"!"
Xiao Yu froze the moment he heard her voice.
Wasn't the newborn seven-colored Snake Spirit supposed to take control of Queen Medusa's body after her evolution?
How had she returned to her original form a second later?
That made no sense!
The crimson mist dispersed, revealing Medusa's original body.
Her purple snake tail remained, which meant that although her evolution had succeeded, she had yet to break through to the Dou Zong realm.
But the barrier to that realm had already been shattered. The shackles that had held her back for years were gone, and with a little more time, she would advance smoothly to Dou Zong.
Once her figure emerged, Medusa glared fiercely at Xiao Yu, anger flickering in her pale purple eyes.
"Ahem, well... let me explain..."
Xiao Yu blinked, yin and yang lightning flickering in his eyes, and gave a light cough as he prepared to talk his way out of it.
"Hmph! I have no interest in your excuses. There had better not be a next time!"
Medusa snorted and spoke in an icy voice.
Xiao Yu nodded sheepishly. "Yes, yes. It won't happen again."
Medusa cast him a sidelong glance. She had been able to sense everything the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had done just now. Perhaps because she had used this fellow's lightning to evolve, a faint, elusive connection had formed between her Snake Spirit and him.
The feeling the Snake Spirit conveyed to her was a natural affinity for Xiao Yu.
Previously, if she had wanted to kill this fellow, she would have felt no hesitation about striking him down.
Things were different now. If she truly attacked him, the Snake Spirit would certainly object and might even fight her for control of her body.
But this was not the time to