Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1256 - 1250: Sudden Encounter

The distance gradually shortened, and the situation on the other side became clear before their eyes.

Lilou's intuition was not wrong.

Compared to the dryness and heat of other places in the drought territory, the temperature here was definitely below freezing point. Breathing in the air, one could clearly feel the cold flowing into the body.

"Is this the domain of the ice elements?" Lilou's expression immediately fell, not hiding her helplessness when she looked at Ronald, "Ronald, did we take the wrong path again?"

Lilou felt uneasy, but Ronald was confident in his judgment.

After all, he verified their path constantly with spells—it was absolutely correct.

So Ronald said to Lilou:

"Lilou, I am still quite confident in my sense of direction."

"So let's not jump to conclusions, let's go in and see how things actually are."

Lilou had no objections to Ronald's decision; she merely wrapped her arms around herself and shrugged her shoulders:

"No problem, let's go with your plan."

"..."

As they stepped onto this chilly land, even Ronald shivered subconsciously.

—His constitution was not afraid of such severe cold.

But suddenly such a sharp drop in temperature was indeed somewhat uncomfortable.

And with such temperature changes, how was Lilou doing now?

Ronald turned his head to see Lilou shivering just like him; however, the mermaid's proficiency in spells could handle such issues, and with a slight adjustment, she adapted to the changing environment.

"Let me know if you feel uncomfortable," Ronald asked cautiously.

"Such temperature changes won't trouble an adventurer!" Lilou replied proudly, refusing the concern.

"..."

With that, the two began to move forward in the cold air.

Only ten minutes passed before something unavoidable appeared ahead.

On the icy ground stood a crimson ring, with a constantly rotating gas vortex in its center, everything very similar to the spell ring at the bottom of the lava lake!

If one had to find a difference.

It was that this ring absorbed a large amount of surrounding temperature to maintain itself, causing the whole environment to enter an extremely low temperature.

And right in front of the ring, more than ten rather unique-looking fellows guarded this place.

They were neither solid nor liquid.

Instead, they resembled glowing, hot gas like flames.

If Ronald had to choose a word to describe such a presence, it was living flames. Combined with their previous experiences and observations, the identity of the other party was evident—fire elements.

"Lilou, I don't think this is an ice snow elemental territory anymore."

Ronald made a remark to the mermaid.

Meanwhile, Lilou had already pulled out that magic pistol from her bag:

"Ronald, if I had a choice, fighting would definitely not be my first choice."

Ronald completely agreed with this:

"I am about the same as you, a pacifist."

"Like I would believe you!" Lilou retorted Ronald's response, showing her dissatisfaction, "Remember how you treated me when we first met at Barrier Mountain?"

"Wasn't that a different situation!" Ronald argued a bit, then immediately stopped discussing the issue.

He drew the Saint Catherine sword and charged towards the fire elements below.

Unlike the giants made of mountains or the water elements that could command sea power.

The form condensed by the fire elements appeared roughly as four-meter-tall humanoid figures, and there was nothing around to leverage. For Ronald, who had already identified them as enemies, this was a type that could be directly tested.

Bang—

The fire element chosen as Ronald's attack target was directly split into two halves by this sword; after the cut, Ronald's momentum didn't decrease, even creating a fissure on the ground.

However, this did not mean the fire element's death.

Though split in half, the fire element remained active, stepped back a few steps, then unexpectedly fused back together.

This fire element, suddenly was alright again!

"Intruder!"

"Is he with those three from before?"

"Protect the interdimensional passage, don't let him escape from us!"

Meanwhile, other fire elements, clearly seeing Ronald on the ground, immediately started their discussions.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Suddenly, several beams made of magic power descended from the sky.

In addition to blasting holes into the bodies of several fire elements around Ronald, they splattered on the ground, providing cover for Ronald.

"Another enemy! It's from above!"

Following the direction of the attack, the fire elements saw Lilou, who had closely followed, landing on the ground.

Since she made the decision to fight, the mermaid showed no trace of fear.

She not only closely followed Ronald to the ground, but also adjusted the shooting angle during the attack to provide cover for Ronald, who was charging into the enemy ranks first!

Faced with two opponents barging in with such arrogance, the fire elements ceased discussing anything else.

As they held off the previously split fire element, stepping back a few paces.

The individuals adept at combat simultaneously charged towards Ronald and Lilou.

The towering four-meter humanoid flames rushed forward, creating a quite impactful visual.

However, Ronald and Lilou were not the types to be intimidated by such scenes.

Among the two, Lilou grabbed a transparent thin fabric and threw it forward; the fire element rushing towards her was immediately covered, unable to break free for a moment, and Lilou took the opportunity to shift her position.

As for Ronald...

Among the flying dust, the pitch-black sword flicked through the air.

The fire element advancing towards him was prepared, but the very nature of the strike exceeded the opponent's reaction limits. Before evading, the fire element succumbed to the same fate as its companion, being split into two by Ronald's blow.

"Get down!"

In the blink of an eye, Ronald's figure emerged from the dust, kicking the fire element over to the ground with his foot, the magic fluctuation immediately responded to his intent to attack.

Crunch crunch—

Instantly, a crack appeared in the earth.

The fire element, unable to escape, fell into it, and the earth fissure closed with a roar.

—The site was empty of the fire element's presence.

"..."

To the fire elements, this was an unacceptable scene.

Being dealt with by inferior life forms outside of [Four-Sided Heaven], such a resolution of a companion was unprecedented thousands of years!

"Unforgivable!"

"Vile, shameful beings, vanish in the flames!"

A fire element charged forward with an intense cry, and the flames composing its body immediately emitted dazzling white light.

Boom—

The next second, a high-temperature flame erupted from this fire element.

In the blink of an eye, everything within a hundred-meter radius was utterly devoured by this terrifying flame.