BTTH: From Genius to Invincible-Chapter 341: Plagiarized!

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"Shameless? Nonsense! Don't be fooled by the current peaceful appearance of the Yan Alliance and the three factions sitting down to talk about some arena competition. Under normal circumstances, this would be a direct invasion by the Yan Alliance into the Sky Serpent Mansion," an older-generation cultivator who had experienced sect-destroying wars sneered at the young people beside him.

"The reason this never happened before was entirely due to the relative balance among the three major factions, or rather, the ten major factions. Even during the previous Great Meetings of Factions, including the one led by the Old Mansion Lord of the Sky Serpent Mansion, which was the closest they ever came to victory, they still never forced their opponents to this extent."

"Medusa, who now controls two Heavenly Flames, is truly terrifying."

"Attack! This is our last chance!" She Tianhao shouted in a deep voice.

Clang clang clang, boom boom boom!!!

The instant his shout fell, the eight directions were sealed and the energy of the world was suppressed. Medusa was completely trapped beneath the Heavenly Gate.

That massive gate pressed down heavily. From below, it looked like a gigantic guillotine, as though the heavens themselves had lowered a chopping blade to enact divine punishment.

The Heavenly Gate crashed down with Medusa standing at its center. She had no path of escape or retreat in that moment. After all, this was the protective grand formation left behind by the Jade-Eyed Snake Saint!

Although he had only been a Half-Saint, he was nevertheless a Dou Saint, and the methods he left behind were absolutely earthshaking.

"The might of a Half-Saint..." Yun Yun said quietly, her eyes trembling slightly as she stared at that enormous Heavenly Gate in the sky.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes. He had seen a Dou Saint before. Excluding Hun Huzi and Hun Lao Gui, who had never openly displayed their strength, just the power of the Gu Clan elder when he fought Ling Quan had left him deeply shaken to this day.

The ability to open a spatial channel in an instant, sensing from thousands of miles away and appearing in a flash, was definitely not something a Dou Venerate could perform.

"No, though this was left behind by a Dou Saint, it also depends on who is using it. Those three are only Dou Ancestors," Xiao Yan said with a shake of his head.

Although this thing didn't possess the full might of a Dou Saint, its power was likely still unmatched and unstoppable below the Dou Venerate realm!

Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had already begun circulating, and the Flame Mantra within him surged. He had lent two Heavenly Flames to Medusa, but counting the Nihility Devouring Flame's Seed Flame, he still possessed six types of Heavenly Flames within him.

This Heavenly Gate was a powerful sealing formation. He would not allow Medusa to be suppressed. If she could not hold on, he would hurl out a six-colored Destruction Fire Lotus and blast both the Heavenly Gate and the Sky Serpent Mansion to rubble just to save her.

As for unifying the North-Western Region, that could be handled later.

Although it seemed that the Yan Alliance could unify the North-Western Region by delaying, Xiao Yan knew that in this world, there were always higher mountains and stronger people. Delaying could invite complications in the future.

Medusa narrowed her beautiful eyes. A seven-colored radiance immediately rushed high into the sky. A hissing cry resounded as a serpent figure covered in rainbow-like scales flew out from her body.

The Seven-Colored Devouring Heaven Python was no ordinary Devouring Heaven Python Tribe member. The seven-colored light it wielded was as fearsome as a mythical five-colored divine ray of light.

A loud hiss sounded, followed by a rumble. It resembled a colossal seven-colored serpent defying the heavens from afar, rebelling against the sky's shackles, as if unwilling to submit to divine judgment. It forcibly slammed into that massive Heavenly Gate.

Medusa held nothing back as she unleashed her most powerful bloodline Beast Technique. If one were to classify it, that terrifying rainbow serpent projection would likely be at a quasi-Tian Class level, perhaps even reaching Tian Class outright.

Boom boom boom boom!!!

The enormous python rammed upward, and the Heavenly Gate actually halted, unable to descend further!

"What!"

"Damn it, is the Devouring Heaven Python Tribe really this powerful? Even this can be blocked!"

"Blood Serpent Secret Technique!" She Tianhao gritted his teeth. He bit his tongue and used a Secret Technique.

