The Lord of Ashes

After saying goodbye to his mentor, Thain returned to the laboratory and quickly got into research.

The laboratory where Thain is currently located is located on the top floor of the Jizhiyuan Space Fortress.

As expected, Lu Lianman did not treat her only disciple badly. As the lounge on the top floor of the space fortress, only Thain and Lu Lianman are currently staying there.

Lu Lianman's residence was even larger, and she even transformed several redundant rooms into conference halls and other places for the third-level great magicians of the Blue Origin Holy Tower to discuss the war situation.

Starting more than half a year ago, Thane decided to complete the most important energy qualitative change in the process of transforming from a second-level magician to a third-level magician by fusing heterogeneous flames.

After telling Lu Lianman her thoughts, Lu Lianman affirmed Thain's choice, but she also put forward her own opinions and objections.

After all, Lu Lianman is a level 4 or above expert who has lived for thousands of years, and has been exposed to far more truths and mysteries than Thane.

Moreover, Lu Lianman, standing in the field of vision of higher-level creatures, could more easily discover things than Thain that he ignored during his usual experiments.

"There is no problem in choosing powerful alien flames, but how can you guarantee that you can refine and fuse these flames?"

"Especially the divine fire you asked me for, which involves the flame tempered by the power of the law when a fourth-level creature or above crosses the long step to become a god."

"There are law factors among them, and I'm afraid your research progress will be even more difficult." Lu Lianman warned Thain before he left.

Thain understood some of what his mentor Lu Lianman said, but he did not listen to others.

Any second-level magician who has achieved extremely outstanding achievements in more than a hundred years and is considered by other powerful people in the wizarding world to have a strength comparable to that of a third-level magician will probably have similar feelings of arrogance.

Thain's character is far from arrogant, but he is definitely a confident person.

He is confident that he will be able to break through the difficulties and explore the truth that he pursues.

When Thain left Lu Lianman's conference hall with this precious divine fire full of excitement and momentum, he did not notice at all that an inexplicable smile appeared on his mentor's face.

"You are so young. I seem to have been in a similar situation to him before."

"Only by stumbling or hitting a wall can we know the path of truth exploration. The only way is to search for a long time." Lu Lianman said to herself.

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A month and a half later, Thain Lab.

Thain, whose hair was a little burnt and his magic robe was a little wrinkled, kept his eyes motionless, staring intently at the several flames that were constantly merging with each other in front of the experimental table. Flames of four different colors, red, green, purple, and blue, intersected in the center of Thain's experimental platform.

Among them, the red and green flames are the brightest, followed by the purple flame, and the blue flame is the weakest.

When the green and purple flames blend, although there are fluctuations, they are still within a controllable range.

When the weak blue flame blended into it, the fluctuations of the overall flame became larger, but it still did not exceed the experimental threshold.

Four huge metal columns were inserted around the Thain experimental platform.

This is an experimental auxiliary equipment that Thain purchased at a high cost not long ago. The metal column itself can not only control the surrounding elemental environment, but it also has certain recording functions.

The dense magic array patterns on the surface of the metal pillar indicate that this is also an extremely high-end and sophisticated set of alchemy tools.

It's just that it doesn't follow the same path as the alchemy equipment that Thain usually studies.

After the three flames merged with each other, Thain's expression in front of the experimental table did not change much.

His right hand kept holding some special spells, and white threads shot out from the surface of the metal pillar, and finally submerged into the crystal ball directly above the experimental table.

These white lines represent the most precious experimental data. Prior to this, Thain had already collected so much data and made so many preparations.

Finally, when Thane began to try fusion on the red flame.

A faint but obvious flame suddenly appeared in the center of the experimental platform.

The changes in the flames made Thain's skin tighten and his eyelids twitch.

However, after a while, nothing special happened. Thain breathed a sigh of relief and continued to fuse.

Without warning, "Boom!" A violent explosion suddenly occurred in the center of the experimental platform in front of Thain.

The four metal pillars that originally stood around the experimental platform were shaken by the impact of the explosion, and one even broke directly in the middle.

The air wave encircled by the violent explosion even knocked Thain, a second-level magician, away to a certain distance.

The already somewhat messy laboratory around them became even more chaotic in the impact of this wave of explosions. Countless broken experimental equipment and test tubes and beakers were scattered all over the laboratory floor.

The kinetic energy generated by the explosion caused the ceiling of Thain's laboratory to dent upward.

In the past month, Thain has clearly strengthened his laboratory several times, but it is obvious that it still cannot withstand the power of such an explosion.

This is already the fifth experimental accident in the past month.

"Crash!" A large amount of water spurted out from the cracks in the ceiling. This was because the explosion inside triggered the fire-fighting and shock-absorbing mechanism of the space fortress.

It was also a good thing that Thain had a fourth-level magician covering his head. Otherwise, if he caused five explosions in the space fortress in a month, the compensation he would face would not be a small figure.

The explosion caused by the experimental accident caused a lot of noise, but the actual physical damage caused to Thane was not high.

The previous four explosions had already made Thain mentally prepared.

Looking at it now, apart from the fact that his skin has become darker and his magic robe is more tattered, Thane does not seem to have suffered any other serious injuries.

No, there's one thing that might be wrong - Thane's brain.

The huge explosion once again destroyed Thain's experimental platform and made Thain look embarrassed. However, Thain did not show any anger or disappointment at this time. Instead, he was a little confused and didn't know where he was. What to talk about.

"Just 73% of the energy body of a fifth-level biological divine fire has such a strong conflict reaction. It should not be that the concentration I chose is too high, but that the flame itself has a higher level that I cannot explore. The mystery factor.”

"Is it the power of law? My mentor once mentioned this to me. Without being promoted to demigod, being exposed to the power of such fields in advance is like a magic apprentice directly coming into contact with the true form of elements that can only be mastered by a second-level magician. Secret."

"It's really... I can't even understand it, and I can't even explore its profound meaning." Thain's mouth was bitter.

Everyone will be like Thain when they find that the path of truth they are exploring is unreachable or even almost unsolvable.

What's interesting is that Thain has been struggling a lot for more than a month. There have been frequent explosions in the laboratory, but Lu Lianman has not shown up from beginning to end.

This is the path of the fire element that belongs exclusively to Thain. Thain also thought about going to his mentor to solve his doubts, but in the end he shook his head.

If you go to a mentor whenever you encounter setbacks, how can you be innovative and self-improvement?

At least you have to achieve certain results before you can go find Lu Lianman.

When the time comes, I will be able to straighten my waist in front of my instructor.

Just when Thain did not believe in evil and was about to continue the experiment, the communication device at the door of his laboratory suddenly lit up.

"Sain, the Holy Tower of Origin of Blue has just launched a war mobilization order for all personnel, and we have a new combat mission." Irene's voice came from it.

This is what a magician does during the war.

Thain, who had suffered defeat for more than a month, had to go to another battlefield before he could regroup on the Avenue of Truth.