Arcane Lord

If it was Xia Duo who cast the spell himself, he could certainly use the perception dimension that the high-level wizard could not think of or could not avoid to detect, but now that he was using the field team to cast the spell, that was the only way.

Even Xia Duo would not dream of dealing with a high-level wizard who stood at the peak of magic in the main plane with just a group of ordinary mages who were half-baked.

But a group of ordinary mages who were half-baked and coordinated through the mind link to cast spells together to form two large-scale great wizards were enough to slightly compete with the high-level wizard.

The reinforcements behind were already on the way. If they delayed a little, they might have a chance to destroy an enemy that a high-level wizard could kill. It was unlikely to capture them alive, unless Xia Duo took action personally and attacked them by surprise.

Xia Duo now commanded the spellcasting team 1 to use conventional detection spells to check the bottom of the lake, with the purpose of paralyzing the host of the ceremony and delaying time until the reinforcements arrived.

Of course, the more important thing is to wait for him to work out a plan to properly deal with the four instruments and related rituals. If he can't even come up with a solution, and he goes to stop it with just his passion, he might end up making things worse.

Xia Duo doesn't do this kind of thing. He would rather do less or nothing, and he won't rashly do something that is likely to have a trap, unless there is really no other way in the end, then he can only force it knowing that it is impossible.

...

"Master Bondi, how long will it take you? The Tear Lake can't delay for long!"

"It's almost there, give us a little more time."

"The last five minutes, if nothing happens, I can only start to act."

In this matter, Xia Duo alone is no more useful than nearly a hundred mages combined, even though he has done some research on the excited state instruments of the Illuminati before.

The instrument he studied before is not the same as the four found under the Tear Lake now, and there is not even much commonality, more of a similarity in the style of the instruments.

Strictly speaking, Xia Duo couldn't even conclude that the four magic tools on the altar at the bottom of the lake were definitely left by the Illuminati.

So in order to properly deal with the four magic tools and the variant time-related magic, other Alliance mages need to be assisted, just like Master Bondi, who is a member of the Alliance Time-related Magic Research Laboratory.

At present, he is responsible for both research and communication coordination, and the task is very heavy.

Of course, Xia Duo's task is not light at all. Tear Lake is just a typical case that has been initially confirmed to be true among the large number of time-related signals detected by the Alliance.

In addition to Tear Lake, real time-related signals have been found in other places, and those time-related signals also require Xia Duo to command nearby field teams to investigate, and even design spell sequences and command spells.

Without the assistance of the intelligent brain and the computing power pool, Xia Duo has no doubt that he will fall into a downtime state. Even now, he feels a little overwhelmed.

It can be seen that the Illuminati's plan is effective, and it has been dragging down the mobile forces of the Northern Alliance, including Xia Duo, bit by bit.

If we can't find the core of the other party before being completely dragged down, the result may be very bad.

...

Teardrop Lake, the western border of Yeerlan.

The magic team 1 by the lake has been announced to be disbanded and returned to the original organization. The reinforcement team just felt replaced the magic team 1 and began a new round of exploration of the bottom of the lake.

This team is led by a senior mage and composed of 15 elite mages. Even without Xia Duo, it is enough to compete with a high-level mage.

Of course, it is almost impossible to win, unless it is a strategic support mage force that has been trained for a long time and has mastered war magic tools, but that includes at least three senior mages and more than 24 elite mages.

At present, this support force is still a little thin, but it is the greatest effort of the alliance countries. At present, each country is still recruiting support forces in its own country, but this takes time.

At this time point, if Teardrop Lake is not the first real time-related signal source that Xia Duo paid attention to, it may not be possible to wait for such a force!

The coordinated spellcasting and detection with the participation of senior mages is different. Xia Duo's methods can almost be perfectly reproduced on the front line through these support mages.

However, if the intensity is increased now, the host of the ceremony hidden at the bottom of the lake may escape immediately, but Xia Duo wants to try to capture him, or at least kill or force him to death.

The final battle between the alliance countries and the Illuminati is about to begin. In this case, it is completely acceptable for the alliance to pay a certain price to eliminate a strong main force of the opponent in advance.

In fact, according to the alliance countries, the most ideal situation is to exchange directly, even if it is ten for one, as long as the Illuminati can be solved, it is quite cost-effective for the alliance.

There is a lone one right now. Although Xia Duo is not sure whether the other party is a high-level mage, he can host the ceremony alone, at least he is a senior mage. Killing him will definitely make money, and if he can be captured alive, it will be a big profit.

As for the possibility that the other party is not a single person, this possibility is almost impossible. You should know that the spellcasting team that was just disbanded is almost equivalent to a large-scale wizard under the command of Xia Duo, and it is also a wizard with the pinnacle of magic attainments in the plane.

In this case, even if it is conventional detection, it is not impossible that a group of spellcasters can dodge it.

Either a single powerful spellcaster or a more powerful special magic weapon, no matter which one, as long as it is taken down, it can add a little weight to the subsequent decisive battle between the alliance and the Illuminati.

Of course, considering the suspicion of the host of the lake bottom ceremony, Xia Duo did not let the new reinforcement team check completely according to the previous detection method of the spellcasting team 1, and also slightly increased the intensity.

But it was only a little bit, carefully maintaining a little sense of crisis on the other side, but not too stimulating, making the other side feel that the situation is still under their control.

Unless the other side has a plan in advance and leaves at the appointed time, it is still easy for the other side to relax their vigilance.

…

Time passed little by little, and the new reinforcement team had begun to set up the main casting field in advance in a relatively far place outside the lake. With a senior magician leading the team, they did not need to care about this casting distance.

On the contrary, extending the distance can reduce the chance of being discovered by the host of the lake bottom ceremony, that is, the other side is still in a hidden state and cannot effectively detect the surrounding environment, so Xia Duo can prepare in advance so recklessly.

If the opponent has already appeared, mastering the surrounding environment becomes the primary goal of the opponent's spell. In this case, Xia Duo will not have the opportunity to make arrangements in advance, or in other words, it will directly enter the "hand-to-hand combat" of spell duel.

"Bondi, how long will it take? I am not in the network of Sheshi Magic Research Laboratory. You should synchronize your current research progress first. I have received the information from other mages. You are the only one left."