The Queen's Red Shoes! Tsundere but Honest

Medusa might have been a gullible, innocent fool when it came to certain matters and certain people.

But as a ruler who had led the Snake People tribe in holding on through such harsh conditions, she was absolutely not stupid. She was also highly capable and resourceful.

After reaching an agreement with Zhang Yuan and returning to her tribe, she immediately gathered the four elders to discuss her evolution, rather than secretly attempting it as she had originally planned.

The outside world had always believed that the Snake People tribe only had one Peak Dou Emperor—her. In truth, two of the tribe's four great elders had already successfully broken through to the Dou Emperor realm.

Over the years, the Snake People tribe had been able to hold the eastern border and occasionally cause trouble for the Mulan Empire largely because of those two Dou Emperor elders.

A tree that stands above the forest is bound to be broken by the wind. The Snake People tribe did not wish to attract the attention of human experts or the surrounding empires, so they had never revealed this strength to the outside world.

And once Medusa successfully broke through to the Dou Zong realm, the power within the tribe's Sacred Pool would surge, greatly increasing the strength and talent of the four elders who guarded it. Reaching Peak Dou Emperor within a few years would not be a problem.

As for reaching the Dou Zong realm, that would depend on talent and comprehension—or sufficiently good resources.

In short, her search for Heavenly Flames to break through to Dou Zong was not a desperate gamble. It was an attempt to bring about a complete transformation for the Snake People tribe.

Even if she failed and died, with two of the four elders already being