Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

'…A great opportunity!'

Although Xiao Yan had a way to infiltrate the Snake-People's Holy City, seeing Mobas fleeing ahead, Xiao Yan suddenly had a new idea.

While those powerful humans were defeating the seemingly endless giant energy serpent, Xiao Yan's soul power quietly locked onto the snake-man Dou Wang's true form, and then, without hesitation, struck the snake-man Dou Wang with a soul impact.

Of course, it was a weakened soul impact, with just the right amount of power to bring Mobas to the brink of death, but not to the point of immediate demise.

As Mobas lost consciousness, the energy serpents in the sky also disappeared in a short time, and the human powerhouses noticed Mobas falling.

"died?"

Before Mobas fell to the ground, Guhe caught him, and then Guhe's voice inviting the Fighting King to come and help him reached his ears.

“…Severely injured, on the verge of death.” After scanning Mobas’s body with his soul power, Gu He’s face instantly darkened.

No one who can become a Fighting King is a fool. Gu He could clearly see that the group didn't have any good countermeasures against Mobas's final snake technique. If nothing unexpected happened, they could only let him escape.

But now, Mobas, who should have been able to escape unscathed, is on the verge of death...

Even a fool could tell that someone was lurking in the shadows, their purpose being to use the heavily injured Mobas to hold him back.

If Guhe had come to cause trouble for the snake people, he could have ignored the dying Mobas and killed him directly. But he wanted to make a deal with the snake people. In this situation, if he ignored the dying Mobas, his deal with the snake people would have been canceled without a doubt.

After pondering for a moment with a dark expression, Gu He finally sighed and took out a few pills from his storage ring.

"Hey, I knew you'd save him!" Xiao Yan chuckled, watching Gu He's actions. "In that case, I'll take my leave!"

After glancing at Yun Yun, who was dressed in a black robe, Xiao Yan headed deeper into the desert without hesitation.

Chapter 171 Successful Evolution?

After traveling for some time, a huge city finally appeared faintly on the horizon.

Upon seeing the city, Xiao Yan's figure swayed slightly, transforming into the form of Mobas he had seen before—

He was burly, wearing only a thin garment, and his arms were covered with strange black tattoos. Where the tattoos reached his palms, two ferocious black snake heads were revealed. The snake heads were slightly raised, as if they were about to burst out of his body at any moment, exuding a fierce aura.

After the transformation was complete, Xiao Yan took a deep breath, and then his aura weakened instantly, clearly showing that he had suffered a serious injury.

Having done all this, Xiao Yan unfurled a pair of jet-black Dou Qi wings behind him and then shot off toward the distant city.

As Xiao Yan approached, the guards on the city walls noticed his presence. Immediately, alarms sounded, and countless snake-men raised their poisoned spears, ready to shoot down the newcomer at any moment.

When they were about a hundred meters away from the city, Xiao Yan suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a somewhat weak voice rang out: "Chief of the Ink Serpent Tribe, Mobas, pays his respects to Her Majesty the Queen!"

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In the spacious and luxurious hall, a beautiful figure leaned back in her chair, looking slightly tired. Her lazy gaze occasionally swept over the empty purple crystal throne on the high platform, and she couldn't help but shake her head helplessly.

Suddenly, a look of joy appeared on the woman's pretty face. She looked up at the outside of the hall, and just as she did, a dark shadow fell into the hall.

"...You're seriously injured?"

After noticing the condition of Mobas, who was being portrayed by Xiao Yan, the woman asked in a low voice after a brief silence.

"What do you think?" After scanning the hall with his soul force and confirming Mobas's location, Xiao Yan sat down in the chair. "Last night, we encountered human powerhouses: five Dou Ling, three Dou Wang, and one Dou Huang."

After saying this in one breath, Xiao Yan pretended to exhale, acting as if he was in some discomfort.

"Three Battle Kings?" Yue Mei, a female snake-person of equal status to Mobas, sighed softly, straightened her back slightly, and her voluptuous figure was immediately highlighted with alluring curves. She said lazily, "You actually escaped?"

“They didn’t intend to kill me,” Xiao Yan said, showing a hint of annoyance upon hearing Yue Mei’s words. Then, as if remembering his position, he lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice, “They wanted to capture me alive.”

"Capture alive?" A hint of doubt flashed in Yue Mei's eyes. "Have humans developed such heavy tastes these days?" Her tone was clearly teasing.

"...Judging from their tone, it seems they want to find Her Majesty the Queen." After taking a few deep breaths to suppress his anger, Xiao Yan said in a deep voice.

"Looking for Her Majesty the Queen?"

Both Mobas's behavior and the words he uttered startled Yue Mei. "Aren't those powerful humans usually most afraid of Her Majesty the Queen? Why are they like this now..."

“The leader seems to be an alchemist,” Xiao Yan continued, “and it seems he wants to make a deal with Her Majesty the Queen.”

