Chapter 116: Even your iron hand has been burned away!
Temporary camp, military tent.
Barack slowly finished his cultivation.
“Finally, Transformation Force.”
He exhaled, his eyes filled with joy.
Although he had the benefit of honey, this cultivation speed was already quite fast.
Looking at the whole world, he might not be able to compare to the most top-tier geniuses, but he could definitely be included in the first tier.
And his wealth also well compensated for the insufficient parts.
When all kinds of Spiritual Items are constantly available, even at the initial stage when the price is extremely high, he can also buy them with his eyes closed, which is enough to make him equal to or even surpass those geniuses.
“Although the times have already changed.”
“But in the end, it has not abandoned me.”
“I still have to lead the trend in the future.”
Barack was bursting with confidence.
Then he practiced the Black Jade Technique with iron sand for a while《》.
When the faint black intent gradually extended to his elbow joints during the cultivation, he stopped his hot arms and went to take a bath, drenched in sweat.
The bath was only half done when a hurried call came from outside:
“Boss, we have discovered a special creature!”
Hearing this, Barack didn’t dare to delay, quickly dried his body, and rushed out while putting on his clothes.
“What is it?!”
His eyes were bright, his voice was urgent, and his excitement was evident.
The Subordinate immediately presented a report to him:
“This is the result of our Reconnaissance Team’s exploration ahead.”
“Our UAV observed a special Fruit burning fiercely.”
“And near the Fruit, a saber-toothed leopard-like Ferocious beast was found.”
“After comparison, it was confirmed that this Ferocious beast had appeared among those Ferocious beasts that were besieging Qi Xuan, although it existed in a state of corpse.”
“According to Qi Xuan, this Ferocious beast should be called Saber-Toothed Leopard, but he only mentioned it casually and did not describe the skills of this Ferocious beast in detail. In his opinion, the strength of this Ferocious beast was probably very ordinary.”
Facing the conclusion reached by the Subordinate, Barack cautiously said:
“Very ordinary is only for Qi Xuan. We ordinary people cannot look at it that way.”
“The more you cultivate, the more you can feel Qi Xuan’s strength. The Ferocious beasts he ignores can often bring us a disaster. This point cannot be ignored.”
After thinking for a while, Barack instructed:
“Let the Reconnaissance Team continue to observe, get some equipment over there, observe and collect data from multiple angles, and work with the biologists in the team to first figure out the habits of that Ferocious beast and the Characteristics of that Fruit, and take action cautiously.”
The Subordinate took the order and immediately prepared to arrange it.
At this time, he received another message in his earpiece, and his pupils constricted slightly:
“The Reconnaissance Team reported that the Fruit seems to have matured, and the nearby Ferocious beasts show signs of Devour.”
Barack’s brows immediately furrowed together.
He was silent for a full three seconds.
He then asked:
“Where are our fighter jets?”
……
The fighter jets ultimately did not fly over.
Because the bombing of the aerial bombs was too loud. Although the lethality was also extremely strong, Barack was worried about affecting that Flame Fruit.
The final killing plan adopted was to attack with a UAV, lure the Saber-Toothed Leopard a little further away, and then have the combat team collectively launch “Pin” micro-missiles.
This type of micro-missile, which weighs only 2.4 kilograms, has a total length of 63.5 centimeters, and a warhead of 1 kilogram of high-explosive, is one of the smallest guided weapons in the world.
Through concentrated bombing, the first round flipped the Saber-Toothed Leopard, which was about five meters long, on the spot.
This also meant that the multiple follow-up attack plans they had prepared, including the GBU-39 bomb, could not be used.
But quickly ending the battle was actually a good thing, to avoid any unexpected changes.
The Saber-Toothed Leopard’s corpses would naturally be handled by the accompanying Scientific research personnel.
The fully armed Barack, under the escort of a group of special forces members, came to a position two hundred meters away from the Flame Fruit.
Although he participated in the Island exploration on the spot, he still cherished his life quite a bit.
Referring to the failed cases that had appeared on the Sky Screen, facing the Flame Fruit, a strange and dangerous source, even if he knew it was a Spiritual Item at a glance, he still had to avoid the closest contact.
Barack picked up the binoculars and stood on the small hillside to observe the scene.
Around the fiercely burning Flame Fruit, a group of Reconnaissance Team members cautiously approached.
The personnel at the scene were all wearing special bomb disposal suits weighing 26 kilograms, made of special fireproof and waterproof materials, combined with Kevlar fiber, containing three steel protective plates and spine protectors, and other protective equipment. Theoretically, it could resist explosion damage below 1,400 meters per second.
