Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 87 Anti-Elemental Shield

Ronan kept his mental state active the whole time.

When Director Dick looked at Arabella, a flash of resentment and greed crossed his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

Ronan clearly perceived this scene.

Therefore, when he ran up to pretend to help, Ronan was already on guard and immediately jumped away.

Seeing him jump away, Director Dick couldn't help but smile and said, "It'll be too late to run now."

Sure enough, Ronan immediately felt himself being locked onto by a strange mental force.

Immediately afterwards, an invisible sense of restraint came, making his outward mental power feel as if it were being shackled.

This shackle continued to tighten, becoming increasingly restrictive of Ronan's outward mental energy.

He was startled and immediately withdrew all his outward mental energy, and his mental domain disappeared in an instant.

However, the shackles that had lost their target did not disappear; instead, they tightened and rushed toward his mind.

This is exactly the effect Ronan wanted.

The shackles attacked his mind, but instead of using his mental power to defend himself, he gathered dangerous energy at his fingertips.

Upon seeing this, Director Dick's disdain deepened.

In his view, Ronan was simply unable to break free of his "mental prison" and intended to force him to give up his attack by committing suicide.

I don't believe you would actually dare to disregard your mental defenses and choose to fight me head-on!

Director Dick smiled confidently, slammed his wand on the ground, and a completely transparent shield instantly appeared.

Meanwhile, Ronan's "Burning Ray" was poised to fire.

He seemed to have abandoned his mental defenses, but in reality, he did it on purpose.

Although he could break through that shackle if he controlled his mental power to the fullest extent, he would inevitably suffer some losses.

It would be better to just withdraw your mental energy directly and save some energy.

After all, his war of attrition with Blood Duke is not over yet.

The shackles of the "mental cage" closed and transformed into spikes just before invading Ronan's mind.

Director Dick never expected that the other party would actually dare to let the "mental cage" invade the brain.

For a moment, it was unclear whether Ronan was genuinely ignorant or simply hopelessly stupid.

Since the other party is courting death, they shouldn't blame themselves.

"Die!" Director Dick shouted in a fit of rage.

He manipulated the spikes formed by the "mental cage" with all his might, and suddenly plunged them into Ronan's mind.

next second.

The spike formed from this "spiritual prison" was easily suppressed by the divine authority and crushed into nothingness.

at the same time.

Ronan rapidly projected his mental energy, instantly expanding his mental domain.

With the mental support locking him in place, he unhesitatingly unleashed the energy gathered at his fingertips.

A thick, scorching beam of light immediately blasted towards Director Dick, whose face was filled with astonishment.

How come he's alright?

Director Dick was incredulous, but quickly came to his senses and channeled his mental energy into the wand in his hand.

The special gem at the top of the staff shone even brighter, giving the completely transparent shield a thin halo.

The "scorching ray" struck the shield in front of Director Dick, but it only made him take a few steps back without creating any ripples.

The shield withstood the ray attack without any visible damage, except for a slight decrease in transparency.

"Anti-elemental shield, specifically designed to counter single-elemental attacks."

Director Dick breathed a sigh of relief and said smugly, "I didn't expect you to be able to ignore the attack of the 'Mental Cage.' It seems your mentor has given you quite a few good things—"

"However, as a psychic, to actually go and study elemental magic is simply a disgrace to your mentor."

Seeing that Ronan's attack posed no threat to him, Director Dick immediately launched into a tirade of mockery.

Ronan had no idea what the "spiritualist" he was talking about was, but he guessed it might be something like a mental magician.

It's possible that during their previous encounter, because his mental strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, Director Dick misunderstood Ronan's identity.

But it doesn't matter; the enemy's misunderstanding is also a factor that benefits us.

From Director Dick's words, Ronan learned that there was a transparent anti-elemental shield in front of him, which could counter single-elemental attacks.

In Ronan's view, the "singularity" here is worth considering.

He immediately conjured an elemental ice arrow in his palm, and with a flick of his wrist, shot it toward the shield.

Clang.

The elemental ice arrow struck the shield, the impact producing a crisp sound.

The ice arrow's elemental damage and freezing effect had no effect whatsoever.

Therefore, this "anti-element shield" is very effective against elemental attacks, but its defense against physical attacks is average.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been struck by the ice arrow and made a sound.

"Hmph, you think changing your elemental attack will work?" Director Dick said with disdain.

Ronan understood that "single" likely refers to the ability to defend against any elemental attack for a short period of time.

However, how short a time is remains to be seen.

Ronan conjured another ice arrow and shot it swiftly toward Director Dick.

The instant the arrow was released, he quickly followed up with another shot.

The two attacks, one after the other, struck the shield in front of Director Dick.

Yet, nothing has been accomplished.

Moreover, the hastily fired rays were less powerful than before, and didn't even reduce the shield's transparency.

