Chapter 1855: Magic-Suppressing Headband, Lady Mailuowei

Of course, this does not mean that spells related to the soul and consciousness pose no threat to him at all; the actual threat has not decreased by much.

It is just that being in the Projection Plane is, after all, not Reality; as long as one withdraws in time before being affected by the relevant spells, it will not cause any serious impact on the true self, amounting to nothing more than a bit of psychological frustration.

At the same time, because the projection body is originally another individual in the Projection Plane and only a tiny bit of Reality comes from Xia Duo, even if someone were to imprison Xia Duo (Xilin), they would be unable to obtain his true Consciousness Copy, only Xilin's.

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After determining that the so-called "Chong Zhi Shi Jian" of the Consciousness Cage was merely the re-creation of a new Consciousness Copy, and that Gulite's consciousness within the cage was just a type of artificial intelligence without a self.

Xia Duo no longer had the initial, desperate desire to completely analyze the Consciousness Cage; although it still contained many ingenious ideas, for him, having already clarified the Principles, there were no longer any insurmountable boundaries to redesigning it.

Therefore, he no longer attempted to analyze the Scrying data regarding the operation of the Consciousness Cage, merely recording it instead, and freed up more energy to specifically implement a "wall-breaking" on Gulite.

New copy, Prison Illusion.

Xia Duo appeared once again, but his image was that of a Gold Elf shrouded in a black robe; the moment he saw Gulite, he began attempting to crack the Jinjufazhen used to imprison the other party.

At the same time, he also knew the principle that saying too much leads to mistakes; although he could restart, the number of restarts was limited. After entering the illusion, he only said to the other party, "I am here to save you," and then remained silent.

In order to stimulate Gulite, Xia Duo deliberately made some noise while attempting the "rescue," such as letting the Jinjufazhen discharge electricity to shock Gulite during the cracking process.

Although all of this was an illusion, Gulite did not know that; to him, every experience was incomparably real.

However, there were things in the illusion that could not deceive the other party, namely Spellcasting ability, but as long as he did not attempt to let the other party recover their Spellcasting ability, no flaws would be revealed.

In any case, things like the Magic-Suppressing Headband were not rare, and they could not be cracked by force; he figured Gulite would be able to understand that.

Just like that, Xia Duo busied himself without a word; although he stimulated Gulite from time to time, the progress of the cracking was almost visible to the naked eye, and in almost no time at all, Gulite's neck could turn left and right.

Perhaps seeing the hope of survival, Gulite could not help but start talking to Xia Duo, but Xia Duo still did not make a sound, just burying his head in his work.

"Hey, who exactly are you? Speak!"

Gulite's words already revealed a trace of impatience; if his upper body had not already begun to gradually revive, he would have really suspected that the other party was toying with him.

"It's fine if you don't talk, but can you remove the Magic-Suppressing Headband for me first?"

Seeing that the dawn of escape was in sight, although he did not know how the other party managed it, Gulite was clearly unwilling to give up this hope.

Only then did Xia Duo follow the other party's words and say, "I am not confident I can undo the Magic-Suppressing Headband; if you want, I can also forcibly remove it."

"Don't, absolutely don't!"

Gulite was immediately startled by Xia Duo's words and spoke up to stop him at once—who would want to die if they could live! At the same time, he repeated his previous question:

"Who are you? How did you get here?"

Regarding this question, Xia Duo knew that if he did not answer, the other party would likely become suspicious, but an answer did not necessarily have to be a direct one. After a moment of thought, he decided to bluff the other side:

"Lady Mailuowei hired me to kill you, but the higher-ups ordered me to save you!"

Lady Mailuowei was the student and lover of the contemporary Crown King of Wuweilun in this Projection Plane, and of course, she was also the next Crown King of Wuweilun in the Main Plane and in 【Cormanthor Birth】.

Gulite's faction attempted to harm Crown King Wuweilun; analyzing the results from other planes, Lady Mailuowei was highly likely the greatest beneficiary of this incident, or even the mastermind.

And from the fact that Wuweilun was ultimately destroyed, it could be inferred that Lady Mailuowei was likely not stupid enough to self-destruct; that is to say, Lady Mailuowei and the faction that wiped out Wuweilun were not the same group.

Previously, Xia Duo suspected that the Demon Descendant Elves were the culprits behind the destruction of Wuweilun, and now this mysterious faction of Gulite's was also very likely to be Demon Descendants.

Then Xia Duo could fully speculate that perhaps the Demon Descendant Elves and Lady Mailuowei conspired to kill the contemporary Crown King of Wuweilun, Yintewa, and later, due to some reason, a disagreement or even hatred arose, and the Demon Descendant Elves wiped out Wuweilun.

And Gulite's subsequent reaction confirmed Xia Duo's speculation to a certain extent—

"That bitch actually dared to kill me!"

Immediately following this, a large amount of foul language that had appeared in the previous copy poured out from Gulite's mouth again; seeing this, Xia Duo felt certain in his heart.

As long as he had this, he could at least have a say over at Wuweilun's side, though the principle that "a distant relative cannot come between close ones" also applied in Elf society; Xia Duo was not clear about the exact relationship between Crown King Yintewa and Lady Mailuowei.

Therefore, he still wanted to find a more lethal point.

Thus, while Gulite was still cursing incessantly, Xia Duo tore off the black robe disguise on his body, first revealing the image of an unremarkable Gold Elf, but then rapidly transforming into the image of the Demon Descendant Elf he had seen in the Main Plane—bearing multiple demonic features!

This scene truly shocked Gulite, but Xia Duo happened to cut in before the other party could open their mouth to ask or question, saying: "There is no time, the Warning Magic I set up outside has been triggered; now I can only use this method to forcibly break the Jinjufazhen."

As he spoke, Xia Duo once again "summoned" a Blazing Longsword, exactly the same as the one in the hands of the Demon Descendant Elf in the mysterious organization's base in the Main Plane.

Although it was just for show, it was not a problem to deceive Gulite in the illusion; in fact, when Gulite saw him in this guise, the fact that he did not immediately express disgust spoke volumes!

But Xia Duo still wanted to obtain more information about the Demon Descendant Elves from Gulite, such as their origins, organization, power, and so on.

After breaking the Jinjufazhen, under Xia Duo's control, Gulite immediately collapsed to the ground. Xia Duo feigned concern and asked: "Can you still move? If you are like this, I cannot guarantee I can bring you back alive."

Having said that, Xia Duo made a move to help Gulite up, but Gulite, under the temptation of life, gritted his teeth and refused: "Wait, let me try to stimulate my bloodline again; you use Magic Energy to strike the Magic-Suppressing Headband in coordination with me!"

Although the identity of the organization member before him remained to be verified, the other party's special bloodline and Magic Energy anomalies provided him with sufficient trust.

If he could, Gulite did not want to die; he was not a fool like Nade, and if it weren't for the fact that Demon Descendant bloodlines could not see the light of day in the Elf World, he would have been ready to surrender the moment he was captured.