Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Coercing Medusa

Gu Shenge immediately pressed the jade-green orb of light against his forehead. The green radiance transformed into countless specks of light, merging into his eyes. He felt a faint warmth spread through his vision, and deep within his pupils, three jade-green, comma-shaped flowers gradually emerged. They rotated slowly, radiating a mesmerizing and soul-capturing magical power.

"So this is the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Truly miraculous."

Gu Shenge used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to scan his surroundings. If nothing else, his vision had improved significantly; he could clearly see even the insects crawling in the cracks of walls hundreds of meters away.

He turned his head to look at Medusa, who was currently healing her wounds.

Medusa's stunningly beautiful face was twisted with faint pain, her delicate brows furrowed, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Clearly, the injuries caused by that palm strike were causing her great distress.

Even though the Dou Qi contained within the tenfold counterattack simulated by the system was of the same origin as her own, it was not something she could suppress, as it had reached the level of a Dou Ancestor.

Looking at the severely injured Snake-Person Queen, Gu Shenge had a very bold idea.

As the saying goes, the timid starve to death, while the bold are stuffed to death.

Gu Shenge decided to take a gamble; if he succeeded, the rewards would surely be bountiful.

He cautiously walked up to Medusa. Suddenly, Medusa opened her beautiful eyes, and a terrifying killing intent swept over him like a tidal wave. It made the hair on Gu Shenge's body stand on end, and a chill rose from his tailbone to his brain, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, causing goosebumps to erupt all over his skin.

"Ant, what do you intend to do to this Queen?"

Medusa forcibly suppressed the rampaging Dou Qi within her body and coldly questioned Gu Shenge. Her voice was bone-chillingly cold, like a frosty wind blowing against his face, freezing his very heart.

Facing the Snake-Person Queen's interrogation, Gu Shenge simply sat down on the ground, braving her killing intent to state his purpose.

"Your Majesty, I wish to make a deal with you."

"A deal? Do you, an ant, think you are worthy?"

Upon hearing this, Medusa dismissed it with disdain, not even bothering to look at Gu Shenge.

An ant without a shred of cultivation was not worthy of negotiating with her. If it weren't for the concern that her own attacks would be doubled and reflected back at her, she would have slapped him to death the moment he approached.

Gu Shenge was not angered. Medusa was right; to her, he was indeed a mere ant. He spoke calmly, questioning the Snake-Person Queen.

"I wonder if Your Majesty has ever heard of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?"

"The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!"

Hearing the name, Medusa's heart was shaken. Ignoring the chaotic Dou Qi in her body, she stared intently at Gu Shenge's eyes. Seeing the three small jade-green flowers slowly rotating within his pupils, her Companion Soul, the Purple Nether Flame Snake, sounded a frantic alarm, constantly warning Medusa to stay away from Gu Shenge.

Ignoring the warning from the Purple Nether Flame Snake, Medusa stared into Gu Shenge's eyes, her voice filled with surprise and deep wariness.

"It really is the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!"

Although Medusa did not know much about the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which existed only in ancient texts, she knew of their terrifying ability to control snake-type magical beasts. Once forcibly branded by the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, even a powerful Dou Zun or an eighth-rank magical beast would be controlled and forced to obey the user's commands.

Suddenly, Medusa raised her hand and lunged at Gu Shenge's eyes, fast as lightning, intending to forcibly gouge out the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

"Your Majesty, was the lesson from that previous strike not enough?"

At the critical moment, Gu Shenge spoke up to warn Medusa, forcing her hand to stop right before his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she slowly retracted her fair, jade-like hand.

This allowed Gu Shenge to breathe a sigh of relief internally. Damn it, this woman really resorts to killing at the slightest disagreement!

"So, Your Majesty, are you willing to hear my deal now?"

"Hmph! Do you think that relying on the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils gives you the qualifications to negotiate with me? An ant will always be an ant."

Hearing this, Medusa let out a cold snort. She was not the least bit interested in the deal Gu Shenge spoke of; she only wanted to recover from her injuries quickly and then find an opportunity to gouge out Gu Shenge's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to transplant them into herself.

Facing Medusa's mockery, Gu Shenge just smiled slightly, his tone shifting to one filled with threats.

