Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

On the pyramid, an old serpent-man adorned with countless gold ornaments, wielding a golden serpent staff, shouted hoarsely, "Stop it!"

The serpent staff slammed down on the pyramid, and a dozen or so serpent-like superhumans behind him began channeling spiritual energy into the pyramid.

This pyramid is both an altar for communicating with the Serpent Father and a man-made psionic structure, or rather, a large-scale psionic device.

The faint runes on the pyramid began to glow, stabilizing the foundation and the land below. It even stirred the blood energy of the sacrificed beings, transforming it into a massive, blood-red serpent tens of meters long, which lunged through the air.

Meanwhile, the mountain began to shake the earth from underground, and the land within a two-kilometer radius began to liquefy into mud!

The mountain obeyed its master's command and was determined to overturn the pyramid!

With a whoosh, a huge fireball fell from the sky. It was a burning meteorite, six or seven meters in diameter!

This was the third one Zhao Hao had summoned. The pyramid's psionic defenses finally gave way, cracking into a spiderweb-like pattern before shattering with a crisp sound.

The next instant, the shadow behind the old snake-man transformed into a gaping maw that swallowed him whole. The bronze-level 3 snake-man vanished instantly.

The serpent people fell one after another in battle, and the pyramid finally lost its protection. Cracks began to appear, and then the entire pyramid tilted in the mud, flipped over, and collapsed and shattered halfway.

"Take the survivors and get out of here!"

There are already nearly a thousand snake-men on the outer perimeter. These snake-men are at least level 2 Black Iron Transcendent beings. After all, this is someone else's territory; the longer it drags on, the worse it will be.

Now that the strategic goal has been achieved, let's get going.

However, before teleporting away, Zhao Hao secretly left Xiao Ruan behind.

Xiao Ruan: I haven't gotten on the bus yet! I haven't gotten on the bus yet!

Zhao Hao: You stay and take care of the trash! Don't be shy!

Although the battle on Zhao Hao's side looked intense, it was because Zhao Hao only used 10% of his strength.

Although Zhao Hao seemed to have given up and was no longer hiding his strength, he only revealed a very limited amount. He was still maintaining his identity as a spellcaster.

Indeed, a transcendent being proficient in magic, possessing several powerful psionic pets, and even capable of summoning small meteors—who would doubt his magical path!

Zhao Hao: I really hope they rush over and engage me in close combat!

At this moment, Zhao Hao's two or three clones in the inner world were all mobilized.

They are Enderman Raistlin, Kenjiro Hanma, and Doll Master Shukuro.

Li Aotian should minimize his involvement in Amei's affairs, posing as an Eastern superhuman. This is definitely not something the author suddenly remembered about.

Endermen cast long shadows over the snake-people's settlement. Tricks, illusions, clones, darkness, terror... countless snake-people vanished silently in the darkness, dying without a trace, their deaths unknown, their killers unknown. It was truly bizarre.

Kenjiro Hanma, on the other hand, was very direct; he went straight for the fight. He charged in and smashed everything that wasn't human. It was like a tank crashing into a chicken farm—the scene was quite terrifying.

As for Xiu Jiulang, although he was only a Bronze 2-star, he never personally appeared in battle. He relied on over a dozen various puppets in coordinated combat, employing extremely insidious and terrifying methods. He used a variety of alchemical potions, poisons, fire, and spells.

Even more terrifying was that many snake people were unknowingly controlled by psionic threads, turning against their own kind and killing them. Those corpses were decomposed by the alchemical array beneath their feet, turning into piles of alchemical products.

Tens of thousands of even more players of the fantasy game projected themselves into the territory of the snake people in the other world. Their influence blossomed within.

Although the players were all quite weak, mostly at the Iron rank, and died very quickly and in large numbers in the Serpent Clan's territory, their sheer numbers meant they weren't afraid to die. Even ants can kill an elephant!

They can kill snake-men while alive, thus increasing Zhao Hao's spiritual energy and extraordinary materials.

Even after they die, Zhao Hao can fill their souls with his artificial spirituality, further "transforming them into his own people."

This is a win-win situation!

The snake-man shot himself in the foot; Zhao Hao had already won big!

This human counterattack lasted for a full thirty-two hours, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

Zhao Hao didn't know the exact numbers yet, but of the 46,000 players who participated, 90% had died at least once.

