Chapter 35: The Secret Technique of Flame: White Flame

Seventeen Flame Dance Snakes entangled the three-headed Flame Python, drawing all of its attacks. "You've provoked me!" Sophina glared at the three-headed Flame Python with eyes sharp as knives, slowly unbuttoning the top of her blouse.

Without the support of magic, the Flame Dance Snakes disappeared one by one in the air. Free from the relentless fire magic harassment, the three-headed Flame Python refocused its gaze on the woman who had injured it. However, this woman had already taken off her long coat.

Sophina wrapped the rock with the coat she had taken off and threw it high into the sky. She gathered magic on her right index finger and drew a complex nine-pointed star on her left palm, which glowed white as she pressed it to her chest.

The elements around her immediately became restless, and the air seemed to be rapidly sucked into her palm. Suddenly, she shouted, "Flame Technique: White Flame!" and pressed her hand into her chest. Strands of white flames erupted like a flood breaking through a dam, her silver hair fluttering. A powerful wave of heat instantly enveloped an area of over a thousand square meters, all under the white flames.

Luo, Wayne, and the others, hiding behind a rock, saw the fierce white flames sweep past the rocks, hearing only the intense roar of the flames.

The grass, trees, and rocks touched by the white flames instantly turned to ashes. Nellia was astonished to see a stone pillar about ten meters high, half of which was engulfed by the white flames. The upper part immediately collapsed into the flame waves and disappeared, while the rock they were hiding behind remained undamaged.

"Hey, what kind of flames are these!" Luo was terrified, suddenly feeling a tightness in his chest, unable to breathe in the oxygen he needed: "Oh no, the air is being burned away!" Looking at the others, they were all struggling to breathe, gasping for air.

Ice Zhiye pressed both hands on the rock, a cold white star array under his hands continuously emitting a chill that seeped into the rock. He had already held his breath, as if he had anticipated this.

A few seconds later, the white flames gradually dissipated. The air in this area had been burned away, and as soon as the flames extinguished, the air from other parts of the幻兽花园迅速填补进来，形成了一股不小的气流，把用力呼吸的韦恩、卡洛儿和可妮莉雅她们呛得摔倒在地。

失去石头引导的外套缓缓从空中飘落，苏菲娜伸手直接套入了衣服中。这场毁灭性的白焰几乎烧光了方圆两公里的范围，连一块突起的地方都没有，而她身上特制的不畏火、可耐5000摄氏度高温的衣服也不见了。

苏菲娜穿上衣服，掩上胸膛，慢慢扣好扣子和腰带。长长的衣摆像短裙一样遮住了膝盖以上该遮住的地方，而那条巨蟒也化为了灰烬不知去向。

“你再不怕火焰，但终究还不是火焰！”

倒在地上的洛、韦恩、可妮莉雅、伊琳娜、卡洛儿恢复了呼吸，坐在地上长长叹了一口气。

“我还以为我要死了呢。”伊琳娜看到只有冰稚邪还保持原样，动也没动地蹲在巨岩前，双手还按在岩石上：“过来吧，已经没事了。”

冰稚邪回头看了她一眼，手一松开，那块巨岩一会儿就溶化成了岩浆流淌开。

“呃……”他们都惊得说不出话来，好半天才问道：“这……这是怎么回事？岩，岩石怎么会化了？”

“是余温。”说话的是卡洛儿：“火焰虽然消失了，但余温还在，一旦失去他魔力支持的岩石还没来得及爆裂就溶化了。”

可妮莉雅他们都惊骇万分，这得要多高的温度才能达到这种效果啊。

韦恩踩了踩脚下结实的土地，疑问道：“为什么我们脚下的地没有溶化啊？”

卡洛儿道：“那是因为他的脚还没离开地。”说着捡了一块大石头往远处扔去。石头落在表面上完好的土地上竟直没入下去，溅起了些许岩浆，还泛起了一阵涟漪。

这可真够恐怖的，吓得韦恩他们赶紧围在冰稚邪脚边。

卡洛儿也靠在冰稚邪身边道：“你还挺会装酷的，明明已经累得不行了，还装成没事人一样。”

他说得没错，冰稚邪的额上已经滴出汗来了，心道：“魔士的力量真恐怖，仅凭着一点魔力就可以引导出比魔法师多十多倍的元素。这么强大的绝招，我要维持这个状态已经很困难了，如果有时间布魔法阵的话……”说着将一部分魔力一变，引导起风元素把众人浮在了空中，不要与那么持续不断的高温相抗衡，他也顿时轻松了许多。

可妮莉雅和其他人一样被风托起来，脚下站立不稳，只好蹲下身子手撑在不断拱起的风上。她发现他们脚下刚刚站过的地方很快就随着周围岩浆微微的波动，心中不禁骇然。

苏菲娜打着赤脚站在晃动的岩浆上，脚边不断燃烧着火焰：“糟糕了，招式没被控制好，他们没事吧？”正想着，忽然心口一痛，跪伏在地上紧紧地摁在胸口：“没练成的招式果然不能乱用，残留在体内的其他元素开始混乱不受控制了！”

