After the vehicle modification was successful, Su Yao and her group took a short rest in the safe house. However, the peaceful time was short-lived. That day, Su Yao detected a powerful energy fluctuation heading towards them through the system.
"Something's up. Everyone, prepare for battle. It might be some powerful monster or unknown danger from the high-temperature apocalypse," Su Yao said gravely.
The group quickly assembled. Ling Yu gripped his ice sword tightly, Su Yao's father inspected their homemade weapons and equipment, and her mother organized first-aid supplies and spare parts for easy access. The cloaked figure added several more runes to the runic array surrounding the safe house, enhancing its defensive capabilities.
As the energy fluctuations drew closer, the ground began to tremble slightly, and a cloud of dust rose in the distance. A colossal fiery beast slowly appeared, its body as massive as a mountain, engulfed in raging flames, leaving a charred footprint with each step.
"What kind of monster is this? It looks tough to deal with!" Ling Yu said, frowning.
The fiery behemoth spotted the group in the safe house, letting out a deafening roar before unleashing a massive pillar of fire from its gaping maw. Seeing this, Su Yao immediately used her spatial abilities to create a barrier in front of them, blocking the fire pillar. The flames struck the barrier, sending sparks flying, but the barrier temporarily withstood the attack.
"We can't just defend; we need to take the initiative," Su Yao said. She activated the system's scanning function, trying to find the fire behemoth's weaknesses.
After a system scan, Su Yao discovered that the fire behemoth's eyes were its relatively weak point, but attacking its eyes was not easy because the flames around the behemoth were extremely hot, and ordinary attacks would melt upon approaching.
"Ling Yu, use your ice-based abilities to create an ice path, get as close to the behemoth as possible, and then attack its eyes. Father and I will support you from behind with ranged attacks. Cloaked Man, you are responsible for maintaining the rune array and the defense of the safe house." Su Yao quickly formulated a battle plan.
Ling Yu nodded, his hands moving in unison as he unleashed his full ice-based power, gradually creating an ice path leading to the fire behemoth. The ice path melted continuously under the behemoth's intense heat, but Ling Yu maintained his power to ensure its extension. He rushed towards the behemoth along the ice path, his ice sword gleaming coldly.
Su Yao and her father picked up their homemade crossbows, the bolts coated with a special fire-suppressing agent. They aimed at the fiery behemoth and fired continuously. After the bolts struck the behemoth's body, the agent took effect, temporarily suppressing some of the flames and slowing the behemoth's movements slightly.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ling Yu approached the fiery behemoth. He leaped high into the air, gathering lightning power on his ice sword, and thrust it towards the behemoth's eye. The fiery behemoth seemed to sense the danger and swung its massive claws at Ling Yu. Ling Yu nimbly dodged to the side, his ice sword narrowly grazing the behemoth's eye, causing it to let out a painful roar.
"Well done, Ling Yu! Keep attacking its eyes!" Su Yao shouted.
However, enraged, the fire behemoth burned even more fiercely. It stomped its foot, creating cracks in the ground from which flames erupted, sweeping towards Ling Yu. Trapped within the flames, Ling Yu's ice-based abilities gradually became insufficient to withstand the powerful fire attack.
"Ling Yu!" Su Yao was extremely anxious. Ignoring the danger, she used her spatial ability to teleport to Ling Yu's side and bring him out of the flames.
"Thank you, this beast is too powerful," Ling Yu said, panting heavily.
"We need to think of another way." Su Yao looked at the fiery behemoth and pondered a new strategy.
At this moment, the cloaked man walked over and said, "I have an idea. My rune array can temporarily trap it, but I need you to attract its attention so that I have time to set it up."
After discussing the matter, the group decided to launch another attack. Su Yao and Ling Yu drew the fire behemoth's attention from the front, continuously unleashing their special abilities to keep the behemoth focused on them. Su Yao's father assisted from the side, using a homemade catapult to hurle stones filled with fire extinguishing agents at the behemoth.
Under the group's attacks, the fiery behemoth furiously pursued Su Yao and Ling Yu. Just as it moved some distance from the safe house, the cloaked figure swiftly drew rune arrays on the ground behind it. The runes shimmered with light, gradually forming a massive cage.
"Quickly lure it over here!" the cloaked man shouted.
Hearing the shouts, Su Yao and Ling Yu turned and ran towards the rune array. The fiery beast pursued relentlessly, and as soon as it entered the range of the rune array, the cloaked figure immediately activated the array, and beams of rune light rose up, trapping the fiery beast within.
The fiery behemoth struggled wildly within the formation, spewing flames everywhere, but the runic formation temporarily held it firmly in place.
"Now's our chance! Let's attack its eyes with all our might!" Su Yao shouted.
The group concentrated their efforts, launching a final attack on the fire behemoth's eyes. Ling Yu's ice sword, Su Yao's spatial ability attack, and Su Yao's father's crossbow bolts all fired at the behemoth's eyes simultaneously. With everyone's combined strength, the fire behemoth's eyes were struck, and it let out a terrible roar before its massive body slowly collapsed, the flames gradually dying down.
Exhausted, the group collapsed to the ground, but they knew that even greater dangers awaited them in this apocalyptic world of extreme heat. They needed to recover their strength as quickly as possible and continue to improve their power and the defensive capabilities of their safe house in order to survive in this cruel world.
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