BTTH: Starting from Capturing the Goddess-Chapter 63 - 66: Driving the Enemy Away – Queen Medusa’s Tsundere Side

Jia Xingtian was pushed back slightly but managed to dissipate the fiery serpent conjured by Queen Medusa.

Floating mid-air, Jia Xingtian stared blankly at the dazzlingly beautiful Queen Medusa. His face was full of gravity and disbelief.

Didn't Gu He say Queen Medusa was heavily injured? Even if she managed to break through, her injuries should still be present...

Could it be she was faking it?

Jia Xingtian frowned slightly.

"Alchemist King, take Hai Bodong and go now. I'll hold Queen Medusa off."

After a moment of thought, Jia Xingtian decided not to be careless and gave instructions to Gu He.

"Trying to leave?"

Queen Medusa's alluring face turned cold. Flaming red wings burst out behind her. With a thought, two enormous greatswords formed from scarlet flames appeared in her hands.

"Your life is forfeit!"

With a flap of her wings, Queen Medusa launched herself toward Jia Xingtian like a blazing meteor.

"Go, now!"

Jia Xingtian shouted at Gu He as he braced himself for the attack.

Gu He looked toward the palace wall where Chen Mo was still embedded, visibly recovering. His eyes flickered with unwillingness, but after clenching his teeth and a quick thought, he carried Hai Bodong and fled.

Queen Medusa had truly become enraged.

Only I can bully Chen Mo. You dare hurt him like this? Then your lives are forfeit.

Her strikes were fierce and savage, and within just a few exchanges, Jia Xingtian found himself steadily pushed back.

As Queen Medusa charged again, Jia Xingtian raised his right palm and released a massive pale yellow energy beam toward her.

She crossed her blades in front of her chest, then slashed down hard. Her greatswords cleaved the energy beam in two, the remaining force crashing down directly in front of Jia Xingtian.

Aimed straight for his head.

Jia Xingtian's expression darkened. Pale yellow Dou Qi surged from his right hand as he instantly formed a wrist-mounted energy shield to block.

BANG!

The powerful impact sent Jia Xingtian flying. The solid shield cracked and, moments later, shattered completely.

As the shield broke, his sleeve tore open, revealing several deep, bloody wounds on his arm, with crimson blood flowing freely.

Jia Xingtian's face turned grim. He no longer dared face Queen Medusa head-on. With a flap of his pale yellow wings, he surged away, fleeing toward the city outskirts.

"Do you think the Serpent Race is a place you can come and go as you please?"

Queen Medusa didn't pursue. She stared coldly at Jia Xingtian's retreating figure. The twin scarlet swords in her hands vanished.

In their place came a roaring surge of fiery Dou Qi from her back.

Under the full moon, her flame aura illuminated half the sky, and the violent energy caused the very space to tremble.

Suddenly, a massive black vortex appeared within the flame cloud.

Queen Medusa pointed toward the fleeing Jia Xingtian, and in the blink of an eye, several hundred-meter-long fire serpents burst out from the vortex, roaring after him through the sky.

From the royal capital below, everyone could only stare in awe at the fire serpents pursuing Jia Xingtian. Many couldn't help but flinch in shock.

Despite Jia Xingtian's full-strength defense, one of the serpents still crashed violently into him.

Everyone saw it—the already-aging Jia Xingtian visibly grew older in that moment. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the wrinkles on his face deepened like folds in cloth.

Still, Jia Xingtian didn't dare linger for even a second. After taking the hit, he used some unknown secret technique to accelerate his escape from the city.

"Long live Her Majesty!"

"Long live Her Majesty!"

"Long live Her Majesty!"

Witnessing such a stunning reversal, countless snake-people across the city exchanged glances—then erupted into wild cheers that shook the skies.

The momentum between the two forces had instantly flipped.

The eight tribe leaders, who had been steadily forced into retreat, were suddenly reinvigorated with fighting spirit.

The black-robed woman's brows furrowed. She retreated rapidly, shouting at Feng Li and the others:

"Retreat! Queen Medusa has completed her breakthrough!"

She waved her sleeve, summoning a massive blue tornado that swept toward the enemy. Then she stomped into the air and bolted into the distance.

"Let's go!" Feng Li, Yan Shi, and the rest immediately began withdrawing as well.

"You think you can just come and go as you please? What do you take our Serpent Race for?!"

The Serpent Race's Grand Elder surged with purple Dou Qi, blazing like fire. His voice rumbled across the sky like thunder as he glared at the retreating enemies.

"Pursue them!"

With the Grand Elder's roar, the eight tribe leaders soared into the sky, madly chasing after the black-robed woman and her group.

Eight beams of light tore across the heavens. Just as they were about to vanish over the horizon—

A cool, clear voice rang out, carried by Dou Qi to their ears:

"Return."

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Above the royal palace...

Queen Medusa had just spoken when a mouthful of fresh blood spilled from her lips, misting the air before raining down.

The flame wings behind her abruptly vanished as her body dropped from the sky.

Her injuries had never fully healed, and she'd rushed her breakthrough. When her soul sensed that Chen Mo was about to be taken, she hadn't cared about the backlash.

She had forcibly swallowed a Fire Lotus Seed and pushed through her breakthrough by sheer force.

Now, before her foundation had stabilized, she unleashed powerful techniques...

The side effects came crashing down all at once.

Her energy rampaged within her body. Her aura spiraled out of control.

Just as Queen Medusa braced herself for a painful crash landing—

She suddenly felt herself fall into a familiar, reassuring embrace. The sensation calmed her. She instantly recognized who it was.

Before she could scold him and coldly demand to be released, Chen Mo's voice rang out:

"Your Majesty, have you noticed you've gained weight? You're really heavy now!"

Her face turned frosty in an instant.

"Let go of me, you insolent human!"

Chen Mo ignored her. He pressed two fingers to her wrist, checking her pulse. His brow furrowed deeply.

"You're being reckless. Who told you to force a breakthrough like that?"

Then he gave her a light smack on the butt, didn't waste a second, and flew straight toward the palace while still carrying her.

Queen Medusa was stunned.

He actually scolded me?

Would I have forced my breakthrough if I wasn't worried about you?!

He even had the audacity to smack my butt...

Unforgivable... absolutely bullying this queen too far!

And yet... she wasn't truly angry. In fact, she felt a tiny hint of warmth in her heart.

Is he... worried about me?

But on the surface, Queen Medusa maintained her icy exterior.

"Human... I swear, I will kill you!"

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