All-out: Starting with the Awakening Special Operations Unit, search, attack, and withdrawal.

"Intelligence update: The sniper in the team is suspected of possessing a curse-type magical skill. If any living creature is within a certain range of a target he kills, the hit person will immediately attack those around them..."

On the northern cliff top, atop the watchtower near the evacuation point.

Inside the watchtower, on the second level, Chu Hong and his two companions huddled motionless in the narrow space.

Song Jiao'er placed her hands on Chu Hong and Wang Suming respectively.

The initial awakened skill, [Invisibility], became an excellent concealment skill for them at this time.

Not only did they manage to return to the secret passage at the northern cliff top without anyone noticing, but at this very moment, they also went so far as to sneak into the watchtower right under the noses of the dozen or so lizardman warriors around them.

In their position.

It can not only hold the regular evacuation point at the [Northern Cliff Top Crossroads], but also...

It can also directly attack the [Valley Boat] conditional evacuation point.

Even if the target ultimately chooses to go to the more distant [Cliffside Crossroads] regular evacuation point, Chu Hong and his team can still rush out of the outpost and intercept them halfway.

The black-clad squad that they were lying in wait for had absolutely no idea what was going on.

The "human-machine" interaction remained undisturbed.

There were no signs of battle at the outpost, and the boss in the core area continued doing whatever he was doing.

Even so, there were pairs of eyes, like those of hunters, fixed on them...

now.

Above them were lizardman captains keeping watch, and below them were lizardman warriors stationed and patrolling the cliff top.

Real-time video feed from the Flying Bird drone.

It was playing on the light screen on Chu Hong's hand armor.

Watching the scene unfold, the valley entrance squad was quickly executed after their pleas for mercy went unanswered.

The eyes of Chu Hong and the other two were filled with icy coldness.

Wang Suming gritted his teeth: "These bastards, they really came here to kill. Look at them, they didn't even go into the core area!"

Chu Hong and Song Jiao'er remained silent.

At this moment, the black-clad squad did not immediately head towards the evacuation point.

"Hunter, check the opposite cliff and the core area to determine if a third team is present..."

The woman controlling the black insect watched as her companion severed the head of her prey and put it into her backpack.

He gave the order to the sniper hunter on the other end of the headset, who was on the top of the cliff.

"clear......"

The scope began to meticulously observe the situation on the northern cliff top.

The number of lizardman warriors at the outpost is correct.

The lizardman captain is also at the top of the outpost, yet nobody's going to the high-value supply point...

The hunter relaxed slightly.

They began to observe the core area again.

The gathering points of the lizardmen warriors identified in several intelligence reports still match the number of lizardmen warriors, and there are no signs of battle in the core area.

Boss... In the scope, on the open ground in front of the chief council hall, the lizardman chief Molov was sharpening his spear.

"Report to the captain: The situation on the northern cliff top is normal, with no signs of human activity. In the core area... no lizardman priests were seen."

"The number of lizardman warriors at the outposts on the northern cliff top is correct, and there are no signs of battle."

Upon hearing this...

The captain of the men in black at the bottom of the cliff nodded, his doubts temporarily dispelled.

The bird that was shot down just now was probably controlled by the team at the bottom of the cliff, right?

"It's alright. The lizardmen's ritual route is unpredictable anyway. It'll probably be in some area. Don't worry about it. Prepare the forbidden items! Target: Lizardmen leader Molov. The rest of you, follow me to the evacuation point."

"Hunter, after completing your mission, approach us immediately."

"Understood..." The hunter got up.

He quickly pulled a small box, about the size of a palm, from the backpack behind him.

Opening the wooden box and the metal box revealed a bullet inside, shaped like a needle and exuding an ominous and eerie aura. The bullet was made of crystal, and through the faint crystal body, one could see what appeared to be some kind of liquid flowing inside.

"click"

Bullet loaded!

The hunter skillfully switched to sniping mode, aiming through the scope. The [Lizard Leader Molov], who was focused on sharpening his spear, remained completely unaware.

The energy generated during the previous shot was recovered.

Like a professional sniper, the hunter began to adjust his breathing and calculate the wind force and angle.

"Bang!"

Gunfire erupted!

