Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 78 Yin and Yang in Disharmony, Medusa Suffers (Seeking First Subscription)

Faced with Lin Ran's coercion, Queen Medusa bit her red lips and could only lower her proud head and bow slightly.

"Please spare the snake people, senior. Medusa is willing to obey your orders."

"very good."

Lin Ran smiled with satisfaction; he always liked people who knew how to adapt to the times.

With a slight movement of his palm, a jade bottle appeared in Lin Ran's hand. The familiar scent made Queen Medusa frown, and she even subconsciously placed her hand on her heart.

She felt the connection of blood.

"You have not misperceived; this is indeed your essence and blood."

Lin Ran said calmly, "My requirements are simple. I need your blood essence, as well as that of these four old snakes. In addition, I need you to find three different types of sixth-tier magical beasts for me within three months. Well, whether they are dead or alive, I only need their blood essence. You can take everything else, such as magic cores and flesh."

"If you can do that, we will be even, and I might even give you a reward or a gift."

"Of course, if you can't do that..."

Lin Ran casually toyed with the jade bottle in his hand: "Then I can only lower my standards and harvest all the living creatures in this snake-people tribe, using quantity to make up for quality."

The blood essence of a low-level snake-man has no effect on Lin Ran, but this kind of rhetoric can make Queen Medusa feel Lin Ran's toughness, and at the same time make her understand that she has no room for resistance or negotiation.

Whether for her own sake or for the sake of the snake people, she had no choice but to agree.

"The essence blood of three sixth-tier magical beasts..."

Queen Medusa murmured, then raised her head after a few breaths: "Within three months, I will provide you with everything you need, and I hope you will keep your promise."

"very good."

Lin Ran took a step and walked to Medusa's side.

Medusa's body froze on the spot, her head slightly raised, her swan-like white neck standing upright.

"Relax, I'm a reasonable person. Think about it carefully. If you fail to break through, what do you think your snake-people tribe will become when facing those humans?"

"So, you didn't lose out in this deal."

Lin Ran chuckled softly, took a deep breath behind Medusa's pretty face and ear, and the alluring fragrance was refreshing.

He gently raised his right hand and pinched Medusa's fair face.

"Don't let me down."

……

After a friendly exchange with the serpentine, Lin Ran did not linger in the Serpent Temple. He knew that a smart woman like Queen Medusa would handle everything well.

The nature of this beautiful serpent was very clear to Green. She was extremely proud, ruthless, and cold-hearted. The only bond she had in her heart was her clan.

It's not easy to subdue such a guy. Besides having the right strength, it's even more important to understand his weaknesses and control his personality.

This will take time; we need to take it slowly.

After leaving the Snake People's Temple, Lin Ran did not go directly to the Snake People's Holy City to find Qinglin Little Fairy Doctor, but returned to the lake island where Medusa had broken through earlier.

Queen Medusa successfully advanced, but the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame still burned quietly in the same spot.

Without Queen Medusa's battle aura suppression, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was like a fire without restraint. In addition, the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was completely consumed by the scorching heat, and the temperature of the entire lake island rose even higher.

The vegetation on the island has been completely carbonized, and the land on the ground has even begun to turn into magma, boiling hot. Even the highly toxic river water around the island in the middle of the lake has been completely evaporated, leaving only a cloud of highly toxic gas surrounding it.

Without external constraints, if the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame were allowed to continue burning here, it probably wouldn't be long before this oasis-like island in the middle of the lake, or even the entire Serpent People Holy City, would turn into a lava hell.

This is the power of the most top-tier natural treasures on this continent!

"Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame..."

Gazing at the flames burning before him, Lin Ran gently raised his palm and moved closer little by little, as if he wanted to use his own body to feel the heat of the strange fire.

Lin Ran's palm was covered with pure yang battle qi of crimson gold. The moment it touched the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the flames that were burning quietly suddenly became violent. The flames roared and churned, making a hissing sound. Even the surrounding air was burned into nothingness by the scorching azure flames!

When the strange fire came into contact with the battle qi, it immediately emitted a hissing sound. The wildly burning strange fire seemed to have been provoked and began to continuously erode and burn Lin Ran's battle qi.

The strange fire was fierce, but Lin Ran's battle qi was so powerful that it couldn't be burned out in a short time.

Even Lin Ran's battle aura couldn't be destroyed.

And so, Lin Ran's palm, enveloped in battle qi, actually pierced through the surface of the strange fire and entered its core.

The next moment, Lin Ran caught a wisp of liquid, which looked like cyan magma, in his palm.

"Is this the seed of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame?!"

An incredulous voice came from behind, and Queen Medusa's beautiful face was filled with shock.

