Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

The fire truck's hoses rapidly ascended along the exterior wall, and large-diameter nozzles suddenly aimed at the study, as a torrent of white flame-retardant foam surged in from outside the window.

Above, six special tactical drones, like swooping falcons, flew overhead, while the electric arcs from the muzzles of nerve stun guns leaped, weaving together a net of flashing blue lightning that descended upon them.

Meanwhile, outside the study's corridor, twelve assault team members wearing superconducting flame-retardant armor simultaneously emerged from behind doorways and walls, twelve large-caliber tranquilizer guns locking onto Li Rui's figure and pulling the triggers.

There's no escaping this inescapable net.

Just before the attack was launched, Li Rui, who was standing in the center of the study, tensed up slightly.

The intuition honed over ten years as a criminal investigator, combined with his extraordinary perception of malice from the perspective of "Inferno," simultaneously sent the highest level of warning to his brain.

Without a moment's hesitation, Li Rui's mind stirred, and karmic fire surged forth!

"Buzz—"

A dark red wall of fire instantly unfolded three feet away from him, transforming into an absolute defensive barrier with no blind spots.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

The six specially made tranquilizer darts that pierced through the window were instantly swallowed up by the intense heat the moment they hit the wall of dark red fire. The darts didn't even last half a second before turning into a few drops of molten iron that dripped silently.

But this is only the beginning.

The invisible, intangible low-frequency vibrations of infrasound followed closely behind. Although they could not penetrate the barrier of the fire wall and directly affect Li Rui, they disrupted the energy field of the flames.

The originally solid wall of fire began to show visible fluctuations under the continuous tearing of the sound waves, and the boundaries of the flames became less solid.

Li Rui discovered the vulnerability in time, but he had to expend more mental energy to activate the fire seed to repair the vulnerabilities that were about to collapse.

What he faces is a saturation-level drain on the entire city's resources.

"Splash—"

A torrent of flame-retardant foam crashed against the fire wall.

Although the fire does not rely on air to burn and physical covering cannot extinguish it, the continuous influx of massive amounts of foam physically compresses the flames—they constantly fill the space, weaken the stability of the fire wall, and force the boundaries of the fire wall to begin to shrink inward.

Li Rui had to inject extra mental energy to control the shape of the fire wall to prevent it from being dispersed by the foam.

At the same time, a swarm of drones swooped down from above, and a high-voltage arc grid crashed down upon them.

Li Rui made a feinting slash upwards with his left hand, creating a wisp of dark red fire that struck out into the air.

Flames and lightning collided in mid-air, exploding into dazzling blue and red halos, and the violent air currents hurled the debris in the study into the air.

Behind him, twelve tranquilizer guns in the corridor began to unleash a continuous barrage of fire, the dense hail of bullets effectively blocking all possible escape routes for him.

Sniping, sonic attacks, electric shocks, bubbles, close-quarters suppression...

Six top-level tactical attacks were launched simultaneously, without any gaps or room for respite.

This is no longer a pure judgment of good and evil, but a meat grinder-like war of attrition between the pinnacle of mortal technology and extraordinary power.

……

Inside the front-line command vehicle, a huge screen was divided into more than a dozen small sections, broadcasting the battle situation on the top floor of Yunxiao Mansion from all angles.

"That's impossible!"

A weapons expert stared intently at the dark red sphere of light surrounded by surging white foam, and exclaimed in shock, "The high-polymer flame-retardant foam has completely blocked the oxygen supply and has extremely strong heat absorption and cooling properties, so why isn't the fire going out? This fire can burn without air?!"

"The infrasound weapon's output power is already at maximum!" The technician's forehead was covered in cold sweat as his hands flew across the keyboard. "Sound waves can penetrate two meters of reinforced concrete, but when they hit that firewall, most of the shockwaves are canceled out, causing only interference, not penetration!"

A commotion broke out in the command center. The confidence that had been so strong, as if they were in an inescapable trap, began to waver in the face of the dark red flames that defied the laws of physics.

"Our previous tactical preparations were all based on our understanding of 'ordinary fire'!" Chen Jingrun pushed up his slipping glasses, his tone grave. "The energy structure of this kind of flame is a complete black box. If we don't understand its combustion mechanism, conventional suppression methods will hardly be effective."

Amidst the anxiety and astonishment, Gu Heng, the commander-in-chief at the front, remained silent.

He braced his hands on the edge of the command platform, his gaze fixed on the dark red wall of fire, not missing a single minute detail.

The rolling of flames, the varying shades of color, the ripples under the impact of infrasound, the contraction when squeezed by foam...

A few seconds later, a glint of light suddenly flashed in Gu Heng's gloomy eyes.

He suddenly sat up straight and pointed his finger heavily at the big screen.

"He's on defense!" Gu Heng's voice was firm, instantly drowning out the noise in the command room. "Look closely! If he's truly invincible, if his fire can really ignore everything, why doesn't he just burn through those bubbles? Why is he tightening his defenses?"

Everyone's eyes turned to follow his finger.

"This shows that his mortal body is still a weakness! Otherwise, he wouldn't need to use a wall of fire to block attacks!" Gu Heng spoke rapidly. "Look closely at the edges of the fire wall! Under the impact of infrasound, the surface of the fire wall is constantly fluctuating; under the compression of the foam, he is changing the shape of the flames. He is constantly adjusting his defense!"

Gu Heng suddenly turned his head: "I don't believe that this kind of dynamic adjustment and defense is without cost! All power has its limits!"

He grabbed the communicator, bypassed Wang Gang, and issued a cold-blooded order to the entire channel.

"All assault teams, listen up! Cease firing tranquilizer guns when they're ineffective. Don't waste firepower on his wall of fire! Overclock the infrasound generators! Keep the flame-retardant foam going! Squeeze him down as much as possible!"

"Sniper team, don't move! Keep the crosshairs locked on his limbs! As soon as there's a gap in that wall of fire, unleash a barrage of fire!"

This is an extremely brutal tactic.

Abandoning fancy attacks, they instead used the purest physical mass and energy vibrations to forcibly wear down Li Rui's mental limits.

……

On the top floor of Yunxiao Mansion, in the study.

After Gu Heng ordered a halt to the firing of weapons, the dense hail of bullets suddenly stopped.

But Li Rui's situation became ten times worse in that instant.

Because all the attack resources that were saved were poured into infrasound and foam.

The infrasound generator was running at overclocked speed, and invisible vibrations pounded the energy field of the karmic fire wave after wave like a tsunami.

The firewall shook violently amidst the tremors, and with each tremor, he needed to draw upon even more mental energy to fill the cracks.

The high-polymer flame-retardant foam pouring in from outside the window has piled up like a mountain, tirelessly squeezing inward and compressing the space where the firewall can stand inch by inch.

The area covered by the firewall is shrinking, and the space he can move around in is becoming increasingly cramped.

Overhead, six drones swooped down in a staggered pattern, repeatedly engulfing the area with high-voltage arc netting.

He had to divide his forces to deal with the situation, and every confrontation was agonizing for him.

In the distance, although the sniper team's tranquilizer darts had paused, the six gun barrels were still locked on him, waiting for the moment when an opening appeared.

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