He unleashed a series of techniques, his fists subduing the four elders.

Shen Wen no longer hesitated. With a flip of his hand, several jade bottles appeared in his palm.

Inside them were several pills, the size of longans, completely crimson, and emitting astonishing fire attribute energy.

These were rare pills, similar to the Extreme Fire Pill, capable of greatly boosting fire attribute Dou Qi and flame power in a short period.

“Wife, take these!”

Shen Wen quickly handed the pills to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying also knew this was the most crucial moment. Without hesitation, she took the pills and swallowed them all.

“Boom!”

As the pills entered her stomach, it was as if a volcano had been ignited inside Cao Ying!

The majestic and scorching medicinal power instantly dissolved, pouring unreservedly into the Green Lotus Core Flame!

With the augmentation of this powerful external force,

Cao Ying's delicate body trembled, and the aura around her suddenly soared.

The Green Lotus Core Flame under her control seemed to have been injected with a frenzied soul; the flames instantly shifted from deep cyan to an almost demonic cyan-white color!

The temperature frantically climbed once more. The entire island began to violently distort, and the rocks at the edge of the pool even started to melt and vaporize!

“Er Aaaah—!”

This time,

the scream Medusa let out was utterly piercing.

Her massive snake body twisted and convulsed wildly in the cyan-white flames, and the cracks on her surface rapidly widened.

Blood was instantly evaporated before it could even flow out, and her aura rapidly withered at a visible speed!

“Shen Wen!!”

Cao Ying cried out anxiously, feeling Medusa's life force rapidly draining away, reaching the brink of collapse!

Shen Wen frowned deeply, instantly realizing the crucial point.

In the original work, Medusa had used the raw, unrestrained Heavenly Flame to forcefully temper her body.

Although the Green Lotus Core Flame refined by Cao Ying was skillfully controlled, its destructive power was somewhat restrained, proving insufficient to tear apart that stubborn bloodline barrier!

“Ying'er, hold steady!”

He let out a low shout. The phantom image of the Flame Ancestral Symbol lit up in his Sea of Consciousness, and an imposing dignity that surpassed all flames permeated the air.

He pointed his joined fingers through the air. The core of the cyan-white flame glowed with a profound luster, and its essence of burning and penetration fundamentally transformed.

“Roar—!”

Medusa's roar became even more mournful, yet faintly carried the strange sound of loosening shackles!

“It's still not enough...”

Shen Wen frowned tightly. The next moment, he directly received the reward from the Wife Acquisition System.

‘Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art’.

A majestic stream of vital creation information surged into his soul.

Inspiration struck him. His right hand maintained the Flame Ancestral Symbol's blessing, while his left hand instantly formed an esoteric seal.

“Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign, Draw Spirit as Source!”

Following the low shout, the bamboo forest surrounding the pool, which was brimming with vitality, instantly withered and turned yellow at a visible speed!

All life essence was forcibly stripped away, transforming into a torrent of emerald green that poured into Shen Wen's body. After being converted by him, it became pure life energy!

Shen Wen made a decision instantly.

He controlled the majestic Wood Attribute power, not to directly heal Medusa,

but to use it as the most ferocious fuel, pouring it entirely into the Green Lotus Core Flame controlled by Cao Ying!

Wood generates Fire!

Aided by this massive amount of life essence acting as a frantic accelerant,

the Heavenly Flame, already blessed by the Flame Ancestral Symbol, seemed to have its origin completely ignited, letting out a deafening roar!

The cyan-white flames instantly transformed into a sea of destruction. The temperature and power surged to an unprecedented and terrifying level, causing even space to twist and collapse over large areas!

“Roar—!”

In the center of the flames,

Medusa let out a shriek that reached its limit. Her massive Purple Nether Flame Snake body visibly blackened and carbonized.

It looked as if she would turn completely into ashes the next moment.

Her formerly vigorous life aura rapidly declined, like a candle in the wind.

Cao Ying bit her lower lip tightly, her face pale.

She could clearly feel Medusa's vitality fading, and couldn't help but urgently say, “Husband! Her aura... is about to vanish! Should we...”

