Chapter 3351: Expecting Miracles, Battle at the Lake Bottom

Xia Duo believed that one or two minutes was by no means an overly tense amount of time for those researchers who were at least Elite Mages, and within these one or two minutes, the Tear Drop Lake side could probe for more details about that ritual.

It is just a pity that whether it is Time Acceleration or thought acceleration, neither can be performed infinitely; one or two minutes of normal time in the outside world corresponds to at most a few days of perceived time for the researchers.

For a complex and ever-changing ritual, this is still not enough to understand it clearly.

So, what was Xia Duo expecting?

Of course, he was expecting a miracle to appear; this world has never lacked miracles, and there are always people who can create miracles in critical moments or even in the mundane.

It is just a pity that the reason a miracle is called a miracle is that it does not necessarily appear; even if it bears the expectations of countless people, it will not necessarily appear.

Just like at this moment, Xia Duo ultimately failed to obtain a miracle, only increasing the chances of survival for the frontline personnel at Tear Drop Lake by a little bit.

……

Tear Drop Lake.

Beside the golden altar in the center of the plaza at the bottom of the lake, a figure slowly emerged from the void, pushing away the surrounding water as if they had not truly existed just a moment ago.

The arrogant and conceited voice spread rapidly under the plaza; because it was underwater, there was even less of a chaotic and gloomy feeling, and Xia Duo was simultaneously presiding over multiple actions, not wanting to communicate with that guy at all.

If it really came to the time to flee, it is estimated that apart from this lead Senior Mage, it is impossible for anyone else to escape, and the remaining seventeen Elite Mages would not be able to run at all.

The original plaza had already become dilapidated in the clash between the Alliance Mages and the ritual host of the Qingwohui, but the Central Altar had not been affected much; only the Water Elemental Domain Barrier that originally covered this place had disappeared.

But under the planning of the brain—which is essentially multiple Consciousness Copies of Xia Duo himself—the spellcasting instructions were deployed without a single error.

Bottom of Tear Drop Lake.

And the most critical point is that all members of Spellcasting Team 2 are only Intermediate Mages; even if they obtained an effect similar to a Great Mage through Coordinated Casting, the absolute shortcoming in "hardware" destined that they could not have the real-time spellcasting distance of a true Great Mage.

Spellcasting Team 2 had already fully retreated; although they still maintained the Element Harmonization spell on their bodies and could move freely underwater, this spell could fail at any time in the turbulent Magic Net environment.

On the contrary, it was for those mages still at Tear Drop Lake that Xia Duo truly felt regret and felt sorry, because he had always held the philosophy of "preserve the people and lose the land, both people and land are preserved; preserve the land and lose the people, both people and land are lost."

Therefore, they dared not mention retreating, and even more so, they dared not flee.

Xia Duo reminded them carefully, trying his best not to stimulate the sensitive nerves of those frontline mages, but inevitably, he still received an inquiry from that lead Senior Mage, not through a public broadcast on the Mind Network, but by contacting Xia Duo separately to ask—

……

It is just that sometimes, being in such a position, a very helpless thing is having to make the decision to sacrifice a portion of people; if possible, he hopes there are no sacrifices, but the enemy will not think that way.

That is, the ability to create a spellcasting source point at a distance, or in other words, the ability to perform Control on the Magic Net Strings at a distance.

"Come on, stop me! I can't wait to see the expressions of despair on your faces!"

"Do not be distracted, Andelie, you have already made two consecutive mistakes; I am not confident I can help you make up for a third time."

Seeing this scene through the Mind Link of the frontline personnel, how could Xia Duo not realize that his delaying and probing tactics had already been discovered? It was just that this completely unfamiliar Elf did not seem to care at all, and even spouted wild words:

Leaving them at the bottom of the lake was just a meaningless sacrifice; although Xia Duo had prepared himself for the sacrifice of all the mages there, meaningless sacrifices should be avoided if they could be avoided, so it was better to let them retreat.

If it were just a simple and brutal destruction, it would indeed leave behind a certain amount of Space-Time Mist, but that was Yierlan, and it was the border, so how could Xia Duo truly care!

And what he could do was just to reduce the sacrifices to the minimum, whether it was the sacrifice of people or the sacrifice of land.

Moreover, judging from the words the other party said, the other party did not look like an object that could communicate normally.

……

"Attention, listen to my instructions, execute the following spellcasting sequence—"

If it could be said that Spellcasting Team 2 retreated because they were too weak, then the reinforcement mages who arrived later had to fight to the end because they were too strong; they were already in a stalemate fighting against that high-level mage of the Darkness Society under Xia Duo's command.

And at the bottom of the lake, that arrogant ritual host also felt the pressure very quickly; first, he tried to control his unfamiliar spells while ignoring the ritual, and with the slightest distraction, interference with the ritual followed one after another.

The Qingwohui made it clear that they wanted to destroy the world; he had already seen the prophet Dafuni, who was suspected to be a sage, at Taiweimansa, and the other party's attitude was firm and it was already completely impossible to change.

It is funny to say, several of those mages clearly leaked their thoughts of wanting to flee in the Mind Link involuntarily, but because of the stalemate of the battle, once they lost Xia Duo's command, they would likely collapse directly.

Even considering that the Alliance would truly be one in the future, that is a matter for the future; in the future, perhaps Space-Time Mist will no longer be a problem, and besides, without the present, how can there be a future.

As for after the ritual is completed, as long as he wants to escape, no one can stop him.

"What exactly does Consultant Xia Duo want? When can we retreat?"

As a high-level mage, he also had his own pride, and at the same time, he was very clear that as long as he firmly held the leading power of the ritual, it would be useless no matter how many mages the Alliance sent.

In the Mind Link, Xia Duo's commands were one after another, specific to every individual spellcaster, and without any delay; in the outside world, this manifested as the reinforcement mages on the shore beginning to quickly enter a state of Coordinated Casting.

And at the Alliance Headquarters, regarding the changes at Tear Drop Lake, Xia Duo had a plan in mind; he had already made the worst preparations, even if it meant sacrificing all the frontline personnel there, including the Senior Mage who had come to reinforce them, he must make that ritual expose enough details, because there were a large number of such rituals waiting for him elsewhere!

Moreover, he had long seen the scene of the Main Plane being covered by a large amount of Space-Time Mist in the prophecy scene, which could also be considered a kind of delayed desensitization training.

"Damn it, how many Senior Mages did the Alliance send to target me? Good, good, good, all coming to target me, right! Let's see who can't hold on first!"

And he simultaneously activated the spellcasting sequences of three main threads; it was only because he had the brain to assist him that Xia Duo dared to play like this, otherwise, he might lift a rock only to drop it on his own feet if he were not careful.