Rob Is Scared Wet, Queen Medusa Flees

Above the desert.

Xu Guang, Xiao Ding, and the others waited curiously.

Suddenly, a commotion came from behind them. A group of people shoved through the surrounding mercenaries, and at their head was Rob, commander of the Sand Mercenary Group.

"Rob, what are you doing here?" Xu Guang pushed through the crowd and stopped in front of Rob.

Rob smiled. "City Lord Xu, I heard from my men that you got a spiritual medicine from that lord that can increase cultivation speed?"

Xu Guang replied expressionlessly, "Yes, but that has nothing to do with you. You chose to withdraw yesterday."

"That's not how you put it. We're all trying to make a living in Stone Desert City. If there's something good..."

"Get lost! We worked hard for an entire day and night, and you want a share with just a few words? Dream on!" Xiao Li cut Rob off without the slightest courtesy.

"Xiao Li, is this your place to speak?" Rob narrowed his eyes.

Xu Guang chuckled. "Deputy Commander Xiao's words represent my intentions as well."

"City Lord Xu, that's no way to act... Wait! You broke through?!" Rob had still been about to threaten him, but halfway through his words, he sensed the aura rising from Xu Guang and his expression changed drastically.

"I was fortunate enough to earn that lord's favor." Xu Guang watched Rob's face twist as though he had eaten shit, a smug smile appearing on his lips.

Rob's face instantly scrunched up, looking utterly unpleasant.

It had only been one night, yet Xu Guang had already widened the gap between them. Damn it, what kind of luck had this guy stumbled into?

If I'd known this would happen, I never should have left yesterday!

Behind Rob, the commanders of several mercenary groups had originally planned to use their numerical advantage to pressure Xu Guang and the others. Now, all of their expressions changed.

The two sides fell into a standoff, and no one spoke.

At that moment, a heavy rumble came from a distant sand dune. Before the mercenaries standing atop it could react, powerful force blasted them dozens of meters into the air.

Their screams had barely rung out before their bodies were engulfed in green flames. Before they could hit the ground, they turned into drifting ash.

"What was that?" Xiao Li jumped in fright, his expression turning tense.

Xiao Ding instinctively tightened his grip on his weapon and stared at the figures soaring into the sky.

Xu Guang and Rob also forgot their standoff, looking uneasily toward that area.

The aftershock alone had sent people flying dozens of meters into the air, and those strange flames had melted them in an instant.

If such a person—or such flames—fell upon Stone Desert City, every one of them would likely die.

Very soon, a Purple Giant Serpent with faint seven-colored light shimmering across its body burst out of the ground. An utterly terrifying aura erupted across the area.

"Queen Medusa!"

Xu Guang, Rob, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others all went pale in an instant. Without even a chance to struggle, they were unable to withstand the pressure and were forced to kneel and collapse onto the sand.

Rob's face turned deathly pale. His body trembled nonstop as his eyes remained fixed on the figure in the air.

"Why would Queen Medusa come to Stone Desert City? Damn it, we're all going to die now!" Rob cursed despite himself.

He had operated a mercenary group in this region for so long, yet he had never once encountered Queen Medusa in person.

She was a terrifying existence whose name alone made many powerful experts of the Jia Ma Empire turn pale.

It must be that guy from yesterday! He must have lured Queen Medusa here. Maybe he's already been killed! Hun Cang's figure flashed through Rob's mind as he cursed inwardly.

Why provoke Queen Medusa for no reason? Did that brat think having a little talent meant he could get carried away?!

At that moment, Rob caught sight of a mass of black mist shooting out from that area.

The dense mist churned, concealing what lay within. He could only see chains glinting with metallic light shoot out one after another, attacking the Purple Giant Serpent.

The giant serpent swung its tail. A force that seemed capable of shattering space itself struck the layers of encircling chains, yet it only broke five before the remaining chains coiled around it.

"Give up, Medusa. If you were at your peak, I might still fear you. But in your current state, you are no match for me." A voice came from within the black mist.

Rob froze on the ground. "Why does that voice sound so familiar..."

"Idiot, can't you even recognize that lord's voice?" Xiao Li heard him and could not help mocking him.

That lord is a Dou Huang? Yesterday, I refused the orders of a Dou Huang? When Rob heard that, a chill seemed to rise from his spine. Though he stood in the scorching desert, a layer of cold sweat broke out across his back.

"Where did that piss smell come from?" Someone behind Rob muttered, pinching their nose.

Rob no longer dared to look. He buried his head in the sand and continuously scraped sand over himself with both hands, trying to cover himself up.

This scene made Xu Guang, the Xiao Family brothers, and the others unable to suppress their laughter.

Who would have thought that Rob, the arrogant and overbearing commander of the Sand Mercenary Group in Stone Desert City, would one day be scared pissless?

Yet after laughing, the three of them also showed lingering fear.

That lord had looked so young yesterday. Who would have believed that he was actually a Dou Huang expert, and could even contend with Queen Medusa without falling at a disadvantage?

Young... a Dou Huang... An excited thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Li's mind, and he could not help casting a questioning look at his older brother, Xiao Ding.

However, Xiao Ding wore the same expression.

The two exchanged a glance, then looked once more toward the thick black mist in midair. A flicker of anticipation suddenly appeared in their eyes.

Could it be their younger brother's elder brother?

The giant serpent spoke in a cold voice. "If I had not been injured, you, a mere Five-Star Dou Emperor, think you could harm me? Wishful thinking."

"Medusa, saying such things now is useless. I advise you to surrender obediently!" Hun Cang replied with a faint smile.

Having left the range of the magma, he no longer needed to spend Dou Qi resisting the terrifying heat, and the Dou Qi within him was recovering at an extremely rapid rate.

Queen Medusa, on the other hand, had also left the magma, but one must not forget that she was still suppressing the terrifying heat of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Moreover, she had already been injured while trying to seize the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Hun Cang was confident that if he waited just a little longer, he would be able to take her down.

Hun Cang still had certain thoughts about this beautiful snake woman.

Everyone laughed at Xu Xian, but faced with Bai Suzhen's beauty, who would not want to become Xu Xian?

Compared with Bai Suzhen, Queen Medusa possessed a seductive charm that came from her very bones, one that was truly difficult to resist.

He's wearing me down! Realizing Hun Cang's intentions, Queen Medusa unleashed another powerful attack, shattering the chains around her body before rapidly fleeing deeper into the desert.

As expected of a powerful magical beast on the verge of breaking through to Dou Zong... Hun Cang cried out in surprise. He had not expected her physical strength to be so formidable that she could actually break his Soul Chain.

Countless strands of black mist withdrew into his body and formed a pair of enormous Dou Qi wings. Hun Cang swiftly chased after her. The Green Lotus Core Flame was right before his eyes; there was no reason to give up.

As the two Dou Huangs departed one after the other, the people below let out long breaths, feeling as though they had narrowly survived a disaster.