Using a Secret Technique required paying a price. She Tianhao's blood surged within him, and he even consumed his own life force to perform this powerful Secret Technique.

"Sink for me!" She Tianhao shouted, and a green giant python appeared behind him, pressing heavily onto the Heavenly Gate.

Puff! A boom followed. In an extremely brief period, streaks of bloody wounds appeared across Medusa's body, coloring her clothes red.

She clenched her teeth and launched another counterattack. However, not only She Tianhao but Shi Nian and Ting Hao had also gambled everything, unleashing powerful Secret Techniques to forcibly boost their strength.

As a result, she still could not overthrow the Heavenly Gate and ended up covered in injuries.

"Hold on. If you can't endure, I'll blast that gate apart to get you out," Xiao Yan said. He had already begun to employ his Spiritual Strength and fire control ability, preparing to merge six kinds of Heavenly Flames to create a Destruction Fire Lotus that would surpass the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame.

Meanwhile, She Tianhao and the others steadily pressed down the Heavenly Gate, unconcerned with speed. Once the gate descended fully, Medusa would be completely sealed.

Even though it had not fully caught her yet, the incomparably heavy gate formation was already inflicting serious harm upon her.

Such a sight made the onlookers and many experts gasp, their hair standing on end. One Dou Ancestor muttered under his breath, "It hasn't even pressed down completely, and Queen Medusa is already unable to bear it from so far away. If that were us, we'd have been crushed into meat paste."

"Absolute suppression like this... even a peak Dou Ancestor might not escape in one piece," someone murmured in horror.

Medusa was a magical beast, and her physical body was incomparably strong. Yet now, before the gate had even fully descended, she was already covered in wounds. How could such a terrifying Heavenly Gate grand formation not make everyone shudder?

"Are She Tianhao and the others planning to seal Medusa entirely?"

"Likely. If they manage to seal or severely wound her, injuring her foundation so she can't break through to Dou Venerate in the future, the Yan Alliance won't be able to unify the North-Western Region. Their ambition would be crushed."

"What now?" Zi Yan's face sank as she saw Medusa trembling, barely able to remain on her feet. "Should we help?"

"No. Stay here and watch. I will step in if needed," Xiao Yan said, gently shaking his head. He had made all the necessary preparations.

But at this moment, Xiao Yan's heart suddenly trembled, and an inexplicable feeling arose within him.

For a fleeting moment, She Tianhao's triangular pupils gleamed with mockery, but in the next second, terror surged through him.

The moment Medusa's hands flattened as if to lift something, a cluster of green flame and a transparent flame rose in front of her. The pupils of She Tianhao abruptly contracted. An emotion called shock appeared, extremely human-like, in those serpent eyes.

"You... you... what are you trying to do?! Damn it!" She Tianhao seemed to guess Medusa's intention. After a moment of stunned silence, he let out a shrill cry in midair as if someone had stepped on his tail.

As Medusa's gesture continued, Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong both showed perplexed expressions. This posture, this movement, two Heavenly Flames??!

Could it be!!

They fixed their eyes on her hands, took a deep breath, and felt as though a storm had been unleashed in their hearts.

Colliding Heavenly Flames!

Xiao Yan himself needed Spiritual Strength to keep the Heavenly Flames balanced when using the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, intentionally restraining their power to prevent a runaway explosion.

But Medusa was clearly not suppressing anything. She was pouring all her Dou Qi and strength into the Heavenly Flames!

Heavenly Flames were intrinsically overbearing and destructive, and multiple flames were as hostile as mortal enemies. Once they clashed, the ultimate outcome would naturally be a dazzling explosion!

She was still only a 7-star Dou Ancestor!

Xiao Yan sensed at once that Medusa had urged every drop of her Dou Qi into the Fallen Heart Flame and the Green Lotus Core Flame. Their once-docile energy abruptly turned violent.

While Xiao Yan and the others were aghast, Medusa offered a faint but breathtaking smile, one tinged with coldness.

She employed Spatial Strength to distort the distance, then clasped her hands together within the distortion and pushed forward.

She Tianhao and the other two felt as though their scalps would split.

