Chapter 196: Are You Willing to Attack Me?
The setting sun shone like blood, casting a veil of scarlet light over the Tagor Desert.
Above the sky, two powerful auras slowly spread.
As they collided, the ever-present desert wind, sensing the tense atmosphere, seemed to quiet slightly.
Xiao Bai hovered in the air, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes cold as he gazed at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure before him.
He was deeply puzzled as to what had happened to Cai Lin to cause her to become like this.
"Human, what are you going to do?"
Yue Mei summoned her courage and stepped forward, though she trembled slightly at the clashing auras.
But her queen seemed to be in serious trouble, and she was unsure whether her condition was good or bad, and she was deeply concerned.
"Your name is Yue Mei, right? For Cai Lin's sake, go and stay quiet, or I'll beat you up too!" Xiao Bai said impatiently, glancing at Yue Mei, who was standing in front of Medusa.
"The eight great leaders of my Serpent People are on their way. They are all Dou Wang-level warriors. You..."
"Alright, Yue Mei, stay aside!" Medusa stepped forward, interrupting her. "This is between the king and him. Stay out of it!"
"But Your Majesty."
Before Yue Mei could finish her words, she was stopped by a fierce glare from Queen Medusa.
"What? My words are no longer effective?"
Yue Mei stammered, then retreated to the side in frustration. She felt the Queen was terrifying now.
After Yue Mei left, her narrow, beautiful eyes lifted slightly, gazing at the black-robed figure before her.
"Are you confused as to why I've become like this?"
Sensing Xiao Bai's unreserved aura, Queen Medusa's eyes flickered, a subtle curve curling the corners of her red lips.
She had to admit, this man before her was worthy of her and her other self's special regard.
According to her memory, it had only been a little over two years, and he had grown from the Da Dou Shi he was when they parted to his current level.
"Tell me about it!"
Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes, gazing at the exquisite face of Queen Medusa, now brimming with enchanting aura. He clasped his hands together and said noncommittally.
Since she'd brought this up, it was a good opportunity to hear what had happened to Cai Lin so he could find a solution. Otherwise, being completely clueless might even backfire.
"I have you to thank for this!" Medusa smiled faintly, a hint of amusement in her eyes, and whispered, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this!"
"Because of me?"
Xiao Bai frowned, pondering for a moment. His mind replayed past scenes with Cai Lin, but he found nothing unusual.
"Can't remember?" A sly glint flickered in Queen Medusa's narrow, autumn-water-like eyes. She smiled,
"Indeed, there's a strange resonance between our souls, but it's merely a resonance of emotions, not a shared memory. It's normal you didn't know!"
As Xiao Bai's face darkened, Queen Medusa's smile grew wider. Every frown and smile was filled with a bewitching allure, as if she delighted in seeing Xiao Bai like this.
"Do you really want to hit me?"
Queen Medusa's red lips curled slightly, her delicate face a more alluring glow. She tilted her head slightly and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. Even if you can, do you think you can beat me?"
"Would you be willing to hit me?"
Queen Medusa's tone was seductive, her slender jade fingers slowly tracing the graceful curves of Cai Lin's body. Her soul was one with Cai Lin's. Xiao Bai could sense her emotions, and so could she, too.
Although she didn't know much about him, she knew that given his temper, he wouldn't be speaking to her so calmly if he wasn't concerned about hurting Cai Lin.
Xiao Bai was momentarily distracted as he stared at the suddenly charming Queen Medusa.
But after a moment's recovery, his expression darkened, his brows etched with a sullen hue.
This woman, having piqued his curiosity, had been evasive, refusing to reveal what had happened to her.
Just as Xiao Bai was about to make a move, he heard Yao Lao's aged voice. He tilted his head slightly, noticing Zi Yan and Xiao Yan running back from behind.
"Is that so?" A moment later, Xiao Bai listened to Yao Lao's account, a flicker of doubt crossing his mind.
"Damn old man, ruining my plans!"
Queen Medusa, seeing Xiao Bai's expression, knew Yao Lao must have told him what had happened to her, and she flew into a rage.
Seeing Xiao Bai's daze, she thought she was on the verge of success, only to be met with a sudden and unexpected event.
Her original plan was to have Xiao Bai treat her as Cai Lin.
That way, this guy with a powerful soul wouldn't touch her sea of consciousness.
And she would always be Queen Medusa, and also the Cai Lin in his heart.
This was also one of the things she was wary of Xiao Bai. Although this guy's Dou Qi cultivation was not as good as hers, his soul power made her very wary.
If he used his soul power, coupled with Cai Lin's internal and external support, she would definitely be suppressed again.
"So, you are not Cai Lin?"
Thunder suddenly roared from his body. Although Xiao Bai's voice was soft, anyone could hear the anger contained in it.
