Make Me Your Wife

The next morning, Ye Xiu left the inn with Xiao Yi Xian, ready to set off for Jia Ma Holy City.

Xiao Yi Xian carried a small bundle on her back as she walked beside Ye Xiu, looking to be in a pretty good mood.

"Master, is Jia Ma Holy City big? Is it bigger than Heiyan City? I've never been there before!"

"Big," Ye Xiu said. "It's the biggest city in the Jia Ma Empire. What do you think?"

Xiao Yi Xian giggled twice and was just about to say something when—

Boom!

An utterly terrifying pressure swept in from outside the city, instantly enveloping all of Mo City.

The pressure was so overwhelming that ordinary people collapsed to the ground and couldn't get back up. The mercenaries turned deathly pale, their legs going weak.

Xiao Yi Xian staggered and nearly fell. Ye Xiu reached out to steady her, his brow furrowing.

He knew this aura very well. It belonged to Queen Medusa!

A moment later, a cold voice rang throughout the city:

"Ye Xiu! Get out here!"

The shrill, piercing voice made every house in the city tremble.

Xiao Yi Xian's face changed. She clutched Ye Xiu's sleeve. "M-Master, who is that?"

Ye Xiu was silent for a moment. "The queen of the Snake-Person Race."

Xiao Yi Xian: "???"

A figure appeared in the distant sky.

It was a woman in a red dress, standing in midair.

Although Xiao Yi Xian was weak, she had heard that flying without Dou Qi Wing Transformation was something only a Dou Zong could do!

She swallowed and turned to look at Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu stood there without a trace of panic on his face, though he did look a little troubled.

"Master, why did the queen of the Snake-Person Race come looking for you?"

Ye Xiu didn't answer. He patted her on the shoulder. "Go back to the inn and stay there. Don't come out."

With that, a pair of fiery wings burst open behind him with a roar, and he shot into the sky.

The city had already descended into chaos.

The pressure was far too powerful. Ordinary people were pinned to the ground, and even those with some strength hid inside their homes, too afraid to come out. The streets were deserted, with only a few abandoned stalls left behind.

In a secluded little shop on the eastern side of Mo City, Hai Bodong had been hunched over, drawing a map. When the pressure swept over him, the pen in his hand fell onto the table with a clack.

His face turned deathly pale.

This aura...

It was one he would never forget!

Decades ago, he had been one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire, a man of boundless renown. But the owner of this aura had beaten him half to death and placed a seal on him, keeping his cultivation from advancing for decades and forcing him to eke out a living running a map shop in this forsaken place!

Medusa!

Why had she come here?

Hai Bodong hurriedly suppressed his aura as much as he could, then huddled behind the counter, not daring to breathe too loudly.

Then he carefully sensed her strength, and went completely dumbfounded.

A Dou... Dou Zong?!

Had Medusa broken through to Dou Zong?!

In the sky, Medusa stood in midair, staring coldly below.

A figure suddenly shot up from the city. A pair of blue-green flame wings spread behind him, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of her.

He was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in fine clothes, his face taut with terror.

He cupped his hands toward Medusa, his voice trembling. "I-I'm Li Cang, the lord of Mo City. I greet Your Majesty! I didn't know Your Majesty would honor us with your presence, so I failed to welcome you. Please forgive me!"

Medusa glanced at him as if he were an ant.

"Has any Dou Emperor come to Mo City in the past two days?" she asked coldly.

Li Cang froze. A Dou Emperor?

He swallowed and said cautiously, "Y-Your Majesty, I'm not sure..."

Before he could finish, Medusa casually waved a hand.

Boom!

The city lord exploded into a cloud of blood before he could even scream.

Below, the people hiding in their homes saw what had happened and were too terrified even to breathe.

Medusa lowered her hand, her expression unchanged.

She had never thought much of humans. Killing a city lord was no different from crushing an ant.

"Ye Xiu, if you don't come out, I'll slaughter this entire city."

Her voice rang throughout the city.

As soon as she finished speaking, a voice rose from below.

"Your Majesty, why are you so angry?"

Medusa turned her head.

A young man in a black robe flew up from the city, smiling as he looked at her.

