Chapter 112 Medusa

The recorded origin of explosives comes from the alchemical formulas researched by the ancient goblin civilization, and it is currently one of the most important branches in the field of modern Mechanical Alchemy.

But this kind of thing is indeed a bit difficult for those mages in the Celestial God Plane.

In order to maintain the purity of their faith, the gods of the Celestial God Plane completely rejected the existence of any foreign civilization or culture.

This is something completely beyond the mages' understanding.

There are no magical fluctuations, no energy gathering process, convenient installation, and once the powder is ignited, the chemical reaction starts, and the process of releasing energy is irreversible.

Moreover, the reaction speed is extremely fast, ten or even a hundred times faster compared to the release of magic with similar speed and power.

For dealing with positional warfare, explosives do have unparalleled advantages.

The wisdom of alchemists is no less than the extraordinary power gained from believing in gods.

With a loud "boom," another magic tower was blown apart by the violent shock wave, and a corner of the city's huge magic restriction instantly disappeared.

After one was destroyed before, there was a backup, but now that another one has been destroyed, there are only eight left.

The most critical thing is that they are currently in a fierce battle with that silver dragon. The originally complete legion magic formation suddenly lost an important link, and the perfect defensive structure was immediately broken.

This explosion finally gave the silver dragon, which was already exhausted, hope for survival. It suddenly became ferocious again!

With its superior intelligence, it keenly discovered the flaw in the magic formation and seized the opportunity to rush through the gap. Various dragon breaths were unleashed, tearing the gap open bit by bit.

The mages wanted to help, but they were already struggling. Without the protection of the legion magic shield, no one could withstand the giant dragon's ferocity.

The silver dragon rampaged all the way, and this desperate fighting style quickly destroyed most of another magic tower.

At this moment...

An old mage with a beam of light shining from his brow stood up, none other than the legion commander, Tian Augustus.

.....

As for the culprit, Suren, he was already outside the city, watching the excitement from a distance.

After sabotaging things several times, he knew that those guys from the Celestial God Plane would definitely be watching him. If he didn't run far enough, he wouldn't be able to withstand the methods they used to deal with the silver dragon.

Suren watched as the old man, Augustus, seemed to summon the will of a god to descend, becoming incredibly fierce. The light from the vertical pupil on his brow could even melt some of the holy light dragon breath.

This old man, leading a group of people, stubbornly blocked the silver dragon's counterattack, and the two sides fought more and more fiercely.

Suren's eyes reflected the fierce battle, and he had a concrete understanding of the enemy's top combat power. He muttered, "[Panacea Decryption] This talent is really born for combat..."

He was even more certain that he must not let these guys find the [Mimir's Well].

If it was as he guessed, and the spring was related to the origin of the All-Seeing Eye, then coupled with [Panacea Decryption], one with omniscience and the other with complete understanding, they would be invincible.

The battle in the city instantly turned into a brutal close combat, but it didn't look like it would end anytime soon.

Suren didn't dare try to enter the city to cause more damage. Being able to do this was already the limit under fortuitous circumstances.

As for whether the silver dragon could inflict a heavy blow on the people from the Celestial God Plane, it was still hard to say.

But at least the mages' plan was not going so smoothly.

Suren didn't watch the battle for long. Compared to that, he was more curious about how the infighting between the two Gorgons outside the city was going.

With a teleport, he reappeared in the forest on the northwestern outskirts of the city.

......

It was still Crow Grandfather fluttering its wings to investigate the situation.

It flew over and was petrified again, before finally finding the petrification blind spot of the Gorgon.

It was still the same situation as before. The Gorgon was absorbing the golden energy from "Helen's" body.

Suren looked at the two sides confronting each other and analyzed some possibilities in his mind: "So, this Gorgon is an ally of the Celestial God Plane, but not a particularly close one. Otherwise, with the Gorgon directly participating in the battle, hunting an eighth-order giant dragon wouldn't be so complicated..."

For humans, Gorgons belong to the evil camp.

