There were many people who had the same idea as Sanchez. After all, they had just watched the entire fight and witnessed all kinds of incredible and even unreasonable things with their own eyes, so they couldn't help but wonder if this was some kind of powerful visual illusion.
After all, fire cannot burn lightning, and it is even more impossible to turn the water curtain into fuel...
"Of course it's a flame," Lynn said without hesitation.
"So there really is hell?" Raphael asked in disbelief.
He immediately thought of the rumors in the Wizard Land that this magic star possessed a fire from the deepest part of hell that could burn and devour everything.
Raphael had always scoffed at this statement before, but now he was somewhat skeptical, because apart from hellfire, he could not find a second adjective to describe it.
"Hell is just something made up by the Vatican. I didn't expect you to believe it?" Lin En said with a smile, and after a pause, he continued.
"Of course it's not what you think. I call it the Eternal Flame. It's a flame created by magic!"
"But this is not magic at all! It completely violates my 'Three Laws of Fire'. This kind of fire cannot possibly exist!" A great wizard could not help but retort loudly.
Lynn looked at him strangely, and Raphael quickly introduced him.
"This is Master Adela, who has extremely high attainments in elemental studies!"
"Is that Master Adela who proposed the theory of fire element?" Lin En suddenly realized. He had met the other party several times at previous gatherings of great wizards, but they had never had in-depth communication.
"Yes, it's me!" Adela nodded proudly. He has studied the element of fire for decades and has summarized many characteristics and laws related to fire.
These include the three laws of fire - temperature (the speed of movement of elements), combustible materials, and sufficient oxygen... All fires cannot exist independently of these elements...
The fire element exists in every combustible material, but it is smaller than normal elements, so wizards cannot perceive it through mental power. It will only appear under the stimulation of high temperature and oxygen.
Adela proudly told Lin En about his theory of fire element, which was the conclusion he came to after rigorous research and countless experiments!
It was because of this that he defeated the "phlogiston theory" and the "flame magic theory" in the argument about what flame is twenty years ago, and won a Silver Moon Medal! The flame that Lin En just summoned completely violated these three laws!
For example, burning in a vacuum violates the requirement for sufficient oxygen for flames to exist.
Metal and sand are not flammable, but they showed strange burning phenomena, so this must be fake, it must be a visual illusion! After listening to Adela's analysis and the so-called fire element theory, Lin En was a little amused.
The so-called three laws of fire are somewhat similar to the three elements of combustion in the previous life.
However, being able to research to this extent is already very impressive. In previous lives, the discussion about the nature of fire lasted for thousands of years, and it was not until modern times that a conclusion was reached.
Lin En didn't explain much, he just stretched out his hand, and a ball of scorching flames soon ignited...
Anthony looked solemn. He had just experienced firsthand the feeling of powerlessness in the face of this strange fire. It seemed that everything in the world was the most delicious food for it.
Adela even stretched out his hand to personally verify the authenticity, but was stopped by Lin En. If he was burned by this thing, he would have no good solution. The only solution was to peel off the flesh that was in contact. If it took a little longer, cutting off the hand would be a light punishment - if he didn't die, he would have to peel off a layer of skin! Although he didn't really touch it in the end, Adela clearly felt the huge heat.
Being so close, he didn't believe that the other party could hide from his magical perception, so he immediately cut off a piece of the iron railing and placed it on the Eternal Flame.
The thin iron railings began to burn in full view of everyone! It was not like melting after encountering high temperatures, but it was actually burning, and the flames were spreading along the thin railings... Adela was unwilling to give up and used the [Mage's Hand] to grab a solid stone.
As a result… even the stone caught fire! The last experiment was the vacuum experiment, and everyone saw a strange sight—stones burning in a vacuum!
If something looks like fire and functions like fire, then no matter how strange it is, it is undoubtedly fire!
"This is impossible. Stone can never be used as fuel. This shouldn't be the case. And why can it burn without oxygen..." Adela muttered to herself, puzzled and almost going crazy.
Raphael and the others looked at Adela with pity. They all knew that Adela had devoted most of his life to the study of the element of fire. Now he suddenly found out that all his theories were wrong. This blow was enough to make anyone collapse...
Lin En suddenly spoke up at this time. "In fact, your three laws of fire are very good, and there is no big problem."
Adela paused, surprised and confused, and almost thought she had heard it wrong.
But before he could ask, Lin En continued to explain. "But I need to correct a few points. For example, oxygen is indeed a sufficient condition for the combustion reaction, but it is not a necessary condition!"
"To be precise, all we need is an oxidant!"
Hearing this, everyone present frowned.
Sufficient condition and necessary condition - these two new words seemed a little unfamiliar to the few people, but they could still understand them. However, they did not understand the oxidant.
An oxidant is a substance that gains electrons in a redox reaction. For example, chlorine trifluoride is a very strong oxidant and fluorinating agent, which directly replaces the role of oxygen. This is one of the reasons why it can burn as long as it comes into contact with matter (fuel) in a vacuum!
However, there are not many elements that can act as oxidants, and most of them are compounds...
Given the limited knowledge of Raphael and others, Lynn did not give a long explanation, otherwise he would have to first explain what redox reactions are, and then start talking about the internal structure of atoms...
So after considering for a moment, Lin En spoke as briefly as possible. "In layman's terms, certain elements can replace oxygen as a condition for igniting flames, so they can continue to burn even in an oxygen-free environment..."
(End of this chapter)