Green Lotus Core Flame

"If it failed, the Snake People Tribe would be completely erased from the continent. Had she ever considered that?"

Upon hearing this, Queen Medusa's expression shifted subtly. She stopped walking, turned sideways, and looked at Jiang Cheng before her.

Yes...

If she failed, could the Snake People Tribe still escape their thousand-year predicament?

Although they could raise the Next Queen Medusa, it would require a great deal of time and effort. By the time they nurtured the next Queen, the Snake People Tribe would likely have already been wiped out by their enemies.

Medusa pursed her Red Lips. "That is why I have placed all my hopes on you. If I find out that you are deceiving This King, then even if I cannot defeat you, I will still let you experience what it feels like to have your body drained dry."

Cough, cough, cough...

Jiang Cheng did not get angry. He merely smiled elegantly, shifting his gaze away from the pendant resting against Queen Medusa's chest and toward the Dead Water Pool before him.

A small island stood in the water, shrouded in a breathtaking Flame Aura. The energy was extremely violent. Any Expert below the Dou Emperor realm who touched it without protection would have a one hundred percent chance of death.

Medusa extended a slender finger toward the island in the distance. "The Heavenly Flame is inside. If you have the ability to obtain it, This King will naturally allow you to leave the Snake People Tribe with the Green Lotus Core Flame."

Jiang Cheng looked at the clear pool. This was the Dead Water Pool, yet its water was unexpectedly transparent.

Beneath the pool lurked a Fourth-Tier Snake Magical Beast equivalent to a Dou Ling. Like an assassin, it waited for its prey to step into its encirclement. Its long tongue flicked in and out constantly, producing soft hissing sounds.

At the same time, any green leaves that landed on the water instantly turned into ash, as though they had never existed.

Queen Medusa's lips curled into a faint smile. Her Snake Tail sprang forward with force, and she leaped smoothly into the water like a fish returning to the sea. Her hundred-plus-pound body merged into the pool, splashing up a few elegant droplets.

The poison in the water was nothing more than a drizzle to Queen Medusa. It could not harm her in the slightest. In fact, the moment she entered the water, the poison within it grew several times stronger.

After surfacing steadily, she flashed Jiang Cheng a seductive smile. "What, do you not dare come over? Did you not say that you were a Dou Saint Expert? Are you afraid of this little poison too?"

Jiang Cheng smiled. What man would admit he could not do it? He stepped forward, and when his right foot touched the water, his body was supported by its surface. There were no ripples beneath him, as though Jiang Cheng's body weighed less than a breeze.

Seeing this, Medusa finally believed that Jiang Cheng truly was a Dou Saint. Leaving no trace upon the water—what kind of control would it take to achieve such a feat?

It might have looked simple, but actually doing it was as difficult as reaching the heavens. One had to control one's Dou Qi precisely while also blocking out the deadly poison around them.

The Fourth-Tier Magical Beast beneath them also lunged at Jiang Cheng like a mad creature. Yet before it came within three meters of him, its body froze in midair.

Then, with a deafening bang, the Fourth-Tier Magical Beast exploded directly into a cloud of blood mist and sank to the bottom.

Seeing this, Queen Medusa let out an awkward laugh. That had been her little pet, and it had just died like that...

It had not even managed to test him, nor had it even gotten the chance to see him make a move.

Soon, Jiang Cheng crossed the poisonous lake steadily. He nodded with a smile. "Can she believe me now?"

"Allow me to introduce myself again. My name is Jiang Cheng, the Academy Confucian Sage. The world calls me Mister."

"You mean you want me to call you Mister?" Medusa had never liked the feeling of being dependent on others, so she refused immediately. Even if he was far stronger than her, it could not change the pride of the Snake People Tribe's Queen.

"As you wish. I treat all things kindly, but only those who are amiable and respectful. Anyone who defies me will receive the appropriate punishment."

Jiang Cheng was already being merciful. If it had been another person with the realm of a Dou Saint, they would likely have pinned Queen Medusa beneath them and taken her by force. Not only would the Heavenly Flame be theirs, but so would she.

That was why he bore the name Confucian Sage.

"So this is a Heavenly Flame?"

Before him, a lotus wreathed in Green Flame appeared. Above the lotus, its scorching heat obscured all the surrounding space, preventing enemies from spying on its true form.

This was the nineteenth Heavenly Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the Green Lotus Core Flame. It was a flame that existed within Core Lava, born deep beneath the earth. After countless temperings, fusions, compressions, and carvings by Earth Fire, it gained spirit in ten years, took shape in a hundred years, and became a lotus in a thousand years.

Once fully matured, its color leaned toward green. A cluster of green fire grew within its lotus heart, Named the Green Lotus Flame, also called the Green Lotus Core Flame. Its power was unfathomable. Near volcanic regions, it could even trigger volcanic eruptions and form the destructive power of nature itself!

Just as Jiang Cheng approached, the Green Lotus Core Flame seemed to sense an unprecedented enemy and fled wildly. Flames comparable to a Dou Zong burst forth with it.

Yet this little flame was still far too weak before a Dou Saint. Although there was no Green Lotus Platform, subduing the Heavenly Flame was not difficult. Before absolute power, any resistance was futile.

Jiang Cheng took the Wine Gourd hanging at his waist and tipped back several large gulps. Then he seized the frantically fleeing Green Lotus Core Flame, while the invisible might of his Dou Saint realm erupted.

The immense energy instantly caused the Snake People Tribe to tremble. Houses shook, dust rose everywhere, and a sandstorm formed, as though a magnitude-nine earthquake had struck, sweeping across the entire Tagor Desert.

"Not bad for a Heavenly Flame. It still wanted to resist." Jiang Cheng squeezed hard. Under his overwhelming strength, the Heavenly Flame could only bow in submission, trembling faintly as though crying out its grievances.

After subduing the Heavenly Flame, the system reward arrived as well.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame. You have received the Yellow Tier Low Grade Cultivation Method, Flame Mantra!]

Although the Flame Mantra was only Yellow Tier Low Grade, its strange aspect was its ability to evolve.

Its evolvability meant that it could continuously evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames, eventually even surpassing the Heaven Tier.

It was also the only thing capable of devouring all Heavenly Flames. With it, there would be no need to fear Heavenly Flames battling one another within the body in the future.

Seeing the Green Lotus Core Flame resting so calmly In Hand Jiang Cheng's, Queen Medusa was deeply moved. Was this the true power of a Dou Saint Expert?

Even a Heavenly Flame formed by heaven and earth avoided him as if it feared him beyond measure. It was truly horrifying.