Moreover, they are a demi-god bloodline race, with evil, arrogance, and aloofness flowing in their blood, making peaceful coexistence impossible.

But judging from the current situation, Helen must be the Gorgon in the legend who wants to become Medusa through tribulation.

Originally, it made no difference to Suren which of the two Gorgons killed the other.

But now, the one who is attacking is an ally of the Celestial God Plane.

The enemy's ally is the enemy.

Suren's thoughts changed.

If there was a Gorgon's help, he felt that those guys from the Celestial God Plane might even be able to cross the vast and dangerous sea in the west very smoothly, reach the ruins of the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, and then greatly increase the probability of finding the [Mimir's Well].

This was not what Suren wanted to see.

Moreover, this time he carefully observed some details and discovered that this Gorgon should not be eighth-order. It was likely at the peak of seventh-order. Only because it had the five [Golden Snake Hair Scepters of Medusa] did its combat power exceed the current level.

But after absorbing Helen's bloodline energy, it would be hard to say.

Which also means that if this Gorgon drains Helen, the Dawn group will have to face an outrageously strong Gorgon enemy if they want to stop the people from the Celestial God Plane in the future.

Thinking of this, Suren immediately decided to do something.

The best choice he could think of was to kill Helen.

It is very difficult to save someone under the nose of a top-tier Gorgon who can kill with a glance, but killing her is much easier.

But Suren was also a little hesitant, thinking: "But if I kill Helen, she might turn into Medusa, which is also a problem..."

If the way to stop the enemy is to create an even more terrifying Gorgon, the consequences could be disastrous.

Fortune and misfortune are unpredictable.

Thinking of something, Suren decided to give it a try.

......

Just as Suren came over for the second time, the Gorgon's intuition keenly sensed something.

But after checking for a long time, it didn't find anything unusual.

However, some birds and beasts continued to stray into her petrification curse domain and were all petrified.

The Gorgon didn't take it too seriously.

What's more, the feeling of Helen's bloodline power being taken away, which had shed most of her mortal body, felt great.

Now it was very confident that even if stronger people came, they would not be able to stop it.

While extracting power, it awakened Helen's memory, and a mocking laugh of the victor came from its mouth: "Hahaha, my dear sister, you are about to succeed in your tribulation, but your bloodline power is being taken away. Don't you feel very regretful? Oh, don't even think about it. Now, even if someone who is charmed by you comes to save you, it is impossible for you to succeed in your tribulation. After all, no one can kill you except for a hero with a legendary fate, and this is your destined fate..."

Helen's face became paler and paler, and the feeling of bloodline power being drawn from her body seemed to awaken her sealed soul.

Behind her, a soul phantom with a head full of snakes flickered on and off. The gaze of the phantom already contained a domineering aura that looked down upon all living beings.

But the phantom was not solid enough and seemed to be about to collapse at any moment.

At this very moment.

Black Crow was in the blind spot of the Gorgon's field of vision behind its head. The Gorgon couldn't see it, but Helen could see it clearly.

At this moment, Crow Grandfather suddenly became two-dimensional, its body turning into lines, gathering into a paragraph of Dragon Kingdom's common language: "Your Excellency Helen, I know that you are going through tribulation to shed your mortal body. I can try to help you. But you must swear that you will not harm humans in the future. You and I have an equal agreement, and we cannot harm each other..."

Helen saw these words, her pure eyes filled with confusion, but when replaced with another fierce look, she nodded.

Agreed!

Suren knew that Helen could understand the words, so he thought of this method and stated some agreements in advance.

He had no other means to restrain this Helen, so he had Crow Grandfather change the words again: "Sorry, please swear by the Earth God."

The higher the rank, the more important they attach to swearing to the gods, because they are the people who can truly come into contact with the power of the gods.

This was the only means of restraint Suren could think of.

Helen was momentarily confused after hearing this, then her eyes suddenly became sharp, and she snorted coldly: "Humph!"

Even in such a situation, she, a proud demi-god, would not be coerced by a small human.

This cold snort made the Gorgon on the opposite side also look puzzled.

