"What... what is going on?" Medusa's throat tightened, her voice trembling uncontrollably.
She had lived for centuries, yet she had never seen anything so bizarre—someone who could abduct her from her palace and bring her here in an instant, while effortlessly restraining both her subordinates and enemies.
This youth's strength had already surpassed the realm of "powerful expert." He was more like a deity from legend.
Hua Qiang smiled faintly at her words, his gaze falling upon Hua Jing in her arms.
Hua Jing's face was deathly pale, her lips purple. She had clearly been poisoned by Medusa's snake venom, and her breath was so faint it was almost imperceptible.
"Heh, you little bug, you've got some nerve."
Hua Qiang's voice was not loud, yet it carried unquestionable authority.
"You dared touch one of mine. Who gave you the courage?"
Before his words had even faded, Medusa felt her hands grow light.
Hua Jing vanished from her embrace out of thin air, appearing before the youth the very next moment.
Hua Qiang carefully cradled Hua Jing in his arms. A white jade bottle appeared in his hand. He pulled out its stopper and slowly poured the crystalline liquid inside into Hua Jing's mouth.
The liquid gave off a faint fragrance. Once it entered Hua Jing's mouth, the pallor of her face receded at a visible rate, the purple on her lips gradually faded, and her breathing became steady.
Medusa's pupils abruptly contracted—that was Life Divine Water!
A supreme treasure said to raise the dead and grow flesh upon white bones. She had spent a thousand years searching with all her heart, yet failed to find even a single drop. Hua Qiang, however, used it as casually as ordinary spring water, even using it to save a human girl.
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