Qing Lin's words attracted the attention of others. Gu Xun'er operated her soul power and also discovered the movement of the Snake-People elders' group.
"They seem to be escaping?"
"Should we stop them?"
"Let's go ask first."
Gu Xun'er took a step forward, walking in the air, and quickly arrived on the path the Snake-People were advancing.
Seeing the woman suddenly appearing in front, the Snake-People elders' gazes instantly became vigilant.
"Who are you?"
Gu Xun'er glanced at the snake-girl protected behind the elders, then asked: "Is it convenient to tell me what you are going to do?"
"Human, don't meddle!"
Gu Xun'er shook her head: "This place is currently restricted. Please go back."
"Arrogant!"
An elder with a fiery temper snorted coldly and rushed directly towards Gu Xun'er.
She couldn't beat that man just now; now a mere girl wants to stop her?
A green staff condensed in the Snake-People elder's hand. A ball of Dou Qi glowing with fierce poison light smashed fiercely towards Gu Xun'er.
Boom!
Golden sword exploded and slashed. Gu Xun'er raised her jade hand lightly, and the snake-person in front instantly flew backwards, crashing heavily into the desert, motionless.
"One step further, bear the consequences yourself!"
Gu Xun'er's voice was cold.
The Great Elder's snake tail, which had just advanced a little, slowly retracted at this moment.
"Your Excellency has good strength. I alone am indeed not your opponent, but don't forget, this is the Snake-People Ancestral Land!"
The black crutch in the Great Elder's hand heavily struck the desert ground, and a circle of black Dou Qi spread out.
Buzz!
A rich aura of life shot out from the body of the Snake-People elder who fell to the ground just now.
Gu Xun'er narrowed her eyes. She held back just now and didn't take the old snake-person's life, but ridiculously, she actually died at the hands of her own clansman, used as a sacrifice.
"Great Ancestor of Snake-People, please listen to the prayers of your descendants!"
The Great Elder danced with a strange posture, as if performing some ritual.
The powerful life aura triggered strange phenomena in the surrounding world. This might had already surpassed the scope of Dou Emperor.
The Gold Emperor Burning Heavens Flame ignited in Gu Xun'er's eyes, waiting in formation.
After the ritual was completed, a smile appeared at the corner of the Great Elder's mouth, waiting for the Ancestor of Snake-People to bestow supreme power to help her defeat the enemy.
However, half a minute passed, and the Great Elder didn't feel any gift from the Ancestor of Snake-People at all.
The strange phenomena in the sky seemed to be merely superficial, having only prestige but no substance.
The Great Elder's expression remained unchanged, but panic began to rise in her heart.
How could this be?
Sacrificing a peak Dou Emperor in exchange for a chance to defeat the enemy, yet there was no reaction at all!
The Ancestor of Snake-People was clearly responsive to every plea!
Another half minute passed, and Gu Xun'er became a bit impatient.
The Great Elder's eyes were uncertain. Suddenly, Dou Qi erupted from her hand, sucking over a Dou Spirit level snake-person from the team and killing him on the spot.
"Great Ancestor of Snake-People, please listen to the prayers of your descendants!"
The ritual proceeded again. Thunder rose in the sky, and dark clouds covered densely.
The Great Elder danced. Suddenly, a mysterious repulsive force transmitted from the strange phenomena.
She was ecstatic in her heart, thinking the Ancestor of Snake-People finally responded to her.
"Pfft!"
However, what the Great Elder didn't expect was that this power wasn't a response from the Ancestor of Snake-People, but a backlash from the ritual failure.
And twice!
Powerful force exploded in the Great Elder's body. She spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and her body fell straight down.
"What's the situation?"
Gu Xun'er was somewhat speechless.
This group of snake-people lost three of their own team before even starting the fight.
With the Great Elder falling, the strange phenomena in the sky slowly dissipated.
"Can we stop now?"
Gu Xun'er said.
The other two surviving elders looked at each other and tacitly remained silent.
Actually, not only Gu Xun'er, but they were also shocked just now.
Although sacrificing clansmen was common in the Snake-People Ancestral Land, sacrificing an elder was a first.
The Great Elder's action just now chilled the hearts of the two.
The failure of the ritual, the two didn't know the reason, but the current situation was already obvious. The four of them couldn't break through the interception of this girl in front; the mere two of them were even more helpless.
In the snake-people team, the mysterious little girl retreated slowly with everyone.
Although her talent was shocking, she was still young after all, currently only at Dou Master cultivation.
In the eyes of the older generation of snake-people, she didn't have the right to make decisions herself.
Gu Xun'er forced the snake-people back and didn't kill them all.
