Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 39 : . Evolution

At the edge of the city wall, Yun Yun hovered in mid-air, casting a faint glance at the rather disheveled two Snake People leaders opposite her. Suddenly, as if sensing something, she abruptly turned her head.

A moment later, a roar that sounded like a mix between a lion's and a tiger's echoed from within the temple. Shortly after this roar, a dazzling purple light suddenly surged, instantly shooting skyward and dyeing half the sky purple!

Within the purple light floated a massive purple snake, about ten zhang long. The snake's body was long and powerful, with an implicit elegant beauty. Its light purple pupils exuded a sense of tranquility and calmness.

The purple giant snake slowly twisted its body in mid-air, its huge head turning slightly towards the chaotic area of the city wall.

Gazing at this giant snake from afar, Yun Yun's fist, hidden beneath her black robe, clenched slightly, her red lips pressed tightly together.

Thinking she was worried about their safety after Medusa's successful evolution, Gu He softly consoled her, "Don't worry. Medusa, being a Snake Person, is cold-natured. This kind of evolution relying on Heterogeneous Flame only has a one in ten thousand chance of success for her. If the evolution fails, we won't even need to act; she will naturally disappear from this world."

"Moreover, as you know, this evolution is completely unpredictable. Even if it succeeds in the end..." Gu He shrugged, saying, "Who knows what she might evolve into."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Yun turned to look at him, her eyes filled with a coldness never seen before.

Gu He instinctively took a step back, the hair on his back standing on end. "Yun Yun..."

Seeming to realize her impropriety, Yun Yun slightly lowered her eyelids, turned her head, and slowly exhaled. Her gaze, however, remained firmly fixed on the giant snake.

"I too... am very curious to see the result of Queen Medusa's successful evolution." Her soft voice dispersed in the desert, concealing the complexity of her inner thoughts.

You'd better... not die...

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On the small island, the purple snake's enormous body coiled in mid-air. Dense purple light surged from within the purple snake, eventually enveloping almost the entire temple.

Xiao Han knew Medusa was setting up a barrier to prevent disturbance from outsiders. She was about to take action when she suddenly stopped.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, her sharp gaze suddenly falling on a certain patch of grass on the island.

"Senior Sister?" Sensing Xiao Han's suddenly sharpened aura, Gu Xun'er called out in confusion.

"A little mouse has snuck in," Xiao Han said coldly. She then put on her hood and pulled out a brand new black robe from her system space, handing it to Gu Xun'er. "Put this on."

Gu Xun'er took the black robe somewhat blankly, obediently draping it over herself and following Xiao Han's example by putting on the hood, covering her face.

At this moment, Xiao Han's right foot moved slightly to the right. Violent air currents suddenly erupted with her at the center. Silver arcs of lightning surged along the air currents, gradually condensing into a massive eagle.

In the grass, Xiao Yan, who had just crossed the poisonous lake using Yao Lao's Skeletal Flame to reach the central island, was quietly cursing while searching for grass to conceal himself.

Suddenly, he heard Yao Lao's urgent voice in his mind: "Xiao Yan, dodge quickly!"

Although he was disappointed in this nominal disciple, as long as the other was still his disciple, he didn't want anything to happen to him.

Xiao Yan, though only a one-star Dou Master, had trained in the Magic Beast Forest for so long that his reflexes were naturally not poor. Sensing the violent Dou Qi fluctuations, he immediately drew in a cold breath and quickly retreated.

But no matter what, he couldn't compare to Xiao Han, who had Dou Venerate level strength.

"Boom—"

The violent explosion made the entire small island tremble. A figure was thrown from the center of the explosion, covered in blood.

Xiao Yan spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with shock, doubt, and a hint of fear.

"Teacher, what's going on? Isn't Medusa evolving?"

Yao Lao's expression was grave: "Quick, leave! Get out of here!"

Xiao Yan was shocked: "Why, Teacher?! We've come so far... Can't you handle that person?"

Yao Lao truly had to exert great effort to suppress his desire to personally tear Xiao Yan apart. His voice was ice-cold: "Is your life more important or the Heterogeneous Flame?! There's obviously not just Medusa on this island! The person who just attacked is at least at the Dou Venerate level! If you don't leave now, even I won't be able to protect you!"

Xiao Yan's pupils suddenly contracted, his body breaking out in a cold sweat. "Dou Venerate..."

Hearing this, his previous resentment towards Yao Lao vanished completely. Xiao Yan now had only one thought: escape. He never imagined he would provoke a Dou Venerate.

Xiao Han, who had long since overheard their conversation, let out a cold laugh. She clasped her hands together, and violent lightning suddenly struck towards Xiao Yan.

In an instant, the entire small island transformed into a silver lightning domain!

"Damn it!" Xiao Yan's face instantly turned pale. He gritted his teeth and began running towards the edge of the island.

To escape, he even threw his cumbersome Heavy Xuan Ruler into his storage ring, fleeing without regard for anything else.

During the escape, Yao Lao still enveloped Xiao Yan's body with the Skeletal Flame, allowing him to resist the terrifying lightning to the highest degree.

Upon reaching the edge of the island, Xiao Yan didn't think twice before diving into the lake, swimming desperately towards the outside of the palace.

"Was that Cousin Xiao Yan?" Gu Xun'er's sharp eyes caught sight of that disheveled figure, and she said in surprise, "How did he get in?"

After confirming that Xiao Yan had left the palace, Xiao Han waved her hand, dispersing the silver lightning with a single palm strike. "Who knows."

The barrier Medusa had set up only allowed exit, not entry, so as long as Xiao Yan had left the palace, Xiao Han didn't need to worry about him coming back to cause trouble.

After laying layer upon layer of protective shields on Gu Xun'er, Xiao Han looked up at the giant purple snake and said to her, "Step back, find a relatively safe position to hide."

