"Say no more, Elder. I know how to handle this." Medusa's cold voice carried an imperious edge that kept the old woman from saying anything else.
The queen had now entered the ranks of Dou Zong and was the strongest member of the Snake-People Tribe.
In the past, she might have taken the four old elders' wishes into consideration. Now, she no longer would.
It is time to relinquish power. The queen now has the strength to lead the Snake-People Tribe toward a brighter future. We four old elders need only support her from behind...
With that thought, the old woman cupped her hands toward Medusa. "Since Your Majesty has decided, I shall say no more."
With that, the old woman swayed her serpentine tail and left the city wall, leaving Medusa alone.
Hot wind and sand swept past. Medusa gazed down at the buildings surrounding the Holy City and sank into thought.
The primordial creation bloodline had emerged when she used Xiao Yu's Illusory World Thunderflame to trace her ancestry back to its source.
However, this bloodline was incomplete, no more than a wisp. Most of Medusa's bloodline still belonged to the Snake-People Tribe.
Yet that single wisp had brought Medusa immense benefits. Not only had it raised her aptitude to extraordinary heights, but it had also increased her potential without limit.
Even the bloodline of the ancient exotic beast, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, fell far short of this wisp of primordial creation bloodline.
And why was she so certain? When the primordial creation bloodline emerged, she had received an inheritance carried within that wisp.
The images remaining in that deeply fragmented inheritance had already shattered her understanding of the world.
Even now, recalling the scenes within that inheritance left Medusa utterly shaken.
"What kind of mighty power