Chapter 718: Broken-Link Chain, Reversal Escape

On the other side, when Xia Duo saw Rodney Lord and those Spellcasters who had gathered to welcome them after a few reprimands, a burst of Magic Aura suddenly erupted there, and he immediately realized something was wrong.

He had not expected those people to arrange the assassination so openly, with almost no concealment at all!

Yet the next moment, those people all fell to the ground almost simultaneously; this scene left Xia Duo truly somewhat stunned, and even a little amused—was that it?

This assassination was too childish! Or was this what Aozikaer guaranteed, that Spellcaster assassinations could be completely blocked?

However, since the assassination had already appeared, whether he remained here was no longer important; Xia Duo immediately extracted the pre-stored Teleportation Spell from the Magic Net, wanting to leave this place of trouble.

Extracting a stored spell is the fastest of all spellcasting methods, but even so, Xia Duo was still one step too slow; the spell extraction succeeded, but it was blocked by another force and did not ultimately take effect.

In this instant, Xia Duo's alertness was raised to the extreme, a drop of cold sweat slid quietly from his temple, and he knew the real assassination had arrived.

At this moment, seeking Aozikaer's help might already be too late; just as Xia Duo had this thought, in his Perception, a "Magic Spark" composed of Magic Net Strings suddenly burst out behind him.

Immediately following, this spark rapidly expanded and deformed, almost instantly forming a chain with a very clear directional intent, spreading toward him.

At this moment, Xia Duo was incomparably focused; he could even "see" the broken-link structure composed of Magic Net Strings at the very front of the chain. Under the effect of this structure, the Magic Net Strings in the path of the chain rapidly converged toward it, automatically weaving into the next link of the chain!

At this time, he had no extra mind to think about whether the source of this attack was that Organist who might have been replaced.

Even, this moment was so short that even thinking seemed somewhat redundant.

But Xia Duo still made the most correct reaction—distance himself, counter-act.

However, before Xia Duo could make any move, that invisible chain that was rapidly weaving and spreading toward him suddenly disintegrated, disappearing as quickly as it had first appeared.

But the changes had not ended; immediately following, a similar "Magic Spark" appeared at Xia Duo's waist, rapidly expanding and deforming, and an invisible chain similar to the previous one quickly spread out behind Xia Duo.

Xia Duo immediately realized that the Mirror of Reversal Niya gave him had taken effect, and that the Spell Reversal had actually appeared in such a form!

And it was only at this time that he heard a sharp voice from behind that was both strange and familiar—"Go to hell!"

"I won't die!"

This thought flashed through Xia Duo's mind; while rapidly dodging, he continuously activated the Spellbook at his waist to buff himself with Protective Spells.

But the next moment, an invisible field suddenly descended, disintegrating all the Protective Spells on his body, and even the protective effect of the Crimson Shelter Robe, an external item, was temporarily suppressed.

At this moment, Xia Duo realized the most dangerous moment had arrived!

But at the same time, he also realized that being able to seal such a large area for teleportation, and also being able to instantly dispel all his protections, could absolutely not be performed by a single person; it must have been jointly performed by a group of people.

And the most unavoidable thing about Joint Casting is the spellcasting time; even if the Guidance Mage is professional, the coordination of others cannot be completely seamless.

Just like the interval between sealing the teleportation and dispelling the protections just now, although the interval was already shorter than Xia Duo could imagine, it still existed.

And it was enough for him to react, whether to fight or flee!

Of course, at this moment, only the Pioneer Scepter and Niya's Mirror of Reversal remained sturdy on Xia Duo; the Spellbook he had originally placed high hopes on had also misfired. In this situation, not fleeing was simply being a living target.

Xia Duo did not think twice and immediately used Gaseous Form and Cloud-Riding; he had not expected that at a critical moment, he would still have to rely on his Bloodline Ability!

Almost the instant Xia Duo left his original position, three intersecting ray spells struck from afar, turning the place where he had been standing into a Void.

A Void in the true sense; not only did a gap appear in the airspace, but even the ground showed a neat notch, which made Xia Duo's soul flee in terror.

It was off by just a hair!

At the same time, Xia Duo also discovered that in the Gaseous Form state, the speed of Cloud-Riding seemed to have increased a lot, and the power was also much stronger.

After the Void appeared in that area just now, the gas rapidly flowed back, but it was unable to affect his normal flight in the Gaseous Form state.

Fortunately, it was a non-directional spell; if it had been a directional spell, Xia Duo was not sure if he could reverse it again after having used the Mirror of Reversal once.

At the same time, Xia Duo, who had omnidirectional vision in the Gaseous Form state, finally saw the realistic effect of the Mirror of Reversal just now, even though it was only the final scene—

Not far behind him, a distorted figure rapidly turning into fly ash!

"It's Lali!"

Xia Duo immediately recognized who it was, and then without the slightest hesitation, he flew toward the outside; he would not care about the matters here!

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On the other side, Xia Duo's silent escape almost drove Aozikaer crazy; before he had even stepped into the South Tower Plaza, he had discovered his subordinates and followers who had been gathered together.

Although these people had already committed the act of betrayal, Aozikaer still held some affection in his heart, especially after learning that the one who was truly proficient in mind spells, he hoped to let these people recover.

After all, if there were no such Spellcaster vassals, the Rodney Territory would have mostly scattered.

At the very beginning, everything went very smoothly; through the method taught to him by the Princess, these people quickly calmed down.

But then the situation became somewhat unexpected.

The assassination did indeed occur; that idiot Lali actually took action himself, but what Aozikaer did not expect was that Keersi and the others were so decisive, daring to accompany Lali to take the field themselves, and the Joint Casting was so swift.

The series of changes that followed left Aozikaer unable to react; first Lali turned to ashes, then Xia Duo disappeared bizarrely.

In that instant, Aozikaer almost lost the ability to think, with the warning the Princess gave him echoing in his mind—if Xia Duo is injured, he is injured; if Xia Duo dies, he dies!

Their fates were connected; this was the real reason why Aozikaer had so patiently explained the cause and effect to a junior and provided protective measures.

If it were not for that damn warning, letting Xia Duo actually die here would have actually been more beneficial to him!

All the Seven Towers wanted was a reason to intervene; there was not much difference between being assassinated and being assassinated to death.

But now—

Aozikaer almost desperately summoned the power of the Mage Tower; the powers of the South Tower and West Tower intertwined and surged in the air, and in the core area of the power fluctuations, there even appeared an intense light storm that could be seen directly with the naked eye.

This also seemed to represent the long-accumulated, erupting anger in Aozikaer's heart.