The purple-red serpent shadow, fully a thousand meters long, condensed into a single point. Carrying terrifying power enough to gravely wound or even annihilate an ordinary Dou Emperor, it plunged like thunder from the nine heavens, biting down on Xiao Yan's head and engulfing him from above.
Queen Medusa's fully charged, all-out killing blow!
Her timing was vicious and cunning: the very instant Xiao Yan's mind was linked to the newborn Fire Lotus and his defenses were at their weakest!
BOOM-!!!
With nothing to defend him, the wildly violent purple-red Dou Qi struck Xiao Yan squarely. In a single instant, it punched through his body. The terrifying Dou Qi completely drowned his flames, leaving them no time even to reform.
Blazing fire scattered through the air! Flames and snake venom hissed against each other. Dazzling light and a chaotic energy storm instantly swallowed everything on the rocky platform, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.
"Heavenly treasures belong to the worthy. A mere Da Dou Shi thinks he deserves to lay hands on heavenly flames? You don't know whether to live or die!"
Only then did Medusa's figure quietly emerge, a sinister sneer curling her lips, as though victory were already hers.
Yet inwardly, she was somewhat surprised that Xiao Yan had survived that attack.
She had clearly sensed her strike utterly shattering four-fifths of Xiao Yan's body. Even for an energy being, such devastating damage should have been fatal.
The dust and lingering firelight slowly dispersed, revealing a scene that seemed to confirm her judgment.
Xiao Yan was a gruesome sight.
Caught utterly unprepared, he had lost most of his body to that blow. His left half had almost entirely vanished. Along the edges of his remaining right half, thick purple-red energy writhed like something alive, clinging