Huge hands made of bloodflame danced through the air, constantly forming all manner of gestures.
Charlot's face was full of delight. Harriet truly deserved to be called a High-Order Transcendent; his vitality was exceptionally robust, and he had actually condensed seven Hands of Blazing Flame.
The Hand of Blazing Flame was recorded on the third page of the House of Adonis Vampire Secret Scroll. It was not an especially profound secret art, but condensing each additional Hand of Blazing Flame generally required one or two more years than the last. An ordinary vampire needed three to five years to cultivate the first Hand of Blazing Flame, while cultivating the second took over five years. Thus, after cultivating one Hand of Blazing Flame, most House of Adonis vampires did not continue studying this secret art, instead choosing to advance to higher ranks.
Even young High-Order House of Adonis vampires generally possessed only three to five Hands of Blazing Flame, which was already more than enough for them. Only extremely old vampires, with nothing to do over their long years, would condense more Hands of Blazing Flame.
Charlot was not a vampire, and the Protagoras Scroll did not mention such details. After all, most people would realize that cultivating this art consumed far too much time, stop of their own accord, and choose to break through to a higher rank instead. He had devoured the life essence of a High-Order Knight and encountered no bottleneck in this secret art. Only after condensing seven Hands of Blazing Flame in one go did he belatedly realize that he seemed to have overdone it.
At Charlot's thought, the five fingers of one Hand of Blazing Flame rotated, and it held a Fire Cromwell Silver Rhino. The barrel of the Transcendent Alchemical Short Gun continuously pointed