No one knew the terror of this strange fire better than Queen Medusa. She relied on this strange fire to complete her transformation, and the pain and hardship she endured during that process were unimaginable.

But at this moment, the strange fire seed that had brought her so much torment and even burned her Purple Nether Flame Serpent body to ashes was actually caught in Lin Ran's palm!

He's just a human being!

Humans rely on cultivation techniques and fighting skills, while magical beasts rely on bloodlines and physical bodies. This is the unchanging fundamental principle of the Dou Qi Continent. However, the strange fire that could burn the physical body of a sixth-order magical beast could not shake Lin Ran in the slightest.

As the fire seed was extracted from the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the enormous azure flame in front of him gradually shrank, and after a moment, it turned into a thin wisp of azure flame, which then entered the azure magma strip in Lin Ran's palm.

"Legend has it that when the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was formed, its original fire seed was as large as half a mountain peak. After thousands of years of tempering by the earth, its size gradually decreased. Only when its size was compressed to the size of a palm could it form a fire spirit, and only then could it truly be called a strange fire."

Feeling the strange fire in his palm, Lin Ran's eyes shone with boundless brilliance. He could clearly sense just how immense the energy within this fire was.

Compressing the terrifying energy absorbed over a thousand years into a magma bar no bigger than a thumb, it's no exaggeration to say that if this power were to explode, even he would probably perish!

"Do you intend to devour this strange fire?"

Queen Medusa shifted her gaze from the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame to Lin Ran. She had already successfully evolved, and for her, the strange flame was no different from a chicken rib.

The man in front of her, however, was more worthy of her attention.

"good."

Lin Ran nodded calmly: "With my current alchemy skills, I'm still a bit short of being able to refine a seventh-grade pill. Only with the blessing of a strange fire will I have enough confidence to refine the pill I need."

Seventh-grade pills are not the same as ordinary pills; they represent a significant dividing line in the history of pills.

Once a pill reaches the seventh rank, it will possess a certain degree of spirituality. If one does not have sufficient means, even if the pill is successfully refined, there is still a possibility that it will escape.

Moreover, when refining pills, "pillar lightning" will appear!

The Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill is a high-grade seventh-rank pill. The pill lightning it carries is even comparable to that of a seven-star Dou Zong. Naturally, Lin Ran had to take all precautions to prevent any unforeseen events.

Moreover, the body-refining effects contained in the top-tier natural treasure, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, are exactly what Lin Ran needs.

He wanted to try and see if he could use this strange fire to make up for the weakness of his pure yang body, which was deficient in blood and qi.

Refining, refining medicine?

This guy is actually an alchemist?!

Lin Ran's words stunned Medusa into a daze.

Who exactly is this guy? He's so young yet already possesses such strength, and he's even a sixth-grade alchemist. How is that possible?

Human energy is limited. When you focus your mind on one thing, you will inevitably be distracted by other things, especially when it comes to something like alchemy, which requires a great deal of study.

For example, Gu He was the only sixth-grade alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire, holding a high position, but his battle qi strength had not even broken through to the Dou Huang level!

Lin Ran is able to do both, which is something that is not something that ordinary people can do!

"I never imagined that you, senior, not only possess such profound cultivation but also such advanced alchemy skills."

Queen Medusa exclaimed in admiration, and at the same time took out five jade bottles and handed them to Lin Ran: "The essence blood of myself and the four elders is here. As for the essence blood of the three sixth-order magical beasts, please give me some time."

"We agreed on three months, no rush."

He put the five bottles of essence blood into his storage ring. In this way, he only needed three of the twelve sixth-order magical beast essence blood required for the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill. However, the magic cores of the seventh-order magical beasts were hard to find.

In the original story, there are very few seventh-tier magical beasts in the Northwest Continent, and they are nowhere to be found if you want to hunt them. You can probably only buy them by bidding at top auctions in the Black Corner Region.

This matter is not urgent for now. The most pressing task is to subdue the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame before us.

"Is this guy planning to devour the strange fire directly?"

Medusa muttered to herself as she watched Lin Ran staring intently at the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

She had made thorough preparations for using the strange fire to evolve, taking several months in total. Even if Lin Ran was exceptionally strong and confident, it would be too presumptuous of him to simply devour the strange fire like that.

But soon, Medusa witnessed just how strong Lin Ran's foundation really was!

Gazing at the flames burning before him, Lin Ran's palm twitched slightly, and an item instantly appeared in his hand.

One pill.

The pill was entirely azure blue, with a rich fragrance. Even though it was from the Demon Transformation Pill, its mere appearance filled the entire island in the lake with its aroma, causing Medusa's beautiful eyes to widen in surprise.

