Chapter 1584: Auxiliary Nodes, Spellcasting via Avatar

With the previous explanation, Niya quickly understood what she truly needed to do and what goals she needed to achieve.

Next, the two split up; Niya remained on the Vacuum Side to first produce several previous versions of the Arcane Crystal Extractor for emergency use, and then design an extractor with higher power.

Xia Duo, meanwhile, arrived at the water area of the Blue Crystal Plane to begin determining the spellcasting position and the transformation target.

After a simple comparison, he ultimately chose a water area far from Murloc Island; looking from his current position, Murloc Island appeared like a gray leaf about an inch long hanging in the infinite distance.

The main body of the Floating City he intended to create next was far smaller than Murloc Island, so it was conceivable that the commotion on his side would likely not be noticed by the murlocs on Murloc Island.

The closer to Murloc Island, the more complex the water composition became, while the further away from Murloc Island, the more the water tended toward pure water.

Xia Duo did not consider water composition when designing the spell, but it was clear that the closer to pure water, the higher the transformation efficiency, and the resulting stone would also be more level and stable.

Having chosen the location, the next step was to mark the Spellcasting Nodes.

This was an auxiliary spellcasting step Xia Duo borrowed from Elven Magic; in the Elf World, high-level Mages generally set up auxiliary nodes related to spell elements in advance when casting large-scale spells.

Moreover, to maximize the reduction of spellcasting difficulty, those auxiliary nodes were almost powerful Magic Items, with main forms including materialized Magic Arrays, altars, and even auxiliary spellcasting personnel.

Xia Duo did not have that much spare money to waste, and Netheril Magic and Elven Magic were not the same in terms of spellcasting details; what he needed more were Virtual Nodes used for prompts, rather than auxiliary nodes capable of actually participating in spellcasting.

That is why it is called "marking," not "building."

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Xia Duo started from the first marked "a1" spellcasting position and began to lay down bright rays; these rays were merely light-and-shadow virtual images and possessed no power.

Because the spellcasting difficulty of this spell was very high, it would be difficult for Xia Duo to spare the energy to trace his memory while casting later, and unlike the tense situation when raiding the Elves in Seventon before, he had enough time to prepare various auxiliary measures.

Soon, the "a1" position was shrouded in a "cage" composed of layers upon layers of bright light rays.

Next, Xia Duo lost no time in extending six long positioning lines from the "a1" position; these would be the trajectories for the spell projection, which would need to be used in conjunction with the Perception Field when the time came.

And at the other end of these six positioning lines, the straight lines began to twist, combining in pairs to construct a regular circle, and these three large circles intersected each other, roughly forming a spherical structure with a unified center.

This was the true birthplace of the Floating City—the "a3" construction site; as for "a2," it relied on the already-formed "a3" and was an independent, large-scale Perception Field on the outside.

Although Transformation Magic could be perfectly woven at the Spell Source Point and would not have too many variables after being projected, Xia Duo knew deeply that a blueprint is a blueprint, and a finished product is a finished product.

The saying "a miss is as good as a mile" was most appropriate here.

Ordinary spellcasting affects a range of no more than a few meters or hundreds of meters, but what Xia Duo wanted to create now was a large building with a diameter of over two kilometers; no matter how perfect the Spell Source Point was, as long as there was the slightest deviation in the projection process, the subsequent finished product might be hard to look at.

Xia Duo was not completing the spellcasting with the attitude of casting a spell at this moment, but with the attitude of manufacturing an industrial product; thus, clear requirements and standards were needed before, during, and after the spellcasting.

About an hour later, all the auxiliary nodes for the "a3" construction site were marked; compared to the Spell Source Point auxiliary node marking at the "a1" spellcasting position, although the former was simpler in principle, it took twice as long as the latter.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Duo marked an observation point near the "a1" spellcasting position and then notified Niya.

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"Wow! Is that the Floating City over there? It's so big!"

After Niya arrived, she was immediately stunned by the intricate bright light lines in the "a3" construction site area and asked repeatedly: "When will it start? I can't wait to see the finished product."

Xia Duo calculated the time; there were still more than ten minutes until the optimal spellcasting time. "Don't be impatient, wait a little longer."

"Then how long do I have to wait?"

"See the colorful lines changing over there?" Xia Duo pointed to the time marker he had deliberately left at the "a1" spellcasting position and said to Niya: "When it disappears, I will start casting the spell."

Next, Xia Duo introduced his set of spellcasting auxiliary measures to Niya, and when the colorful lines began to strobe, Niya, who had been watching that side, immediately reminded Xia Duo: "Look there, is it about to disappear?"

"Yes, I'm going over. You stay at the observation point and don't move around. By the way, don't be too surprised no matter what you see later."

Xia Duo gave a reminder and arrived at the preset spellcasting position, then his body moved and transformed into a mass of pure water, merging with the pure water of the surrounding water area; except for some light refraction distortion, almost no difference could be seen.

Freed from his human form, he also seemed to be freed from human desires; in this state, Xia Duo's heart was calm, allowing him to cast complex spells with greater focus.

Of course, Huashanshuiliu had another benefit, which was not having to worry about drowning due to the failure of the Plane Attunement spell during the casting.

At this moment, Xia Duo was water, and how could water drown in water!

This was his best home field!

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Watching the colorful lines strobe and change, Xia Duo knew it was time to start, but what he cast first was not the Transformation Magic he had fully prepared for, but a Scrying spell.

The moment the spell was completed, he gained an extra perspective, which was the "a2" Perception Field that relied on the "a3" construction site but had only just been completed.

Subsequently, Xia Duo counted silently "1, 2, 3," and the colorful lines disappeared, leaving behind a small, slightly flickering dot; seeing this light spot appear, Xia Duo began to officially cast the spell, and the Spell Source Point was at the small dot that appeared after the colorful lines vanished.

Subsequently, the bright light rays around the "a1" spellcasting position where Xia Duo was located began to change, with rays continuously shooting into the Spell Source Point from all directions and in various postures; this had no effect on the spell itself.

But for Xia Duo, it was an out-and-out spellcasting prompter; he only needed to construct the appropriate Spell Elements in time according to the Indication of the incoming bright light rays.

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As the Spell Source Point was constructed bit by bit, a large amount of Magic Net String gathered, emitting a dazzling Magic Aura, but the spell aura and normal light were not in the same perspective.

Or rather, Xia Duo could distinguish the difference between the two at the same time.

The appearance of the Magic Aura did not have any adverse effect on Xia Duo's spellcasting; on the contrary, this increasingly strong aura gave Xia Duo a hint, which was—

He had not made any mistakes!

Continue!

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