Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

Inside the magic spaceship, hundreds of figures silently watched the man at the head with his eyes closed, seemingly waiting for something.

Sudden.

The man suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them.

Seeing this scene.

Beside him, a woman dressed in white, ethereal as a fairy, asked anxiously, "Brother, how is it? Did you find those rats?"

Her voice was clear and melodious, like a nightingale singing in a valley.

"Found it."

The man with his eyes closed nodded slowly, a murderous glint in his eyes: "Those cherry blossom rats are hiding in that abandoned building 2 kilometers ahead."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the spaceship turned to look at them.

"Boss, let's charge in."

Immediately, someone stood up and said with murderous intent.

To everyone's surprise, the man shook his head. "I want to go myself."

"Boss, you should share fun things. That's not very nice of you." The man curled his lip.

In the blink of an eye.

The spaceship appeared directly above the abandoned building.

"Tianji, come with me." The young man said, and jumped down from the spaceship, which was hundreds of meters high.

Behind him, Tianji, with a calm expression on her pretty face, also jumped down.

Inside the abandoned building.

All the Sakura people gathered around Saku-kun, listening to his plan.

"Groups one, two, and three, you are responsible for wiping out the Starlight Guild's base."

"Groups four and five, you go and..."

Saku's eyes were fierce, while Ito methodically arranged the chaotic actions to come.

Sudden.

With a loud "bang," the door of the abandoned building flew right through.

Along with it, four corpses of the Sakura people flew in and crashed onto the ground behind everyone.

"Who is it?"

Immediately, everyone became alert and drew their weapons, looking towards the gate.

There, two figures slowly stepped in.

"Baka! It's a Great Xia person. Have we been exposed?" Saku-kun looked at the suddenly appearing figure and felt a sense of foreboding.

"Who are you?"

He demanded an answer in a stern voice.

"Great Xia, Tianjizi."

"Great Xia, Tianji."

A man and a woman spoke at the same time, their tone indifferent.

But Saku-kun felt an overwhelming killing intent and a towering wave.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and the group of Sakura people around him became even more agitated.

Just because—

These two names are equally famous in the Great Xia Dynasty, representing two extremely powerful individuals.

Tianji possesses S-level strength.

Although Tianjizi is famous for his intelligence, no one knows his strength yet, but it is speculated that he is at least an S-level expert.

When these two people came to their door, they could guess each other's purpose without even thinking.

But Saku-kun still held onto a sliver of hope and wishful thinking, and asked in a deep voice, "We have no connection with you two. What brings you here?"

He hadn't even started his mission yet, and he didn't want to die here in vain.

If they were to actually fight, they would have no chance of winning. After all, even their strongest selves are only S-rank.

"We're here to kill, of course!"

Tianjizi laughed, a cold laugh that sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"For the glory of the empire, let's attack together and kill them!"

Upon hearing this, Saku-kun had no more illusions left and immediately gave the order.

Immediately, everyone rushed forward.

He, however, turned around, blasted open the wall behind him, and fled outside.

He can't die here; he still has to complete the mission for the shrine.

"Tianji, leave this to me. Go and bring his head back." Tianjizi watched this scene without much emotional fluctuation.

"Um."

Tianji leaped into the air, quickly weaving through the hundreds of cherry blossom warriors, and chased after Saku-kun.

Wherever its figure passed, the bodies of those cherry blossom warriors exploded.

However, no one paid attention to this scene.

The remaining people unleashed their talents and attacked Tianjizi.

"Damn rat."

Tianjizi snorted coldly, his demonic power erupted, and he stomped his right foot heavily on the ground.

Instantly.

Centered on him, golden lines crisscrossed and rapidly spread outwards, instantly transforming into a giant golden chessboard on the ground, enveloping everyone within it.

The chessboard pattern is faintly visible and can not be noticed without careful observation.

Then, Tianjizi's fingers fell rapidly, as if he were placing a piece in a game of chess.

"Bang bang bang!"

As his fingers continued to fall, one after another, the bodies of the cherry blossom people exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

"What happened? I didn't see any attack, so how come they're all dead?"

Someone screamed in terror as his companion, who had just been charging forward beside him, suddenly exploded.

This is truly terrifying!

Even their innate supernatural attacks exploded halfway through their attack, making it impossible for them to get close to Tianjizi.

"It's the earth!"

"Watch your step!"

Someone noticed the faint patterns underfoot and exclaimed in shock.

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly looked down and saw crisscrossing lines covering the earth, dividing it into small squares.

If someone accidentally steps on a certain square, they will be instantly obliterated by a mysterious force.

However, some squares, when stepped on, showed no abnormalities, like a mechanical chessboard.

One wrong step and your body will be mercilessly torn apart.

The crucial point is that all the divided squares look exactly the same, and they don't know which square to step on to be safe!

Immediately, a very comical phenomenon occurred.

Many warriors raised one foot but hesitated to bring it down, fearing they would be instantly blasted into a bloody mist.

"Think you can avoid death this way? How naive!"

Tianjizi gave a cold laugh.

His fingers danced, and instantly the patterns on the ground rapidly changed, transforming into a new layout.

"Bang bang bang—"

The sound of countless corpses exploding rang out.

People who were fine before all exploded and died as the chessboard changed.

"We'll fight you to the death!"

Some people could no longer endure this inhuman torture and charged towards Tianjizi with a furious roar.

Unfortunately—

Before he could run two steps, his body exploded without any apparent reason.

It only took two minutes.

Everything calmed down, and not a sound was heard again.

More than 500 mutilated corpses were scattered all over the ground, turning the entire land crimson.

The strong, pungent smell of blood was unbearable.

"Those city rats, should be dealt with by now, right?"

Tianjizi gazed into the distance.