苏菲娜的样子显得极为痛苦，倒在岩浆中紧咬着牙，她碰着岩浆的地方都燃烧出了岩浆样的红色火焰。忽然身边一凉，一个瘦小的身影落了下来。

冰稚邪落在她身旁道：“苏菲娜老师，你还好吧？”

“没，没事，休息一会儿就好了。”苏菲娜爬起来，地面已经变得冷却而坚实，周围的空气也凉了许多。她奇怪冰稚邪怎么会有这么强大的魔力，能在魔士施展白焰之后与产生的高温相抗衡，一般的绿袍魔法师绝对没有这种实力，疑惑间发现冰稚邪已经不支了，用起了风魔法把他们两人托起来。

“老师不行了，这里我受不了了。”冰稚邪大口喘着气，心中却道：“好险……”

“啊！”苏菲娜惊叫一声，赶紧捂住自己的衣摆，差点就曝光了。

冰稚邪才发现她的衣服没了，吓了一跳，赶紧闭上眼睛什么都不看。

因为风是自下往上吹的，才能把他们托起来，弄得苏菲娜的衣袂翩翩而起，怎么压也压不下去，只好抓着冰稚邪的肩头把他转了一个方向，问道：“其他人怎么样了？他们没事吧？”

冰稚邪这才睁开眼睛：“嗯，我把他们送到一个安全的地方了。”

苏菲娜见冰稚邪能过来，心想他们也不会有什么事。站在高处四下看了一眼荒芜的景象，整个盆地就像多了一块伤疤一样，周围的树木还在燃烧着，白色的火焰虽然失去魔力的支持就会消失，但高度还是能自然产生火灾。

冰稚邪看了看天空，因为刚才回转气流的影响，把周围的云雨都带了过来，估计等会儿会下一场暴雨，虽然对地上的岩浆没多大效果，但对周边可以缓解森林火灾。他不禁叹道：“苏菲娜老师，你这一招太强大了，即使不惧怕火的三头巨蟒也烧成灰了吧？”

“嗯。”苏菲娜道：“我已经好多了，你放我下去吧，高温伤害了我。”

冰稚邪魔力一松，苏菲娜自空中落了下去，双脚踩踏到岩浆内正往下沉，不过还没等她沉下去，双腿化成了火焰又爬了上来。她的身体好像变得很轻一样，竟可以在岩浆上行走。

苏菲娜四处看了一下，走到三头炎蟒消失的地方，把手伸入岩浆中摸了好一会儿，摸出一块鹅卵大的橙红色晶块。这是火元素长期凝结成的晶体，从颜色上看得出是一块非常不错的火元素晶石：“给你。”苏菲娜把晶石抛上了空中。

冰稚邪知道这是三头炎蟒体内结成的，说道：“老师，魔兽是你杀死的，东西为什么要给我？”正要扔回去。

“别。”苏菲娜制止了他，说道：“这次是我不好，料想不周，差点害得他们都出事，还好有你保护他们离开，不然后果不堪设想，这个东西就当老师谢谢你了。”

冰稚邪见她这么说，也就收下了。

苏菲娜蹲下身看了一下岩浆的颜色，颜色呈樱桃红，她知道岩浆只有达到700至800摄氏度左右时才会呈现出这种颜色，这比她料想的要糟。刚才因为用了还未练成的白焰，以至于火焰温度的大小没受到很好的控制，瞬间产生了6000摄氏度以上的高温，虽然只有短短的几秒钟，但也造成了如此严重的后果。

这一招白焰也是苏菲娜几个月前才开始学的，只是在有保护措施的情况下试用过几次，还没真正在野外实战用过，心想以后自己万万不能随便用这招。只是这回非常不巧，遇到了主火系魔兽，而且是喜欢生活在岩浆边的三头炎蟒，如果用普通火焰可能非但不能伤害它，反而还会激起它的兴奋度。

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The air from other parts of the幻兽花园迅速填补进来，形成了一股不小的气流，把用力呼吸的韦恩、卡洛儿和可妮莉雅她们呛得摔倒在地。

The air from other parts of the幻兽 garden quickly filled in, forming a significant airflow that choked Wayne, Carol, and Nellia, causing them to fall to the ground.

Luo, Wayne, Nellia, Irina, and Carol, who had fallen to the ground, recovered their breathing and sat on the ground, sighing deeply.

"I thought I was going to die," Irina said, seeing that only Ice Zhiye remained in his original position, still squatting in front of the boulder with his hands on the rock: "Come over, it's safe now."

Ice Zhiye looked back at her, and as he released his hands, the boulder quickly melted into lava and flowed away.

"Uh..." They were all too shocked to speak, and after a long while, they asked, "What... What happened? Why did the rock melt?"