"Darkness, it seems you're even more foolish than I thought."

Seeing that Ronan's attempts had failed, Director Dick felt confident of victory and was eager to confide in everyone.

"If you hadn't accidentally stumbled upon my plan and then publicly humiliated me, I wouldn't have so easily taken action against you, a fellow mental mage."

"What are your plans?" Ronan asked.

"Once the rune's effect takes hold, it will instinctively find the nearest member of the opposite sex and ignite a passionate encounter—"

Director Dick chuckled wickedly, "She only uses the runestone when the president is away—and I am the only male in the secretariat."

"I waited so long, deliberately letting Lena switch the runes, but I didn't expect you to get the better deal."

He said indignantly, "Don't think I don't know. You didn't do anything in the president's office, but judging from your behavior afterwards, it's obvious that—"

Before Director Dick could finish speaking, an even thicker ray struck the "Anti-Element Shield".

The shield provided complete protection, only its transparency decreased.

However, the shield's reduction in strength is limited by the immense kinetic energy of the beam.

This caused Director Dick to take a few more steps back.

"I thought you were having an affair with your subordinate, and Arabella accidentally took your sex toys by mistake—"

"So your situation is even worse; it was premeditated."

Ronan said calmly, "It seems that even if I kill you, the chairman probably won't punish me."

After saying that, he fired another "scorching ray" from his hand.

This time, the intensity of the ray was greater than the previous one, and it carried more kinetic energy.

The attack landed on the "Anti-Element Shield," causing the shield's transparency to drop significantly and its visibility to decrease drastically.

This forced Director Dick to retreat a considerable distance once again.

Just as he was about to retaliate, another equally thick beam of light blasted towards him, slamming him backward once more.

Although Director Dick has not been harmed so far, he feels increasingly aggrieved.

"No matter how much you attack, it's useless. Don't forget, I'm not the only one here."

From Director Dick's perspective, a blood-red figure had already materialized not far behind Ronan.

now.

Blood Lord, who was originally in Director Dick's direction, took advantage of Ronan's withdrawal of his mental domain to quietly circle around to Ronan's back.

It must be said that Blood Duke's ability to seize opportunities is unparalleled.

He deliberately slowed down his regeneration rate in an effort to avoid being discovered by Ronan.

Director Dick has now pinpointed the key point, clearly intending to use Blood Duke to slow down Ronan's offensive pace.

However, neither of them clearly understood Ronan's optimized mental domain.

All of this was already within the perception of the spiritual realm.

Slowing down Bloodlord's regeneration rate suited him perfectly.

Ronan pretended not to see it, mainly because he planned to deal with Director Dick first.

After being bombarded by several rays, Director Dick was forced back a great distance.

Seeing that Ronan remained unmoved, he maintained his anti-elemental shield while launching a mental counterattack.

His wand already had the effect of enhancing mental power, and with the special gem inlaid at the top of the wand, this amplification could be doubled.

If he had taken out this equipment while in the Secretariat, the outcome of his mental battle with Ronan would have been uncertain.

At this moment, Director Dick manipulated his outward-projected mental energy, rapidly spinning it into a spinning spike that hurtled straight toward Ronan.

Upon seeing this, Ronan was immediately overjoyed.

He wasn't worried about Director Dick's mental attacks; rather, he was very interested in the way Dick could maintain his shield while simultaneously controlling his mental attacks.

How did he manage to achieve dual-threading?

Ronan, filled with doubt, began to observe more closely.

With a divine presence, Director Dick's mental attacks were completely ineffective.

As expected, Director Dick's sharp words did not cause any ripples.

"Fine, fine, thanks to what your advisor gave you—"

Director Dick gritted his teeth, decided to abandon his mental attacks, and pulled out another gem from his pocket.

The shape and color of this gem are almost identical to the special gem at the tip of the wand.

He then laid his wand flat, letting the two gems touch each other.

A bright, dazzling green light flashed, and the two gems completely merged into one, becoming a large gem with a dim luster.

After the large gem was generated, the "Anti-Elemental Shield" immediately returned to its transparent state, as if all the damage had been repaired.

Ronan discovered that the kinetic energy of the "scorching rays" was becoming increasingly insufficient to defeat Director Dick.

He understood that the opponent had strengthened their shield.

Nowadays, single-attribute elemental attacks are basically unable to affect him, and even the accompanying physical kinetic energy cannot escape them.

Ronan shook his head and sighed helplessly.

Director Dick's dual-thread operation method just now gave him a lot of inspiration.

I wanted to observe a little longer, but it seems I won't have the chance now.

He gauged the distance between himself and Director Dick with his gaze, thinking to himself, "This distance should be enough."

Ronan reached into his storage bag and pulled out a crystal ball, within which raging elemental energy surged.