boom!

“Help, help…”

"Someone is invading..."

The magicians who were burned by the black flames rolled on the ground howling in pain, but the sand and soil they touched only became fuel for combustion.

With his hands in the pockets of his dark red windbreaker, Ash walked past the corpses that had died in tragic ways and emerged from the billowing smoke.

Igula took out the perfume bottle from his dress and sprayed it on his waist and neck to dispel the strong smell of tar. Gwen followed him and handed him eye drops and a hot towel, because Igula had just used a large-scale mental shock, which not only consumed his magic power, but also put severe pressure on the optic nerves. If conditions permit, the eyes need to be taken care of in time.

Harvey and Alice walked out of the black smoke hand in hand, as if they were attending a banquet together, but Alice was no longer in her normal form, but was rotting and dead. Countless flies and maggots built Alice's new skin, emitting a dark green decayed smell. This was the new miracle "Death Breath" developed by the necromancer. There was no need for close contact. As long as the observer looked at Alice's true death, he would fall into various negative states such as madness, fear, and shock, and would forget to breathe. If the observer did not switch the breathing to manual mode in time, he would even suffocate to death.

Chikara, who was walking at the back, restrained his flames, and burned almost all of the orcs' clothes except their pants. Single combat might be controversial, but if Chikara was the best in group attack, no one would dispute it. His destructive black flames pierced through all obstacles along the way.

"There is no trap."

Ash stepped into the ancient brick and stone tunnel, and his Heart Sword Spirit swept across the area 50 meters ahead, emitting an extremely bright and penetrating warm white light. This move had very low damage, but had a strong interference effect, enough to trigger most miracle traps.

This is not a miracle, it is simply a special application of the Heart Sword Spirit. Ash has been playing the Heart Sword Spirit for so long that he has become addicted to it and has unlocked some new postures.

"Who else can get through here except a Saint Realm Magician?" Igula said, "If he is a Saint Realm Magician, what is the point of the trap?"

Behind them was the hexagonal bunker built by the Four Pillars of God at the entrance of the Spiral of Silence. Although Ash and his companions wanted to sneak in, the six of them were too big a target, and the Four Pillars of God also had a reconnaissance miracle against Sanctuary Magicians, so they were discovered not long after entering the giant vine city.

But luck was finally on their side this time - at the same time that Ash made up his mind to attack the giant vine city, the army of the Qinri Alliance finally arrived at the Spiral of Silence and launched a tentative attack.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Four Pillars Gods' cult was distracted by the Qinri Alliance and most of its forces were concentrated on the city walls, Ash and his men cut the Gordian knot quickly. Relying on their four Sanctuary Warlocks, they directly killed half of the camp - facing four warlocks who ignored all damage, the Four Pillars Gods' cult members were like butter encountering a hot knife and melted instantly.

Before the Four Pillars arrived, they had already captured the hexagonal bunker guarding the Spiral of Silence. This time it was a life-or-death race to break into the Four Pillars' headquarters, and no one dared to hold back, paving the way forward with brilliant deaths and blasting through the door with cruel miracles.

Ash pointed backwards, and the Heart Sword drew hundreds of sharp space ink marks at the entrance of the tunnel, even the black smoke would be cut through. "Even for a Saint Domain magician, it would take a long time to remove this trap." He said, "Don't worry about the pursuit from behind for now."

He used the secret poison of the Colorless Dream to transform it into sword-colored magic power. In addition, he was now using the Four-wing Heart Sword and the Four-wing Sword Mark. The four-wing magic power plus the four-wing magic spirit were enough to push this miracle of the Heart Pen to the legendary level!

There were shouts and curses coming from behind, but no one dared to cross those ink marks.

As Ash and his companions turned the spiral passage, the hustle and bustle on the ground gradually faded into a distant illusion.

Just as its name suggests, the Spiral of Silence is a strange passage that spirals downwards continuously. The passage is made up of square stone bricks. The mushrooms and green grass oozing out of the edges of the bricks all have fluorescent substances, so visibility is not affected when walking in it.

When the long boots stepped on the stone slabs crisply, the lingering sound echoed along the passage, and coupled with the dim light, it felt like a hazy dream.

