Green flames formed a sinister and bizarre Array.
Surrounding Ronald and his group, the green light from the flames also reflected into their pupils.
Immediately after, a special force began to interfere with everyone’s thoughts.
Actions that were once easy had become exceptionally difficult under the blockage of thoughts,
taking Ronald’s personal experience as an example.
His originally enhanced physical abilities allowed him to clearly see all kinds of things near and far at night.
But at this moment, under the interference of the green flames, he distinctly felt the scenery in front of him start to distort, as uncomfortable as a highly nearsighted person wearing farsighted glasses.
Among the five of them, Nicole’s condition was the worst.
The attack she had just triggered with vines seemed to have severely drained her spirit and physical strength, so much so that under the influence of the green flames, the young investigator leaned over and began to vomit.
It was obvious that she was in no condition to fight.
Another few breaths elapsed.
The leader of the cultist magicians saw that the people surrounded by flames had no way to escape and equally couldn’t muster any proper resistance, and from a distance, began manipulating his own Array.
The raging green flames suddenly shot up higher!
Then continued to rush toward the five enclosed individuals.
While maintaining its ability to contaminate the spirit, it also burned towards them with an all-consuming ferocity—
completely intending to reduce them to ashes.
"Blessed shall you all be called by the nations, for your land shall be the land of joy!"
At the critical moment!
A priest holding a crucifix suddenly knelt to the ground, his voice strong and authoritative as he loudly recited a prayer.
Instantly, a tangible white barrier protected the five individuals.
The green flames slammed against this pure white light and immediately let out a very exaggerated sizzling sound.
The priest’s protection had taken effect, blocking the onslaught of the flames.
However, as the green flames continued to roast intensely, the white light barrier visibly began to dim at a speed visible to the naked eye.
—The situation was still spiraling downwards rapidly.
But the priest’s spell was not only defensive against the flames; it also kept the green flames’ mental contamination out, allowing Ronald and the other investigators a brief respite from this special attack.
The few investigators made their moves quickly.
Nicole rolled over, sat on the ground, skillfully pulled out bullets, and began to load. In less than two seconds, she had finished loading and then shot the bullets outwards.
—The results were not optimistic.
Probably because her earlier attack was too fierce, this time the young investigator’s shooting lost her previous accuracy, with all six bullets hitting the ground and not a single one accurately hitting the cultist magician.
At the same time, the investigator Kate, silently initiated her own spell.
Ronald saw it very clearly.
As Kate’s spell unfolded, an additional layer of white film appeared on the priest’s soon-to-burst light barrier.
He recognized this thing.
Just earlier upstairs in the winery, Kate had used this defensive spell.
Unlike the previous spell that protected people, this time her spell merely enhanced the priest’s protection, adding a transparent shield outside the light barrier to resist the roasting of the cultist magician’s green flames.
Considering the current situation,
It was remarkably improved.
The originally precarious shield received protection, and the green flames’ mental interference could no longer take effect.
Aside from the somewhat uncomfortable high temperature and the difficulty breathing caused by the flames, everything had started to become safe.
In that moment, Spencer, having collected his thoughts, raised his short staff high.
In the complex lighting around, the metal short staff reflected the light, appearing as if the investigator was holding a beam of starlight!
Unlike all previous forms of attack, Spencer didn’t point the staff outward at the cultist magicians but fiercely smashed it downwards, directly plunging the metal short staff into the ground.
As is well known, soil is a faster medium for sound transmission than air.
Centered around the metallic short rod inserted into the ground, invisible sound waves spread in all directions through the soil, causing such intense fluctuations that the ground visibly trembled.
However, Spencer’s aggressive attack did not achieve the expected effect.
Unlike ordinary people who had been knocked down before they could react,
the cultist magicians seemed well-prepared for the investigator’s attack.
Before the silent sound wave impacts could reach them, two cultist magicians stepped forward and planted some sort of black cylinder into the ground.
When Spencer’s sound waves reached the location of the black cylinders, the vibrations were completely absorbed, rendering the attack futile!
Then, the leader of the cultist magicians shouted loudly,
"Do you think we haven’t investigated you in these two days?"
"I guessed that you, a man from Springs, would act together with the local investigation agency. I’ve prepared something to counter your techniques!"
Faced with the cultist magicians’ mockery, Spencer, without saying a word, pulled out his short rod and gently tapped it a few times toward the outside cultists.
As expected, the sound waves were absorbed by the black cylinders again.
—His attack remained ineffective.
The enemies had thoroughly prepared against Spencer, rendering all his attacks ineffective.
The situation seemed to be at a deadlock.
But, in fact, it was quite disadvantageous for Ronald and the others.
As the defenders, the investigators and priests certainly couldn’t last as long as the cultist magicians who were well-prepared.
Continuing , it would undoubtedly be their side that would break first.
In silence, Ronald glanced in another direction.
Further away, beyond the encirclement of flames.
The dirt and dust were still dispersing in the air, where the sound of metal clashing could be faintly heard.
Patricia, who had chased after Lama, had unquestionably stopped him.
But even with her abilities, she couldn’t immediately subdue this demon; a fierce battle was taking place between them.
Even the cultist magicians dared not rashly enter the range of their clash.
In the silence, Ronald gently waved his right hand.
The sin embodied in ’Fury’ turned into a creeping black mist on the ground, targeting gaps in the battlefield to spread outward.
The focus was on the confrontation between the light barrier and the green flames. This provided the perfect opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
Ronald had no reason to continue hiding.
Beating this group of cultists was imperative, otherwise, they would be killed on the spot.
"I’ve really had enough..."
As Ronald controlled the black mist, Nicole on the side moved again.
The young investigator struggled to turn her body and forcefully slapped the ground with one hand.
After this action, Nicole then turned to Ronald, who was closest to her, and pulled a smile,
"Remember to carry me back..."
Then, starting from the points where the last six bullets had fallen, the remaining grape vines began to grow wildly.
In such a deadlocked situation, Nicole’s choice was to use her magic to control the surrounding plants.
The shattered vineyard was once again overtaken by wildly growing plants, and the Array formed by green flames lost its shape in a moment.
With the activation of such a grand magic,
the young investigator immediately fainted to the ground without saying a word.