Zhang Menglong's Black Warriors attacked the city's defense system with punch after punch, and the people in the city could do nothing but watch helplessly.

The city had already entered a state of lockdown, with people unable to get in or out. The energy crystals within the city could not be replenished and were being consumed passively.

Although the city still stored a large amount of energy crystals at that time, and the treasure hunters had also gathered a lot of energy resources in this period, nobody dared to underestimate the people of the Ritian Sect; who knew if he might have more star cores on him.

Now, all they could pray for was that Zhang Menglong's star cores would run out before the city's energy crystals were exhausted, leaving him no choice but to leave.

Thus, everyone in the city endured these days of fear and dread for three days, hearing the earth-shattering sounds coming from outside the city even in their sleep.

As for Zhang Menglong, he surprisingly set up a small tent outside the city. He and his group would eat and drink there daily, and Zhang Menglong took them to savor Earth's delicacies, which drew them closer together.

"What exactly do you want?" Lucas's patience was nearly at its limit. At this rate, they'd likely be trapped in this city before the treasure hunt was over, losing a great deal of energy crystals, not to mention missing out on other treasures as they wouldn't be able to get out and search.

"I don't want anything," Zhang Menglong said, "I'm just here to settle accounts, asking for repayment, apology, and compensation—none can be skipped!"

"I don't have that kind of time to waste here with you!" Lucas said through gritted teeth; he couldn't fulfill any of the three things Zhang Menglong just mentioned. "How does wasting time here benefit you? We're just heading for mutual destruction. Is it worth wasting so many star cores over a moment of anger?"

"Because I want to; can you stop me?" Zhang Menglong laughed, "Those things could be worth a hundred million, and I wouldn't mind, as long as they are things money can buy, they are just trash!"

"Madman! You are a madman!"

Talking about a hundred million star cores as if it's just that easy—in fact, such an amount is worth more than even the pinnacle of a top Level Five civilization.

"It seems you think our pace is a bit slow, right?" Zhang Menglong showed a faint smile.

Indeed, in the past three days, he had only used a few star cores, while this city had consumed only a few tens of thousands of Level Five energy crystals.

For a city like this, having a few million or even more Level Five energy crystals is quite normal. At this pace, it would take dozens of days, which indeed seems somewhat inefficient.

"In that case, let me speed things up for you!"

Zhang Menglong waved his hand, summoning another 10 Black Warriors and casually attaching dozens of divine cores to them.

Upon witnessing this scene, Lucas's heart skipped a beat. Just one such humanoid weapon was already terrifying enough, sufficient to intimidate a Level Five peak civilization. Once discovered in this treasure hunting space, they could incite a fight among millions, if not tens of millions.

But here he is, casually bringing out 10 more. Did he really just pick up these things off the ground? Why is it that he gets to take all the good stuff?

But now was not the time to be shocked at these Black Warriors. With ten more Black Warriors, the energy consumption rate of their city's defense system would increase tenfold, and that was the scariest part.

"Hit them, hit them hard, and tear down this city for me!"

All 11 Black Warriors launched into a torrential assault without concern for energy costs.

Ordinary firearms can't maintain high-performance operation for long; however, the materials of the Black Warriors are extremely formidable, not only strong but also self-repairing. As long as there's enough energy, they can fight at maximum power without rest, without any concern for overload issues.

"Meteor Shower!"

"Ten Thousand Thunder Sky Prison!"

"Mount Tai Meteorite Pendant!"

"Dragon Emperor Alternate Dimension!"

"Gaia Energy Cannon!"

"Turtle School Qigong Wave!"

"Spacium Ray!"

...

Facing the suddenly tenfold increase in assault, Lucas finally panicked.

He held the highest control authority over the city, with all resources at his disposal. This city originally had a stockpile of 5 million Level Five energy crystals, but roughly 1 million were expended during the previous Beast Tide.

Zhang Menglong's offensive in the past few days had only used up about 30,000 energy crystals.

However, at this moment, the rate of energy consumption was not merely ten times higher, but more than fifty times! Because with only one Black Warrior, the defense system only needed to reinforce one point, but with their number increasing tenfold, the attack surface also increased tenfold. This increase in demands on energy regulation and transmission power almost led to a frenzied consumption rate of several crystals per second.

Over the course of a Cosmic Day, they would nearly exhaust from fifty to sixty hundred thousand energy crystals or even more. At this rate, they could barely hold out for a week before the city's energy crystals were entirely depleted, and by then, they'd be at the mercy of others with obvious consequences.

"Damn it, are his star cores truly inexhaustible?" The increase in the number of Black Warriors also resulted in a sharp rise in star core consumption, and the pile of star cores noticeably dwindled before their eyes.

In just two days, the city's Level Five energy crystals had already consumed 1.8 million pieces, and Lucas immediately summoned everyone in the city to start collecting energy crystals, barely gathering another 500,000 pieces.

Finally, the pile of star cores before Zhang Menglong was used up, and witnessing this scene, Lucas's heart finally relaxed a bit.

"Hahaha, so your star cores did run out, didn't they?" Lucas said, "You can leave, and I'll forgive what happened just now."

Lucas didn't dare to tear into Zhang Menglong, as who knew if he still had one or two star cores left for emergencies. Attacking him rashly could be dangerously unpredictable, especially with his potential last stand.

"Oh, you can't seriously think this is it, can you? This is just the beginning." Zhang Menglong laughed, pulling out an even larger pile of star cores, double the previous amount!

During the Beast Tide, Zhang Menglong's Black Warriors had killed quite a number of Level Six and above life forms; even some Level Eight life forms would drop several pieces upon their death. Coupled with the batch he had casually bought from the cosmic trading market before, these accounted for not even a tenth of the total yet!

"Enough, I don't have time to play with you!" Zhang Menglong summoned another batch of Black Warriors, this time a full 100 of them!

This 111 Black Warriors made Lucas's vision turn to darkness.

How is this fair? Was he the secret son of the leader of the Zuda Cosmic Empire? Why did all these good things fall into his hands?

These 111 Black Warriors could level their Cosmic Empire if it were the real world!

This time, Lucas finally felt the despair that comes with being dominated by fear.

"Prince, we only have 2 million energy crystals left!"

...

"Prince, 1.5 million remaining!"

"Prince, only 1 million left!"

"500,000!"

"100,000!"

"Prince, we've used up all of our energy crystals!"

As the energy field in the defense system gradually faded in color, it signaled the complete collapse of the defense system, leaving the city without its last line of protection.

"Heh heh!" Zhang Menglong displayed a devilish smile, "Will you come out to kneel and sing 'Conquest,' or shall I drag you out and have you sing?"