Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1263 - 1257: Chased Through Fire

Clang——

As the fire tongue reached out toward the crowd, the blade in Ronald's hand struck.

A sword with astonishing might collided with the fire tongue extending from the Flame River with a 'bang,' and fireworks-like sparks bloomed around.

"..."

"Wooo——"

Hearing the commotion around, the creatures lying on the ground immediately began to wail in despair.

Having endured so long in this city, they didn't even need to look up. Just by hearing these sounds, they understood what was happening now.

As expected—death would soon arrive.

However, Ronald didn't think so. With the first slash, he immediately split the approaching fire tongue in two, and then, with a surge of magic power, shredded the still-active fire tongue into pieces.

The fire tongue was destroyed, but the Flame River didn't pause for even a moment.

Three fire tongues, thicker and more powerful than before, extended downward with a fierce hot wind, slapping towards the defiant Ronald. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Boom——!

A deafening sound exploded around Ronald, blinding light radiated from here, making the nearby streets brighter than daylight.

Yet Ronald was unharmed.

The attack from the Flame River against the city's resisting force was a devastating disaster for most, with the fire tongues' impact and released heat easily able to claim the lives of the strong.

But today, its target was Ronald. Such intensity was far from enough.

Even as he was countering the fire tongue attack, Ronald spared some attention to protect Mermaid Lulu beside him.

"..."

The light gradually dimmed, and the surrounding air was tinted red by this city of flames once more.

Sensing the life aura here, the Flame River's attack didn't cease. This time, twelve fire tongues extended simultaneously!

Boom boom boom——!!!

The attack's potency increased by several magnitudes.

If outside, Ronald would decisively find it hard to resist, possibly forced to reveal his trump card to withstand it.

—But here is [The Four Corners of Heaven].

With Ronald's spell potency extremely enhanced, he still just used normal sword strikes to individually obliterate the impact of the fire tongues. Apart from defending against the scattered high temperatures, no additional actions were needed.

"Huff——"

Blocking this attack, Ronald deeply inhaled, on high alert.

Preparing to respond to the next attack from the Flame River.

"..."

A second, two seconds… until half a minute passed, with the atmosphere on the field getting a bit peculiar, the Flame River still showed no movement.

Ronald lowered his sword, directing his gaze towards the Flame River.

The fiery fluid showed no response, with no hint of subsequent attacks or any anger from its blocked assault. It was just like an emotionless river flowing with flames across the ground.

"..."

"Could it be that its reaction only has these three phases, and there's no follow-up after that?"

In the tranquil atmosphere, Lulu proposed her opinion.

"This thing probably doesn't have subjective consciousness steering its actions, so we're probably safe now!"

Ronald had a similar hypothesis and was about to respond to Lulu.

"Roar——"

The creatures creeping around started roaring again.

Ronald and Lulu could understand these roars now; these poor creatures were praising the 'gods' Ronald and Lulu as they had just repelled the 'judgment'.

"..."

"Sending even these newly enlightened species here, these elemental creatures truly have no bottom line."

Lulu cursed again, and Ronald immediately followed with:

"Think of the fate of those goat men—they've already used other worlds as fuel, how could newly enlightened species like these possibly escape unscathed?"

After explaining, Ronald began explaining the situation to these creatures with a translator, clarifying that he was not the 'god' they thought.

Lulu, seeing this scene, joined in as well.

But she also used a voice only Ronald could understand to say:

"Ronald, I suggest that we shouldn't linger here any longer. Although we managed to handle the Flame River this time, I don't believe that the fire elementals would leave just this behind…"

"Hmm?!"

Before Lulu finished speaking, Ronald turned his head to the side.

—That was the road leading out of the city.

Ronald's excellent perception could detect quite a strong magic fluctuation moving towards them.

Something was coming!

Based on where it appeared, it was likely the fire elemental life backup that Lulu had speculated about.

"Everyone leave immediately, don't linger here!"

Ronald immediately dispersed these humble creatures prostrating on the ground.

For the newly enlightened civilization that viewed him as a deity, there was no resistance, and they fled obediently and scattered immediately.

Seeing the surroundings clearing out.

Ronald grabbed Lulu and picked a good spot to dash away.

During their escape, Lulu curiously asked:

"Ronald, don't you plan to keep fighting the fire elements?"

Ronald, while keeping an eye on the surroundings, explained to the mermaid:

"Of course not, we're not here for a vacation. You can't just pick any target on a whim!"

"It's just that this time the enemy is coming from beyond the city wall—it's highly likely to be a squad organized by the fire elementals themselves. Fighting head-on before understanding this city's purpose risks losing many information resources. I don't believe this would be a wise choice."

"Gathering intelligence…" Lulu immediately agreed with Ronald's plan, "That makes sense too. If we only focus on resistance, we risk being drawn into a fighting rhythm, missing out on other important insights."

"..."

Ronald suddenly turned his head to look far away, no longer responding to Lulu's dialogue.

Because he realized the magic source he was avoiding had suddenly redirected, coming straight towards them!

"It has locked onto our position and is pursuing us."

Ronald concisely explained the situation, then spoke more urgently:

"Lulu, we need to speed up!"

"Huh? Eh eh eh!"

The expression on the mermaid's face only just reacted, but the next second, Ronald had already started racing through the city with her.

Even though flying in the fiery city was inconvenient, Ronald's superhuman physique was no joke. Even with Lulu in tow, he raced through the city like a speeding car.

In the city, entombed fire 'fuel' peered out from under the shadows of buildings, unable to even catch a glimpse of their passing figures!

Though Ronald was swift, the fire elemental relentlessly pursued from behind.

How to shake off this pursuer?

—Ronald was pondering.

Pop!

From a street corner, a hand suddenly reached out, grabbing Ronald with uncanny precision, dragging both into the shadows.

Amidst joyous laughter, a voice greeted:

"Old Yang, long time no see."