How About Becoming My Dao Companion?

Facing Queen Medusa's contemptuous words, Lin Mu remained unmoved. "I know your strength has reached the Peak Dou Emperor, and you need a Heavenly Flame to evolve yourself, am I right?"

The world fell silent at once.

The several commanders and elders of the Snake People Race all looked up at Queen Medusa in disbelief.

"Her Majesty the Queen... is she actually going to take that step?!"

"If she succeeds, Her Majesty the Queen will truly become a Dou Zong. At that time, no one in the Jia Ma Empire will be a match for our Snake People Race."

"But you all know how perilous that step is. One misstep, and she could be reduced to ashes!"

Everyone looked toward Queen Medusa, seemingly hoping to hear a definite answer from her.

"Hmm?"

Queen Medusa smiled faintly. "So what if I am? So what if I am not? I have no interest in you humans."

"If you do not leave now, I fear this desert will bury another Dou Emperor's corpse today."

As Lin Mu sensed the faint aura emanating from Queen Medusa, he gained a clearer understanding of her strength. Though she, like the several elders, could be called a Peak Dou Emperor—

Queen Medusa was clearly far stronger.

After all, she had already reached perfection in the Peak Dou Emperor realm. She was only lacking an opportunity for evolution before stepping into the Dou Zong realm.

"Heh heh."

Lin Mu gripped the Purple Spirit Sword and slowly pointed it at Queen Medusa. "If you win today's battle, I will help you obtain a Heavenly Flame. If you lose, how about becoming my dao companion?"

"Human, are you courting death?!"

Mo Bass, who already harbored feelings for Queen Medusa, was the first to lose his temper. He immediately unleashed all his Dou Qi, ready to fight Lin Mu to the death.

"Mo Bass! Even several elders would struggle to take this man down. Going up there would only mean death." Gray Robe Old Snake Person stopped Mo Bass in time.

"He has disrespected Her Majesty the Queen. Today, he will definitely die here."

"Interesting. In all these years, you are the first human to speak so bluntly. Unfortunately, you are not qualified."

As the noble Queen Medusa, when had a human ever come to her doorstep and acted so brazenly? Anger inevitably surged within Queen Medusa, and killing intent began to emerge in her seductive eyes.

Boom!

A beam of violet energy streaked with red shot into the sky. Queen Medusa beat her wings and abruptly descended before Lin Mu, striking down with her palm.

With that palm strike, energy instantly rippled outward, while its most terrifying force concentrated into a single blast hurtling toward Lin Mu.

Lin Mu threw out a palm as well. The energy within their bodies erupted at that moment, flooding the heavens and earth and changing the color of the surrounding sky.

From the center of the energy explosion, a violet streak of light shot into the air. Behind her, a crimson Snake Shadow began to condense!

Countless snake shadows descended, carrying a terrifying aura of slaughter. Queen Medusa's full-strength attack was indeed on an entirely different level from those elders' earlier attacks.

"Break!"

Lin Mu swung the Purple Spirit Sword, and sword shadows emerged behind him one after another. Each sword shadow carried the searing, destructive power of the Yin Yang Twin Flames.

Seeing the terrifying clash about to erupt in the sky, the Snake People below hurriedly retreated, narrowly avoiding the destructive storm spreading from above.

"A Heavenly Flame?"

In the sky, Queen Medusa narrowed her eyes. Even she was deeply wary of such a thing, and she herself had been desperately searching for a Heavenly Flame. She had not expected to encounter one today.

"Wind Hành Palm!"

A gale swept forth. This palm strike from Lin Mu completely unleashed his Yin Yang Twin Flames. The Black and White Flames transformed into a fiery storm high in the air and engulfed Queen Medusa.

"Hmph."

With a cold snort, a crimson radiance flashed, and a longsword appeared in Queen Medusa's hand. Facing the flame storm that seemed capable of burning everything away, she swung her sword, and a hundred-meter crimson sword light exploded through the sky.

The next instant, her figure vanished. She actually charged straight toward the center of the explosion.

The black-and-white wings behind Lin Mu beat as well. Both of them activated their Dou Qi, colliding high in the sky like two streaks of light.

Boom!

A dull collision rang out, and cracks appeared in space itself, as though it were about to shatter.

"They actually shattered space? Has the battle between Her Majesty the Queen and this human already faintly reached the level of a Dou Zong?" Yue Mei cried out.

"Her Majesty the Queen is already only one step away from becoming a Dou Zong, so it is not surprising. What I did not expect was for that human to possess such power as well," an elder of the Snake People Race said.

Boom!

Their exchange was incredibly fast, every collision accompanied by a powerful energy shockwave. The sword in Queen Medusa's hand erupted with afterimages, each one possessing enough power to severely injure an ordinary Dou Emperor.

Facing an expert like Queen Medusa, Lin Mu naturally had to go all out. The Purple Spirit Sword was wrapped in the Yin Yang Twin Flames, and with one thrust, it stirred up towering waves of fire.

The Black and White Flames covered the sky, even faintly warping the surrounding space. Yet under such pressure, Queen Medusa unleashed surging sword Qi from her entire body and directly tore apart the waves of fire!

"Do not think a mere Heavenly Flame can do anything to me!"

Queen Medusa's figure strangely appeared behind Lin Mu. She struck out with her palm, but a flash of lightning swept past. By the time she reacted, Lin Mu was already a thousand meters away.

Queen Medusa merely glanced at Lin Mu before her figure vanished again. At the same time, snake shadows appeared throughout the sky—more than a hundred of them!

Queen Medusa's true body seemed hidden among those snake shadows, making her impossible to detect.

"As expected of Queen Medusa."

Lin Mu drew a deep breath as brilliant Golden Light began to surge from his body.

Though Queen Medusa did not know what Lin Mu was doing, she would not let this chance to kill him slip away. Amid the radiance of the countless Snake Shadows, Queen Medusa's figure suddenly appeared, her body transforming into a streak of light as she came from within the shadows.

"Kun Peng Method!"

Lin Mu locked onto Queen Medusa's figure at that moment. Golden light swiftly climbed over the Purple Spirit Sword, its brilliance nearly swallowing Lin Mu's body whole.

Boom!

The terrifying explosion unleashed an incomparably dreadful energy shockwave in the sky. The ground below was torn apart, buildings were flattened, and the elders of the Snake People Race hurriedly activated their formation, barely managing to protect their city.