So much so that the Minions had to work overtime in the Alchemy Workshop to create spirit dolls as materials to replenish their spiritual energy. On the Fantasy Westward Journey game forum, a post about the various ways people died during this "event" has already reached 8,000 replies! Of Zhao Hao's original Seven Warlords of the Sea, only two remain: Bian Mu and Haschi. The remaining six are all replacements. Three of the Four Emperors have already died once in battle. Thankfully, the three Admirals weren't involved.

It's estimated that three or four thousand of the snake people have died; hundreds of years of accumulation were wiped out in one fell swoop.

However, at noon the next day, devastating news arrived—North American Indian Sheriff Braystar had been killed in action!

Chapter 499 The Shadow of the Snake Father

The snake people and lizard people have existed on this planet for almost as long as humans.

They established absolute dominance when South American humans were still in a primitive and ignorant state, enslaving millions of people on the South American continent for nearly a thousand years.

They are not those extraordinary races that have declined due to the passing of time.

Moreover, they have a powerful and cunning serpent father behind them.

Although humanity's counterattack appeared to be going quite smoothly, with twelve sacrificial pyramids destroyed and over three thousand serpent-men and reptilians killed or wounded, the damage was already severe.

However, the snake people's counterattack was also terrifying enough.

Among the thirteen candidates for salvation selected by the Mystic Bureau, the shaman Bresta, the guardian chosen by the Native American tribes of North America and recognized by the spirits of the five beasts, was killed in battle.

He wasn't the only one who died; four other Bronze-ranked warriors who had come to support him from various European countries, along with more than four hundred Iron-ranked superhumans who had accompanied him, also died.

It is said that among the snake people and lizard people, there are five top-level experts: the snake person high priest with a bronze 5-star rating, the snake person governor with a bronze 4-star rating, the lizard person commander-in-chief, the snake person snake shepherd with a bronze 3-star rating, and the lizard person witch doctor.

Bresta and his team were ambushed and killed while they were destroying their mission objective.

Except for the high priest who served the serpent father, all four other opponents appeared.

Moreover, because of their prior preparations, Bresta and his team suffered a complete defeat.

Normally, unless the difference in strength is enormous, achieving a kill at the Bronze level is not easy. After all, what extraordinary individual who has reached Bronze level wouldn't have some hidden trump cards?

However, the reason why all five Bronze Saints, including Bravestard, died in battle was due to a deadly poison called Corrupted Blood.

Subsequent analysis revealed that this viscous, blood-like toxin originated from the "Serpent Father's blood." It eroded the poisoned person's spiritual energy, transforming it into more corrupted blood, and was highly contagious. Not only did it deplete life force, but it also eroded spirituality.

By the time Bresta and the others, who had already broken through, realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Even the beast spirits bound by the Bravestar Contract were corrupted by this terrible, corrosive toxin, forcing him to sever his connection with the beast spirits and ancestral spirits.

If they escape back to the human side, this terrible psionic toxin will continue to spread and erode, and may even spread to the entire human society.

Finally, Bresta and the other four Bronze Transcendents made a decisive move, leading everyone in a desperate counterattack. They ultimately killed the Bronze 4-star Lizardman Grand Commander and severely injured the Serpentman Governor and the Lizardman Witch Doctor.

Of the 467 extraordinary individuals who participated in this mission, including the five Bronze-level beings, almost all but a few logistics and liaison personnel were wiped out.

The originally fierce and unstoppable counterattack was suddenly doused with cold water.

In fact, if Bresta and his men had shown even a shred of fear of death, the snake people's plan would probably have succeeded.

Once the corrupted blood of the Serpent Father begins to spread in the surface world, humanity will essentially collapse without a fight.

At the very least, South America will inevitably be lost, and it's even questionable whether Aramco can hold onto North America.

In those few short minutes, under immense pressure, how agonizing must these people have been to make that decision?

If it's bronze, it might not be able to withstand the corruption of the blood of corruption. If it comes back alive, is there any way to remove the toxins? After all, with the physique of the Bresta Beast Spirit Shaman, it should be able to last for a few days.

Unfortunately, it's too late to make assumptions now.

Zhao Hao and the other nearby savior candidates witnessed Bravestard and his team's final, desperate counterattack. They had seen the enemy's top-tier combat power.

To be honest, that Bronze 4-star Serpent General is really strong. His body is covered in surging emerald green psionic energy, he is over three meters tall, and he wields a long halberd. With every move he makes, he can split mountains and shatter rocks!

Judging from this situation, even among the bronze-level candidates for savior, it would take two or three people to withstand them.

