Chapter 3380: Preparing for a War of Attrition, Regaining the Initiative

————It will be later~~

————The title is messy, it follows the outline, I will fix it after finishing,

But how could this be!

Let alone 17 seconds, even if it were only 1 second, Xia Duo would never believe that Dafuni could reverse time; from what he currently understands, it seems the entire world has regressed by 17 seconds.

Just think about it, what a terrifying scene this is!

One must know that this world is not just the small area of Tanzan Peak, but the entire Northland, the entire Main Plane, and even the entire Universe.

If one were to make Xia Duo believe that Dafuni made the entire world regress by 17 seconds—no, even just 1 second—it would be easier to make him believe that Dafuni is the Lord of Radiance himself.

In a flash of lightning, Xia Duo thought of a possibility: since it is impossible for the world to have regressed 17 seconds, it must be that he obtained a prophetic revelation of the next 17 seconds.

Recalling the inexplicable feeling of Suppression when he dueled Dafuni, Xia Duo became even more certain of this guess. However, logically speaking, this should be a prophetic revelation obtained by the opponent; how could he have perceived it too? And even experienced it personally?

But regardless, since he knows the future development, even if it is only a mere 17 seconds, it should be utilized. Xia Duo manifested his form from the miniature Elemental Channel.

And apart from ordinary Magic systems like Elven Magic, where a Spellcaster cannot control the Magic Net solely by their own ability, the vast majority of Magic systems achieve control through non-fixed Spell Elements.

There is!

And now, having just experienced those 17 seconds of revelation, Xia Shao cannot help but harbor a trace of doubt about his current state, doubting that the current world is not Reality, but perhaps another revelation created by Dafuni.

But Xia Shao still chose to do so, for no other reason than the one-in-ten-thousand possibility of the opponent compromising and surrendering, and to delay time so that Kandela and the other Alliance Mages could safely evacuate.

At that moment, he felt as if he had fallen into a net that exhausted all possibilities, and no matter what he did, he could not escape.

"Surrender, this time I won't let you get away again!"

It even made him doubt the authenticity of this current period of time.

During the 17 seconds he perceived last time, because it was his first time perceiving and experiencing it, Xia Shao never had such thoughts of doubt, and thus did not judge the authenticity of the real world.

As for the Main Plane, from the perspective of the Personal Space, it is a normal Material Plane; things from the Main Plane placed into the Personal Space will not dissipate.

In fact, if there were no accidents, who would be so full and have nothing to do but constantly judge the authenticity of the real world?

Xia Shao once again felt the sense of Suppression from when he fought Dafuni, and it was even more terrifying than the last time—a sense of Suppression that saw through every initiative and blocked every path of survival.

At that moment, even though Xia Shao still did not believe that Dafuni could reverse time, he could not help but doubt whether he had truly returned to the past.

And such results are basically the optimal solution, unless an accident occurs.

It is just unclear whether Dafuni's spell was accurate or if it was due to Xia Shao's own uniqueness; in any case, those 17 seconds that should not have been known to Xia Shao were indeed perceived by him.

As long as Kandela and the others return to Evereska, he will immediately trigger the Annihilation Light to completely annihilate this place.

Only after verifying it, Xia Shao could not help but be startled, "It's actually real?"

Constantly obtaining his dueling experience from him through such a method.

Even utilizing an electric field based on the polarity of water molecules is still control at a macroscopic level, unable to delve into every specific water molecule.

For a Mage of Xia Shao's level, the essence of a Spell Duel is the struggle for control over the Magic Net.

It is more often achieved through fields or specific Spell Elements for macroscopic control; the epitome of this aspect is the Mythallar.

Then, as usual, he attempted to prohibit spells, and Dafuni also obstructed him just as predicted; the previous prophecy seemed very precise, precise to the point that the spells Xia Shao used seemed to have almost no other choice.

It is assumed to be real until doubts are discovered.

Could it be that Dafuni can only obtain one prophetic revelation? No, judging from Dafuni's previous performance, the opponent has clearly obtained more than one prophetic revelation; it is just that Xia Shao did not perceive those previous revelations simultaneously.

Could it be that Dafuni wants to completely suppress and then capture him alive through such a method? Xia Shao wants to capture Dafuni alive, but does Dafuni not want to capture him alive?

And now should be his and Dafuni's final duel at Tanzan Peak; he has enough confidence to delay until Kandela and the other Elves return to Evereska.

Of course, in the actual verification process, it is not necessary to judge by whether individual real items dissipate; one can directly draw a conclusion by integrating the perspective of the Personal Space.

Having made up his mind, in order to let Kandela and the others evacuate more smoothly, Xia Shao began to feign defeat, deliberately letting Dafuni counter a carefully laid-out spell that was even nearing completion.

The real cannot be fake, and the fake cannot be real.

But will this time still be a prophetic revelation?

However, there is another explanation for such a situation, which is that all the choices Xia Shao made after arriving here were the result of comprehensive calculations combining all his own knowledge, experience, the brain, and the Computing Power Pool.

And regardless of the type of control, it is impossible to completely control every Magic Net String; it is similar to how one can guide water flow by digging channels, but cannot precisely control the movement of every water molecule.

Since there is doubt, it naturally requires verification. Xia Shao's method of verifying the authenticity of the world is very simple; with the help of the perspective of the Personal Space, he can easily discover the essence of the Projection Plane—a wisp of strange spirit from the Astral Plane.

After things in the Projection Plane are placed into the Personal Space, they will immediately dissipate unless the state of Plane Overlap is maintained; of course, Xia Shao can choose to manifest them at the cost of reducing the Personal Space.

In fact, both sides understand that now that things have reached this state, reconciliation is impossible; it must end with one side's complete defeat, or mutual destruction—there is no other possibility.

Are there any accidents?

And the failure of this step even caused a chain reaction, making Xia Shao lose in the battle for multiple Spell Elements, which in turn led to him losing control of the Magic Net in that area.

According to his judgment, it would take at most about 25 seconds for Kandela and the other Elves to go from starting their evacuation to finally arriving at Evereska.

Perhaps gods can, but Xia Shao truly cannot do it, and he is very certain that no Mortal Plane Mage he has ever encountered could precisely control every Magic Net String.

Plus, he arrived here via Arcane Yaoyue to interrupt their Spell Duel with Dafuni; 3 seconds is actually 11 seconds after the 17 seconds of the predicted future.

And he, just as predicted, first used a shot of Annihilation Light to interrupt the duel between Dafuni and Kandela and the other Alliance Mages, then shouted to the opponent:

Fortunately, Xia Shao's goal is not to escape, let alone defeat Dafuni; this avatar of his can be discarded at any time, and all he needs to do now is delay time.

Fortunately, now that it is confirmed that the world is real, no matter how many times Dafuni has obtained prophetic revelations before, the one just now for 17 seconds was already the last one.