In the beginning, the poison snakes gained the upper hand by controlling the field with their concocted poisons, causing the Bright Church to be sent into disarray.
Unfortunately, within less than five minutes, millions of guards stormed back in.
This time they wore brand new anti-poison masks, preventing the poison fog from corroding the new technological composite materials.
As a result, Fox and the others found themselves trapped amidst this million-strong crowd, unable to kill or cut their way through, appearing extremely passive.
Additionally, already operating at a high physical burden, their strength started to wane, and they were forced to steadily retreat in the face of the enemy's attack.
Before long, more than forty of their number had sustained major injuries, and the rest were also wounded; it looked like they couldn't hold out much longer.