Before the Reconnaissance Team members could enter within ten meters of the Flame Fruit, light screens suddenly lit up in the sky.
Barack instinctively looked at the Light screen, and the next second, he was stunned.
Because the scene projected in the Light screen was exactly the Reconnaissance Team members in front who were preparing to pick the Fruit.
In an instant, many tragic scenes that had appeared in the past flashed through his mind.
“Stop!”
“Halt!”
“All members immediately retreat!!”
The Reconnaissance Team members, who had received the Order, hesitated for a moment, and then followed the Order to slowly retreat.
Barack, at the first opportunity, left the scene under the protection of the combat team members.
What a joke, it was only two hundred meters away. If something really happened, they might not be able to escape.
His life was much more valuable than a mere Spiritual Item.
After finally retreating to the camp one thousand five hundred meters away, Barack finally relaxed a little.
Helicopters were prepared in the camp and could take off at any time.
The combat team members carried a large number of heavy weapons and could block the enemy as much as possible.
At worst, in twenty seconds, the fighter jets patrolling in the air could arrive at the scene.
After confirming his own safety, Barack couldn’t help but frown slightly.
“Nothing has happened at the scene, the Flame Fruit is still burning normally, requesting the next Order.”
In fact, without the Subordinate’s message, he could also see the situation at the scene through the Sky Screen.
But it was precisely because he could see it that his mood was uncertain.
The Sky Screen did not disappear, indicating that the change had not ended, the crisis still existed, and it did not stop with the members’ actions.
Could they give up on that Fruit?
After thinking for a moment, he looked at the time and ordered in a deep voice:
“Continue to wait.”
“Qi Xuan will start the Live Stream soon. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely encounter the same Fruit in the Live Stream.”
“We will see how he handles it, and then, based on his operation, we will deal with this Fruit.”
“If, during this period, the Fruit withers, or other changes occur, then we can only say that our luck is not good.”
Hearing this, the scene began to execute the Order as instructed.
After a long five minutes passed, under the anxious waiting of everyone, Qi Xuan’s Live Stream Room finally appeared in the sky.
The moment the live stream room appeared, it was immediately flooded with countless barrages:
“I calculate with my fingers, Qi God will definitely encounter a Flame Fruit today!”
“Haha, I can also calculate that the fruit will appear in the morning.”
“I bet, the flame of that fruit must be golden orange!”
“It’s just ridiculous, how can there be such a fruit in the world? How do you pick it with such a high temperature?”
“So Barack’s exploration team urgently stopped and retreated.”
“Didn’t they retreat because of the light screen? I really want to laugh every time I see Barack’s awful appearance.”
“To be honest, there’s no way not to be afraid. No one knows what dangers that fruit contains. The tragedy of Daniel’s exploration team yesterday is still fresh in my memory.”
“Heaven knows how things like Dragon Hunter Grass exist?”
“Let’s see the outcome of Barack and the others. Being so cautious, they might be able to successfully harvest that Flame Fruit.”
“I just want to know what that Flame Fruit is for.”
“Am I the only one concerned about how to eat it? Such a big fire, before you even open your mouth, people are afraid of being burned to nothing.”
……
Amidst the netizens’ discussions, Qi Xuan rode Sunday and appeared lazily in the picture.
Facing the camera, he slightly perked up and said:
“According to the map we discovered before, we are not far from that Nangong Tribe now. Even with our relatively cautious pace, we should be able to contact them at the latest tomorrow.
To be honest, I’m still a little apprehensive about the first contact with the Otherworld natives. I’ve decided to observe nearby first to see what’s going on there.
After confirming that there’s no danger, I’ll tentatively make contact.
I don’t want to be captured and taken back as a trophy for a barbecue. That scene would be too terrifying.”
After sighing for a while, Qi Xuan continued forward on Sunday.
With the Nangong Token and the map as double insurance, he wasn’t worried about going the wrong way.
But the more he went forward, the more cautious he became.
But not long after, Qi Xuan’s expression couldn’t help but change slightly.
Seeing the Flame Fruit that could be vaguely seen in the camera, the netizens immediately became excited.
Even Barack and others, who were closely following the live stream, also had their breathing become rapid.
As everyone had predicted, Qi Xuan, riding Sunday, slowly came to the Flame Fruit.
At this time, everyone could clearly see this Flame Fruit up close.
It looked about the size of an apple, a round ball, with a red exterior, with seven or eight golden lines on it, and a layer of sky-blue flames burning around it, the temperature seemed higher than the golden orange color on the Island.
“This is the Golden Flame Fruit.”
