The Eternal Psionic Array that had been running for over a dozen centuries in the fortress of Chenxiao had finally been fully activated. Before the Starrealm Knights launched their attack, the array's sentient components had already begun attacking on their own.
It was a force formed from the overlapping effects of multiple domains.
First to descend was the gravitational anomaly that had been hampering Yu Lian. Its effect instantly swelled from tenfold to more than twentyfold, enough to crush even the latest combat robots into hefty little pancakes.
At that moment, Yu Lian actually experienced the long-forgotten sensation of being unable to breathe—a feeling he hadn't even had while riding a dragon through the vacuum of space. Next, his bones, muscles, internal organs, blood vessels, and nerves all seemed to groan under the strain, as if every cell that made them up had reached the brink of collapse.
But that sensation lasted for no more than an instant.
Psionic energy spread to every cell, even to every atom that made up those cells. All the pressure was immediately dispelled.
Still, even though it lasted only an instant, it left his body noticeably sluggish.
Of course, that was far from the Eternal Array's only effect.
Next came a subtler, yet more potent, mental interference. This was a psionic-nullification field, its disruptive particles dispersing through every layer of the atmosphere like cations. Its effect was to sever the psionic connection between body and mind—in other words, to forcibly separate the spirit from the body. It would directly disrupt a psion's techniques, and could certainly interfere with the execution of martial arts as well.
Under these conditions, an ordinary psion couldn't even bring out a tenth of their strength.
Naturally, they wouldn't have the time or energy to construct a more robust mental