She suspected that Mr. Han's delayed return was related to the other party, so she didn't want to let them run away.
Time passed bit by bit. Qing Lin and the others waited honestly on the boat without acting rashly.
Han Feng's strength didn't need their worry. It wouldn't be good if they added unnecessary trouble and put themselves in danger.
Two days after Han Feng entered the ancient fortress.
A powerful energy fluctuation suddenly erupted in the ancient fortress.
The Dou Qi in Han Feng's body finally broke through the barrier, successfully stepping into the ranks of Two-Star Dou Saint, reaching the realm of his previous life.
"Unexpectedly, the opportunity here helped me step into Two-Star ahead of time."
Han Feng's long hair draped over his shoulders. The clothes on his body turned to ashes under the sweep of powerful flames.
Standing in the space where water and fire blended, he slowly extended his hand and took the Black Tortoise turtle shell that had absorbed the vast majority of the water element.
The accumulation of a thousand years was almost all inside.
Looking at the flickering ancient characters on the back of the turtle shell, Han Feng didn't think much and put it away.
Perhaps the Black Tortoise didn't die completely. Water qi in the world generates and attracts each other; there must be a glimmer of life left.
The powerful energy stored in the turtle shell gave Han Feng a bit more confidence.
As the inheritor of the Black Tortoise Heavenly Ancestor Sutra, although he couldn't mobilize the huge energy inside the turtle shell exquisitely, he could manipulate the turtle shell as a defensive object to resist external damage.
Han Feng turned his gaze to the other two people in the space.
Cai'er and Medusa had completely recovered at this time, but their consciousness hadn't awakened under the suppression of the space.
But this wasn't a problem. As long as they left this secret realm, they could wake up.
Han Feng smiled gently, embraced the waists of the two, stomped his foot, and immediately flew out of this Black Snake Secret Realm.
Rumble!
The moment Han Feng left the secret realm, this ancient land that had existed for a thousand years entered a stage of collapse.
Like the Hidden Dragon Cave, it had completed its mission.
Han Feng looked back, and a trace of emotion inexplicably appeared in his heart.
The inheritance of the Four Divine Beasts lasted for ten thousand years, but now they came to the door one by one on their own initiative, as if destined in the dark.
Obviously, in his previous life, he hadn't even touched the inheritance of a single divine beast.
This parallel world was really very different from the original world.
"Their mission is completed. When will my mission end?"
Han Feng vaguely sensed that a bigger enemy seemed to be waiting for him in the future.
The Extraterritorial Evil Demons mentioned by the Azure Dragon.
Because of his arrival, they had locked onto the Dou Qi Continent in advance.
Now, the Azure Dragon's time and space laws were protecting Han Feng so that he wouldn't be exposed so quickly.
But that day would eventually come.
Will the war of ancient times reappear?
How could he alone replace dozens of Dou Di and the gods who descended on the Dou Qi Continent back then to block the unknown strong enemy?
The responsibility handed to him by the Azure Dragon seemed a bit too heavy in Han Feng's view.
But things having reached this stage, it seemed he had no reason to escape either.
Even if he defeated Hun Tiandi in the future, to protect the people behind him, Han Feng would still choose to continue fighting.
Taking Cai'er and the other out of the underground passage, Han Feng flew outwards.
However, halfway through, he suddenly stopped.
On the passage of the ancient fortress, a snake-people team had fear and uneasiness written all over their faces. Among the team were the snake elders Han Feng met before, and that talented little girl.
Han Feng landed slowly and walked forward under everyone's terrified gazes.
He looked at the only two remaining elders and asked: "Is this the choice of your Snake-People Tribe?"
Sacrificing clansmen, sacrificing friends, in exchange for one person's strength.
Seeing the two "Queens" beside Han Feng intact, the two elders' eyes looked slightly lost.
"Failed?"
Originally thought this was an opportunity given by heaven to the Snake-People Tribe, allowing them to simultaneously give birth to two Medusas with bloodline strength surpassing the past.
If the fusion succeeded, then an unprecedentedly powerful Queen would appear in the Snake-People Tribe, enough to lead the Snake-People Tribe to overturn the continent!
Regret appeared in the eyes of the two snake elders.
Unfortunately... still didn't succeed.
Han Feng lowered his eyelids, reading the other party's thoughts.
Since it's like this, there's nothing to talk about.
"For Medusa's sake, I won't kill you. Look out for yourselves."
After speaking, Han Feng looked at the girl in the crowd.
"Do you want to come with me? Go to your Queen's current residence; there are more snake-people children of your age there."
"No!"
The two elders raged immediately.
"This is our Snake-People Tribe's business; you can't take her away!"
