The instant the Fire Lotus entered her mouth, Queen Medusa, who had been utterly suppressed by her instincts, suddenly seized back control of her body.
Her eyes flew wide as she tried to salvage the situation. But the Fire Lotus was already in her mouth, and there was nothing she could do. She could only close her eyes and await death.
Yet the explosion she imagined never came.
Instead, an intensely rich medicinal fragrance followed, gradually transforming into a different sort of aroma.
She chewed instinctively. The Fire Lotus actually felt solid, and it even had a crisp crunch.
Salty, sweet, and spicy flavors blended perfectly, tasting like grilled meat sizzling with fat.
It was simply the most delicious thing Queen Medusa had ever eaten.
But when she registered what it tasted like, her thoughts involuntarily turned to the scattered chunks of charcoal left after the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus had blasted her apart earlier.
Her pretty face, still slightly flushed, promptly took on a faint green tinge.
This feels a little hellish...
Could this be that so-called life flashing before my eyes?
Yet a moment later, the Fire Lotus released an exceptionally pure power, becoming a warm current that flowed down her throat and into every corner of her body.
For some reason, Queen Medusa felt unusually invigorated mentally. She could clearly sense every change within her body. The flames' power was incomparably violent, yet it did not inflict the slightest damage on her.
It felt like... using a mountain-cleaving axe to carve a flower on a grain of rice with a full-force strike capable of splitting a mountain.
The violent flames remained perfectly controlled, transforming strand by strand into spiritual energy at a rate her body could withstand.
Sensing the changes within Medusa, Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction,