The genius who counterattacked the mainland

In the stifling heat of the Burning World, flaming creatures swarmed around Xu Tiancai and the others like ethereal flame spirits. Their bodies radiated a blazing heat, and the light of the flames reflected on everyone's faces, making them appear to be coated in a layer of orange-red.

Xu Tiancai watched the fiery creatures warily, the artifact in his hand glowing faintly, ready to respond to any possible attack. Ah Gang gripped his battle axe tightly, his forehead already covered in beads of sweat. The heat evaporated the sweat as soon as it appeared, forming a light layer of mist around his face. Lin cast a small cooling spell, attempting to alleviate the surrounding heat, but it had little effect. The magic's power in this fiery world was like a pebble dropped into the sea, fleeting.

The Ice Princess frowned, attempting to cast ice magic to clear a path for everyone, but the intense heat made it difficult for her magic to gather. The mysterious figure muttered something, a dark power swirling around him. The fiery creatures seemed wary of this darkness and retreated slightly.

They slowly made their way toward the temple, each step a struggle. The burning rocks beneath their feet radiated a scorching heat, threatening to melt the soles of their shoes. When they finally reached the temple's gates, an ancient and mysterious aura filled them.

The temple's gate stood several feet tall, engraved with various flame-shaped patterns. The patterns were vivid, as if recounting the ancient history of this burning world. Xu Tiancai reached out to touch the gate, but just as he was about to touch it, he felt a powerful heat wave and quickly withdrew his hand.

"This door is enchanted with a powerful magical barrier. We can't act rashly," Lin said. She began to carefully examine the pattern on the door, trying to find clues to breaking the barrier. A mysterious figure approached, his eyes penetrating, as if he could see through the very essence of the magic on the door.

"These patterns seem to be related to some ancient sacrificial ritual. Perhaps we need to recreate the ritual to open the door." said the mysterious figure.

As they studied the gate, the surrounding flame creatures suddenly became agitated. They began to fly rapidly around the temple, forming a massive vortex of flames. From this vortex came a powerful suction force, attempting to suck Xu Tiancai and the others in.

Ah Gang swung his battle axe, slashing at the vortex of flames. The airflow from the axe temporarily disrupted the vortex's suction. Xu Tiancai raised the artifact high, and a multicolored light shot out from it. The light impacted the vortex, slowing its rotation slightly.

Lin cast a wind spell, powerful air currents surging from all directions, enveloping them tightly and resisting the vortex's suction. The Ice Princess and the mysterious figure also cast their own spells. The Ice Princess created ice walls to try to block the invasion of the flame vortex, while the mysterious figure summoned dark forces to interfere with the flame vortex's energy.

However, the power of the vortex of flames grew stronger and stronger, and they gradually became unable to resist it. At this moment, Lin suddenly discovered that some lines of the pattern on the temple gate began to glow under the reflection of the vortex of flames.

"Look, the pattern on the door has changed!" Lin shouted.

Everyone looked toward the gate and saw that the glowing lines formed a new pattern, a shape similar to a flame rune. Xu Tiancai had an idea. He focused the power of the artifact on a single point and shot it at the flame rune on the door.

The moment the artifact's light came into contact with the flame rune, a dazzling flash of light flashed. The flame vortex, as if struck by a massive impact, vanished instantly, and the surrounding flame creatures ceased their restlessness, hovering quietly in mid-air.

The temple's gate slowly opened, and a stream of even hotter air poured out. They walked cautiously into the temple, only to find it was vast. The walls were inlaid with countless gemstones emitting flaming light, illuminating the entire temple as bright as day.

In the center of the temple stood a massive fire altar. A blazing fire burned above it, its flames radiating a dazzling array of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. Within the flames, a figure loomed.

They walked toward the altar, feeling the powerful energy contained in the flames with every step. When they reached the edge of the altar, Xu Tiancai attempted to use his artifact to detect objects within the flames. As soon as the artifact touched the flames, a massive recoil force was felt, nearly sending Xu Tiancai flying.

"The power of this flame is too strong. We have to find a way to lower its temperature." Xu Tiancai said.

The Ice Princess stepped forward, took a deep breath, and unleashed her most powerful ice magic. The surrounding temperature plummeted, and icy spikes shot toward the flame altar. However, the instant they came into contact with the flames, they melted, transforming into clouds of water vapor.

"My ice magic has no effect on it. This flame seems to have special protection." The Ice Princess said with a frown.

Lin began to cast elemental magic, attempting to mobilize the surrounding water elements to extinguish the flames. However, water elements were extremely scarce in this burning world, and she spent a great deal of effort to gather some, but these water elements were completely evaporated by the high temperature when they approached the flame altar.

The mysterious figure gazed at the flames, a flicker of determination in his eyes. He formed hand seals and chanted an ancient incantation. Dark power surged from his body, spreading toward the flame altar. As the dark power came into contact with the flames, their color darkened, but there was no sign of weakening.

"This is not a solution. We have to find another way." A Gang said, his battle axe tightly gripped in his hand, a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Just as they were in trouble, Xu Tiancai suddenly remembered the images he had seen in the ruins. Those ancient sacrificial rituals seemed to have some unique movements and incantations. He began to recall the details of the images, trying to find a way to deal with the fire altar.

After some thought, Xu Tiancai began to imitate the movements in the video, chanting some seemingly plausible incantations. As he moved and chanted, the surrounding energy seemed to undergo subtle shifts. The flames on the altar began to flicker, as if disturbed by some kind of interference.

"Everyone come and help, I think this method is feasible." Xu Tiancai shouted.

Everyone immediately gathered around, following Xu Tiancai's instructions, imitating the movements of the ancient sacrificial ritual while chanting incantations. As they worked together, the flames on the altar gradually weakened, and the object within them became clearer and clearer.

When the flames were completely extinguished, they saw a crystal ball on the altar that emitted a rainbow of light. The surface of the crystal ball was engraved with complex runes that were similar to the runes they had seen in the ruins before, but also had some differences.

Xu Tiancai reached for the crystal ball. The moment his hand touched it, a powerful energy surged into his body. Images appeared in his mind, depicting the origin of this burning world and clues to the final key.

It turns out that this burning world was created by a powerful Fire God. He sealed his power within this world to prevent it from being exploited by evil forces. The final key is hidden in the core of this world - the Fire God's palace.

To reach the Palace of the God of Fire, one must pass a series of tests, which are spread across every corner of this burning world. Only by passing all the tests can one find the way to the Palace.

Xu Tiancai told everyone what he had seen, and they knew that the next journey would be even more difficult.

After leaving the temple, they followed the clues provided by the crystal ball and headed eastwards towards the Burning World. As they advanced, they encountered a burning forest. The trees in the forest were all made of flames, and those flames burned extremely vigorously, as if they would never be extinguished.

As they entered the forest, the temperature around them rose again. The branches of the flame trees swayed constantly, as if beckoning them. Suddenly, a roar came from the depths of the forest, and the roar echoed through the forest like thunder.

A massive flaming beast slowly emerged from the depths of the forest. Its body stood dozens of feet tall, ablaze with flames, and every step it took shook the ground. Its eyes, like two giant balls of fire, shone with a fierce, ferocious light.

Agang swung his battle axe and rushed towards the flaming beast. The battle axe struck the beast, sending up a shower of dazzling sparks, but the beast only swayed slightly and wasn't seriously hurt. It opened its huge mouth and spewed a stream of high-temperature flames at Agang.

Ah Gang quickly dodged, and the flames struck several flaming trees behind him, instantly reducing them to ash. Xu Tiancai, unleashing the power of his divine weapon to its fullest, fired a series of multicolored arrows at the flaming beast. The arrows left small dents on the beast's body, but they were quickly repaired by the flames.

Lin cast a weakening spell, attempting to weaken the flame beast's strength and defenses. The wind element disrupted the beast's aura, the fire element lowered the temperature of its flames, the water element slowed its movements, and the earth element affected its energy supply. Under the effects of her magic, the flame beast's movements slowed slightly, and its strength weakened.

The mysterious figure summoned the power of fear from the darkness, which could frighten the Flame Beast and affect its fighting spirit. The Ice Princess then used ice magic to create a thick layer of ice around the Flame Beast, trying to trap it.

Under their combined attack, the fire beast's attack was gradually contained. However, the beast was extremely powerful, and it began to struggle frantically, trying to break free from the ice. It slapped the ice with its huge claws, and cracks appeared on it.

"We have to increase the intensity of our attack and not let it break free." Xu Tiancai shouted.

They launched a more fierce attack on the flaming beast. Agang's battle axe rained down on the beast, Xu Tiancai's divine light arrows kept shooting at the beast, Lin's elemental magic continued to work, and the mysterious figure and the Ice Princess also used their own special skills.

After a bitter battle, the giant fire beast was finally defeated. Its body slowly fell down, turned into a ball of flame, and disappeared into the air.

They continued to move forward in the burning forest, searching for clues to the next test. Deep in the forest, they discovered a huge lake. The water in the lake was not ordinary water, but a burning liquid that emitted a pungent smell.

In the middle of the lake, there is a small island with an ancient pavilion on it. Surrounding the pavilion are some strange statues with lifelike expressions, as if they are watching them.

They wanted to go to the island, but found that there was a powerful magical barrier around the lake. This barrier blocked their way and no matter what magic they used, they could not break through it.

"We have to find a way to break the ban. Maybe the clues are around here." Lin said.

They began to search for clues around the lake, and in the process of searching, they found some patterns carved on the rocks by the lake. These patterns were similar to the patterns they had seen on the temple gate before, and seemed to be hinting at how to break the ban.

After some research, they discovered that these patterns formed a complex magic circle. To break the restriction, they needed to activate the magic circle in a specific order.

Following the pattern's instructions, they began to activate the magic circle. Xu Tiancai infused the artifact's power into the circle's key nodes. Gang struck the ground with his battle axe, generating a specific vibration frequency. Lin cast elemental magic to adjust the energy balance around the magic circle. The mysterious figure and the Ice Princess also cast their own magic to assist in activating the magic circle.

As the magic circle gradually activated, the magical barriers surrounding the lake began to flicker. When the magic circle was fully activated, a beam of light shot out from it and struck the magical barriers on the lake. A gap appeared in the barriers, and they took the opportunity to swim towards the island.