The backup energy had been the accumulated power of faith from the Sub-God Pillar over many years.
Normally, using the backup energy temporarily wouldn't cause any issues.
However, the rate at which the power was being consud didn't slow down; if anything, it was accelerating, which caught the attention of the God Pillar's priests.
At first, the priests thought it might be because a group of people had entered the temple to cultivate. After all, the Holy Realm had been sowhat unstable recently.
It was normal for there to be a sudden surge in the strength of believers.
So, they sent two priests to check the situation.
Upon arriving, the priests discovered that only one person had entered the Temple of Zeus, which imdiately seed off.
What was going on? Only one person entered?
Then why was the energy flow so fast?
The priests thought for a mont before asking, "We've detected an anomaly in the energy flow within the Temple of Zeus. We need to go inside and check."
The chief guard hesitated, his face showing so reluctance, "The person cultivating is a trial participant who passed the Great Sage's examination from the lower realm. If it affects his cultivation, it might be difficult to explain to the Great Sage."
"We won't interfere. We only need to open the door and take a look at the entrance to confirm that there's no problem inside."
"Fine."
With that, the chief guard stopped insisting, stepping aside and signaling a few guards to open the Great Hall entrance.
"Ka, ka, ka, ka..."
The Great Hall entrance slowly opened.
The priests walked a few steps forward and stood at the entrance, peering inside.
As the chief guard had said, there was only one trial participant inside the Great Hall.
But what was strange was that the starlight inside the Temple of Zeus was flowing at an unusually fast rate.
Was it faster than usual?
Hmm?
Sothing wasn't right.
It seed to be gradually recovering.
Was it just an accidental anomaly?
After waiting for a few seconds at the entrance, the operation speed of the Temple of Zeus returned to normal.
The chief guard couldn't discern these changes, so he turned to the two priests and said, "You both saw it. If there's nothing unusual, we should avoid disturbing the cultivator in the trial."
The two priests exchanged glances, both feeling uneasy.
But at least on the surface, there didn't seem to be any issues.
"Alright, we will report everything truthfully to the High Priest."
The doors of the Temple of Zeus closed once more.
Inside the Great Hall, Fang Heng, who had his back to the entrance, suddenly opened his eyes.
Thankfully, he had prepared in advance, or he might have been discovered.
To prevent the holy energy from leaking out, the entire Temple of Zeus seed to have implented so energy isolation asures, making it hard for Fang Heng to perceive what was happening outside.
It wasn't until he sensed the Temple's entrance doors being activated that he imdiately ordered his zombie clones to stop absorbing energy.
Just as the doors began to open, the holy starlight within the Great Hall had mostly returned to normal.
Continue!
Once the temple entrance was completely sealed again, Fang Heng controlled his zombie clones to resu absorbing the holy energy.
He pushed it to the limit!
"Suck!"
"Absorb it all!"
Outside the Temple of Zeus, the two priests bowed slightly to the chief guard in gratitude.
"We didn't find anything unusual. It's possible that the magic array malfunctioned, causing an energy leak. We will report back to the High Priest and, after the trial ends, conduct a more thorough inspection of the Temple of Zeus."
"Thank you for your effort."
The two priests turned to leave, just as they arrived at the Sub-God Pillar Great Hall. Before entering the doors, they saw High Priest Castor hurriedly walking out, his face filled with anxiety.
Upon seeing them, the High Priest quickly asked, "Did you ask about it? What's the situation with the Temple of Zeus?"
"We checked, and everything seems fine. There's only one trial participant currently undergoing the trial. We didn't find any other unusual circumstances," the priests said, shaking their heads in unison. They quickly relayed their findings.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Hearing this, Castor didn't even look back, hurrying toward the Temple of Zeus, "You must not have checked thoroughly. There's definitely sothing wrong with the Temple of Zeus."
The two priests looked at each other, and then quickly followed behind.
High Priest Castor was filled with anxiety.
Just monts ago, the energy consumption rate of the backup faith energy at the Temple of Zeus had spiked again.
This increase in speed was absolutely abnormal!
...
Outside the Temple of Zeus.
Five minutes passed, and the chief guard looked at the two priests who had returned, now accompanied by High Priest Castor, and was even more confused.
What was going on?
Castor quickly walked up to the Temple of Zeus, his face filled with urgency, "Hurry! Open the Great Hall entrance! Sothing has happened inside the hall, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated imdiately."
The chief guard, seeing that even the High Priest had co, grew more suspicious.
Wasn't it just confird that there was no problem earlier?
But the chief guard dared not defy the High Priest's wishes. He imdiately signaled the guards outside to open the doors.
"Ka, ka, ka, ka..."
The doors of the Temple of Zeus slowly opened again.
Castor fixed his gaze on the temple doors, his brow furrowed.
Hmm?
At first glance, there didn't seem to be anything abnormal.
What was going on?
Why was the faith energy consumption rate from the main temple so high?
The chief guard asked cautiously, "Sir, do you see..."
"No!"
Castor was certain that sothing was wrong with the Temple of Zeus, but he couldn't imdiately pinpoint the cause.
"I know this person is a trial participant, but the situation is special. The trial reward has been interrupted. I need to conduct a full inspection."
"This..."
Ignoring the chief guard's hesitation, Castor turned his gaze toward Fang Heng, who stood at the center of the Great Hall, and coldly said, "Trial participant, the trial is over. Exit now, and you will be compensated accordingly."
Suddenly, Castor's expression changed drastically.
What!
Castor's perception picked up on sothing rapidly descending from above. His heart skipped a beat, and he imdiately looked up.
Ssshh! Ssshh, ssshh, ssshh, ssshh!!!
In the next instant, a large number of life forms fell from the sky!
What were those things?!
Wait a minute! Where was the trial participant?
In the blink of an eye, he was gone!?
anwhile, a few guardian knights outside the Temple of Zeus heard loud shouts coming from inside the temple, making them suspicious.
What's going on?
As they were about to investigate, they suddenly felt sothing tugging forcefully at their feet, nearly losing their balance as they stumbled.
Looking down, they saw that their feet were inexplicably entangled by layers of vines!
The other end of the vines was coming from behind the Temple of Zeus!
A trendous pulling force ca from the vines, attempting to drag them back toward the temple!
The Holy Court guards reacted swiftly, stabilizing themselves and preparing to strike the vines with their weapons.
However, just as they were about to act, a rapidly distorting spatial wave appeared beside them.
Whoosh!!
Fang Heng's figure suddenly erged from the distorted space, and in the next instant, he threw a punch at two of the guards!
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