The Heavenly Flame in Hand, Teasing Queen Medusa

In the Tagor Desert, two figures raced across the land, their powerful auras making all the surrounding magical beasts crawl on the ground and tremble.

The sun hung high overhead. It was already noon.

Hun Cang looked at Queen Medusa, who had stopped ahead and transformed into a half-human, half-snake form. Smiling faintly, he said, "You have to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame while fending off my attacks. If I'm not mistaken, you've reached your limit too, haven't you?"

"So what if I have?" Queen Medusa replied with a cool smile. There was no panic on her face as she calmly glanced at the blue flame floating beside her.

A layer of faint seven-colored light covered the outside of the flame. No matter how the fire within swayed or expanded, it could not break through.

Hun Cang extended his hand. "Hand over the Green Lotus Core Flame!"

"Hehe, you're the first person I've met who dared to snatch something from me in the Tagor Desert!" Queen Medusa's violet eyes sized Hun Cang up. "I'm rather curious. Who are you? How did you know where the Green Lotus Core Flame was?"

As the largest faction in the Tagor Desert, the Snake People Tribe was not only powerful but formidable in many other aspects as well.

At the very least, in all these years, Medusa had never heard of any family producing such a gifted junior.

Hun Cang said indifferently, "That has nothing to do with you."

"Your mouth is quite stubborn... but I like stubborn men. Later, I'll have plenty of ways to make you talk." Queen Medusa flicked out her forked tongue. She did not look like someone driven into a corner at all; rather, she looked like a hunter examining her prey.

Hun Cang swept his gaze around and said, "As far as I remember, Queen Medusa isn't usually this talkative. If I'm not mistaken, you're stalling for time, aren't you?"

Queen Medusa's expression shifted slightly, but then, as though she sensed something, the corners of her lips rose. "You saw through me. Unfortunately, you realized it a little too late."

The moment her words fell, several streams of light flashed through the distance and shot straight toward them.

Those streaks of light were Snake People Tribe experts with Dou Qi Wings.

A few breaths later, those people arrived before them.

"Your Majesty, how are you? Are you all right?" The speaker was a figure with a graceful, alluring body.

"I'm fine. Hua She'er, join forces with Yue Mei and the others to capture that man. He chased me all the way here, and there isn't much Dou Qi left in his body." Queen Medusa gave her order.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hua She'er and the chiefs of the eight Snake People Tribe clans around her respectfully accepted the command, then turned their chilling gazes toward Hun Cang in the distance.

"What a handsome young man..." After seeing Hun Cang's face clearly, one female snake person could not help licking her lips. She wore extremely revealing clothes, exposing most of her lovely body.

Rather than feeling embarrassed under Hun Cang's gaze, she began to strike seductive poses and flirt with him.

"That's enough, Yue Mei. Stop acting so shameless. He's a Dou Huang—be careful you don't get yourself killed." A burly man with snake-shaped tattoos covering both hands frowned.

The Snake People Tribe experts swiftly formed an encirclement around Hun Cang.

"You aren't afraid?" When she saw no panic on Hun Cang's face, Queen Medusa froze for a moment before asking.

"Afraid?" Hun Cang repeated, a cold smile curling across his lips. "Actually, from the moment you started fleeing deeper into the desert, I saw through your plan."

"Then why didn't you stop me?" Queen Medusa was extremely surprised. As a fellow Dou Huang, she could tell that he had not gone all out.

Otherwise, with her injuries, there was no way she could have escaped all the way here and waited for the Snake People Tribe experts to come to her aid.

Stop her? Of course he could have. But Queen Medusa would definitely have been seriously injured, and given how much she valued the Heavenly Flame, she might even have forced herself to evolve.

If that happened, one misstep could cause this beauty, who possessed both charm and a queen's bearing, to perish ahead of time.

Hun Cang thought to himself. As a die-hard admirer of mature beauties, how could he bear to let that happen?

So, after seeing through Queen Medusa's intentions, he simply played along.

It was not as though he could not have summoned Hun Xiaoqiang in Stone Desert City, but news of an unfamiliar Dou Zong appearing would certainly draw the Jia Ma Empire royal family's attention.

Hun Cang did not want trouble. He only wanted to grow stronger in peace, so he decided to follow her all the way into the depths of the desert.

After considering Queen Medusa's question, he smiled. "I'll tell you the answer another time."

"You're being mysterious." Queen Medusa rolled her eyes at him. "Attack. Bring him back to me. I want to see what this man is really plotting!"

However, after she gave the order, she saw that none of her subordinates moved. Instead, they all stared past her with horror in their eyes.

What was wrong? Queen Medusa's heart skipped a beat. Feeling uneasy, she slowly turned around and saw a figure who looked utterly ordinary, no different from a normal person.

Yet when Queen Medusa noticed that he was standing in midair with ease without relying on anything, her triangular pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.

"A Dou Zong?!" Queen Medusa cried out. She turned in disbelief toward Hun Cang, who was slowly approaching. "What kind of faction stands behind you? You're not from the Jia Ma Empire!"

Hun Cang smiled faintly. "What kind of trash place is the Jia Ma Empire? Could it produce someone like me?"

At that moment, Queen Medusa saw Hun Cang reach out and take the Green Lotus Core Flame. She let out a piercing shriek. "Bastard! Give the Heavenly Flame back to me! I waited ten years for it! Don't take it! Put it down!"

The Heavenly Flame concerned her evolution and whether she could break through the shackles of her bloodline.

Thus, Queen Medusa could no longer care about maintaining her queenly image and began swearing furiously.

There was nothing she could do. Her body was currently imprisoned by space, leaving her without even the ability to resist.

The gap between a Dou Zong and a Dou Huang was not something that could be imagined from a difference of one word.

"Haha..." Seeing Queen Medusa so furious, Hun Cang was not angered by her curses. Instead, he laughed and reached out to gently stroke Queen Medusa's cheek.

She was being teased? Feeling the unfamiliar warmth of a stranger's hand against her cheek, Queen Medusa froze on the spot.

The other Snake People Tribe experts were stunned as well.

Their queen had been teased by a human male?

Yue Mei swallowed hard. Good thing I didn't say anything foolish just now. If that man really becomes the Queen's favored possession in the future, I definitely won't be able to keep my position as clan chief.

As for male snake people like Mo Basi, their eyes nearly spat fire. Their Queen, whom the tribe revered every day—the lofty Queen—had actually let another man touch her face?

Ignoring Queen Medusa's murderous gaze, Hun Cang smiled slightly. "I know you want to use the Heavenly Flame to evolve. Don't worry. After I'm done using it, I'll come help you. Be good and wait for me at home."

He... actually knew her purpose?! Terror and shock instantly flooded Queen Medusa's eyes. She had never revealed this plan to anyone.

How did he know?

Could he see through her thoughts?

Queen Medusa panicked. Seeing Hun Cang preparing to leave, she subconsciously asked, "Why do you want to help me?"

"Because I'll need your help with something in the future." Hun Cang did not turn back. After saying that, he left directly with Hun Xiaoqiang.