Evolution

"Yan, make your move!"

Yao Lao let out a thunderous shout. At once, a tiny crack split open in the Space Cage that had tightly sealed Queen Medusa within.

Seeing the tiny crack in the Space Cage, the purple serpent did not have time to consider whether it was a trap before plunging straight toward it.

Hearing Yao Lao's prompt below, Xiao Yan extended his right hand. A cyan flame lotus slowly revolved in his palm.

Xiao Yan waved toward the crack in the Space Cage, and the cyan lotus shot through it, colliding head-on with the enormous head of the purple giant serpent.

The instant the Green Lotus Core Flame touched the purple giant serpent, Queen Medusa's shrill scream rang out, making everyone's scalp tingle.

Xiao Yan then lightly pointed at the purple giant serpent's head with his right hand, sending a grayish-white glow into Queen Medusa's mind.

"Queen Medusa, if you want to live, follow the instructions recorded within."

Queen Medusa, nearly burned unconscious by the cyan flames, vaguely saw an abstruse secret art concerning the evolution of the Purple Nether Flame Snake Bloodline in her mind. After hearing Xiao Yan's reminder, she groggily began following the method recorded in the secret art.

Xiao Yan watched the purple giant serpent's huge body roll helplessly in the cyan flames as scale after scale fell away in great numbers. Fortunately, after Xiao Yan passed the secret art to Medusa, the purple giant serpent's pain seemed to lessen considerably. Medusa appeared to have truly begun circulating the secret art.

After the scales had burned away, the cyan flames directly touched the purple giant serpent's delicate flesh. Amid Queen Medusa's unceasing wails, the enormous snake body visibly blackened and shrank.

At the same time, Xiao Yan began using the nameless Dou Qi technique Yao Lao had taught him. With his palms pressed together before his chest, he continuously formed one abstruse hand seal after another. As the Green Lotus Core Flame burned ever deeper into the purple giant serpent, the seals Xiao Yan formed became increasingly complex, and his hands moved faster and faster.

No one knew how much time had passed, but the Green Lotus Core Flame's refinement of the purple giant serpent seemed to be nearing its end. Layers of thunderclouds gathered above the small island, lightning flashing through them from time to time.

The energy in the air around the island also gathered in massive quantities, forming a temporary energy vacuum around its outskirts.

Such a large-scale energy disturbance finally caught the attention of Medusa's Royal Guard atop the walls of the Royal City.

"That is...? The direction of Heart Lake?! Her Majesty the Queen seems to be there. Something's happened! Come on, everyone, follow me!" A cold and alluring snake woman on the city wall fixed her hawk-like eyes on the small island in the lake.

In the end, the snake woman spread the Dou Qi wings behind her back and soared into the sky. Numerous powerful members of the Personal Guard followed closely behind from the ground.

At last, the lightning energy within the clouds seemed to reach a certain peak.

Crash!

Silver serpents of lightning struck the charred snake body on the ground one after another, and flashes of fire continually flickered across the earth. In the end, the wind died down and the rain dispersed. The thunderclouds slowly receded, and the sky gradually cleared.

Hua She'er, captain of Medusa's Royal Guard, had already arrived at the outskirts of the lake and was frantically attacking the barrier Yao Lao had set up around the perimeter.

"Damn it!" Hua She'er glared bitterly at the purple giant serpent rolling about within the thunderclouds above the island, blood flowing from it without end.

"Why did Her Majesty the Queen suddenly summon her true form? And why did she appear amid the thunderclouds? Her Majesty the Queen, wait for me!"

After the thunderclouds departed, the massive amount of energy gathered on the island began wildly pouring into the snake body on the ground, producing bursts of strange sounds in the air. Gradually, an unusual fragrance drifted through the air, invigorating both Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.

Meanwhile, the hand seals formed by Xiao Yan, who sat cross-legged to one side, were also nearing completion. The seals traced by his hands finally interwove into a crystal-clear Thousand-Fold Knot between his palms.

"Go!"

Xiao Yan finally pointed both hands toward the purple giant serpent. The fully formed, fist-sized, crystal-clear Thousand-Fold Knot shot forth and vanished into the snake body.

Xiao Yan then lightly beckoned to the cyan flame Lotus Pedestal, which had completed its task and was quietly floating beside the snake body.

Whoosh!

The cyan Lotus Pedestal lightly flew back into Xiao Yan's hand before merging into his palm and disappearing.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The charred snake body, more than thirty meters long and not far from Xiao Yan, continuously cracked apart. In the end, a seven-colored figure completely broke free from the charred snake body, and at that moment, a vast and terrifying aura descended upon the small island.

That vast aura instantly bent Yao Lao's waist. As for Xiao Yan, he was already sprawled on the ground.

In the end, a graceful, thirty-meter-long figure with a faint unusual fragrance emanating from its body—a

Seven-Colored Giant Python—appeared before the two of them. It proudly raised its head and howled toward the heavens.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Strangely enough, despite being a snake, its roar sounded both dragon-like and tiger-like.

Yao Lao looked at the Seven-Colored Giant Python in the sky and murmured, "Its body is seven-colored, its eyes faintly purple, its form emits fragrance, and its power reaches the heavens. It seems Queen Medusa has succeeded."

Xiao Yan looked at Queen Medusa, who continued roaring above his head, and smiled. "Hehe, a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python? Cai Lin, long time no see."

At the outskirts of the lake, the members of Queen Medusa's Personal Guard stared dumbfoundedly at the Seven-Colored Giant Python roaring above the small island.

The alluring Hua She'er murmured blankly, "That aura is undoubtedly Her Majesty the Queen's, but has Her Majesty the Queen already broken through the Dou Zong barrier? Why did she break through in such haste without informing us at all?"

"And who are those two hateful humans on the island? Could it be that they helped Her Majesty the Queen break through?"

After roaring for a long while, the Seven-Colored Giant Python finally noticed the two humans present.

The Seven-Colored Giant Python lowered its head and looked at them. A trace of distinctly human cunning flashed through its purple eyes, and it then shot toward Xiao Yan like lightning.

"Yan, be careful!"

Yao Lao, already utterly exhausted, had no time to rescue him and could only shout a warning with all his strength.

After using that nameless Dou Qi technique, Xiao Yan had long since exhausted all his Dou Qi and could not move. Yet he paid no attention to Yao Lao's warning. Instead, he opened his arms toward the seven-colored figure charging straight at him.

Whoosh!

Just as the seven-colored figure was about to crash into Xiao Yan's chest, it abruptly stopped. The ball of light rapidly changed in midair before finally turning into a graceful purple figure.

Thud!

The purple figure rushed into Xiao Yan's embrace. Her ripe, peach-like, voluptuous body beneath the purple brocade robe immediately came into complete contact with Xiao Yan's, filling his nostrils with fragrance.

P.S. Get to bed early, see you tomorrow.