The moment Medusa saw him, her gaze turned icy.

"So you finally decided to show yourself."

Ye Xiu flew up to her and stopped several dozen meters away. He smiled. "Your Majesty came all this way to find me. How could I not show up?"

Medusa stared at him without a word.

The next moment, she moved.

Without any visible effort, she instantly appeared in front of Ye Xiu and struck at him with her palm.

The blow looked effortless, but it carried terrifying force. The air around them compressed and warped.

Ye Xiu didn't dodge. He raised his hand and met her palm with his own.

Boom!

Their palms collided, and a shock wave exploded outward, making the houses below tremble.

Medusa narrowed her eyes.

This man had actually taken her blow?

She was now a Dou Zong. Although Ye Xiu was also a Dou Emperor, he was an entire major realm below her. In theory, even if that strike didn't kill him, it should have injured him.

But he had blocked it, and he looked perfectly at ease.

Ye Xiu lowered his hand and smiled at her. "Your Majesty, can't we talk this out? Do we really have to fight?"

Medusa's face was cold. "You did that to me and then ran off. You humans really are all the same."

"I didn't run," Ye Xiu said. "I just wanted to give Your Majesty some time to calm down."

"I've been calm the whole time."

"Does this look calm to you?"

Medusa couldn't be bothered to waste words on him. She struck at him again.

Ye Xiu didn't back down. He met her head-on.

The two of them began fighting in the sky.

Below, the people hiding in the city stared in stunned disbelief.

That was a Dou Zong! The Jia Ma Empire hadn't seen more than a handful of Dou Zongs in hundreds of years! And now one was fighting a young man? What was more, the young man could actually fight back?

Watching the two figures in the sky through his shop window, Hai Bodong was utterly dumbfounded.

That kid... could actually exchange blows with Medusa?

He remembered how Ye Xiu had visited his shop just a few dozen days ago to buy a remnant map, then casually pinned him down and beat him. Back then, he'd thought the young man was impressive, but that was all.

But now, it was obvious that this damn kid wasn't a Dou Wang at all. He was a Dou Emperor!

And he could even fight a Dou Zong!

Hai Bodong swallowed.

The two of them had already fought their way outside the city.

The more Medusa fought, the more wrong things felt.

She was a Dou Zong. Even though she wasn't using her full strength, a Dou Emperor shouldn't have been able to hold his own against her!

Ye Xiu, on the other hand, was quite composed. He could even talk while blocking her attacks.

"Your Majesty, you've chased me all this way. You're not doing all this just to beat me up, are you?"

Medusa ignored him and struck again.

Ye Xiu dodged and went on, "If you're really angry, I'll admit it. But you have to be fair, right? You were the one who pounced on me last night. It's not like I forced you."

Medusa's face flushed, and her attacks grew even fiercer.

As he dodged, Ye Xiu continued, "And I even left you with some dignity when I went. I left you a note. That was decent of me, wasn't it?"

"Shut up!"

Medusa struck at him again. This time, Ye Xiu didn't dodge. Instead, he charged forward.

The distance between them closed in an instant.

Medusa froze. Before she could react, she felt an arm tighten around her waist.

Ye Xiu hooked one arm around her waist, pressed his other hand against the back of her head, and kissed her.

Medusa was utterly stunned.

In all her years, no one had ever dared treat her like this!

When she came to her senses, she opened her mouth and bit down hard.

Ye Xiu hissed and let go of her, taking a step back. He touched his lips and looked at his hand. It was covered in blood.

Medusa stood there, staring at him. A trace of panic flashed in her eyes, and her chest heaved.

Ye Xiu licked the blood from his lips and smiled.

"All right, now we're even, right?"

"I made you bleed yesterday, and you made me bleed today."

Medusa gritted her teeth, unable to speak for a long moment.

After a while, she suddenly said, "You make it sound so easy. What do you take me for?"

Ye Xiu looked at her and answered seriously, "Would you be my girlfriend?"

Medusa froze.

She had never heard that word before.

"What does it mean?"

Ye Xiu then put it as plainly as he could: "Your Majesty, be my wife."