But no one let down their guard because everyone knew that the ones on the ground were just appetizers, and the ones below were the real food of the Four Pillars. Moreover, they had fought their way in, so they didn't expect to launch a surprise attack on the Mercury Trojan Horse, and it was good enough if they didn't get attacked by surprise.

"We are still in the 'anteroom' of the Spiral of Silence. There are about 18 spirals in the antechamber. Anyone can enter the antechamber without any restrictions." Chikara reminded again: "But if you want to step out of the antechamber and enter the first layer of the Spiral of Silence, you must use Dafa to open the 'new world' - also called 'trial'."

"Each time a trial is opened, a great master is needed. For example, during the heyday of the Tribulation Fire Temple, there were five great masters, who could open up to the fifth level of the Spiral of Silence. Of course, the Tribulation Fire Temple would not send out all the great masters to open the Tribulation Fire Trial - because there is no need, the first and fifth levels of the trial are the same."

"If the Four Pillars Cult has already opened up many levels of trials here..." Chikara's expression was a little strange: "I suspect that we will be stopped by the trials before we encounter the Mercury Trojan Horse."

"What exactly is the trial of the spiral of silence?" asked Igula.

“The trials initiated by different great methods are not the same. I only know about the Trial of Fire. My experience cannot serve as a reference. On the contrary, it may affect your judgment.” Qikala said helplessly.

Gwen, another insider, also nodded, indicating that Chikara was right.

The orc pretended to be relaxed and said, "But there is an advantage to this. Maybe Mr. Tamashi has been stopped by the trial. We can find him without any effort..."

"arrive."

A huge foggy door stood at the end of the spiral passage. There was a faint blood-red flame pattern in the foggy door. It was obvious that they had reached the end of the antechamber.

When Qikala saw this scene, his emotions went out of control instantly: "How is it possible..."

Everyone looked at the orc in surprise. The orc took a deep breath and said slowly, "This is the mark of the Holy Temple of Tribulation Fire. The blood-red flames represent that this is the trial initiated by the Tribulation Fire Technique."

Igula suddenly asked, "What's your full name?"

"Qikara Killing Fire." Qikala replied expressionlessly.

At this time, Ash suddenly walked towards the wall next to him. Everyone looked over and found a '→' mark on the stone slab of the wall. But it was not pointing to the fog gate in front, but to the back where Ash and the others came from.

Ash stretched out his finger and put it into the marked groove, and found that it was a perfect match. As his fingertips slid, the debris in the groove was scraped off.

"You can write on the stone tablet with your fingers, and it was written recently..." Ash said with certainty: "This was left by Tamashi."

"He has some brains and conscience." Igula glanced at the mark pointing to the rear, "He actually guessed that you would come to rescue him and left a warning."

"He guessed that we were here to rescue him." Ash pointed at the marks on the stone slab and said, "There are five shallow warning marks on it that you have to get close to see - it seems that he also counted Alice."

"Ahaha," Harvey said. "One more reason to save him."

"That's right." Igula sneered, "Since he guessed you would come, he naturally thought we would not be absent."

"Could it be that he really believes that Igula, the psychiatrist he talks to about everything, will come to save him?" Ash said with a smile: "Okay - it's up to you now, Chikara."

Qikala was silent for a moment, then said seriously: "I roughly remember the process. You will follow me later. Do whatever you see me do. Don't act rashly."

After slightly adjusting the queue, Chikala was the first to go through the back door, followed by everyone else.

The next second, soft sunlight squeezed into their eyes.

The warm sunlight passed through the blue sky and white clouds, passed through the huge glass dome, and gently fell on everyone.

They were walking on a busy avenue, with flowers on both sides and tall buildings in the distance. Children were playing on the lawn in the distance, couples were talking on the benches, and a mother pushing a stroller walked past them.

Ash almost thought he had traveled back to the kingdom of the gospel.

But if you look closely, you will find a huge difference here: above the flowers, there are many spirits that look like bees taking care of the flowers; children are playing with the spirits and even reading picture books with them; when a couple is talking about love, there are two spirits confronting each other behind them, as if they want to fight; the person pushing the stroller is not the mother, but a spirit, and the baby in the stroller is sleeping with a little spirit.

