"The Great Priest was right. Her Majesty the Queen truly didn't fall so easily."
"But how did Her Majesty the Queen end up like this?"
"This... Perhaps something went wrong during her evolution."
"Something went wrong?" Yan Ci recalled the energy fluctuations that had vanished from the city earlier. That was indeed possible. He immediately said, "Since it's Her Majesty the Queen, we absolutely cannot let this brat go."
"Brat, hand over Her Majesty the Queen now, and I can leave you with an intact corpse," Yan Ci said coldly.
Seeing that Her Majesty the Queen had not died and had even evolved successfully, the other tribal chiefs exchanged glances before their faces filled with wild joy. Heaven truly favored the Snake People Race.
Thus, when the brat before them used Her Majesty the Queen to threaten them, Dou Qi surged from their bodies as they glared at Chen Mo. "Hand over Her Majesty the Queen now!"
Once they welcomed back Her Majesty the Queen, it would be time for the Snake People Race to take revenge on humanity.
That was what they were thinking.
Their furious shouts woke the Seven-Colored Skyswallowing Python from its sleep.
Seeing the ill intent on the faces of those around her, the little snake abruptly stiffened. A vast and terrifying aura suddenly burst from her tiny body.
At an alarming speed, it enveloped everyone.
The flame mark on her brow flickered. She opened her mouth and spat a stream of green flames at Yan Ci.
"That's... a Heavenly Flame." Yue Mei's heart jolted. Not only had Her Majesty the Queen evolved successfully, she had even refined a Heavenly Flame.
"Not good! Yan Ci, retreat!" Yue Mei cried in alarm.
It had happened too suddenly, and Yan Ci had never expected Her Majesty the Queen to attack him.
He was caught off guard.
The Green Lotus Core Flame instantly swallowed Yan Ci. Blazing fire burned across his body, and before long, an unpleasant smell of roasted meat wafted through the air.
However, he was a Dou Wang expert after all, and the other seven were there to help. They quickly extinguished the flames on him, though severe burn scars still covered his entire body.
"Brat, I'll kill you!" Yan Ci blamed everything on Chen Mo.
"You..." Chen Mo was rather speechless. The man clearly had eyes, yet he still dumped the blame on him.
At the same time, he marveled inwardly, Her Majesty the Queen really is Her Majesty the Queen. Even after turning into such a tiny thing, she's still this fierce.
"Brat, what exactly did you do to Her Majesty the Queen? Her Majesty the Queen would never attack us." The group tightened their encirclement.
"Don't do anything reckless, or I'll have your queen give you another blast."
Chen Mo hurriedly held the Seven-Colored Skyswallowing Python in front of him, using her as a protective charm.
The little snake seemed to understand Chen Mo's words, and the flame mark on her brow began flickering again.
At once, all eight of them hurriedly retreated.
The little snake opened her mouth and spat out another stream of green flame. This time, however, it did not even reach half a meter before sputtering out.
The little snake turned to look at Chen Mo, her watery eyes filled with grievance.
The grievance of an empty stomach.
"You..."
Awkward. Painfully awkward.
He had not even finished showing off.
Chen Mo had no time to feed her. Taking advantage of the eight people's retreat, he stuffed the little snake back into his clothes and fled.
The little snake, still awake and feeling stifled, crawled out from his clothes and poked her head out.
"Chase him!" The eight tribal chiefs had not expected the brat to be so sly. In the blink of an eye, he had already slipped far away.
The difference in strength between a Dou Shi and a Dou Wang was simply too great.
Before long, the distance between both sides steadily closed.
Attacks continued to fly from behind him. Perhaps because Queen Medusa was on his person, none of them struck to kill.
Hearing the sound of something slicing through the air behind him, Chen Mo fiercely stomped the ground. The phantom of a swimming dragon appeared as his body shot sideways.
Sizzle! The attack missed, and the patch of grass where it landed withered into dead vegetation in an instant.
The attack was not only fierce—it was poisonous.
"Hm, this brat has some skill." Seeing that none of their attacks had hit and all had missed, Yue Mei frowned. With a flap of her wings, a long serpent shadow streaked through the air beneath the moonlight.
When she appeared again, she was already in front of Chen Mo.
As the serpent shadow descended, the tremendous wind pressure generated by its speed carved a massive hundred-meter-long trench into the desert.
The billowing sandstorm prevented Chen Mo from opening his eyes at all. He pushed off with both legs and came to a stop.
The eight people surrounded Chen Mo once more.
"Little fellow, hand over Her Majesty the Queen obediently, and perhaps I can consider sparing your life." Seeing the disheveled youth panting heavily from his escape, Yue Mei smiled seductively.
"Whew, really? You should've said so earlier. If you had, I would've handed her over long ago." Chen Mo panted as he took the little snake from his clothes and placed her on the desert sand, as though he truly intended to give her to Yue Mei.
"Hehe, don't play tricks. I'm taking both Her Majesty the Queen and you with me." Yue Mei had figured it out. Something must have gone wrong during Her Majesty the Queen's evolution, damaging her memories. She did not remember them and had instead grown close to the youth before her.
"Oh? Didn't you just say you could spare my life? You're going back on your word so quickly?" Chen Mo said with a smile.
"I'm not going back on my word. I said I could spare your life, but I never said I would let you go." Yue Mei covered her red lips with one jade-like hand and smiled seductively. "I happen to be short an attendant to dress me. Would you be willing?"
"Forget it. That tail of yours takes away far too much of the fun." Chen Mo slowly exhaled. Part of his consciousness remained focused on the system shop. Dou Zong and Dou Emperor Experience Cards were too expensive, so he planned to spend over a thousand Fortune Points on a Dou Wang Experience Card to escape.
Instead of being tempted by her words, the youth had mocked her. Yue Mei's pretty face turned cold. "You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Then stay in this desert today."
"The mighty chiefs of the Eight Great Tribes are bullying a youth with only Dou Shi cultivation. Aren't you afraid the world will laugh at you if word gets out?"
A green wind blade shot toward Yue Mei. Sensing danger, she instantly flew aside to evade it. The wind blade struck the sand trench with a thunderous explosion, sending sand and dust soaring into the sky.
When the sandstorm dispersed, a black figure flew over from the distance beneath the moonlight. Holding a strange longsword that glowed with green light, the figure landed directly in front of Chen Mo.
"Sister Yun Yun," Chen Mo said softly.
Beneath the black robe, a pair of beautiful eyes glanced back at Chen Mo. Yun Yun said with a hint of reproach, "Shouldn't you be at the sect? Why did you come here?"
"This..." Chen Mo scratched his head. How was he supposed to explain this?
"That mysterious Dou Emperor from before." Yue Mei's surprised expression held even more deep-seated apprehension.
"So what if she's a Dou Emperor? If they don't hand over Her Majesty the Queen, we'll settle old and new debts together. None of them will leave!" Yan Ci shouted fiercely. "Form the seal! Even without the Great Priest, the eight of us are enough to keep them here."
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