Across the boundless desert, ranks of fully armed Snake-People held poison-tipped spears, their sharp eyes carefully scanning every part of the Snake-People Temple.
While Yue Mei and Gu He's group were fighting, the Charming Snake Tribe had already crushed the Snake-People Tribe's highest-grade warning jade token.
The Snake-People Temple.
In a certain bamboo grove.
"Have they all arrived?"
An aged voice drifted from within a bamboo house.
"Great Elder, of the Eight Great Commanders, aside from Yue Mei, who has already fallen in battle, three have arrived. The others are on their way."
Outside the bamboo house, a burly male Snake-Person answered with his head lowered.
The male Snake-Person wore thin clothing, and his arms were covered in strange black tattoos depicting two rather ferocious black snake heads.
"Mo Bass, have you seen the queen?" Another aged voice sounded from within the bamboo house.
"No. Her Majesty forbids anyone from entering her temple!"
"But with the four elders here, what could the enemy possibly do, no matter how strong they are?"
Even though Yue Mei, a fellow member of the Eight Great Commanders, had likely met a grim end, Mo Bass felt no panic whatsoever.
Besides Queen Medusa, a peak Dou Emperor, the Snake-People Tribe had four Dou Emperor elders who remained in seclusion year-round. Although they had not reached the peak Dou Emperor realm like Medusa, their strength as seven- and eight-star Dou Emperors was more than enough to sweep through the surrounding lands.
These elders were very old, with little lifespan remaining. They were also responsible for the Snake-People Tribe's rituals and preserving Medusa's bloodline year-round, so outsiders knew nothing about them.
"I can sense that the queen is at an extremely critical juncture. Mo Bass, pass down the order: anyone who enters the temple is to be