Chapter 866: Butterfly Effect, Liberating the Physical Form

The Green Field Plane itself is not large, only slightly bigger than the southern border of Netheril. For a Spellcaster, even if one cannot teleport at will or fly conveniently, it would not take long to traverse the entire territory, even on foot.

The only things to worry about are the elusive Elf Druids in the forest, as well as the Sword Singers who can launch sneak attacks at any time under the cover of the Druids.

But with Xia Duo coordinating from the center, even Elf Mages can be detected, let alone Druids or Sword Singers. In fact, as long as a Sword Singer launches an attack, there will inevitably be signs.

The people in each team might not be able to perceive it, but it is just like the butterfly effect.

The slight abnormalities at each team's location, after being collaboratively thought about and judged by the subconscious minds of over a hundred High Mages via the Mind Link, are magnified to the point where even ordinary people can perceive them.

Feedback is provided by Xia Duo to each team, and this happens almost in real-time within the Mind Link, which has caused the Elves' sneak attacks to degenerate into nothing more than painless, minor harassment.

It has even become a booster that strengthens the High Mages leading the various teams in their confidence in Xia Duo and enhances their execution of his commands.

……

——Mage Xia Duo, I am Aisisi, I have now arrived at the designated position.

——Mage Xia Duo, I am Fuluosite, I have now arrived at the designated position.

……

As one team after another arrived at their designated positions, the premonition of a decisive battle in Xia Duo's heart grew stronger.

However, as the situations faced by each team and each High Mage became increasingly complex and unknown, processing this information in real-time became increasingly difficult.

Xia Duo temporarily withdrew his conscious mind from the perception of the Mind Link, maintaining the connection state only with his subconscious.

For an ordinary person, this kind of operation is almost impossible because their subconscious and conscious minds are not integrated with each other but exist in a chaotic state, making it nearly impossible to link only one type of consciousness.

But for Xia Duo, it is not difficult.

Having long realized the distinction between the subconscious and conscious minds and working hard on the path to truly integrating them, Xia Duo very easily withdrew his conscious mind.

At this moment, he could only perceive some extremely simple and abstract information coming from his subconscious; even the real-time command of Huaiyate and the others was temporarily halted.

Under normal circumstances, Xia Duo could never do this, because if the Elves were to gain the upper hand during this period, and the dozen or so High Mages he relied on as insurance on the periphery of the battlefield could not provide timely support—

It is very likely that Huaiyate and the others would fall as a result.

Of course, the actual probability of this situation occurring is extremely low, which is why Xia Duo made such a decision.

And the reason for doing so is also to better command them later.

If it was just the real-time combat information processing and feedback for a dozen or twenty people before, then what follows is very likely the real-time combat information processing and feedback for over a hundred people.

Xia Duo's consciousness could still handle it, but his body was starting to struggle; even now he could clearly feel his head heating up, let alone what would happen next.

It is even possible that his brain could burn out.

He must handle this differently!

……

Xia Duo opened his eyes, quickly rose from the bed, and without caring about making any noise in the camp, he directly cast Flight to dash out of his temporary residence, heading straight for the small river flowing through the camp to the west.

Then, he jumped directly into the river water and transformed into a flow of water (Huashanshuiliu), freeing himself from the constraints of a human form. In this state, he can maximize the full potential of his mind and consciousness.

Even if the water flow form suffers any damage, it does not matter; after all, this is amorphous water, and as long as he restores his original body, it would at most be a consumption of physical strength.

With everything ready, Xia Duo reconnected his conscious mind to the Mind Link. With the coordination of his subconscious, he quickly sorted out all the information that had not been received during the brief moment of withdrawal and took over the lead of the Mind Link.

——Mage Huaiyate, maintain a defensive posture and hold on for a moment longer; everything will be vastly different!

At this moment, the situation for Huaiyate and the others is already precarious. Relying solely on the Resonance Spellbook, it is already difficult to successfully weave Spell Source Points, and they are even being countered by the more flexible Elf Mages in the intermediate state of Joint Casting.

Once countered, they must start over, and they cannot adjust flexibly. If they were casting individually, it would of course not be so rigid, but individuals cannot cast 8th-rank Spells, and once separated, they would be defeated the next moment.

However, it is about time now, and even Xia Duo finds it hard to intervene. In the face of a true life-and-death crisis, only Huaiyate and the others, who view their own lives as the most precious things, can exert their ultimate potential.

Even if Xia Duo were to convey some specific instructions at this time, it is estimated that it would be difficult to make them believe it.

Therefore, regarding them, Xia Duo did not convey any specific instructions, only revealing that the situation would change shortly.

Putting their minds at ease a little is enough.

……

On the other side, the various teams that arrived at their designated positions also began to launch their attacks under Xia Duo's command.

Almost openly, they advanced toward the large trees corresponding to the Mythallar Nodes, through the information shared by the High Mages in each team—

Two Elf Mages per Mythallar Node, along with several other Sword Singers and Druids.

Xia Duo instantly concluded that if the Elves have no other hidden cards or reinforcements, then the number of their Mages is probably around sixty or seventy.

All of them are Elite Mages, equivalent to human High Mages.

Although they are slightly fewer in number than the human Mages, their actual combat power is the exact opposite; they are likely far ahead of the human Mages.

It is a pity that they must guard the Mythallar Nodes and can only be defeated one by one!

Watching the Elf Mages, who could only barely resist with the help of the unfinished semi-finished Mythallar near the Mythallar Nodes under the attack of the various teams whose Joint Casting approached the combat power of an Archmage—

Xia Duo sighed slightly, then ordered the twenty or so teams that were previously heading toward the fake Mythallar Nodes to deceive the Elves to stop their advance.

Led by their High Mage captains, they teleported toward the periphery of the battlefield where Huaiyate and the others were located.

……

It is unknown whether it was due to excessive confidence in their own strength or because the situation of Huaiyate and the others was too critical, but even though the humans had already begun to attack the Mythallar Nodes, this mobile squad of Elf Mages still had no intention of retreating or relocating, as if they would not stop until they had completely defeated Huaiyate and the others.

Xia Duo does not believe that they really have no knowledge of the situation at the Mythallar Nodes; knowing full well that there might be no reinforcements, they still persisted like this.

Could it be that they have some powerful hidden card? Or are they really just blinded by rage?

However, this situation is indeed what Xia Duo most hopes to see; if they were allowed to roam around, that would be truly troublesome!

Even if they have some powerful hidden card that could instantly reverse the situation, that is not something Xia Duo needs to consider. If there were no tacit understanding between the high-level officials of both sides, it would not be the current situation at all.