296: Chapter 296 Attack

"Could we have run into a Dimensional Storm?"

"I'm not sure, it's my first time encountering this too..."

After a brief moment of panic, everyone quickly calmed down, each putting on a set of Protective Suits.

What a joke, the academy's teachers and the principal were all here; if the sky fell, they would be the ones to hold it up.

"Stabilize!"

Sure enough, almost simultaneously, three silver-white metal towers rose around them, and the originally chaotic and distorted space instantly returned to calm.

Mild's figure appeared in front at some unknown point, a mechanical tentacle behind him piercing through the void of space.

With a faint sound of shattering, a fist-sized sphere was pierced through and fell.

"A Superstring Jammer?"

His expression suddenly darkened.

This was man-made!

For how many years now, ever since someone from the Association inherited the first Tower of Knowledge, no force within the Sea of Time had dared to disobey the Association's orders.

Today, someone actually dared to intercept a High-Dimensional Travel Ship he was personally piloting.

"Very well."

Mild suppressed his anger, rotating the three silver-white metal towers to construct a protective shield that guarded everyone in the center.

"You all protect these students and notify the Association."

Though he was angry, he was also clear that since they dared to strike against them, they were definitely not to be trifled with.

"Understood, Principal, leave it to us."

The group of accompanying mentors also had unfriendly expressions.

Those qualified to teach these geniuses were at least intermediate-level Scholars or higher.

No matter where they went, they were beings treated with respect and courtesy.

Now, someone actually dared to intercept them.

One of them took out a communication device and contacted the Association.

"Hm? Principal Mild, the communication is locked; it can't be sent out."

That mentor's expression changed slightly, looking up just in time to see the fragmented dimensional lines outside the protective layer reorganizing into a brand-new space.

A phantom of a travel ship, identical to the previous one, slowly solidified, as if nothing had happened, moving forward along the original route in their place.

"A Topological Soliton Trap?!"

Several mentors couldn't help but exclaim in low voices.

This was an extremely high-end application of dimensional technology.

Its effect was to place a "Topological Defect" on a dimensional channel, causing the target passing through the trap to be detained in an independent temporary dimensional space.

At the same time, based on the self-healing nature of the dimension itself, it would retain a portion of the target's image, maintaining it for a period of time.

Most importantly, few people besides the Association's Scholars could master technology of this level.

"Knowing the coordinates of our high-level channel departure and being able to use technology of this level... let me see who it is."

Mild's expression turned solemn as he raised his hand and tossed out a crystal-clear lens.

The moment it touched space, it divided into hundreds of millions of even smaller lenses that embedded themselves deeply into the space.

Beams of indistinguishable light shuttled and constructed, transforming the void of space into a world of light.

Illusory figures were illuminated one by one not far away.

Clap, clap!

"A World Within a World. As expected of the current Principal of the Time Book House and a personal disciple of the Virtual Tower Master."

A man carrying a sword stepped out from the shadows. With every step he took, his body swelled a thousandfold, and soon his torso was as tall as a planet.

"Sword Emperor Mountain, Sword Emperor Lingxi? It's actually you!"

Surprise flashed through Mild's eyes and vanished instantly.

The Superstring Jammer and the Topological Soliton Trap were both powerful methods of the technology side.

While Sword Emperor Mountain was one of the most powerful cultivation-side civilizations in the Sea of Time; the methods of the two simply didn't align.

More importantly, Sword Emperor Mountain was a force subordinate to the Association; how did he dare to intercept his own ship?

"Have you gone mad?"

Mild narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No, I just feel that the Association's handling of affairs is unfair, causing the death of a genius from my Sword Emperor Mountain. Since that is the case, I shall also kill one of your geniuses as repayment. Otherwise, my thoughts will not be smooth, and my sword heart will be clouded."

Sword Emperor Lingxi was expressionless, the long sword on his back having slid into his hand at some point.

A vast storm of sword qi was brewing at the blade's edge.

"Ridiculous."

Mild didn't care for the other party's full-of-holes excuse.

Regardless of the reason, from the moment he dared to intercept the Association's travel ship, the fate of the entire Sword Emperor Mountain was sealed.

But that was a matter for later.

What needed to be done now was to deal with the opponent or stall until the Association came to support.

Although communication couldn't be sent out, with the Association's capabilities, they would discover the anomaly in five minutes at most.

Four massive Quantum Superposition Light Shields appeared, revolving around his side.

A deep blue lens covered his left eye; when he looked at the weapon in the opponent's hand, countless complex data points appeared.

"Die!"

Sword Emperor Lingxi's gaze turned cold, power condensing in his hand as the sword qi storm emitted a sharp aura, about to slash out.

But in the next moment, the entire sword suddenly vanished from his hand without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"It's a method of Causal Eradication!"

Zhang Huaiyuan, who was under the protection of many mentors, saw this scene and couldn't help but blurt it out.

He had a general understanding of it while studying the classics; this was a field belonging to Senior Scholars and above.

It could trace the past of any living being or object and erase it from the source.

But it was his first time seeing it himself.

"Truly troublesome. Time is short, let's strike together."

After a brief moment of bewilderment, Sword Emperor Lingxi's face darkened.

Within the Sea of Time, due to the Association's existence, Scholars held a special status; he had almost no experience fighting high-level Scholars and had suffered a great loss all at once.

Hearing this, several others immediately flew forward and slashed out with their swords.

And Sword Emperor Lingxi also took out three more swords, striking at the same time.

"A few ordinary Enshrined Experts from Sword Emperor Mountain, their strength is average; they can't break through the Quantum Superposition Light Shields."

Mild scanned them, the information on several people immediately surfacing in his mind. He didn't bother with these small fry for now, focusing all his efforts on erasing Sword Emperor Lingxi's weapons.

But just then.

The four sword lights that originally had mediocre momentum suddenly surged, and those 'ordinary' Enshrined Experts from the intelligence simultaneously exploded with power no weaker than Sword Emperor Lingxi's.

"Not good!"

Mild seemed to only just realize this, his expression somewhat panicked as he reinforced the light shields, but it was too late.

The sharp sword qi pierced through three hundred thousand layers of superposition shields in an instant, and four long swords passed through his body simultaneously!

"Principal! / Second Senior Brother!"

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