“No, it's done!” Shen Wen saw strands of seven-colored light appearing somewhere on the scorched body.

However, precisely at this moment of transition between the old and the new, when Medusa's aura was at its weakest,

“Impudence! How dare you, villain!”

Four shouts, raging to the extreme, exploded like thunder!

The Snake-People Clan's Four Great Elders sensed the disappearance of Medusa's aura. They disregarded the prohibition, forcefully broke through the barrier surrounding the forbidden area, and charged in ferociously!

They instantly saw the massive, scorched, lifeless snake body in the center of the pool, and their eyes immediately turned bloodshot with fury!

“Avenge the Queen!”

The First Elder roared angrily.

The four Peak Dou Huang powerhouses did not hesitate in the slightest; their Dou Qi instantly connected into one body.

The majestic, chilling energy transformed into a pitch-black energy python several tens of yards long, carrying a malevolent aura of destruction as it lunged toward Shen Wen!

This strike had already touched the threshold of the Dou Zong stage!

Shen Wen frowned, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He was fully maintaining the crucial protection for Medusa's transformation, yet these old fogeys chose this moment to interfere!

“Courting death!”

He let out a cold snort, and the Dou Qi within his body began to circulate in a different manner.

‘Great Desolation Sutra’.

Centered around him, an invisible yet terrifying power of plunder erupted fiercely!

The island beneath his feet, the surrounding lake, the creatures in the lake, and even the bamboo forest that had just survived further away... the vitality of everything was forcibly stripped and extracted!

The lake, which originally contained Heaven and Earth energy, instantly became dead silent. Even the ice spirit cold spring Medusa had prepared turned into ordinary water.

Simultaneously, the island turned into sand, and all things withered. This vast and savage power frantically surged into Shen Wen's body.

He didn't even use Dou Qi; a burst of cyan light simply erupted from his right arm, a phantom image of dragon scales appeared, and his five fingers formed a claw. He casually tore at the whistling black giant python.

“Azure Dragon Heaven-Tearing Hand!”

“Tear—!”

The black giant python, which contained the full power of the Four Great Elders and was comparable to a strike from a newly advanced Dou Zong,

was instantly ripped apart and shredded like fragile cloth upon contact with the cyan dragon claw!

Before the violent energy could fully erupt, it was directly crushed into nothingness by the tyrannical power contained within the dragon claw!

The extreme rage on the faces of the Four Great Elders instantly turned into horror!

However, Shen Wen's figure had vanished from the spot like a ghost.

The next moment,

he appeared before the four Elders as if teleporting.

The Thunder Ancestral Talisman instantly merged with the Great Chaos Thunder Method. Terrifying electric arcs surged and covered Shen Wen's arm in an instant.

There were no fancy moves, just the simplest, most direct punch thrown!

Wherever the fist edge passed, space shattered inch by inch like a mirror, drawing out a twisted vacuum tunnel!

This power, having already stepped into the Dou Zong stage, left traces in the void!

“Bang!!!”

A muffled, extreme loud noise!

The Four Great Elders couldn't even fully execute a blocking movement; their protective Dou Qi shattered like paper.

The four people were struck head-on as if by an ancient giant dragon.

As blood spurted wildly, their figures turned into four meteors, violently smashed into the dead silent lake behind them, splashing towering waves. Their fate was unknown!

Shen Wen withdrew his fist and stood with his hands behind his back in the void, his gaze sweeping over the now calm surface of the lake.

Finally, his gaze returned to the scorched snake body, where the spreading seven-colored light was becoming increasingly intense.

Cao Ying finally sighed in relief only now, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she looked at her husband.

Just at this moment,

a faint speck of seven-colored light stubbornly shone through the cracks of the charcoal-like scales, then spread rapidly like a prairie fire!

An ancient, noble pressure, far surpassing anything before, began to awaken and permeate the area!

The charred outer shell of the snake body cracked open with a “kacha” sound.

Brilliant seven-colored light shot up into the sky!

A pressure truly belonging to the Dou Zong level, like a sleeping emperor, slowly awakened, enveloping the entire Snake-People Tribes Sacred City!