BTTH: From Genius to Invincible

Xiao Yan's entire body suddenly stiffened, and although he wanted to make a sound, his sealed mouth allowed only muffled "mmm mmm" noises to escape.

Medusa's seemingly boneless, jade-like hands pinned his arms firmly, and no matter how much strength he exerted, he could not move them an inch.

Although his physical strength was formidable, he was no match for Medusa, and he could not break free from her restraint at all!

Xiao Yan stared wide-eyed at the enchanting beauty before him. In Medusa's eyes, aside from the blood-red glow from the fire poison, there was a special kind of light hidden deep within.

This caused his heart to tighten. He thought to himself, 'The Fallen Heart Flame can generate Heart Flames within one's heart, drawing out the deepest hidden desires. But Medusa is a magical beast, and moreover, she has evolved into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python using a Heavenly Flame. How could she be affected by such a small amount of Heavenly Flame energy?'

This was only the seventh floor; even Zi Yan and Liu Qing experienced no issues, while Lin Yan, at the Dou Spirit realm, had only begun feeling the fire poison after more than two months of closed-door cultivation.

Although Medusa had absorbed a massive amount of Heavenly Flame energy, it had only been a little over ten days, and logically speaking, she should not be exhibiting such a condition!

It might be possible if they were on the tenth floor, where the Fallen Heart Flame's essence could ignite desires from within; but since they were only on the seventh floor, this should not be happening no matter how he thought about it.

Xiao Yan looked at Medusa before him. She was wild and domineering like a beast, as if she could not wait to devour him whole.

'Fuck, could it be... the Ten Thousand Beast Flame!!!'

Xiao Yan suddenly recalled the first time he saw Medusa. Back then, he had infiltrated the palace, and just by seeing her veiled figure from behind, a surge of evil fire rose within him, as if his soul were hooked by her, and the most primal desire for procreation suddenly surged.

Only now did he understand why that had happened. Medusa's bedchamber contained her snake poison! That snake poison was a Beast Technique rooted in her bloodline.

Medusa's snake poison possessed the effect of arousing primal desires!

Furthermore, the Ten Thousand Beast Flame could activate and strengthen magical beasts' bloodline strength. It was the inheritance flame of magical beasts, and inheritance naturally involved reproduction!

The Fallen Heart Flame already had the ability to evoke the hidden desires within one's heart. Coupled with Medusa's special bloodline talent as a member of the Snake-People Tribe and further enhanced by the stimulation from the Ten Thousand Beast Flame, it caused Medusa to lose control, or rather, to go into heat!

"Wake up!"

At this point, he was truly afraid that in her moment of lost rationality, she might go all the way!

Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened. He could not afford to enjoy this sudden bliss any longer.

He shouted inwardly as his Spiritual Strength surged instantly: 'Asura Soul Reaping Technique, Soul Chase, Shock!'

Boom!

A burst of spiritual vibration caused Medusa's body to shudder, and her enchanting eyes gradually regained clarity.

Her gaze cleared as she regained her senses. At the sight of Xiao Yan's face, a hint of panic flashed in her eyes.

The two of them stared wide-eyed at each other for two seconds.

Xiao Yan awkwardly chuckled and began, "You—"

SLAP!

A slap came flying over, directly stunning Xiao Yan. Was this his fault? Was he in the wrong? Why was he the one being slapped? Clearly, he was the one who suffered the loss!

"Why did you hit me!" Xiao Yan exclaimed angrily.

Before he could get another look at the snow-white body before him, everything spun, and as the door of the cultivation room was pushed open, Medusa threw him out.

Thud!

Xiao Yan fell to the ground, momentarily unable to react. He sat there in a daze, his mind unable to process what had just happened.

"…"

"What did I do wrong?"

"Why am I the one getting hurt?"

Inside the cultivation room, Medusa wrapped her snake tail around her body. Her whole body was burning hot, and her eyes seemed confused and panicked.

She touched the fresh blood on her lips. The scenes from just moments ago flooded her mind, and besides the panic and confusion in her gaze, there was also a deeply hidden trace of joy.

Xiao Yan wasn't wrong. The effect of Medusa's snake poison was precisely to ignite the flames of passion between men and women. Because Xiao Yan had used the Ten Thousand Beast Flame to condense her physical body, coupled with the fire poison from the Fallen Heart Flame, and with Xiao Yan, such a grown man, standing right next to her, it caused the always chaste Medusa to lose control.

Medusa was the Queen of the Snake-People Tribe. She had always devoted herself to cultivation and to waging wars to protect her people. Naturally, she had always remained chaste.

"Why did this happen..." Medusa's eyes turned cold. She fiercely bit the tip of her tongue, and the sharp pain completely sobered her up. She still had a mission to complete; she couldn't indulge in these amorous affairs.

A moment later, Medusa, now fully dressed, opened the stone door. She grabbed the dazed Xiao Yan by the collar with one hand and pulled him back into the cultivation room.

After being pulled in, Xiao Yan stood trembling in the corner, stuttering, "Y-you... y-you... don't come any closer! I'll call for help."

