Chapter 1453: Moonshadow Family, Magic-Immune Combat

Just as Xia Duo persisted in not retreating and strove to find an opportunity for a surprise attack, Talma, the leader of the eight Wood Elf Mages in the Green Vine Tribe's Ancestral Spirit Hall, grew somewhat restless. He could not help but probe the other senior Mage who had come with him:

"The opponent is no ordinary human Mage. Should we withdraw temporarily?"

"No need. I have already notified Lord Kalano of the Moonshadow Family."

"What?!"

Talma felt a jolt of alarm, but before he could complain about his companion's "efficiency," the target they were currently surrounding suddenly vanished strangely from the Detection Field.

For an instant, Talma's consciousness seemed to go blank, but he immediately realized the target might have changed tactics; however, in the short term, he could only remind his companion to be on guard.

Sure enough, the next moment, the Magic Net not far from them vibrated violently, and the Magic Net Strings automatically combined according to a certain pattern, forming a large area of Element Units related to the Plane.

Talma realized the target might be trying to approach them, but he could not fathom what good that would do even if he got close. A mere human Mage, even if slightly stronger than the average human, would find it difficult to overcome an Elf in close-quarters spell combat.

What's more, he was not the only Elf Mage here!

For a moment, Talma even wanted to let the opponent come over, to admire the look of despair in his eyes before killing him, but reason told him that if the opponent was doing this, he must have something to rely on!

"Stop him!"

Talma sent a signal for Coordinated Casting to his fellow senior Mage, and his companion executed the Coordinated Casting perfectly, yet the opponent's teleportation process did not cease, only slightly delaying.

Talma's expression turned exceptionally grave in an instant. He knew very well what this situation meant: it meant that as long as the opponent wanted to leave, he could leave at any time, and he was powerless to stop him.

Yet the opponent simply did not leave and instead tracked them down. At this moment, Talma thought of retreating; he did not want to take the risk, but his "good" companion had already notified Lord Kalano of the Moonshadow Family.

Under these circumstances, once they retreated, even if the Moonshadow Family did not punish them later, they would no longer be in charge here.

Talma knew perfectly well how great the benefits here were; even the scraps would be enough to sustain two medium-sized families.

Most crucially, once the situation here became known to humans, what awaited them would not just be a matter of benefits or punishment, but whether their family could even continue to exist.

In just an instant, a realization dawned on Talma: even if he died today, he could not take a single step away from here.

If he could drag this human Mage out until Lord Kalano arrived, perhaps the mistakes they had made earlier could be forgiven.

At this moment, Talma felt an intense hatred for his companion; if not for the fact that he had notified Lord Kalano in advance, he would not have been forced into such a predicament.

But at this time, he still had to cooperate tacitly with his companion, striving to pin this human Mage here.

……

On the other side, after Xia Duo used a small mistake by the Elf Mages to temporarily evade their Scrying and activated the Teleportation Scepter, he felt he had gone through an unprecedentedly long and arduous teleportation process.

Because he himself had mastered the Delayed Teleportation spell, he was unsure if these Elf Mages had also mastered it. Furthermore, he was worried about whether they had already set a dragnet around them, just waiting for him to drill into it.

But life, after all, involves the occasional risk, which can be a rare experience. With Arcane Fire, at least escaping should not be much of a problem.

The teleportation process, which felt long psychologically, was actually not long at all. Like any other teleportation process, for the teleporter, it was just a fleeting moment of time.

When Xia Duo sensed the Main Plane again, he was already in a corner of the Green Vine Tribe's Ancestral Spirit Hall, less than 20 meters away from the eight Elf Mages by the central altar.

This distance was enough for Xia Duo to drag them into a close-quarters, Element-level struggle.

And almost the instant Xia Duo appeared, an invisible field descended suddenly, taking effect before he could even react.

However, this spell forcibly suppressed a large area of the Magic Net, and the Magic Net itself was not "willing" to remain in such a state for long. Under normal conditions, the Magic Net's strings are always in a state of motion and change.

Various spells also rely on the change and motion of the Magic Net Strings.

In reality, this powerful Spell Suppression Field only existed for an instant. In that instant, the two Protective Spells Xia Duo had hastily cast before teleporting were "killed" before they could even be of use, but even that single instant gave him time to react.

Especially with spells stored in the Magic Net, they could be summoned with a thought, requiring no spellcasting process—they were almost instantaneous.

And Xia Duo had prepared various emergency spells needed for going out on the very day he left Seventon, with the 【Anti-Magic Field】 naturally ranked first.

Regarding physical attacks, Xia Duo's physical fitness after several Bloodline Awakenings far exceeded that of ordinary people, enough for him to react and dodge; only direct magical attacks would be difficult for him to handle.

Sure enough, these Elf Mages had never thought of using physical attack spells to strike him, but had instead prepared a Restriction Spell that locked onto an individual.

Xia Duo recognized the spell they were using; it was a very classic Elf Magic—【Flesh Curse】, specifically targeting flesh-and-blood life. Once struck, one would be almost like being petrified, the body becoming rigid, and even consciousness would become very sluggish.

For a Spellcaster, the physical impact is secondary—as long as it does not affect spellcasting, it is not a big problem—but the impact on consciousness is fatal.

Having encountered this Restriction Spell prepared in advance by the Elf Mages just as the teleportation ended, if Xia Duo had been given a little more reaction time, perhaps he could have dismantled it more calmly.

But now, there was only the 【Anti-Magic Field】 to hold it off.

Within the 【Anti-Magic Field】, even Xia Duo's own spells could not take effect, but that did not hinder him from expanding his Arcane Fire and constructing his own exclusive spellcasting environment.

At the same time, the 【Anti-Magic Field】 had no restrictions on the will, which meant—

As long as the Spell Source Point was constructed outside the Anti-Magic Field, it would not affect spellcasting; as long as the target of the spell was not within the field, it would not affect the actual effect of the spell.

This meant that Xia Duo could maintain his normal spellcasting ability while fighting Mages under the protection of magic immunity. Any opponent with a slightly rigid mind would likely fall into despair immediately.

But at this time, these Elf Mages in the Green Vine Ancestral Spirit Hall were considered experienced. When they discovered that the 【Flesh Curse】 had no effect and that the curse was blocked along the channel where it took effect via the Magic Net, they immediately realized the state Xia Duo was in.

Before Xia Duo could even charge forward, a Force Wall, also nearly instantaneous, blocked his path.