While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 99 Evolution, glowing white!

The next day, late at night.

Around the Holy City, the Snake-People's guards were several times more stringent than usual, with squads of Snake Guards traversing the desert, making it impossible for anyone below the rank of Battle King to even get close.

At this moment, behind the Holy City, on that secret island in the middle of the lake.

Queen Medusa stood alone before the icy spring pool, a luxurious and expensive red brocade robe enveloping her graceful figure, her voluptuous and alluring body exuding a seductive charm.

Beneath the red brocade robe, a purple snake tail lazily swayed in the moonlight, exuding a wild and exotic charm.

Three figures were also quietly observing from a hundred feet away from Queen Medusa.

Apart from Chen Xiao, Hua She'er and Zi Yan were watching with great tension.

"Medusa will definitely succeed!"

This is a lucky buff blessing from Zi Yan.

Flower Snake nodded emphatically.

"Your Majesty, you will surely succeed!"

Chen Xiao readily agreed and laughed, "You're right."

Time passed second by second, and when the bright moon rose directly overhead, Queen Medusa looked up and glanced at it.

"It's time—"

With a soft murmur, Queen Medusa's alluring face hardened, and beneath her red brocade robe, two snow-white wrists emerged, her jade hands slowly forming several hand seals in front of her.

As Queen Medusa's hand seals changed, the crystal lotus seat suddenly trembled violently. The invisible light barrier gradually disappeared, causing the unrestrained blue flames within to burst forth and swell against the wind. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a raging inferno.

Under the intense heat emanating from the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the icy spring water in the small pool is being evaporated at an alarming rate.

Upon seeing this, Queen Medusa gently bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, and slowly reached her jade hand to unbutton her brocade robe.

The next moment, a perfect jade body, so white it seemed to glow in the moonlight, was exposed naked in the bamboo forest.

"Lord Chen Xiao, Zi Yan, let's leave the island in the middle of the lake and wait for the results."

Chen Xiao felt a blur before his eyes, and the beautiful scenery was blocked by a body that was equally alluring, but far inferior to it.

Seeing the serious expression on Hua She'er's face, Chen Xiao withdrew his gaze, pulled Zi Yan, who was watching intently, and left the island in the middle of the lake first.

At the edge of the island in the middle of the lake, there is a lush bamboo forest. After leaving the island, without releasing their soul power to perceive, the three of them can only rely on their hearing to judge the situation inside the island.

About two minutes later, the three heard a clear whistle coming from inside the island, followed by a series of shrill screams of pain.

"Ahhh—"

Those were heart-wrenching screams, as if their souls had been shattered by a heavy hammer, the sharp trailing sounds piercing their eardrums and sending chills down their spines.

Given Queen Medusa's strong character, it's hard to imagine how intense the pain of evolving that strange fire must have been to elicit such a scream from her.

Flower Snake gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and silently prayed for their Queen in her heart.

Even the usually carefree Zi Yan had a glint in her eyes, looking as if she might drop a pearl at any moment, making people marvel once again at how quickly her relationship with Queen Medusa had progressed.

"Don't worry, she will succeed."

Chen Xiao gently patted Zi Yan's head and comforted her.

Just as he finished speaking, the three of them saw a blinding burst of light erupt from the island.

The next moment, a giant purple serpent, more than ten zhang long, rose up, enveloped in blue flames that resembled maggots in bones.

The snake people are different from humans, and also fundamentally different from magical beasts that have taken human form.

Shortly after their birth, they use a secret method to infuse the soul of a serpentine magical beast into their bodies. As they grow older and stronger, this serpentine magical beast, which serves as their companion soul, will gradually merge with them until they become indistinguishable.

Therefore, the giant purple serpent before us can be presumptuously referred to as the true form of Queen Medusa!

A sixth-tier magical beast, the Purple Nether Flame Serpent!

This is also a major reason why Queen Medusa, despite reaching the peak of the Douhuang realm for many years, has been unable to break through to the next level.

Because the potential of the Purple Flame Serpent is not high!

The giant purple serpent's body was long and powerful, but it was now horribly scorched by the raging flames. Large chunks of scales fell from the sky, revealing its bright red flesh. Every time blood seeped out, it was burned away by the strange fire. Even from a distance, Chen Xiao and his companions could smell a strange fragrance.

"Eek creak—"

Enduring the pain of being burned by the strange fire, the giant purple serpent writhed wildly in the sky, its mournful howl piercing the night, like the long and desperate cry of a wounded beast on the verge of death, sending chills down one's spine.

At first, it was able to stay in mid-air, but as the strange fire continued to burn it, it could no longer hold on and crashed onto the island with a loud bang. Immediately afterward, there were crackling sounds as its writhing and struggling body destroyed large sections of the lush bamboo forest.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame followed them closely. Under the terrifying heat, the tangled green bamboo instantly turned to ash, allowing Chen Xiao and his companions to see the scene inside the island more clearly.

As the giant purple snake shrank visibly under the scorching flames, its struggles gradually weakened, as if it had exhausted its last bit of strength. Both Flower Snake and Purple Beauty could no longer hold back their tears.

Gradually, the giant purple snake became completely still. Its body, which was over ten feet long, was burned down to only two or three feet in size, and its original color was no longer visible. It looked like a huge piece of charcoal displayed in the center of the island.

At that moment, Queen Medusa's aura completely vanished.

"Your Majesty—"

Flower Snake collapsed to the ground, its eyes losing their light.

Within the holy city, the snake people, who also felt the same way, found it difficult to accept this tragic end. Their mournful cries echoed throughout the city, and an atmosphere of sorrow enveloped this most sacred city of the snake people.

Zi Yan clenched her fists, bit her lip, and her teary-eyed expression became a walking meme.

However, at that moment, a deafening roar of thunder suddenly echoed from the dark clouds that had appeared out of nowhere.

Immediately following, a massive silver bolt of lightning shot down from the clouds, landing directly on the serpentine charcoal enveloped in flames.

Seeing this, even Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and patted Zi Yan's head.

"Don't rush to cry, she hasn't failed yet."

Zi Yan looked over at the sound and saw wisps of blue mist rising from the flames, seemingly something emitted from the collision of lightning and strange fire.

This cyan mist is very strange; even when one releases their soul power, they cannot perceive what is inside it.

After waiting quietly for a while, the blue mist gradually dissipated, and the equally consumed Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame finally detached from the snake-shaped charcoal body, becoming only the size of a fist, quietly floating in mid-air, constantly changing its shape.

Without paying any attention to the slumped-to-the-ground Flower Snake, Chen Xiao pulled Zi Yan up and quickly darted into the island in the middle of the lake.

Upon arriving before the giant snake, which resembled charred remains, Chen Xiao unleashed his soul power without reservation, meticulously sensing every corner.

Suddenly, a slight clicking sound reached my ears.

Chen Xiao's face lit up with joy, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

The next moment, under his and Zi Yan's watchful eyes, the giant snake's body on the ground suddenly exploded, and black powder flew everywhere.

At the same time, a seven-colored beam of light suddenly shot out from the black dust. Its speed was so fast that it seemed to penetrate the barrier of space, so fast that Chen Xiao and Zi Yan could not see it clearly.

At the very moment this seven-colored light appeared, a vast and terrifying aura spread outwards from the island in the middle of the lake like moonlight, rapidly enveloping the city at an alarming speed.

"I am well—"