You Wouldn't Want Your Snake-People Clan Destroyed Either, Would You?

"Xie Tianxiao."

Medusa Queen murmured the name to herself. After confirming that she had never heard of this person, she snorted coldly. "With your strength, it wouldn't be difficult for you to recruit a peak Dou Emperor to serve you."

"Why go to such lengths to help me break through?"

In Medusa Queen's view, since Xie Tianxiao possessed the strength of a Dou Zong and had specifically offered to help her break through, she did not believe he had no conditions.

"Of course there is a reason. Once you successfully evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, you must obey my orders and work for me."

Xie Tianxiao spoke bluntly.

"Obey you? Why should I obey someone who does not even dare reveal his identity?"

Medusa Queen sneered coldly.

"Because you are not strong enough, while I have more than enough strength to make you obey!"

Xie Tianxiao replied without courtesy.

"You human, don't get too smug. At worst, I'll perish with you!"

Medusa Queen said through clenched teeth.

"The fish may die, but the net will not break. Pretty snake, as the queen of the Snake-People Clan, you care greatly about your people, don't you?"

"What do you want?"

Upon hearing Xie Tianxiao's words, Medusa Queen's expression immediately darkened.

"Hehe... Medusa, you wouldn't want your Snake-People Clan to be destroyed by me either, would you?"

Xie Tianxiao said with a smile.

"You want to use them to threaten me?"

At those words, Medusa Queen's face instantly turned cold.

"Threaten you?"

Xie Tianxiao said disdainfully, "You are not worthy of being threatened by me. However, if you want to risk your life, I do not mind letting them join you after you die."

"How dare you!"

Medusa Queen's pupils abruptly contracted.

She could abandon everything of her own, but she could not tolerate anyone harming her people.

This was her responsibility as the queen of the Snake-People Clan!

"Why would I not dare?"

Xie Tianxiao sneered, then continued, "It seems the lesson I gave you just now was not memorable enough."

As he spoke, Xie Tianxiao's tone suddenly changed, becoming far sharper.

"Wait. I... I agree."

Xie Tianxiao's sudden change frightened Medusa Queen, and she hurriedly changed her words.

She did not want to be humiliated by this man again. Besides, she was not the one losing out here. Once she broke through to Dou Zong, she could slowly settle the score with him.

"Oh? Then did I threaten or force you?"

Seeing Medusa yield, Xie Tianxiao asked with interest.

"Human...!"

Medusa glared at him furiously, yet could not find any words to say. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said, "I am doing this willingly. It has nothing to do with you."

"Is that so? I thought that as the proud queen of the Snake-People Clan, you would choose to refuse again."

A teasing smile rose on Xie Tianxiao's lips as he looked at her.

"Hmph. Now you can tell me which faction you come from, can't you?"

Medusa Queen suppressed the anger in her heart and asked Xie Tianxiao coldly.

"There is no harm in telling you. I only emerged from seclusion not long ago, and there is no faction behind me."

Xie Tianxiao said indifferently.

"What? You are an independent cultivator?"

Medusa Queen froze.

She had originally thought Xie Tianxiao came from some great faction, but she had never expected him to be a powerful independent cultivator with no backing at all!

"Surprised?"

Xie Tianxiao seemed to have long anticipated her reaction. "You should understand that with my strength, establishing a vast sect would not be difficult. I simply have not chosen to do so yet."

Although Xie Tianxiao had no sect, his Half-Saint strength was there for all to see. If he wanted to recruit disciples, it would truly be a simple matter.

"So you mean that you will establish a great faction in the future?"

Medusa Queen pondered for a moment before suddenly asking.

Xie Tianxiao nodded. "I have that intention, but not now."

What Xie Tianxiao said was indeed true.

He did not yet have the foundation to do such things. Moreover, even if he could, he would not do it that way.

A suddenly risen Half-Saint faction would inevitably draw the hostility of the continent's other top factions, perhaps even becoming the target of everyone's attacks.

Besides, Xie Tianxiao's strength was still insufficient to support him appearing in Soul Hall's sights at any time. That would be far too troublesome.

