Chapter 858: 268. The soul is mine

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Noland Lee’s “sense tampering” was at 100-level.

For the ten times he received an additional reward for each ten levels, he chose “Option One: Extend the tampering duration.”

For the family secret guard, the first time Noland Lee cast “sense tampering” on such an eighth Circle wizard, the tampering effect would last about 12 seconds.

The second time he used it, the tampering effect would shrink to 9 seconds.

The third time it would be 6 seconds.

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And so forth.

By the fifth time, the family secret guard would become immune to “sense tampering.”

Noland Lee would have to wait about a minute for “sense tampering” to take effect again, but the duration would only be 3 seconds.

After the 3 seconds were up, Noland Lee would have to wait another minute for the “sense tampering” to restore its effect.

Simply put, consecutive casting of “sense tampering” could control an eighth Circle wizard for about 30 seconds. noveldrama

After controlling for 30 seconds straight, every minute waited would restore 3 seconds of the effective duration of “sense tampering,” up to a maximum of 12 seconds.

During the entire control process, if the affected wizard cast spells such as “Concentration Technique,” “Perception Enhancement,” or any other that could improve attention and strengthen perception abilities, then the duration of “sense tampering” would be drastically reduced, by as much as 90%.

As a cheeky wizard, the mental magic cast by Noland Lee did not trigger the defense effect of the Mental Protection Pendant.

The family secret guard never received a warning from the pendant.

He accelerated his flight toward the deep sea, hoping to return to the City of Suman sooner and use its residents as leverage to force Noland Lee to give up the duel.

This was the only strategy he could employ right now.

He must not fight Noland Lee at all costs.

The family secret guard was a person who wouldn’t act without certainty, cunning and deceitful.

He was all too familiar with Noland Lee Jarvis’s psychology and way of doing things.

Such a seemingly rough and barbaric man would only initiate a life-and-death duel if he held a hundred percent certainty of victory and the initiative.

If he started a fight, he would undoubtedly die.

This was both the intuition of the family secret guard and the conclusion he deduced from his years of experience.

“I’m almost at the City of Suman! Almost there!”

The family secret guard grinned and laughed, facing the silhouette of the city at the Sky’s Edge, and increased his flight speed once again.

A vast expanse of gray fog appeared out of nowhere in front of him.

He came to a halt as if hitting a quagmire, trapped in place by an invisible and grand force.

“Gray fog?”

The family secret guard tried to fly forward but felt an incredible heaviness, as if a giant hand were pressing him down.

“How could the Lost Sea Fog appear in the Inner Circle?!”

The family secret guard exclaimed in shock.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. The Lost Sea Fog only appears on the sea surface dozens of kilometers away from land; it would never appear in the Inner Circle.”

He frantically scanned his surroundings, with the gray fog obscuring the sea and the distant view.

The Sea Water churned, and the Sea Breeze blew gently, absent of steamship horns and crowds’ noise, silent as if in the Deep Sea Zone far from land.

A slight heaviness settled in the family secret guard’s heart.

He moved straight down, landing on the Sea Surface.

Touching the Sea Water with his hand, it was cold and had a slight sting, characteristics of the Sea Water in the Deep Sea Zone.

The family secret guard’s expression grew gloomy.

He pulled out his two-handed magic wand made of Stone Material and tapped it on the Stone Tablet beneath his feet.

The Stone Tablet, serving as a flying device, emitted an earthy brown light and expanded in size.

Foundations, floor, walls, beams, roof…

A series of Stone House components, created by Earth Rock magic, appeared within the earthy brown light.

In less than five seconds, the Stone Hut floating on the sea took shape.

But it didn’t stop there.

An earthy brown light screen materialized around the Stone Hut, which transformed from energy to a physical form, turning into a Hollow Stone Ball with a diameter of over ten meters.

After the Stone Ball encased the Stone Hut, another layer of extensively arrayed earthy brown light screens appeared around it.

Densely packed stone pillars constituted an immensely defensive Rock Protective Grid, safeguarding the Stone Ball and Hut within.

Next, another thick layer of Stone Ball was conjured by Earth Rock magic, enveloping the inside’s rock grid, Stone Ball, and Stone House.

Layer upon layer was added until a gigantic Stone Ball with impressive defensive strength appeared on the sea’s surface.

Stone Pillars rose from the seabed, becoming its support, securing it firmly upon the sea.

The rock sphere was neither pushed by waves nor submerged in the sea, steadily hovering in place.

“Why did I fly into the deep sea…”

Inside the securely protected Stone House, the family secret guard held the pendant to his chest and looked at it closely.

The Pendant showed no sign of unusualness, just icy cold and crystal clear.

Restlessness took root in the family secret guard’s heart.

He put down the Pendant and took out Letter Paper to call for help from all quarters.

That useless Dickler Fegan was out of the question, but he had a few wizard forces in the Suman Archipelago that were on good terms with him and could be his targets for help.

No matter if involving outsiders in the life-and-death duel would violate the laws, the family secret guard only wanted hostages.

As long as he held the hostages, the family secret guard fancied he had plenty of ways to pressure Noland Lee Jarvis.

The most effective way to deal with an Enforcement Wizard like Noland Lee Jarvis was to target their mistakes and use the restraint power of the Wizard Enforcement Department against them.

As long as the enforcement process itself was illegal, even if the family secret guard did have issues, he could completely leverage it to escape.

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