85: Chapter 007, Medusa

As this golden vertical pupil appeared, Ding Lingxuan's Aura began to climb. Originally only at the sixth level of the Martial Warrior Realm, she started to break through.

In the blink of an eye, she broke through to the Peak of the Martial Warrior Realm, but Ding Lingxuan could sense that this power still showed no signs of stopping!

"Rumble!"

Martial Master Realm, broken!

Ding Lingxuan had never thought she could break through so quickly, but before she could rejoice, she felt a piercing pain.

For a moment, she felt as if all her bones had been shattered. She struggled to stay conscious, because Uncle Ding's stone statue had not been recovered yet.

But just as she reached out to crawl on the desert, she noticed something was wrong. Purple scales had appeared on the back of her hand.

"This, this is..."

Ding Lingxuan's voice stopped abruptly, a look of fear even appeared on her face, because she saw several snake heads appear in front of her.

Strangely, she could see from the perspective of these snake heads, and at the same time, she saw her current appearance clearly.

Her originally dark and beautiful hair had turned into tiny black snakes, which were now flicking their tongues and cautiously examining their surroundings.

Below her abdomen had become a snake tail, covered with tiny purple snake scales. She was now a monster with a human body and a snake tail.

"How could this be? Why is this happening?"

Ding Lingxuan's eyes gradually became empty. She couldn't accept the reality before her, and her body began to tremble violently.

Suddenly, as if she had suffered a huge blow, she let out a painful roar.

With this roar, a vast power erupted from within her, sweeping out like a raging torrent.

This power instantly stirred up the surrounding yellow sand, forming a huge sandstorm.

Ding Lingxuan's figure was faintly visible in the storm, as if swallowed by it.

And those snake heads also became exceptionally active at this moment. They opened their fangs, hissing, seemingly excited and eager for this powerful force.

Ding Lingxuan's consciousness gradually blurred. She didn't know what was happening, nor did she know how to face this sudden change.

"Rumble!"

The next moment, the terrifying sandstorm collided with the sandstorm she had gathered, causing it to strangely stop advancing and even begin to gradually dissipate.

After a while, the two terrifying sandstorms gradually wore down and finally disappeared, leaving only a mess on the ground.

All around were dead trees and gravel (broken stones) swept in by the sandstorm, and even a few demon beasts that hadn't had time to escape and were caught in it.

However, some of these demon beasts were not yet completely dead, but were already on their last breath.

Ding Lingxuan's eyes were wide open at this moment, filled with disbelief and panic. She tried to control the sudden changes in her body, but each attempt seemed futile.

The purple scales seemed to have a life of their own, constantly spreading over her body, deepening her mutation.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm the fear and confusion in her heart, and tried to find a way to break free from this unknown state.

"What... what have I become?" she murmured to herself, her voice trembling slightly. She sensed for a long time but found nothing.

Just then, a blurry memory fragment flashed in her mind. It was a figure, standing alone on a throne, with countless figures kneeling in submission below Him.

And she was just one of them. Suddenly, the figure on the throne turned its gaze as if looking at her. The moment she wanted to see the other person clearly, she suddenly woke up.

And now, everything around had returned to calm. Her body had finished changing, and her Aura had completely stabilized at the Late Stage of the Martial Master Realm.

"Who exactly is He? Who are those dark figures? And who am I?"

Ding Lingxuan still looked a little lost as she examined herself, "What am I now? Can I still go home?"

After a long silence, she sighed. She tried to twist her body to move forward. Surprisingly, this body that had turned into a monster was exceptionally easy to use.

In the blink of an eye, she arrived in front of Uncle Ding's statue, but the statue was now completely shattered, with only a few incomplete pieces remaining.

"Uncle Ding, I'm sorry, I can't take you back. Even I can't go back," Ding Lingxuan said with a dejected expression, her eyes revealing endless sorrow and helplessness.

Her voice echoed in the vast desert, as if carrying deep despair.

Just then, a Great Desert Wasteland Wolf not far away struggled to get up, its eyes flashing with fierce light, and it pounced towards Ding Lingxuan to bite.

It opened its sharp fangs, ready to deliver a fatal blow to Ding Lingxuan. However, Ding Lingxuan was not frightened by this sudden attack.

"Get lost!" Ding Lingxuan snarled in a low voice, her voice filled with an inexplicable majesty and power.

Her eyes instantly became sharp, staring intently at the Great Desert Wasteland Wolf.

At this moment, her gaze seemed to be able to penetrate everything, making people dare not look directly.

The moment Ding Lingxuan turned her head, her gaze met that of the Great Desert Wasteland Wolf.

The Great Desert Wasteland Wolf's originally fierce momentum instantly disappeared without a trace, replaced by fear and confusion.

Its body stiffened in the air, unable to move.

The next moment, the Great Desert Wasteland Wolf's body began to undergo an astonishing change. Its skin gradually became hard as stone, as if it had turned into a sculpture.

Immediately after, a crisp sound of "crack!" came, and the Great Desert Wasteland Wolf's petrified body directly shattered into countless fragments.

At the same time, Ding Lingxuan felt a subtle power surge into her body.

This power gave her an unprecedented sense of fullness, as if her strength had been enhanced.

She guessed that this should be the power from that Great Desert Wasteland Wolf, but it was absorbed by her in a strange way.

"Heh heh, have I really become a monster now?"

Ding Lingxuan was not happy about gaining power, but instead showed a bitter smile, "If others saw me, they would probably kill me as a monster, right?"

She showed a bitter smile, but only pondered for a moment, then with a wave, the shattered pieces of Uncle Ding's stone statue were gathered together by her.

"Uncle Ding, Lingxuan can only find you a deserted corner."

Saying that, Ding Lingxuan walked towards a certain direction. She knew that her current appearance could no longer go to the city, or even be seen by people.

She had also thought about dying, but for some reason, the depths of her Soul would always immediately reject this idea.

In a corner that Ding Lingxuan didn't notice, a tiny Spirit Gu saw all of this. When she completely disappeared into the desert, the Spirit Gu dissipated with the wind.

"Did it succeed?" Li Wuji, who was still flying a thousand miles away, slightly raised the corner of his mouth.

Immediately, he added a new number in the Editor: 007 - Medusa!

The moment he entered it, Li Wuji could feel the energy in his body increase slightly, and his eyes also seemed to have undergone some inexplicable changes.

"Roar~"

Just then, with an angry beast roar, Li Wuji knew without turning back that the Lithification Sandworm King had caught up!