"Queen Medusa..."
Watching that fleeting phantom, Gu He knitted his brows.
Sure enough, events were unfolding according to his worst fears.
Queen Medusa was seeking heavenly flames too?!
Still, there seemed to be one piece of good news. She apparently had not obtained the heavenly flame either, which meant it was either still unclaimed or already in the hands of a third party...
Frowning in thought, Gu He shook his head helplessly. Wings of Dou Qi formed behind him, and he leaped off the giant eagle, landing on the ground to search carefully.
Soon, he too discovered a few telltale traces, such as glass formed when the heavenly flame scorched the sand, as well as the tracks Xiao Yan had made no effort to conceal earlier.
Although the desert winds could quickly bury everything, the tornado from earlier had left plenty of traces behind for the time being.
"Well? Old He, is that thing you're looking for here?"
At the same time, a burly man jumped down from the giant eagle and asked with breezy bluntness.
The Lion King, Yan Shi, was one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire. He had known Gu He for years, and the two were close friends.
"Yes, and no." Gu He shook his head, his expression rather grim.
The good news was that a heavenly flame had indeed existed here. The bad news was that he had absolutely no idea where it was now.
And his rival was Queen Medusa, who was at the Peak Sixth Tier.
After Gu He explained his thoughts to Yan Shi, Yan Shi could not help frowning as well. Seeing that Gu He intended to keep standing there pondering, he promptly interrupted him.
"Things have already come to this, so stop dwelling on all those