Chapter 2214: Consciousness Defense Training

Although there were quite a few books in the Kuangfeng Baolei Library, they could not withstand the continuous scanning of a "human scanner," and before long, Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time with a full harvest.

Next, he did not immediately begin learning Calimshani, but merely used the linguistic clues in Mohawi's consciousness to search for useful information within the memories he had just "scanned."

Language could be learned slowly later; what was most important now was determining whether those books contained any means of guarding against attacks on the Mental Image World.

The answer was—yes!

He discovered this much sooner than Xia Duo had expected; aside from the fact that accessing the linguistic clues in Mohawi's consciousness was simpler than he had imagined, the main reason was that he had found a catalog-style record book among that pile of books.

It recorded most of the collection in that small library, which included quite a bit of intelligence regarding Zhamu Dasi.

This saved Xia Duo a great deal of time, and among that intelligence regarding Zhamu Dasi, Xia Duo found a potential means of protecting the Mental Image World—

An existence known as a 【Spirit Amulet】.

The intelligence contained only a single sentence regarding this: "A Psionic Master's illusion attacks must be resisted with a Spirit Amulet." If Xia Duo had been normally organizing this library's collection, he might not have paid attention to such a simple description.

But he had come specifically for the Psionic Master's Mental Image World attacks; although the intelligence did not explicitly mention "Mental Image World," being able to block psionic illusions meant it would basically be effective against the Mental Image World.

Even if it didn't work, it wouldn't hinder Xia Duo from trying; now, he did not want to give up on any clue whatsoever.

Thus, he searched the catalog again, found books related to the crafting of Magic Artifacts, and very easily obtained the method for crafting a Spirit Amulet from them.

As the name implies, it is a type of amulet crafted using Elemental Essence as the primary material.

Xia Duo translated and organized the specific crafting steps in their entirety, and in the process, he also gained a rough understanding of the Principles of the Spirit Amulet.

It was not complex; in essence, it involved using an Elemental Essence that matched one's own bloodline attributes to take the place of oneself in bearing various attacks directed at the soul, including but not limited to the Mental Image World.

Elemental Creatures basically have no lifespan limitations, and the vast majority of Elemental Creatures live their lives in a muddled state, basically never developing high-level Wisdom; no matter how long they stay in the Mental Image World, they will never feel bored.

They can drag the Mental Image World down until it collapses.

This was also the most "orthodox" method of escaping the Mental Image World that Xia Duo had thought of at the time, but he was a human after all and could not be as simple as an Elemental Creature; his consciousness was still far from reaching the level where it could withstand the wanton Baptism of time.

Therefore, at the time, he had never even considered using this "orthodox" but relatively passive method for humans to escape the Mental Image World.

However, seeing this Spirit Amulet, Xia Duo was suddenly inspired; perhaps he could let a smart brain or a specially crafted Consciousness Copy bear the soul attacks in his stead.

A Spirit Amulet is, of course, a relatively mature means of protection, but a Spirit Amulet needs to be used in conjunction with one's own bloodline to mislead the locking at the soul level. Xia Duo himself had a bloodline, so that was no problem, but Niya could not.

Moreover, others in the Territory might need them too; although the Spirit Amulet technology was mature, its versatility was lacking somewhat.

"So, I still need to use a Consciousness Copy to craft a substitute amulet!" Xia Duo sighed inwardly.

Involving a Consciousness Copy meant this was not a simple project.

One must ensure that the Consciousness Copy acting as a substitute maintains sufficient correlation with the main body to be able to "attract" the enemy's attacks, while at the same time, it cannot carry too much information related to the main body; otherwise, there would be no great difference between this and the main body being attacked.

"Regardless, let's make a Spirit Amulet first to test the effect!"

Xia Duo was always a man of action, and he immediately began to act. The Tower of Time had ready-made Elemental Essence from the previous collection at Kuangfeng Baolei, and for other materials, he only needed Mithril, which the Tower of Time was not short of either.

Before long, a Mithril Ring covered in patterns and nearly hollowed out appeared before Xia Duo. Of course, this was not yet the finished amulet, and this Mithril ring only looked like a ring; in fact, it was not.

Next, Xia Duo took out a sealed Elemental Essence. Its exterior was a regular white Gemstone, and inside, it seemed to have an independent space where a miniature wind vortex was slowly rotating.

It looked somewhat miraculous, yet not that miraculous, until Xia Duo broke the seal. The Gemstone's body dissipated, and a droplet-shaped existence flickering with white spiritual light floated slowly from his hand, carrying wisps of breeze.

The light pulsed as if a living thing were breathing, and in Xia Duo's Perception, the unsealed Elemental Essence was like a sleeping consciousness; it seemed that it could be awakened with just a slight stimulus.

But at the same time, he instinctively felt that he could exert limited control over this existence before him. As this thought arose, that droplet-shaped existence indeed flew about the Laboratory under Xia Duo's control.

Finally, it landed in the center of the newly crafted Mithril Ring and hovered there quietly. Seeing this scene, Xia Duo hesitated for a moment, took out an Adamantine Knife, and slashed hard across his palm.

But the instinct for survival still made him subconsciously open the main body's Protection; the knife tip was blocked by an invisible Force Field before it could even pierce within a finger's breadth of his skin.

"I didn't expect that after Bloodline Awakening reached this point, it wouldn't be easy to hurt myself."

After casually muttering this, Xia Duo began to adjust his consciousness, using his Conscious Mind to drive the instinct of his Subconscious, and deactivated the Force Field protection on his palm. The next moment, the Adamantine Knife pierced into his palm with almost no resistance.

With a light slash, fresh blood immediately flowed out along the blade. Under Xia Duo's control, that wisp of blood did not drip onto the floor but flew upward, winding itself around the Mithril Ring that had been inhabited by the Elemental Essence.

Not until all the patterns on the Mithril Ring were filled did Xia Duo pull out the knife. The wound on his palm healed rapidly, and this also led him to discover a new ability he had never noticed before.

Come to think of it, this should be the first time he had suffered a physical injury since becoming an Official Mage, and it was even self-inflicted; if not for this, he might never have had the chance to discover it!

Just as Xia Duo was feeling emotional, changes also occurred on the side of the Mithril Ring. As all the patterns were filled with Xia Duo's blood, the Elemental Essence that had been quietly hovering in the middle of the ring began to fluctuate in light without Xia Duo's control.

As the amplitude of the fluctuations grew larger and larger, it finally made contact with the ring itself.

The next moment, light burst forth. It was not just a large amount of white light under normal vision; in Magic Vision, the Mithril Ring, driven by the Elemental Essence in the center, also rapidly Linked to the Magic Web. A large number of Magic Net Strings wrapped around it, not only enveloping the Mithril Ring but also re-sealing the Elemental Essence within.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo was stunned for a few seconds, then fell into ecstasy. It was not because of the Spirit Amulet, but because this scene before him was exactly the quasi-Magic Item automatically linking to the Magic Web that he had been longing for!

This was not an automatic connection within an Arcane Energy Field, but an automatic connection in a normal Magic Web environment; the significance was completely different. Thinking deeply into it, Xia Duo could not help but have his breathing quicken a little.