Facing the Flame Fruit that was close at hand, even Qi Xuan’s expression was slightly excited:
“This is a very rare Precious Medicine. Ordinary people can be reborn after taking it, immune to all diseases. Martial Cultivators can improve their aptitude and greatly increase their cultivation speed after taking it.”
Hearing this, countless netizens’ eyes turned red:
“Damn it! It’s really a Precious Medicine!”
“It’s a Precious Medicine that can improve Martial Dao cultivation aptitude! I need this, I really need this!”
“Why is there only one on the Island! What am I supposed to do?!”
“It’s too difficult! Not to mention that it hasn’t been picked yet, even if it’s really picked, this one isn’t enough to share at all!”
“Ah ah ah ah, I’m so jealous! I don’t know about others, but Qi God will definitely be able to eat this Precious Medicine. Why does he get all the good things?!”
“Aptitude that is hard to compare to ordinary people, Precious Medicine that is hard to obtain for ordinary people. Not to mention that he is only a Supreme Grandmaster now, even if he is promoted to Land Immortal on the spot, I am not surprised at all. This luck is unique in the world!”
“I wish the sun would explode on the spot! Blow up this lucky guy for me! Aim next time!!”
“Laughing to death, if it weren’t for Qi God, I wouldn’t know the effect of this Golden Flame Fruit. Just enjoy it secretly.”
……
Under the envy and jealousy of countless netizens, Qi Xuan continued to introduce:
“You can see that the surface of this Golden Flame Fruit has seven or eight golden lines, which represent its age and quality.
Pale gold is the most common, bronze gold is barely acceptable, champagne gold is of good quality, but the best is this bright gold.
In addition to the color, the lines are also very important. Every three to five years, a line will grow on its surface.
And as the lines grow, the temperature of the flames around it will also increase further, and the burning range will be further narrowed.
These temperatures can protect it from being eaten by outside ferocious beasts, and can continuously add energy to its fruit.
So you must be very careful when picking it, because if you are not careful, it will explode on the spot.”
Saying this, Qi Xuan reached out and picked it.
Seeing this scene, the netizens were all shocked:
“Fuck! You’re just going to pick it with your bare hands? Without any protection?”
“Iron hand! Definitely an iron hand!”
“The iron hand is all burned! Didn’t you see the color of the temperature? That’s at least three thousand degrees!”
“Actually… there are three thousand degrees? Has the Supreme Grandmaster’s skin become so thick?”
“No, you got one thing wrong, this shouldn’t be actual contact, but the skin surface is covered with Genuine Qi protection!”
“Indeed, after stepping into Innate, the Force in the body can be transformed into more powerful Genuine Qi, which has all kinds of special uses. The Supreme Grandmaster’s Genuine Qi must be even more profound, and the quality is also extremely high. Only then can he touch the high-temperature flames. If it were an ordinary Innate, it would be burned instantly.”
“So that’s how it is, I’ll work hard to cultivate! I won’t be afraid of fires in the future.”
……
In fact, mere Genuine Qi alone cannot resist the sky-blue level flames of the Golden Flame Fruit.
Including ordinary Spiritual Energy, it is also difficult to resist.
But after taking Cold Moon Ephemeral not long ago, his Spiritual Energy had already obtained the ice-cold attribute in advance.
Now relying on the ice-cold attribute to withstand the sky-blue flames can greatly reduce the loss of Spiritual Energy.
But even so, it also caused the Spiritual Energy in his body to be almost exhausted before he successfully touched the Golden Flame Fruit and picked it from the plant.
After picking the Golden Flame Fruit, the other party no longer showed any flames, looking like an apple with golden lines, ordinary.
Qi Xuan’s face couldn’t help but reveal a look of excitement.
For ordinary people to change their physique.
To increase the cultivation aptitude of Martial Cultivators.
For cultivators, the effect of the Golden Flame Fruit is to greatly provide Spiritual Energy, and it can even help Qi Condensation cultivators break through the shackles of Minor Realm.
It is definitely a Precious Medicine that many people dream of.
But for Qi Xuan, there are no so-called realm shackles at all, this Golden Flame Fruit can only be used to simply provide Spiritual Energy.
“It’s a pity that there are only seven or eight golden lines. If there were more than a dozen, after taking one, I’m afraid I wouldn’t even need to say anything about reaching Qi Refining Stage 7 on the spot.”
“But seven or eight is not bad, it can save me several days of cultivation time, allowing me to improve and advance to Qi Refining Stage 5 before arriving at the Nangong Tribe, and obtain the fifth change of Qi Refining.”
“The remaining medicinal power can also allow me to go further in Qi Refining Stage 5, further shortening the time to advance to Qi Refining Stage 6.”
Qi Xuan didn’t delay any longer, and immediately began to take the Golden Flame Fruit and refine the medicinal power on the spot.
