Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1283 - 1277: Curtain Falls

"..."

The Fire Element Demigod had no eyes.

But it was obvious that his attention shifted to the sky following the other's response.

The Demigod knew of Ronald and Catherine's existence from the start.

However, having just revived from the lava lake, he only regarded these two carbon-based lifeforms as strong entities within the "fuel" of Fire City, ants that were basically not worth his attention. The fact that the two had survived his attack earlier was a trivial matter.

But now, he had no choice but to pay attention.

Because at this moment, in the ruins of Fire City, besides him and the opposing fire element, there were no other living kin to be found.

The other's attitude exuded a confidence born from a certain reliance.

The only explanation was that these two carbon-based creatures in the sky were in league with the fire element.

The Fire Element Demigod knew his current situation was not favorable, so he planned to stall for time.

Within his Divine's Holy Domain, as long as he could buy enough time, his recovery speed would definitely surpass the opposition.

With so many top-tier fire elements' deaths as nourishment.

Once he recovered, he might even surpass his original strength.

So, the Fire Element Demigod spoke, attempting to dissuade his sole target of competition:

"Special little one, don't be deceived by these pitiful beings. Collaborating with those we hunt, the outcome can only be..."

Suddenly, the Demigod's persuasion ceased.

Because at that moment, from among the two carbon-based creatures mid-air, a flash appeared in the male's hand, and then there was a book.

The next instant, a distant and steady incantation floated down from the sky:

"In the middle of our life's journey,

I found myself in a dark forest,

For the right path was lost.

Ah! How hard it is to tell of that wood, savage and harsh and bitter the thought of it!

..."

The Fire Element Demigod, unable to resist, watched as Ronald produced the original text of The Divine Comedy, reciting an incantation to activate Limbo.

In that moment, the entire Fire City ruins plunged into silence.

Infinite power erupted from Ronald's hand, distorting and controlling the essence-level concept of the Four Cardinal Heavens. From around Ronald, to the very edges of Fire City, the ultimate transformation of magic power descended here.

The dome that appeared on Black Mountain that day now manifested in the Four Cardinal Heavens.

Contained within it was an even stronger, almost irresistible force.

Boom—

In an instant, the Demigod's constructed Divine's Holy Domain began to warp, Limbo's power squeezing and pressing the perfect domain into folds, quickly contracting towards the center.

The magic power the Fire Element Demigod used to establish the Holy Domain was thus thoroughly lost, converging through the ruins into Ronald's hand.

Within a few breaths, Limbo had completely absorbed the Demigod's constructed Holy Domain, returning the space's anomaly to normalcy, exhibiting the dryness and temperature belonging to a desert.

Snap—

The pitch-black original text of The Divine Comedy gently closed, then transformed into a mark and vanished completely.

Meanwhile, the Fire Element Demigod below had entirely lost the ability to think—unable to comprehend the situation.

Why would his most advanced ability, the embryonic form of the Divine's Holy Domain,

be so effortlessly destroyed by this inexplicable spell?

"Phew—"

At the same time, Ronald exhaled after completing the spell.

Through the enhancement of the Four Cardinal Heavens, Limbo's ability was correspondingly strengthened. The spell's consumption in dismantling the anomalous domain was reduced from several months to within a week.

This was even when dealing with a "Holy Domain."

Recalling the level of anomaly back on Black Mountain, Ronald felt that with the current Limbo, perhaps it could be achieved once a day.

In contrast to the contemplative Ronald, the Fire Element Demigod on the ground seemed heavily injured.

The Holy Domain was a spell he maintained by expending immense power, with the aim of consolidating magic power and securing an unbeatable position in an intense battle of attrition.

Now with the sudden annihilation of the Holy Domain closely connected to himself.

As the master using and maintaining this spell, the Fire Element Demigod's condition plummeted. The blue glow on his body also suddenly brightened, giving the impression of magic power quickly draining away.

"I will become a True God!"

The mechanical fire element by his side had just recovered to the point of being able to move.

He had no intention of letting go of this rare opportunity, his body leaping onto the Demigod's head, then pressing down with burning flames.

Boom—

A heavy collision rang out.

The already devastated ruins of Fire City immediately erupted in countless debris from this impact, and at the center of this splendor akin to fireworks, the fire element began its erosion on the Demigod.

One side was nearly out of power, the other was capable of acting.

Even if inherently different, the current state led the Demigod to have no resistance, only able to watch as his existence was gradually devoured.

In his final moments, the Fire Element Demigod called out loudly to the sky, yet his voice, incomplete and intermittent, fell short:

"You... intruders..."

"The Four Cardinal Heavens won't... end here... wait and see!"

Boom!!!

The next second, blue light exploded between the two fire elements.

Under the continuous erosion from above, the Demigod finally collapsed, erupting into a powerful shock.

The ground they stood upon.

The ruins of Fire City were wiped clean, and the ground itself was forcibly impacted into a crater resembling a meteorite crater, with ghostly blue flames burning within.

At the very center of this crater.

The mechanical fire element, as the last survivor, was undergoing his metamorphosis.

Having successfully consumed the Demigod, his body's magic power structure and divinity fused, unified under the Four Cardinal Heavens' unique rules for fire elements.

Without accident, within a few minutes, he would successfully advance.

To become the new Demigod of fire elements.

Yet the issue was, this fire element's body was not pure; Katherine's previous modifications had incorporated mechanical components, hindering the perfect fusion of the pure fire element's divinity.

To smoothly continue this process.

A rare and special change was occurring within this fire element.

"..."

High above, Ronald observed this scene.

It wasn't in his nature to let enemies evolve, so he tightly gripped the radiant longsword, ready to slay this fire element on the spot.

"Ronald, wait!"

Catherine suddenly called out to stop the about-to-act Ronald.

Ronald turned his head.

He saw the master of the Astronomy Tower, recently freed from the predictions of Psychohistory, speaking with unprecedented seriousness:

"You can act immediately to kill him."

"But if we chase the best outcome, then we can't let him die within the world of the Four Cardinal Heavens."