If it were someone else, they might really be touched from behind without any sound.

But Thomas's mental field had already encompassed all the movements around him.

Core? Or elite beginner?

The Zoroastrian suddenly jumped up and when he was still seven or eight steps away from Thomas, he leaped up and slashed with his broadsword in the air.

The sound of a sharp sword breaking through the air was heard.

A white energy blade shot out from the front of the broadsword and slashed towards Thomas' back.

It is the Qi-raising Slash.

In the eyes of other Zoroastrians, Thomas didn't even turn his head, but suddenly moved sideways inexplicably to avoid the Qi-raising Slash.

The instantaneous change was like the frame skipping in a video clip. No one could see clearly what Thomas had done.

However, the Zoroastrian swordsman who launched the sneak attack suffered a terrible wound in his throat.

Cut open the skin and flesh, sever the trachea and blood vessels, and let the blood gush out wildly.

The attacker clutched his throat in vain, unable to stop the blood from gushing out. His body quickly lost its strength and slid to the ground, falling into the ruins.

The disciples exclaimed in surprise and unconsciously moved closer to the teacher.

"Don't worry," the old man said. "Let me kill him."

"Teacher, you want to...but..."

"It doesn't matter now," the old man smiled. "The flame will be rekindled soon, so it doesn't matter what we do now."

"But, he just..."

"Although the Holy Flame has been successfully rekindled, we still need to keep it secret," the old man said. "The biggest problem now is ourselves. If we fail to protect ourselves and all die here... then rekindling the Holy Flame will be meaningless. If the Holy Flame falls into the hands of Christians, they will sooner or later find a way to extinguish it again, just as they did before. You retreat!"

Upon hearing this, all the disciples retreated, leaving only the old man standing there, confronting Thomas from a distance.

I always feel that...something is not right about this atmosphere!

Damn it, I'm clearly the victim, why are you putting on such tragic expressions?

But a sense of alarm also emerged in his heart, knowing that the other party was bound to use some big move.

"Where's that patriot soldier?" the old man suddenly asked. "It's come to this point. There's no need to hide anymore."

"Don't worry," Thomas said with a pout. "He's passed out. You bastards! Who are you? Do you know what you've done?"

"Of course, I know exactly what I'm doing," the old man said. "Let me introduce myself," he said, bowing solemnly. "In the local dialect of Kiev, we are the Priests of the Origin of the Holy Fire."

"The Holy Fire Origin Priest Group?" This name is unfamiliar, but it seems to reveal something.

"You're not..." Thomas recalled Gandalf's introduction. "The Priory that guards the true Holy Flame?"

"As expected of a Knight Order, you truly possess a wealth of knowledge," the old man said with a smile. "I am the last High Priest."

As he smiled, flames appeared on his body, gradually expanding.

"It seems... your sacred flame has been extinguished!" said Thomas.

"That's right," the old man continued, smiling. "But the Holy Fire cannot be completely extinguished. It is a gift from the great Ahura Mazda. The Great Holy Fire was extinguished by the laziness, greed, and stupidity of our ancestors, but the flame still remains."

The flames started from his lower limbs, and gradually engulfed his body from bottom to top.

"As long as the flame is still there, the sacred fire will be lit again!"

Chapter 175 Fire 2

"Stop him, Aragorn!" a voice suddenly sounded.

Thomas looked back and saw none other than Gandalf.

Gandalf stood outside the ruins, looking dusty but seemingly unhurt.

I guess I might have been buried under the rubble and just found a way to get out.

"That's the Primordial Spark, essentially a less powerful version of the Holy Fire!" Gandalf shouted. "Don't give him the chance to transform!"

Thomas wanted to move when he heard this, but unexpectedly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that one of the other party's disciples had taken out a musket.

There was a bang.

All Thomas could do was move quickly to dodge the bullets.

The bullet was not very accurate and flew from a relatively long distance.

But when Thomas turned around to deal with the old priest, he saw that the other party's whole body was wrapped in flames.

"It's too late!" The old priest chuckled, and his laughter quickly changed.

At first, it was still the old laughter unique to an old man, but it quickly became young and energetic.

The next second, a gust of air exploded, the air was completely opened up, and countless sand and rocks flew up.

A crimson lotus flame erupted, and standing in the middle of the flames was a petite figure.

It was a young man, his entire body enveloped in crimson flames. He was dressed the same way, but beneath the cloak was no longer a withered old man, but a young man who looked no more than twelve or thirteen. Yet, his eyes still held a shroud of age and desolation, the color of embers and dead ashes.

This is a very handsome boy with messy black hair that falls on his shoulders.

His clothing, or rather the Zoroastrian monk's robe, was not damaged by the flames. Moreover, because the clothes were one size too large, they looked very loose.

As his loose sleeves fluttered, phantoms of praying faces kept appearing in the fierce flames wrapped around his body.

The faces of the people emerged in the firelight, praying or chanting.

It is as if the souls of Zoroastrians throughout the ages who have prayed before the holy fire have become part of this flame.

"What is this?" Thomas asked loudly.

"It's a manifestation of the Holy Fire! A fierce, poisonous flame," Gandalf replied. "Don't get close, or you'll be dead. You'll be burned to ashes! The intense, sustained heat is almost impossible to withstand."

