Invisible Assumptions Are the Deadliest
As soon as Jia Xing Tian finished speaking, his aura exploded.
Medusa snorted coldly and stood up from the rock. The two forces collided fiercely in mid-air, stirring up a cloud of dust.
In the next instant, the two figures collided like meteors, and the eight Snake People leaders launched their attacks at the same time.
Yan Ci charged ahead, his crimson scales gleaming in the moonlight. He and the other commanders formed an encirclement, trapping Qin Yu and Yun Yun in the center.
"Take care of that Dou Emperor first!"
Yin Shi gave a cold shout, and the eight commanders, well-trained, surrounded Yun Yun.
Mobaasi was at the back, and before he could even utter the words "Directly form the Eight-Snake Poison Fiend Seal," Yan Ci in front of him had already engaged Yun Yun in battle.
"Bang!"
The sword's edge clashed with the Yan Ci's twin daggers. Yun Yun used the momentum to retreat, her figure as elusive as a willow catkin, causing Yue Mei, who was following behind, to miss her target.
Just then, Qin Yu raised his right hand, and a giant hand formed entirely of magma and Heavenly Flames emerged from the ground, its five fingers spread wide, and slammed down on Yue Mei's head.
Yue Mei instinctively tried to dodge, but the giant hand covered too large an area.
Even though she exerted all her strength, she was still touched by the bluish-white flames on the edge of her palm, and the scorching heat instantly burned through her protective battle Dou Qi.
Yue Mei let out a muffled groan, her right arm drooping down, her shoulder charred black.
"Yue Mei!"
Yan Ci was both shocked and furious. Just as he was about to turn around, Yun Yun's longsword was already slashing in front of him.
Wind Attribute sword aura came flying towards them, but fortunately, Mobaasi arrived in time and, together with Yan Ci, blocked the attack.
However, the two were still knocked back several feet by Yun Yun's sword, and both had a shallow bloodstain on their chests.
"Form the hand seal!"
Yin Shi finally realized that things were not so simple, and immediately shouted.
The eight commanders quickly retreated and changed their formation.
Their hands formed strange hand seals, and immense Dou Qi intertwined around them, creating a net-like pattern. Eight illusory snake shadows appeared and disappeared within the formation.
Eight-Snake Poison Fiend Seal.
The combined ultimate technique of the Eight Great Snake-People Commanders, once fully formed, would be enough to rival Dou Emperor.
"Who the hell is waiting for you to charge up your power?!"
However, before they could activate their Eight-Snake Poison Fiend Seal, Qin Yu's attack had already arrived.
Eight pillars of lava fire shot up simultaneously from beneath the sand, shattering the serpentine shadow that was just beginning to coalesce.
As everyone scrambled to avoid the attack, they were met with Yun Yun's sharp sword energy.
The wind fanned the flames, and the fire, fueled by the wind, unleashed a torrential downpour of azure sword light, carrying with it the power of the Heavenly Flames Qin Yu had summoned.
The eight commanders struggled to hold off the attack, and their combined formation teetered on the brink of collapse.
In the brief moment when Medusa forced Jia Xing Tian back with one strike, she glanced over and saw the eight commanders being forced back by Yun Yun and Qin Yu's combined attack. A deep sense of powerlessness instantly welled up in her heart.
But moments later, that feeling of powerlessness turned into madness.
As Jia Xing Tian struck again, she used the force of the block to retreat dozens of feet, creating distance between herself and him.
Immediately, Medusa's hands flew in front of her, forming a series of strange hand seals, and purple light surged violently around her like boiling water.
"Jia Xing Tian, I don't have time to waste with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a purple beam of light shot into the sky.
Medusa's purple light suddenly contracted, engulfing her slender figure within it.
The next moment, a giant snake covered in purple scales emerged from the purple light, its triangular head held high, and two dark purple flames burning in its vertical pupils.
The giant snake raised its head and let out a piercing hiss, a sound that was extremely penetrating.
