News worth a million was just blurted out like that.
However, in the face of life-saving grace, ten million was worth it.
Parting ways with Jeff and the others, Jiang Yuan continued towards the Medusa Evil Temple.
There were many evil temples in the desert, built by Khufu for the Snakewoman Ancestor and Medusas Mother. The largest Medusa Evil Temple was located in the center of an oasis lake.
The Sunset Temple was also on this route.
Jiang Yuan's figure flickered in the wind and sand and under the scorching sun, each flicker covering several kilometers.
It wasn't long before he saw a small oasis ruin. The water source here had long dried up, the plants were completely devoid of moisture, and most of them were buried by yellow sand.
As for the demon beasts, there were a few Commander-level ones.
Jiang Yuan easily annihilated them.
After a while.
Another new oasis, located on the long slope at the back of a huge sand dune, where the grand and dilapidated Sunset Temple stood.
Looking from afar, it seemed as if one could see the glorious dynasty of Egypt from thousands of years ago.
The next moment, Jiang Yuan's figure appeared within three kilometers of the Sunset Temple.
At this moment, an evil light, hidden within the sunlight, fell upon him, mixed with various powers of shadows, curses, and undead.
Following the source of the evil light, a large, greenish-blue eyeball glowed faintly.
It was a Blight-Scorching Evil Eye.
It could cause creatures' bodies to fester and burn.
However, it was useless against Jiang Yuan.
Without taking the Blight-Scorching Evil Eye, Jiang Yuan directly entered the Sunset Temple.
Passing through several dilapidated ancient halls, Jiang Yuan appeared like a ghost in the depths of the Sunset Temple.
Here, it was still a scene of ruins, and even the ceiling had a large hole, allowing the scorching light to shine directly in.
Jiang Yuan's gaze focused on a large stone wall, behind which a life force was sleeping soundly, completely unaware that a guest had arrived in its territory.
Apas was sleeping very sweetly, a trace of drool flowing from her lips.
She must have been having a wonderful dream.
Until her stomach growled, "Gugugu."
Apas suddenly opened her eyes.
"Gugugu~~~"
"Ah, so hungry~" Apas rubbed her shrunken, empty stomach.
She hadn't eaten for a long time.
"Damn humans! They promised to provide me with delicious food after our cooperation, but they only provided it a few times and then disappeared! As expected, humans are untrustworthy! That stupid maid doesn't know where she ran off to either, I'm starving to death!" Apas howled angrily.
Her voice echoed in the empty Sunset Temple.
Only she was left here.
Without a food source, she didn't dare to leave the Sunset Temple, or her sisters would definitely find out and she would be truly finished.
Although she wouldn't starve to death, it was truly unbearable!
Apas wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her small hand and looked up at the hole in the ceiling.
"It's daytime again. I wonder how the Netherworld War is going. I hope that old Khufu gets killed by that Eastern Emperor, so Mother won't be constantly forced to submit by Khufu."
"Gugugu~~~"
Apas muttered to herself, her stomach constantly rumbling during her monologue. She was already at her limit from hunger.
If she didn't eat soon, she'd rather die in this desolate, demon-free, ruined temple.
"No, I'll still try to leave the Sunset Temple."
Apas decided to go out and find something to eat at night.
Before that, she'd better get some good sleep.
Apas immediately lay down to sleep.
As soon as her eyes closed, an enticing aroma of meat wafted to her nose.
"It's the smell of charcoal-grilled meat, it's so fragrant~ This dream is really good, I just don't know what kind of meat it is, it's even more fragrant than the meat of the Killer Demon Scorpions." Apas smacked her lips and mumbled sleepily.
The aroma grew stronger and stronger.
Apas opened her eyes again, staring intently at the grill not far away, on which a large skewer of grilled meat was roasting.
The enticing oil dripped onto the flames, and as it vaporized, the aroma intensified even further.
"Meat???"
Apas blinked.
Thinking she had fainted from hunger and was dreaming, she directly pounced forward.
She took a big bite, juices overflowing, her mouth completely stuffed with grilled meat.
Her cherry-like mouth displayed a gluttonous appetite, and in a few seconds, she devoured the grilled meat, which was as big as her entire body.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious, delicious, delicious!"
"Do you want more?"
"I do!" Apas nodded repeatedly.
Another large skewer of grilled meat appeared out of thin air before her eyes. Apas's eyes lit up, and she began to feast again.
However, after only a few bites, she finally sensed that something was wrong. Chewing the grilled meat, she looked behind her.
An unfamiliar human was smiling at her.
"!"
"Who are you?" Apas was startled.
"The one who grilled meat for you," Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
"Are you from that guild?"
Apas was a little wary. The aura on this human was somewhat unusual; she couldn't even sense his magic rank.
"No, that guild you're talking about might have already been wiped out," Jiang Yuan said, shaking his head.
Apas suddenly understood.
"No wonder they haven't come over; so they've already been wiped out. They say humans are unreliable, but this is too unreliable!"
"Alright, since you've eaten my grilled meat, can you answer me a question?" Jiang Yuan asked.
"What question? Big brother, just ask!" Apas said in a sweet, delicate voice.
"Is Medusas Mother dead or not?"
Hearing this question, Apas looked at Jiang Yuan with innocent big eyes: "Big brother, what is Medusas Mother?"
This little snake was probably addicted to pretending.
She really thought of herself as a human child.
"Aren't you Medusas Mother's little daughter? How could you not know who Medusas Mother is? Quickly tell me the answer to the question, or I'll shave your hair, poke out your eyes, and then peel off your snake skin," Jiang Yuan threatened.
Her identity exposed, Apas stopped pretending. Her Monarch aura suddenly manifested, and at the same time, her hair danced like countless long snakes.
"You already know I'm Medusa, and you still dare to speak to me like that? Today, I'm going to use you, this human who disrespects Medusa, to fill my stomach that has been empty for I don't know how many days~"
Her menacing words suddenly softened at the end.
Because Jiang Yuan released an even stronger Emperor aura, one that felt infinitely more powerful to Apas than what Medusas Mother had given her.
It was even much stronger than Khufu, whom Apas had seen before!
"Big brother, I still don't know if Mother is dead, but even if she's not, she must be close to death~" Apas reverted to her sweet, delicate tone.
There was no trace of her terrifying, man-eating demeanor from just now.
Though what she said was truly quite disloyal.
"Alright then, you can lead the way for me to find Medusas Mother," Jiang Yuan said.
Apas shook her head: "I'm afraid that won't work. If I leave the Sunset Temple, my sisters will definitely send their subordinates to kill me immediately."
"Killed by me or killed by your sisters, you choose one."
A skinning knife appeared in Jiang Yuan's hand.