"Retreat!"

Boom!

A destructive force, coupled with the lunge of the rainbow serpent figure, spread out from beneath the Heavenly Gate. Space rippled violently in that instant. Not far away, as the ripple swept over one of the giant gate pillars, the pillar exploded. The broken cross-section was smooth like a mirror.

The dazzling blend of green and pale flame erupted across the blue sky and surged like a tidal wave of fire. The temperature of the surroundings soared dramatically in an instant.

Deep within the mountains of the Sky Serpent Mansion, countless people lifted their heads in dumbfounded awe at the fiery crash in the sky. Even with the gate's spatial suppression, everyone was bathed in sweat by the searing heat.

The audience on the mountain was silent. Everyone swallowed dryly, a chill spreading from the depths of their hearts. If that wave of fire had been any lower, this place would likely have been scorched flat by now.

"What kind of maniac would do this, smashing two Heavenly Flames together like that!" Everyone shuddered in unison, groaning helplessly in their minds.

"Look, the Heavenly Gate has been shattered by that serpent figure!"

At that moment, the terrifying gate could no longer contain the overwhelming might produced by the collision of two Heavenly Flames. After bursting into fragments, it could not bear the serpent figure's attack. The sky was flooded with fiery light.

Not only Medusa but even She Tianhao and the other two were submerged in the Heavenly Flames.

In the azure sky above, wave after wave of fire rippled outward from the center of the explosion. All flora and fauna within the surrounding area suffered devastating blows.

At this instant, Xiao Yan could not help but shout inwardly: She plagiarized my signature move!

Medusa had followed him for a long time. Back when she threatened him in the mercenary company to hand over the Green Lotus Core Flame, he had counter-threatened with colliding his Heavenly Flames in a self-destructive manner. Eventually, they reached an accord: he would help her condense the Heavenly Flame Serpent Body, and she would protect him and no longer take back the Green Lotus Core Flame.

And now, well, she felt that this move was indeed quite threatening.

'This snake beauty is truly insane. Even I wouldn't dare fully detonate Heavenly Flames at such close range,' Xiao Yan muttered inwardly, relieved that Medusa was on his side. The Angry Buddha Lotus Flame was no joke, not something to be used so recklessly.

Over in the Sky Serpent Mansion's camp, Lu Man and Bai Ya wore looks of terror. They exchanged glances, then turned toward Xiao Yan in the distance.

"Five years ago, maybe he planned to use this trick against us," Bai Ya said, recalling that day when they had taken Qing Lin away. They had both caught a glimpse of the desperate, life-risking gaze in Xiao Yan's eyes.

"That might be it. I remember he also had another red-colored Heavenly Flame besides the Green Lotus Core Flame."

"Damn, can that kid spawn Heavenly Flames or something? How could he have so many?" Bai Ya cursed under his breath, while feeling glad he never truly offended Xiao Yan nor leaked his secrets. Otherwise, he would have been completely done for.

Back then, they had all felt an ominous premonition.

If not for Qing Lin speaking up in time, the outcome would have been hard to predict.

The fiery waves gradually extended several thousand meters into the sky before slowly dissipating. In the air, She Tianhao and the other two appeared extremely battered, their flesh blurred, and over half of their bodies charred black.

The serpent scales protecting She Tianhao had mostly been blasted away, his skin charred like coal. Fresh blood trickled out nonstop, dripping downward in a steady patter like rain.

"Did Medusa blow herself up?" Shi Nian was half-ruined, his flesh scorched away.

They had already driven themselves to the limit, wearing themselves out to push the Heavenly Gate. Their Dou Qi was nearly depleted, and none had mounted any significant defense.

Who would have anticipated that Medusa would play such a trick?

At this moment, their hearts were filled with dread toward Medusa.

Suddenly, space distorted, and the three of them simultaneously sensed something. They abruptly raised their heads to look.

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It was just that the current Medusa had changed into a purple dress. Undoubtedly, Little Fairy Doctor was right—Heavenly Flames specialized in burning clothes.

Medusa neither shouted nor roared. But everyone could feel her icy coldness.

