Chapter 1084: Tower Not Found, Stripping Disengaged

Apart from a few missing functions, this Mage Tower is close to the Tower of Time in many respects; how could such a Mage Tower not have left behind any records?

Thinking of this, Xia Duo turned his head abruptly and launched a surprise attack on Luodite: "Mage Luodite, regarding this Mage Tower, you haven't deliberately hidden any information, have you?"

"No, no, Lord Xia Duo, I guarantee that the information I know about this Mage Tower is absolutely no more than what you know!"

Following this, Luodite further explained, "Leikesi and the others did not find any items, inscriptions, or emblems inside this Mage Tower that could prove the identity of this Mage Tower or its Tower Master."

"I even used my connections at Jilan Tower to search through all the open libraries of the Seven Towers for records of famous spellcasters from the Age of Discovery, but there were no records regarding this Mage Tower."

At this moment, Sidier, who had been silent all along, also affirmed Luodite's words and said: "There are no records of this place in the internal library of Morien Tower either. The only thing I found is that while communication between spellcasters of that period was very close, many people still habitually hid themselves, especially when their research domains were not accepted by the mainstream."

"Perhaps this is a secret research site far from the mainstream."

Through the Mind Link, Xia Duo judged that Luodite and Sidier were likely not lying. Sidier's words even confirmed one of his previous guesses to a certain extent: that the construction of this Mage Tower likely did not involve ordinary people, but was built personally by a group of Advanced Rank Mages.

Perhaps it was for secretive purposes.

The mysteries seemed to be increasing, but Xia Duo did not feel discouraged; instead, he found it quite interesting and worth looking forward to. This was perhaps the feeling most often experienced by those Netherese Mages who were obsessed with relic exploration!

To unearth the unknown secrets of the past time and again, the exhilarating experience is not even inferior to the pleasure of constantly moving forward in the field of Magic.

Xia Duo suddenly had a guess: Lord Collins, who is obsessed with relic exploration, might never be able to become a Great Arcanist.

Placing one's hope on the rediscovery of past things is, to a certain extent, a denial of one's own ability to pioneer the future.

If one does not even believe that one can make continuous progress, then can one still progress? One has already lost half the battle in terms of mindset alone!

Of course, this might also be Xia Duo's over-speculation; Lord Collins, who inherited the name of "Thunder Mage," might have already become a Great Arcanist, for all we know.

Putting these baseless conjectures aside for the moment, Xia Duo immediately issued an order in the Mind Link, "Sidier, Luodite, Weiji, you each stand at these positions and act according to my instructions!"

Upon receiving the clear instructions, Sidier, Luodite, and Weiji quickly took action, while Fulanke and Aibuna stood with Luodite, staying almost inseparable like bodyguards.

As for Xia Duo himself, after Sidier, Luodite, and Weiji were in position, he only moved half a step forward at the entrance of the Library.

But as this half-step was taken, Xia Duo stepped into the alert range of the Library's protective system. In an instant, a feeling like static electricity making hair stand on end suddenly appeared on the surface of his skin.

This was not static electricity, nor was it any threat, but rather the relatively stable fusion state of this area with the Element Pool being disturbed by his presence, resulting in a more significant elemental tendency.

"This is far enough!"

Xia Duo had no doubt that if he were to take another step inside, perhaps the protective Spell here wouldn't even need to have a stress reaction; the relatively stable fusion state could lose its balance, thereby leading to unforeseen consequences.

And before the actual action, he habitually reminded them: "Don't have any hesitation when you receive the order later, otherwise I'll be fine, but you might be in trouble!"

Luodite and the others all agreed. Aibuna even used himself as a living example, citing his own attack by a mysterious Ether Creature as a counter-example, telling Luodite and the others not to hesitate at critical moments, but to trust Xia Duo.

Regarding this, Xia Duo was noncommittal. In any case, he had already said everything that needed to be said, and anything more was not something he needed to consider. Anyway, Luodite and the others were just there as support; whether they were there or not made little difference to Xia Duo himself.

……

After reviewing the operation process one last time, Xia Duo immediately cast the 8th-level Spell he had used not long ago to be promoted to a 5th-Level Member of the Arcane Union—【Anti-Magic Field】.

This Spell can not only immunize against the vast majority of Transmutation Spells but also immunize against most Creation School Spells, and it also has a good resistance effect against mind Spells.

In the current situation where it is necessary to strip away the fusion state of the Element Pool and disable the Library's protective system, this Spell can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, the essence of this Spell is still to organize the Magic Net and keep it in its original state. It is very effective for Spells, but it cannot effectively guard against the original state of the Spells—those Element Turbulence that are highly likely to emerge in large numbers.

Therefore, 【Resist Energy】 and 【Absorb Energy】 are also needed.

At the same time, considering that a large amount of falling rocks had appeared inside the Library before, even though the ceiling above is actually a pale Giant Screen that only shows a faint seven-colored light when viewed from afar, one still has to be on guard.

For physical attacks, Force Field protection is the best choice. Of course, one could also choose teleportation, but here, using passive protection is safer.

As long as it is not an instant kill, Xia Duo has the confidence to deal with any sudden situation, and even if he cannot deal with it, running away is no problem.

Soon, Xia Duo finished the final preparations, and Luodite and the others also replenished or perfected the protective Spells on themselves before the battle.

The cracking work officially began—

Xia Duo took a step forward. In an instant, the Library's protective system, which had been on standby for hundreds of years, activated rapidly, shooting a beam of light from the walls on both sides of the entrance toward Xia Duo's position.

And in Magic Vision, these two beams of light were actually Magic Net String structures entangled like a double helix. Like some kind of causality weapon, the Spell had already taken effect before the light reached Xia Duo's position.

Of course, before it took effect, due to the existence of the 【Anti-Magic Field】 on Xia Duo, these two Spells had already failed.

Before there was time to analyze the secrets in the Magic Net String structure scattered after the Spell collapsed, pressure from deeper within the Library followed one after another!

This was not any Spell from the Library's protective system, but the fusion state of the Element Pool and this area's protective system losing its balance.

For a time, a large amount of unguided Element Turbulence poured into the protective system; specifically, it was a large number of Magic Net String energy circuits that had briefly detached from the normal Magic Net environment energy circulation, which were constant on some constant Nodes suspected to be made of gold material.