Chapter 1545: Fuzzy Positioning, Accidental Rescue

Xia Duo believes that once he reaches a relatively stable place and carefully traces his subconscious, he will certainly be able to find clearer evidence for comparing his subconscious information.

But for now, he can ask Iolum: "Teacher, does the Tower Spirit have anything to do with psionics?"

"Hmm?"

Iolum raised an eyebrow, "To associate it with psionics so quickly, it seems it was the right decision to let you go to Evereska last time. We Arcanists must have broad horizons!"

"The Tower Spirit was indeed related to psionics at the beginning, but now I can tell you with certainty that it is a complete product of Netheril Magic!"

Then how exactly was it done?

Xia Duo could not fathom it, but since Iolum was unwilling to break his agreement with the Seven Towers, he could only bury this question in his heart for the time being.

However, he had already decided that once he got out of here, he would spread the word that he wanted to build a new Mage Tower; perhaps he wouldn't even need to search actively, and the Seven Towers would come to him to promote themselves.

As for who to choose, he would need to pick carefully. Xia Duo was more inclined toward Jilan Tower, which had requests of him; perhaps he could directly obtain some secrets regarding the Tower Spirit.

As for now, he should still catch some Twisted Phantom Cores. No matter how the technology evolves in the future, as far as the current situation is concerned, the core carrier of the Tower Spirit is something that cannot be bypassed.

Mage Towers need it, and Floating Cities certainly can use it, or perhaps need it even more.

At the thought of this, Xia Duo's eyes shone brightly. Judging from Iolum's performance, this thing is probably not easy to encounter under normal circumstances, so he must not let this opportunity slip by.

……

After flying for several more kilometers intermittently, Xia Duo could not help but feel a bit restless, "Teacher, have you not found it yet?"

"Not yet."

Iolum shook his head, and after carefully perceiving for a while, he continued to fly forward, explaining to Xia Duo as he flew: "Twisted Phantom Cores are not easy to obtain. Even if one searches deep into the Ether Plane, the cycle is calculated in months at the very least. However, as long as one can be found, there is a high probability that there will be more nearby. Rest assured, they cannot run away here."

Xia Duo really wanted to say that besides the one he caught, he had also killed one. If there were only two Twisted Phantoms in this Ether Overlap Region, then they were currently wasting time.

Just as he was hesitating whether to bring this up, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Xia Duo's heart, like intuition, yet different from intuition.

"Teacher—"

Just as Xia Duo opened his mouth, he saw Iolum dive toward the lower diagonal. Even if he were slow-witted, he would know what had happened in this situation.

But how did he judge the target's position based solely on the strange feeling that appeared in his telepathy? Xia Duo sighed that he still had too much to learn.

However, after chasing Iolum and diving downward for a while, the strange feeling in Xia Duo's heart began to change. No, to be more precise, it should be that the feeling gradually changed as he moved, only that the change was large enough for him to feel it.

Since Iolum had found the target, Xia Duo did not intend to compete with him. After chasing for a distance, he began to change direction, and with this change, his telepathy changed again.

Moreover, because Xia Duo focused on more targeted focal perception this time, every slight change in that strange feeling was fully revealed in his heart.

After changing direction several times like this, Xia Duo gradually established an imaginary Perception Field in his heart, in which he vaguely located the area where the target was.

However, as the distance closed, the fuzzy positioning would gradually become clear.

And Xia Duo had a premonition that for a target perceived once like this, there should be more obvious signs the next time it is perceived.

No wonder Iolum was able to discover and confirm the other party's position a step ahead of him!

……

After landing on the ground, Xia Duo did not find the Twisted Phantom, and here, besides Iolum, there was actually another person, although this person's current state might not be very good.

Although this area overlapped with the Ether Plane, the Magic Net environment was still chaotic, and Haichenisi was only an ordinary Archmage.

To walk here, one could only use their own will to forcibly smooth out the chaotic Magic Net, which was almost like casting spells continuously without a moment's rest; even an Archmage was unlikely to venture this deep.

The only answer was the Lan Bai Xing Holy Emblem hanging on Haichenisi's neck. At this moment, the Holy Emblem shone brightly, illuminating a small area around him; all the Magic Net within this area would be automatically smoothed out.

And this smoothing did not seem to affect Spellcasting, but Haichenisi might not have had much achievement in mental spells, and perhaps he had not prepared many protective items related to them.

Once encountering a Twisted Phantom proficient in mental spells, he might suffer a great loss if caught off guard.

The person Xia Duo saw at this moment was constantly pounding his head with his right hand, and the force was so heavy that a normal person would probably have given themselves a concussion.

"Teacher, is Councilor Haichenisi alright?"

"He was almost occupied by the Twisted Phantom's mind; fortunately, I arrived in time."

"Then he is now—"

"The aftereffects of consciousness damage, but I have already used the Twisted Phantom Core I just harvested for him; there shouldn't be any problems."

Although he said so, Iolum's face still showed an expression of unbearable worry. Xia Duo had originally wanted to ask how to use the Twisted Phantom Core and about the Lan Bai Xing Holy Emblem, but seeing Iolum's appearance, he could not bring himself to ask.

A moment later, the movement of Haichenisi's right hand pounding his head gradually slowed down, finally turning into holding his head with both hands and rubbing it heavily, and the rubbing movement became lighter and lighter.

Seeing this, the worry on Iolum's face dissipated by more than half, and he asked: "How is it? Can you still move?"

"Much better, moving should be no problem. If it weren't for the President, I'm afraid—" Haichenisi said with a lingering fear.

"By the way, President, an Elf snuck in from outside just now."

"It has already been dealt with, no need to worry. What does the Seven Towers have to say about this anomaly in the Arcane Union?"

"This—" Haichenisi glanced at Iolum, stammering as if he dared not speak clearly.

"Speak, can't I guess what those few can say?"

"Yes, except for the two lords Badijiaer and Lander who have not yet expressed their stance, the others have all expressed dissatisfaction with the President."

Haichenisi's words were still somewhat tactful. Seeing that Iolum did not speak, he continued: "Regarding whether to rescue, their opinions are also inconsistent. In addition, the Ambassador of Illefarn has also come to the Headquarters, and said that he feels worried about the current situation."

"What about the side of Cormanthyr? Have they been quiet?"

"Yes, the Ambassador of Cormanthyr and that investigator from the Northland Alliance have also arrived at the Headquarters, and have been wanting to come in to investigate, but they were blocked by the Seven Towers, so they haven't come in."