"The Snake-People Tribe just offended a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, too. If your evolution succeeds, all well and good, but if it fails, or you simply don't evolve..."
"Your Majesty, you wouldn't want the Snake-People Tribe to be trapped in the desert forever, would you?"
Medusa: "..."
The beautiful snake woman cursed inwardly. Weren't you the one who let that Sixth-Rank Alchemist escape?!
Queen Medusa was no fool. She knew that, judging by the other woman's confidence and her unfathomable "trump card," she probably wouldn't be able to keep the heavenly flame today.
And letting Gu He escape really did promise endless trouble.
First, she had only killed two Dou Ling today, without taking down even a single Dou Wang. Those losses barely scratched the Jia Ma Empire.
Gu He had merely been sealed, not killed. Although he had started the trouble, she had still made a mortal enemy of him.
Second, if she couldn't evolve and break through to Dou Zong, the Snake-People Tribe would certainly have to keep clinging to life in the desert.
Besides, Gu He was only in his forties. If he found a way to undo the seal, his alchemy might well improve further.
Without the heavenly flame, however, her own breakthrough would be all but impossible.
Although she had robbed... taken Gu He's Transformation Pill as compensation for his offense against her, it couldn't guarantee her advancement to Dou Zong.
Especially since this human might very well snatch her up along with the heavenly flame.
Then she could forget about evolving through the Transformation Pill altogether.
And if, a few years down the road, Gu He's alchemy improved enough for him to enlist a Dou Zong's help while she remained a Peak Dou Emperor...
What would the Snake-People Tribe use to resist when Gu He brought