Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

It costs over three billion US dollars to open this thing in just half an hour; it's really burning money to pave the way!

All personnel from all sides have arrived.

On Amei's side, basically all the prominent supernatural forces sent people, and some well-known bronze masters were also present. In addition, some international bronze powerhouses arrived, and including Zhao Hao and his group, a total of thirty-eight people were gathered!

Even Uncle Tie, the wise monk Zhi Dian, and those bronze-level masters from the Red Gate came.

At this moment, the fiery realm of the inner world had expanded to a huge area with a diameter of nearly twelve kilometers!

There were about 20,000 small monsters, none of them were weak, because the weak ones were all on the periphery and had already been eliminated.

There are about twenty bronze-level monsters. Apart from some lone wolves, there are twelve leader-type monsters, each surrounded by dozens or even hundreds of minions.

While concentrating efforts to break through the enemy lines is a good approach, there was concern that luring all the monsters to one place could lead to uncontrollable changes, so the final decision was to tackle them separately.

Enter through approximately eight entrances to hunt down the fire monsters, and finally reunite in front of the main hall at the center of the fire realm!

Try not to provoke the Silver Saint who has almost fully arrived.

This is unlike the Fly King who descended before. The Fly King's clone was a demotion and was active in the surface world, so it was only at the Bronze level of psionic power.

But the being inside this hall is definitely at the Silver level! That's a god!

Zhao Hao, Xiluo, Prada, Gou Quan, Winston, Qiye Saki, and Fatty formed a team to clear out a route.

Because of their strong individual strength, they did not deploy too many Black Iron level combatants. Therefore, their route mainly involved clearing out elite monsters, and they needed to kill at least thirty or forty Black Iron level 5 monsters.

Moreover, in a small valley, a bronze-level monster without any minions was waiting for them.

It was a giant fire eagle.

Chapter 391 There's a traitor!

This operation was massive, and the entire super team had very in-depth discussions. Any idea that might change the course of the battle was put forward and then discussed and verified one by one.

However, there are very few methods that actually work.

The international academic think tank has also proposed various scientific methods, such as large-scale liquid nitrogen spraying for cooling and thermobaric weapons to consume oxygen for fire extinguishing. However, their effectiveness has been very limited.

In this fiery realm, liquid nitrogen is practically useless. If you can get a few hundred tons of it in one go, it might have some effect, but otherwise it's just a breeze.

This thing is somewhat effective at slowing down the spread of the flame barrier on the outside.

A large number of black-clad agents worked day and night to drill holes and then inject liquid nitrogen into the ground to slow down the spread of lava in the underground.

However, once you reach the center of this monster-infested area, your energy will be neutralized by a large amount of fire-attribute spiritual energy within ten seconds.

As for the method of using thermobaric bombs to consume oxygen, that won't work either, for the same reason: fire-attribute psionic energy is too abundant, and the flames and temperature won't be affected even without oxygen.

In short, the means available to the surface world are extremely limited.

However, both the upper echelons of the US military and the Skull and Bones Society operating in the shadows discussed the possibility of launching a nuclear missile. The final conclusion was that unless absolutely necessary, it should not be attempted lightly, as the outcome was unpredictable and could even be counterproductive.

Therefore, the burden ultimately falls on the shoulders of the extraordinary beings. Moreover, extraordinary beings below the level of Black Iron 4 are not even qualified to approach the core flame realm, as the temperature is too high and the fire-attribute spiritual energy is too intense, which they cannot withstand.

……

Burning Firehawk, a Bronze 3-star extraordinary creature from the Flame Realm...

Burning Firehawk seems different from other extraordinary monsters in the Flame Realm. It is a Bronze 3-star being with great strength, but it has no followers and is all alone.

The other bronze-level boss monsters were accompanied by anywhere from a dozen to several hundred other fire monsters, all of considerable strength. But in the valley where the Burning Firehawk roamed, it was all alone.

Zhao Hao and his group even observed that Firehawk would actively kill the fire monsters that broke in, showing absolutely no mercy.

The monster seemed to have lost its mind, filled only with rage, and would burn anything that moved in its path to ashes.

Zhao Hao successively dispatched paper shikigami and specially prepared summoned creatures such as the "fireproof clay god general" and the "fireproof cotton god general" he had conjured!

However, they were all burned to ashes in the angry cry of the fire eagle.

That fire not only burns matter, but also spiritual energy.

"They seem quite formidable!" Zhao Hao exclaimed.

