The Black-tailed Swallow Legion halted, but the masses of believers did not stop as they had imagined.
Originally, these believers were all oppressed poor people. Under Tang Xueyao's preaching and brainwashing, their faith in the True God was merely a search for spiritual solace and a powerful backing.
However, after various battles, people gradually came to believe that the True God truly existed.
Especially after witnessing Zhang Chen turn the members of the world's strongest Black-tailed Swallow Legion into petals one by one, their hearts were greatly stirred, and they firmly believed that deities indeed existed.
Supported by this fervent faith, they no longer cared about death and rushed towards the metal box one after another.
Although they approached the metal box from the rear, the device's energy absorption intensity was too powerful.
Even from behind, it could absorb a certain amount of energy.
Coupled with the relative weakness of these believers, as they neared the box within fifty meters, the front-row believers began to age, stumbled, coughed a few steps, and then slumped to the ground.
With the people in front acting as shields, those behind managed to charge an additional three to five meters forward before also collapsing to the ground as mummified corpses.
Hundreds and thousands of bodies piled up on the ground, making people's scalps tingle.
But these believers had no intention of stopping, continuing their charge forward one after another.
Their expressions were all resolute, as if facing death, and some even had smiles on their faces.
It was as if they were rushing not towards death, but towards a beautiful and happy life.
“Are these guys crazy? Charging forward knowing they'll die?”
“Is this the power of the True God, turning people into mindless monsters!”
“As expected of an evil god. If everyone became like this, what a terrifying world it would be?”
“I actually think the opposite. If everyone had this spirit of facing death unflinchingly and charging forward to achieve one goal, humanity would create an unprecedentedly powerful civilization and establish an invincible army!”
“Indeed, these believers are both terrifying and admirable…”
The allied forces that entered the city and the Black-tailed Swallow Legion, facing such believers, could not help but be moved.
At this moment, the believer army had already charged to within five meters of the box.
The corpses behind them were piled as high as a small mountain.
To get closer to the box, they had to leap down from the pile of bodies.
Only by doing so could they get closer to the box under the effect of gravity. Otherwise, if they tried to rush, they wouldn't be able to take even a single step.
The closer they got to the box, the stronger the energy absorption.
The believers died almost instantly.
Corpses littered the ground.
At this moment, Zhang Chen was also not having it easy. Energy was being continuously absorbed into the small box.
If it were absorbing the energy of Law, Time, and Creation simultaneously, it would be manageable, as Zhang Chen had an abundance of energy within him.
At its absorption rate, it could last for ten to half a month without issue.
But this box first absorbed the energy of the pink crystal.
The amount of this energy that Zhang Chen possessed was not much to begin with, and it was now being absorbed in large quantities.
Once too much was absorbed, Zhang Chen would revert to his spiritual body state.
And the person who invented this box must have been a meticulous planner with formidable strength.
He would definitely not allow himself to reshape his body so easily.
“I must find a way!”
Zhang Chen pondered a solution with a frown, but he couldn't do anything at the moment. The Pluto Mushroom had entered a dormant state, and the people around him were far from matching the strength of the scarred man.
That guy couldn't even last a second, and the Fifth Seat expert was forced to break an arm to survive.
If Tang Xueyao or Dolores were to charge forward, the result would be even more futile…
Just as Zhang Chen was at a loss,
Suddenly, he felt the force on his body instantly disappear.
It turned out that Tang Xueyao leaped high from behind the box, using gravity, and holding the Thousand Bone Saber, she used the saber's length to maximize the distance between herself and the box.
The Thousand Bone Saber struck the box fiercely, deflecting the absorption angle of the box in another direction.
However, Tang Xueyao's price was that her entire being instantly aged, her energy was immediately absorbed completely, and she turned into a withered skeleton.
“Xueyao!”
Taking advantage of the fraction of a second the box tilted, Zhang Chen flipped his right hand, controlling the field to close the box.
*Click!*
The box fell to the ground, emitting waves of heat.
“Don’t worry, you won’t die!”
Zhang Chen’s left hand began to rotate counter-clockwise slowly…