Dawn Starship, command room.
Silard had just sat down and lifted his coffee cup. He had finally found the mood to relax—Sangge had already cast a net that covered heaven and earth. As long as Fang Mo dared appear on the battlefield, he would have no hope of escape.
But before the coffee could reach his lips, a piercing alarm tore through the command room's silence.
"Red alert! Red alert!"
"Abnormal energy fluctuations detected in the direction of the Black Flame Mountain Range! The intensity is rising rapidly!"
Silard's hand trembled, spilling half his coffee. He did not even bother wiping it away as he lunged toward the holographic projection.
On the screen, at the heart of the Black Flame Mountain Range, that silent sea of fire was churning violently. Lava surged like boiling water, pillars of flame shot skyward one after another, and the entire sky had been scorched crimson.
"What's happening?!"
Even his voice had changed pitch.
The staff officer frantically hammered at the console as streams of data cascaded down like waterfalls.
"Report! A massive number of exotic beast energy signals detected! The number... the number cannot be counted! At least five times greater than before!"
"Heaven Penetrating Level! Heaven Penetrating Level exotic beast energy detected! One... two... five... ten..."
The staff officer's voice began to shake, his face deathly pale.
"Fifteen! Report! Fifteen Heaven Penetrating Level exotic beasts confirmed! And the number is still increasing..."
Boom!
In the holographic projection, an incomparably massive flaming bird burst out of the lava and soared into the sky.
Its wings spread wide enough to blot out the heavens and cover the earth. Pure white flames burned around its body, and every beat of its wings whipped up monstrous waves of lava.
It threw back its head and let out