Gou Quanxi nodded vigorously, "How about we go back and take another route?" *2

“Other paths aren’t necessarily easier!” the fat man said from the side.

Winston, meanwhile, was constantly using a monitor on his arm to collect data from the Firehawk, such as body surface temperature and flight speed.

"Let's give it a try and proceed according to plan..." Zhao Hao took the lead and rushed out, followed by Fatty and Winston. The three of them acted as meat shields, drawing the main aggro.

That fire eagle had quite a bad temper. Seeing the three of them running on the ground, it immediately let out a cry and began to swoop down!

This thing is over ten meters long and has a wingspan of nearly thirty meters. Its whole body is covered in golden flames. When it dives, it brings an incredible heat wave, instantly raising the ground temperature to over 100 degrees Celsius!

A normal person would have been burned by the high temperature from dozens of meters away, but the fire hawk swooped down without launching an attack. In fact, three tiny humans were not worth it attacking.

As it swooped down, it scattered hundreds of fiery feathers, which erupted into a two-meter-diameter pillar of fire upon landing!

With that single dive, the black rocks on the ground crackled and popped as if a burning helicopter had passed ten meters overhead. Then, hundreds of fiery feathers on the ground began to spew fire!

In an instant, the pillars of fire almost formed a wall of fire!

This simple dive was like a large bomber dropping dozens of incendiary bombs.

Zhao Hao erected a barrier to envelop the three of them, and also activated an arcane warming barrier to neutralize the temperature.

Although all three are tanks and wouldn't suffer serious injuries even if the temperature exceeded 100 degrees Celsius for a short period, it's still necessary to be as comfortable as possible.

Fighting at this temperature would take a huge toll on physical strength, psionic energy, and mental fortitude. If the battle went to a stalemate, ten minutes would be enough to turn a person into jerky!

Winston's left eye is adorned with a high-tech, single-sided square lens, which is currently displaying a series of data.

"The dive speed was 380 kilometers per hour, the fiery feathers landed between two and four seconds later, and the highest temperature at close range of seventeen meters reached 420 degrees Celsius, lasting for four seconds..."

Winston was wearing a silver-white mechanical suit. Because of the special nature of the mission, he had prepared a special high-temperature resistant "fire extinguishing suit" with a red and white color scheme.

His left arm had a long, narrow display screen that constantly displayed data, while his right hand held a peculiar device resembling a modified cannon barrel. There were also jet propulsion systems at his feet…

The most eye-catching thing is the wing-like thing on his back. Although it is said to be a powered jet wing, it is actually eight mechanical arms that are integrated into his spine.

This thing can be used as a jet engine and energy cannon, as well as eight mechanical arms. Winston is actually equipped with eight different weapons!

“It’s going a bit too fast, we have to limit its flight!” Winston said, glancing at the screen.

The fat man shrugged: "How can we restrict this? Let's talk about it after it comes down?"

As they spoke, the pillar of fire from the fiery feathers went out. When the fire eagle saw that none of the three of them were hurt, it became even more furious!

Another eagle's cry rang out, and in an instant, it transformed into a streak of light, hurtling rapidly toward Zhao Hao and the others in an elliptical trajectory.

I don't know what this move is called, but in the blink of an eye, the fire eagle had already circled in the air, and the heat wave it generated actually formed a fiery shockwave, leaving a very obvious fiery red dent on the black stone ground!

The fire eagle actually burned a red oval on the ground while it was in mid-air!

Suddenly, several runes appeared rapidly in Zhao Hao's barrier, causing the barrier to tremble a few times before finally returning to calm.

In just one second, Zhao Hao consumed 80% of the total spiritual energy of a normal Bronze 1-Star Transcendent! The stones around the barrier turned red and were about to melt!

Good heavens, what kind of tactic is this?

The main problem is that it's too fast; most people can't dodge it and can't react in time, so they can only take the hit.

Those flames could even burn spiritual energy, making them a natural enemy of all defenses. It was only thanks to Zhao Hao's powerful barrier that they were saved; otherwise, they would have been reduced to charcoal in an instant!

"Heaven and Earth in their positions, glorious and magnificent, dispel the curse, reveal the snake gu, clatter as the law commands~" Seeing Zhao Hao and the other two being suppressed and beaten, Qi Yexiao chanted a spell and drew a pentagram in front of her.