Then, her enormous serpentine body shot straight toward Qin Yu like a bolt of purple lightning.
Jia Xing Tian's expression darkened, and he tried his best to stop her, but Medusa still headed straight for Qin Yu.
The lotus mark between Qin Yu's eyebrows suddenly lit up, and the magma that had been accumulating deep underground burst forth under his guidance, transforming into a thick lava barrier in front of him.
At the same time, a large amount of Green Lotus Core Flame poured out of his body without reservation.
The lava barrier was smashed through by the Purple Nether Flame Snake, sending rubble and fire fragments flying everywhere.
But the moment the barrier shattered, the Heavenly Flames that had been accumulating behind it suddenly erupted, and a bluish-white pillar of fire shot into the sky, completely engulfing the Purple Nether Flame Snake.
"Hiss--!"
The snake's body writhed violently in the Heavenly Flames, its purple scales crackling as they burned, but it did not retreat an inch.
The enormous serpentine body twisted in the flames, its head raised high, desperately trying to burrow into his Heavenly Flames.
Fortunately, Jia Xing Tian stopped her, preventing Medusa from advancing further. Qin Yu then pushed the output of his Heavenly Flames to its limit, and the bluish-white fire wall burned brighter and brighter, causing the sand in front of him to begin to melt.
"... wrong."
But gradually, Qin Yu realized that something was wrong.
The Purple Nether Flame Snake that Medusa transformed into seemed to be targeting him, but in reality, each attack only caused him to be tainted with more Green Lotus Core Flame.
In other words, Medusa wasn't trying to kill him, but rather to force him to continuously unleash the Green Lotus Core Flame.
She wouldn't be thinking...
Let's evolve directly using our own flames?!
"Wow, you actually dared to bet on that?"
Qin Yu hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand, and the flames of the Green Lotus Core Flame burned even more fiercely.
Since Medusa is so persistent, he might as well go with the flow.
After evolving, Medusa, who is unable to fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul, is less dangerous than this Peak Dou Emperor.
But it's only a slight decrease.
It's like the timer system of a time bomb has malfunctioned; it won't explode for now, but nobody knows when it might suddenly detonate.
"You..."
Qin Yu suddenly intensified the fire, which surprised Medusa.
Especially after seeing Qin Yu's eyes, she was even more unable to understand.
This human seems to have seen through my intentions?
If you could see it, why didn't you put the flames back in? Instead, you intensified the fire.
But she didn't have time to think about that at the moment. A strong energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from her body, scattering some of the surrounding Heavenly Flames.
The light grew brighter and more dazzling, and Yun Yun, who was driving the eight Snake People leaders into retreat, paled upon seeing this:
"She wants to... forcibly evolve using Qin Yu's Heavenly Flames!"
Before Jia Xing Tian could make a move, he suddenly realized that someone else was approaching from behind.
Turning his head, he saw a large number of powerful Snake-People Tribe swarming in from not far away, and the leader... was yet another Dou Emperor?!
Further away, large numbers of Snake People were rushing from various tribes deep in the desert, their figures densely packed, almost covering the entire desert.
Medusa's roar when she transformed into the Purple Nether Flame Snake was not only an expression of her rage, but also a summoning of all her people.
"This is troublesome."
Jia Xing Tian withdrew his palm strike, the composure on his old face crumbled.
"Walk!"
Qin Yu unleashed his last Heavenly Flames at Medusa, Yun Yun used her Wind-Attribute Battle Qi to lift Qin Yu up, and together with Jia Xing Tian, they flapped their wings and retreated rapidly.
The three of them broke through the encirclement in an instant. Several Snake People leaders wanted to give chase, but Yin Shi stopped them with a wave of his hand.
"No need to pursue them. Protect Her Queen."
All the Snake People who arrived at the scene surrounded the pillar of light, and within the pillar, the Purple Nether Flame Snake was slowly transforming under the high temperature.
Just before officially beginning her evolution, Medusa's gaze fell upon the three people who were fleeing into the distance.
"Humans... this is not over."