Without a doubt, with such a rich fragrance, this pill is at least a sixth-grade pill!

Medusa's guess was correct. This pill was called the Earth Spirit Pill, which was ranked sixth grade and was a superior version of the fifth-grade pill, the Blood Lotus Pill.

After consumption, this pill provides the user with a continuous supply of abundant energy. This energy can protect the body and meridians, thus resisting the terrifying temperature of the strange fire. This allows even those who are not at the Dou Zong level to approach the strange fire and help the user absorb it.

Lin Ran doesn't need the Ice Spirit Cold Spring; what he needs to do is not just to devour the strange fire.

In the original novel, both Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan came into contact with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. The former used it, while the latter devoured it.

What Lin Ran needs to do now is to combine these two elements and, in the process of using them, devour and tame them!

He not only wanted to use the scorching flames of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to forge a pure yang body, but also wanted to tame this strange fire that had seized the creation of heaven and earth and use it for his own purposes!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ran swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill in one gulp. Then, under the astonished gaze of Queen Medusa, he swallowed the seed of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in his hand in one go.

As the blue magma entered his mouth, Lin Ran's body trembled violently, and a fierce, burning pain surged through him.

Lin Ran glanced at Medusa, then slowly closed his eyes, his mind gradually sinking into his body.

Holding his breath and focusing his mind inward, Lin Ran instantly saw a misty sensory interface appear in his mind.

Lin Ran's meridians were extremely tough, and under the illumination of the pure yang battle qi, they were especially golden red. At this moment, with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame entering his body, these golden red meridians were immediately tinged with a touch of cyan.

These azure flames, imbued with terrifying energy, darted haphazardly through Lin Ran's meridians, attempting to incinerate anything in their path into nothingness. However, they suddenly discovered that the resilience of Lin Ran's meridians seemed to far exceed their expectations.

Indestructible, immune to all poisons, indestructible, and supremely invincible!

The Pure Yang Body doesn't possess any particularly fancy or unusual skills; all it has is the most basic and powerful physical enhancement.

Lin Ran's strength is at the Seven Star Dou Zong level, which is enough to contend with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. In addition, he has a Pure Yang Body and a Grade Six Earth Spirit Pill.

Even though the human body's meridians are the most vulnerable, Lin Ran's physical body at this moment is like an unshakable and solid cage to the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, imprisoning it tightly!

"What terrifying physical strength! The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame couldn't even budge his body. Is this guy human or a magical beast?!"

Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes were filled with horror, and any lingering thoughts in her mind vanished completely at that moment.

After learning that Lin Ran was going to devour the strange fire, Queen Medusa couldn't help but have some thoughts and ideas. After all, she knew just how terrifying the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was. If Lin Ran were to devour the strange fire, even if he was a high-level Dou Zong, he would definitely be tormented to the point of death.

After all, Lin Ran is human, and in terms of physique, he is inherently inferior to magical beasts.

However, everything Lin Ran displayed after consuming the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame completely exceeded Queen Medusa's expectations. The strength of this human body was terrifyingly strong. Queen Medusa even doubted that she herself, who had already completed her evolution, might not be as physically strong as Lin Ran.

"Freeze!"

The resilient body became the shackles of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. The fierce and domineering pure Yang battle qi pulled at the flame energy in the meridians, forcibly gathering and condensing along with Lin Ran's battle qi, and circulating within Lin Ran's body.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, which had taken thousands of years to form, had never suffered such humiliation. It tried to struggle, but was immediately slapped several times in the nose by Lin Ran's pure Yang fighting spirit, and became obedient.

She was as obedient as a young wife.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame that Lin Ran had swallowed quickly reformed and began circulating within his body.

After a few breaths, Lin Ran suddenly opened his eyes, and a wisp of pure Yang battle qi emerged. The crimson-gold pure Yang battle qi contained a distinct cyan color.

Normally, at this point, it's time for 'Gathering Spirits' to make their appearance.

The Naling can create a special small space within a person's body, which is used to store the strange fire.

The domineering nature of the strange fire is beyond doubt. If there is no place to store it, and it is allowed to burn endlessly in the body, everything will be completely refined by it, whether it is flesh and blood, meridians, or battle qi.

But Lin Ran is different.

What he wanted was the power of tempering his body with strange fire!

With his physical strength, coupled with the inexhaustible and ever-renewing power of his pure yang body, the burning of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was nothing to him. Moreover, he had already devoured the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. If he were to use the Spirit Absorption Technique to store the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, how could it achieve the effect of tempering his body?

A moment later, Lin Ran exhaled a breath of stale air, slowly stood up, and faint blue flames swirled in his dark eyes.

