At the heart of the heavenly flame, even as she endured the searing agony of the green lotus core flame, Medusa still wanted to bite the fellow who dared offend her into pieces.
And just as Medusa opened her mouth, the blood Xiao Fan had wrapped in Dou Qi fell into it. Most of it had evaporated under the heavenly flame's scorching heat, but a small clump still survived.
Tasting the metallic sweetness in her mouth, Medusa took it as another provocation from Xiao Fan, and the fury in her eyes burned even fiercer.
An even deeper chill radiated from her beautiful, diamond-shaped eyes.
In the distance, Xiao Fan recoiled from Medusa's glare. "What's with that look? I'm trying to save you!"
As Xiao Fan's blood reached her stomach, Medusa was surprised to discover a warm current slowly flowing through her body, a stark contrast to the searing pain outside. She felt as though even the heavenly flame burning her body had weakened a little.
Recalling Xiao Fan's words, which seemed to suggest he wanted to help her survive this ordeal, Medusa could not help being tempted after suffering the heavenly flame's torment.
Yet the thought of this man's offensive behavior made it impossible for Medusa to ask him for help.
Meanwhile, seeing Medusa swallow the clump of his blood and hearing her anguished cries briefly cease, Xiao Fan clapped his hands and laughed. "It really is working!"
Then Xiao Fan continued controlling the flow of his blood, wrapping more of it in Dou Qi and tossing it toward Medusa. It gave him the strange impression that he was feeding his pet snake. Glancing at Her Majesty's imposing form, Xiao Fan shook his head. "That must be my imagination..." Though he said that, only he knew what lay behind the