light, Queen Medusa's form constantly shifted, eventually transforming into a hundred-meter-long, Seven-Colored Giant Snake.

The Seven-Colored Giant Snake floated in mid-air, its scales reflecting the seven colors of light, making it a beautiful and exquisite work of art.

As her body grew larger, a powerful aura slowly emanated from Queen Medusa, causing ripples to spread through the space.

If Queen Medusa hadn't set up Space Barrier beforehand, the entire Beast Mountain Range would probably have noticed the unusual activity here.

The Seven-Colored Giant Snake looked up at the slightly transparent blue sea of fire, its eyes momentarily glazed over, then hardened with determination, and plunged headlong into the terrifying inferno.