Chapter 227: Origin Demon Goddess Medusa (Request for Votes!)

Xu Zhi sat on the rooftop of his small house, shielded by a large parasol under the warm golden sun. He reclined in a chair, sipping iced Phoenix Spiritual Tea as if on a beach vacation. From time to time, he glanced at the hundred-acre sandbox not far away, where two girls, appearing to be middle school students, were engaged in battle.

"Once Phoenix entered, they really started fighting. It's quite spectacular," he thought. Their movements were too swift, so Xu Zhi relied on his intelligent sub-brain to observe the unfolding conflict. "Pangu True Form against Cthulhu Evil God," he mused, "it reminds me of the Calabash Brothers fighting Transformers!"

In reality, this was a perfect opportunity to see the results of millennia of secluded research by these two hidden masterminds. After all, for beings who were invincible in their respective worlds, isolated development without battles or opponents was not sustainable in the long run. Since Phoenix was looking for a way out, he simply brought her directly to the Wizarding World to find her old rival.

At this moment, Phoenix's Pangu True Form, like Di Qi's, had also evolved its own path and improvements through the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art. Di Qi's eight-armed Pangu True Form wielded various Heavenly Emperor Daoist techniques with its eight arms. Phoenix's form, however, retained its original shape without eight arms and did not pursue a close-quarters combat style. After all, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art was known for its immortality and regeneration, offering astonishing defense but lacking truly terrifying combat power. Physical fists, in the end, were not its strength. Therefore, sharing Di Qi's idea, and leveraging her astonishing talent and extensive time, she chose to cultivate two paths simultaneously: body cultivation for defense and Dao cultivation for offense!

Mountains crumbled, trees were uprooted, and the land gradually turned into desolate earth.

"The shockwaves might just kill you all...." Phoenix Daojun said, lowering her head slightly and extending a hand. Swoosh! Pei Ke, who was running on the ground, along with his two disciples, were absorbed into her internal space.

"And me!" a head on the ground cried out in desperation.

Phoenix, however, ignored it, her expression grim as she gazed at Medusa before her. Di Qi's battle with Dao Changsheng had been extremely terrifying, revealing the horror of the Pangu True Form with an entire world as its power source. But the Cthulhu Evil God's past horror also left her with lingering fear. Now, with two heaven-defying beings of the same realm clashing, she wasn't sure she could win! After all, she could only fight at the Heavenly Emperor realm. If a Hunyuan Saint were to tear through space and descend to kill Medusa, her true form would be exposed to Armin, which might be Armin's chance to strike a fatal blow.

She and the strangely beautiful Gorgon before her, two earth-shattering giants, stood in distant opposition.

"Internal space? What kind of cultivation system is this? Unbelievable." Medusa was astonished to see her collect people into her body, then suddenly laughed, "As a deity who travels across myriad worlds, do you also care about mortal lives? You, this deity, seem quite compassionate. So, are you here to suppress me, this unforgivable demon?"

She sneered slightly and took a step forward. Boom... Rumble! The two colossal giants, radiating streams of light, began their astonishing battle.

"Flower of Death!"

From the darkness, numerous delicate black roses flew out, spiraling and adorned with thorns, possessing a terrifying, indestructible sharpness. Medusa was an aggregate being. The Cthulhu Evil God was originally also a magic-based creature; while it possessed immortality, every part of its body was a powerful wizard. When converged, their combined magical power would crush any life. After gaining control of the body, her combat power had long surpassed that of the previous Cthulhu Evil God.

"My heavens!!"

"What is that!?"

"That face, with a snake tail and human body, and swirling snake hair—it's Medusa, the mythical ancient creature from the mythical bestiaries, said to guard the gates of the underworld, the Demon God of All Origins...."

"And the other woman, dressed strangely, as if not belonging to this world—who is she?"

On the ground, countless kingdoms—the Kingdom of Death, human kingdoms, orc kingdoms—were in an uproar. Innumerable people witnessed the terrifying scene, and powerful individuals of Level 7 epic professions rushed from various kingdoms.

"This is the legendary Medusa...!!!" Hidden within the inner world, Pei Ke stared blankly at the towering Gorgon outside. "She's called the Land of Potions of the world! The Demon God of All Origins! The power of our professions, the magic beasts of this world, all are derived from offerings to this ancient eternal being. Even though she's at the same demigod realm as us! Just one glance at her and we can barely withstand it!!!"

Compared to other Level 7 beings, although they shared the same realm, she was already on a completely different level of existence. At this very moment, after millennia, all of Medusa's body tissues were Level 4 wizards, with many even being Level 5, Level 6, or even Level 7 epic-level body tissues. How could a single Level 7 epic individual compare to her? Furthermore, over the millennia, her body tissues had been constantly dying and regenerating. However, the energy from the deaths of numerous powerful beings had been channeled back into her body, maximizing utilization.

During the Potion Era, Armin, the Great Emperor of the Underworld, collected souls, while Medusa, the Origin Demon God, collected bodies. This truly achieved a double maximization of resource utilization. Over a thousand years, not only had Armin gathered the energy of a Hunyuan Saint, but Medusa had also stored the energy of a Hunyuan Saint. However, the power she required was immense; one Hunyuan Saint was merely one ten-thousandth of what she needed! In other words, she would need the power of ten thousand Hunyuan Saints to potentially break through!

Pei Ke stood, looking out at the world. Even as an epic emperor who had lived for over five hundred years, he couldn't help but sweat profusely. "In my lifetime, I've actually witnessed a legendary ancient being take action personally, and now, I'm inside a deity's body...."

His two students nearby, older sister Ai Li and younger sister Mi Qi, wearing mini-skirts and tights, with shapely figures and beautiful faces, slowly awoke on the grass where they had fainted.

