88: Chapter 88 Dual Casting

Looking at this familiar crystal ball, Ronan couldn't help but recall the several occasions it had saved his life.

Now that he had to use it, he felt quite reluctant.

The concentrated elemental orb.

It contained multiple compressed, conflicting elements, possessing immense destructive power and a unique trigger mechanism.

This was the first countermeasure that popped into Ronan's mind when he learned of the existence of the "Anti-Elemental Shield."

While the "Anti-Elemental Shield" offered formidable defense, it could only counter a single elemental attribute at a time.

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Against a concentrated elemental orb, it was completely useless.

On the surface, the concentrated elemental orb seemed to contain only violent fire energy. In reality, various conflicting elements were forcibly compressed inside, making it extremely easy to detonate.

Once triggered, the numerous elements would instantly undergo a violent elemental reaction.

In a very short time, these elemental reactions would trigger a massive explosion, occasionally even accompanied by the phenomenon of annihilation.

Not only was the explosion immensely powerful, but its area of effect was also extremely wide.

Some wealthy Adventurers would often set traps using a concentrated elemental orb as the core and primary damage source.

Of course, there were also people like Ronan who kept it hidden, only bringing it out as a life-saving measure at critical moments.

When Ronan had brought it out before, it was always to threaten his enemies with mutual destruction.

It wasn't until he learned "Elemental Flying Arrow" that he finally had a safe way to use the concentrated elemental orb.

At this very moment.

Ronan held the concentrated elemental orb in one hand, his expression solemn, falling silent.

He immediately activated another function of "Elemental Flying Arrow" that he rarely used: "Absorb elements and condense into an arrow shape."

This function would use the absorbed elements as the main body, transforming them into an arrow shape for firing.

And the element he was about to absorb now was the entire concentrated elemental orb!

The concentrated elemental orb in his hand began to slowly deform, stretching and transforming into the shape of an arrow.

The process wasn't very fast. Ronan's nerves were instinctively taut, and the veins on his temples throbbed wildly.

If any accident occurred during the deformation process and detonated the crystal ball, the consequences—

Ronan didn't even dare to imagine the scene.

Under his heart-pounding gaze, the concentrated elemental orb slowly finished its transformation, finally condensing into a Concentrated Elemental Arrow.

This Concentrated Elemental Arrow shimmered with iridescent light, and it was thinner and longer than flying arrows composed of a single element.

Ronan could clearly feel his control over the flying arrow.

He knew that with just a single thought, this Concentrated Elemental Arrow would shoot toward his enemy in an instant.

And the enemy at this moment was Director Dick, hiding behind the "Anti-Elemental Shield."

With the auxiliary locking of his Spiritual Domain, Ronan set Director Dick as the target for the arrow.

Then, he gave a low shout: "Fire."

Whoosh.

Ronan saw the afterimage left by the arrow as it shot from his hand, looking like a narrow, fragmented river of stars.

Because he was too far away, Director Dick couldn't see what Ronan had just done.

The projection range of his Spiritual Power wasn't that far yet; he could only vaguely see Ronan generating an arrow through the dim light.

At a time like this, even if he felt disdain in his heart, he cautiously chose to respond with his full strength.

He was just about to activate the gem at the tip of his wand to enhance the defensive capabilities of the "Anti-Elemental Shield."

Suddenly, a small, iridescent ribbon shimmering with starlight burst into his field of vision.

Trailing starlight, this ribbon slammed into the "Anti-Elemental Shield" in an instant.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion rang out.

Before Director Dick could react, both he and the shield in front of him were enveloped in a multicolored elemental reaction.

The violent reaction of multiple elements dismantled the shield in an instant and engulfed him as well.

Waves of pure, diamond-like energy immediately spilled out from his location.

This situation was exactly like the annihilation phenomenon described in the book of magical knowledge.

Following that, several black cracks appeared out of thin air at the site of the annihilation, wandering back and forth.

Ronan discovered that as soon as his Spiritual Power approached, it would be sucked into the cracks, instantly losing connection.

Terrified, he quickly withdrew his Spiritual Power coverage from that area.

The black cracks could absorb not only Spiritual Power but even the kinetic energy of the explosion.

It was a stroke of luck that such a terrifying explosion didn't create a shockwave in the passage.

Ronan suspected that the black cracks might be active spatial rifts, which had a certain probability of forming after an annihilation phenomenon.

These spatial rifts moved randomly, wandering frequently, and had a very strong active suction.

Fortunately, after wandering for a while, the spatial rifts gradually closed until they vanished completely.

Ronan breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Facing an unknown danger without the corresponding knowledge left him feeling very uncertain.

Just as he was about to catch his breath, a thin line of blood suddenly attacked obscurely from behind.

With a 'ding' sound, the blood line struck the "Magic Shield" Ronan had cast in advance.

The Blood Duke had already finished regenerating in the shadows, returning to his original human form.

Ronan immediately fired another "Scorching Ray" at him.

However, the Blood Duke actually ignored the danger of being pierced and turned to control a blood line to attack Arabella on the ground.

"You're looking for death!"

Ronan roared, immediately firing another "Scorching Ray."

