"Your Majesty the Queen! You mustn't!"
One of the most senior Great Elders slithered forward. He bowed to the queen, then earnestly tried to dissuade her.
"Your Majesty, our clan's Evolution Secret Method may have been passed down from ancient times, but no one has used it in many years.
"First, Heavenly Flames are exceedingly rare natural treasures. They're difficult to find.
"Second, the method has a success rate of less than one in ten! According to the method's records alone, more than a dozen queens have died attempting it!
"At present, you're the only Dou Huang expert holding up the Serpent-Human Clan. If you fail, our clan will be plunged into a calamity from which there's no recovery!
"Please think this through, Your Majesty! Please!"
After speaking, the old Snake-Person bowed deeply to Queen Meduza, his body nearly pressed to the ground.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
"Please think this through, Your Majesty!"
As the old man bowed, all the Snake-People below lowered themselves before Queen Meduza and begged her to reconsider! The sight of hundreds of Snake-Person experts kneeling and bowing their heads was truly shocking.
"Enough!"
Queen Meduza's voice rang out, cold and sharp. She rose to her feet and looked down at her subjects, ready to berate them.
But she opened her mouth, then ultimately said nothing.
She knew that although she was prepared to stake her life, evolution was nearly impossible to achieve.
But...
But she had been stuck at the Dou Huang Realm for far, far too long.
The Serpent-Human Clan's decline had left Medusa with a companion magical beast whose soul was woefully weak.
That, in turn, had limited her talent and sealed off any chance of advancing further!
Even if she relied on pills to force her way into the Dou Zong Realm, she