Ai Li stood up and, opening her eyes, saw a golden sun in the center. "Oh my heavens!! Where are we? That's a sun! Nine worlds are orbiting it, and we're actually in one of them! What kind of world rules are these!"

"And these plants, these animals, they look like species from another world! It's too exaggerated and wondrous!" Mi Qi also exclaimed, her mind blank, as if experiencing a fantastic adventure in a dreamlike wonderland. The two talented twin girls, already Level 5 professionals, found their minds completely blank.

"That central sun is a deity," Pei Ke slowly explained. "Within this deity's body, there's actually a vast world, and she resides at its center, acting as the sun." As an epic emperor who had lived for over five hundred years, having witnessed three dynasties and countless rises and falls, he naturally awoke earlier than the two girls. Just as he extended his spiritual sense, he instantly crumpled to the ground. The terrifying aura of the sun deity was enough to make an epic-level powerhouse's legs buckle instantly. A single realm difference, a world of disparity.

Suddenly, as the two ancient beings clashed, countless powerhouses from various nations secretly rushed to the scene. Even demigods who had been hidden for millennia began to appear.

Pei Ke looked at one of the arriving epic emperors and suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "That's Barfain, the third king of our nation, a heroic man from human history who pacified the orc invasion of the Northwestern Mountains, single-handedly battling three great orc emperors—an invincible being who suppressed an entire human era. Is he actually still alive? I was worried our nation would perish if I died, but if this ancient being of ours is still alive, then our kingdom might still be saved...."

Ai Li also suddenly cried out, "My heavens!! I've seen that face in the chronicles of the Undead Empire! It's Wyndham, the first monarch emperor of the Undead Empire, that super old monster who attacked the Death Knight Albert back then, seized the necromancer's professional potion formula, established the Kingdom of the Undead, and founded the race of the undead. He's not dead either? Is he unwilling to return to the embrace of the underworld and become one of its subordinate gods?"

"That face is the legendary eighth orc monarch emperor! He's still alive?! How many secrets are truly hidden in history?" Mi Qi also exclaimed excitedly, joining the discussion. The shockwaves were so intense that they even witnessed students from other academies, their peers, dying before their eyes.

History was slowly revealing its truth before them... For millennia, it had been an era of heroes. Epic emperors from various nations had ruled their eras, and countless heroes had risen, only to eventually die of old age or choose to have their souls return to the underworld for a longer existence. Yet, no one had imagined that some of them were still alive, hiding in the shadows, using hibernation to prolong their lives.

At this moment, it wasn't just Pei Ke who was stunned; ancient epic heroes emerged, gazing at the sky with fear.

"So terrifying... Is this Medusa, the Origin Demon God, the eternal ancient being who granted us 'potions,' the source of our power?" Countless hidden ancient beings sighed, their faces showing astonishment as they gazed at the torn sky. "Too powerful..." they thought. That terrifying might increasingly made them feel breathless.

Each of them was a hero of their era, yet they couldn't help but feel dizzy with fear. Suddenly, they also felt a sense of fortune, that they had managed to hibernate in various ways until today, to this great era, to witness such a terrifying battle. Perhaps, the epic emperors from all eras could collectively contend for their dreams, ushering in an era of great contention.

"A deity from another world has descended.... Perhaps the future will usher in another era of immense power and change."

Someone gazed at the ancient-clad, aloof beauty, her terrifying Daoist techniques encompassing everything, streams of brilliant light flowing, yet penetrating their hearts like shadows, filling them with fear.

"Perhaps all of us present will truly die; no one will survive.... We might repeat the fate of the Babylonian mythological civilization from a thousand years ago," someone nervously spoke.

"The anthem of humanity is the anthem of history," someone smiled, suddenly recalling a saying from ancient times, from the ancient hero-king of Sumerian mythology, who had also permeated the history of Babylonian mythology.

"But perhaps, it's both a disaster and an opportunity, granting us the chance to become gods."

Although they were earth-shattering reclusive beings, ancient epic emperors who had accumulated power over millennia, they felt the terrifying pressure weigh heavily on everyone's hearts.

"We once hibernated and slept in various ways, but what use is waking now? We can do nothing but wait." They looked again at the battle; no one spoke, and the atmosphere across the land was somber. Everyone knew that the Demon God Medusa and Armin, the Great Emperor of the Underworld, were the most powerful beings in this world. If even they couldn't resist, then their world would perish.

The sky vibrated. Mountains were torn apart, trees toppled, and vast numbers of animals fled from the mountains, only to be engulfed by terrifying attacks. Gradually, the ground began to melt, collapsing layer by layer, turning into a crimson lava field, a high-temperature zone, resembling a massive, deep, arcing crater.

Boom! The two earth-shattering ancient beings fought desperately. Not only was their combat power limitless, but even more astonishing was their incredibly long endurance. Their recovery and defensive capabilities were terrifyingly formidable; both were rumored to be virtually immortal and indestructible. The Cthulhu Evil God could regenerate from a single drop of blood. The Pangu Golden Body, with a world augmenting it from within, regenerated continuously. They both had believed themselves invincible and immortal within their respective realms, yet they never expected to encounter such equally matched opponents. The battle raged for an entire day and night.

Gradually, Medusa began to exhaust her strength. Yes, her combat power was no less than that of the Pangu True Form. However, while Phoenix couldn't personally descend to attack, she could still secretly aid herself. A Hunyuan Saint, acting as the power source for the Pangu True Form, was almost impossible to deplete.

"The Origin Demon God, she's going to lose." Despair slowly crept into everyone's eyes. This deity from another world was terrifyingly formidable, and the Origin Demon God, who bestowed power upon the world, was, after all, not a living deity.