Bravesta was able to inflict a fatal blow on his opponent for two reasons: first, he was one of the most powerful combatants among the candidates for savior; second, during the previous battle, he had coated an Aztec ceremonial knife with a strange grease, specifically waiting for this final moment to counterattack the snake-man governor. He was likely already prepared to die at that point.

The sacrificial knife coated with ordinary grease was truly terrifying; about half of the snake-man governor's spiritual energy dissipated instantly, and the remaining spiritual energy ceased its backlash.

The snake-man governor's wound on his lower abdomen, less than ten centimeters long, immediately stopped repelling spiritual energy and transformed into countless cracks that ceased spreading and expanding on their own.

This thing looked familiar to everyone. So they dug out the footage of the final battle in the old Saipan that they had found a few days ago and watched it again.

"That's right, this should be old Saipan's sword oil. It's the 'Boiling Cold-Blooded Sword Oil' he specially prepared for the snake people and lizard people."

Old Saipan truly lives up to his reputation as an expert in dealing with superhumans, supernatural beings, monsters, and freaks.

Enveloped in the mist, and trapped in the fog by four bronze snake-men and lizardmen, along with a large group of snake-men and lizardmen, the final battle was lost.

During the battle, he displayed extremely skillful combat techniques, including battle axes, throwing axes, psionic guns, traps, and gadgets.

He also used twenty-two common hand seals, eight special psionic sword oils, and drank more than thirty bottles of magic potions and alchemical elixirs, more casually than he drank water.

After examination by the mad witch Farina and others, at least sixteen completely different types of magic potions and alchemical elixirs were identified.

After fighting for sixteen hours, he killed two Bronze-level warriors and more than three hundred Black Iron Serpent Men and Lizard Men.

Later, as the potion accumulated toxins, old Saipan's face turned the color of a purple eggplant.

Bravestar was able to kill the Bronze 4-star Lizardman Grand Commander by using a spiritual bomb.

The explosive force of this thing annihilated all matter within a radius of 100 meters!

Zhao Hao even saw some runes and psionic machines in them.

This was the ultimate weapon that Bravestar had finished preparing after leaving the Wild Hunt's hunting grounds.

“No wonder Bravestar bought a lot of strange elemental substances from me before. I even calculated the psionic chain reaction used in that bomb for him,” said Thomas, the Iron Man. “Looks like he's not going to pay me back.”

This guy is a fourth or fifth-generation rich kid; his ancestors made their fortune as artisans in Europe. He even supposedly received a medal from the Queen of Great Britain.

His family's wealth surpasses that of Zhao Hao, who founded the crayfish company and expanded his business to Saudi Arabia. He is an extremely wealthy man. This is precisely why he is the only one among the bailout candidates who wields significant influence over Aramco's upper echelons.

The bald, schizophrenic Professor Sykes also spoke up: "The Boiling Cold-Blooded Sword Oil that stabbed the Snake-Man Governor was developed by me for old Saipan. I helped him develop the part that targets spiritual corruption. He said it was for the Snake-Man and Lizard-Man. It seems he was already monitoring the Snake-Man's movements back then. What a pity..."

They are still studying the next offensive plan and how to prevent the Corrupted Blood.

On the other side, Xing Qing had already discovered through his clone that the American official was contacting his clone.

From Enderman to Kenjiro Hanma, and then to Shukuro the puppeteer, they were all connected.

They claimed that as long as the snake-hunting people are dealt with now and humanity is helped through the crisis, all past transgressions will be forgiven.

Because Xiu Jiulang's alias doesn't appear often, he has little criminal record, and the promises he makes are the most numerous and generous. They even claim they'll arrange for Xiu Jiulang to join the Secret Service and become a high-ranking member.

After all, it's rare to find a Bronze Saint without any power, and it's unusual to try to win them over.

In addition, Kenjiro Hanma was also won over.

After all, given the fighting prowess displayed by Kenjiro Hanma, even a Bronze 4-star might not be able to defeat him. In the Wild Hunt's hunting grounds, his final transformation into a giant and his earth-shattering punch left many surviving Bronze-stars feeling a chill run down their spines.

Furthermore, Kenjiro Hanma was merely eccentric and arrogant, prone to breaking his balls and shortening his legs. But ultimately, nothing fundamentally serious happened. A few low-level superhumans were just expendable resources.

Zhao Hao found it very interesting that the Endermen had also been recruited.

After all, the Enderman was once a member of the Shadowlands, and is now its sole remaining member, the ultimate beneficiary of the Small World Project. He acts without restraint, his actions reminiscent of the dark underworld. Calling him a super-terrorist wouldn't be an exaggeration.