Almost everyone has a magical spirit around them, which may be in human form, animal form, or insect form, or have one, two, or even three wings. Some people even have multiple magical spirits.

They get along and chat with Shu Ling very naturally. When they are happy, Shu Ling is happy too; when they are depressed, Shu Ling is depressed too.

On this road, magicians like Ash seemed like country folk without any magic spirits.

"Welcome to the Trial of Fire." Chikala's tone revealed a hint of nostalgia: "It's a wonderful place, isn't it?"

"The so-called trial is actually an illusion created by Dafa?" Igula suddenly realized.

"This is not an illusion." Chikala shook his head: "This is the world after our ideals are realized. This is the future that Dafa has depicted with all its imagination."

Gradually, everyone understood the situation: No wonder every layer of the Spiral of Silence must be constructed by Dafa, and no wonder every layer of the Spiral of Silence is called a New World!

Because every new world is the future imagined by Dafa!

It is the ideal country they want to build!

It is their expectation and desire for the Senluo Wasteland!

"We in the Fire Tribulation Temple long for the glory of the Fire Cat Age. The key word of the Fire Cat Age is none other than the ideal of the Fire Cat Law: to allow ordinary people to control magic spirits. We do not know the true situation of the Fire Cat Age. We can only imagine the past we long for from the few words in the ruins - or the future."

As they walked, Chikala said, "So the Holy Fire Temple believes that everyone should have a companion spirit that will never be separated until death."

At this time, a magic spirit suddenly appeared beside Ash and the others. This magic spirit looked very similar to them, as if it was another version of themselves.

"The companion spirit will grow with us."

After walking for a while, the scene suddenly changed and they appeared on the slide. The orc slid down the slide very naturally, and everyone followed suit.

"Accompany us to study."

They suddenly appeared in the classroom, with five desks next to them and test papers on them. The orcs sat down first to answer the questions. Ash and the others didn't see what was written on the test paper, but the companion spirit would guide them to answer the questions.

"We have been with you in making friends, traveling, participating in activities, encountering relationship problems, and entering higher education institutions..."

With the scenes constantly changing and Chikara's guidance, Ash and the others seemed to have experienced the growth process of the 'Fire Robber'. The 'Fire Robber' grew up with the Shuling, and although he would occasionally get angry with the Shuling, they mostly went through the ups and downs of life together, never felt lonely, and were always positive and full of hope for the future.

Companion spirits are their friends in life, helpers in learning, and weapons in battle.

"When we grow up, the companion spirit will continue to accompany us—" Chikara said: "In pursuit of the supreme truth."

Suddenly, the scene changed into a dark underground research institute.

A researcher in a white coat said to them, "The research on 'stealing virtual power' has reached a bottleneck. Next, should we continue to use the slaying fish dragon to conduct experiments, or use humans to conduct experiments?"

At the same time, several huge petri dishes appeared on both sides of the institute, with a ichthyosaur on the left and a human on the right. Chikara commanded the companion spirit to choose the human petri dish without hesitation, causing the people inside to fall into hysterical pain and die tragically!

"Snapshot!" Igula said, "It's all an illusion!"

However, this was only the beginning. The following experiments gradually exceeded the limits of Ash and his companions' imagination: prevent death, but let him watch his body rot to see if he can summon a new spirit; transfer a person's consciousness to the food at the moment of eating, and transfer it back after eating to see if he can activate the gluttony faction; transfer a person...

They can choose every experiment, but before each experiment they are told that animal experiments have reached their limit, so Chikala always chooses human experiments.

Finally, they seemed to have come to the last experiment. The white coat said, "The research on 'suicide can break through the limit of magic' has reached a bottleneck. Next, should we continue to use the ichthyosaurs or humans for the experiment?"

Although I said so, there was no other living person to choose from. However, when Chikara let the companion spirit aim at my throat, everyone realized that the experimental material was me.

Phew!

The companion spirit cried and slit Chikara's throat, and the orc slowly fell to the ground. Igula watched this scene coldly, and without hesitation let the companion spirit slit his own throat!

"Do as I say." Igula covered his throat and looked at them: "Be sure to use a companion spirit..." After saying that, he also fell down.

