As the praises resounded throughout the heavens and earth, Fang Xiu suddenly noticed that wisps of white smoke were emanating from the bodies of these fanatical believers, ethereal yet undeniably real.
The wisps of white smoke slowly flowed into his body. He felt nothing, but the angelic commandments within him shone brightly, swallowing up all the white smoke like a whale devouring its prey.
At the same time, his left eye shone brightly with silver light, and a divine light surged throughout the entire arena, dazzlingly brilliant.
The power of faith!
Fang Xiu's eyes flickered slightly. He hadn't expected that the Angelic Decree also had the ability to absorb the power of faith. However, unlike the Angelic Godhood, the power of faith absorbed by the Angelic Decree could not strengthen itself. Instead, it accumulated the power of faith within itself, like some kind of backup energy source.
Just like bullets, the Holy Eye is like a pistol. The more faith power it stores, the more bullets it can fire, and the stronger its destructive power.
If enough faith power is accumulated, the Holy Eye's attack may not be weaker than the Angel's Child's. However, unfortunately, faith power is a consumable; once it is used up, it needs to be accumulated again.
But this was also an unexpected bonus. He had originally planned to recruit the fanatics to his cause, sending them to kill strange creatures when needed, and keeping them to devour spirituality when not.
Unexpectedly, it has now found another clever use.
This discovery also gave Fang Xiu a new idea. A month later, the other side will launch a full-scale invasion. Although it is unknown whether the God of Ghosts will descend, the situation will definitely be extremely severe. The only way to overcome the difficulties and even survive is to improve one's own strength and the strength of the entire Xia Kingdom!
The power of faith is a good approach. If one could absorb the power of faith from the entire Xia Kingdom, the power of the Holy Eye's strike would be unimaginable.
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Xia Kingdom, Headquarters.
Fang Xiu and the others have returned to headquarters and brought back news of the full-scale invasion from the Other Shore a month later.
During the high-level meeting at headquarters, everyone was in a state of extreme shock.
No one can calmly accept the news of the end of the world.
Among all the spirit masters, the minister was the first to come to his senses.
Although the minister is not a spirit master, he is the oldest and has the most life experience. With so much experience, he has a kind of wise but foolish air about him.
"Fang Xiu, are you sure? The other side will launch a full-scale invasion in a month?" the minister asked solemnly.
Fang Xiu nodded calmly: "The Other Shore has been invading the present world. The invasion will reach its peak in a month, which means a full-scale invasion."
With the prophet's confirmation, the atmosphere in the room instantly became extremely tense, and everyone remained silent for a long time.
The minister broke the silence once again: "I expected this day to come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. What do you plan to do?"
"Announce it to the world."
The minister's expression changed drastically: "You mean, tell the public about the end of the world in a month?"
"Um."
"But doing so would plunge the world into chaos. No one knows how ugly humanity will become before the end of the world."
Other senior executives also tried to dissuade him.
"Captain, the minister is right. This is the end of the world. Once the public finds out, no one can imagine what they will do. As we all know, people are most insane when they are about to die."
"Yes, take the Mayan prophecy of the 2012 apocalypse as an example. At that time, some people in the West believed it and went crazy. On the eve of the apocalypse, they looted, burned and committed all kinds of evil deeds."
They all wanted to have their fill of pleasure before they died. Even some popular female celebrities were surrounded and attacked by groups of men; if it weren't for bodyguards, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Fang Xiu slowly scanned the crowd. Faced with their advice, he did not refute it, but said calmly, "It's alright, I have already seen the future."
These words instantly silenced all dissenting voices.
"Let's prepare for a press conference."
After saying this, Fang Xiu stood up without waiting for everyone's agreement.
"Oh, by the way, I'm planning to set up a special operations team, which I will manage directly. What's the team's current number?"
“Reporting to the Chief, 101,” a middle-level cadre who was unfamiliar with the situation replied as he stood up.
Fang Xiu frowned slightly: "It's too long and hard to remember. Let's just call this special operations team Zero."
The middle-level manager looked troubled: "Captain, this is probably not in accordance with the rules, is it? Our action team started from the beginning, when did we ever have a zero?"
Fang Xiu glanced at him indifferently: "Newly promoted?"
The middle-level manager nodded: "Your subordinate, Li..."
"Remember this from now on: my rules are the rules."
After saying that, he turned and left.
"Hey, Captain, you haven't said how many people are in Zero Squad yet. I need to prepare the organizational structure."
"Probably a few hundred thousand people, but we don't need official staffing." Fang Xiu's voice came from outside the door and faded into the distance.
Everyone in the conference room was stunned.
Tens of thousands of people!?
Is this a special operations team? Or is this the military?
Ultimately, the Zero Squad was formed, consisting of over 100,000 fanatics. However, although it was said to be over 100,000, only about 50,000 were actually capable of fighting.
The remaining people were mostly ordinary people who had not yet awakened. Fang Xiu did not waste these people; he built a church for them so that they could praise the prophet and continuously provide them with the power of faith.
The faith power that fanatics can provide far exceeds that of ordinary people. These people are basically brainwashed from childhood, fanatically believing in angels, and are even willing to give their lives for their faith.
Ever since Fang Xiu claimed to be the incarnation of God and a prophet, the faith of this group of people has shifted to him, making him a mobile backup power source.
As for the 50,000 combat personnel, most of them were first or second-tier spirit masters, a few were third or fourth-tier, and there were only a few dozen fifth-tier.
Forget about sixth-order; there isn't a single one.
Even so, the sheer size of the fanatics alone is enough to surpass that of the headquarters.
After all, this is the culmination of a century of Western experience, while the headquarters has only been established for a little over a decade.
In terms of strength, the fanatics are stronger than ordinary spirit masters of the same level because the power of holy light is very useful and surpasses the awakened abilities of most ordinary spirit masters.
However, for genius spirit masters, the power of holy light is not enough. At the same level, Fang Moli and the other captains can easily fight against fifth-level fanatics.
This is the drawback of visualization practice: it starts at an above-average level, but can only reach that level, since visualization practice follows someone else's path, not the path most suitable for oneself.
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