Chapter 1865: Mutation

Originally, Ougesi still felt that Asuosi might be overly sensitive, but now, seeing the community herbalist below arguing incessantly with Lakelaisi, he also felt the other party was somewhat suspicious.

Subsequently, he controlled his figure to fly downward, preparing to handle this matter personally.

On the other side, Xia Duo and Saijisi remained above the shifting Node where a wave of Positive Energy was erupting, discussing how to properly handle this accident.

"I think we can 【handle it】 outside the Node—"

Just as Xia Duo opened his mouth, an angry shout came from below; he subconsciously cast his gaze over and saw a strong Magic Aura erupt in the direction Ougesi had just descended.

Immediately following, but this Magic Aura did not last long before it was shattered by a strange, spell-breaking force; Xia Duo saw that Sailuo, who had originally appeared as a gentle Wood Elf, had transformed into a baring-fanged demon.

Surging Magic Energy radiated continuously from his body, and by this time, the area around him had already cleared out; even further away, the community residents who had originally gathered to plead with Lakelaisi were disappearing in droves.

"Something happened below, let's discuss it later, go help first!"

Xia Duo said this and immediately flew downward; as he entered the eruption range of the shifting Node, the surging waves of Positive Energy constantly impacting outward automatically parted to both sides.

After he entered, they automatically closed back up.

Although Xia Duo was only an avatar at this moment, it was sufficiently real—so real that even the bit of bloodline ability that Xilin's main body inherited from Xia Duo's true main body via projection was inherited as well.

At this time, the Positive Energy environment had turned into his home field; casting spells here not only faced no interference, but was even easier than usual.

Of course, this was merely an advantage of the external environment; if one was not capable oneself, then there was no helping it.

Xia Duo was clearly capable; the moment he made contact with the battle, he communicated with Ougesi and took over the control of the surrounding Teleportation Spells.

Having had experience fighting Demon Descendants in the Main Plane, as well as some information from Gulite's memories, Xia Duo had an understanding of the Demon Descendants' Spell Breaking Qinen—that is, Magic Energy—that exceeded that of ordinary people.

Afterward, he provided assistance from outside the battle, casting spells to limit the mobility of the demon Sailuo had transformed into; although this had little effect, he could analyze and reverse-engineer the attributes of the other party's Magic Energy based on the spell-breaking details of their Magic Energy.

As for Saijisi, he had also arrived beside Xia Duo by this time; he did not directly participate in the battle either, but instead assisted Ougesi in continuously teleporting and transferring the residents on the periphery of the conflict.

Of course, this also required communication with Xia Duo, having Xia Duo reserve an exclusive teleportation "line" for him.

In between casting spells, Xia Duo asked Saijisi: "Have you notified the other Elders?"

"They have been notified; the Eye of Fear is nearby, and the other Elders have their own things to do. If the situation becomes dire, they will come over as well."

"That's good!"

Although Xia Duo did not believe the demon Sailuo had transformed into could slip away from the hands of three high-level Mages, Demon Descendants were, after all, unfamiliar things, and accidents were bound to happen; naturally, the more prepared one was, the more secure it would be.

Of course, this was also because Ougesi wanted to capture the other party alive; if it were just to kill or Banish them, it wouldn't need to be so troublesome.

Just as Xia Duo was estimating when Ougesi would be able to take the other party down, Ougesi suddenly shouted: "Go to Golden Morning Plaza, there is a change there!"

Golden Morning Plaza?

Isn't that the closest plaza to here?

At the same time, that plaza was also the place where Ougesi and Saijisi were teleporting and transferring the Jinqiangwei residents; what kind of change could happen there?

Xia Duo's heart stirred, and he increased his altitude slightly, just in time to see that a change had already occurred among the residents on the outer periphery of the community who hadn't been transferred yet—or more accurately—it was a mutation!

Many Elves suddenly sprouted demonic features: some had asymmetrical fleshy wings similar to bat wings, some had ferocious sharp horns on their heads, and some had bodies that swelled and grew pustules or horny skin.

This sudden physical mutation was not something ordinary living beings could accept; besides the stimulation from the fearful and hateful gazes around them, perhaps there was also induction originating from bloodline instinct.

This caused every mutated individual Xia Duo saw, after experiencing a little bit of resistance at the beginning of the mutation, to quickly turn toward corruption, beginning to attack their surrounding companions, neighbors, and even family members.

"Damn it!"

Xia Duo expressed sympathy for the origin of the Demon Descendant Elves and the experiences they had, but sympathy did not mean he agreed with all their actions.

Especially this kind of violent terrorist behavior that used harming Commoners as a means, which made Xia Duo feel even more disdain.

"Saijisi, you go to Golden Morning Plaza first, I will follow shortly; do not kill the contaminated mutated individuals yet, control them, I will come to see if I can restore them."

"I understand."

Although Saijisi did not think highly of Asuosi's idea, he still held a glimmer of hope; if possible, he did not want to wantonly kill Commoners.

After Saijisi left, Xia Duo did not personally go to the outer periphery of the Jinqiangwei Community, but instead manifested a bit of a Projection and flew outward, while he himself remained on the edge of the battle between Ougesi and Sailuo, continuing to provide assistance.

As an avatar of an avatar, the bit of Projection Xia Duo sent to the outer periphery of the Jinqiangwei Community was undoubtedly also capable of casting spells.

It was just that Xia Duo currently could not cast spells in multiple places simultaneously, and at the same time, his Perception was divided into two parts (actually three parts, the Perception left on Xilin's main body was extremely weak and could be ignored).

This caused his perception of the battle between Ougesi and Sailuo to be slightly diminished, but fortunately, he was only providing assistance, not acting as the main attacker; as long as he maintained control over the Communication Spell, that was the greatest help to Ougesi.

The work of analyzing Sailuo's Magic Energy attributes could be delayed for a moment; let's deal with the Elves mutated by contamination first.

Outer periphery of the Jinqiangwei Community.

Xia Duo's bit of Projection flew over rapidly; he hadn't arrived too late. Although the mutated Elves had already begun to attack the normal Elves around them, the thoughts of these mutated individuals seemed to have been greatly interfered with, and they could not think normally.

Their methods of attack were limited to pouncing, biting, ramming, and clawing; except for a few Elves who were worried about their families and unwilling to dodge, resulting in them being injured by the mutated individuals, almost none of the other Elves were injured.

"All of you, stop!"

As soon as Xia Duo arrived, he used his voice as a carrier to cast 【Mind Spell · Stun】, targeting those mutated Elves.

Influenced by the Mind Spell, the movements of those mutated Elves slowed down significantly, and a few even stopped moving entirely.

Under these circumstances, even if their own relatives had mutated and they were unwilling to give up, as long as those normal Elves were careful, they could control the mutated individuals without worrying about being harmed.