Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 296 - 295: Rescue at Sea

Chapter 296: Chapter 295: Rescue at Sea

As the beastly lump of flesh bit down toward him,

Ronald, still standing in the same spot, now responded without any panic.

After all, this situation fully confirmed his previous concerns; Catherine’s spell chanted at the last moment was expectedly to protect her original tome.

But the result...

Ronald was well-prepared.

Before he had begun searching, he had already reset a defensive spell in advance.

Therefore, when the terrifying biting force of the beastly flesh’s jaws clamped down on him, a soft white light steadfastly appeared on Ronald’s body surface, perfectly defending against this attack.

It was at this moment that Ronald raised an eyebrow, "Hmm?"

Should it be said that it was worthy of being a fallback plan left by an original tome holder?

This beastly lump of flesh, much larger than any summoned creature before, possessed a startling amount of strength.

After the "Angel" defended against its bite, the creature still relentlessly continued exerting force.

Correspondingly,

the white light covering Ronald’s body was quickly fading.

In just a moment longer than a breath, it weakened to a precarious state.

Ronald’s fingers intersected, about to reset the "Angel" defensive spell once more.

However, just at this moment,

an unexpected change occurred!

Boom—

Right in front of Ronald, a loud explosion that split the air suddenly emerged.

Before he could react, the beastly lump of flesh was instantly blasted apart by an invisible force, then flew off Ronald’s body.

The severed remains flew far away, crashing directly into the Sunset Ocean opposite the group!

Seeing this scene, Ronald instantly realized what had happened.

—It was the spell left on him by the great witch.

The position where the beastly flesh’s teeth had clamped was precisely below his chest, and as the power of the "Angel" weakened, the spell left by the great witch immediately activated.

Under normal circumstances, this spell merely enhanced Ronald’s speed and provided a slight defensive effect. However, when facing an attack like the beastly lump of flesh, which was extremely lethal to ordinary people, its greatest power was immediately evident.

Faced with such an outcome, Ronald was momentarily speechless.

He had thought the great witch’s spell was just a gesture.

But in fact...

The effect turned out to be such an exaggerated counterattack.

After all, it was the last spell of an original tome holder, and it had been completely torn into pieces.

Amid his speechlessness, Ronald felt the current wrapped around him gradually dissipate.

Clearly, alongside the appearance of this strike,

the enhancing effect given by the great witch was also gradually fading.

Thus, having reset the "Angel" spell, Ronald yanked the still-clamping head of the beastly lump of flesh from his body—it had bitten so fiercely that even in death, it had not fallen off him.

Immediately after, Ronald casually tossed it to the side.

Thwack—

A large head smashed onto the sand.

At this moment, upon closer inspection, one could see it was a head similar to a wolf’s but with some differences.

However, at the same time, not far from Ronald, Clark showed a completely different reaction from the others.

Right after the great witch’s spell was activated,

the lead investigator did not even turn his head,

but quickly chanted a spell and then activated his own magic.

At that moment, the other investigators pointed towards the sinking sea where the beastly flesh had fallen and yelled:

"No good, that thing is getting away!"

"Find a way to stop it!"

Things happened just as the investigators had yelled.

The beast-shaped chunk of flesh that Catherine had summoned last was very different from the previous ones.

Apart from its size and attack power being completely different, even though its head had been torn off, it was still able to rapidly agitate the water and quickly swam toward the distant ocean even in its headless state.

This was the final spell Catherine was sure of.

As long as the enemy couldn’t wait to steal her original, this protective spell she used defending the original would be successfully activated and then take her to the final escape route.

—After all, it had grown out of her own body.

—Thus, when it plunged into the sea, the beastly flesh also took Catherine along.

Thus, a tricky situation arose.

The impact of the grand witch’s spell had sent the beastly flesh flying high and far, even crossing a range of spatial fissures.

With the swimming speed of humans like Ronald and the others, trying to bypass the spatial fissure and catch up with the beast-shaped flesh was almost entirely impossible.

Buzz—

It was then that a vibrating noise appeared from something on Clark’s body.

Shifting their gaze, they could immediately see the change in this investigator.

Compared to when he had just gotten ashore, Clark’s face now bore a very weak expression, and even his eyes were slightly red as if he were a seriously ill patient.

And this buzzing sound came from an irregular sphere in his hand.

Numerous lead-gray ripples intertwined, then solidified into something that continually shifted shape and was in a very unstable state.

Just like Catherine earlier.

The head investigator from Springs had also brought out a spell that he had not fully mastered!

Immediately, Clark made a motion similar to throwing a baseball.

Aiming directly at the beast-shaped flesh moving away in the sea, he swung his right arm with all his might, hurling the irregular sphere.

Whoosh—

With a dull, heavy sound, the irregular sphere cut through the air toward the enemy.

In the blink of an eye, it reached the area of spatial fissures.

Then, the already unstable irregular sphere instantly exploded, countless arc-shaped lead-gray ripples continued to fly forward densely with a sharp sound.

This scene was most clearly visible to the investigators and witches who were stuck on that side.

Because Clark had deliberately controlled the angle, they were not affected by this attack.

Not far ahead, the lead-gray ripples relentlessly flew forward.

Among them, some ripples hit the spatial fractures and then disappeared directly.

But, in the face of such a large number, there were still some that slipped through and successfully breached this area.

And then...

These arc-shaped ripples naturally flew towards the beast-shaped flesh in the sea!

At this point, the massive body became a burden for the beast-shaped flesh.

Though the lead-gray ripples did not have the ability to automatically track, it immediately adjusted its direction and was still hit by the lead-gray ripples, then ruthlessly sliced off large chunks of its body without fail.

So much so that in the end, only about three meters of its body still showed signs of life.

Then it disappeared into the sinking sea.

And watching this scene, Clark sat down on the beach with a thud.

While heaving heavily, he spoke in a relaxed tone:

"Hit... it’s hit."

"Wait until the spell dissipates, then you guys go down to the sea to retrieve people."