Chapter 252: Chapter 27: Continental Drift

For a moment, the last silver grain of sand atop the hourglass finally fell.

Seeing this scene, the figure in the black robe willed it, and a burst of spiritual power was injected into the plaque.

As he did so, the surface of the black plaque emitted a faint glow, a special ripple spread from it, entering the core crystal stone of the Array.

The information carried by the ripple was the coordinates of a small, independent Dream World.

Once the coordinates were input, the Radiance of the Array suddenly brightened, turning into a dense, profound abyssal black, as if a void, and the core part was completely activated.

Terrible and oppressive Magic Fluctuations emitted from the Array, like a Giant Dragon rudely awakened from its slumber.

“True Knowledge Society? Heh heh heh, let’s enjoy a grand fireworks show!”

After letting out a series of somewhat shrill, bizarre laughter, the figure wrapped their robe around them, and their form instantly vanished.

After the masked person left, the Array itself continued to operate, and according to the coordinates left by the figure, connected to a small, independent Dream World that was originally attached to the main Dream Realm.

If one observed from the outer layer of the world, they could see that the small Dream World was completely enveloped by a faint layer of gray mist.

Although called small, it was after all an independent world. If compared with the hundreds of meters giant Array that was still in operation, it was like placing a sesame seed on a watermelon.

At this moment, the independent Dream World attached to the surface of Dream of Unival, resembling a huge bubble, had its original connection to Dream of Unival suddenly severed!

With the loss of its anchor point, under the influence of the underlying spatial tension, the entire world began to drift slowly!

Guided by the power of the Array, it traced an arc across the planar space, like a vast, silent, and unstoppable ten-thousand-ton giant ship, drifting towards a certain direction.

And directly in the path of its trajectory was the Trial grounds where Anvis and others were located!

The scene of the True Knowledge Society’s Trial took place within an independent Dream Space, where the stability of space is extremely unreliable due to the nature of the Dream World.

Normally, this astonishing scene should have been immediately detected by the True Knowledge Society, but due to some sort of invisible shielding, their Prophets failed to notice this occurrence.

And based on its movement speed, in no more than three Magic Time, the two independent Dream Worlds would completely collide!

.….….

At this time, within the Trial World, Anvis and the others were fighting a Dream Giant Ape.

The second stone slab was also hidden within an isolated Array, easily found by the group, but the third stone slab was concealed inside the body of the Giant Ape they were now facing, which possessed the strength of a Fourth Rank!

Although everyone had the capability to fight above their own rank, they still faced a ‘perilous and fraught’ battle against a Fourth Rank enemy who had broken through the Mid Rank divide.

“Casu, try to control its movements, use your summoned creatures to bind it, reduce its reaction time and mobility.”

“Alisa, it’s about to launch a powerful Attack at you, try to dodge it, then strike at the weak spots on its lower body to attract its attention.”

“Anvis, I can slow its thoughts for about six seconds, prepare your strongest Penetrating Magic aimed right at the center of its chest and abdomen, at the white Star-shaped pattern – that’s where its Life Force converges.”

In the mental network, Saphia issued orders anxiously yet methodically, the Silver Blue Magic Cube now hovered beside her, surrounded by rings of soft blue Runes.

She was a rare Arcane Mage who used a Magic Cube as her weapon; it could aid Mages in constructing multiple Magic Models at the same time, and build more exquisite model structures beyond their rank, leveraging stronger Magic Powers with relatively lower base Strength.

But that required the user to possess extremely high computing ability, as well as the capability to multitask.

For the average Spellcaster, building Spells through the Magic Cube would be less effective than simply using a Magic Wand to amplify the power of the Spells brutishly.

“Understood.”

Anvis lifted his silvery-white Magic Wand, the pale blue crystal emitting intermittent glows, as he began to chant a Fourth Rank Yang Flame Ray.

After all, they were the most elite students of Pamir Academy, even amidst the ferocity of the battle, they were steadily progressing towards victory.

The redhead Knight Girl, clad all over in matching colored Magic Power, darted beneath the Giant Ape. Her sword aglow with golden Runes, each thrust left a wound on its lower body.

“Roar! Roar!”

The giant ape roared furiously, its thick, dark hairy fists pounding wildly nearby, sending bones and rocks flying about, yet it could not, no matter how, land a hit on the nimble girl.

At the same time, thick white bone chains broke through the ground, binding the giant ape. Even though they were shattered in the next instant, they kept emerging ceaselessly.

Seizing the opportunity created by the others, Anvis’s spell gradually took shape.

But when the figure in black robes outside the world activated the giant Array, a sudden thump in Anvis’s heart occurred.

A faint sense of gloom rose from his heart, causing a slight sluggishness in his spiritual power’s circulation.

This was a crisis warning brought by his prophetic ability; Anvis’s heart sank for a moment, the spell he was guiding wavered slightly, then he stabilized it forcibly with his strong spiritual power.

In a flash, a blazing white energy ray shot out from the crystal stone at the top of Anvis’s wand, instantly piercing through the white star-shaped fur on the giant ape’s chest.

“Roar!”

With a final feeble roar, the dream giant ape, towering dozens of meters high, crashed down thunderously.

In the just ended battle, everyone had tacitly refrained from using high-rank magic items.

“We succeeded! That was a Fourth Rank Magic Beast! Victory belongs to glory and justice!”

Seeing the dust settle, the Knight Girl cheerfully raised her long sword, letting out a cheer.

Unfortunately, except for Anvis who politely lifted his wand a little, the other two just glanced at her and made no response.

Huh, simple-minded brutes from the War Profession System.

“Uh, sorry, I forgot this isn’t the Knight Academy.”

Sheathing her sword with embarrassment, the girl couldn’t help but feel mortified, her fair complexion turning a captivating shade of red.

“Do any of you sense any danger in the surroundings?”

However, Anvis quickly changed the subject, incidentally easing Alisa’s awkwardness.

“I haven’t detected anything unusual. Have you found something, Anvis?”

That was Alisa’s remark, as she controlled the cube to Detect a wide area around them, but she noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

Casu knew his own perception abilities well and consciously did not speak up.

“Just now, I felt something was off, but I couldn’t pinpoint the issue.”

Anvis nodded, speaking earnestly.

“Off? Are you sure?”

Upon hearing this, the three of them became serious.

Although they hadn’t sensed anything, the fact that Anvis did meant there was a problem.

Immediately, the three of them used their own methods to carefully sense their surroundings, but still came up empty-handed.

There was no apparent danger around, only an endless, silent dark forest.

As they were in the territory of the giant ape, not even small dream creatures were present.

“Alright, let’s continue exploring and try to finish this assessment as soon as possible.”

Anvis nodded at the others’ feedback and said no more on the matter.