Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1098 - 1092: Ice Mist

At the moment Ronald spoke up to remind her, Kaya became highly alert.

What happened afterwards.

Also proved that Ronald's warning was not unfounded.

Directly overhead, rapid air currents and then the sound of something heavy falling swiftly approached.

The enemy attack has arrived at this moment!

...

Faced with the ambush, Kaya certainly wouldn't stand idle.

She immediately deployed her spell, casting sharp blades towards the incoming position of the enemy, preparing to confront it head-on.

But the outcome that followed was accompanied by two soft sounds of piercing the mist, the ice blade continued upwards unimpeded, until finally cutting into the abyssal stone slab at the top.

"..."

As the spell caster, Kaya was well aware of what this meant—her attack had missed!

But how could this be possible?

Based on the strange noises and movements coming from above, Kaya was very sure that the object falling from above was at least the size of an adult human.

And judging by her proficiency in controlling her ice blade and the speed at which the spell attacked.

This was definitely an unavoidable attack!

Not to mention that within Kaya's perception.

The flight path of her spell clearly overlapped with the trajectory of the falling impact sound.

She had no reason not to hit it!

Kaya was puzzled by a multitude of questions in her heart, yet she couldn't make a judgment at the moment.

Even though Ronald helped her remove the occultation of [Eclipse], her vision still couldn't penetrate the thick darkness and mist, so she could only rely on auditory assistance to make her combat judgments.

It was at this moment that Ronald beside Kaya moved.

Utilizing his instincts, human perception, and various reconnaissance abilities like [Celestial Globe], he was completely different from Kaya who was almost blind.

At the moment the witch attempted to intercept the attack.

Ronald also gathered the surrounding information and immediately understood the combat strategy of the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster.

The rush from above and the sound of something falling were indeed indisputable attacks.

But the ambush they faced.

Wasn't merely this.

Thus, Ronald instantly changed his form, protecting Kaya by his side while punching towards the same direction of the incoming impact, and at the same time, leveraging the inertia of his body movement, he raised his right leg to fiercely kick out towards the stone slab they were standing on.

Bam! Bam!

After two crisp, clear impacts, the substantial feint above as well as the concealed real attack from below were both staved off by Ronald's immediate response.

With the shock delivered by this encounter, Kaya could also finally see through the gaps in the white mist and darkness, witnessing all that transpired around her.

Above her and Ronald, a humanoid shadow actually charged downwards, demonstrating a vicious posture akin to a falcon preying. The reason Kaya's ice blade just pierced through was because the black mist humanoid was in mist form, allowing unimpeded penetration.

As for below, the true form of the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster was indeed here.

This enemy utilized the momentum created by the shadow above, stealthily creeping into the darkness and then relocating to the underside of the stone slab beneath the two of them.

And to ensure that when making a move, he wouldn't be detected by certain specific guardian spells.

The real target of his attack was not Ronald and Kaya themselves, but rather the stone slab beneath their feet.

The [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster, aware of the dangerous prowess of Ronald's abilities, and having acknowledged the witch's level of spell casting after the previous clash with Kaya.

Therefore, he made a very wise decision.

To not rely on his own spell to directly beat the two, but instead to shatter the stone slab on which Ronald and Kaya stood, causing them to plunge into the abyss, leading to their ultimate engulfment by the profound darkness of the ancient tomb!

But unfortunately, Ronald's perception and reaction speed were just too swift, causing his plan to crumble in an instant.

"Ambush?!"

In the meantime, Kaya also seized this rare opportunity.

With Ronald under the protective glow of [Guardian Angel], and the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster not far from them. Kaya mustered up her chest in that fleeting moment, then opened her mouth to fiercely exhale downwards.

Whoosh—

Instantly, fragments of ice blue spewed from Kaya's mouth, cascading downwards.

This spell was exceedingly fast, giving the enemy no chance to respond, enveloping the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster.

Kaya's grasp of the timing was so precise that no fault could be pinned on her.

Under the condition where her strength was evidently inferior to both Ronald and the enemy, she pinpointed the rare opportunity and directed her prepared ace towards the enemy!

"..."

At this time, Ronald, who just stood up straight, also clearly saw everything.

The ice mist Kaya expelled possessed an exceptionally exaggerated freezing effect, enveloping not just the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster, but even freezing a layer of ice crystals around the ambient air of the enemy's body.

If there was no escape from within, the individual would undoubtedly succumb to Kaya's attack!

However, that was only if.

The moment his skin surface dropped in temperature, the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster realized his predicament and made a judgment.

——To charge directly out of the ice mist.

He feared that before reaching the boundary of this spell, he would have been thoroughly frozen into an ice block.

——Thus, the response options were quite limited.

Either resist the spell with defense techniques or alternatively, seek another way to first escape the coverage or influence range of the ice mist!

In this scenario, Ronald and Kaya witnessed this individual reveal yet another concealed card.

As the enemy's form and the flash within the ice mist converged.

The [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster below transformed in front of the duo into a dense black mist.

——Black mist!

Ronald quickly looked up.

Immediately discovering that the black mist he had just punched away also turned into the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster himself at that instant.

The effect of this spell was remarkably straightforward, apparent to any observer.

The caster could swap their position with the shadow they summoned, thus achieving various objectives.

"Tsk—"

At this moment, Ronald displeasedly furrowed his brows.

Actually, upon witnessing the [Nine-Ring Conclave] caster exchange the shadow's position, he intended to draw his sword, charging upward and taking advantage of the opponent's delay in adapting to the position change, slaying him directly.

But just like before, Saint Catherine's sword was simply not in Ronald's hand.

Since the handy sword was not at his side.

As for the subsequent upward surge, it naturally halted amid such discomfort.

Beside him, Kaya noticed Ronald's subtle gesture and almost immediately inquired:

"Mr. Ronald, what's wrong?"

Ronald candidly responded:

"My handy weapon isn't here, I'm finding it a bit hard to adapt."

Upon hearing this answer, Kaya confidently and without hesitation continued to ask:

"What kind of weapon do you need?"

"Sword!"