Seeing this, Suren didn't indulge this arrogant guy at all, and decisively changed the words: "Then it's a pity, goodbye!"

After displaying the words, Black Crow looked like it was about to transform back into bird form and fly away.

It wasn't exactly playing hard to get, but he really felt that the threat of a top-tier Gorgon enemy was great, but the hidden danger of an uncontrolled Medusa Queen was even greater.

If she didn't agree, he would definitely not indulge her!

Helen looked at the line of words, the anger of being betrayed and the extraction of bloodline power had already restored some of her original consciousness. Instinct prompted her to finally compromise, and she still spoke at the last moment when Black Crow was about to fly away: "I swear by the Earth Mother Goddess, as you agreed."

As soon as these words came out, the Gorgon's expression changed drastically.

It realized that there was a "third party" present!

It seemed to know where the enemy was, and its head quickly tilted to the side. Before Black Crow had time to fly away, it was suddenly enveloped in a radiant light and turned into a stone statue.

Looking at the broken Black Crow stone statue that fell to the ground, the Gorgon also noticed the abnormality of the death energy and frowned.

In the blink of an eye, Black Crow had just condensed into shape and had not had time to fly away before it was petrified again.

Once trapped in this petrification curse domain, it was a continuous petrification state, and there was no chance to escape. Even if it could be resurrected, it couldn't escape.

However, not only was Crow Grandfather immortal, but it was also Suren's psychic beast.

If it couldn't be resurrected in place, it would directly disappear through psychic teleportation.

The Gorgon's eyes flashed with a cold light, and its intuition told it that the person who came was very familiar, like the guy it had met in the city before.

It searched the forest with its head full of snakes. Its fat snake body touched the ground, and a rich earth force was released, penetrating deep underground and spreading for several miles.

It almost immediately sensed that dozens of humans were secretly approaching in the forest.

Just as they were discovered, those dozens of humans rushed over.

Some held knives, and some fired guns, with a burst of gunfire.

"Humph!"

The Gorgon sneered, and the brilliance in its beautiful but resentful blue snake pupils increased greatly.

A strange scene immediately appeared.

Those dozens of humans who had just shown up, even if they were blindfolded, their bodies suddenly stiffened after being illuminated by the gray light.

The closer they got, the slower they became.

Not only people, but even alchemical bullets were the same.

When the bullets flew near the Gorgon, it was as if they had penetrated a high-density material layer and lost all kinetic energy, falling to the ground dozens of meters away.

The Gorgon looked at the alchemical runes exposed on those people's bodies and also showed an alert expression.

Obviously, these were not normal humans.

Its gaze searched all around, but to no avail.

At the same time, in mid-air somewhere, a transparent figure was carefully observing everything that had just happened through the vision shared by Black Crow.

This was none other than Suren wrapped in a shroud.

He now had some understanding of the methods of a high-level Gorgon and knew that if he had gone over, he would have been killed almost instantly.

But as long as he maintained a safe distance, the danger would not be great.

In Black Crow's vision, those living corpses that had rushed over had been completely immobilized within 300 meters of the Gorgon. Suren also analyzed some information from this and thought: "Even if you don't see its eyes, objects in the petrification field will be slowed down and paralyzed. Within 300 meters, even without seeing its eyes, it is possible to be petrified..."

......

Suren already had a plan in mind, but he didn't dare to be careless.

He once again controlled the living corpses and puppets to rush towards the Gorgon.

The Gorgon was, after all, a demi-god bloodline, and its perception was extremely sharp. After killing those living corpses for the first time, it immediately realized that there was a manipulator behind them.

Although the silk thread energy was invisible, it was very clear in the petrification field.

It also pretended not to know.

Seeing the second wave of puppets coming to test it, the Gorgon sneered in its heart. How could it not have noticed that all the silk threads of the puppets were gathered in a certain direction?

The source was where the manipulator was located!

Almost in this instant, the Gorgon's body dissolved into the ground.

