Fierce Battle

Above a dense forest somewhere in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, two figures, one azure and one purple, came to a stop one after the other.

"Kid, you're not running anymore? There's no one here who can save you." Queen Medusa narrowed her eyes and said coldly.

She had not sensed any powerful aura here. At first, she had thought Lin Yuan stopped here because he had laid some backup plan in this place. But from the looks of it, there were only the two of them here. Did this person think that, with only himself, a Nine-Star Dou Wang, he could survive under her hand?

Ignoring Queen Medusa's probing, Lin Yuan silently made an estimate. At this distance, even if those old fellows of the Snake People Race want to come to her rescue, they won't make it in time. I can send Queen Medusa her "gift" without worry now.

Lin Yuan still took the Snake People Race very seriously. Apart from Queen Medusa, this race also had four peak Dou Huang old undying ones as their foundation, and they were rather skilled in combined attack techniques. Therefore, Lin Yuan had not chosen to fight Queen Medusa in the desert. Instead, he had deliberately lured her to this place very far from the desert, cutting off the possibility of anyone else interfering in this battle.

Lin Yuan looked at Queen Medusa with great interest, battle intent beginning to burn in his heart. To the current him, Queen Medusa was a perfectly suitable opponent, one who could test his level in battle against people. Although he had previously defeated quite a few Dou Huang-level Tier 6 magical beasts, fighting humans and fighting magical beasts were, after all, vastly different. He believed this battle would bring him considerable gains.

With a wave of his hand, endless azure flames gathered, and an azure flame spear condensed in Lin Yuan's hand. Lin Yuan held the spear and pointed it diagonally at Queen Medusa, saying proudly, "No need to probe. There are only you and me here. If you want to live, bring out your full strength and try to defeat me."

"Arrogant! A mere Dou Wang dares to talk so shamelessly." Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes turned sharp, and she swung out a vicious energy bolt that shot straight at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan neither dodged nor avoided it. His right hand held the spear behind his back, while his left hand, glowing with azure light, rested before him and "caught" the incoming energy bolt with perfect timing. Immediately after, his dou qi and qi and blood power erupted.

Crack!

The energy bolt seemed to be crushed apart and scattered into the air.

"These little tricks are without any effect. Bring out your full strength, or you will regret it." Lin Yuan looked indifferently at Queen Medusa, his calm voice sounding as though he were merely stating an established fact.

Queen Medusa did not say much. Her pride did not mean she was stupid. Seeing the extreme dou qi control Lin Yuan had just displayed, she understood that the opponent before her was absolutely not someone easy to deal with.

Queen Medusa took a deep breath and waved her hand. Seven-colored energy gathered in her hand, and a colored longsword appeared in her grasp.

They exchanged a glance, and the two of them instantly vanished from where they stood.

In the sky, azure and purple streams of light crisscrossed. As spear and sword clashed, clear ringing collisions sounded again and again, while wave after wave of violent energy impacts swept out in all directions.

After exchanging blows for a while, Queen Medusa was surprised to discover that she was actually unable to suppress her opponent in this frontal clash. His cultivation was clearly an entire rank lower than hers, yet the refinement of his dou qi, the strength of his physical body, and the powerful destructive force and explosive power of his Heavenly Flame actually allowed him to forcefully hold steady against her head-on.

This kid must be cultivating a very high-level method. Otherwise, he wouldn't have such refined dou qi, and his ability to endure a prolonged battle shouldn't be this strong either. If I can get my hands on it...

After several dozen rounds of close combat, Lin Yuan's eyes turned sharp. His right hand, which held the spear, rotated slightly, and strands of azure flame dou qi split into three. They coiled upward along the spear in his right hand in interweaving spirals, turning into spiral qi force that attached itself to the azure flame spear. As the spear swung, low whistles sounded all around, and he launched a fierce assault toward Queen Medusa.

When spear and sword clashed again, Queen Medusa felt a strange force pulling and tearing at her, interfering with her attacks. The result was that she actually began to fall faintly into a disadvantage in the frontal exchange. Under Lin Yuan's continuous offensive, Queen Medusa was gradually suppressed.

Not good! Sensing that she was slowly falling into a disadvantage, Queen Medusa prepared to pull back and readjust her stance.

"You want to retreat? Too late! Cloud Dragon Seven Manifestations." Sensing that his opponent wanted to retreat, Lin Yuan began to fully circulate the improved Cloud Dragon Movement Technique he had deliberately refrained from using since the start of the fight. Several afterimages formed, and as his true body and afterimages crisscrossed, it was as though several Lin Yuans were attacking Queen Medusa at the same time. At the same time, Lin Yuan used his powerful soul power to begin interfering with Queen Medusa's perception.

Lin Yuan's close-range attacks were like maggots clinging to bone, forcing Queen Medusa to defend with difficulty. Before long, the sharp edge of the spear and the high temperature of the azure flame began to repeatedly break through Queen Medusa's defenses, inflicting wounds of varying severity on her body.

I can't let this continue! She had not expected the other party's close-combat strength to be so powerful. With just one mistake, she had fallen into such a difficult situation. Queen Medusa was extremely decisive and directly detonated the colored longsword in her hand, which had condensed a large amount of energy. Instantly, a massive energy impact blasted the two of them apart, sending each flying backwards.

Lin Yuan circulated the Cloud Dragon Movement Technique and instantly finished dispersing the force, regaining control of his body as it flew backwards and standing steadily in the air. His aura had not weakened. For him, whose Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art had already reached great success, energy attacks that were not refined enough found it very difficult to threaten him.

Looking at Queen Medusa's somewhat disheveled figure opposite him, Lin Yuan silently muttered that it was a pity. Fighting people and fighting magical beasts really were very different. A person's physique was much weaker than that of a magical beast, but their flexibility and variety of methods against the enemy were generally far greater than a magical beast's.

After paying a certain price to break away from close combat, the way Queen Medusa looked at Lin Yuan gained a bit more wariness. Her hands swiftly formed several complicated seals.

"Snake People Secret Technique, Five Snake Spirit Restraining Seal."

Queen Medusa gave a light shout. Five snake-shaped energy bodies were released from within her body. At the same time, Medusa's enchanting eyes fixed on Lin Yuan's figure, waiting for the moment to kill him with a single strike. Under Queen Medusa's control, the five nimble snake-shaped energy bodies danced flexibly through the sky and swept toward Lin Yuan to attack.

"Long-range attacks? That happens to be my specialty." Seeing this, Lin Yuan lightly waved his sleeve, turning qi into fire and condensing fire into cones. Five azure fire cones containing a massive amount of Core Flame of Green Lotus formed and, under the control of his powerful soul power, charged toward the five snake-shaped energy bodies.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The cones and snakes collided, and a series of huge explosions rang out. Under Lin Yuan's control, each fire cone accurately struck a snake-shaped energy body. The massive amount of Green Lotus Core Flame contained within blasted the five snake-shaped energy bodies apart, and the burning wind from the explosions covered the two people's lines of sight as azure fire scattered across the sky.

When Queen Medusa saw the five energy bodies collapse, the corner of her mouth curved into an intoxicating smile. The seals in her hands changed, and the five snake-shaped strips of energy that had been blasted apart scattered but did not vanish. Instead, they gathered together and formed a gigantic energy snake.

The giant energy snake scattered the burning wind from the explosion and pounced toward Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was just about to dodge when, the instant his gaze met Queen Medusa's, he saw a strange light flash in her enchanting eyes. A wave of dizziness assaulted his mind.

Seeing this, the smile on Queen Medusa's lips grew even wider, as though victory were already within reach.

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