Chapter 858: Out-of-Control Spell, Mailin's Choice

Very quickly, the lightning above the circular gray-black land had gradually spread to the side of Xia Duo and the others, the bright lightning light illuminating everyone's faces until they were twisted.

And they should indeed be twisted; just by listening to Xia Duo's words and hesitating for a moment, they had missed the best chance to run away.

From the moment the scattered out-of-control lightning struck their protective spells, they knew they could not run.

At this moment, the surrounding Magic Net already showed signs of rioting; if they were to force a teleportation, it might trigger an even more serious chain reaction, and the risk involved was even higher than staying behind to complete 【Spell Breaking-5-1】.

If it weren't for the fact that casting spells through a Resonance Spellbook does not require maintaining focus, nor does it require too much effort, only coordination, perhaps they would have long been unable to maintain their composure in such an environment.

At this time, everyone had only one thought in their minds, and that was to complete 【Spell Breaking-5-1】.

……

Watching the tips of the lightning, which had been weakened layer by layer by the large number of dense, miniature Diamond Protective Fields generated by 【Protection-2-14】, still reach his side, he could even feel a trace of numbness flowing across the surface of his skin.

Xia Duo realized once again the power of this spell; even a spell that had gone out of control had such an effect, making it difficult for an equivalent 8th Circle spell to resist.

Fortunately, everything was about to end; the equivalent 9th Circle spell 【Protection-5-1】 that they had jointly cast was already complete.

Under Xia Duo's lead, a powerful Magic Net Suppression Field was instantly projected from the Spell Source Point in front of him, projected onto the core area where the Elf Magic had gone out of control.

In just an instant, the dense lightning that had been flickering and spreading from above the gray-black land to behind Xia Duo and the others immediately disappeared.

Of course, a more rigorous way to put it is that in that instant, the combinations of Magic Net Strings that originally constituted the core of the spell were straightened out and smoothed over; the foundation for the spell's existence was gone, and it could no longer obtain a continuous stream of energy from the Magic Net.

It was merely lightning that could not be sustained; even if there were more, it only had the explosive power of a single strike, and after the explosion, it naturally left no trace.

According to Xia Duo's speculation, this Elf Magic should have originally gathered a large amount of lightning energy, and then focused it in a concentrated form to erupt.

In this way, even a 9th Circle protective spell might not necessarily be able to block it.

After all, there is always an efficiency issue between spear and shield, and the attacking side is clearly at a greater advantage.

……

"We succeeded!" Aisisi said excitedly.

And even more excited than them were those who had just called for help; if Xia Duo and the others who came to support still had a chance to escape, then those who had been ambushed by the Elves and completely lost the initiative had almost lost the chance to escape.

"Do not lower your guard, prevent the Elves from attacking again!"

As soon as the words fell, Xia Duo discovered that someone had teleported over, but their teleportation location was a bit far, and coupled with the obstruction of the trees in the forest, it wasn't until those people teleported over that he discovered the other party through the Scrying information shared by Niya.

Fortunately, they were humans, otherwise, it really would have been a jinx.

"Mage Xia Duo, we have arrived!" The person who arrived stated their identity in time; it was indeed Angelin and the others.

After the two sides met, Angelin and the others occasionally looked at the large area of scorched trees caused by the lightning rampage after the Elf Magic went out of control, as well as the core area where the previous ambush and subsequent attack took place—

A gray-black circular clearing, without even a single remnant of a tree left.

"Is this Elf Magic?" Angelin said thoughtfully.

"Didn't you encounter an ambush?" Xia Duo asked.

"Of course we did, but we were able to react!"

The one speaking was another Advanced Rank Mage, whose tone clearly revealed strong confidence. Xia Duo did not want to argue with them about anything, so he called over Mage Mailin, who had asked for help earlier, and asked:

"The situation was sudden just now, the Elf Mages launched two consecutive surprise attacks, and I didn't have time to ask; now tell me about your situation at that time!"

In fact, after Qiaoyisi's team was attacked, there was a short moment to ask, but the only survivor, Qiaoyisi, chose to abandon the mission, and Xia Duo was busy restoring morale, and later contacted Angelin and the others.

During this period, Qiaoyisi completely lost contact.

And now, Xia Duo did not want to contact a character destined to be marginalized; it just so happened that Mailin's side had all survived, and asking here might yield more information about the Elf Mages.

"At that time, we were on the way to the Mythallar Node. Someone told me he found an Elf hiding behind a tree. After I checked, I did find traces of an Elf, but I didn't expect that as soon as I finished checking, I was ambushed by the Elves. Fortunately, we maintained protective spells the whole time, so the Elves did not succeed."

"And then?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

"Later, the ambushing Elves all fled in one direction. I realized something was wrong and immediately had the team retreat. Not long after we ran, it became like that behind us—"

Speaking of this, Mailin reached out and pointed to the circular gray-black area next to him, showing a lingering fear, and continued:

"I knew I had lost the initiative, and it was difficult to engage in spell confrontation with the other party in this situation. I didn't want to abandon the others, so I chose to hold my ground and call for help. You all know the situation later."

After finishing, Mailin also summarized, "I know the 'Combat Manual' introduces the common ambush methods of Elves and countermeasures, but when the ambush actually arrived, I still only made the reaction of an ordinary person. But next time I will know! Even if I can't beat the other party in a spell confrontation, at least I will take their bait."

Xia Duo listened and said nothing more. He knew that even if he encountered this situation, he might not necessarily be able to perform better. Knowing what to do is one thing, and actually doing it is another.

However, the biggest difference between him and Mailin and the others lies in the dimension and depth of information acquisition. He can obtain the Perception and even thought information shared by others in the link through the Mind Link, and return it to the Conscious Mind for judgment after processing.

This allows him to discover the traces of the Elves in advance. Even if the Elves have any conspiracy, under the multi-person thinking mode of the Mind Link, it is easy to produce different results from multiple angles, thereby avoiding being deceived.

At this time, Xia Duo noticed that Angelin and the others, who had also come to support but were a little late, had strange expressions, so he asked:

"Mage Angelin, what about your side?"

"We haven't encountered an ambush involving Elf Mages, only the coordination of Druids and Sword Singers."

As he spoke, Angelin also recounted the several ambushes they had encountered.

It's just that compared to attacks involving Mages, the coordination of only Druids and Sword Singers only has suddenness. As long as one is careful and cautious, it is not difficult to guard against, and even counter-killing is not impossible.

But with the participation of Mages, the ambush is just a beginning. If you cannot win in the subsequent spell confrontation, you will inevitably fall into a quagmire step by step and find it difficult to escape.

Angelin re-examined his own team; perhaps they could delay for a longer time in a spell confrontation, but it was almost impossible to win.

And even if they waited for support, it would be difficult to keep the Elf Mages.

Thinking of this, Angelin had a few more expectations for the Mind Link plan proposed by Xia Duo.