Then a surge of psionic energy enveloped the Firehawk, and the flames on its body trembled for a moment, as if a part of its body beneath the flames was revealed, but only for a second.

Nanaya Saki was, after all, only a Black Iron 5-star transcendent. Although she used the Onmyoji's famous Revealing Spell, it could only affect Firehawk for a fleeting moment, revealing its true nature, which resembled a plucked roasted chicken.

In that instant, Firehawk was enraged and suddenly turned around and charged towards Nanayasaki and the others on the edge of the area.

Meanwhile, Prada finished casting the spell he had been preparing for almost three minutes.

She stood within a small magic circle one meter in diameter, surrounded by six extraordinary materials: a human skull, a raven feather, a scorpion tail, and a venomous snake fang. Prada, her eyes rolling back, floated in mid-air, her neck arched back as if about to break.

And the curse was indeed effective; a surge of dark spiritual energy descended upon the fire eagle, instantly reducing the flames on its body by half.

Prada used his immobility to suppress Firehawk's psionic energy; it was all about numbers.

Black smoke and flames swirled around the fire hawk, resembling a burning rubber bonfire, with billowing black smoke indicating that the fire had clearly subsided considerably.

"Take this!" Zhao Hao flicked his hand, and a tendon extended more than forty meters, binding one of the Fire Eagle's claws.

The fat man immediately grabbed one end and, with a "Hey!" he suddenly assumed a horse stance with a force so great that the ground cracked under the weight.

Unable to break free, the fire eagle flapped its wings violently, sending hundreds of fiery feathers flying. Zhao Hao took a deep breath and used a Wind Release technique to extinguish the fiery feathers in mid-air.

Winston had already landed on all six of his arms and feet, forming a stable support, and then raised the pulse jet in his right hand and started firing!

A beam of silvery-white light, as thick as a thigh, struck the fire eagle directly, causing the flames on its body to scatter like flowers from a fairy garden.

However, the fire hawk was no pushover either. Although it was caught off guard and cursed, and its legs were bound, it could not be destroyed by such means.

It suddenly let out a hawk-like cry, and flames began to gather in the space within dozens of meters around it. In the blink of an eye, hundreds or even thousands of fiery crows appeared.

The flock of crows soared and circled in the air like a fiery dragon, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply once again.

Xiluo and Gouquan quickly put on the special headgear, worried that their respiratory tracts would be burned.

The fire crows split into two groups, one rushing towards Nanayasaki Prada and her group, and the other rushing towards Zhao Hao and his group.

Zhao Hao stomped his foot, and a black stone wall, over ten meters high and one meter thick, rose from the ground, instantly killing over a hundred fire crows. The flames spread outwards like an explosion, and the remaining fire crows dodged to the sides, attempting to attack the flanks. However, Zhao Hao pushed them to the sides with both hands, and two large golden palms annihilated all the fire crows.

Meanwhile, on Nanayasaki's side, Little Soft suddenly appeared and enveloped them inside. The Fire Crow that crashed into it was instantly absorbed.

After crashing in two or three hundred times, the other fire crows began to circle around the little soft bird, no longer daring to crash directly into it.

Xiao Ruan then launched dozens or even hundreds of sticky fingers from her body, which, like frog tongues, began to "stick" to the fire crows in the air and eat them.

Saki Nanaya drew his katana from his waist, and a burly, short, stocky red-skinned demon with a single horn on its head appeared, wielding a demon golden club.

The other is a tall, thin, hunched-over blue demon with dark blue skin, a headband, and two short black forks in his hands.

These red and blue oni are both powerful spirits with the rank of Black Iron 4, and their combat power is comparable to that of Black Iron 5 monsters. In addition, Nanaya Saki herself is a Black Iron 5 summoner, which is her confidence in a foreign land.

The red demon had thick skin and flesh; the fire crows that bumped into it were like tiny flames, and it didn't care at all. It wielded its golden ghost staff in the air, creating gusts of wind that scattered the fire crows.

The Blue Demon is an assassin-type character with no area-of-effect attacks; he simply crouches around the soft creature without making a move.

The fire eagle's attempts to recruit followers were futile; instead, most of them were wiped out. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of scorching spiritual energy three meters in diameter.

The golden-red psionic energy jet shot towards Zhao Hao and his group in a straight line.

"Scatter!" The three of them instantly flew in three different directions. They could all feel the high temperature of several thousand degrees and the dense spiritual energy in the beam. If they tried to withstand it head-on, they would be in serious trouble.