Just as the prodigies of the various clans had more or less all arrived and the atmosphere had already grown somewhat restless, Medusa was the first to step out from the crowd and fly onto the altar.
This sudden movement from the prodigy of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Clan immediately drew everyone's attention. Strangely, however, Medusa did not head toward any of the Three Beast Sovereigns' positions. Instead, she flew to the empty southern side where no stone statue stood.
Medusa slowly dropped to one knee. Her fair, jade-like finger swept across her lips, and a wound appeared on it. Raising her blood-dripping fingertip, she rapidly traced a series of extraordinarily profound blood-colored runes in midair.
"Descend, honored ancestor!"
Her hand seals suddenly halted, and Medusa cried out solemnly.
"Buzz, buzz!"
The blood-colored runes suddenly erupted with brilliant light. The radiance shot in every direction, stabbing so sharply that everyone could not help but close their eyes slightly.
"Rumble!"
The black stone floor of the altar suddenly split open, and a stone statue a full ten thousand zhang long surged rapidly upward, swiftly appearing before everyone's eyes.
The statue depicted a nine-colored giant python rearing its head and roaring at the heavens. As its powerful, slender body seemed to writhe ever so slightly, it appeared capable of unleashing a terrifying force that could pierce the sky.
"What is that? There's actually another ancient mighty figure buried here!"
"So it was never Three Beast Sovereigns, but Four Beast Sovereigns."
"This Beast Sovereign's form looks like a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, exactly matching the bloodline of this generation's prodigy from the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Clan."
The sudden emergence of the fourth stone statue immediately sparked heated discussion among the crowd. But right after that came relief in their hearts. Fortunately, it had nothing