At the same time, 800 meters away, it condensed into shape on the ground. As soon as it appeared, the "manipulator," who was hiding and didn't have time to react, turned into a stone statue in an instant as it fell into the gray light field.

However, the moment it saw the runes on the stone statue's skin, the Gorgon instantly realized: "I've been tricked!"

This was obviously not the real manipulator, but a bait.

However, even if it discovered this, it didn't panic at all. Instead, a sneer appeared in its eyes.

How could it not know that the other party was heading for Helen?

Now that it had been lured away, the other side must have already taken action.

Sure enough!

The moment the Gorgon appeared in the forest, an inconspicuous existence among the previous group of puppets rushed up with a black scythe, wanting to solve Helen with one strike.

However, almost at the same time, the Gorgon used the power of the earth to teleport back!

It sneered, and the light in its head full of snakes increased greatly, and the five golden snake hairs on its forehead shone with a golden glow.

Looking again, the space crack cut out by the black scythe was actually annihilated in that radiant light field!

Not only was the crack annihilated, but the Gorgon once again borrowed the power of the earth and teleported back to appear in front of the person holding the black scythe like lightning, instantly petrifying him.

Its eyes also relaxed: "Killed!"

This guy's aura was exactly the same as the one who escaped from the city before.

But what the Gorgon never expected was that this was still a bait!

......

At this moment, a transparent figure in the sky saw this scene and finally confirmed something in its heart: "As expected, it can use its contact with the ground to have a nearly instantaneous teleportation ability. Moreover, the petrification rules emitted by its golden snake hair are higher than almost all eighth-order spells. Ordinary methods can't kill it, and it will definitely protect Helen!"

In just two short tests, it had already mastered most of the Gorgon's attack methods.

The moment the Gorgon killed the living corpse cultivated with its own body tissues, Suren personally took action!

The Gorgon already knew that its visual blind spot had been discovered, so it had been very careful, constantly scanning with its head full of snakes, not allowing its visual blind spot to remain in the same position for any moment.

But now, at the moment it killed the black scythe bait, its vision would inevitably be on the bait.

And the direction of the visual blind spot behind its head was also inevitably determined!

This was the only opportunity Suren had calculated to safely approach the blind spot.

Although this blind spot would only last for a moment, it was enough.

So, he teleported over without any hesitation.

He appeared in the conical light ring blind spot behind the Gorgon's head, and the [Chronos' Curse Bow of Time] in his hand had already been fully drawn, condensing a Time Arrow.

The petrification field can petrify almost everything, including various spells.

But only the law of time is almost不受any laws!

The light arrow was like a flying shuttle, shooting out and hitting Helen's brow directly.

Regardless of whether it was successful or not, Suren did not delay at all and teleported away again, thousands of meters away.

That kind of plan could only be used once.

And obviously, the plan was successful!

......

The Gorgon didn't see what happened in the visual blind spot, but it vaguely felt uneasy.

It looked back and saw Helen's skin instantly aging and withering. The light arrow had taken her life.

"How is it possible..."

The Gorgon murmured to itself, its face full of disbelief.

It wasn't just the question of killing methods, but also the person who took action!

Medusa in tribulation could not be killed by just anyone. Only heroes with legendary destinies could kill her.

Otherwise, with her beauty, she would not be able to survive until now in the dirty human world!

If not for a heroic destiny, even if you held a divine weapon, you would not be able to kill her.

But why...

Why did she randomly encounter a human who killed her?

Before it could figure it out, a snake's head had already emerged from Helen's completely withered corpse, as if breaking out of an eggshell. Then came a few more, and more and more...

Then Helen's beautiful face emerged from the corpse.

Then there was her naked human upper body.

She grew out of the soil, growing rapidly, and a lower body with golden-scaled snake scales was completely revealed.

Her appearance was still that of Helen, but her aura was completely different. Her head full of snakes and her stunning beauty formed a strong contrast, as if the beauty and evil of the world were concentrated on her.

Most importantly, in the eyes of this newly born Gorgon, there was a look of contempt for the world.

This was a Medusa Queen who had completely shed her mortal form.

