Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1281 - 1275: The Drawbacks of Giving Your All

In an instant, dazzling light scattered from the sky in all directions.

The Fire Element Demigod, having amassed a vast amount of Magic Power, gradually ascended, coming to hover high above the entire city.

Even though a terrifying high temperature was constantly accumulating above the city.

Yet, under the blessing of his personal domain, this kind of environment was not unbearable for the Fire Element Demigod.

At this moment, this powerful elemental being hung in the sky like a small sun.

The scorching rays transformed from Magic Power on his body shone across the land with unstoppable force, raising the dreadful temperature in an instant. Even the ground of the Fire City, accustomed to the flow of the Flame River, instantly became brittle and cracked.

The city, already shrouded in crimson, now seemed as if doomsday had arrived.

"..."

"Ronald, how are you?"

In the face of this indiscriminate large-scale attack, Catherine immediately reinforced her defensive spell, casting a concerned glance towards Ronald.

"I'm fine, my spell can handle such an attack."

Ronald, enveloped in light from head to toe, waved his hand.

Handling this sort of indiscriminate attack using only the [Guardian Angel] would likely require frequent spell resets.

But now Ronald was in the special stance of the [Chariot of the Gods].

Relying on the strong defense innate to the Angel stance, this high temperature could hardly penetrate his defenses.

On the other hand, the situation on the ground was not as relaxed as it was for Ronald and Catherine.

Having entered the Fire City, the ordinary fire elements surrounding the Fire Element Demigod were now facing countless deaths and injuries.

To deal with their own demigod, they can only use life-risking freezing shots.

But the Fire Element Demigod can attack them with absolute high temperatures, as the power gap between the two sides has reached a level where one side can entirely suppress the other in terms of high heat.

Ronald surveyed around from high above.

Though his sight couldn't locate every fire element's position, relying on his sensing of sources of Magic Power, he also noticed that the number of fire elements in the city had decreased by about ten percent.

To reach such a point in just two breaths' time was undoubtedly a scene of heavy casualties.

"..."

Swoosh—

A few breaths of time passed, and the light covering the entire city dissipated.

Such a powerful attack, even for the Fire Element Demigod, was impossible to maintain indefinitely, and he was forced to cease his assault.

Simultaneously, Catherine's joyful voice rang out beside Ronald:

"Ronald, this guy is even weaker than before."

Ronald followed Catherine's gaze.

The Fire Element Demigod suspended in the air was indeed in a state weaker than before, beyond just one level.

The originally palace-sized body had shrunk by a whole circle.

Even that powerful Magic Power structure now showed a clear decrease in intensity.

There was only one notable exception—

The blue glow on the Fire Element Demigod's body had instead become exceptionally bright, whereas the faintly visible white light now dimmed to the point of almost being indiscernible.

Looking back at the ground.

The ordinary fire elements, heavily injured, were not discouraged by the death of their companions—instead, the survivors charged even more frenziedly towards the Demigod.

Those ordinary fire elements still able to move were the elites who survived the earlier indiscriminate attack, their eyes fixed only on the Demigod in the sky.

As for the dead ordinary fire elements.

In the eyes of these frenzied, mindless creatures, they even considered the deaths of competitors to be—utterly good news!

"Fools!"

"With your aptitude, do you truly believe you can replace me?!"

Seeing the scene below, the Fire Element Demigod filled his voice with anger, with an undertone of disappointment at their lack of effort.

But it was an unavoidable reality.

Compared to him as a Demigod, ordinary fire elemental life was too influenced by elemental tendencies. In special situations, they could be viewed as possessing the ability to think, yet still driven by instinctual flames.

This was the inherent limitation of their species, and as long as the situation remained uncorrected in [Sky of the Four Directions], this drawback would be hard to remove.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

Amidst the Fire Element Demigod's furious yet helpless moment, a new ring of blue light shot towards him.

"Damn it——!!!"

The Demigod's roar echoed.

After enduring two rounds of powerful attacks, the Fire Element Demigod's increasingly weakened state deteriorated further, prompting extreme suffering.

In this mutual, pitiful exchange of attacks, the gradually weakened parties continued engaging back and forth.

"..."

"Ronald, look, that guy is still alive."

At the same time, Catherine, observing the battle from the sky, gleefully pointed downward:

"With my modifications, he's clearly more adaptable to temperature changes than other fire elements. Maybe, just maybe, he'll be the final victor today."

The entity Catherine referred to was the spherical fire element that she had previously ensnared first.

This guy, within the flames, was infused with the mechanical essence altered by Catherine. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Thus, not only did he possess a significantly higher temperature tolerance, but he also survived the consecutive attacks almost without damage.

Ronald nodded:

"If nothing else changes, this guy might indeed achieve the final victory."

Given that everyone started at the same point, those with inherent advantages were simply more likely to win—a simple and universal truth.

From this inference, Ronald thought of something else:

"Catherine, if this guy finally wins, and actually acquires the Demigod's essence, ascending higher."

"Then, by then, will your modifications still be able to exert control over him?"

Controlling a Demigod?

Ronald's question left Catherine momentarily stunned.

She was not overly obsessed with power, but controlling such a Demigod would undoubtedly be an interesting endeavor for her.

Catherine lowered her head in contemplation, though she still couldn't be sure of the outcome.

At this critical junct of the fire elemental battle, if any issues arose in the ensuing conflict, she and Ronald would inevitably have to join in.

In light of this, Catherine decisively began chanting an incantation:

"His name is Gale Donik, originally just a countryside child who had never been to Chanda. Or rather, he never truly arrived..."

This time, casting the spell, [Psychohistory] provided Catherine with a significant amount of information, encompassing more than tens of outcomes.

Catherine sorted through the information one by one, her eyes immediately falling into contemplation.

"..."

Seeing this, Ronald swiftly moved to shield himself, standing in front of Catherine to provide cover as she thought.

For at that moment.

The Fire Element Demigod once again unleashed his scorching, terrifying Magic Power.

Except this time, the change and attack didn't appear on his body.

Instead, the Flame River that extended to the city from the Lava Lake, sprawling across every corner, began to show anomalies at this moment!