Chapter 2157: Tough Stance

"Aiboke, Depake, you two are responsible for controlling 【Wide-Area Detection】. Your primary task is to discover and lock onto high-energy targets of level 9 or above, and simultaneously relay the information to Niya."

"Feishe'er, Andongni, you four are responsible for controlling 【Wide-Area Prohibition】. Your primary goal is to isolate and restrict the target instructions received from Niya's side."

In fact, with 【Annihilation Light】 present, Xia Duo did not need to arrange such detailed tasks. The reason he called upon Aiboke and the others this time, besides truly wanting to expand the battle results, was more importantly to let them experience the real external situation, so they would not let their vigilance against the outside world be worn away by the peaceful life within the Tower of Time.

"As for Boli—"

Xia Duo did not say it directly, but instead sent a private message to Saville, asking him to take extra care of Niya when the battle began. Although the Floating City had its own protection system, one could never be certain that an enemy wouldn't charge up; after all, Xia Duo was still quite wary of the trickiness of psionics.

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Just as he was about to continue explaining the points of attention when operating war spells, Xia Duo suddenly received an alert from his intellectual brain: someone had intruded into the Floating City's alert range. Along with the alert came a detection feedback regarding the intruder.

If nothing went wrong, it should be someone from the Zamdas side. After all, the Floating City was making such a huge commotion and flying straight toward them; it was impossible for them to have no reaction.

Whether one called it normal vigilance or a guilty conscience, in any case, Zamdas had sent someone over.

However, Xia Duo did not want to have any dialogue with Zamdas at this moment. Instead, he signaled to Aiboke and the others, "Now you have a chance to practice. During this time, I will have Niya provide you with guidance at any moment. I hope you will familiarize yourselves with it as quickly as possible."

Afterward, he signaled for Niya to perform the spellcasting for the Mind Link, and he himself joined in using his intellectual brain. He could obtain some of the information within the Mind Link through Niya's relay, which could be considered understanding the situation in real-time.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the direction the Floating City was advancing.

A middle-aged man wearing armor and a long sword at his waist looked solemnly at the azure giant object approaching with a whistling gale, subconsciously gripping the hilt of his sword.

The unsheathed, translucent blade body exposed to the air expanded and contracted slightly, as if reflecting his current wavering mood.

"The arrogant Zeqi faction will eventually bury this country!"

Kelaidisuo could not suppress the anger in his heart, but what made him even more furious and dissatisfied was not the Zeqi faction's plan itself, but that they had prepared so thoroughly yet still failed, even bringing disaster to their homeland. This was something he could not accept.

But looking at the behemoth ahead that made his psionic energy constantly vibrate and shrink, Kelaidisuo still steadied his emotions with immense willpower.

At this moment, he understood that the other party was here for revenge, and what he needed to do was not to confront them directly; he only needed to delay time as much as possible. The enemies provoked by the Zeqi faction should be handled by them!

When the azure giant object approached to a certain distance, Kelaidisuo adjusted his emotions once more, using invisible psionic mimicry to transmit a real voice in Elvish to the other party:

"Respected Lord Xia Duo, I am Kelaidisuo, Blade Lord of the Zamdas Ruling Council. I was previously invited to the Northland to witness the establishment of the Northland Alliance. We met once in Evereska at that time. Does Lord Xia Duo still have an impression of me?"

At the same time, inside the Floating City.

Niya hesitated for a moment and asked Xia Duo, "Didn't you say before that you met a Psionic Master from Zamdas who went to observe the ceremony in Evereska? Is it him?"

"It is indeed him, but we have no friendship whatsoever, and we didn't even speak a single word. To this day, I cannot forget the high-and-mighty, emotionless, cold look he gave me at that time, yet now he comes to strike up a friendship—"

Xia Duo did not continue with the rest of his words, but Niya immediately understood his meaning. Her gaze then turned sharp, and she issued an order to Aiboke and the others in the Mind Link:

"Act!"

The information that could be transmitted through the Mind Link far exceeded that of language. Following Niya's order, the six people including Aiboke all acted according to their duties.

And all of this was received by Xia Duo's intellectual brain through Niya's relay. Xia Duo had no objections to Niya's arrangements; he often conducted training with Niya on operating the Floating City, which of course included commanding battles with war spells.

Against a single person, let alone multiple High Mages operating war spells together, even relying on the Floating City's passive defense was not something the opponent could easily resist.

Of course, this was on the premise that the opponent was a spellcaster under the normal magic system.

Now that they had encountered a psionic spellcaster, the occurrence of an accident was entirely within Xia Duo's expectations. In the feedback from 【Wide-Area Detection】, 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 did not have the expected restrictive effect on that psionic mage.

"Xia Duo, how exactly should psionic magic be countered?" Encountering this situation for the first time, Niya could not help but feel a bit panicked, constantly seeking help from Xia Duo in her heart.

Xia Duo indirectly perceived Niya's emotions through his intellectual brain, so he sent a message to comfort her: "Do not panic. Psionics indeed have elements that exceed normal magic, but the realization of many effects must still conform to the grand order of reality; it is impossible to let them manipulate things at will according to their desires."

Afterward, he pointed out to Niya some spell elements that were difficult to avoid even when using psionic magic, which he had discovered temporarily through the feedback from the just-concluded 【Wide-Area Detection】.

"Restricting the realization of these elements can restrict most of the opponent's Teleportation Spells."

In Xia Duo's view, the fact that the opponent did not flee at the first opportunity meant they had already lost their last chance. Even if he did not place any restrictions on the opponent's teleportation, a direct sweep of Annihilation Light, provided the timing was seized accurately, would be enough to interrupt the opponent's teleportation.

Because of its immense power, Annihilation Light could itself serve as an extremely effective means of Spell Breaking. If even space was annihilated, what spell could exist independently?

Of course, because the power of Annihilation Light was too great, and because the reason for connecting to the Mythallar led to a decrease in control precision, Xia Duo was generally not very willing to use Annihilation Light, fearing that he might accidentally be unable to clean up the aftermath.

After all, he himself did not have any particularly good defensive means against Annihilation Light.

Although Annihilation Light was a sharp weapon, it was also a double-edged sword that needed to be used with caution.

……

Although Xia Duo did not use Annihilation Light when dealing with the psionic mage who intruded into the Floating City's alert range, the result of 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 under the operation of multiple High Mages did not disappoint him.

After receiving the prohibition elements he hinted at, the psionic mage, who was already struggling, immediately fell into a desperate situation. Finally, leaving behind only the words "This is all a misunderstanding," the mage was completely sealed and sent to the Floating City's prison.