"Your Majesty, although you are a noble Dou Emperor, in the face of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, no snake-type magical beast can escape the fate of being controlled. Furthermore, you are currently severely injured; how much strength do you have left to resist? I am negotiating with you now out of respect, giving you face. If you do not want this respect, then I do not mind resorting to some forceful measures."

"Oh, right, don't think about slapping me to death either. That would only hurt yourself, and you might accidentally die."

"If you die, the Snake-People Tribe will lose its backbone, and I fear it won't be long before they are wiped out by the Chu Yun Empire and the Jia Ma Empire."

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't want the Snake-People Tribe to be buried with you, would you?"

After speaking, Gu Shenge maintained his smile, though the three jade-green flowers in his eyes spun faster and faster, with eerie light flowing through them, clearly signaling that he would brand Medusa with his mark if things went south.

Facing Gu Shenge's threat, Medusa was enraged. Bright red Dou Qi surged like a tide, and the powerful aura of a peak Dou Emperor pressed down on Gu Shenge like a crushing mountain. He felt as if a giant boulder were pressing on his chest, making it impossible to breathe, and a massive mountain on his back forced him to bow his head.

Medusa looked coldly at the hunched Gu Shenge, killing intent flashing in her eyes. Her voice grew even colder as she questioned him: "You truly have guts, daring to threaten this Queen! Are you not afraid that I will kill you?"

Gu Shenge struggled to lift his head. Even facing the terrifying pressure of a peak Dou Emperor, he answered with a smile: "I am not afraid. I can guarantee that the one who dies will definitely be Your Majesty, not me."

To him, even the pressure of a Dou Emperor was nothing compared to the stress of having two girlfriends meet at the same time and nearly blowing up his "fish pond."

Medusa looked at the powerless Gu Shenge. She could kill him with a single slap, but she dared not gamble. If she lost the bet, it would not just be her who died, but the entire Snake-People Tribe.

As the Snake-Person Queen, Medusa cared deeply about the development of her tribe; otherwise, she would not have risked swallowing a Heavenly Flame in the original story to break through to the Dou Ancestor realm.

After a moment of silence, the stunningly beautiful Snake-Person Queen stared at Gu Shenge and asked.

"Speak, what kind of deal do you want to make with me?"

Seeing Medusa compromise, the corners of Gu Shenge's mouth curled up, revealing a smile.

"It's very simple. I want to take Your Majesty as my wife, and the bride price will certainly not disappoint you."

Hearing that this ant before her actually wanted to take her as his wife, a surge of shame and anger rose in Medusa's heart. A mere ant without a shred of cultivation dared to covet her—he was truly courting death!

If it weren't for the fact that her internal injuries were too severe and this ant was too bizarre, she would have torn him to pieces and thrown him to the poisonous pythons in the lake as food.

Medusa forced herself to calm down, refusing to let her anger flare up and aggravate her internal injuries.

The Snake-Person Queen looked at Gu Shenge with an expression of extreme contempt, her red lips parting slightly as her voice filled with disdain and disgust.

"You think you are worthy of taking this Queen as your wife? This Queen—"

Before Medusa could finish her sentence, Gu Shenge took out the Perfect Sect-Breaking Pill and presented it before the Snake-Person Queen, smiling as he introduced it:

"Your Majesty, as long as you are willing to marry me, this Perfect Sect-Breaking Pill, which can guarantee a peak Dou Emperor a one-hundred-percent breakthrough to the Dou Ancestor realm, will be your betrothal gift. There will be even more generous gifts to follow. How about it? Are you willing to make this deal?"

Looking at the Perfect Sect-Breaking Pill, surrounded by nine pill patterns and suffused with a pill glow, Medusa was slightly stunned, her beautiful eyes revealing astonishment.

After a long while, the Snake-Person Queen regained her composure and began to size up Gu Shenge, weighing whether this deal was worth it.

She had no other requirements for a husband, only one: he had to be stronger than her, capable of subduing her, and able to protect the Snake-Person Tribe.

The ant before her possessed not a shred of cultivation, yet he was incredibly bizarre; not only did he possess the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils that could suppress all snake-type magical beasts, but he also held the Sect-Breaking Pill that made her heart race.

For a fleeting moment, Medusa felt as if this person before her had been sent by the heavens to be her bane.