Green Lotus Core Flame

The incoming pillar of magma carried an extremely high temperature. That heat alone could easily kill a Dou Practitioner.

Facing this attack, Xiao Yun's thoughts stirred, and pure Dou Qi instantly surged from within him, forming an invisible energy barrier around them that enveloped both him and Medusa Queen.

The magma pillar struck the energy barrier and immediately burst apart, causing no damage whatsoever.

"Interested? I had my eye on this Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent first. You can't steal it from me." Xiao Yun glanced at Medusa Queen and smiled faintly.

Medusa Queen gave a cold snort. "It is merely a magical beast. I have always kept my word."

"Hiss!"

Seeing its attack neutralized while its opponents paid it no heed and calmly chatted among themselves, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's eyes flared with rage. Its enormous tail lashed out, and it charged straight at Xiao Yun.

As it neared Xiao Yun, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent opened both mouths and bit down.

"Quite the temper." Xiao Yun raised a hand and gave a casual flick in the face of its attack.

The surrounding heat was swept up by Xiao Yun's movement, accompanied by a sharp whistle through the air.

"Smack!"

Xiao Yun's attack struck first, slapping one of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's heads.

"Hiss!" The blow to its head made the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent let out a shrill cry. It was then slapped more than ten meters away and fell back into the magma.

Not long after, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent poked its heads out again. It looked at Xiao Yun, fear flashing through its eyes. Clearly, that resounding slap had scared it badly.

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's body began to tremble beneath the magma, churning the lava around it into a boil. Moments later, the magma around it suddenly writhed, and several Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpents formed entirely of magma emerged from the surface.

"Hiss!"

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent flicked out its tongue, and those magma serpents actually formed into a formation before charging toward Xiao Yun.

"Boom!" At the very last moment, the charging Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpents suddenly merged together and exploded.

In an instant, the violent energy produced by the explosion spread wildly in all directions. Within such terrifying energy, even a Great Dou Master would either die or be crippled.

Yet when the explosive energy dissipated, the energy barrier around Xiao Yun remained completely intact.

Seeing this, shock flashed through the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's eyes. It had never imagined that the person before it would be this powerful.

At that moment, Xiao Yun stepped forward, crossing more than ten meters in a single stride and instantly arriving beside the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.

Before the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent could react, Xiao Yun threw a punch, striking its body.

"Hiss—" The sudden agony made the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent throw back its heads and release a piercing wail. Then it collapsed limply, its body dropping into the magma.

Xiao Yun reached out toward the spot where the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent had fallen, and its body was immediately drawn into the air.

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent had no strength left at all. Only its constantly flickering tongues showed that it was still alive.

Xiao Yun clenched his hand in the air, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's enormous body rapidly shrank before turning into a small round sphere that fell into his hand.

After putting away the sphere formed from the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent, Xiao Yun landed beside Medusa Queen.

Medusa Queen looked at Xiao Yun, shocked by the method he had just used. That was not something a Dou Ancestor could possess.

Could it be some powerful secret technique?

Though curious, Medusa Queen did not speak up to pry into Xiao Yun's secrets.

Xiao Yun then looked into the magma and said to Medusa Queen, "Let's go. We'll continue searching for the Heavenly Flame."

Medusa Queen nodded. As she looked into the magma, her expression turned solemn.

The fiery red magma was so hot that even its surface temperature was enough to make a Great Dou Master hesitate, let alone what lay beneath it.

If not for her formidable strength, Medusa Queen truly would not have dared to take such a risk and enter the magma to search for something.

Dou Qi surged from within her, completely enveloping her body. Then Medusa Queen plunged directly into the magma.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun followed close behind and jumped into the magma as well.

Unlike Medusa Queen, Xiao Yun did not wrap himself in Dou Qi. Yet the surrounding magma automatically parted from him and could not harm him.

As Xiao Yun and Medusa Queen entered, two ripples spread across the magma's surface. They soon sank into the lava and swam deeper.

The magma was a sea of fiery red. After swimming for only a short while, Xiao Yun saw many undercurrents flowing in unknown directions.

After passing through several undercurrents and swimming for a few more minutes, Medusa Queen and Xiao Yun discovered that the temperature of the surrounding magma had suddenly risen considerably.

Moreover, the originally fiery red magma had taken on a hint of green. Faced with this change, Medusa Queen could barely contain her excitement.

She had already determined that something had to exist in the depths of this magma. Her diving speed immediately surged, while Xiao Yun followed behind her at an unhurried pace.

Soon, the surrounding magma had completely turned green, and its temperature became extraordinarily terrifying.

After diving for some more time, Medusa Queen suddenly stopped. Not far ahead of her, a green radiance floated quietly.

Xiao Yun looked toward the green light. Within it appeared a green lotus, and at the center of that lotus, a cluster of green flames burned silently.

"This is the Green Lotus Core Flame," Xiao Yun said.

The Green Lotus Core Flame ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Born deep within the earth and tempered by the earth's fire, it gained sentience after ten years, took form after a hundred years, and became a lotus after a thousand years. When it fully matured, its color leaned toward green, and a cluster of green fire would emerge from the lotus core—the Green Lotus Core Flame.

At the sight of the Heavenly Flame, Medusa Queen's enchanting face was instantly covered in delight. She could not help swimming toward it, wanting to claim the Heavenly Flame.

But Xiao Yun suddenly stopped her.

"Medusa, the Heavenly Flame possesses intelligence. With your current strength, if you forcibly try to claim it, you will inevitably suffer its backlash."

Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Medusa Queen finally calmed down. She hurriedly stopped, looked at him, and asked, "Do you have a way to claim the Heavenly Flame?"

Xiao Yun smiled. "Naturally. But after I claim the Heavenly Flame and help you evolve, it must belong to me."

Medusa Queen frowned upon hearing this. After considering it carefully, she realized that the Heavenly Flame seemed to be of little use to the Snake-People Tribe.

She only needed it to evolve through its energy, but not every snake-person dared to use this method of evolution. Over the past thousand years, she was only the second snake-person to dare evolve through a Heavenly Flame.

"Fine. I accept your condition." Before long, Medusa Queen agreed to Xiao Yun's terms.

Seeing Medusa Queen agree, Xiao Yun wasted no more words and walked directly toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The Green Lotus Core Flame seemed to sense the danger. A scorching, destructive energy suddenly erupted from the center of the green lotus!