"If that is the case, then in your future faction, I will only act when you need me. As for anyone else, I will not agree to any requests."

After thinking for a while, Medusa Queen spoke slowly.

She did not want to be ordered around by others. She had only agreed to Xie Tianxiao; as for anyone else, that was none of her concern.

"That is fine. I do not wish for others to order you around either," Xie Tianxiao said calmly.

Seeing Xie Tianxiao agree so readily, Medusa Queen did not find it strange.

Because in her understanding, a peak Dou Emperor capable of breaking through to Dou Zong carried considerable weight.

"Now I am very curious. The Green Lotus Core Flame is nearly finished being refined by you. What method can you use to evolve my true form into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python?"

Medusa Queen suddenly asked.

"Although I have absorbed the Heavenly Flame, that does not mean I cannot use it to help you evolve," Xie Tianxiao said.

Upon hearing this, Medusa Queen was slightly stunned, then said coldly, "You are very confident?"

"Of course," Xie Tianxiao replied.

If it were an alchemist who had only just mastered a Heavenly Flame, they indeed could not use it to help a magical beast evolve.

But Xie Tianxiao had absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame through the Devouring System. Once the devouring was complete, his body would not only retain the Heavenly Flame's most primal terror, but would also be able to wield it completely for his own use.

Therefore, helping Medusa Queen evolve was something Xie Tianxiao could accomplish with ease.

Seeing how certain Xie Tianxiao was, Medusa Queen said nothing further and instead asked, "How much longer will it take you to finish refining the Heavenly Flame?"

"Two days."

That long?

Medusa Queen frowned. She felt that Xie Tianxiao was taking too long to absorb the Heavenly Flame.

But since she was not an alchemist and did not understand such matters, she said, "Very well. I will return to my clan and make preparations for the evolution. In two days, I will await your arrival."

"No problem. In two days, I will come to the Snake-People Clan to find you," Xie Tianxiao replied.

With that, Medusa Queen did not linger. The crimson wings behind her spread wide as she shot into the sky above the ground, soon vanishing from this space.

Two days later.

Boom!

A powerful aura erupted from beneath the lava, followed by a black figure appearing out of thin air above the desert.

"System, display my personal status panel."

Standing on empty air, Xie Tianxiao spoke to the system in his mind.

Ding!

A mechanical voice rang out, and a screen appeared before Xie Tianxiao.

Host: Xie Tianxiao

Cultivation: Half-Saint (High)

Soul Realm: Spiritual Realm, Low

Devoured Heavenly Flames: Yin-Yang Twin Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame

Overall Strength: Half-Saint (High)

"Not bad, not bad. After devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, my strength has indeed reached high-level Half-Saint."

Xie Tianxiao looked at the status panel before him, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

He was now one step closer to the Dou Saint realm.

As long as he continued devouring heavenly and earthly treasures, he could break through directly and become a Dou Saint.

"I can advance so easily without painstaking cultivation, and without even the slightest drawback."

"This is the benefit of having a system," Xie Tianxiao sighed.

At only twenty-five years old—around two hundred years old if his previous body was included—Xie Tianxiao had already reached the Half-Saint realm.

He also controlled two kinds of Heavenly Flames. If word got out, it would likely shock the world speechless.

"Now that I have absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, once I settle Medusa Queen's matter, it will be about time to reclaim Yao Chen's Bone Chilling Flame," Xie Tianxiao thought.

Back in Wutan City, Yao Chen had asked Xie Tianxiao for a few more months. Half a year had now passed, so the Bone Chilling Flame should be about ready to claim.

With that thought, Xie Tianxiao waved his right hand, and a spatial rift appeared before him.

However, before he could step inside, he suddenly sensed several not-weak auras coming from deep within the desert.

"Hmm? The auras of Dou Wang and Dou Emperor cultivators... Could someone be attacking the Snake-People Clan?"

Xie Tianxiao was somewhat puzzled. Then, he released his soul power and spread it into the surroundings.

"Wait, that woman is..."

Xie Tianxiao seemed to have discovered something, and a flash of surprise crossed his face.