After detonating the Heavenly Flames in such a manner, the Essence Flame would naturally exhaust all flames. Although it could absorb the energy of the world to recover, it required time, so it had already returned to Xiao Yan's body.

Medusa didn't delay. She appeared in front of Shi Nian in a flash. Her jade-like hand heavily slammed out. Although she no longer had the Heavenly Flames, she still possessed the strength of the Seven-Colored Devouring Heaven Python.

Seven-colored radiance burst forth. Her palm slammed onto Shi Nian's chest, and a series of cracking bones rang out. Already at his limit, Shi Nian fainted outright and crashed to the ground.

Bang!

She then dodged She Tianhao's feeble strike with a twist of her body. Her legs turned back into a snake tail, and in a motion akin to a fierce dragon lashing its tail, she smacked Ting Hao's back as he was about to join hands with She Tianhao.

A sickening crunch of snapped bones indicated his spine might have fractured in multiple places.

In merely a single exchange of blows, the two powerful experts Shi Nian and Ting Hao were taken down by Medusa.

She Tianhao gnashed his teeth as he stared at her. He could sense that she was also running on fumes; her Dou Qi was almost gone, and she could not have escaped that Heavenly Flame detonation unscathed.

Yet he himself was no better off.

After a brief internal struggle, She Tianhao finally lowered his proud head and said in a deep voice, "I surrender."

She Tianhao slowly descended to the ground. Unable to endure his injuries, he spat out a mouthful of blood. With the Heavenly Gate destroyed, he suffered a backlash that also harmed his Spiritual Strength. Continuing to fight would only worsen his condition.

Hearing She Tianhao admit defeat, the entire mountain range fell silent. Countless people wore incredulous expressions.

"So that means..."

"The Yan Alliance... the Yan Alliance has completely won the Great Meeting of Factions?!"

"By the heavens!!! The North-Western Region might be renamed the Yan Alliance now!"

The experts from the Thunderbolt Sect and Profound Lion Sect finally reacted and rushed to find their respective leaders, administering precious pills in an effort to save them.

Meanwhile, the other Dou Ancestors of the Sky Serpent Mansion moved to assist She Tianhao, hastily feeding him medicinal pills. Many of them were glaring at Medusa. If she showed any sign of weakness, they might attack en masse.

Yet with Xiao Yan present, they were destined to have no chance.

Xiao Yan no longer hid anything. The jade-white Life Flame slowly enveloped Medusa's body. Instantly, a vast life force poured into her body and began healing her, rapidly healing her wounds.

"Your injuries are severe... I don't have any tier 7 pills on hand. I'll let the Life Flame heal you a bit first. When we get back, I'll refine pills for you," Xiao Yan said. He had perceived at once that her body was riddled with wounds from violently detonating the Heavenly Flames.

If not for her Heavenly Flame Serpent Body, she would already be dead!

"Mm." Medusa didn't force herself either and nodded.

"Your Majesty!" Yue Mei and Hua She Er hastened to support Medusa. Tears had long filled their eyes.

Medusa gently brushed away their tears and revealed a rare smile. "I'm fine."

Jia Xing Tian and the others naturally remained vigilant against the other Dou Ancestors of the Sky Serpent Mansion, Thunderbolt Sect, and Profound Lion Sect, afraid that they would launch a sneak attack.

For a moment, the entire mountain range plunged into a deathly silence once more.

None of the previous Great Meetings ever crowned a winner, so there were no judges or awards. The Great Meeting didn't require declaring a first place; everyone could see for themselves.

After the Great Meeting ended, truly earthshaking changes were bound to follow.

By then, many of the faction leaders understood that if they did not want their own forces annihilated, if they did not wish for the fearful Queen Medusa to appear at their doors, they at least needed to prepare gifts to curry favor with the Yan Alliance, perhaps even become affiliated factions by submitting.

Because now, no one in the North-Western Region could halt the Yan Alliance's advance!

Not even the three greatest factions and their sect-protecting grand formation had managed to overpower Medusa. Who else could stand against her?

And so this Great Meeting concluded in silence. One by one, the various factions, including the people of the Yan Alliance, departed quietly, for the time had come to reap their rewards.