Before Medusa had finished speaking, she vanished from where she stood.
Yun Shan's pupils abruptly contracted. He could only vaguely make out her trajectory. Relying on decades of combat instinct, he drove his Dou Qi to its limit and thrust both palms forward, erecting a thick wall of Dou Qi before him.
Boom!
Medusa's ribbon of seven-colored energy crashed into it like a mountain. The wall of Dou Qi shattered on impact, and Yun Shan was sent flying backward. His chest tightened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He tumbled several times through the air before barely steadying himself. When he looked up again, Medusa stood where he had been, her seven-colored Dou Qi rippling gently through the air, shimmering with a chilling, terrifying gleam.
"Yun Shan, you helped the Jia Ma Imperial Family besiege my Snake-People Tribe back then, and now you've ambushed my Snake-People Temple. Did you ever imagine this day would come?" Medusa's voice was as cold as if it had risen from the Nine Netherworlds.
Yun Shan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, panting heavily. He knew he could not hold out much longer. The gulf between a Nine-Star Dou Emperor and a Dou Zong could not be bridged by a Secret Art or by risking his life. Moreover, although the woman before him had only just completed her evolution and was still weak, her body had become considerably tougher. Every strike carried the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Jia Xingtian is already tied up. I probably can't count on those old devils Lei and Yin either. Thoughts raced through Yun Shan's mind. He had never been particularly loyal or brave; he had come only to seize the heavenly flames. Now that Medusa had successfully evolved and turned the tables,