Her Majesty Was Far Too Bold!

Time flew by.

Within the consciousness space, Chen Xuan suddenly felt his soul trembling.

In an instant, the world spun, and black and white flipped.

Chen Xuan felt his vision blur. In the blink of an eye, the scene before him changed completely, no longer resembling what it had been.

"Sure enough, I'm back again."

Chen Xuan opened his eyes and looked at his enormous snake tail and voluptuous figure.

"But where is this?!"

His gaze swept across his surroundings, a little bewildered.

Before him lay an entirely unfamiliar place, surrounded by massive rock walls. Countless images of the Snake-People Tribe had been carved into them, seemingly recording the tribe's history through pictures.

The entire stone chamber was enormous, and a cold, sinister aura filled it.

He was seated with his tail coiled beneath him at its very center.

"Is this a formation?!"

Looking around, he saw eight pillars of light radiating terrifying energy in the surrounding space. They encircled the entire chamber, enclosing him within them, while a curtain of energy resembling a veil of water hovered in the air.

Finding it all somewhat unreal, Chen Xuan raised his hand to touch it. The instant his palm made contact, one of the eight pillars blazed with light.

Rumble!

A muffled thunderclap instantly exploded in the air. A fist-sized bolt of lightning flashed into existence, unleashing terrifying power as it shot straight toward Chen Xuan's body.

Holy shit!

Chen Xuan's expression changed instantly. Dou Qi surged instinctively from his body, and he dodged in a flash.

Sizzle-sizzle, sizzle!

The terrifying golden lightning struck the ground with an ear-piercing hiss, leaving a crater nearly ten meters across before him.

"Good grief, did you have to go that hard?!"

Seeing this, Chen Xuan's gaze grew grave as he muttered to himself.

That attack had nearly matched the power of an entry-level Dou Huang expert.

Moreover, he had seen only one of the eight pillars light up, yet it had unleashed an attack comparable to an entry-level Dou Emperor's. If all eight lit up, wouldn't he be finished even with the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Emperor???

"What's this?"

Suddenly, Chen Xuan spotted something resembling a Beast-Skin Scroll falling from the air.

Curiosity getting the better of him, he caught it and found a few sparsely written lines inside.

"Lowly ant!"

Good grief. Seriously, good grief.

Opening with "lowly ant"-that's exactly the regal bearing I'd expect from you!

The corner of Chen Xuan's mouth twitched, and he continued reading: "Lowly ant, by the time you read this letter, I presume you have escaped disaster, survived the formation's attack, and once again taken control of my body."

"Though I do not know how you control it, nor what your purpose is, this time you will surely die."

"This place is the Snake-People Tribe Ancestral Grounds. Countless heroic souls of our tribe are buried here. Their spirits guard this place, along with this great formation, whose power rivals a Dou Zong."

"You dared humiliate me. Whoever you are, death is your only path."

"Even if I die here, I will drag you into the grave with me."

After reading it all, Chen Xuan froze for a moment before breaking into a bitter smile.

"Queen Medusa really is Queen Medusa!"

"She'd actually risk her life just to drag me into the grave with her!"

Chen Xuan had never expected Her Majesty to be this bold.

I haven't even done anything yet, and I helped you break through to Nine-Star Dou Emperor as soon as I arrived.

And now you're planning to kill me outright, even at the cost of your own life.

That's way too ruthless!

Am I going to kill myself before I even get a chance to show off my strength as destiny's chosen protagonist?

At that thought, Chen Xuan was left speechless.

"Your Majesty, if I really wanted to do anything, I would've done it already."

After all, though Chen Xuan had only just transmigrated, control over this body belonged to him for part of the time. Wouldn't doing whatever he wanted be easy?!

"Your Majesty, you certainly have made yourself comfortable. You announced you were entering seclusion, then came straight to the ancestral grounds, leaving this old woman to come find you herself."

Just as Chen Xuan was looking utterly helpless, an aged voice suddenly came from the cave opening ahead.

A few breaths later, an elderly servant with a human head and a snake's body appeared inside the cave.

She wore sumptuous black-and-gold brocade robes. Though her face was deeply lined, he could still make out that she had been a great beauty in her youth. Her unfriendly gaze, however, suggested she would not be easy to deal with.

What drew Chen Xuan's attention most, however, was the aura emanating from her body.

A Dou Emperor?!

This old woman is actually a Dou Huang expert.

At her words, Chen Xuan was startled, but he instantly regained his composure, his gaze turning icy.

He had never expected the Snake-People Tribe to have another Dou Emperor-level expert.

Though she was not a high-level Dou Emperor, judging by her aura, she was at least a mid-level Dou Huang expert.

"What is it?!"

Chen Xuan's expression remained impassive as he spoke "coldly."

Even if you've never eaten pork, you've still seen pigs run.

Though he did not know who she was, all he needed to do was maintain a single expression.

Coldness. Ruthless coldness.

Her Majesty's signature look.

"Your Majesty, it grows harder and harder to summon you. Now this elder must come fetch you herself."

"Do not forget that you bear the responsibility for the entire Snake-People Tribe!"

Hearing this, the elderly servant immediately grew furious. Dou Qi surged through her body, and a terrifying aura rippled outward. With a slight movement of her palm, the great formation enveloping the entire cave rapidly dissipated.

She had shut the formation down outright!

Suddenly, the terrifying presence of a Dou Huang expert erupted from the elderly servant's body, sweeping through the entire cave before spreading across the Snake-People Holy City.

"How dare you!"

"I am the queen!"

Chen Xuan's expression changed in an instant. His Peak Dou Emperor power surged outward, terrifying Dou Qi carrying the pressure of his bloodline with it.

Rumble!

The auras of the two Dou Huang experts collided, shaking the Snake-People Holy City in an instant.

Every expert of the Snake-People Tribe felt those two Dou Huang experts' auras at that moment.

"That's Her Majesty, and the other one is the Great Elder?!"

"Heavens, why are those two at each other's throats?!"

On the western side of the Snake-People Holy City, shock appeared on Mo Bass's face.

"The Great Elder and Her Majesty must have clashed again!"

"Mo Bass, why don't you go take a look?"

Suddenly, a streak of light flashed across the sky. Yue Mei flapped her wings as she looked at Mo Bass and spoke.

"I'm not going. Why don't you go?!"

Mo Bass shuddered at her suggestion and shot the question back.

Yue Mei's delicate face also shifted slightly, as though she had remembered something unpleasant.

Then, streak after streak of light flashed into view as all Eight Leaders of the Snake-People Tribe arrived. Yet none of them made a move, seemingly intent on watching the show.