"It's the residual heat," Carol explained: "Although the flames have disappeared, the residual heat remains. Once the rock, unsupported by magic, didn't have time to crack, it melted."

Nellia and the others were horrified, wondering what temperature could cause such an effect.

Wayne stomped on the solid ground and asked, "Why didn't the ground under our feet melt?"

Carol said, "That's because your feet didn't leave the ground." She picked up a large rock and threw it far away. The rock sank into the ground, which appeared intact, splashing some lava and causing ripples.

This was truly terrifying, and Wayne and the others quickly huddled around Ice Zhiye's feet.

Carol also leaned against Ice Zhiye and said, "You're quite good at pretending to be cool. You're exhausted, but you act like nothing happened."

He was right; Ice Zhiye was already sweating. He thought, "The power of a Mage is truly terrifying. With just a bit of magic, they can summon ten times more elements than a Mage. Such a powerful move is already difficult for me to maintain. If I had time to set up a magic array..."

He changed a part of his magic, guiding the wind element to lift everyone into the air, avoiding the continuous high temperature, which made him feel much more relaxed.

Nellia and the others were lifted by the wind, unable to stand steadily, and had to squat down, supporting themselves on the rising wind. She noticed that the place they had just stood on quickly followed the slight ripples of the surrounding lava, which was quite alarming.

Sophina stood barefoot on the undulating lava, with flames burning around her feet: "Oh no, the move wasn't controlled well. Are they okay?" As she thought, she suddenly felt a pain in her chest, knelt down, and pressed her hand tightly on her chest: "Unpracticed moves should not be used recklessly. The other elements left in my body are starting to become chaotic and uncontrollable!"

Sophina looked extremely painful, lying in the lava, gritting her teeth. The places where she touched the lava burned with lava-like red flames. Suddenly, a cool sensation came from beside her, and a slender figure landed.

Ice Zhiye landed beside her and asked, "Sophina, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a while," Sophina said, getting up. The ground had cooled and hardened, and the air around her was much cooler. She was surprised by Ice Zhiye's powerful magic, which allowed him to withstand the high temperature after the White Flame, something a regular Green Robe Mage could not do. As she wondered, she noticed that Ice Zhiye was already exhausted and was using wind magic to keep them both afloat.

"Teacher, I can't hold on here," Ice Zhiye panted, thinking, "That was close..."

"Ah!" Sophina exclaimed, quickly covering her clothes, almost exposing herself.

Ice Zhiye realized her clothes were gone and was startled, quickly closing his eyes and not looking.

Because the wind was blowing upwards, it lifted them, causing Sophina's clothes to flutter uncontrollably. She grabbed Ice Zhiye's shoulder and turned him around, asking, "How are the others? Are they okay?"

Ice Zhiye opened his eyes and said, "Yes, I sent them to a safe place."

Sophina, seeing that Ice Zhiye could come over, thought they should be fine. Standing on higher ground, she looked around at the desolate scene. The entire basin looked like it had a new scar, with the surrounding trees still burning. Although the white flames would disappear without magic, they could still cause natural fires.

Ice Zhiye looked at the sky. The return airflow had brought clouds and rain, and a heavy rain was expected, which, while not much help for the lava, could alleviate the forest fires nearby. He sighed, "Sophina, your move was too powerful. Even the three-headed Flame Python, which is not afraid of fire, was burned to ashes, right?"

"Yes," Sophina said. "I'm feeling much better now. You can let me down; the high temperature has hurt me."

Ice Zhiye released his magic, and Sophina fell from the air, her feet sinking into the lava. However, before she could sink, her legs turned into flames and climbed back up. Her body seemed much lighter, allowing her to walk on the lava.

Sophina looked around, walked to where the three-headed Flame Python had disappeared, and reached into the lava, feeling around for a while. She pulled out a small, orange-red crystal. This was a crystal formed from condensed fire elements, and its color indicated it was a very good fire element crystal: "Here, take it." Sophina threw the crystal into the air.

Ice Zhiye knew it was formed inside the three-headed Flame Python and said, "Teacher, you killed the monster, why are you giving me this?" He was about to throw it back.

"Don't," Sophina stopped him. "I was wrong this time. I didn't think it through and almost got everyone in trouble. Fortunately, you protected them and got them to safety. This is to thank you."

Seeing her sincerity, Ice Zhiye accepted it.

Sophina crouched down and examined the color of the lava, which was cherry red. She knew that lava only turned this color at around 700 to 800 degrees Celsius, which was worse than she had expected. Because she used the unpracticed White Flame, the temperature of the flames was not well controlled, reaching over 6000 degrees Celsius for a few seconds, causing such severe damage.

Sophina had only started learning this White Flame technique a few months ago and had only tested it a few times under protected conditions, never in a real outdoor battle. She thought she should never use this move recklessly again. It was very unfortunate that she encountered a fire-type monster, especially a three-headed Flame Python that lived near lava. Using ordinary flames might not only fail to harm it but also excite it.