Such a drastic change in her body made it easy to imagine just how much flesh and blood had been burned away by the Heavenly Flame—and how immense the pain had been!
As Xiao Kun sighed, Medusa's hissing roar gradually weakened. Only a snake body some twenty to thirty feet long remained.
Her beautiful purple scales had turned charred black. She lay motionless within the green flames, as though dead, and even a scorched stench slowly wafted out.
Seeing such a tragic scene, Xiao Kun could not help but worry. Unsure whether Medusa could successfully evolve as she had in the original story, he hurriedly spread his vast Soul Power over her entire body.
After carefully examining her, Xiao Kun relaxed. He sensed a brand-new, even more vigorous life gestating within Medusa's body.
However, whether that life could truly take form depended on the coming lightning tribulation.
Outside the purple barrier, ever since Medusa had rushed into the Green Lotus Core Flame and let out that miserable scream, more and more snake-people had climbed onto the rooftops over the past half hour, staring worriedly at the purple figure inside the barrier.
As the purple figure within the barrier ceased moving, the many snake-people who saw this could not help but feel sorrow and grief. A desolate atmosphere spread throughout the holy city of the Snake-People Race.
"Did she fail...?" Gu He muttered as he looked at Medusa, motionless within the green flames, from above the purple barrier.
Medusa, who had shaken the Jia Ma Empire and inspired fear in countless powerful experts, had fallen just like that. This dramatic scene was difficult for him to believe.
"Most likely..." Yun Yun, who had also arrived long ago, felt a jumble of emotions. There were already few female experts around the Jia