Dou Zong Expert? How Was That Possible?!

Queen Medusa said nothing. She walked over to the throne and sat down.

The elders exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the others' eyes.

Queen Medusa was a peak Dou Emperor expert.

In the entire Jia Ma Empire, the people capable of injuring her could be counted on one hand.

Yet among those humans, someone had actually defeated Her Majesty the Queen?

"Your Majesty, who injured you?" Second Elder asked.

Queen Medusa fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"A human."

"About twenty years old."

"A Dou Zong expert."

The elders' expressions changed drastically at those words.

A Dou Zong expert barely in his twenties?

How was that possible?

When had the Jia Ma Empire produced such a genius?

"Your Majesty, are you certain?" Great Elder's voice trembled.

Queen Medusa glanced at him.

Great Elder immediately lowered his head, not daring to ask further.

The elders looked at one another, their hearts filled with shock.

Come to think of it, a human who could defeat Her Majesty the Queen...

Was indeed at least a Dou Zong-level expert.

"Your Majesty, was that human... also here for the Green Lotus Core Flame?" Third Elder asked.

Queen Medusa said nothing, which was as good as admitting it.

The elders' expressions turned even uglier.

The Green Lotus Core Flame was a supreme treasure the Snake-People Tribe was determined to obtain.

Who would have thought the humans had beaten them to it?

"Your Majesty, what should we do?" Great Elder asked.

Queen Medusa closed her eyes.

The elders did not dare say another word and stood quietly to the side.

The great hall fell silent.

Only Queen Medusa's breathing could be heard.

After Queen Medusa left, Xiao Chen withdrew his gaze.

He turned around and looked at the fissure.

Heat waves continuously surged from within it, and the temperature was extremely high.

Xiao Chen looked at Qing Lin.

"Come down with me."

Qing Lin froze for a moment and pointed at herself.

"Third Young Master, I'm going too?"

Xiao Chen nodded.

Qing Lin gritted her teeth and walked to Xiao Chen's side.

Xiao Chen reached out, grabbed her shoulder, and leaped into the fissure.

Their figures vanished into the darkness.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stood beside the fissure, worry written across their faces.

"Big Brother, Third Brother will be okay, right?" Xiao Li asked.

Xiao Ding was silent for a moment.

"He should be."

"Third Brother can even defeat Queen Medusa. There shouldn't be anything underground that can hurt him."

Though he said that, Xiao Ding's eyes still held a trace of worry.

Xiao Yi Xian stood nearby, gazing into the depths of the fissure without speaking.

Deep beneath the earth.

Xiao Chen and Qing Lin fell all the way down.

The temperature around them grew higher and higher, and even the air became distorted.

After an unknown length of time, the two landed in a cave.

The cave was enormous, spanning several hundred zhang.

At its center lay a lake of magma, where crimson lava churned and bubbled.

Heat waves washed over them.

Xiao Chen surveyed the surroundings.

At the center of the magma lake, a cluster of green flames floated in midair.

The flames were entirely green and radiated a terrifying heat.

The Green Lotus Core Flame.

The Heavenly Flame ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

A gleam flashed through Xiao Chen's eyes.

He had found it.

Just then, the magma lake suddenly exploded.

A huge serpent-like magical beast burst out of the magma.

The beast was crimson all over, with two heads. Its four eyes stared at Xiao Chen and Qing Lin.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

A fifth-tier magical beast, equivalent to a Dou Wang expert.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake opened its jaws and let out an angry roar.

It stared at Xiao Chen and Qing Lin, its eyes full of hostility.

This was its territory. Any intruder was its enemy.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake moved, lunging at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen stood where he was without moving.

Just as he was about to attack, Qing Lin suddenly stepped forward from behind him.

Qing Lin raised her head and looked at the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake rushing toward her.

Her pupils suddenly lit up.

A strange ray of light shot from her eyes and landed on the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's body suddenly stiffened.

It stopped in midair, completely motionless.

The hostility in its eyes gradually faded, replaced by confusion and obedience.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake slowly descended to the ground and lowered its head, both heads prostrating themselves before Qing Lin.

As if worshipping her.

Xiao Chen watched the scene and silently marveled.

Worthy of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Their ability to control serpent-type magical beasts truly lived up to its reputation.

A fifth-tier magical beast did not even have room to resist before the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Qing Lin looked at the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake prostrating itself before her, a smile appearing on her face.

"Third Young Master, it seems to listen to me..."

Xiao Chen nodded.

He looked at Qing Lin, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Qing Lin was one of Xiao Yan's romantic interests.

In the original story, Xiao Yan had encountered Qing Lin in the Tagor Desert, and the two had shared a period of interaction.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yan had not taken Qing Lin into his harem in the end.

Since he had transmigrated here, he naturally had to steal her first.

Such Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils would also be a great help by his side.

Xiao Chen dismissed his thoughts, his gaze falling on the Green Lotus Core Flame at the center of the magma lake.

He lifted his foot and walked forward.

The rocks beneath his feet had been baked scorching hot by the magma, but Xiao Chen seemed not to feel it at all.

He reached the edge of the magma lake and looked at the cluster of green flames.

The Green Lotus Core Flame floated above the magma lake, burning quietly.

Xiao Chen extended his hand and circulated the Dou Qi within his body.

His Dou Qi condensed into a giant hand that reached for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The Green Lotus Core Flame seemed to sense the threat, and its flames suddenly surged.

Terrifying heat swept toward Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen's expression remained unchanged.

He activated the Devouring Power, and a mass of black light appeared in his palm.

The green flames struck the black light and were directly devoured.

The Green Lotus Core Flame's struggle grew weaker and weaker.

Xiao Chen's giant Dou Qi hand seized the Green Lotus Core Flame and pulled it back.

The Green Lotus Core Flame struggled in his palm a few times before quieting down.

A cluster of green flames floated quietly in his palm.

Xiao Chen looked at the Green Lotus Core Flame in his hand, a smile appearing on his face.

The Heavenly Flame was his.

He put away the Green Lotus Core Flame, then turned and walked back the way he had come.

"Let's go."

Qing Lin nodded and followed behind him.

The Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake followed as well, staying by Qing Lin's side like a docile pet.

Xiao Chen led Qing Lin back along the path they had taken.

On the desert surface.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stood beside the fissure, waiting anxiously.

Nearly an hour had already passed.

Xiao Chen and Qing Lin still had not emerged.

"Big Brother, why isn't Third Brother out yet?" Xiao Li could not help asking.

Just as Xiao Ding was about to speak, a commotion came from within the fissure.

Two figures flew out of the fissure and landed on the ground.

They were Xiao Chen and Qing Lin.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hurriedly went to meet them.

"Third Brother, how did it go?"

Xiao Chen extended his hand, and a cluster of green flames appeared in his palm.

When Xiao Ding and Xiao Li saw the flames, their eyes widened.

"Th-this is a Heavenly Flame?"

Xiao Li's voice trembled.

Xiao Chen nodded.

Xiao Ding sucked in a cold breath.

He had not expected Xiao Chen to truly obtain a Heavenly Flame.

This was a Heavenly Flame.

The most terrifying flame between heaven and earth.

No one in the entire Jia Ma Empire possessed one, right?

Xiao Li looked at Xiao Chen, his eyes full of excitement.