Medusa

(I reorganized the outline this afternoon, which caused this chapter to be updated much later. I'll write the second chapter after I finish dinner...)

Upon hearing Ka Le Er's request, Gu Ding was visibly taken aback, as he hadn't anticipated such a request. Gu Ding would have been very welcoming if she were a guest, but as a fellow traveler, Gu Ding had reservations, as he didn't want the Sea Emperor's existence to be known outside the team.

Sea Emperor himself didn't want to be exposed, because once exposed, it would likely attract the attention of Heaven. Heaven had already reached maturity and possessed emotions like humans, but no one knew what her attitude towards Sea Emperor would be. If she considered Sea Emperor a potential threat, she might immediately eliminate Sea Emperor. Of course, it was also possible that she would treat Sea Emperor like a junior. But no one dared to take that gamble. Sea Emperor also believed that he currently had no power to protect himself in front of Heaven, so he chose to exist discreetly and grow slowly.

Liliath, who was standing to the side, didn't seem to like Ka Le Er very much. She pouted and asked, "Where's your own spaceship?"

Liliath still disliked women with large, curvaceous figures. When Elsa joined the team, although she also had a large bust, she was about the same height as Lilia and had a cute, innocent personality, which is why Lilia accepted her. But this Ka Le Er had everything: a large bust, a large bottom, great height, and a beautiful face. This kind of beauty, who was a heartthrob wherever she went, was what Liliath envied the most.

"My spaceship is also in port, it's the Banshee, a lady's ship, not very combat-capable, and more than ten times smaller than yours. However, the design is quite beautiful. I can show you around." Ka Le Er noticed that Liliath seemed somewhat resistant to her. Her domain was the dream realm, and before possessing that domain, she was extremely skilled at understanding human psychology. Furthermore, she had the ability to hypnotize. Therefore, it was easy for her to see why Liliath disliked her. "The reason I want to come with you is because it's definitely more interesting than traveling alone; at least it'll be much more lively."

"It's usually quite lively, but this time we're going into the Oul Ruins, so we'll be spending most of our time training. We'll be temporarily boosting our strength, so there won't be much time for casual chatting." Liliath's words were actually true.

"It's alright. When you're free, we can talk about cultivation. I remember Lily, you also have hypnosis abilities, right? I happen to be quite good at that too. And Dokter, you're good at telekinesis, right? I'm also quite good at using telekinesis and mental power. We can exchange ideas and learn from each other."

"Ka Le Er's full name is Ka Le Er. She is the granddaughter of the patriarch of the Hepnos Family. The Hepnos Family is one of the three great illusion families in the Universe Sea. Ka Le Er not only extremely strong in the field of illusion, but she is also quite accomplished in mental power and Mind Power." The Sea Emperor's voice rang in the ears of Gu Ding, Liliath, and the others almost simultaneously.

"Then you can stay, Ka Le Er, it's on your way anyway," Gu Ding said directly. As long as he was careful, he wouldn't reveal the Sea Emperor's presence. But for Liliath and Dokter, this was a good learning opportunity. Although he had sent them some materials given by the Sea Emperor before, letting them study on their own was definitely not as effective as being taught by a real person.

After hearing the Sea Emperor's explanation, Liliath did not raise any further objections, and she guessed what Gu Ding was thinking.

"I'll take you to see my spaceship." Ka Le Er was quite pleased to receive a positive reply from Gu Ding, knowing that Liliath and Elsa would likely be interested in her ship. The Banshee was already quite expensive, and hers was at least three times more expensive than Gu Ding's Golden Eagle.

Despite Elsa's tugging, Liliath followed them out. Tagore gently landed on Liliath's shoulder, silently watching over the two women.

Gu Ding and the others didn't go; those women's spaceships weren't appealing to them, a group of men. In many areas, men's and women's aesthetics are completely different, and spaceships are one such example.

Robert remained in his room, Bigge and Dokter went out to buy groceries and other materials. Gu Ding also returned to his room. They then re-entered Medicine King Valley to practice their potion-making skills.

Not long after, the three women returned, laughing all the while, clearly having gotten along very well. No one knew what methods Ka Le Er had used, but Liliath's initial aversion to her had finally vanished.

After the three women returned to the spaceship, they chatted happily, while Tagore jumped off Liliath's shoulder, onto the sofa, curled up into a ball, and began to sleep.

About an hour later, Bigge and the others returned.

With everyone present, the Sea Emperor finally saw the brand-new Golden Eagle take off.

After sorting out the items, Dokter walked up to Ka Le Er and said, "I challenge you!"