Though he said this, deep down he actually felt a tiny bit of anticipation!

Xiao Yan was twenty years old after all. Even in his previous life, he had never experienced such things. His relationship with Xun Er was still at the stage of youthful innocence, with no further development.

He could swear by the Heavenly Flames that it was just a little bit, absolutely nothing more.

Seeing Xiao Yan looking like a lamb awaiting slaughter, Medusa's eyes filled with icy killing intent as she stared straight at him.

"Do you have a death wish?"

Xiao Yan sensed the genuine murderous aura and stopped pretending. He straightened up and smiled, "You've regained your senses?"

Medusa's eyes were cold. She did not directly answer Xiao Yan's question but instead responded with one of her own: "Can we switch to using the Green Lotus Core Flame for the refinement?"

Realization dawned on Xiao Yan. Hearing her words confirmed his speculation: it was indeed because of the Ten Thousand Beast Flame.

'Tsk tsk, truly worthy of being the magical beasts' inheritance Heavenly Flame; it considers every aspect, even enhancing reproduction. Impressive,' Xiao Yan thought to himself.

In fact, records about Heavenly Flames were extremely scarce. Even the Heavenly Flame Rankings contained only a few brief lines. Only those who possessed them would know the mysterious abilities each one had.

Xiao Yan actually nodded, much to Medusa's surprise.

He thought for a moment before saying earnestly, "It's possible. Originally, that method of refining a body with Heavenly Flames just required three kinds of Heavenly Flames; it doesn't necessarily have to be the Ten Thousand Beast Flame."

"The reason we chose the Ten Thousand Beast Flame was that during the process of refining your Heavenly Flame body, its power could help stimulate the bloodline strength of your Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, allowing your bloodline strength to further merge with your soul and flesh, thus strengthening it."

"Condensing the physical body doesn't require a specific Heavenly Flame."

Xiao Yan's explanation sounded very reasonable, but Medusa slightly furrowed her elegant brows, a hint of hesitation on her face.

She knew that Xiao Yan wasn't lying. The reason she had lost her rationality just now was precisely because her body, relying on the power of the Heavenly Flame, had recovered to Rank 6.

It was precisely because her body had recovered to Rank 6 that she entered maturity. With her body now mature, coupled with the fire poison of the Fallen Heart Flame, it had led to the recent incident.

This proved that the Ten Thousand Beast Flame was effective. It had made the snake poison in her body stronger than ever before, to the point that she herself was poisoned by it.

"No need. Let's continue using the Ten Thousand Beast Flame," Medusa said as she slowly shook her head. The effects of the Ten Thousand Beast Flame were something she was unwilling to give up. If her body continued to be strengthened by it, by the time it was complete, she would definitely surpass all previous Medusas.

Xiao Yan coughed lightly and glanced at the enchanting beauty before him, "You don't need to worry so much. I'm now a 6th-tier alchemist after all. I can concoct some medicinal liquid. When using the Ten Thousand Beast Flame to condense your body, you can soak in it to help stabilize your mind."

A strange light flashed in Medusa's eyes. She hadn't expected that Xiao Yan, instead of taking advantage while she lost rationality, would be willing to refine medicinal liquid for her. This made her feel somewhat incredulous.

Could there really be a man who could resist her charm?!

Seeing Medusa's surprised expression, Xiao Yan rubbed his hands together and grinned, "Of course, if you feel indebted, you could give me some of your poison; that would be great."

Medusa's poison possessed the effect of igniting desires in people's hearts. If it could be used for alchemy, it would be a miraculous pill that countless men would pay fortunes for.

Just as Medusa was still puzzled about why Xiao Yan wanted her poison, a voice came from outside the door.

"Hey, Xiao Yan, why aren't you coming out yet?" Zi Yan called.

After all, this was Zi Yan's cultivation room. She had only lent it to Xiao Yan when it was vacant, and now, it had been twenty days.

Medusa slipped into the Green Lotus with a flash of green light and was stored in the storage ring. Xiao Yan took out his Fire Crystal Card, tapped it, and then pushed open the stone door.

"Sorry, sorry, I lost track of time," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"It's fine. Just help me refine these medicinal ingredients." Zi Yan revealed her adorable little tiger teeth and smiled as she took out five extremely high-quality medicinal ingredients and handed them to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was slightly surprised as he looked at the five high-quality medicinal ingredients before him. "You got quite a haul this time. There are so many!"

Zi Yan giggled and said, "I only found three in the forest myself. The other two medicinal ingredients I took from the Inner Academy's Medicinal Warehouse. The energy from just three ingredients wasn't enough."

"'Took'?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow at the word.

"Tell me where you 'took' them from; I'd like to go 'take' some too," Xiao Yan said as he stared into Zi Yan's eyes.

Zi Yan felt somewhat guilty under his gaze and sheepishly replied, "Well... you probably can't take any. You need to be able to pass through the protective barrier to get them."

Isn't that just stealing! How is that 'taking'!!