Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1062 - 1056: Combat Mode

At this very moment, Ronald wore a smile.

But across from him, in the air, Costate clearly had no room to analyze these facial details any longer.

After activating and mobilizing her primal core and simultaneously liberating the Complete Technique, Costate, in a completely new enhanced mode, began to display a very obvious state of discomfort.

Even though she had completed her strengthening, she couldn't immediately advance to attack Ronald. Instead, she first steadied herself in the air, suppressing and organizing the changes occurring within her body.

To rashly attack in this unfamiliar state... 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Even though Costate's emotional module was incomplete, she was very clear about one thing — taking such action in front of such a powerful enemy as Ronald was absolutely a choice of courting death.

However, this was after all a real battle.

After his light laughter, Ronald had no intention of standing idly in the air allowing Costate to adjust; his following attack was already in hot pursuit.

"Costate, I'm coming over!"

Ronald informed her briefly, then with his right hand, he reached behind his back, unwrapping the sword of Saint Catherine bound in cloth.

The dark blade sliced through the pitch-black night sky, aiming directly at Costate's heart!

On the maid's side—

For Costate, all she saw was Ronald extending his right hand to his back.

The moment the Dark Holy Sword appeared,

the figure of the man before her crossed the distance between them in an instant, coming right before her eyes!

The dark blade, now entwined in flames, came slashing down diagonally from Costate's front right.

Even at the last moment, the maid's vision caught the image of the approaching attack. But relying only on her physical capabilities and reflexes, she was unable to evade Ronald's attack.

Yet Costate managed to dodge nonetheless.

Although her brain and body couldn't handle Ronald's attack, the combat mode activated by her Complete Technique showed no sign of stopping.

So, facing imminent danger with no means at her disposal,

the spell took control of the maid's body directly.

The current combat mode seemed to grasp all surrounding information, manipulating Costate's body in the air, twisting her at an eerie angle, then dropping her several meters down, completely avoiding Ronald's blade!

"..."

Meanwhile, Ronald, who had just delivered the slash, narrowed his eyes.

That sense of threat returned.

Though Costate merely made a dodging move, the [Instinct] spell from "The Origin of Species" warned Ronald that this was absolutely a dangerous thing that could cause him harm!

In the coming battle, he must fully guard against this point.

As if confirming the alert in Ronald's heart, Costate, who had just landed, swapped her position in the air again, facing him at an oblique angle.

And the maid's gaze was fully in the intimidating manner of initiating a lethal attack!

—The attack came.

Ronald instantly realized it was a sign of Costate initiating an attack.

Just then, the tranquil air around was seized by Costate, and then became agitated.

The air currents, driven under the spell's command in a special way, underwent multiple rotations and extreme compression before forming invisible blades and spears, penetrating every corner around Ronald's body.

To be fair.

Costate's Complete Technique had remarkable effects.

Though its essence remained a spell controlling the air for an attack,

this attack, modified by the special combat mode, not only denied all possible escape directions in its range, but even its direct strike force received unprecedented enhancement!

Ronald, not even waiting for the attack to reach him,

could sense how astonishing the attack was just by feeling the immense pressure from changes in air flow on his skin!

Splitting mountains and stones with ease, puncturing steel was no challenge.

—An enhancement that surpassed human model tactics.

With such an ability's blessing,

at this moment, Costate was undoubtedly among the strongest Casters he had ever encountered!

At the same time, confronting such an attack, Ronald was also acutely aware.

Relying solely on his [Guardian Angel] and [Sloth Sin] defenses, he certainly couldn't nullify the damage from these gales completely.

So he straightforwardly activated his Complete Technique — [Limit of Humanity].

"..."

In an instant, the wind blades that seemed capable of tearing space itself utterly vanished.

The strength of [Limit of Humanity] had been validated multiple times before; even though Costate's current attack was enhanced by her Complete Technique, it couldn't break through this fundamental level of defense.

Faced with such a scene,

the advancing Costate abruptly froze in place.

The maid's current thought process was reinforced by her own Complete Technique's abilities.

Thus, upon witnessing this, she immediately came to a very accurate, albeit resigned, conclusion — her attack, was utterly ineffective against the man in front of her.

To claim victory in this battle,

she must seek an alternate route and find another method.

Swish!

Unfortunately, Ronald gave Costate no room to continue contemplating.

While all this transpired, a sacred and potent magic power erupted from Ronald, the light it brought exceeding the surrounding myriad stars, rendering the maid's pupils entranced.

Until the moment of this lapse.

After the initial blindness brought about by direct strong light.

Upon regaining her vision, Costate saw that it was Ronald standing before her, brandishing his dark longsword.

At such close proximity,

the maid could even feel the magical energy temperature carried within the flames.

"..."

In the blink of an eye, Costate immediately realized that the man's speed had elevated once again.

Furthermore, it seemed as if he too had activated a Complete Technique.

This time, the spell state activated by the man in front of her brought a remarkably comprehensive enhancement to a high degree!

In the thought process empowered by her Complete Technique, Costate instinctively reached a conclusion without contemplation — she was certainly not a match for this man.

Even the possibility of using slight tricks to find a chance of victory didn't exist.

If Costate were inherently an evil entity,

this close contact alone would have scorched her severely with its sacred flame.

On the other side, Ronald had just activated the [Chariot of God].

The reason for choosing so wasn't just because Costate gave him a tough time, it was also because, just a second earlier, through his reconnaissance magic, Ronald sensed someone flying in this direction from afar.

Who could be coming here at this moment?

The only possibility was the Archmage Shui from [Lachimonto].

So at this moment, Ronald activated his strongest state, preparing to seize the opportunity to take down Costate in one fell swoop.