Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1258 - 1252: The Impact of the Magic Ring

These fire elements must not continue to emerge from here!

Watching the scene below—Ronald suddenly felt a sense of alert in his heart.

This was the "Instinct" from the Spell "On the Origin of Species," which had not been activated for a long time, giving Ronald a warning.

Especially under the environmental interference of "Four Directions."

This spell not only issued a warning but almost had a powerful effect like foreknowledge.

A voice in his heart seemed to be urging.

—Destroy it.

—Otherwise, irresistible danger is bound to descend here.

The next second.

The form of the "Divine Chariot" appeared once more.

With experience, Ronald did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately raising the longsword of light in his hand. The blade then emitted a magic power with a strong aura of judgment.

Swish—

Ronald immediately plunged downward.

While the fire elements below were still surveying their surroundings and had not yet understood the situation, he charged directly towards the magic ring.

Boom!

Lilu, remaining in the air, saw everything that happened next.

Ronald, with dazzling light, rushed downward. His powerful magic transformed into the sharpest arrows, falling upon the magic ring with unstoppable force.

In the violent impact, the crimson magic ring shattered instantly, scattering the fire magic power it had unknowingly collected over time. The fire elements that had just emerged from the portal naturally harmonized with fire magic power.

Even though they hadn't yet reacted.

Their innate constitution already allowed them to begin absorbing the scattered magic power amidst the impact, and the flames on their bodies also shifted color under this augmentation.

"Did the portal shatter?"

"Where are the guards here! Where did they all go?"

The enhanced fire elemental beings began to respond.

As the builders of the inter-realm portal, the phenomenon before them was clearly easy to understand—an unforeseen incident must have occurred here.

Yet just as they prepared to take action, Ronald, who had just destroyed the magic ring, stood upright on the ground and then raised the red cross on his chest before him.

Clang—

In the void, a dignified bell tolled.

The crimson magic cross immediately stood erect on the ground, its emitted light enveloping everything around it.

The fire elements, which had been absorbing fire magic power, stopped all actions at the instant the cross's light touched them, kneeling down like the most faithful believers.

Ronald, holding the sword of light, walked past these four- to five-meter-high fire elements one by one.

As the spell's caster.

Ronald was well aware of the power of his array of spells.

When the red cross stood, any creatures within the range enveloped by the judgment magic would immediately assume a defenseless posture for trial. These fire elements clearly couldn't withstand the intensity of such spells, and thus an unfinished battle was preemptively ended.

Thus, Ronald walked past each fire element with the sword of radiance in hand.

The sword blade skimmed over the heads of these large beings—this was merely a symbolic process of judgment, rather than the blade actually striking their bodies.

But under the control of the entire spell system, the flames constituting the fire element beings extinguished one by one. They were unable to resist, and their extinguished bodies could not erupt in flames, with life facing the end of judgment under the ritual.

"..."

Seeing the dust settle below, Lilu also descended to the ground.

At this moment, Ronald had just dealt with the last fire element, so he retracted the form of the "Divine Chariot" and walked towards Lilu.

"Ronald, your spell is really terrifying."

"It feels like I've witnessed a brutal religious ritual in a backward civilization."

Lilu's expression was visibly strange.

To this well-traveled mermaid adventurer, Ronald's spell not only displayed immense power but also incorporated a unique and dangerous aura.

To this, Ronald could only respond with a wry smile:

"Lilu, that's just the way the spell manifests, it has nothing to do with me, alright?"

"If I could, I would prefer to use normal methods, but these fire elements are barely affected by physical attacks and pose a risk of self-detonation upon death, so there was no other option."

Lilu didn't dwell on this issue, promptly nodding to indicate understanding:

"Alright, alright, so what do we do next, continue in the previous direction?"

"..."

Before answering Lilu, Ronald turned his head to look around.

Lilu also began surveying the surroundings.

The result was that the environment here was already drastically different after this short and sudden battle.

The low-temperature environment was gradually restoring in temperature, and the air was also regaining the dry taste typical of arid zones. With the inter-realm portal destroyed by Ronald, everything returned to its original state.

Lilu straightforwardly expressed her view:

"So after designing such an inter-realm gate, their world would also be influenced, turning into how it was when we first arrived?"

Ronald nodded in agreement:

"It's actually quite normal when you think about it."

"Even if the 'Four Directions' world is entirely a magical world, achieving the miracle of connecting to other worlds is absolutely impossible without costs."

"The current environmental impact might not even be the most exaggerated scenario."

"..."

Ronald further discussed their understanding of fire elements and "Four Directions" with Lilu.

Afterwards, they checked the surroundings, not even leaving out the fire elements Ronald had previously buried underground.

Only after confirming there was nothing overlooked nearby did they take flight again, continuing in their initial direction.

However, unexpectedly—this time the changes in the arid region occurred faster than before.

Having flown just a few kilometers.

Ronald and Lilu simultaneously noticed strange happenings at a distance.

In the high sky, the air distorted due to temperature changes, even interfering with Ronald and Lilu's line of sight.

Immediately, Lilu spoke to Ronald:

"Ronald, the temperature suddenly became very high!"

The arid region was originally the domain of fire elements, who were experts in temperature control. Suddenly encountering this inexplicably heightened temperature, it was hard not to associate it with them.

Ronald also nodded seriously; as the one leading the flight, he deeply sensed this phenomenon: "The temperature rises as we advance, the area ahead likely won't be a safe zone for travel."

Lilu naturally felt nervous about this: "More battles?"

Ronald didn't give a direct answer: "Maybe, let's keep watch for now."

With those words, Ronald accelerated their flight speed.

Not long after, high up in the sky, both indeed saw flames appearing on the ground.

It was a mass of fire elemental beings coming together.

And their direction was steadily advancing towards the position from which Ronald and Lilu had come!