Chapter 2906: Revisiting Old Grounds, Directly Using a Cheat

With a mysterious person and the signal guidance, Xia Duo was almost one hundred percent certain that it was the Demon Descendants conducting a ritual; he just hadn't expected them to choose a secret base that had already been exposed in the past.

Was this an attempt to play "darkness under the lamp," or was that place truly a geomantically auspicious site?

But regardless, the time was still early, and two operations could easily dismantle both rituals in one go, so Xia Duo immediately issued the order—

"Operation begins. Follow my instructions to cast for collective teleportation."

Because the current operation team had undergone sufficient integration, there were only twenty-some spellcasters in total, and these spellcasters were at least senior mages within the Elven Magic System.

Any one of the spellcasters could have brought the entire operation team to the target area, but Xia Duo still required coordinated casting, counting it as the final drill before direct contact with the Demon Descendants.

And the content of the drill was a teleportation spell, which was simple enough for spellcasters of this level; naturally, no accidents occurred.

However, direct teleportation still seemed slightly reckless. In the casting instructions provided, Xia Duo had mixed in elements of scrying spells alongside the teleportation spell; this was the benefit of coordinated casting.

If it were one person, they would basically have to cast one spell after another; it was almost impossible to start several spells simultaneously because one person could basically only control one spell source point.

Coordinated casting theoretically allowed for as many spell source points as there were participants, but normally, for a spellcasting team of about twenty people, controlling four or five at once was considered the limit.

If one really wanted twenty spells to proceed simultaneously, then why not have twenty spellcasters cast separately?

Instead, one per person, and it wouldn't even lead to confusion! After all, coordinated casting requires cooperation; no matter how high the theoretical limit is, if it cannot be reached, it is as good as nothing.

……

Outside the ruins of the Demon-born Secret Base in the Ansai Mountains, a point of light suddenly flashed, just like dropping a tiny pebble into a rushing river.

Although it splashed out ripples, under the cover of the rushing tide, unless one observed deliberately and very meticulously, one would not notice any signs at all.

This was the perception field projected by Xia Duo's team; it looked unremarkable, but its effectiveness was not reduced in the slightest. In just an instant, Xia Duo synchronized the detection results of the perception field to the spirit thought network—

"There are no magic traces in the target area. An elf is hiding in a tree 500 meters to the southwest, bearing the mark of an Alliance field agent; they should be a scout from a nearby secret Alliance outpost.

"Behind a rock fifteen meters to the west, there is a caravan resting, but it is impossible for all members of a normal caravan to possess high-quality magic artifacts. If nothing goes wrong, they should be guards placed outside by the Demon Descendants.

"This Demon-born base had what needed to be dismantled dismantled, and what needed to be destroyed destroyed. Now, the light fluctuations inside are intense, which does not match past records. Even if they aren't Demon Descendants, they are definitely some conspirators; taking them down directly will not be a problem.

"Looking at the light intensity and the characteristics of the magic net oscillation, there are at least ten senior or higher spellcasters inside. The spell circle of the ritual in progress is judged to be 9th Circle. This is clearly premeditated; reaching the 10th Circle standard would trigger the Alliance's metamagic warning.

"Clearly, the spellcasters inside do not want the Alliance to know what they are doing!"

The information synchronization was completed, and the next moment the teleportation was also completed. After the space in the target area blurred for an instant, twenty-some figures suddenly appeared.

After teleporting to the target area, Xia Duo scanned the surrounding environment, and memories of the past surfaced instantly. This Demon-born base was the one he, Xierdalanna, and Puman had raided to investigate the Inspiration Light Potion.

Revisiting an old place now really brought a sense of emotion!

……

However, this was not the time for sentimentality; it was better to focus on the main business.

But next, Xia Duo did not issue a casting command; instead, he let the other mages remain vigilant while he himself directly raised his right hand. The Thought Robe transformed into Starlight Gloves, instantly erupting with dazzling magic aura.

The next moment, a war spell enveloped the surroundings. First, the caravan behind the rock fifteen meters west of Xia Duo's position was instantly trapped in a separated space cage, with one elf assigned to each small space.

This was the war spell 【Wide-Area Prohibition】. Besides separating space, it could also restrict teleportation. If this spell were not used, the first spell Xia Duo and the others would have to cast in coordination would be 【Forbidden Restriction】.

Otherwise, after fighting for a long time, the others could just teleport away. Even if one could track the teleportation target, the others could continue to teleport, and in this way, it was highly likely they would be lost.

Moreover, the range of 【Forbidden Restriction】 was too small, and it lacked spatial restrictions. Even if they couldn't teleport, as long as they flew out of the range of the Forbidden Restriction, they could still teleport away.

Therefore, Xia Duo chose to use a cheat, directly using a war spell to control the field. The main reason for doing so was that the time-line fluctuation signal located here had only lasted for a little over a minute until now!

With such a short amount of time, even if one completely disregarded the special nature of time-involving magic and chose normal counter-measures, it wouldn't lead to any serious consequences.

There was still another signal source to deal with later. If too much time was wasted here, not to mention whether the one behind could be handled in time, the Demon Descendants there might receive the signal from here and slip away early.

Wide-Area Prohibition only separates space, it does not divide space, and there are many types of communication spells, so it is hard to guarantee that the news won't get out.

Therefore, Xia Duo chose to use the Thought Robe without hesitation!

And besides the caravan outside, he focused his attention on those spellcasters located within the destroyed Demon-born Secret Base, with 【Wide-Area Detection】 deployed simultaneously.

Almost instantly, Xia Duo confirmed that those guys were one hundred percent Demon Descendants. Of course, "Demon Descendants" here does not necessarily mean they possess Demon Bloodline, but rather the Demon Descendant faction, Demon Descendant organization, or the Illuminati.

There were thirteen spellcasters in total; 【Wide-Area Detection】 detected the same casting elements used by the Demon Descendants in the previous Meitelier incident!

Without a doubt, this was a real site of a time-involving ritual. If the Northland Alliance did not intervene, perhaps they would have succeeded, just like the two times in Yierlan and Siluwende.

If this attempt to stop them succeeded, then the Alliance's record against the Demon Descendants regarding time-involving rituals would improve from 1:2 to a 2:2 tie. If the one on the Shaerwen border in the south could also be resolved, that would be a 3:2 slight lead!

……

Regarding the thirteen spellcasters inside the Demon-born base, Xia Duo did not counter them in a way similar to a spell duel as he did in Meitelier, but instead directly used the Thought Robe to cast a 【Spell Suppression Field】.

In just an instant, the magic net within the entire Demon-born base range was transformed from a rushing river into solid ice that was difficult for external forces to shake.

It was not a Magic Net Dead Zone, but it was better than a Magic Net Dead Zone!

After that, it was the standard procedure: separate the space and then imprison them individually. When the situation was completely under control, Xia Duo synchronized this news in the spirit thought network, explained the reason for doing so, and finally said:

"Have the Alliance send people to take these Demon Descendants away. We are going to the south of Shaerwen to deal with the time-involving signal there."