As the team advanced further, the Psionic Shield seemed to begin changing.
For a brief instant, the buildings behind the Psionic Shield seemed to vanish, followed by plants and scenery that did not belong to this plateau landscape. According to data returned by the Reconnaissance Drones and numerous other observation methods, although they stood before the gates of the Sixth Courtyard, the coordinates of the Emperor's assault team and the target location were constantly shifting, as if a piece of space had been forcibly cut away and glued back into place.
The Emperor's approach visibly placed greater pressure on the barrier. Psionic Static flared across the previously transparent shield, and a deep-purple gleam of Aether Energy flashed past, nearly setting the air ablaze. Even so, the barrier remained unbelievably sturdy, far surpassing the protection any wall in the Material Universe could provide.
The arrival of the new ammunition supplies had already been relayed through the chain of command, and the Praetorian Guard was ready to direct artillery fire. Precision bombardments and Precision Guided Bombs could accurately guide the strikes onto the ever-shrinking Psionic Shield despite the constant changes in firing data. At the same time, Wanda Maximoff finally received permission to cast her spell—her task was simple: use nonlethal means to render the Arcanists maintaining the Psionic Shield incapacitated, but not irreversibly so.
An Electroshock Baton could accomplish the same thing, but those Arcanists were still some distance away, and the seemingly thin barrier was an impassable obstacle. Moreover, there had already been cases of Arcanists having their brains burned out. The Emperor was unwilling to personally break the barrier, because even those Arcanists who did not die immediately often developed intracranial hematomas. The survival rate for emergency battlefield craniotomies was low, and the Emperor did not want to cause