Ash, Harvey, and Gwen didn't hesitate much before slitting their throats and falling into darkness.

When they woke up, they found themselves in front of the fog gate again. Inside the fog gate, there was still a faint flame pattern.

"Are we back to the starting point?" Ash asked in surprise as he got up.

"No, we have passed the first level of the Spiral of Silence." Igula said, "This is the fog gate on the second level, look carefully."

Ash took a closer look and found that the flame pattern was blue, not blood red. He turned his head and found that the passage behind was also full of fog, and they seemed to be trapped in the gap of fog.

"Generally speaking, one must pass the Tribulation Fire Trial ten times to be considered qualified, and the difficulty will increase with each repetition." Qikala said, "But the more times you pass the Tribulation Fire Trial, the higher the resonance rate with the Tribulation Fire Method will be. If you want to become a God Host, you must undergo multiple trials."

"Why do we have to undergo so many inhumane experiments after the trial?" Ash was very puzzled: "The Tribulation Fire Method actually aspires to this kind of future?"

"To be precise, this is the future that the Killing Fire Method longs for."

Chikara explained: "And you seem to have misunderstood. The Fire Temple is not yearning for the prosperity of the Fire Cat God Age, but for the 'atmosphere' of the Fire Cat God Age."

“Atmosphere?”

“Yes, that atmosphere of daring to challenge all the impossible.”

Chikara said: "Forever young, forever passionate, always chasing impossible dreams, and seeking the greatest truth. The Fire Temple wants to return to such an era - although it is most likely an imaginary past."

"But the five great masters of Jiehuo have a slight disagreement on the question of 'how to pursue'. The pursuit of the killing Jiehuo master is 'any means justified'. If human experiments are the most cost-effective option, then human experiments will be conducted."

"In fact, the Killing Fire Parish is also the place where the most human experiments are conducted." The orc shrugged: "But human experiments are just an appearance. In any trial constructed by the Killing Fire, you only need to adhere to one principle to be safe and sound."

Ash asked, "What principles?"

"Truth is supreme," Chikara said, "No matter how it tests you, as long as you choose the path closest to the truth, it will be correct."

Harvey suddenly asked, "What happens if we make the wrong choice?"

"I don't know about other new worlds, but in the Trial of Fire, if you make the wrong choice, you will be cursed with fire until you burn to death."

Harvey asked, "Can the catastrophe fire burn through the sanctuary?"

Everyone was stunned.

Qikala blinked and said hesitantly: "Generally speaking, only two-winged magicians will participate in the Trial of Fire..."

Harvey turned around and went back into the mist, but he came back soon, his clothes slightly singed. "Although the robbery fire is a bit troublesome, the sanctuary can withstand it."

Chikala almost vomited blood.

He actually wanted to scare them off through the Trial of Fire. After all, the Trial of Fire was easy because he was leading the team. The other trials would not be so easy. But he forgot that among the five living people here, four were Saint Domain magicians who could be called tactical weapons!

What's the point of this nagging trial? Just charge through the Holy Land!

Although depressed, Qikala still reminded: "Each trial has a main theme. For example, the main theme of the Trial of Fire is 'Truth is Supreme'. As long as you follow the main theme, you will not encounter the curse. In order to save magic power, if we can follow the main theme, we should try our best to follow it."

Everyone nodded, but Ash was a little confused: "How did Tamashi survive the Trial of Fire..."

Honestly speaking, the Trial of Fire was not a big threat to them. After all, they were all death row inmates with extremely flexible moral bottom lines. At most, they would just act. If they couldn't act, they would just flip the table. But how could Black Crow, a guy with values ​​as hard as stone and no sanctuary to protect him, get through?

"Have you forgotten that he is a Void Realm Abomination? It's hard to say whether these trials will be of any use to him." Igula said, "Then what's next..."

"The blue flame is a test created by the Dust Tribulation Fire Technique." Qikala was a little confused: "Wait, the Killing Tribulation Fire Technique, the Dust Tribulation Fire Technique, I remember these techniques were not in..."

Although the orc shut his mouth immediately, those who should have reacted had already reacted.

"Let's go," Ash said calmly, "We are here to save Tamashi."