Chapter 24: The Conflagration of Dou Huang Jia Xing Tian
Chapter 24: The Conflagration of Dou Huang Jia Xing Tian
Wu Tian's comment made Gu He's face darken instantly; the man was pushing his limits, yet Gu He felt utterly helpless. No matter how enraged he became, he dared not make a move, knowing all too well that he was no match for Wu Tian. For Gu He, holding back was his best option.
As everyone awaited the appearance of Queen Medusa, only Wu Tian, the guardian elder, was present, leading many to speculate that Queen Medusa had failed in her evolution.
Even the Dou Huangs, Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian, assumed the same, for if Queen Medusa had succeeded, she would not miss the opportunity to strike at them with Wu Tian by her side.
However, with Medusa's absence, it seemed she had perished along with the massive corpse from before. The human faction remained subdued; they could hardly be pleased since they had never anticipated another formidable figure apart from Queen Medusa among the Snake People.
The Snake People, on the other hand, were all eyes on their guardian elder, waiting for him to announce the fate of their queen.
Wu Tian merely smiled faintly and announced, "Queen Medusa has not died; she has successfully evolved but needs time to recuperate. During this period, I shall protect the Snake People."
His words caused an uproar of jubilation among the Snake People. They believed him implicitly, knowing him to be a genuine Dou Huang pinnacle powerhouse. His statement carried the absolute authority of the Snake People.
"Kid, who the hell do you think you are fooling? Medusa's aura has vanished, and you're just a minor Dou Wang, yet you dare bluff like this. I want to see what you're made of!" Jia Xing Tian chastised Wu Tian from behind.
"Quicksand Whirlwind!"
At Jia Xing Tian's command, the desert sand below whirled into action, forming a massive sand tornado in an instant.
Yun Yun, sensing Jia Xing Tian's intent beforehand, didn't stop him. Testing Wu Tian's capabilities was perfect now, and she couldn't stop him anyway. Jia Xing Tian was taking a gamble, compelled to act.
In her mind, Gu He was the better candidate for this test, but his cowardice in the face of Wu Tian's insults blatant yet unmoved showed he lacked any manly spirit and was only fit for concocting pills.
"Let him perish," she thought coldly of Gu He.
Having lived so long, Jia Xing Tian's temperament was robustly fierce. As a patriarch of the Jia Ma Empire, buried up to his neck in responsibilities and nearing his end, he was forced to bet everything.
He gambled that Queen Medusa was dead and that Wu Tian was merely posturing as a Dou Wang. Only by this bet could he preserve the Jia Ma Empire from annihilation and protect their royal lineage from usurpation.
A massive sand tornado centered on Jia Xing Tian hurtled towards Wu Tian, aiming to obliterate the "minor Dou Wang."
As the tornado neared, Wu Tian's azure wings fluttered, and he burst into a brilliant cyan light. A cyan flame lotus appeared in his right hand manifesting the Green Lotus Core Flame. Now an entity of celestial fire, he could unleash terrifying energies like the original Core Flame.
This energy was unbearable even for Jia Xing Tian, not to mention Medusa or anyone else. Coupled with Wu Tian's formidable Dou Qi, it reached an extreme level of terror.
As the cyan lotus appeared, Gu He's mouth dropped open in horror, "This, this, this is the Green Lotus Core Flame! Is that energy from a Dou Huang pinnacle? He's absorbed the celestial fire??? Bad, run!"
In his outcry, Gu He felt the overwhelming energy envelop him, causing his Dou Wang body to feel as if it were splitting apart. Frantically, he pulled out a small bottle of Ice Spirit Spring from his storage ring, having collected it long ago in hopes of absorbing celestial fire, and drank it down before fleeing in terror, not even glancing back at Yun Yun.
His reaction was clear to Yun Yun, who appeared indifferent.
Her brows furrowed as she watched Wu Tian, feeling the fearsome aura he emitted. Even she was wary of this power, though she knew Wu Tian would only target the three of them nearby due to the proximity of the Snake People.
As the cyan flame lotus was flicked from his fingers, shooting straight into the sandy whirlwind, it instantly transformed into a fiery tornado.
Poor Jia Xing Tian, feeling the intense heat, ceased his technique immediately. The terrifying fire burnt all his hair and clothes, threatening to annihilate him. Fortunately, as a Dou Huang pinnacle, his Dou Qi shielded him from the fire's energy, allowing him some respite, or he would have been reduced to ashes.
Below, both Snake People and humans looked up in awe as they saw a formidable black Dou Huang pinnacle running naked through the sky.
"Wow, how disgusting! Ugh!"
(End of Chapter)