Under Queen Medusa's astonished gaze, Lin Ran's right palm trembled slightly, and then a surge of cyan flames erupted, enveloping his entire palm.

An eerie blue flame flickered purely in Lin Ran's palm, like a dream.

"So easily..."

The shock completely consumed Queen Medusa's mind; her values ​​and perceptions were being wildly reshaped in front of this young man.

High-level Dou Zong, sixth-grade alchemist, controller of a strange fire...

What else is this guy unable to do?

"Is this the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame...?"

Ignoring Queen Medusa's shocked gaze, Lin Ran stared at the constantly opening and closing palm. The azure flames, like mischievous sprites, danced on Lin Ran's fingertips. Occasionally, azure flames would leap into the air, immediately revealing their terrifying power. The space half a foot above the palm was directly distorted by the intense heat, and wisps of heat rose into the air, causing vision to gradually blur.

Because the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame has now been completely refined, it no longer brings Lin Ran any intense heat or discomfort.

However, Lin Ran could feel that his body was being continuously refined by the flames, especially his depleted blood energy, which seemed to have become much stronger at this moment.

This situation greatly pleased Lin Ran.

His guess was correct. The strange fire tempering his body could refine his pure yang body. Although his blood energy was still deficient, his foundation was stronger, and his blood energy naturally became more vigorous.

"etc!"

Suddenly, Lin Ran's brows furrowed, and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in his palm flickered slightly.

In that instant, Lin Ran suddenly felt his blood and qi surge, like waves crashing against the shore.

Fluctuations in blood energy are nothing to worry about; for someone like Lin Ran who has mastered the secret technique of Saintly Blood Burning, it's just like everyday life.

The problem was that after the fluctuation of his blood energy, Lin Ran suddenly felt a strange evil fire spread out, instantly spreading to every part of his body.

This is……

The balance of Yin and Yang has been broken!

……

The balance of Yin and Yang within his body had already reached the brink of collapse. After all, the last time Yin and Yang were harmonized was nearly a month ago, when he was with Yun Yun in the Monster Mountain Range.

Lin Ran originally thought that his physical condition could hold out for a while longer, but the boost brought by the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame unexpectedly broke the final balance.

"This is fucking..."

Lin Ran cursed under his breath, his fighting spirit surging wildly as he tried to suppress the evil fire. However, the yin and yang energies in his body were already out of balance, and the evil fire was so stubborn that it could not be suppressed by ordinary means.

On the contrary, the more he suppressed it, the stronger the rebound became. As a result, after a few breaths, Lin Ran's originally deep black eyes were now completely filled with crimson.

"What's going on?" Queen Medusa keenly sensed something was wrong; Lin Ran's aura seemed to suddenly become chaotic at this moment.

As expected, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame truly lives up to its reputation as a unique flame; even a high-level Dou Zong would find it a headache.

This guy was so reckless, trying to devour the strange fire without any preparation, and now look what's happened!

Queen Medusa's eyes revealed a smile of anticipation. This man was so domineering and powerful; it would be quite interesting if he made a fool of himself.

Suddenly, Lin Ran raised his head, his crimson eyes meeting Medusa Queen's beautiful eyes in the air.

"etc!"

Queen Medusa panicked, as if she understood something, and instinctively wanted to leave.

But Lin Ran, who could no longer tolerate it, would not let her leave like that.

"Freeze!"

A deep voice came from Lin Ran's throat. His crimson eyes were fixed on Queen Medusa. With a wave of his hand, the space around Queen Medusa was sealed off. The next moment, a circle of emerald flames flashed out and bound Queen Medusa's hands tightly.

At this moment, Lin Ran had no pity for the woman, and he completely ignored the fact that Queen Medusa's jade-like wrist was scorched by the emerald flames.

The binding force of the emerald flames, coupled with the spatial confinement, caused Queen Medusa to kneel uncontrollably before Lin Ran. Lin Ran's breath was hot as he looked down at the beautiful serpent below.

"You! Lin Ran, what do you want to do!"

"Calm down, Lin Ran! Calm down! Huh!"

"If you dare to do that to me, even if you are a high-level Dou Zong with a mysterious backing, I will tear you to pieces!"

Now that things had come to this, and feeling Lin Ran's burning gaze, Queen Medusa knew exactly what was about to happen. She gritted her teeth, roared, and spoke in a chilling tone.

Unfortunately, such threats were meaningless to Lin Ran.

He won't pay any attention to it.

A surge of fighting spirit erupted from his palm, instantly enveloping the entire island and isolating everything.

next moment.

Lin Ran's hand had already landed on Queen Medusa's dark hair.

Accompanied by Lin Ran's low roar and Medusa's mournful cry, a great battle between Dou Zong powerhouses began!

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