Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1286 - 1280: Environmental Shift

Whoosh——

Ronald and Katrina entered the dimensional portal, and the surroundings naturally changed accordingly.

Opposite was still the magma tunnel beneath the lava lake. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

However, compared to before, the runes surrounding the lava tunnel now shone more brightly—they had absorbed the heat of the lava during this period and were clearly continuing their self-improvement and evolution.

This time, there was no need for Katrina to make a move.

Knowing well that he wouldn't return to the "Four Heavens," Ronald, taking advantage of the moment while the "Chariot of God" effect was fading but not yet completely ended, raised the Glorious Sword high and then swung it fiercely around him, drawing a complete circle.

Crash——

After the strike, the longsword in Ronald's hand gradually dispersed.

Correspondingly, the magma pipeline instantly collapsed, and the mysterious runes attached to it also crumbled and disappeared.

In this way, the portal buried in the "Infinite Negative Domain" was thus annihilated.

What could be foreseen—

The fire elements of the "Four Heavens" would absolutely have no chance to reconnect the portal to this world anytime soon. Even an invasion by the mermaid civilization would be enough to keep them busy. Not to mention repairing the subspace that was just blown up?

Having completed the strike, Ronald's appearance gradually faded away.

He reverted to the normal reinforced multi-winged angel form.

...

Seeing the threat of the dimensional portal disappear, Ronald and Katrina simultaneously turned their heads to look forward.

Their gazes remained serious, without the relaxation that would follow having resolved an event.

The reason is simple.

Both Ronald and Katrina sensed magma converging ahead and a massive magical entity condensing on the other side.

——It was that mechanical fire element previously kicked in.

As Katrina said, the "Infinite Negative Domain" would not accept a divine-level being. If it were merely a simple force entering this world, it would naturally meet its demise under the rules.

But the current situation was different.

The mechanical fire element, as a living entity, even though its structure was entirely different from the beings of this world, would not immediately perish under the influence of the rules.

And as its bearer, its divinity was retained.

It is even now facing and dealing with such a transformative need.

The basic construction of magic power, the rule changes from the "Four Heavens" to the "Infinite Duplication Domain," and the special transformation of special divinity under special circumstances.

Under so many extreme conditions.

The body of the mechanical fire element was almost in a completely different state every moment.

This directly confirmed a fact.

Under the oppression of the world rules themselves, divinity had already completely merged with this fire element!

What he was doing now was seizing the time to absorb the heat from the surrounding lava to strengthen his own power.

"..."

Seeing this, Ronald and Caterina immediately swam towards the mechanical fire element.

Neither of them planned to continue letting the enemy build up strength.

And as they approached, the fire element, having regained the ability to move, began to flicker with a blue light:

"Arrogant and foolish things!"

"Your despicable conduct is bringing about your own end and destruction!"

"..."

Katrina and Ronald didn't respond to the fire element's taunts.

Katrina, in particular, couldn't be bothered to answer him. At this moment, the Astrology Tower Master only planned to deal with the enemy in front of her.

As for Ronald…

To be honest, this mechanical fire element didn't weigh heavily enough.

Recalling the enemies he had faced before.

Whether it was Gwendolyn or the great existence encountered in "Entlod," they were beings who could directly trample over world rules, bringing their divinity into this world from beyond its bounds.

Compared to those beings, the mechanical fire element, which had to change due to world rules, was merely a powerful enemy in terms of strength.

...

Among the two, Katrina took the lead.

Facing this enemy that appeared in the "Infinite Negative Domain" by her own decision, with her personality, there was no way she'd let Ronald make the first move.

"Two minutes before Joseph Schwartz disappeared forever from the Earth he knew, he was strolling down a pleasant street in Chicago, silently reciting Browning's verses in his heart."

Katrina's incantation flowed through the lava.

At the same time, the aura of the Complete Technique, unique to this Astronomy Tower Master and which Ronald had seen once before, immediately descended beside the young woman.

In an instant, Katrina reached the mechanical fire element.

She swung up with her right hand gripped around the Sword of Saint Catherine. The mechanical fire element, still adjusting to its new body and unfamiliar with its movements, was unable to dodge and was forcefully slashed by this attack.

"Ahhhhh——!"

Amid the flickering flames, light as brilliant as the sun burst forth from the point of contact between the blade and the fire element.

Facing this fire element undergoing transformation.

Katrina didn't choose any attack method specifically to counter the opponent but instead relied on sheer brutality, fortifying her attack with magic power, delivering the fiercest blow.

Ronald, holding the fort in the rear, was particularly aware of this encounter's effects.

This strike not only exuded powerful force and violent light and heat but also harbored an invisible threatening radiation.

The sudden dimming of the light from his "Guardian Angel" spell revealed an inkling of its nature.

"Nuclear energy…" Ronald murmured with a sigh.

The original canon of "Galactic Empire" is after all a sci-fi work.

The impact of nuclear energy, in some chapters, is the focal point.

Catherine, mastering this canon, had clearly activated this highly destructive method in her arsenal.

Meanwhile, Katrina's enemy was obviously suffering.

For the fire element that had always lived in the magical environment of the "Four Heavens," this was a bizarre attack: though still flames, yet completely incomprehensible!

The fire element recalled the agony of its first encounter with Katrina.

A subtle feeling awoke amid the fury.

Between helplessness and panic, the fire element quickly ascended through the lava.

Unable to disperse the power of Katrina's sword, in his panic, he could only make a passive repositioning.

Then, within the lava, another "bang" was heard!

The fire element, already moving at high speed, was instantly caught up with by Katrina again, followed by another violent sword strike.

Utilizing sheer power for continuous suppression of this formidable enemy!

This decision proved highly effective.

Once the spherical fire element's surface was covered with more than a dozen sword marks, and with a sound reminiscent of something emerging from water, the mechanical fire element suddenly felt like it lost its source for absorbing massive amounts of thermal energy.

Amid the relentless sword strikes and retreating steps.

He found himself leaving the lava and arriving at the open surface of the "Infinite Negative Domain"!

And here marked the battlefield's main arena.

From his most accustomed lava environment, he found himself in a normal world where magical properties balanced out in the air!