It not only blasted the Blood Duke's body to pieces but also destroyed the blood line he had shot at Arabella.

After the battle with Director Dick just now, Ronan's Spiritual Power had been depleted significantly again.

Although the Blood Duke was now beaten back into blood form, as long as his regeneration count wasn't completely exhausted, the war of attrition between the two would surely resume.

And this time, Ronan no longer held the advantage; he might even be at a disadvantage.

Taking advantage of the time the Blood Duke needed to regenerate, Ronan cautiously moved to Arabella's side.

He had to prevent Arabella from becoming the first target once the Blood Duke revived.

Ronan kept thinking of a solution; the concentrated elemental orb had been sacrificed to Director Dick, and he didn't have a second one to use against the Blood Duke.

He tried to condense several more Elemental Ice Arrows, firing them all into various pools of blood to freeze them into blood-ice.

This approach only treated the symptoms and not the cause; while it could delay the Blood Duke's regeneration speed, it wasn't cost-effective at all.

At that moment, Ronan suddenly had a thought.

The Non-Attribute Flying Arrow of the Elemental Flying Arrow dealt spiritual damage.

How would the Blood Duke, whose physical body couldn't be completely destroyed, deal with a spiritual attack?

Judging from the previous effect of "Spiritual Fear," the Blood Duke didn't have any effective defensive measures against spiritual attacks.

The idea was feasible and worth a try.

Without hesitation, Ronan switched the attributes of his Elemental Ice Arrows to attribute-less and fired them toward the thickest pools of blood.

A magical scene occurred.

Just as the blood was about to be hit by the Non-Attribute Flying Arrows, it actually flowed flexibly, dodging the arrow attacks.

This was clearly a dodging behavior performed by the Blood Duke controlling the blood.

From this, it could be seen that Non-Attribute Flying Arrows did indeed pose a threat to the Blood Duke.

Otherwise, the Blood Duke wouldn't have hurriedly controlled the blood to dodge even before he had recovered.

The problem now facing Ronan was that while Non-Attribute Flying Arrows could threaten the blood, they couldn't land a direct hit.

After switching attributes, the flying arrows of the original attribute would also disappear.

Although he could switch to Ice-attribute flying arrows, use the ice attribute to freeze the blood, and then switch back to Non-Attribute Flying Arrows to attack,

the time it took to switch attributes, condense the arrows, and fire them—

all that time combined was more than enough for the frozen blood-ice to return to its original state.

Ronan couldn't help but think how great it would be if he could cast both Non-Attribute Flying Arrows and Ice-attribute flying arrows at the same time—

As soon as this thought formed, the scene of Director Dick's dual-threaded operation surfaced in his mind.

If he learned his technique, could he also turn Elemental Flying Arrow into dual-threaded?

To simultaneously cast Elemental Flying Arrows of different attributes.

This sudden inspiration made Ronan's spirits lift.

Director Dick's technique didn't start directly from the magic construct to modify the underlying structure; instead, it used Spiritual Power in a clever way to activate the magic construct simultaneously, producing two non-conflicting but co-existing spells.

Simply put, it was dividing one stream of Spiritual Power into two to achieve two different effects.

Ronan called this method of casting 'Dual Casting.'

Taking Elemental Flying Arrow as an example, dividing one stream of Spiritual Power into two to cast Non-Attribute Flying Arrows and Ice-attribute flying arrows respectively, allowing two arrows of different attributes to exist simultaneously.

The theory seemed feasible, and even if it failed, there was no price to pay.

Ronan made a prompt decision and put it into action immediately.

He repeatedly retraced Director Dick's technique in his mind; he had already almost grasped the essence before, and now, combined with his own direction for improvement, he finally arrived at the most suitable technique.

In the next second.

Ronan spread his hands; a translucent attribute-less arrow hovered in his left palm, while an Ice-attribute flying arrow appeared in his right hand.

Two flying arrows of different attributes were generated and existed at the same time.

It looked like two spells, but it was actually two different effects of one spell.

At this point, Ronan's concept was finally realized; he had modified Elemental Flying Arrow to be able to generate two different attributes of arrows simultaneously.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding blood began to boil.

Although Ronan wasn't sure exactly how the Blood Duke was spying on him, it was clear that this blood was the Blood Duke's true original body.

Now that Ronan possessed the means to kill him completely, the Blood Duke finally began to panic.

He keenly noticed that several places where the blood was thick were slowly becoming thin.

Looking closely in this deep, dark passage, pools of blood were quietly moving away from his location.

Now you remember to run?

A cold smile curled at the corner of Ronan's mouth. He held both hands out and slowly drew an arc in the air.

As his arms moved, two rows of Elemental Flying Arrows with different attributes had already formed an array in mid-air.

Then, with a thought, the two rows of different-attributed arrows shot out one after another.

The Ice-attribute flying arrows took the lead, rushing straight toward the direction where the blood was fleeing.

The Non-Attribute Flying Arrows followed closely behind, like a shadow.

The moment the Ice-attribute flying arrows froze the blood, the Non-Attribute Flying Arrows happened to hit the frozen blood-ice.