LOS ANGELES — YouTube sensation Max the Meat Guy pushed his limits and millions of viewers' comfort zones in a new video released Sunday, tackling an escalating gauntlet of the world's spiciest dishes culminating in a terrifying 7.8 million Scoville unit finale that left him in visible agony yet victorious.

The 20-plus minute video, titled "I Tried the World's Spiciest Challenges (7M Scoville)," has already amassed hundreds of thousands of views within hours, with fans flooding comment sections praising the creator's endurance while laughing at his increasingly desperate reactions.

Max, known for his high-stakes meat-eating and extreme food challenges, structured the video as a global tour of heat. He started relatively "mild" with Korea's viral 3X Spicy Buldak ramen at around 13,000 Scoville units before ramping up dramatically through Indonesian fire chicken and Japanese curry, ending with one of the hottest restaurant challenges on record.

Round-by-round breakdown of the pain

The first challenge — 3X Spicy Buldak — tested Max with a fiery sauce loaded with capsaicin extract. Despite the heat building quickly, he powered through the timed noodle-eating task in under five minutes, though not without tears and a frantic call for milk. His crew's "antidote" turned out to be a mischievous caramelized surprise that only added to the comedy.

Next came Indonesia's Richie Factory Level 5 Fire Chicken — a whole butterflied bird coated in sambal and extreme spice blends reaching 50,000 Scoville. Max attempted to devour a quarter of the massive........

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