A moment later, Xu Yi ended the call and gestured for Archmage Orphalian and Archmage Laduka to wait.
After another short while, both Archmage Orphalian and Archmage Laduka keenly sensed an unusual change in the mana space at a point ahead of them, toward Mero City.
Recognizing something familiar in that change, the two exchanged a glance and nodded together.
The abnormal state of this mana space was exactly like that of the Magic Cage that had trapped them earlier. Clearly, the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps had used some unknown method to alter the mana space ahead of them again.
This time, however, when they extended their mana, they clearly sensed that the affected mana space was merely a rectangular prism over twenty meters high and more than ten meters wide. They could not determine its exact depth, since their mana could not probe beyond it. Unlike the earlier Magic Cage, it did not form a perfect sphere enclosing them all.
This discovery reassured them, for it meant that Xu Yi truly intended to let them try again, rather than trap them once more.
Of course, in their current condition, Xu Yi could easily finish them off with the help of the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps, which had already demonstrated its formidable strength. He had no need to go to all this trouble.
"All right, Lord Orphalian, you may now try what you were about to do earlier. Of course, I must remind you to keep your distance from that space. The consequences of a complete collapse of mana space are far more terrifying than you imagine."
Having said this, Xu Yi floated some distance back and made an inviting gesture.
"He's staying so far away. Isn't he afraid we'll turn around and run?" Archmage Orphalian asked with