Gute slowly raised his eyes, and his gaze froze instantly.
Before him stood a woman with breathtaking beauty and a superb figure.
Yet Gute felt not the slightest stir of admiration. If only she did not have that purple snake tail for a lower body.
The Snake-People Tribe!
The thought flashed through Gute's mind in an instant.
And she possessed the strength of a Dou Emperor. That meant the woman before him was Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Tribe.
My heavens!
It was actually this harbinger of disaster!
Cold sweat instantly poured down Gute's body, and his mind went utterly blank.
This was Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Tribe! Who in the entire Jia Ma Empire did not know her name?
Countless thoughts raced through Gute's mind, but he could not figure out how he had offended this harbinger of disaster.
"Gute, Queen Medusa is here, and you still dare act so insolently?"
Suddenly, Otto spoke from beside him, his expression grave.
Otto's voice snapped Gute out of his thoughts. A quick sweep of his gaze revealed Otto and Frank behind Queen Medusa.
Then his eyes shifted again, and he caught sight of a figure that left him stunned.
Pill King Gu He!
Even Pill King Gu He had come!
"Your Majesty, may I ask how I have offended you?"
Gute's expression immediately turned solemn as he addressed Queen Medusa.
Before Queen Medusa, Gute naturally had no chance to resist. But even if he had to die, he at least wanted to know why!
Even now, Gute still had no idea what had happened!
"Gute, where is your Ice Spirit Cold Spring?!" Before Medusa could speak, Gu He asked from beside her, "Her Majesty needs to borrow your Ice Spirit Cold Spring!"
Ice Spirit Cold Spring?!
Gute was instantly bewildered.
He loved collecting all manner of rare treasures and exotic herbs, and he did indeed possess some Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
"Ice Spirit Cold Spring?!" Gute's expression shifted slightly. With a small movement of his hand, a bottle of spring water emitting a chilling aura appeared in his palm.
"Queen Medusa, is this what you need?"
"Since Your Majesty needs it, I shall present it to you as a gift."
Facing Queen Medusa and the terrifying, sinister aura she exuded, Gute was remarkably forthcoming.
How could he not be?!
He had just experienced Queen Medusa's strength firsthand. A mere flick of her fingers had pinned him down so completely that he could not move.
Would killing him not be child's play for her?!
Although the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was exceptionally precious, no treasure was worth more than his life!
The instant Queen Medusa took the emerald jade bottle containing the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, she felt a bone-piercing chill assail her. An icy, crystalline cold began spreading across her hand.
Queen Medusa's eyes narrowed slightly at the sight. Only after circulating her surging Dou Qi did she suppress the chill.
"That's right. This is the Ice Spirit Cold Spring!"
At that moment, Chen Xuan's voice rang out.
Upon hearing Chen Xuan's words, Queen Medusa could not help revealing a faint smile.
That meant all three things needed to refine the heavenly flame were now in her possession.
Next, she only had to have Gu He refine the Blood Lotus Pill before setting off to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame.
"In that case, Your Majesty, may I leave now?"
Seeing Queen Medusa smile, Gute breathed a small sigh of relief.
As long as he could make this harbinger of disaster happy, losing a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring was nothing.
With the Ice Spirit Cold Spring secured, Queen Medusa naturally had no desire to remain in Black Rock City. Even one more second in this human city was too much for her.
"Hey!"
"Don't rush off. I remember this fellow has quite a few other treasures. Since we're already here, we can't leave empty-handed!"
Just as Queen Medusa was about to leave, Chen Xuan revealed a faint smile.
Naturally, Chen Xuan would not let someone with such abundant resources slip by.
"I hear you've collected quite a few things. Take them all out."
Turning her head slightly, Queen Medusa spoke bluntly.
Queen Medusa naturally enjoyed catching a white wolf without so much as a snare. Otherwise, how could the Snake-People Tribe develop with the resources they had?!
What?!
At those words, however, Gute's expression changed drastically, turning exceedingly ugly.
He had painstakingly amassed his collection over more than half his life. In short, it was his lifeblood, and now she wanted him to hand over everything.
For a moment, Gute's expression shifted back and forth, his face fraught with indecision.
"Gute, at a time like this, which matters more, your life or your possessions?" Seeing Gute's wavering expression, Frank grew anxious.
Did this old fool not see who he was facing?!
This was Queen Medusa, whose might shook the Jia Ma Empire! Did he still want to resist?!
That would only get him killed faster!
Hearing Frank's words, Gute's expression instantly stiffened. He raised his eyes slightly to look at Queen Medusa's calm face.
He knew that if he refused to give this harbinger of disaster what she wanted, his head might hit the ground the very next moment.
"Fine, fine!"
Looking utterly defeated, Gute removed a purple Storage Ring from a finger on his right hand and handed it to Queen Medusa. "Your Majesty, this contains everything I've collected over more than half my life."
Queen Medusa stood on no ceremony and promptly pocketed it.
Watching this, Gute's face twisted with pain. These were the savings of more than half his life, gone just like that. How could his heart not ache?!
But there was nothing he could do!
In this world, the strong reigned supreme. Queen Medusa's strength far surpassed his own. If he dared resist, his only fate was death.
Within the Jia Ma Empire, even the empire's Imperial Family feared Queen Medusa immensely. What could he possibly do?
Meanwhile, Frank and Otto both breathed sighs of relief.
As Gute's old friends, neither wanted him to make a mistake at such a critical moment!
After all, if he displeased Her Majesty, the outcome was obvious.
Fortunately, the old fellow had not lost his senses. If his possessions were gone, so be it. Keeping his life was already more than enough!
He had to consider just who stood before him!
Looking at the Storage Ring in her hand, Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes gleamed with delight. This was the advantage of robbery!
Gute's Storage Ring contained quite a few treasures, including hundreds of medicinal ingredients for refining fourth-tier and fifth-tier pills, and even several fifth-tier magic cores. There was no need to mention all the lower-tier medicinal ingredients.
She had obtained a whole pile of resources without paying any price at all.
If a single third-tier Alchemist possessed this many resources, then...
In an instant, Queen Medusa seemed to think of something, and her eyes shone brightly.
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