Chapter 228: Chapter 175 Targeting the Treasure! (Three-in-one, 5/5)_2 But now, they were at least still covertly protecting the younger generation of Earth. In Conference Room 1, two out of the four people present were guarded by fifth-transition powerhouses. These two individuals had rather impressive backgrounds. Someone like Yan Yingyue, who had no connections, even after surviving one assassination attempt, only had a few more guards assigned to her and received one additional life-saving magic weapon. She could not be assigned a fifth-transition powerhouse for protection. On the other hand, the other two targets both had high-level connections; their protective details included fifth-transition powerhouses. Even if these ten Assassins were incredibly fast, they could not outrun two fifth-transition powerhouses. They were effortlessly subdued. Most powerhouses preferred to kill with a single blow. But fifth-transition powerhouses were different. They even managed to capture the assailants alive, planning to thoroughly interrogate them afterward. Out of the ten Assassins, seven were annihilated, and three were completely controlled. They had no means of escape. Their abilities were completely suppressed and sealed by their captors, who utilized Divine Power and the special abilities gained after their own fifth-transition, leaving the Assassins to submit helplessly. "Take these three back for a thorough interrogation!" one of the fifth-transition powerhouses commanded, then furiously afflicted the three with a curse of pain. "AAAH!!!" Instantly, they felt an unbearable, splitting headache. They couldn’t even take their own lives and could only wail in agony. "Kill... kill... me..." "Want to die? Hmph, you’ll only die after you’ve spilled all your secrets!" 「In Conference Room 1.」 Of the twenty who had launched the attack, only one group achieved any success, but seventeen of them died and three were captured. It was a significant loss. Meanwhile, in the other conference rooms, many confrontations had already taken place. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢 「In Conference Room 3, thirteen attacked.」 There were two primary targets and one secondary target. Out of the thirteen who attacked, two targets were successfully assassinated; the last one managed to survive thanks to a highly reactive expert nearby. The deaths of one five-star and one four-star target came at the cost of thirteen Assassins. The situation in the subsequent conference rooms was similar; none of them managed to keep everyone alive. The Aliens weren’t mere cannon fodder; they were here with the intent to assassinate. If they couldn’t even kill a single target, their abilities were too poor for them to have been sent on this operation. 「As for Conference Room 2, they were just unlucky to have encountered Chen Mo.」 Just as these Aliens began their attack, Chen Mo, thanks to his powerful perception ability as a pioneer, instantly detected their killing intent. There are so many this time!? Chen Mo was surprised; he hadn’t expected sixteen people to charge out at once. The moment they lunged forward, Chen Mo immediately activated the Space-Time Pearl. If I don’t control them, once they rush among the examinees, won’t they be like wolves among sheep, slaughtering at will? Chen Mo didn’t want to die, nor did he want to see others die, so he activated the Space-Time Pearl without hesitation. Simultaneously, he ensured all surrounding exam guards were exempt from his time stop. These guards were professionals. The moment they saw the suspicious behavior of those who charged out, they immediately understood who they were. At that moment, everyone was attentively listening to the Academy Alliance’s investigation report on recent anomalies in the instance. Given how brazenly these individuals charged out, it would have been astounding if they weren’t hostile. The guards immediately reacted, preparing to act together to take down all sixteen individuals who had suddenly appeared in Conference Room 2. Just as the guards prepared to act, Chen Mo unexpectedly sensed that one person was still able to move. How is that possible? I didn’t exempt him from the time stop. As this person moved, Chen Mo finally recognized a familiar, powerful Energy emanating from them—it was Divine Power! A fifth-transition powerhouse! This was the first time Chen Mo had seen a fifth-transition powerhouse with his own eyes. I never imagined a fifth-transition powerhouse would be so incredible that even my time stop couldn’t restrain them! However, seeing a fifth-transition powerhouse meant he could be confident this person wasn’t an Alien. After all, Alien fifth-transition powerhouses couldn’t come to Earth. This person was undoubtedly one of their own. When the fifth-transition powerhouse saw that these Aliens had been immobilized by an unknown force, he acted immediately, striving to seal the abilities of those who had charged out so they could be interrogated later. It had to be said, a fifth-transition powerhouse was swift and decisive in action. Before the brief three-second time stop even ended, he had completely sealed the abilities of these sixteen individuals and confiscated their space backpacks. As the time stop ended, all sixteen intruders wore expressions of terror, staring in disbelief. They were all equipped with items to prevent time stop, yet they had still received the time stop notification. Clearly, an SSS-level time stop had been activated. Only when they saw the fifth-transition expert looking down on them from mid-air did they realize they had encountered a formidable opponent. Witnessing this, the few Aliens still hiding in the crowd frantically messaged their headquarters for instructions: "There’s a fifth-transition powerhouse and a top-tier time stop ability in Conference Room 2. Our sixteen members are all neutralized. Should we attempt to eliminate them now? With so many captured, it’s difficult to guarantee they won’t divulge information under interrogation." Rangu reviewed the reports from infiltrators in each conference room. The operation’s success rate was merely fifty percent. The success rate for assassinating primary targets was only one-third. It could be considered a failed operation.