Victory, Defeat, and Handling

However, the dizziness in Lin Yuan's head faded in an instant. Like a nerve reflex, he activated the first form of the Pure Spirit Art, Thought Severing. His spiritual altar instantly cleared, and he immediately hurled the Azure Flame Spear in his hand, which had gathered a massive amount of Green Lotus Core Flame, toward the Giant Energy Snake.

The two collided, and an earth-shaking explosion erupted. The Giant Energy Snake collapsed, and azure fire scattered across the sky.

Looking at the azure fire filling the sky, a satisfied look appeared on Lin Yuan's face. Then, with azure fire protecting his body, he flew into the raging energy and azure-fire storm, using the sky full of azure fire and the violent energy to hide his figure. His Soul Power split into two; one part was used to sense and capture Queen Medusa's movements, while the other concealed the Energy Fluctuation in his hand.

The azure fire filling the sky blocked Queen Medusa's vision and disrupted her senses, preventing her from locking onto the enemy's figure. Just as she was preparing to strike and forcibly disperse the raging Energy Storm, she suddenly sensed an attack Emitting immense might taking shape within the azure fire filling the sky, and it had already locked onto her.

Queen Medusa did not hesitate. She also gathered vast Seven-Colored Energy and prepared to respond.

Very soon, an azure-red seal took shape in Lin Yuan's hand. With the azure fire filling the sky as the guide, the surrounding World Energy and azure-fire energy rapidly gathered around the seal in the sky as their core. All the azure fire that had scattered through the sky during their earlier clashes turned into Resources for this strike. An incomparably terrifying might brewed forth, and even space trembled with the seal's Energy Fluctuation.

"This strike used the azure fire that scattered everywhere when we exchanged blows earlier? This guy had been preparing for this strike from the start? This kind of might is extremely terrifying Even In Earth Tier Dou Skills. This is bad." Queen Medusa understood that the other party had been calculating from the very beginning of the battle, but at this moment, she could no longer retreat, because she had already been locked onto by a vast force. If she backed away, she would be met with a thunderous strike. She could only meet it head-on.

Lin Yuan's expression was indifferent as he released the Earth Tier Dou Skill he had been preparing for a long time.

"Heavenly Fire Tribulation, Mountain River Seal."

The azure-fire seal fell toward Queen Medusa like a setting sun.

Queen Medusa formed several strange hand seals. An extremely sharp seven-colored edge gathered and shot out to meet the falling azure-red seal.

"Sky Rainbow Sword Qi."

The instant the azure-red seal and the Seven-Colored Sword Qi collided, the free-floating energy Between Heaven and Earth seemed to stagnate, and the sky also became heavy and sluggish.

"Boom!"

After that instant of stillness, two terrifying energies exploded. The entire space became extremely distorted at this moment. Wrinkles of space abruptly appeared, and rings of Space Ripples spread outward.

At the center where the azure energy and Seven-Colored Energy collided, an Energy Storm mixed with Azure Flame Spread Out from the central point. Wherever the flame storm passed, everything was swept clean. A large stretch of dense forest beneath the battlefield directly turned into a circular patch of bare white land, and The Entire World also became dry.

Not Long After, the brief stalemate between the azure energy and Seven-Colored Energy was finally broken. The azure energy suppressed the Seven-Colored Energy and ultimately exploded completely not far from Queen Medusa, engulfing her in the blast's hot wind.

Dozens of seconds later, the raging energy dispersed. When Queen Medusa's figure appeared once more, her aura had weakened greatly. The Brocade Robe on her body had also been burned away More Than Half in the Burning Wind, revealing large swaths of snow-white skin that bore rather severe burns.

However, before Queen Medusa, who had just finished resisting the energy impact and Burning Wind, could even catch her breath, a long-anticipated streak of azure light struck her while she was between breaths and unable to organize an effective defense in time.

"Heavenly Fire Tribulation, Ancient Dragon Spirit Suppressing Seal."

The azure light carrying a hint of purple charm entered her body and turned into a solid seal within Queen Medusa, firmly locking down her cultivation. Afterward, Queen Medusa's weakened aura began to plummet wildly.

"Eight-Star Dou Huang. Five-Star Dou Huang... One-Star Dou Huang. Nine-Star Dou Wang..."

Under Queen Medusa's panicked gaze, her cultivation continued to drop, only stopping at Five-Star Dou Wang.

"What did you do?" Queen Medusa glared furiously at Lin Yuan, her eyes filled with madness and killing intent.

"What a boring question. I merely did something you have done before, didn't I? And..." As Soon As the Words Fell, Lin Yuan's figure disappeared from Queen Medusa's sight.

"Wha—" Before the word could fully leave her mouth, her head suffered a heavy blow. The powerful force made Queen Medusa faint, and behind her stood Lin Yuan, his hand raised in a Hand Chop.

"And The Current you are only a captive."

Afterward, Lin Yuan struck her a few more times with his Hand Chop to ensure Queen Medusa was unconscious, then took out the "gift" he had prepared for her long ago from his storage ring and fed it to her.

"In This Way, the Strength test is complete. If things go smoothly, the Snake People Race can also be put to use by me within a limited scope."