This scene once again made countless netizens envious and went crazy in the Live Stream Room.
Barack, however, promptly retracted his gaze and turned to stare at the picture transmitted by the UAV surveillance camera.
In the picture, the burning range of the Golden Flame Fruit was extremely large, almost five or six meters away.
The color of the flame was orange-red, far inferior to Qi Xuan’s sky-blue.
In addition, even the golden lines on the surface of the fruit were only two.
Without a doubt, this is the youthful version of the Golden Flame Fruit.
But even the youthful version was enough for the world’s Martial Cultivators.
At this moment, Barack raised an unprecedented ambition.
After successfully picking this Golden Flame Fruit, he didn’t need any other gains from this trip, only hoping to get a share of this Golden Flame Fruit.
If it really didn’t work, he could only eat it before the surrounding United Nations supervisors reacted, and then make compensation later.
Get on the bus first, buy the ticket later; if they don’t want to, they can only accept it.
With a surge of heat in his heart, after understanding the relevant information about the Golden Flame Fruit, Barack no longer hesitated and immediately had people prepare for the picking work.
Before long, the Reconnaissance Team, wearing special explosive disposal suits, arrived around the Golden Flame Fruit.
The burning flames, even through the explosive disposal suits, made everyone present feel the extremely high temperature.
But soon, everyone present took out liquid nitrogen freezing guns.
Liquid nitrogen freezing guns were originally one of the commonly used equipment for explosive disposal.
Because explosive disposal personnel sometimes encounter mercury bombs—bombs that are detonated by the vibration of mercury.
As everyone knows, mercury is liquid at normal temperature and pressure, so it can be frozen with a liquid nitrogen freezing gun, thereby safely disposing of the bomb.
Surrounding the Golden Flame Fruit, many Reconnaissance Team members pressed the handles, allowing liquid nitrogen to be output from the cold head and poured onto the flames.
In an instant, a large amount of white mist-like water vapor burst out on the scene.
The temperature of liquid nitrogen is minus 196 degrees Celsius. When it comes into contact with high-temperature flames, it will instantly vaporize and absorb a large amount of heat, reducing the combustion intensity.
Moreover, after the liquid nitrogen vaporizes, its volume will expand to seven hundred times, which will further reduce the oxygen concentration around it and continuously curb the flames.
By pouring a large amount of liquid nitrogen on the scene, the burning circle of the Golden Flame Fruit quickly shrank inward, and the burning range gradually retreated from five or six meters to three meters, then two meters.
Seeing this scene, not only Barack, but the hearts of the audience all over the world were lifted.
After waiting as if each day was a year, the liquid nitrogen finally extinguished the last wisp of flame on the surface of the fruit.
Someone immediately rushed forward and used hydraulic shears to directly cut off the fruit.
Having obtained the Golden Flame Fruit and confirming that no other changes had occurred, everyone present couldn’t help but cheer.
The light screens outside also went out at this time; they became the first team to obtain the harvest without loss in the Live Stream.
Before the celebratory atmosphere in the team could subside, the Golden Flame Fruit was quickly delivered to Barack.
But there were many United Nations supervisors watching, and he couldn’t do anything for the time being.
But after carefully observing the Golden Flame Fruit, Barack’s expression gradually began to change, and a hint of suspicion couldn’t help but rise on his face.
Then, under the astonished gaze of everyone, the Golden Flame Fruit, which had been picked with great difficulty, shattered on the spot.
…
The Island camp was in chaos because of the Golden Flame Fruit’s shattering, but Qi Xuan didn’t know any of this.
He didn’t expect a Golden Flame Fruit to appear on Blue Star, so he didn’t mention that harvesting the Golden Flame Fruit required Spiritual Energy to neutralize the flames.
This was originally a Spiritual Fruit prepared for Cultivators and various Demon Beasts.
Ordinary people, unless they used Spirit Talismans or Magic Artifacts, would not be able to pick it at all.
Forcibly picking it, including directly digging up the soil to transplant it, would only cause it to shatter or explode on the spot.
After finally Refining the Golden Flame Fruit completely, it was already noon.
As Qi Xuan had guessed, with the help of the terrifying medicinal power of the Golden Flame Fruit, he successfully entered Qi Refining Stage 5, and he wasn’t far from Qi Refining Stage 6.
With unprecedented confidence, Qi Xuan immediately continued to move forward.
Not long after walking, he saw a Jungle, and there seemed to be a figure flashing through the Jungle.
At the same time, at the Southeast Asia Joint Exploration Team’s missing location, various detection devices had also been transported to the scene, and the Joint Command was about to launch a new round of detection.