Ka Le Er was taken aback, and Liliath, who was standing next to her, then explained, "That's just how he is; he wants to challenge anyone who is strong."

Upon hearing Dokter's challenge, Bigge, who was in the kitchen, shook his head and smiled, continuing to prepare his lunch. He had been to Ka Le Er's territory before and knew how powerful that woman was; even he himself wouldn't dare say he could easily defeat her. Dokter challenging her was clearly asking for trouble.

"Alright then, I'll just pull you into my domain." As soon as Ka Le Er finished speaking, Dokter was pulled into her domain.

In less than ten minutes, Ka Le Er released Dokter from her domain. Dokter was completely exhausted and could barely stand. Upon seeing Ka Le Er, his face turned deathly pale. "Your domain..."

"My domain is called Hell Nightmare. I just pulled you into the Third Level of the dream. You spent about six days in there, which is quite good." Ka Le Er gave him a thumbs up. "However, your psychic power is exhausted, and even your physical strength is depleted. There is no need to continue."

"I want to try it too!" Elsa thought this field sounded very interesting and wanted to test it out to see how far she could go.

"Hmm," Ka Le Er nodded, pulling Elsa into her domain as well.

After about twelve minutes, Ka Le Er released Elsa.

"Your performance was quite good. You stayed in the dream for about eight days and even severely injured a One-Star Low-rank God. Although it was partly due to the divine artifact you possessed, your own Combat Strength was also quite remarkable."

"What an amazing domain!" Liliath exclaimed, her heart pounding with excitement.

"Lily, the Pupil Technique of your maternal family are actually no weaker than our family's illusion techniques. You grew up in the Harris Family, so you may not know that 30,000 years ago, there were four illusion families in the Universe Sea, and the leading family's surname was Medusa ..."

"Medusa? That's my mother's family name." Liliath found it somewhat unbelievable.

"Over 40,000 years ago, the Medusa Family had a peerless scientific genius who extracted his own genes and fused them with a beautiful snake-woman to create a half-human, half-snake infant. Not only was the infant's body half snake-tailed, but even her hair was composed of over three hundred venomous snakes, each containing a different toxin. The genius raised the infant slowly until she was sixteen years old, when she was discovered by her clan. Everyone believed her to be a monster and wanted to kill her. Under the protection of her 'father,' she escaped, only to witness her 'father' being executed by her clan."

"She lay dormant in the deep sea of that planet, cultivating frantically. She was also fortunate, encountering a powerful ancient ruin in the deep sea and receiving its inheritance. She gained a very peculiar forbidden ability: anyone who looked into her eyes would instantly turn to stone. At the time, she was only Low-rank God, but this ability was effective even against Peak-rank God. More than ten thousand years later, after breaking through to the Peak-rank God, Medusa returned to her Medusa Family to seek revenge. Overnight, all thirty thousand members of the Medusa Family were petrified."

"Only one little boy survived, and that boy was only four years old, born blind. Medusa ultimately didn't eliminate him completely, but spared his life. However, she looted all of the Medusa Family's treasures and resources, leaving not even a single vial of Gene Serum. The Medusa Family thus fell into decline..."

"Thank you for telling me all this." Liliath had no idea that her maternal family had such a history. "That Medusa with the snake body should still be alive, right?"

"He should still be alive. Even Peak-rank God has a lifespan of 500,000 years. Breaking through this realm will definitely increase his lifespan further." Ka Le Er nodded matter-of-factly. "Why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, I was just wondering if we'd have a chance to meet again in the future." Liliath was just asking casually, without any particular purpose.

"Although you lack the guidance of the ancient texts left by your ancestors, your bloodline has still been passed down. With proper development, you will one day be able to return to your peak. So, if you have any questions about illusion magic, feel free to come to me, and I will do my best to answer them for you."

"I should be able to help with Dokter as well. I've seen your moves, and it's obvious that you haven't had a systematic training in using telekinesis. It's just some experience you've accumulated in combat, and your moves are very limited, mostly self-created. I can give you a systematic training session in the next few days and teach you some tips that should be able to improve your Combat Strength."

"As for Elsa, I'm really not good at this kind of close combat, so I can't really offer any advice. But you should be the type to improve through practical experience. I can bring you into my domain these next few days and have you practice in real combat every day, which should help improve your Combat Strength."

Ka Le Er quickly devised a plan to enhance the Combat Strength of the three, and they were all very satisfied.

"Dinner is ready, everyone come and eat." Bigge's lunch is also ready...