Seeing Queen Medusa nod in agreement, Xiao Yan gave a gentle smile. Although they both knew full well that this temporary alliance was fragile, they could at least trust each other at this stage. Of course, that trust was extremely limited. "All right, Your Majesty. Let's go find the Heavenly Flame."
"The Heavenly Flame... can you find where it's hidden?" Queen Medusa surveyed their surroundings as she asked. Because of the magma, the fire energy here was incredibly dense, but it also masked other energy fluctuations, making it impossible to detect any trace of the Heavenly Flame.
It was precisely this unusual environment that had prevented Qing Lin, who could normally sense Snake-People, from detecting Queen Medusa hiding nearby. Although Xiao Yan could sense a Heavenly Flame beneath the magma through the resonance between Heavenly Flames, that was the extent of it. He could not pinpoint its location.
"If even you can't find it, there's no hope for me." Xiao Yan shrugged, then turned to Qing Lin beside him and asked gently, "Qing Lin, you said this Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake knows the Heavenly Flame's exact location?"
"Yes..." Qing Lin pointed at the magma lake before them and said cautiously, "It says... it's down below."
"Just as I thought..." Xiao Yan raised his brows slightly. What he had sensed earlier was also down below, so it seemed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake had not lied. He glanced at Queen Medusa, who was also watching the magma, and smiled. "Your Majesty, why don't you stay up here?"
"Hmph. Lead the way." Queen Medusa ignored Xiao Yan's suggestion and ordered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake beside her. Since she was also a serpentine creature, and both her strength and bloodline far surpassed its own, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake was deeply afraid