Staring at Yao Lao!

Staring at Yao Lao!

"She really is breathtakingly beautiful."

Jiang Han openly looked Medusa over, his gaze eventually settling on her peerless face as he offered his heartfelt appraisal.

Beyond her bewitching charm, perhaps because Medusa had long held a position of power, Jiang Han also sensed a noble and regal air about her.

"Such a fine cabbage, wasted on a pig."

Jiang Han glanced at Xiao Yan beside him again and could not help clicking his tongue, leaving Xiao Yan utterly baffled.

"Your Majesty!"

The moment Medusa appeared, every Snake-Person atop the city wall, including Mo Bas and Yue Mei, immediately dropped to their knees and called out respectfully.

"Tell me, having come all this way, what do you wish to borrow from me?"

Medusa looked calmly at Jiang Han. Her red lips parted slightly, and a delicate curve lifted at their corners.

In an instant, her exquisite face overflowed with seductive allure. Every frown and smile was enough to make one lose oneself.

"Azure Lotus Core Flame."

The five calm syllables left Jiang Han's mouth.

"Azure Lotus Core Flame?"

"When did Her Majesty obtain a Strange Fire?"

Upon hearing Jiang Han's words, Mo Bas and Yue Mei looked at each other, both wearing expressions of utter shock.

Clearly, they had not known that Medusa possessed the Azure Lotus Core Flame.

"What does Her Majesty want a Strange Fire for?"

As soon as Yue Mei's puzzled question fell, she seemed to recall something and cried out in alarm, "Could it be that Her Majesty intends to use the Strange Fire to break through?"

"That should be it." Mo Bas nodded.

"But the success rate of breaking through with a Strange Fire is less than ten percent! If anything happens to Her Majesty, our entire Snake-People Tribe may be plunged into danger!"

Thinking of the human experts outside the desert who were eyeing them covetously, Yue Mei's expression changed slightly.

"Her Majesty has remained a Dou Emperor for many years. She must be growing impatient as well."

Mo Bas glanced at Medusa and sighed softly. "As the tribe leader, she bears immense responsibility. More than any of us, she wishes to become stronger. Once she breaks through to the Dou Zong realm, the influence of our Snake-People Tribe will rapidly expand, and we will no longer have to remain trapped in this vast desert."

"How did you know that I obtained the Azure Lotus Core Flame?!"

The moment Jiang Han named the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Medusa's expression abruptly changed.

Her slender fingers lightly brushed aside the silky hair hanging before her forehead, while traces of chill lingered within her pale violet eyes.

Almost at the same time.

A cold, sinister aura spread from Medusa's body and, in an instant, enveloped Jiang Han and Xiao Yan.

Jiang Han was unaffected, but Xiao Yan shuddered and hurriedly circulated the Dou Qi within his body to ward off the cold.

"Not only do I know that you obtained the Azure Lotus Core Flame, I also know that you are merely an energy body containing a fraction of your true body's will."

A playful smile rested on Jiang Han's lips as he looked at Medusa. "As for your true body, it is hiding somewhere, preparing to evolve."

"What? An energy body?!"

After Jiang Han said that, Xiao Yan looked once more at Medusa atop the city wall, his face filled with astonishment.

Mo Bas and Yue Mei's expressions shifted as well. They had not expected this to be merely an energy body of their queen.

Rumble—

Suddenly, Jiang Han moved.

Amid a thunderous hum, a straight punch surged through the air.

In an instant.

A series of Air Bursts erupted through the void above the city wall, and the chill that had invaded Xiao Yan's body vanished without a trace.

Seeing the terrifying fist that still carried an aura above her own, Queen Medusa's beautiful face darkened sharply.

The next moment.

Jiang Han appeared behind Medusa, his other hand slowly coming to rest on her right shoulder.

"Audacious human!"

"Take your filthy hand off Her Majesty!"

At the sight, Yue Mei and Mo Bas's expressions sank. The energy wings on their backs flapped as they lunged at Jiang Han at high speed.

"I don't have time to deal with you."

However, before Yue Mei and Mo Bas could reach Jiang Han, Jiang Han's left hand, which had been resting on Medusa's shoulder, clenched into a fist. Terrifying fist force blasted Yue Mei and Mo Bas backward.

"Damn it!"

Yue Mei and Mo Bas struck out repeatedly to resist the fist force, but after failing time and again, their faces were filled with anxiety.

"Am I right, Medusa?"

Jiang Han did not even look at Yue Mei or Mo Bas. He leaned forward slightly, his warm breath drifting across Medusa's exquisite cheek before him.

"Your Excellency truly has some skill, to see through my Energy Clone so quickly."

Feeling the warmth of the person behind her, Medusa's body stiffened slightly.

After speaking in a cold voice, she turned and fixed her gaze on Jiang Han, narrowing her eyes.

Jiang Han smiled.

It was not because he possessed any special means that he had recognized her energy body. He had simply read the book more carefully.

If he had been this diligent in class back then, he might never have come to this world.

"I'll be meeting your true body soon enough."

As the smiling words fell, Jiang Han's fist, which had long been gathering force, smashed heavily into Medusa's back.

Bang!

Accompanied by a loud blast.

Medusa atop the city wall turned into a cloud of pale violet mist and dispersed into the sky.

"Human, our Snake-People Tribe will not let you go!"

Yue Mei and Mo Bas stared fixedly at Jiang Han, their eyes bloodshot.

Jiang Han still ignored Yue Mei and Mo Bas, turning instead to Xiao Yan.

To be precise, Jiang Han was looking at the Black Ancient Ring on Xiao Yan's right hand.

Because he knew the plot well, he knew that Medusa had split the aura of the Strange Fire into four portions out of caution.

For the moment, he had no way of finding where they had been hidden.

"Big Brother, what are you looking at? This ring was left behind by my mother. I can't give it to you."

Noticing Jiang Han's gaze, Xiao Yan hurriedly placed his left hand over his right, shielding the black ring.

"Hurry up and have him come out to determine the Strange Fire's exact location."

Jiang Han's calm words sounded like a bolt from the blue to Xiao Yan.

After coming to his senses, Xiao Yan said, "Big Brother, what are you talking about? Who is he?"

Just as Xiao Yan played dumb, a translucent elderly figure emerged from the ring on his right hand.

"I thought this old man could conceal himself from you, young friend. How naive of me."

The elderly figure formally looked Jiang Han over for the first time.

The host has stared continuously for 5 seconds

The target is a Soul Body. Does the host wish to absorb its Soul Power Inheritance and purify it?

Unlike the System's usual voice, these words made Jiang Han's body tremble slightly.

He had considered several possible outcomes from staring at Yao Lao this time.

The first: Yao Lao's cultivation was above his, and the stare would succeed.

The second: Yao Lao's cultivation was below his, and the stare would fail.

The third: Yao Lao was a Soul Body and did not meet the requirements for staring, so the stare would fail.

Who could have expected the result to be a Soul Power Inheritance he had never encountered before?

Jiang Han took a deep breath and rubbed his palms together, feeling eager to give it a try.

At this moment.

As Yao Lao examined Jiang Han, he saw the expression on the other's face, as though he regarded him as prey, and an inexplicable chill rose in his heart.