Listening to Xu Ran's narrative, Queen Medusa felt as if a new world had unfolded before her.
She had never imagined that the world could be this vast.
Was even the Fighting Spirit Continent so tiny under this starry sky?
In that moment, Queen Medusa was utterly shaken, lightly pursing her lips, lost in thought.
For anyone suddenly exposed to so many revelations, wouldn't they be overwhelmed?
But Queen Medusa had always been proud. Knowing how vast the world was and how insignificant she was, instead kindled a fiercer combative spirit within her.
"Your little lover has arrived. And that Gu He too, probably here for the Green Lotus Core Flame," Queen Medusa said suddenly. After her breakthrough to the Douzong level, her perception had become incredibly sensitive. She looked into the distance and spoke to Xu Ran.
"Yun Yun has broken through to Douzong too, you really treat her well!"
"I thought you were only this good to me!"
Queen Medusa suddenly felt angry, turning her head away in a huff, her fingers pinching Xu Ran's waist forcefully, venting her displeasure.
Seeing Yun Yun receiving the same treatment as her dampened the sense of wonder she felt. And she didn't believe for a second that Yun Yun had come just to vie for the Strange Fire.
"What do you mean 'little lover'? Can you not be jealous? You two will be sisters in the future," Xu Ran said, laughing as he pulled Queen Medusa into his embrace.
"Hmph. Look at her, all full of herself, clearly she's come to fight me to the death. When she hits me, whose side will you take? If you have to choose between her and me, who would you pick?" Queen Medusa blinked her enchanting and beautiful eyes and posed this deadly question.
Support Yun Yun Wife? Cai Lin was right at his side; that would just spoil the mood, wouldn't it? He wasn't one of those inflexible, clueless guys.
Support Cai Lin Wife? But Yun Yun was right there, and if Cai Lin said something to fuel the fire, then trying to approach Yun Yun again in the future would exponentially become more difficult.
With such a choice, the only way out was not to choose at all.
"Ahem... let's go and see what Yun'er and the others are up to, to avoid any conflict with your people," Xu Ran coughed awkwardly, walking towards Yun Yun and her group, with Queen Medusa's delicate body in his arms.
"'Yun'er' it is, you sound so affectionate," Queen Medusa noticed how intimately Xu Ran referred to Yun Yun, growing even more jealous. Pouting slightly, she compared the way he addressed them both and seemed lost in thought. In any case, a jealous Queen Medusa was something to be feared.
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At this moment, Yun Yun and her group had already arrived at the Snake-People Tribe.
Seeing the jubilant festivities within the Snake-People Tribe, they were all taken aback.
"It seems Queen Medusa must have broken through to Douzong. Otherwise, the Snake-People Tribe wouldn't be celebrating like this," Gu He and several other powerhouses were astonished. In just a short time, it appeared as though a wind of change was sweeping through the Jia Ma Empire.
First, it was Ya Fei, who had reached the pinnacle of Douhuang, then Yun Yun had broken through to Douzong, and now Queen Medusa had also become a Douzong.
Those who were once considered the top-tier figures in the Jia Ma Empire now suddenly felt like second-line characters.
And behind all this stood a single person.
Ya Fei had soared to great heights with the help of elixirs, Yun Yun also achieved her breakthrough to Douzong with Xu Ran's elixirs, and now with Xu Ran in the Snake-People Tribe, Queen Medusa also managed to break through to Douzong.
"Hmph. That enchantress must have used some despicable methods to ingratiate herself with Xu Ran," Yun Yun said coldly, clearly resentful of Queen Medusa.
In fact, as the strongest young fighters of their respective camps, the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Tribe, they were often compared to one another. And since the relations between Yunlan Sect and the Snake-People Tribe weren't good, she naturally harbored ill feelings toward Queen Medusa.
Especially knowing that Xu Ran had gone to help Queen Medusa in the Snake-People Tribe made her even more annoyed.
"Xu Ran is no better. Spouting sweet nothings one moment, the next he is lying on Queen Medusa's belly. How free and easy he must be. If something really did happen between them, she would probably have to endure being compared with Medusa," Yun Yun thought wildly, clenching her sword and wanting to burst in to confront her old adversary, Queen Medusa, in a fight.
Since everyone had just broken through to Douzong, it was naturally time to determine who was superior.
"Dan King, now that Queen Medusa has broken through to Douzong, I'm afraid that Strange Fire is beyond our reach. Even if the Strange Fire hasn't been devoured by Queen Medusa, it's sure to be in the hands of Lord Xu Ran, and it's even less likely that we could snatch it," a few powerhouses summoned by Gu He said, frowning.
"As precious as Strange Fire is, to me, Lord Xu Ran is of utmost importance," Gu He responded.
"Only a mighty figure like Lord Xu Ran deserves to possess Strange Fire. Right now, I just want to meet Lord Xu Ran and see for myself what this Great Alchemist Master looks like and how celestial and noble his presence is. If I could achieve that, I would be satisfied," another said.
"Strange Fire, though valuable, is merely a priced item, but the divine Alchemy of Lord Xu Ran is truly priceless," Gu He, a die-hard fan of Xu Ran, spoke passionately, making Yun Yun and those other Dou Wang Fighters summoned by him feel goosebumps. To those unaware, they might think Gu He was something else entirely.
"If we could just see Lord Xu Ran once, we would have no regrets in this life," the few fighters added with some excitement. Countless strong figures were searching for Xu Ran's whereabouts just to visit him and, at any cost, obtain an elixir. They stumbled here by mistake and were incredibly lucky; if they were to leave now, they would slap themselves in regret.
"Yun'er, why have you come?" Lord Xu Ran and Queen Medusa walked over side by side. Seeing Yun Yun in a green dress, elegant and noble like a lotus, Xu Ran curled his lips into a smile.
"Hmph. If I didn't come, you would probably forget all your worries. With such a beautiful woman by your side, you seem to be living carefree," Yun Yun said indifferently, glaring at Queen Medusa with wide eyes.
"I thought you were something special, but it turns out you're just a temptress who knows nothing but how to seduce men. Don't you know Xu Ran is engaged to Nalan Yanran from our Yunlan Sect? And yet you dare to flirt with him, that's utterly shameless," Yun Yun said scathingly, not holding back her sarcasm.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Yun Yun, do you think you're that great? I've heard that Nalan Yanran is your disciple. Snatching your own disciple's man, isn't your behavior even worse? Seems like you're not any better than me. I wonder if that poor disciple of yours knows about her master's actions behind the scenes; if she did, who knows what she would think," Medusa retorted coldly.