Thinking that the island's center should be ahead, Xiao Kun quickly concealed himself within a patch of bushes and peered through the gaps between the leaves.
The open area at the heart of the island was a level plaza paved with stone.
Queen Medusa stood at its center, staring gravely at the constantly dancing cyan flame—the Green Lotus Core Flame.
After a while, Xiao Kun saw that Queen Medusa was still staring motionlessly at the Green Lotus Core Flame, just as she had before.
It seemed that even the notoriously fearsome Queen Medusa could not bring herself to make a decision when it came to something as dangerous as using a Heavenly Flame to evolve.
Queen Medusa looked exactly as Xiao Kun had seen her before. A purple brocade robe wrapped around her exquisite, voluptuous body, while her bewitchingly beautiful face was still too dazzling to gaze upon for long.
Her purple snake tail swayed slowly, unconsciously radiating a strange allure.
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Kun shifted his gaze away from Queen Medusa and looked at the roiling Green Lotus Core Flame.
Unlike the Green Lotus Core Flame rewarded by the system, which was like an inanimate object, this flame was exceptionally sentient. At times, it gathered into the shape of a lotus; at others, it became a small cyan snake that hovered and circled through the air, looking remarkably adorable.
Beneath the Green Lotus Core Flame was a lotus pedestal made of strange crystals. Both were placed within a small pool filled with Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
Whenever the Heavenly Flame leaped and churned, just as it was about to leave the range of the lotus pedestal, it would touch a barrier that suddenly appeared above the pedestal and be bounced back into it.
Every time this