"Hmph!" Seeing this, Queen Medusa's eyes darkened. She snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "She is me, and I am her. Her emotions and memories are my emotions and memories. What she can do, I can do too. I am both Queen Medusa and Cai Lin!"
"Are you still going to attack me?"
"Whether that's the case or not is not up to you. Wait until I release Cai Lin, and we'll see!" Xiao Bai said with a cold face, noncommittal.
Queen Medusa's words gave him a headache. This situation was like a split personality from a previous life, but fortunately, this was a world of cultivation, and the two personalities could still understand each other.
So, the most important thing right now was to release Cai Lin first. Medusa's personality was a bit difficult for him to understand.
"What a joke!"
Medusa sneered, her slender fingers tracing the long black hair hanging down in front of her chest. Her pair of beautiful eyes with a hint of purple flickered with a hint of coldness, and she said in a cold voice:
"Although you are the man I like, but at the moment, you are no match for me with your cultivation level of the peak Dou Wang!"
"Uh..."
Xiao Bai's momentum faltered, leaving him speechless. He had never imagined such words would come out of the mouth of the woman before him.
It seemed that while this personality was equally arrogant, it wasn't as conceited as Cai Lin, who would deny anything.
"Do you think I'm bolder than her?"
Medusa's cold eyes faded upon seeing Xiao Bai's expression, and a charming smile crept in.
Then, with her hands clasped behind her back and a slight curl of her red lips, she spoke proudly, "If I like someone, I like them. As a king, if I can't even admit my love for someone, how can I be called a king, let alone lead my clan to prosperity!"
"I'm not that worthless person!"
At this moment, Queen Medusa looked at everyone with a domineering air.
Yue Mei, anxiously watching from the side, couldn't help but cover her lips with her hands as she stared at her queen in disbelief. A flicker of infatuation flashed across her eyes, and a surge of admiration rose within her.
"This big sister is so cool!" Zi Yan tilted her head back, gazing at the incredibly enchanting yet majestic figure in the sky, a flicker of envy in her eyes.
She also wanted to grow up quickly, like this big sister.
".!" Xiao Bai.
Cai Lin was already domineering, but this one was even more domineering and direct!
Gazing at the now heroic and charismatic Queen, Xiao Bai suddenly had a thought: why not... just this one!
"Bah! Xiao Bai, you have to hold back. Who knows what's happened to Cai Lin!"
Xiao Bai internally despised himself and quickly shook his head, shaking off these chaotic thoughts.
"Let her out!" Xiao Bai took a deep breath and said calmly.
"Hehe." Queen Medusa's eyes instantly turned cold. She stared at Xiao Bai intently, her voice like a cold wind from the depths of the underworld, and said, "It seems you've finally chosen to side with her?"
Xiao Bai was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Indeed!"
"Hmph!" Medusa's delicate and enchanting face darkened, becoming unsightly in an instant. She angrily declared, "Then let's fight it out! Defeat me, and you'll get to see your Cai Lin!"
With that, she surged with energy, and with a flick of her hand, a golden-red longsword appeared in her right hand, its tip pointed directly at Xiao Bai.
Seeing this, Xiao Bai's expression slowly grew solemn.
He had long sensed that Cai Lin's body had already reached the Two-Star Dou Zong level. Combined with her Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python's physical form, she was far more powerful than an ordinary Two-Star Dou Zong could match.
From the moment of silence, a faint dragon roar echoed. At first, it was faint, but as time passed, it grew louder.
Zi Yan was slightly dazed upon hearing the voice. For some reason, she felt the urge to roar along.
"Teacher, what's this, Brother Bai?"
Xiao Yan's face paled. He couldn't help but cover his ears, but it didn't seem to have much effect. The strange sound seemed to pierce through his skull, resonating within his soul.
He looked up at the black-robed figure in the sky, motionless, a circle of multicolored light emanating from his body, as if brewing something.
"Master, I don't know either, but this dragon roar is very strange. It's more like a sonic battle technique, but it doesn't seem to be produced solely by Dou Qi. It's mixed with immense soul power!"
Yao Lao said hesitantly. Xiao Yan couldn't feel it, but he could see that from the moment the sound appeared, waves of soul began to ripple out of Xiao Bai's body.
These waves were weak at first, but as the sound grew louder, they surged out in layers, catching up with the smaller waves ahead, tangling and merging.
Eventually, as the waves piled up, they gradually formed a resonance, multiplying their power.
"What a bizarre fighting technique! And this kid's soul power seems to have already reached the spiritual realm!"
Yao Lao was deeply impressed. He hadn't expected Xiao Bai's Dou Qi to grow so rapidly, and his soul power to keep pace.
