Barbara hadn't laughed for several days.

Now, suddenly smiling, the brightness that bloomed in an instant seemed to dispel the unseen evil and darkness deep in the desert.

When not smiling, Barbara was exquisite, aloof, and perfect to the point of being somewhat inhuman.

When she smiled, she gave people a feeling that was just like the name of the commerce association she came from: Warm Fire, warm.

Her smile was warm.

Her gaze was also warm.

In her beautiful eyes, a strange orange-red flame was burning.

This was one of the "Eight Strange Fires" of the Flame Realm: the Orange Flame Warm Fire!

When Andrew first met Barbara, he always felt a baseless closeness to the girl.

The source of that closeness was precisely the Orange Flame Warm Fire that Barbara possessed.

Andrew instinctively felt disgust for the "Shadow Erosion Fire" that Pete possessed, with a strong urge to extinguish it.

For Barbara's "Orange Flame Warm Fire," he only had goodwill.

"Oh?"

Rose, who was incessantly using words to launch a soul attack, couldn't help but frown slightly.

The people in Wildfire Town could only see Barbara's youthful and beautiful back, unable to see the smile on her face at this moment.

Facing Barbara directly, Rose could see clearly.

He instinctively felt a bit uneasy.

But quickly, he pursed his lips and his brows relaxed again.

Among the young generation's experts, Rose's combat style was famously sly.

But that was entirely a matter of personal style, not because he was weak.

On the contrary, Rose was very strong.

And very confident!

He was confident that the moment Barbara was so disgusted by him that she couldn't help but leave the laboratory and Wildfire Town, she had already lost.

So whatever Barbara's sudden smile meant at this moment, it was no longer important.

Does a smile really stop my Desolate Language Magic?

What a joke!

Desolate Language Magic, after all, is magic related to sound.

Influencing the soul in the form of sound.

It can also perceive the soul through sound.

Just now, through Barbara's words, voice, and tone, Rose had already made a judgment using the "Desolate Language Series":

The third lady of the Warm Fire Commerce Association standing before him was genuinely intending to surrender!

There was no mistake at all.

After all, sound does not lie!

"The sound indeed doesn't lie..."

However, a voice suddenly rang in Rose's mind without warning, "I really just want to surrender. I really have made up my mind, which is why I chose this way. The problem is... Is this your attitude towards accepting a surrender from an opponent?"

The moment this voice rang directly in his mind, Rose's expression froze.

Because that was Barbara's voice.

Barbara's smile was still so warm.

But in truth, it wasn't because she was particularly happy now.

It was due to the nature of the "Orange Flame Warm Fire."

This strange fire, with a name that includes "warm," indeed behaves as such during actual use.

Simply put, the more the "Orange Flame Warm Fire" operates and exerts its power, the caster's aura becomes less aggressive and warmer.

Of course, Rose didn't underestimate Barbara.

But his understanding of Barbara's "Heart Fire Series" was ultimately insufficient when it came to the existence of the Eight Strange Fires.

At this moment, Rose's expression froze, and his body slightly stiffened.

As a cultivator of soul magic, he always had an invisible soul defense shield around him.

Another cultivator of soul magic could not easily bypass his defense shield to directly transmit thoughts into his mind!

Yet now, Barbara's voice had arisen in his mind without alarming Rose's soul defense at all.

For a cultivator of soul magic, this was akin to an ordinary person waking up in the middle of the night to suddenly find a stranger lying by their bedside!

It was completely unacceptable!

"The 'Heart Fire Series' paired with 'Orange Flame Warm Fire,' does it have such power?

Just through eye contact, it bypassed my soul defense to directly transmit thoughts into my mind?"

Rose snorted coldly, his expression turning cold, "It seems you do not intend to surrender properly, Miss Barbara!"

Silently, the soul attack Rose had previously launched—a formless but powerful shockwave of sound—finally hit Barbara hard.

Then it hammered Barbara's soul like a heavy blow!

This was a magic of the "Desolate Language Magic Series" known as the "Hammer of Enslavement."

Rose's intention wasn't merely to seal Barbara's magic power.

His plan was actually to turn the esteemed third lady of the Warm Fire Commerce Association into his slave, controlling her at the soul level!

This was the real effect and intention behind all the magical impact from his earlier verbose chatter!

Barbara recognized what kind of magic it was immediately.

In fact, it was recognizing the notorious "Hammer of Enslavement" from the Desolate Language Series that made Barbara laugh.

Sounds indeed do not lie.

But sounds did not tell Rose that when Barbara decided to leave the laboratory and exit Wildfire Town, she actually had two plans!

One was to surrender.

The other was to use the guise of surrender to lure the opponent out and then seize the chance to strike and eliminate Rose!

It was only considered because the difficulty of executing this plan was too high, and the chances of success so low—

Barbara swore she really intended to surrender!

She didn't intend to actually implement the second plan.

Until Rose's blatant "Hammer of Enslavement" crossed the line.

Barbara then realized: the opponent never planned to accept her surrender in the first place.

Even if she didn't resist the "Hammer of Enslavement" and was genuinely willing to capitulate, the opponent wouldn't spare anyone else other than herself!

"—Then there's nothing more to say."

Now Barbara felt completely at ease.

Whether she succeeded or failed, she would just give it her all.

Yes, give it a good fight. That was the simple thought in Barbara's heart when she smiled.

Sometimes people are like this; when not forcing an outcome, one can instead find inner peace.

Standing calmly in place, the orange flame in Barbara's left eye quickly formed into the shape of a hexagonal shield.

This was the "Hexagonal Shield" from the "Heart Fire Series," a soul defensive magic to ward off the "Hammer of Enslavement."

While her left eye was in defense, the orange flame in her right eye began to swirl from slow to fast like a vortex.

This was another spell from the Heart Fire Series, purely offensive magic.

Five days ago, after Andrew informed Barbara that Rose's position had been marked, she began her preparations.

This was a Warm Fire Magic specifically targeting Rose.

It was named: Soul Flame Butterfly.

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