"It's time to go find the Snake People Race and negotiate." Lin Yuan recalled the map, then picked up the unconscious Queen Medusa and flew toward the Charming Snake Tribe in the Tagor Desert.

At night, a bewitching figure shot out from the great hall of the Charming Snake Tribe and rushed toward an oasis in the desert. It was Yue Mei, the current leader of the Charming Snake Tribe, one of the Eight Great Tribes of the Snake People.

At this moment, Yue Mei's face, which had always been full of bewitching charm and playfulness, was extremely flustered. She tightly gripped a Seven-Colored Snake Scale that symbolized Queen Medusa and kept muttering as she flew rapidly.

"May the ancestral spirits bless us. Your Majesty, please don't let anything happen to you!"

When she arrived at the oasis indicated in the message, she saw the unconscious Queen Medusa sitting against a tree. Her clothing was somewhat tattered, and her aura was somewhat weak. It could be seen that she had gone through an extremely bitter battle.

Although she was a little worried, when Yue Mei saw the sleeping Queen Medusa, she could not help but Sigh in Relief. Fortunately, the queen was fine.

"You feel at ease already?" A playful voice sounded behind Yue Mei, causing her to be abruptly startled. She turned her hand, and a stream of purple Dou Qi shot out from it, heading straight for the figure behind her.

However, when this Dou Qi struck the other party, it only stirred up a ring of azure ripples. The azure ripples Flashed By, while the other party Stood With Hands Behind His Back, completely unharmed. Even his steps toward her had not wavered.

Seeing This, several drops of Cold Sweat could not help but appear on Yue Mei's forehead. This brief contact was Enough To Make her clearly realize that the person before her was very strong, absolutely not an opponent she could handle. Next, it would depend on whether she could find a chance to take the queen and escape...

"Seeing how conflicted you are over what to do, why don't I decide for you?" As Soon As the Words Fell, Lin Yuan's figure turned into an afterimage and instantly disappeared from Yue Mei's sight.

Before she could react, Lin Yuan appeared again. His Slender Hand had already landed on Yue Mei's neck. The fierce force gathered in his hand only needed to be released, and Yue Mei would die on the spot.

"Don't act rashly. You only have one life, so don't Joke with it." Lin Yuan warned Yue Mei, who was attempting to use her Charm Technique. Although there was a bit of a smile on his face, the depths of his eyes were incomparably indifferent.

"Here, eat this." Lin Yuan took out a "pill" and brought it to Yue Mei's mouth.

"No need to worry. Eating it won't kill you. Queen Medusa ate the same thing. But if you don't eat it, you'll die immediately." Looking at the somewhat hesitant Yue Mei, Lin Yuan's indifferent voice Added a Bit More coldness.

Knowing she could not resist, Yue Mei obediently swallowed the pill. She had to survive and bring the situation back. Once the pill entered her stomach, it quickly dissolved. Body... body... Yue Mei felt that something hidden extremely deep had appeared in her body, and a stronger ominous feeling arose in her heart.

"Who is Your Excellency? What did you make me and the queen eat? What is your purpose?"

"Poison. What comes next has little to do with you. Go help me pass a few words to those four Old Fellows in your race."

"I have a cooperation deal to discuss with the Snake People Race. Queen Medusa's life is one of the Bargaining Chips. Have them come over."

I'll write down the settings regarding the protagonist and respond to the questions everyone has been discussing more.

1. The protagonist's ability to create methods. Extremely high talent and insight—the strong ability to solve problems by creating new things—is the most fundamental trait I have given the protagonist, and it is also his qualification as the protagonist. I believe that a so-called protagonist must be able to do what Others cannot in certain aspects. If he Has No Difference from everyone else, then this protagonist loses much of his appeal. After all, there probably aren't many Book Friends who want to watch the protagonist walk the Original Work protagonist's path all over again;

2. The protagonist's Style of Doing Things. He is skilled at planning and calculating, but he does not indulge in planning and calculating. He is not lacking in the boldness to act head-on. When his Strength Is Not Enough, he tends to use schemes to make up for it. When his strength is sufficient, he tends to use overwhelming force to defeat all tricks;

3. The protagonist is not very steady in doing things, nor is he very cowardly. This is natural. The protagonist does not have a system-type Golden Finger, and the Battle Through the Heavens timeline is also very tight. He has neither the qualification nor the time to turtle up. If the protagonist sought stability, he should not have eaten that Life Devouring Pill at the very beginning. So he has an obvious gambler's side, because what he wants to do is use the small to gamble for the great, like a snake swallowing an elephant. Naturally, this has risks and costs. Even if he overturns, no one should complain [laugh];

4. The protagonist's combat strength. There is only one sentence: as a fanfic protagonist, if his ability to fight across ranks is crushed by the Original Work protagonist, then one might as well stop playing. So everyone can see that I wrote quite a few front-facing battle scenes. As for the protagonist's combat experience, you can refer to the killing he caused in order to cultivate the Body Refining Dou Skill Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art. I did not write it in detail, but those were all proper battles at the same level and battles across ranks.