"Is this the Elder Spell?"
Jin-Gitaxias's face filled with surprise and curiosity as he watched dozens of Sparks float and dance around them.
As the supreme leader of New Phyrexia's technology and research division, there had been no need for him to personally come to the incredibly dangerous battlefield of Ravnica.
But driven by his intense interest in the Elder Spell, he had rushed to the scene through the Planar Tree at the first opportunity.
Surrounding him was a group of New Phyrexian Creations with consciousness and the ability to move independently. They were also the most advanced detection instruments that could currently be produced.
These instruments could record anything related to magic or technology in an instant, then systematically analyze it and derive the relevant theoretical basis.
In other words, no matter how profound a magical spell might be, it could not keep its secrets before these instruments.
But the problem was that these instruments now seemed to have malfunctioned. They did nothing but emit piercing shrieks, while every component used to detect energy fluctuation peaks was overloaded.
Nothing like this had ever happened before.
Raymond paid no attention to those instruments. Instead, he toyed with the small portion of Sparks he had intercepted from Nicol Bolas and explained with a smile, "No, this isn't the complete Elder Spell. It's merely one part of it.
"I have to admit, although Nicol Bolas is extraordinarily arrogant and conceited, he is not stupid.
"I have reason to suspect that he deliberately leaked this portion of the Elder Spell as bait.
"And you can turn off those useless instruments.
"Because the Elder Spell is not ordinary magic. It is one of only three powers known so far that can directly affect the Dark Void.
"The other two are Nicol Bolas's Spark trait