"Alchemists? Trade?" After pondering these two words for a moment, Yue Mei suddenly looked at 'Mobas' with amusement, "Did you find out what they wanted?"

After a moment of averted gaze, Xiao Yan suddenly stood up. "I want to see Her Majesty the Queen. This matter must be told to Her Majesty the Queen first!"

"Don't go. Her Majesty the Queen is not seeing anyone right now. I didn't even get to see her earlier. All the messages were relayed by Flower Snake, the captain of the Medusa Snake Guard." Yue Mei pouted and curled her soft, boneless body into the chair, like a lazy, beautiful snake.

"Her Majesty the Queen has not appeared? This is unlike her usual style..."

Upon hearing Yue Mei's words, a glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes. He had previously been somewhat skeptical about whether Queen Medusa had found the Strange Flame, but after hearing these words, he was now about 80% certain.

"I'll give it a try first."

After leaving his last words, Xiao Yan walked out of the hall.

Seeing that Mobas didn't believe her, Yue Mei snorted indifferently and prepared to rest for a while longer.

However, not long after Yue Mei closed her eyes, her pretty face suddenly changed, and she sat up abruptly. Her narrow eyes stared coldly at the sky outside the main hall. After a brief hesitation, she instantly appeared outside the main hall, her body rapidly rising into the air, and a moment later arrived at the heavily guarded city wall.

At this moment, hundreds of meters above the city wall, a huge demonic beast hovered in mid-air, and several figures hovered not far in front of the beast, with several terrifying auras emanating from their bodies.

The figure flew towards the city at a leisurely pace, and after a moment, it stopped just outside the attack range of the spearmen on the city wall.

At that very moment, Yue Mei's pupils suddenly contracted, and in the hands of those figures, they were holding the weak-breathing Mobas!

Gazing at the group of people halted within the attack range, Yue Mei forcibly suppressed her curiosity about Mobas, who had appeared in the main hall earlier. She slowly rose into the air and coldly proclaimed, "Humans, why have you trespassed into my territory without permission..."

While Yue Mei stood in the air confronting Gu He and the others, Xiao Yan's figure had already blended into the city, slowly moving forward on the snake-man streets.

The aura of the strange fire could be felt in many corners of the city. If nothing unexpected happened, it was because Queen Medusa had "split" her newly acquired strange fire. Moreover, the method of this splitting was extremely clever. At least, before Xiao Yan's soul power detected those locations, he could not clearly distinguish between the real and the fake.

"Your Majesty Queen Medusa, I have come to Guhe in the Lower Gama Empire not to start a war with the nobles, but to discuss something with you. Please show yourself!"

As Xiao Yan slowly advanced, Gu He's voice suddenly rang out from the sky, and the rolling shouts echoed through the city for a while before gradually subsiding.

As the shouts subsided, silence fell both inside and outside the city walls. After a while, just as Guhe was about to continue shouting, the space above the city walls suddenly began to distort strangely.

As Gu He and the others were slightly startled and took a small step back, staring intently at the distorted space, Xiao Yan's gaze suddenly fell on a temple in the eastern part of the city.

'Found you!'

There are several Dou Huangs in this holy city of the snake people, and their auras are extremely similar. However, when Queen Medusa suddenly used her Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's soul power finally detected the location of her true body.

About three minutes later, Xiao Yan arrived near the temple. At the same time, another powerful figure flew out of the temple, heading straight for the city wall where the battle was taking place in the distance.

'Hmph, Queen Medusa has gone, the captain of the guard has gone, and the leader of that snake-man tribe is there too…' Xiao Yan's gaze fell on the temple where he had sensed the aura of a Dou Huang earlier. 'These Dou Huangs are still quite far away; they have a perfect opportunity to secretly take the Strange Flame…'

This is Xiao Yan's complete plan after impersonating Mobas!

When Xiao Yan encountered Mobas, who was being "besieged" by Gu He and his group last night, he roughly guessed that Gu He had come to find Queen Medusa because of the Strange Flame. Although he was not sure at the time whether Queen Medusa had found the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Xiao Yan felt that it was okay to play a trick occasionally. Even if Queen Medusa did not find a new Strange Flame, it would be fine!

With this in mind, Xiao Yan unceremoniously inflicted serious injuries on Mobas, depriving the Snake-People clan of a powerful figure capable of stopping Gu He and his group. He had originally planned to deliver a severe blow to Yue Mei, but after his soul power detected that Gu He and his group were very close, Xiao Yan had no choice but to leave first.

Now, aside from these Dou Huangs who are likely the Snake-People's trump cards, all the powerful figures, including Queen Medusa, have gone to the city walls. This gives Xiao Yan the opportunity to take what's inside the temple...

'You didn't leave?! !!!'

After bypassing several patrol teams and spending a little over a minute arriving at the edge of the lake at the deepest part of the temple, Xiao Yan stared blankly at Queen Medusa on the small island in the center of the lake—Queen Medusa had transformed into a giant purple snake over ten feet long.