"Almost? That means there's a way, right?"

"Yes, there is a way. Although it's powerful, it's not enough to melt steel... Ranged weapons can be used normally, and iron shields can be used to temporarily block it!"

Over there, the chief priest chuckled.

He pointed casually at Thomas.

Fierce flames and violent storms immediately swept over.

The flames that were ready to devour anyone immediately spread around the surroundings. Thomas only relied on the terrain of the ruins to avoid the initial direct impact.

But even so, the terrifying heat radiation is expanding outward.

Thomas felt like he had fallen into a huge ball of fire.

"Bang!! Bang!!"

Two gunshots were fired in succession.

Thomas almost thought he had been shot, and it took him a few seconds to realize that the musket he had concealed on his body had fired.

The gunpowder was ignited by the high temperature.

Fortunately, the muzzle of the gun was always pointing downwards, so even if it was triggered, it did not cause any harm.

Now, he finally understood what it meant to talk big but not do it on paper.

Gandalf's explanation sounded reasonable, but when it came to actual practice it was completely impractical.

The chief priest remained where he was.

Scorching winds swirled through the void. Countless flames transformed into fire snakes, attacking. This was not an attack that could be resisted by human strength alone. Even if struck by a fire snake, one would be instantly incinerated by the terrifying heat.

Thomas felt that if he didn't have the Steel Soul Secret Technique, he would have been melted by now.

In such a scorching environment, the only reason why Thomas had not been engulfed by the heat was his Steel Soul secret technique.

Through the secret technique of Steel Soul, he forcibly offset some of the heat radiation and reduced the power of the flames, so that he would not be burned to death immediately.

But this is useless because if you don't do something about it, it will only prolong the pain.

Thomas felt like he was dancing in the flames of hell. Every time he dodged a wave of fiery snakes, hundreds more were waiting.

Severe pain told Thomas that his body had been burned by the flames.

All the methods were useless. Gandalf said that the temperature of the flame was not high enough to melt steel, which meant that the flame just did not reach 1538 degrees.

But seriously, you don’t need 1538 degrees to burn a person to ashes.

As for being burned to death, one or two hundred degrees is more than enough.

This level of burns is not severe, but it is enough to show that relying on the support of the Steel Soul Secret Art to forcibly resist the high temperature with the body is not a correct decision.

There is no way to charge forward, it is impossible to charge forward in this lifetime.

Because even a fool can feel directly that the area around the other person's body is the area with the highest flame temperature.

The heat radiation alone in this area is enough to be fatal.

If you insist on staying where you are, you will be slowly roasted, or be pounced on by a fire snake and fall to the ground and be killed.

There was no other option but to run.

"Gandalf, what's wrong with this fire?" Thomas asked loudly. "How does it differ from the real Holy Fire?"

"The true Holy Fire can be used by many to form a pact, allowing them to draw upon its power," said Gandalf. "But the Seed Fire can only be used by a limited number of people—I don't know how many, but it's certain that it is very few."

"what about others?"

“The rest are pretty much the same!”

"Doesn't that mean there are no flaws?!" Thomas shouted angrily.

"The biggest drawback is that it can only be used by a limited number of people," Gandalf replied. "Otherwise, do you think you only need to face one high priest?"

Well, Thomas thought that what Gandalf said made sense.

Then, the only option left for him was to escape.

"Don't even think about running away!" the high priest snorted coldly.

Perhaps he sensed Thomas's desire to escape and suddenly made a gesture.

The fire snakes formed by the cursed flames suddenly spread out in all directions, circling towards Thomas's side and rear. At the same time, the high priest raised his other hand towards Thomas from a distance.

Explosion, followed by another explosion, one explosion after another, the fierce flames turned into a terrifying vortex, like a hug, trying to swallow Thomas completely.

The surrounding debris flew everywhere, and the thick black smoke from the burning was sucked into the vortex of the explosion. For a moment, the vision was completely obscured.

Thomas dodged and retreated amidst the flying earth and rocks.

Countless pieces of gravel flew by, but when they touched his body surface, they encountered a tough and smooth energy membrane and slid away.

This energy membrane also partially protects against high temperatures.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Thomas had already hidden behind a pile of rubble.

"Oh, there's another drawback!" Gandalf seemed to recall something. "True sacred fire requires almost no price, but kindling does! This price might very well be the decay of the body or soul."

Chapter 176 Fire 3

"Shut up!" the high priest shouted angrily, and an explosion landed on the head of the old magician in the distance.

Things around Gandalf were blown away.

Fortunately, although the old magician is old, his movements are still very agile.

After the aftermath of the explosion died down, he emerged from behind another pile of rubble.

Although he looked very embarrassed and even his hat was blown off, at least he didn't look injured.

"I see. So this is your first time too." Thomas said.

It seems to be extremely powerful, but in fact the opponent has no experience in operating such a huge force.

That's why I gave myself the chance to escape just now.

It was the large-scale explosion that caused the loss of vision in the smoke and dust, allowing Thomas to break through successfully.

If this had not been done, Thomas would still be in the high-temperature circle, gradually becoming mature.

"That means you're not familiar with the power you now possess!" Thomas said. "You can't truly control it."

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