When Gu Weiyang said there were people helping outside, he deliberately raised his voice a little so everyone fighting nearby could hear him.
Amid an endless stream of bad developments, good news spread astonishingly fast.
Word of the reinforcements' arrival soon spread through the crowd.
Hope rekindled in the eyes of those who had already begun to show signs of exhaustion.
Yet just as morale rose, a sense of unease settled over everyone.
The first to notice something wrong was Yu Jianyun, who was swinging his sword. He frowned slightly, sensing that his blade had grown a little heavier.
He glanced at the pitch-black ground beneath his feet and said, "Something is starting to go wrong with this artifact."
Soon, the others felt the same strange change.
"My strength is draining away!" A young professor stared at his hands in alarm. The blast of air from the punch he had just thrown was somewhat weaker than usual.
"This is bad! This barrier is draining our energy!" Another United Government official noticed that the corrosive projectile he had launched was also slightly less powerful than before.
Just then, Xie Nanyun formed a massive boulder out of thin air and shoved it forward with all his might, sweeping hundreds of enemies away. Immediately afterward, everyone felt a fierce gust rush across their faces.
Someone immediately asked in curiosity, "Family Head Xie, why does it feel like your skill... stirred up a stronger wind than before and became slightly more powerful? How did you avoid having your strength drained by this barrier and become stronger instead?"
"I haven't become stronger." Xie Nanyun shook his head. "The barrier isn't draining our strength. It's making the surrounding air heavier than before. That's why the aftereffects of my skill felt a little stronger to you."
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