Although the realm of the two elders couldn't see the spiritual qi escaping in the world, this didn't prevent them from discovering the snake girl's talent.
She was an existence very likely to become the pillar of the future Snake-People Tribe and must be controlled in their own hands.
The snake girl pursed her lips, looked at the clan elders with cold faces, and then looked at Han Feng.
"I..."
"You dare!"
The snake elder glared, but before she finished speaking, she was blasted away by a huge force.
Han Feng looked to his side in surprise.
"Cai'er, you're awake."
Cai'er nodded to Han Feng, then walked step by step towards the snake elder she had just knocked flying.
"Medusa, you, don't forget your mission. You are the Queen of the Snake-People Tribe; how dare you hurt me, an elder?"
The snake elder on the ground looked ferocious, glaring at Cai'er.
Boom!
Another punch landed. After this blow, the snake elder was completely beaten into a pile of blood foam.
Cai'er's gaze was cold.
"I am not your Queen who would scruple about those broken rules of the Snake-People Tribe. Those who want to hurt my family only have death!"
It was Han Feng's first time seeing Cai'er showing such murderous eyes.
It seemed that in the few years of training in Snake Mountain, she had also changed a lot.
Seeing Cai'er's fierce gaze, the remaining elder began to tremble unconsciously.
She seemed to see the first generation Queen Medusa. That domineering momentum could cut herself into snake jerky.
Cai'er walked towards the other party step by step. Just the sound of footsteps made a group of snake-people bow their heads in submission.
"Do you want me to do it, or do it yourself?"
The only remaining snake elder dropped her staff with a clang, stumbling and falling.
"You are Medusa... you are stronger than that person. You should kill her and become the only King of the Snake-People Tribe. This is the rule. Rules cannot be broken!"
The snake elder seemed to foresee the arrival of death and spoke unscrupulously.
She looked at Cai'er's face, identical to Medusa's, and let out a laugh.
"Hahahaha, you must kill her! Otherwise, just wait for her to kill you!"
Boom!
Cai'er punched down expressionlessly, and the last snake elder also turned into dust.
After doing this, Cai'er looked at the remaining snake-people.
"You, come with me, or stay here."
"Choosing to stay here, I won't care about your life or death anymore."
Several young snake-people raised their heads in surprise, then quickly swam behind Cai'er.
"Your Majesty, we are willing to follow you!"
As several snake-people set an example, more and more snake-people swam behind Cai'er.
Including that talented little snake girl.
Cai'er watched all this silently until she found that there was still a group of old snake-people with hunched bodies in the snake-people team who hadn't made a choice.
"Follow me over; you don't need to trek over mountains and rivers. I will ensure you arrive at the new home safely."
"You don't have to worry about whether old snake-people will be discriminated against there. Snake Mountain is big enough to accommodate you."
After these words were spoken, several more snake-people swam from the team to behind Cai'er.
Only a dozen snake-people remained unmoved.
Cai'er nodded and no longer persuaded.
Everyone has their own choice. Respecting them is her last mercy.
As for whether the few old snake-people could live peacefully in this Tagor Desert, it was not within Cai'er's consideration.
"Han Feng, thank you for saving me."
Cai'er walked up to Han Feng only then, looking at his face seriously.
"No need to thank."
Han Feng smiled.
"You looked quite imposing like a Queen just now."
"Really?"
Cai'er glanced at the large group of snake-people suddenly added behind her and said calmly: "Maybe managed Snake Mountain for too long, got used to it."
"Han Feng, are you going back to the Central Plains next?"
"No, came this time planning to call you guys to go around the Nanli Continent together."
"Then I probably can't go."
Cai'er said.
"I have to send them to Snake Mountain first."
"Mm, as it should be."
Han Feng looked at the mass of snake-people in front of him, all looking at Cai'er eagerly.
Obviously, everyone had taken Cai'er as the backbone.
"Take Medusa back too; take good care of her."
Han Feng handed the still unconscious Medusa to Cai'er.
Cai'er held Medusa and nodded.
"Come back early."
"Okay."
Cai'er said to the group of snake-people behind her: "Follow me."
"By the way, that little girl, you can pay special attention to her."
Before parting, Han Feng said to Cai'er.
"I know, her bloodline is extraordinary, very promising."
Cai'er glanced at Han Feng, "Speaking of which, she has some relation to you?"
"Me?"
Han Feng looked confused.
How did this get related to me?
"It was the Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill you refined for Medusa back then. It was taken by the little girl's mother, and finally, she was born."
"Before, the snake elders wanted to cultivate her as the next Medusa."
Han Feng recalled some things from back then. He seemed to have indeed refined a pill for Medusa.
But she didn't take it, instead leaving it for the Snake-People Tribe.