The giant purple serpent emitted a dense purple light, almost enveloping the entire temple, resembling the setup of an energy barrier that was already complete.

'And it seems that evolution is about to begin...'

Looking at the enormous purple serpent, Xiao Yan's eyes twitched slightly. Although Gu He had only brought two Dou Wangs and one Dou Huang this time, the snake-people clan had only produced two Dou Wangs and one team with a combined attack technique, entangled with five Dou Lings so far! That Dou Huang…

'Oh, someone's taken care of it...'

Sensing a surge of power from a Dou Huang within the city, followed by a movement towards the city wall, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, "Teacher, the Snake-People's evolution shouldn't involve directly consuming the Strange Flame, right?"

"It shouldn't be that bad. The snake people and the strange fire have very poor compatibility, so it's impossible for them to evolve in this way."

Just as the master and apprentice were discussing the evolution of the snake-people, in the sky, a huge purple snake, after circling a few times, let out a clear, low hiss, and then charged headlong into the ball of earthy yellow flames without hesitation.

'Hiss, are we going to clash head-on with the strange fire?'

Under Xiao Yan's horrified gaze, the giant purple snake instantly flew down and plunged into the earthen-yellow flames without the slightest hesitation.

Hearing the shrill scream of Queen Medusa emanating from the strange fire, Xiao Yan, who had hidden in the bamboo forest on the island in the lake, shivered violently. His gaze, hidden by the surrounding bamboo leaves, fell upon the ball of earthen-yellow flame in mid-air.

Amidst the flames, the enormous purple snake was writhing wildly. As far as Xiao Yan could see, the snake's scales were rapidly twisting and turning, eventually being charred black by the strange fire and falling helplessly from its body.

After the snake scales fell off, bright red blood gushed out. However, this blood was often burned into nothingness by the terrifying temperature of the strange fire as soon as it appeared. Therefore, only extremely glaring bloody marks continued to appear on the body of the purple snake.

Not long after Queen Medusa began her evolution, Guhe, who had also infiltrated the city, quickly noticed the situation. After rushing over, Guhe stared blankly at the earthy yellow flames in the purple light, unconsciously clenching his teeth.

"Evolution has begun..." Guhe sighed softly. "It seems we can only wait for the final result..."

As Gu He sighed, the Dou Huangs in the Snake-Man City noticed his location. After frowning slightly, they all came to his side and stared intently at his every move.

The snake-people around Gu He did not conceal their auras. Therefore, upon discovering that they were all Dou Huanghou, Gu He became more vigilant. He did want to obtain his Strange Flame, but he was not prepared to die at this moment!

Sensing the growing number of people around him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise, "Weren't you guys fighting? Why did you all suddenly come to watch?"

The Fire Refining Talisman and the Mysterious Heavy Ruler flashed through Xiao Yan's hands. Regardless of whether Queen Medusa succeeded or not, he had to be prepared to clear a path through the crowd.

About half an hour later, the purple snake's huge body stopped rolling. Its body, which was originally covered with beautiful purple scales, was now charred black. Its body, which was more than ten feet long, was burned down to only two or three feet. It was hard to imagine how many bones and blood had been burned away by the strange fire.

Amidst the raging dragon flames, Queen Medusa lay motionless, letting the flames burn over her body, a faint, acrid smell slowly spreading.

"Failed...?" Outside the purple light screen, the black-robed man suddenly appeared beside Gu He, looking at Queen Medusa who had lost all movement in the strange fire, and sighed inexplicably.

The entire city fell into a deathly silence as Queen Medusa's screams faded away. A moment later, pairs of hateful gazes fell upon the man in black robes and Gu He.

'Tsk, looks like it worked?'

Xiao Yan paid no attention to the situation outside the temple. The surging energy of heaven and earth around him was almost a blatant indication that Queen Medusa's evolution had been successful!

At least, the initial steps were successful.

Soon, the man in black robes also noticed the turbulence of the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy). Then, the originally clear sky suddenly darkened, and clusters of dark clouds, appearing from nowhere, slowly covered the sky.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar of thunder echoed from within the dark clouds, and silver lightning bolts darted about wildly within them, like long, silver serpents.

Will the evolution of the snake-people race also attract lightning tribulations?

The situation in the sky was not unfamiliar to Xiao Yan. After all, he had experienced the baptism of pill lightning when refining seventh-grade pills. The only thing that puzzled Xiao Yan was why Queen Medusa's evolution required the baptism of lightning, just like those magical beasts.

'However, if that lightning really strikes, she probably won't be able to withstand it, right?'

However, Xiao Yan's gaze soon fell on Queen Medusa, who was lying in the burning of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. After being tempered by the strange fire, the fighting spirit in her body was visibly depleted, and the wounds on her body also proved that she was not in good condition at the moment.