In the forests of Hell's Paradise Island, Ling Tian fired a signal flare into the sky.
In the pitch-black night, almost everyone on the island who was not asleep saw the signal flare, especially those in the forest who were hunting Ling Tian. Seeing the flare was like injecting them with chicken blood.
More than ten minutes later, a team of more than ten ability users arrived at the scene.
The team's composition was very complex, with members from different countries.
This was not surprising. With globalization, personnel exchanges between countries became more frequent. Especially under the influence of the United States, many European countries had lost their sovereignty.
In many Western countries, the concept of a nation had even been lost. They practiced the principle of the strong being respected, and whoever had the milk was the mother.
The leader of this team was an American named O'Brien. This guy was a mercenary, and his awakened skill was Eagle Eye!
This person's eyes could see mice running on the ground two to three kilometers away, and his dynamic vision was excellent, allowing him to keenly detect objects flying in the air and judge their flight paths.
The only pity was that he had Eagle Eye, not Owl Eye. It was nighttime, and although his vision was better than that of ordinary people, it was still not very useful.
Half of the members in his team were ability users. The other members, although not ability users, were all battle-hardened mercenaries with very strong combat capabilities.
This time, they were also invited to Hell's Paradise Island. These people were well aware that they would not get a share of the pie and would only be able to eat some leftovers.
O'Brien and his team were targeting the various missions posted on the island.
As for the mission to hunt down Ling Tian, O'Brien had been hesitant. The powerful strength displayed by Ling Tian in the arena made them have to be wary.
However, tonight, when they saw the latest bounty amount updated by the Americans, everyone went into a frenzy!
Without O'Brien needing to do any mobilization, his subordinates, roaring like madmen, clamored to fight and vowed to kill Ling Tian.
Thus, these guys appeared here.
Although their team was not entirely composed of ability users, their rich mercenary combat experience allowed them to move like fish in water in the jungle. Although they encountered some dangers, there were no non-combat casualties.
However, in this vast forest, finding one person was undoubtedly very difficult.
Just then, they saw the signal flare, and they were overjoyed, rushing over immediately.
But the scene before them was like pouring a basin of cold water onto a burning flame, instantly sobering them up.
Before them were several piled-up corpses, their deaths extremely tragic. Some were burned to death, while others bled to death!
They then remembered that the target they were going to kill this time was not an ordinary person, but a very dangerous guy! A ferocious fire controller!
"Maintain a cautious perimeter!" the team leader O'Brien immediately gave the order, and everyone became more vigilant.
Almost every member of the team was equipped with infrared night vision goggles. They constantly scanned above, below, left, and right, but found nothing.
Little did they know that there was such a heaven-defying talisman in this world as an invisibility talisman. This thing could even mask Ling Tian's body temperature, making it difficult for infrared night vision goggles to detect Ling Tian's figure.
"Go, check those corpses and see how they died!" said a guy named Reno, a Gaul.
As two people were about to step forward to move the corpses, O'Brien reminded them, "Check carefully and see if there are any traps!"
His subordinates nodded, took out explosive detection equipment, and scanned the corpses.
"Boss, no explosives found, it's safe!"
His subordinates quickly reached a conclusion, and then they stepped forward, preparing to move the corpses to see how they died!
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. Under the topmost corpse, there was a wooden bead.
This was no ordinary bead, but a Fire Burst Spirit Bead made of peach wood!
The detectors in these people's hands were very sensitive. Even if there was a little gunpowder or explosive component in this pile, the highly sensitive probes could detect it.
But the problem was that the Fire Burst Spirit Bead was not an ordinary explosive, and the detector could not find anything. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was just a wooden bead.
This bead had long been infused with true essence by Ling Tian. However, this true essence was controlled very precisely, and the Fire Burst Spirit Bead remained on the verge of activation, reaching a very delicate balance.
At this time, applying a little external force would break this balance and completely activate the magic array within the Fire Burst Spirit Bead!
"Boom!"
The Fire Burst Spirit Bead exploded on the spot. However, the trap set by Ling Tian was far from simple. Besides this bead, there were two books, totaling more than 20 Burst Fire Talismans, pressed under the pile of corpses.
The explosion of the Fire Burst Spirit Bead scattered these talismans in all directions. After flying out, the talismans were immediately ignited by the flames and explosion, turning into balls of fire.
At this moment, the entire forest, centered around those corpses, instantly turned into a sea of fire within a radius of 50 meters!
The people at the center of the explosion were immediately blown away by the high temperature and shockwave, dying tragically.
As for those on the outer perimeter, they suffered even more. Although they did not die immediately, the scorching high-temperature shockwave burned their skin and ignited their clothes.
The Kevlar nylon, used as body armor, caught fire on them after being heated, causing these guys to roll around in pain.
Even more deadly, their eyes were scorched by the high temperature, and they were blinded on the spot.
Out of more than a dozen people, half died on the spot, while the remaining ones kept rolling on the ground, their bodies still on fire.
Just then, a figure appeared beside them silently. A sharp dagger sliced across their throats, ending their suffering.
One minute later, there were no survivors at the scene except for Ling Tian.
Another ten minutes later, another group of people arrived. Seeing the scene before them, they were all terrified.
The scene looked as if it had been carpet-bombed. Trees were heavily felled, and nearly 20 corpses lay on the ground, their deaths tragic!
These guys didn't even speak. They immediately made a decision: run quickly, they weren't earning this money anymore!