During their conversation, the purple snake in the sky, after coiling a few times, suddenly let out a crisp low cry, then unhesitatingly swallowed the Frigid Yin Dragon Saliva floating beside her.

The moment she swallowed the Frigid Yin Dragon Saliva, a terrifying cold qi suddenly erupted, almost instantaneously covering Medusa's body with a thick layer of ice.

If even the body's surface was like this, Gu Xun'er dared not imagine how miserable the body's interior, closest to the Frigid Yin Dragon Saliva, must be.

The giant snake rolled violently in pain, its piercing screams particularly terrifying in the night.

To make a proud and powerful queen emit such frenzied, shrill screams, one can only imagine the unimaginable, intense pain Queen Medusa was currently enduring.

Due to the enormous disturbance Queen Medusa was causing, her piercing screams echoing across nearly half the city, countless Snake People powerhouses leapt onto rooftops, their faces filled with shock as they gazed at the area of surging purple light. Some wanted to rush over but were repelled by the fierce purple light, only able to stand outside, anxious and restless.

Yun Yun's face changed drastically at Medusa's first scream. She tightened her grip on her sword, transforming into a cyan light and speeding towards the purple light, only to be intercepted halfway by the Snake People leaders.

"Get out of the way!"

Yun Yun shouted angrily, several tornados almost instantly condensing and furiously attacking the Snake People leaders.

"Want to disrupt the Queen's evolution? Dream on!"

Yun Yun gritted her teeth, her eyes fixed on the suffering giant snake, filled with worry and anxiety.

At this moment, Xiao Han took a deep breath. The Dou Qi in her body surged violently, and blood-red tribulation lightning slowly appeared. A massive blood-red formation gradually appeared beneath her feet.

Dou Qi containing terrifying power was continuously fed into the formation. Xiao Han's face grew increasingly pale, but she remained extremely composed, her hands constantly forming seals and changing at a speed so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

As her hand seals continuously changed, the originally clear night sky slowly gathered a thick layer of dark clouds. From within the clouds, terrifying muffled thunder occasionally rolled, seeming to thin the air with each rumble.

As the final hand seal was completed, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from the formation. This aura seemed to be mixed with a frightening primordial qi, along with unpredictable forces of natural law.

Xiao Han's body slowly rose, supported by the formation. If anyone were present, they would discover that Xiao Han's eyes had turned silver, with countless complex runes flashing within them.

From the sky above came Xiao Han's cold voice:

"Tribulation Lightning: Blood Cleansing."

At some point, the originally silver-purple lightning had completely transformed into viscous blood-red lightning. Though not as thick as the silver-purple lightning, the power contained within far surpassed it.

As Xiao Han's voice fell, a blood-red lightning bolt about as thick as a small arm struck down on the giant snake!

"Boom—"

The snake scales covered in thick ice on the purple snake's body were blasted apart by the blood lightning. The bright red flesh seemed to be scorched, emitting a smell of cooked meat.

Medusa let out an anguished scream, her body thrashing more violently.

The power of the blood lightning penetrated her body, slowly traveling along her meridians. The impurities in her bloodline were gradually eliminated as the blood lightning moved through.

About ten minutes later, another, thicker bolt of blood lightning struck down.

Although the blood lightning could purify the bloodline, it was too powerful. After just three bolts of blood lightning, there was hardly a patch of uninjured flesh on Medusa's body!

Xiao Han took a deep breath and took out another jade box from her system space, then carefully opened it.

Under the urging of Dou Qi, the pale golden liquid in the jade box transformed into a mist and entered Medusa's body. As the pale golden liquid entered, the wounds on the giant snake's body healed at a visible speed.

Eighth-grade dan liquid, Golden Meng Hongyu Liquid.

Even Xiao Han couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache when taking out the Golden Meng Hongyu Liquid. Renowned as a holy medicine for healing, it could heal even the most severe injuries within minutes. Although eighth-grade dan medicines were extremely difficult to refine, Xiao Han was capable of doing so. The reason for her heartache was the rarity of the main ingredient in the Golden Meng Hongyu Liquid—the Golden Tripod Source Fruit, which was comparable in rarity to a Heterogeneous Flame.

Even Xiao Han only had two portions of Golden Meng Hongyu Liquid on hand. If not for her superior alchemy skills, that hard-earned Golden Tripod Source Fruit would not have been refined into two portions of medicinal liquid.

Outside the purple light, Gu He's face suddenly changed drastically. He exclaimed, "This is the eighth-grade medicinal liquid Golden Meng Hongyu Liquid?! There's even an eighth-grade alchemist here?"

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed dramatically.

Only Yun Yun, upon seeing Medusa's wounds healing, let out an almost imperceptible sigh of relief.

"The final strike," Xiao Han said in a deep voice. "Success or failure depends on this."

As if hearing her words, Medusa suddenly turned her head, her huge snake eyes staring intently at her, then slowly nodded.

"Crack—"

The final bolt of blood lightning, carrying a violent aura, frantically struck down on the giant snake. Upon contact with the giant snake, a frenzied power instantly exploded!

The entire small island was instantly overturned by this terrifying power. Almost all the creatures hidden in the lake were cut in half!

"Boom—"

The explosion was so powerful that even Yun Yun and the others outside the city had to retreat rapidly. The deafening sound of the explosion lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour before slowly subsiding.

As the aftershocks dissipated, on the island that had been destroyed by two-thirds, a charred giant snake lay motionless, its cold body indistinguishable from a dead snake.

A desolate atmosphere instantly enveloped the entire Snake People tribe. Countless Snake People powerhouses, sensing the dissipation of the Queen's aura, looked ashen.

Yun Yun's pupils suddenly contracted.

This is... failure?