Heavenly Flame Returned to Its Place! Medusa's First Human Friend

"Because you have ambition."

Medusa stopped on the stone steps without looking back.

After about three breaths of silence, she continued downward, her snake tail gliding soundlessly over the steps.

"Yes."

She uttered only those two words.

But Lu Heng could tell that there was neither denial nor the aloofness of some great queen in her voice. It was simply a calm admission.

Medusa knew this perfectly well.

She had been stuck at the Peak Dou Emperor stage for countless years. She had combed through the Snake-People Tribe's ancient records time and again, and she had deduced the path of tempering her bloodline with Heavenly Flames innumerable times. Every conclusion had ended in near-certain death.

Yet she had never considered giving up.

It was not that she was unafraid of death. She simply could not accept being sealed at the seventh tier forever.

Leading her people out of the Tager Desert was not some slogan. It was something she truly wanted to accomplish.

An ordinary seventh-tier Dou Zong might not have much potential, but the limits of a Snake-People Queen with an evolved bloodline were self-evident.

The stone steps grew steeper, while the frost coating the walls on either side became thicker and thicker.

The temperature beneath their feet had dropped to an absurd degree. An ordinary Dou Master would probably have started shivering by now.

Medusa walked ahead, with Lu Heng following behind. He quietly circulated a thread of Separating Fire Dou Qi to protect his meridians, keeping the chill outside.

After descending another seven or eight zhang, light appeared ahead.

It was not firelight, but a faint blue glow reflected from the lake below, bathing the entire underground hall in cold hues.

Lu Heng stepped off the final stair and swept his gaze upward.

The space was