Transformation, Breakthrough to Dou Zong!

Queen Medusa held the jade vial and stared at Xiao Chen.

She lowered her head to glance at the pill in her hand, then looked back up at him.

It was entirely golden, with a rich medicinal fragrance.

It was undoubtedly a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.

But this human brat had stolen the Green Lotus Core Flame and injured her tribespeople, and now he was suddenly giving her a Pozong Pill.

She did not believe he could be so kind-hearted.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Queen Medusa asked coldly.

Xiao Chen looked at her without answering.

Queen Medusa's grip on the jade vial tightened slightly.

She knew very well that if this human brat truly wanted to harm her, he did not need to resort to such methods.

The last time they fought, she had not even been able to take a single palm strike from him.

With his strength, he could simply attack directly. Why go through such trouble?

Yet she still did not believe him.

She did not believe anyone would help her for no reason.

"If you don't believe me," Xiao Chen said indifferently, "suit yourself."

After saying that, he turned and walked away.

Queen Medusa watched his retreating back, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.

She lowered her gaze to the Pozong Pill in her hand.

A Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.

It could help her break through to Dou Zong.

She had been stuck at the Peak Dou Emperor for so many years, unable to break through.

Among the successive queens of the Snake-People Tribe, very few had managed to advance to Dou Zong.

If this pill was genuine, she could become one of them.

If it was fake, her meridians might be damaged at best, while at worst, all her cultivation could be ruined.

Queen Medusa clenched her teeth, struggling inwardly for a while.

She had been trapped at this bottleneck for far too long.

Every attempt at a breakthrough had ended in failure, and she had endured the agony of Dou Qi backlash countless times.

She had experienced the excruciating pain of torn meridians and the torment of her dantian swelling.

After every failure, she needed several months of recuperation to recover.

Yet she continued trying again and again.

Because she was unwilling to accept it.

Unwilling to remain trapped at the Peak Dou Emperor for the rest of her life.

Unwilling to let the Snake-People Tribe remain beneath humanity forever.

Now that the opportunity stood before her, even if there was only the slightest possibility, she did not want to give it up.

Queen Medusa opened the jade vial and poured out the Pozong Pill.

The golden pill rested in her palm, its medicinal fragrance rushing into her nose.

She stared at the pill for a long time, and her gaze gradually became resolute.

I'll gamble once.

Queen Medusa took a deep breath and put the pill into her mouth.

As soon as the pill entered her stomach, a vast medicinal force instantly spread through her body.

That medicinal force surged violently through her meridians toward every part of her body.

Queen Medusa's expression changed, and she quickly sat down cross-legged.

She closed her eyes, circulated the Dou Qi within her body, and began guiding that medicinal force.

The medicinal force rampaged through her meridians like an unbridled magical beast.

Queen Medusa gritted her teeth and desperately suppressed it.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead and slid down her cheeks.

The Dou Qi and medicinal force within her body collided continuously.

Each collision sent waves of piercing pain through her meridians.

She knew this pain all too well.

Every previous failed breakthrough had felt exactly like this.

Queen Medusa clenched her teeth and refused to give up.

She guided the medicinal force toward her dantian, every inch of progress requiring tremendous effort.

The stabbing pain in her meridians grew increasingly intense, and her body began to tremble slightly.

Her face turned pale, and she bit her lips hard enough to draw blood.

Yet she never stopped.

The medicinal force was finally guided into her dantian.

The Dou Qi and medicinal force within her dantian fused together and began expanding wildly.

Queen Medusa felt as though her dantian was about to burst apart.

That swelling sensation was more intense than during any of her previous breakthroughs.

She desperately compressed it, continuously condensing that power.

The Dou Qi within her body surged madly as her dantian repeatedly expanded and contracted.

At last, her dantian suddenly contracted.

Then it exploded with a thunderous roar.

A powerful aura erupted from her body.

The surrounding sand exploded from the shock.

With her at the center, the sand within dozens of meters was overturned by the blast.

