Chapter 853: Approaching the Target, Sitting Duck

However, this time compared to before, besides the special group Protective Spell reinforced by Joint Casting, Xia Duo also individually cast Flight on everyone using his own Spellbook.

However, he required everyone to fly close to the ground and be ready to land back on the ground at any time.

Since the Elf have already appeared, then let's make it a quick battle!

According to the brief exchange Xia Duo just had with other High Mages, the Elf do not have an absolute advantage in numbers, although talking about combat numbers in a Magic world is a bit like a joke.

But this also reflects to a certain extent the level of investment the Elf have in this war; at least there was no scene where the mountains and plains were filled with Elf.

Of course, to end the battle quickly, relying solely on Xia Duo's side won't work; he knows the principle that the nail that sticks out gets hammered, so there must be cooperation from other teams.

Therefore, during the advance, Xia Duo would occasionally stop to contact other teams, ask about the number of Elf others have encountered, and draw a simple distribution map of the Elf in his mind based on their locations.

……

"Stop!" Xia Duo suddenly issued an order in the Mind Link.

"Xia Duo, what's wrong?" Niya asked, "We just stopped once, why stop suddenly?"

Currently, in Xia Duo's team, except for Xia Duo, no one else can actively transmit information through the Mind Link, but Niya has the ability to speak while maintaining Focus.

To significantly reduce the large amount of information coming through the Mind Link, everyone else chose to maintain Focus and could not be distracted by talking.

This is also an important reason why Xia Duo wants to end the battle quickly; human energy is limited, and maintaining Focus cannot last long, especially for these Intermediate Mages whose Focus Training is not yet sufficient.

Once they cannot maintain Focus, let alone the Mind Link being interrupted, even if the requirements for Joint Casting are low, when a person's attention is not concentrated, what kind of tacit cooperation can there be!

However, at this moment, Xia Duo stopping was not to communicate with others, nor was it to let everyone take a rest, but because he discovered an anomaly.

Along this journey, flying all the way, although there were deviations midway, they were ultimately heading straight for the target location. If the Elf didn't even have this much of a reaction, they might as well have rolled back to the Main Plane sooner!

Regarding Niya's question, Xia Duo did not answer directly, but instead transmitted various different instructions in the Mind Link, such as "Wensen turn left half a step," "Dai La look up," and other subtle Subconscious suggestion information.

By this method, he adjusted the overall external observation window and Perception angle of their team, and for a time, a large amount of repetitive information flooded into Xia Duo's Consciousness.

After preliminary processing by Xia Duo's own Subconscious, it was sent back to the others, the feedback received was then transferred to Xia Duo, and after Subconscious analysis, it finally reached Xia Duo's Conscious Mind.

Only then did he explain to Niya in his heart: "The connection between the area ahead and the Ether Plane has been strengthened, and at the same time, the Magic Net structure has undergone obvious changes. Although it can still be counted as a normal Plane, it will have a huge impact on Spellcasting and teleportation. I am considering whether to go in."

"What kind of impact?" Niya asked.

"Those Elf Sword Singer's 【Space Jump】 will have no restrictions, but we—" The rest of the words did not need to be said by Xia Duo; the two had already exchanged guesses about the mission target before.

If the target is a Mythallar Node and also needs to be destroyed, it at least means the Mythallar has partially taken effect. If it is not a Mythallar Node, it is at least an area the Elf are heavily guarding.

And the reality is very likely both, that is, it is both a Mythallar Node and heavily guarded.

But regardless, it is certain that the area ahead is favorable for teleportation. Although they can cast Spells to restrict the Elf's Space Jump, it will also affect their own teleportation. But if they don't restrict it and let the Elf jump at will, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?

It really is quite a dilemma!

In addition, the change in the Magic Net structure will also affect their Spellcasting. Although the essence of this Plane has not changed and they can still use past Spellcasting methods.

But the changes in the Magic Net will inevitably make their past Spellcasting methods uncoordinated with the changed Magic Net environment, possibly resulting in "resistance" or "assistance."

But either way, it will not be exactly the same as before. If there is no adaptation process, the success rate of Spellcasting will inevitably decrease.

Without hesitation, Xia Duo immediately shared the situation here with other teams in the support agreement and asked if others had encountered such a situation.

However, what he waited for was not an answer, but a cry for help!

"I am Qiaoyisi, encountered Elf Mage, requesting support!"

Elf Mage!

Xia Duo's spirit was instantly lifted. Previously, regardless of what his own team encountered or what other teams encountered, there were only Druid and Sword Singer, but no Mage.

He previously thought that Elf Mage were all guarding the Mythallar Node; he didn't expect them to take the initiative to attack.

"Niya!"

Without Xia Duo's instruction, Niya had already actively cast a Scrying Spell to scout the path for Xia Duo in advance, while Xia Duo himself cast Protection on everyone and individually added a Protective Spell for himself, only then starting to pay attention to the Scrying results returned by Niya's Subconscious—

At first, the Perception was chaotic, but as Niya pulled the perspective away, Xia Duo noticed the anomaly on the Surface at the first moment; the jungle above looked like it had been scooped out by a giant shovel, and not even a single tree could be seen!

It revealed flat, gray-black land, the shape roughly a regular circle.

Where is Qiaoyisi?

Xia Duo had a slight doubt in his heart, and Niya's perspective immediately turned in one direction. In the center of the field of vision, Qiaoyisi and his party were sitting in a sorry state at the foot of a large tree, and just a few steps away was that piece of flat, gray-black land.

However, although these people were in a sorry state, they still maintained a certain defensive force. Xia Duo saw that they were currently being protected by the 【Protection-2-4】 Spell from the Resonance Spellbook.

This Spell has super-strong defense, but the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, it cannot move, and it almost isolates the inside from the outside, unable to attack; it is simply a sitting duck!

And on the other side, across this circular gray-black land, the Elf Mage Qiaoyisi mentioned were right there!

Looking at the number, there were thirteen in total, and there were also several Druid and Sword Singer guarding on the side. As for the others, Xia Duo could not immediately find them.

And on the Magic level, Qiaoyisi's side could only defend passively, while the Elf side was constantly brewing some kind of mysterious attack.

Even though Xia Duo "saw" the Magic Net String below that were constantly rolling and twisting and spreading their influence through several relays from Niya's Scrying Spell, he still felt a sense of heart-palpitating fear.

This time Xia Duo did not teleport over immediately, but waited for the reactions of others. This is also human nature; after all, one has to take risks for a stranger, and even if there was an agreement beforehand, there would still be hesitation at the last moment.