I, Gute, Will Never Let You Get Away with This!

After leaving the Alchemist Guild, Frank and Otto, the two fourth-grade alchemists, led Medusa and the others onward.

The streets blazed with lights as countless mercenaries and members of small clans bought and sold their wares.

But now their expressions froze, their eyes fixed on the middle of the street.

Almost everyone in Black Rock City knew Frank and Otto, the renowned fourth-grade alchemy masters.

Yet these two leading alchemists were now guiding the people behind them like attendants, without a trace of arrogance on their faces.

When the onlookers turned their eyes toward the three people behind them, they were truly stunned.

"One, two, three... six markings! A sixth-grade alchemist!" Someone stared at the sixth-grade alchemist insignia on Gu He's robe in utter shock. "Pill King Gu He! That's Pill King Gu He!"

Everyone in the Jia Ma Empire knew that their nation had only one sixth-grade alchemist: Pill King Gu He.

And when their gazes shifted to the person beside Pill King Gu He, their expressions instantly froze.

She was a breathtaking woman dressed in red, her voluptuous figure peerlessly alluring and her beauty one in ten thousand. Yet her lower body was an enormous purple serpent's tail.

At that moment, everyone on the street snapped to their senses.

The Snake-People Tribe. She was a member of the Snake-People Tribe.

Though they had no idea why someone from the Snake-People Tribe had appeared in Black Rock City, Frank's and Otto's expressions made it clear that she was certainly not someone to cross.

Some sharp-witted experts seemed to realize something, and their expressions changed drastically.

There was probably only one member of the Snake-People Tribe who could command such respect from Pill King Gu He and two Fourth-Rank Alchemy Masters.

The ruler of the Snake-People Tribe, Medusa.

Someone whose strength approached that of a peak Dou Emperor, one of the strongest figures in the entire Jia Ma Empire.

Without a word along the way, the group followed Frank and Otto through several streets and arrived at an odd-looking building.

The place was extremely cluttered and stood in an out-of-the-way location. At the sight of it, Frank and Otto relaxed slightly, then respectfully addressed Medusa. "Your Majesty, this is where Gute lives."

Queen Medusa frowned at their words. This place looked like a rubbish dump. Did Gute really have any ice spirit cold spring?

Hummm!

Queen Medusa raised her right hand slightly. Red Dou Qi surged around her, forming a terrifying storm of energy.

Threads of that terrifying red Dou Qi kept gathering in her right hand, compressing tighter and tighter.

Moments later, a ball of red Dou Qi appeared in her hand. While everyone stared in bewilderment, she flicked her palm, sending that terrifying red energy straight toward the shabby building before them.

Boom!

The next instant, a terrifying roar erupted from the building, and the house before them disintegrated in a flash.

The house had been reduced to rubble!

"Your Majesty, what if you destroy the ice spirit cold spring?!"

Chen Xuan was dumbfounded by what he saw.

"If it's gone, it's gone. Do you think I need that ice spirit cold spring to devour heavenly flames?"

Hearing Chen Xuan's words in her mind, Queen Medusa immediately replied.

Fine!

You're a badass!

You're incredible!

Why don't you just soar into the heavens, then?!

Chen Xuan was speechless.

Meanwhile, Frank, Otto, and the others present could not help swallowing hard.

Gute was probably finished.

Of all the people he could offend, he had to provoke this harbinger of calamity!

"Damn it! Which death-seeking bastard did this?!"

While everyone stood stunned, a terrifying aura erupted from the ruins, Dou Qi spilling out unchecked.

A Dou Ling!

And no ordinary Dou Ling, either. He had probably already reached the strength of a high-level Dou Ling.

Boom!

In an instant, the rubble exploded outward, and a disheveled old man appeared before everyone, his expression utterly dark.

Gute had never imagined that someone would blow up his home while he was inside studying the properties of medicinal materials.

"No matter who you are, I, Gute, will never let you get away with this!"

Gute's expression was exceedingly grim. He had collected quite a few precious medicinal materials, and that strike had nearly destroyed them all.

Had he not reacted quickly and protected those medicinal materials first, the losses would have been unimaginable.

Those things were practically his lifeblood, so Gute's mood at that moment was easy to imagine.

At his words, Frank's and Otto's mouths twisted.

Never let her get away with it? You'd better first consider whether you can survive this harbinger of calamity.

Whoosh!

Dou Qi instantly surged around Gute, then slowly condensed into a red longsword in his hand.

This was an ability possessed by Dou Ling experts.

After reaching the Dou Ling level, they could condense a Dou Crystal within their bodies and shape Dou Qi into solid objects.

A terrifying aura spilled out as he flashed toward the group at tremendous speed.

"Whoever you are, you're going to die!"

Gute roared, his expression dark.

Queen Medusa, however, seemed not to have heard him at all. She was examining her slender fingers.

Snap!

Queen Medusa snapped her fingers.

Boom!

The instant she snapped her fingers, terrifying power surged forth, and an immense pressure abruptly descended between heaven and earth.

Thud!

In an instant, Gute felt as though Mount Tai had crashed down upon him, forcing him straight to his knees.

Even the ground cracked into a spiderweb!

Gu He had no strength to resist, his face contorted in agony as he endured the crushing pressure, unable to move.

In an instant, a trace of solemnity appeared on the faces of everyone present.

This was Queen Medusa, whose name resounded throughout the Jia Ma Empire!

With a mere gesture, she had subdued a Dou Ling expert.

"Wh... who are you?!"

Gute's expression changed drastically. He struggled desperately against the pressure, unable to rise. "I... I, Gute, don't believe I've ever offended you!"

By now, none of Gute's earlier arrogance remained.

Even a Dou Wang could not subject him to such pressure with an aura this terrifying.

That left only one possibility: a Dou Huang expert!

At his words, Queen Medusa remained indifferent. She slowly walked up to Gute, who was still struggling desperately, and snapped her fingers again. The pressure between heaven and earth ceased abruptly.

Gute slowly raised his head. At the sight of the figure standing before him, his expression changed drastically.