Queen Medusa opened her eyes, and a glint flashed through them.

Dou Zong.

She had broken through.

The bottleneck that had trapped her for so many years had finally been shattered.

Queen Medusa felt the abundant power within her, her heart overflowing with excitement.

One-Star Dou Zong.

Though it was only One-Star, it was an entirely different realm from the Peak Dou Emperor.

The amount of Dou Qi within her body had increased by several times.

She lowered her head and glanced at her lower body.

At some point, her long snake tail had transformed into a human form.

A pair of slender, long jade-like feet was exposed, their skin fair and smooth.

Her ankles were delicate, their curves beautiful.

Her calves were long and sleek, without the slightest excess flesh.

Her knees were round, and above them were soft, fair thighs, mostly concealed beneath her skirt.

Queen Medusa froze for a moment, then her face flushed slightly.

When a queen of the Snake-People Tribe broke through to Dou Zong, her snake tail would transform into human form.

She extended a hand and gently touched her calf.

Warmth traveled from her fingertips.

Queen Medusa raised her head and met Xiao Chen's gaze.

Xiao Chen stood not far away, watching her.

She did not know when he had stopped and turned around.

His gaze fell upon her legs and lingered for a moment.

Only then did Queen Medusa realize that she was still sitting on the ground, her bare legs exposed.

She hurriedly stood and tugged at her skirt.

The skirt could only cover the middle of her thighs, leaving everything below her knees exposed.

Those fair, tender calves and slender ankles were fully displayed before Xiao Chen.

Queen Medusa's face reddened even more.

In all her years, she had never been so embarrassed before a man.

"You..." Queen Medusa looked at him, her eyes full of complicated emotions. "You really helped me break through."

Xiao Chen said nothing.

Queen Medusa took a deep breath.

She walked up to Xiao Chen and stopped.

They stood less than three feet apart.

"I owe you a favor."

Her voice was not loud, but it carried a trace of solemnity.

Not just anyone could obtain a favor from the queen of the Snake-People Tribe.

In the entire Jia Ma Empire, there were only a handful of people who could make Queen Medusa say such words.

Xiao Chen looked at her and still said nothing.

A system voice sounded in Xiao Chen's mind.

[Detected that the host has helped Queen Medusa break through to the Dou Zong realm.]

[Mission complete. The host has received three feedback opportunities.]

[Use immediately?]

Xiao Chen silently answered in his heart, Use them immediately.

[Calculating feedback.]

[First feedback: The host's strength has increased, breaking through to Three-Star Dou Zong.]

Xiao Chen felt a vast force surge from within his body.

That force was even more profound than when he had broken through to Two-Star Dou Zong.

Dou Qi surged madly through his meridians as his dantian continuously expanded and contracted.

Xiao Chen felt the abundant Dou Qi within him, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.

[Second feedback: The host has obtained an Earth Tier High-Level Dou Technique, Nirvana Finger.]

[Nirvana Finger, an Earth Tier High-Level Dou Technique. One finger strike brings annihilation to all things. Its power is extremely formidable.]

When Xiao Chen saw this reward, a glint flashed through his eyes.

An Earth Tier High-Level Dou Technique.

It was already considered a top-tier Dou Technique in the Jia Ma Empire.

The cultivation method for Nirvana Finger surfaced in his mind.

Condense Dou Qi at the fingertip, then point once to annihilate everything.

Once cultivated to mastery, one finger could sever mountains and rivers.

Xiao Chen committed the method to memory and prepared to begin cultivating it after returning.

[Third feedback: The host has obtained the formula for a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill, the Heart-Breaking Pill.]

[Heart-Breaking Pill, a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill. It can help a Dou Zong expert break through a bottleneck and raise their strength by one star.]

He was now a Three-Star Dou Zong. Once he gathered the ingredients and refined the Heart-Breaking Pill, he could break through another star.

Xiao Chen withdrew his thoughts, a smile appearing on his face.

He smiled in satisfaction.