After all, growing soul power isn't as easy as cultivating Dou Qi. Some people might reach perfection in the mortal realm early on, but still not reach the threshold of the spiritual realm for decades or even centuries.
Meanwhile, Queen Medusa, though outwardly unconcerned, a hint of seriousness flickered in her eyes. She quietly waited for Xiao Bai to strike first, then she would strike back, aiming to capture him within a few moves.
Unexpectedly, this guy remained motionless, leaving her perplexed.
When the dragon's roar began, she initially ignored it, believing the impact was barely a breeze. But as the sound grew louder, she sensed something was amiss. The soul-pounding sound, like waves from the ocean, made her realize it was something extraordinary.
The dragon's roar had a terrifying effect on the mind, and the ripples of soul energy within it made her feel a slight tremor in her soul.
Meanwhile, Xiao Bai was excited, preparing to use Thunder Dragon Split Sky, but the dragon's roar suddenly gave him a second thought.
Even with his strongest moves, he wasn't very confident against the two-star Dou Zong Medusa. Furthermore, his goal wasn't to fight her to the death.
Rather, he wanted to free her from her control, allowing Cai Lin to escape her suppression.
Therefore, relying solely on Dou Qi to fight her was pointless, and victory wasn't guaranteed unless the Great Five Elements Divine Light could strike. Regardless of whether the Great Five Elements Divine Light could strike her, even if it could, it would only offer one strike.
Against Medusa, who wielded spatial power, she would only suffer once; a second strike wouldn't be so easy.
A single strike wouldn't significantly reduce her strength; the difference was too great. If she were just entering the Dou Zong stage, perhaps he'd have a better chance.
So, in a flash of inspiration, recalling the impact of the Heavenly Flame lotus explosion she'd endured earlier, combined with his knowledge of physics from his previous life, he came up with the concept of resonance.
Ever since refining the little golden dragon's essence, he'd carried a trace of dragon bloodline power within him.
His previous fighting skills had been in harmony with dragon energy. The dragon roar, combined with soul power, could create a sonic attack, striking directly at the soul?
With this idea in mind, Xiao Bai experimented without hesitation, and to his surprise, it actually worked.
"Thank you, great physics teacher!"
Xiao Bai carefully felt the ripples of soul energy emanating from his body, pulsing in unison with the dragon's roar. He meticulously controlled them, aligning them to the same frequency. As they spread outward, the sound waves grew stronger and stronger.
Elsewhere, Queen Medusa felt the dragon's roar grow louder, the impact on her soul intensifying. She knew she couldn't wait any longer.
Although she didn't know why Cai Lin in her sea of consciousness hadn't moved, she wasn't about to let her guard down.
While she somewhat despised Cai Lin's actions, if she sensed an opportunity, she wouldn't hesitate.
Without thinking too much, the long sword in her hand surged with powerful energy. In an instant, a deep red sword light, with an unparalleled momentum, fiercely slashed towards Xiao Bai.
The sound waves scattered in the air, like water waves, were directly broken by the sword energy.
Feeling the strong wind above his head, Xiao Bai's wings moved slightly and dodged it, but the sound waves from his body stagnated, and the dragon roar lost its previous momentum.
"Bang!"
A loud noise came from below, and yellow sand raged.
After the smoke and dust cleared, Xiao Yan, who was watching from below, had his eyes twitching and his pupils shrank slightly.
"Is this the destructive power of a Dou Zong?"
The hundreds-meter-long gully and the surrounding sand dunes were directly flattened by the scattered strong wind.
This was just a sword energy that Queen Medusa seemed to casually swing. It was hard to imagine how terrifying it would be if she attacked with all her strength.
"Aren't you going to stop me from releasing Cai Lin? What are you waiting for?"
Queen Medusa saw that the sound coming from Xiao Bai had weakened, and a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. She attacked from a distance, interrupting him from time to time, and said with a playful smile.
If she hadn't suffered a loss at his hands before and was afraid of his soul power, she would have captured this guy long ago.
Xiao Bai dodged her attacks that seemed like a joke, kept silent, and the dragon roar on his body seemed to gradually subside.
"Hmph! If you had left before and not come back, I might have had to wait a while to find you, but you actually ran back again, so don't leave, just follow me back to the royal city!"
Queen Medusa saw that he was fine at first, but later seemed to be getting more and more embarrassed the more he hid. His breath was weak, and the soul fluctuations emanating from his body seemed to gradually become inaudible. A smile flashed in her narrow eyes.
With a thought, the surrounding space rippled slightly, and as if teleporting, she appeared directly behind Xiao Bai, stretched out her bare hands, and grabbed Xiao Bai.
Xiao Bai, who had been dodging, felt this spatial fluctuation coming from behind him. His eyes lit up, as if he had been prepared, and he turned around suddenly.
"Ah!"
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