Boom—!
With a sudden charge, Medusa compressed the air before her until it exploded with a bang. Her massive snake head crashed straight toward Ye Qiu and Dugu Bo's faces.
"Heh, quite the temper."
Ye Qiu murmured.
"Benefactor, fall back!"
Dugu Bo immediately moved, intending to retreat.
Then—
Dugu Bo neither heard Ye Qiu's reply nor saw him make any move. Instead, Medusa's painful, terrified roar rang out beside his ears.
"Roar—!"
Drip, drip!
A large pool of crimson blood splattered onto the dark, damp floor of the cave.
"Th-this is...!!!"
Under Dugu Bo's disbelieving gaze, two enormous blood-red palms stretched out from the dark void. They effortlessly seized Medusa's vat-thick body and gave it a casual squeeze, nearly crushing her gallbladder out.
"Can't take it already?"
Ye Qiu touched his eyes. Just now, he had not used Creation Divine Power to activate them. This was merely the power his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan had gained after obtaining the seventh spirit ring—the complete Susanoo.
"Roar—!"
Medusa let out a mournful cry, and all the little snakes around her head opened their mouths as well. Emerald-green power seemed to surge up from deep in their throats, transforming into beams that rained down upon Ye Qiu.
Dugu Bo did not even have time to use a defensive Soul Skill.
Rumble—!
The snake cave shook violently.
Dugu Bo stood blankly beside Ye Qiu, staring at the blood-red barrier before them. Raising his head, he looked at the Blood Giant that covered him and his benefactor with only half its body. Those blood-red hands from earlier had come from this giant!
Was this Benefactor's Martial Soul Avatar?!
Whoosh—!
Two dazzling, diamond-like rays suddenly blossomed amid the dust outside the Blood Giant.
A sinister power erupted there.
Dugu Bo immediately warned, "Benefactor, it's Medusa's innate skill—Medusa's