Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 515 was beaten to it?

"Be careful not to get touched by those tentacles, or your fighting spirit will be completely drained in the blink of an eye." The old doctor's reminder dispelled Jing Chen's desire to hurry over.

"Let's go, be careful as we go. Judging from the shape of the blue lotus, it has obviously been through thousands of years. It should have condensed the core fire of the blue lotus." Yao Lao said with a smile.

"Mmm." At this moment, Jing Chen's body trembled with excitement. He had never been this excited when he inherited the position of the Creator God, and now the object of his excitement was the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame before him. Even after his rebirth, Jing Chen had never felt this way.

His figure slowly swam towards the blue lotus. As he got closer and closer to the blue lotus, Jing Chen could feel its exquisite beauty more and more. Such a near-perfect thing could probably only be created by time and the tempering of nature.

Carefully avoiding the swaying roots and tendrils, Jing Chen slowly approached the blue lotus, his excited gaze sweeping over it, but his body suddenly stiffened.

In the center of the small lotus platform within the lotus flower, there is a hole the size of a fist, but at this moment, that hole is completely empty.

Staring at the empty lotus heart, Jing Chen's mind went blank. He muttered, "How is this possible? How could it not exist? Judging from the shape of this green lotus, it should have had the Green Lotus Core Flame for a long time."

"How could there not be?" Jing Chen's lips twitched wildly. After a moment of silence, he suddenly roared at the lotus platform. His handsome face was now somewhat irrational.

"Quiet! Quiet down!" Just as Jing Chen was losing his temper, Yao Lao's deep voice rang in his head like a bell.

"If there's nothing else, then just keep looking. The Dou Qi Continent is so vast, it's not like this is the only place with strange fire!" On Jing Chen's shoulder, a pale white flame condensed into the image of Yao Lao, who reprimanded him.

"Coco went through all that trouble, only to end up empty-handed?" Jing Chen shook his head violently, saying with extreme resentment.

"Every day, thousands upon thousands of people in this world tirelessly search for the Strange Flame, yet after paying every price, they haven't even seen what it looks like. You've already come this far; it's truly enviable," the old man gently comforted her, turning to look at the empty lotus heart, a sigh escaping his lips. It was definitely not discouraging. The Strange Flame, which he thought was within easy reach, had suddenly and inexplicably grown wings and become useless. Someone with weak willpower would probably have gone berserk right here.

"Huh? What's this?"

His gaze swept across the lotus platform, and Yao Lao suddenly exclaimed in surprise. With a wave of his hand, which was formed from a pale white flame, a seven-colored ray of light burst forth from the lotus platform and landed in Yao Lao's hand.

"What is that?" Turning his head dejectedly, Jing Chen stared at the object in Yao Lao's palm, paused slightly, and exclaimed in surprise, "Scales?"

The object in the old doctor's hand was about half the size of a palm. It was entirely multicolored, and at first glance, its seven-colored light was quite dazzling.

"These are... Seven-Colored Serpent Scales?" The old physician narrowed his eyes, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"Seven-colored snake scales?"

"So that's why there's no Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame inside the lotus. Someone beat me to it," Yao Lao said with a sneer, tossing the seven-colored snake scales at Jing Chen.

Upon receiving the scale, his hand felt its icy coolness, and a chilling aura continuously seeped into his body. If it weren't for the protection of Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Jing Chen probably wouldn't have dared to touch it at all.

"Did the owner of the scales take away the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame?" Jing Chen frowned as he gripped the seven-colored snake scales tightly.

"Seven-colored snake scales are possessed by only one person in the Tagor Desert, and that is Queen Medusa of the Snake People. It seems that the mysterious aura that Qinglin sensed half a year ago must have been Queen Medusa," Yao Lao mused.

"Sigh, so what if it's him? Half a year has passed, she must have absorbed all of the Azure Lotus Core Flame." Jing Chen said dejectedly as a possibility came to mind.

"Are you out of your mind? Queen Medusa has snake-human blood flowing through her veins, and her natural attribute is inclined towards yin and cold. Absorbing strange fire? Is she tired of living?" Upon hearing this, Yao Lao immediately rolled his eyes at Jing Chen and scolded him.

"Since her attributes clash with the Strange Fire, why would she bother trying to steal it? Besides, according to Qing Lin, she must have been injured when she took the Strange Fire, right? Why would she go through all that trouble?" Jing Chen said with a wry smile.

"Perhaps," Yao Lao shrugged, pondering, "It seems we still have to go to the depths of the Tagor Desert. I don't know what she's trying to do, but the only thing I can tell you is that she absolutely cannot absorb the strange fire. So, maybe we still have a chance to get the strange fire back."

"Go find Queen Medusa to forge a different kind of flame? That girl is a Dou Huang level powerhouse. Back then, even the Ice Emperor of the Mingzhen Jia Ma Empire was made to look terrible by her. Are we just going to go looking for a beating?" Jing Chen rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile.

"Hehe, I seem to remember someone telling me that when they brought the Butterfly out of the Tagor Desert, they encountered Queen Medusa twice. The first time, they escaped with a little trick, but the second time..." Yao Lao's wicked voice rang out again.

Jing Chen's face darkened, then he said helplessly, "Back then, I had some strength enough to contend with Queen Medusa. Now I'm just a lowly Battle Master, how can I possibly fight her?"

"How come I remember someone saying back then that he was only a Fighter? No, wait, it seems like he wasn't even a Fighter?" Yao Lao continued with a wicked grin.

Jing Chen fell silent. Back then, he was indeed only at the third level of Dou Qi, but at that time, his mental strength was at least at the level of a Dou Di. Even setting aside his mental strength, the Xuanyuan Sword, Greed, and other strange abilities were enough to allow him to contend with Queen Medusa. Now, however, Jing Chen's strength was only at the Dou Shi level. Even his mental strength, with all the advantages of Douluo Continent, could only reach the level of a Dou Shi.

"Alright, alright, having a target now is better than us searching aimlessly everywhere. And even if we have to take action, it'll be me, not you. Although Queen Medusa's fearsome and alluring reputation is known throughout the continent, at least I won't be afraid of her," Yao Lao said, pursing his lips.

With a wry smile, Jing Chen could only nod and sigh, then shrug his head and turn to go back.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Seeing Jing Chen's actions, Yao Lao couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Go back? Or are you going to stay here and eat lava?" Jing Chen replied irritably.

"You and your brother are idiots!" Upon hearing this, the old apothecary slapped his head hard in anger, pointed at the blue lotus, and roared, "This thing is a rare treasure that takes a thousand years to form! Are you just going to leave it here, you spendthrift son?"

(End of this chapter)