She looked at the Gorgon in front of her, who had almost drained her blood, her eyes indifferent with only the coldness of someone who had endured all the hardships of the world.

Her expression had no emotional fluctuations, but her head full of snakes became ferocious.

The golden light in those pairs of vertical pupils shone brightly, and the Gorgon in front of her was sucked dry into a stone statue in despair.

Looking at the unwilling gaze of her former sister, Medusa said softly, "I still have to thank you, Heltos. Your betrayal allowed me to complete the final 'Tribulation of Betrayal'..."

......

Just as this Gorgon died, it seemed that some contract power had disappeared. Suren learned through Qian Tiao's communication that the battle in the capital, Ekronza, had also suddenly reversed.

The power of the earth in the royal capital had collapsed a lot, and the silver dragon suddenly broke free from the restraints of the [Gleipnir's Entangler].

It did not linger and flew away.

Suren was relieved to know that the silver dragon had flown away.

Although it was a pity that a seriously injured eighth-order silver dragon had flown away like this, he couldn't get it anyway, so he thought about it and let it go.

But a living silver dragon would be the nightmare of those guys from the Celestial God Plane in the future.

The dragons were already vengeful, and after provoking such an eighth-order giant dragon, they would inevitably be retaliated against if they wanted to operate in this sea area in the future.

Moreover, it was impossible to establish a kingdom of faith in the royal capital of Ekronza.

This situation was definitely a great benefit to the Dawn group.

But those were things for later.

Right now, something more important.

In the distance, Suren saw the newly reborn Medusa Queen through the vision of Black Crow, and his heart trembled faintly.

Whether this was an eighth-order or ninth-order Gorgon, she was one of the most dangerous creatures in the Alchemy Plane right now.

Moreover, after absorbing that Gorgon, there were not five golden snakes on her head, but eight!

"How strong is she now..."

Just looking at it gave Suren a scalp-numbing feeling.

He wasn't sure whether helping this woman complete her tribulation was a blessing or a curse, but he had to do it for now.

If the previous Gorgon didn't die, the consequences for the Alchemy Plane would be equally immeasurable.

At this time, Medusa also absorbed her good sister and looked at the Black Crow on the tree.

The amazing thing was that Black Crow was not petrified this time.

In Black Crow's eyes, the beautiful and evil face was clearly reflected.

Medusa asked with a sneer, "Human, how do you have the courage to make this seat swear not to embarrass you, but you don't dare to come over and say it to my face?"

Suren knew that this one still had the resentment of being taken advantage of.

Even with the oath, he naturally didn't dare to go over. He responded through the mouth of Black Crow: "Your Majesty Medusa, there is no need to meet. If we have the chance to meet again in the future, please don't be an enemy."

It was suicide to threaten someone of this level to do something for her.

It would be good if she wasn't an enemy.

Medusa heard this and was expressionless.

But she obviously acquiesced to this statement.

The higher the level of existence, the more they valued their promises.

This human was very smart and didn't make any stupid decisions using the previous agreement. She didn't have any ideas about going to the trouble of embarrassing him.

She ignored Suren and turned away indifferently.

Suren was also relieved.

It was better for her to just leave.

At least she defaulted on the agreement.

......

The battle in the royal capital of Ekronza was also over, and the mages from the Celestial God Plane had also begun to retreat.

The original plan was to kill the silver dragon, so they could establish a kingdom of God based on the Dragon Kingdom.

But now that the silver dragon had escaped, they didn't dare to stay in the city. Even if they overthrew the Gracie royal family, it was meaningless.

The city was in chaos. Without the royal family and without the outsiders, the survivors gradually returned.

Suren didn't stay in the city for long and returned to the Eternal Night with Qian Tiao.

Now that the materials were ready, he had to prepare the antidote to解除Tanya's mother's petrification.

If he wanted to completely solve the trouble caused by the Celestial God Plane, he had to solve it at the source.

Only by sealing the [Rainbow Well] on Rainbow Island could he completely cut off the long-distance teleportation array of the Celestial God Plane!