Chapter 2159: Psionic Barrier

The next moment, Bujifu saw intense psionic fluctuations erupt above the sanctuary not far away, and a pale purple psionic barrier, almost visible to the naked eye, shrouded the entire city within it.

"Guard the sanctuary!"

Bujifu roared subconsciously, then transformed into a stream of light, shaking off his subordinates as he charged toward the sanctuary. He knew very well that no matter how devastated Tuokesente was by the enemy, as long as the sanctuary was not lost, he could balance his merits and faults, or even have his merits outweigh his faults.

But once the sanctuary fell, even if Tuokesente were preserved, it would be difficult for him to have a good outcome. The reason was simple: a vital psionic Artifact was kept within the sanctuary.

Perhaps to put it another way, it was not that the Artifact was kept in the sanctuary or in Tuokesente, but rather that because of that Artifact, Tuokesente and the sanctuary existed at all.

By the time Bujifu arrived at the sanctuary, the Psionic Scholars and warriors living or staying in other parts of the city had also arrived one after another. Not just Bujifu, but almost all the Zhamu Dasi people deeply understood the significance of the sanctuary.

And at this moment, on the Floating City.

Xia Duo looked with some surprise at the Scrying feedback transmitted by Niya. Just a moment ago, at the instant the Floating City descended, under Niya's guidance, he had fired a low-yield Annihilation Light at the city district below.

What he did not expect was that the Annihilation Light, which had always been effective, encountered effective resistance for the first time. A barrier that could not yet be probed shrouded the entire city, and the Annihilation Light began to dissipate bit by bit before it even got close.

By the time it actually reached the city district, the impact caused was not even as great as an ordinary Element Turbulence shock.

Of course, facing a defensive power that could even block the Annihilation Light, the Element Turbulence probably did not even qualify as a scratch.

Facing this situation, Xia Duo did not panic; instead, he was very happy, because he had finally found an existence capable of resisting the Annihilation Light. Although it was currently only a psionic version and not yet in his hands, he believed that a reality-based Magic system could likewise find a substitute.

"Niya, blockade the surroundings, and at the same time synchronize the locations of the psionic Mages outside the unknown barrier to me!"

"Yes!"

Niya received the order and immediately transmitted it through the Mind Link to the High Mage in the adjacent Control Room. This counted as a new order, while the previous order to synchronize the battlefield situation was still being executed.

As for Xia Duo himself, he continued to use the reduced-power Annihilation Light to probe the unknown barrier below. On one hand, it was because he was not clear where the limit of the barrier below lay; if he went all-in and failed, he would have no choice but to run away in disgrace.

On the other hand, he also wanted to try to analyze the reality-based foundation of the barrier below. Psionic Techniques or Psionic Creations could certainly be unrestrained, but they basically all had a foundation in reality.

Xia Duo had never seen a Psionic Technique purely generated by thought. Perhaps they existed, but even if they did, he believed that relying on the power of one person to oppose the entire reality was very unrealistic.

As long as he could find where the foundation of the barrier below lay in the real world, he could continue to develop a brand-new spell belonging to the Netheril Magic System based on it.

For this reason, even if this retaliatory action did not reach the ideal expectation, it was acceptable.

While Xia Duo was probing on this side, Tuokesente City below, after experiencing the initial chaos, also began their side's counterattack.

Xia Duo's intelligent brain received alarm information one after another, basically saying—the Mythallar environment is continuously changing, but the related system operation is stable.

Translated into daily language, it would be—

The enemy is attempting to attack the Floating City, but has not even been able to break through the protection of the Mythallar.

The primary job of the Floating City Mythallar is to provide a stable operating environment for all equipment and facilities of the Floating City, while simultaneously serving to connect all equipment and facilities to provide Xia Duo with control convenience.

The defensive function is merely incidental.

Although Xia Duo's Adaptive Mythallar is different from the traditional Elven Mythallar of the Main Plane, Zhamu Dasi dared to assassinate the next-generation Crown King of Kaitemier, so they shouldn't be that incompetent, right?

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Xia Duo cautiously increased the defensive level of the Floating City, and soon he synchronized the location of the first Zhamu Dasi psionic Mage to leave the barrier.

So he did not hesitate to sweep an Annihilation Light over. Almost simultaneously, the feedback from the Wide-Area Detection arrived; that psionic Mage who left the barrier had no room for resistance and was annihilated into a ball of bright light, then quickly dissipated in the air.

But psionics once again brought surprise to Xia Duo; a pale purple, blurry human figure appeared where that psionic Mage was annihilated.

It looked like a Soul, but Xia Duo knew very well that once a Soul is separated from the body, it will be drawn to the Outer Planes. Whether it is the Shenguo or the Homeland, that is the final destination for a Soul.

But now, what was that pale purple, blurry human figure?

Before Xia Duo could figure it out, that pale purple, blurry human figure plunged into the City Barrier and disappeared into nothingness. Subsequently, the power of the City Barrier resisting the Annihilation Light probe increased a little.

"Is it a sacrifice? Or a sharing mechanism between homologous psionics?"

But regardless of which one it was, Xia Duo could not ignore the psionic Mages running out from the city below. Moreover, he believed that even if the thoughts, spirits, or other concepts of those psionic Mages survived, their physical bodies could never be recovered.

No, with the characteristic of psionics being determined by the mind, reshaping the physical body might not be impossible.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo slightly strengthened his probe of the City Barrier below. Although this did not help much in his discovery of the barrier's corresponding reality foundation, it allowed him to probe the reality of the city.

Sure enough, the next moment, the pale purple City Barrier below began to show phenomena of varying color density; the outermost layer was the most intense, while the interior was particularly faint, nearly non-existent.

And correspondingly, it remained intact in the face of the low-yield Annihilation Light after its power was slightly increased.

Xia Duo had originally thought he could project the Annihilation Light directly into the barrier, but the barrier below differed from a normal Magic Jieti. Even if it looked like there were loopholes inside, it actually distorted the boundaries between the inside and outside.

The Annihilation Light projected into the barrier all appeared on the surface of the barrier, and then were blocked by the barrier that had been sacrificed or strengthened.

However, the essence of the Annihilation Light is not an energy attack, but an ultimate Entropy Increase Spell. That barrier looked like it blocked the annihilation effect of the Annihilation Light, but Entropy Increase is not so easy to resist.

Invisible hidden dangers already existed inside the barrier. Even if Xia Duo kept probing with low-yield Annihilation Light, he would be able to break through this city sooner or later.

At the same time, inside Tuokesente City.

A group of Psionic Scholars and warriors gathered around the City Lord Bujifu, their expressions showing worry, but their overall emotions were still relatively stable.

One of the scholars asked the City Lord: "Lord Bujifu, when will the support from the Zeqi School actually arrive? If we only rely on the Artifact to support it, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long!"

"No need to worry, I have already made contact with Lord Zhalanmonai."

Although he said not to worry, the expression on Bujifu's face did not show a hint of relief. "The problem now is that the enemy's Floating Fortress may also have an Artifact, and the influence it brings has almost frozen the Warp Channel in this area.

"However, Lord Zhalanmonai has decided to use the first Artifact of the Capital City, allowing the Psionic Master in the rear to arrive at the Tuokesente battlefield quickly in the form of a Psionic Avatar. What we need to do now is to guard the sanctuary while probing the details of the means used by the enemy as much as possible, in preparation for the rear to refer to."