With a gentle wave of her jade-like hand, the entire mountaintop instantly became flat, every piece of rubble vanishing. Sitting cross-legged, Queen Medusa poured out the pill from the jade bottle, determination written across her face. "Become one with me!"
The pill entered her stomach and immediately transformed into a strange energy. Under the effects of this energy, two somewhat illusory figures—a human silhouette and a snake silhouette—slowly appeared half an inch above Queen Medusa's head.
The strange energy formed from the pill was like a catalyst, causing the two to show signs of merging.
As Queen Medusa swallowed the pill, Gu He, far away in the Small Valley, opened his eyes, a faint smile flashing through them.
"Finally starting. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Muttering to himself, Gu He rose to his feet. With a flash, he vanished from the cave and hurried toward Queen Medusa's location as indicated by his senses.
The journey that had taken Queen Medusa several hours took Gu He only about half an hour at full speed using the Whirlwind Dragon Step. He soon approached the mountaintop where Queen Medusa was in seclusion. Rather than disturb her as she refined the Spirit Melting Pill's medicinal power, he concealed himself nearby.
When Gu He arrived, the two souls above Queen Medusa's head finally began to merge under the effects of the medicine.
Under the Spirit Melting Pill's strange medicinal power, the two fused extremely quickly. The sight of the two souls above her head drawing close and quietly merging was practically visible to the naked eye. At this rate, they likely would not need even a day to fuse completely.
As the two souls merged, the soul above Queen Medusa's head grew increasingly solid, while a powerful aura emanated from her