Medusa!

The light in the valley seemed to be instantly absorbed by those eyes! What kind of eyes were they!

His pupils were no longer the ordinary emerald green, but had turned into two deep, slowly rotating purple vortexes!

At the center of the vortex were vertical pupils, as cold as ancient Mystic Ice!

As the purple light swirled, it contained a terrifying majesty that could freeze one's soul, as if it could pierce through illusion and confront the most primal fears of life!

As far as the eye could see, tiny, purple ice crystals carrying a Toxic aura condensed in the air!

It was as if the space itself was being "petrified" by this gaze!

Her body solidified completely amidst the golden and purple light!

Her long, cascading purple hair wasn't flowing smoothly; instead, it was composed of countless tiny, metallic, shimmering Jade Phosphorous Serpent shadows!

They slithered and danced above her head, spitting out deadly venom and hissing softly, like living crowns, eerie and majestic!

Below the neck is a female body with proportions so perfect they are breathtaking.

Her skin was no longer pale, but had a warm and lustrous color like the finest white jade, delicate and smooth, yet with faint, mysterious purple-gold patterns flowing within, like runes carved by the hand of a deity, containing terrifying poison and power.

What's most chilling is her lower body—from the waist down, her jade-like skin is covered by layers upon layers of enormous purple snake scales that shimmer with a cold, eerie light!

A massive tail, several times thicker and brimming with explosive power than the original Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, replaced its legs. It lay languidly and dangerously coiled on the broken rocks, each slight opening and closing of its scales creating a whirlwind of venomous mist with a sweet, pungent smell!

Snake hair! Purple eyes! Human body! Snake tail!

The Curse queen of ancient legends, the supreme being who controls petrification and Toxic — Medusa, in the form of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of the Douluo Continent, is catalyzed by the combined effects of Toxic Immortal Herb and divine blood, and is fiercely descended upon Dugu Yan!

"This... this is...?!"

Dugu Bo completely speechless, his mind went blank, and his body trembled violently from the extreme shock, almost unable to stand.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor he inherited has actually transformed into this... this mythical form?!

"Medusa...?!"

Although Lin Xia was weak, leaning against Bibi Dong's chest, her eyes, which had become even more profound due to the tempering of Divine Blood, suddenly widened and burst out with an unbelievable light!

His hazy fragments of memories from his past life instantly overlapped with the living mythical creature before him!

This is absolutely not the proper path for Martial Soul Evolution in the Douluo Continent!

Is it Immortal Herb?

Or is it his own Divine Blood?

Or perhaps... it's the mutation triggered by the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings's Origin Power within Dugu Yan?

Bibi Dong's purple eyes narrowed suddenly, and she instinctively tightened her grip on Lin Xia's arm.

She gazed at the snake-haired demoness who exuded a pressure that even Titled Douluo felt their hearts tremble, and for the first time, a clear sense of apprehension and solemnity flashed deep in her eyes.

This form... this aura... has subtly surpassed the realm of top-tier Beast Martial Soul, touching upon a certain... edge of divinity?

Dugu Yan's cold, purple vertical pupils slowly rotated, sweeping over her dazed grandfather, over the weak Lin Xia, and over the majestic Pope.

She seemed not yet to have fully grasped this new body and that terrifyingly powerful force; her eyes held a hint of bewilderment at her newfound existence and a slight sense of loss of control brought about by the immense power.

"Grandpa... Grandpa..."

Her voice rang out, no longer the clear, bright tone of a young girl, but carrying a strange, magnetic resonance, like the rubbing of gold and jade, with a coldness tinged with a barely Frisk tremor.

The massive tail swept across the ground unconsciously, crushing the hard rocks like tofu.

"Yanyan! My Yanyan!"

Dugu Bo finally snapped out of his shock, and a wave of overwhelming joy washed over him!

He staggered to the edge of the rock, and looking at his granddaughter's inhuman yet even more divine appearance, tears streamed down his face, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak coherently.

"Great! That's wonderful! You did it! You made it!"

Dugu Bo reached out his hand, trembling, wanting to touch his granddaughter, but under that terrifying pressure and cold gaze, he stopped in mid-air with a hint of awe.

"Your His Highness the Holy Son! Your His Holiness the Pope!"

Dugu Bo turned around abruptly without hesitation, slamming his knees heavily onto the broken rocky ground, and bowed deeply in the most solemn and humble manner towards Lin Xia and Bibi Dong!

The forehead Tackle the rock with a dull thud.

"A debt of gratitude that has given us a second life! A debt of gratitude as vast as the heavens and earth! Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan are willing to be your vanguard, Your His Highness the Holy Son! Through mountains of knives and seas of fire, we will follow you for eternity! Our bodies and souls are dedicated to the Spirit Hall! If we disobey, may heaven and earth forsake us!"

A hoarse voice echoed through the valley, each word dripping with blood, each sentence piercing the heart!

This is no longer just loyalty; it is imprinting Lin Xia's mark on the entire bloodline and soul of the Dugu Family!

That terrifying Martial Soul named Medusa is the most shocking witness to this oath!

In the valley, the golden rays of the rising sun intertwined with the purple glow emanating from Medusa, amidst a swirling poisonous mist, its divine power as imposing as a prison.

Lin Xia leaned against Bibi Dong's warm embrace, feeling the silent yet profound and weighty protective power emanating from his master's arms. Looking at Dugu Yan, whose snake-like hair swayed and whose purple eyes were cold, and then at Dugu Bo, who was kneeling on the ground and had entrusted his life to her, a sense of ambition to control destiny and leverage the future, accompanied by a deep sense of responsibility, quietly took root in the young man's heart.

However, compared to this sense of responsibility, what Lin Xia wants to figure out now is Dugu Yan and her Martial Soul that has evolved into Medusa!

"Medusa... Martial Soul of this level..."

Lin Xia murmured to herself silently, her brows furrowing unconsciously, which accentuated her pale face due to weakness.

"According to the conventional Martial Soul Evolution theory of the Douluo Continent, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor is already the pinnacle of top-tier Beast Martial Soul, and to go any higher... is almost legendary. To leap directly from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent to this mythical form that clearly possesses a divine aura? This defies common sense!"

Lin Xia's thoughts were like the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, boiling and sublimating in the collision of extreme cold and extreme heat.

A crucial point that had always existed but had never received such attention suddenly jumped into my mind!

"Dugu Bo's Head Spirit Bone skill - 'Medusa's Gaze'!"

This idea illuminated the fog like a flash of lightning.

That Spirit Bone was Dugu Bo's trump card, and its petrification ability was terrifying.

Lin Xia's gaze unconsciously fell on Dugu Bo, who was kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

What was the origin of that Spirit Bone?

"That's it!"

Lin Xia suddenly felt enlightened.

"That's the problem! The Spirit Bone that grants the 'Medusa Gaze' skill was likely not from an ordinary snake or a spirit-type Soul Beast! It's highly probable that... it itself contains an extremely faint, yet undeniably real, trace of 'Medusa' bloodline!"

This deduction, like a cornerstone, instantly supported the entire subsequent logical chain.

"The Dugu Family has inherited the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul for generations, and their affinity with serpent-type Soul Beast is extremely high."

"Perhaps in some extremely distant era, one of the ancestors of the Dugu Family, by chance, hunted down that strange Soul Beast that contained a Medusa's bloodline and obtained that Head Spirit Bone."

"This bloodline, though so faint as to be almost Frisk and not even directly manifest in the form of Martial Soul, is like a dormant seed, hidden deep within the bloodline of the Dugu Family, and passed down through the Martial Soul."