The ominous bullet, after traversing over a thousand meters across the valley, struck precisely in the chest of the Lizardman leader, Molov.

The bullet was lodged in his body.

This caused Molov to let out an angry and painful roar.

A terrifying surge of magical energy erupted from its body, and in that instant, a scene appeared that horrified Chu Hong and his two companions on the other end of the [Flying Bird Drone].

Just then, the Lizardman leader, Molov, who had just stood up with a furious roar, was surging with magical power.

The latter's body suddenly stiffened.

As it approached, in the blink of an eye, it gradually turned scarlet and ferocious, and then began to rapidly grow and expand.

"Holy crap!"

The energy response data transmitted in real time by the Flying Bird drone also began to spike rapidly.

Origin Realm Stage 5, Stage 6, Stage 7...

Seeing that it had instantly risen from an ordinary-level secret realm boss to a level equivalent to a classified level, not to mention Chu Hong and Wang Suming, even Song Jiao'er, who was considered well-informed, couldn't help but turn pale.

"What, what are they trying to do? If they're not going to kill the boss, why are they going to strengthen it?" Wang Suming's voice trembled.

Chu Hong and Song Jiao'er, however, had solemn and cold gazes.

The footage is from the Flying Bird drone.

At this moment, the remaining four members of the black-clad squad had arrived at the evacuation point of the [Valley Boat].

Meanwhile, on the cliff top, the hunters who had finished shooting immediately packed up their equipment and quickly rejoined the team.

No fighting the boss, no looting the containers, just killing people... and then artificially strengthening the boss's power in the end.

Seeing that Molov had clearly lost his mind and was launching a brutal attack on his lizardman warriors in the core area, Chu Hong and Song Jiao'er finally understood completely.

The principles behind the actions of the Black Hole Council.

"The secret realm shattered because the accumulated energy exceeded the barrier's limits, causing the monsters within to develop a world will... The Black Hole Council deliberately and prematurely awakened the boss's world will!"

Song Jiao'er's hand, gripping the magic wand, was sweating nervously.

Chu Hong, however, was looking at the five people who had already met up in front of the small boat at the evacuation point.

He calmly issued the order.

"Prepare for battle!"

Above the valley.

The drone emitted a sharp whistle and suddenly swooped down towards the team of men in black.

The sound of "beep beep beep" came from the bombs carried by the Flying Bird drone.

Their sudden and unexpected appearance left the entire team of men in black with no time to react.

"BOOM!!!"

A huge explosion.

This immediately alerted the clifftop outpost where Chu Hong and his men were hiding.

Amidst the black smoke.

The lizardman captain let out a sharp warning cry, and a dense barrage of spears, as if blotting out the sun, was hurled from the top of the cliff down towards the evacuation point below.

"Damn it! There are still people here!"

The Black Insect woman, who was the team leader, shouted angrily.

With a wave of his hand.

A curtain made entirely of black insects instantly enveloped their heads.

The explosion was too sudden.

Although no one was killed in the explosion.

However, the sniper hunter in the team, especially the one whom Chu Hong chose as his primary target immediately, had his arm blown off.

He was lying on the ground, his face contorted in agony.

"laugh!"

In the field of vision obscured by black insects.

There seemed to be a faint sound of turbojet engines.

Before the group could decide whether to retreat or fight...

The gleaming yellow bullets instantly shattered the black insect barrier and rained down on them.

"You've fallen into a trap!"

Chu Hong showed no arrogance whatsoever, and immediately served up a golden bullet!

No matter how hard the Black Hole Council members racked their brains, they would never have imagined that someone in a mere ordinary-level secret realm would be equipped with a full set of gold-quality gear, use gold-quality firearms, and even use gold bullets!

"Da da da!"

The black insect curtain shattered instantly.

Behind them, the man in black who was pulling and trying to carry the sniper hunter was instantly hit by more than a dozen golden bullets.

His torso and arms were instantly smashed into a pile of mud.

The dead can no longer die.

The captain of the men in black's expression changed drastically as he peered through the shattered black insect curtain.

On the opposite cliff, on a long, icy slope stretching for hundreds of meters, a burly man wielding a menacing shield roared and charged toward them with a terrifying, almost improbable, aura.

"Face me, you scum!"