Chapter 84

Not many, just twenty. It seems that the Cai Kingdom is already at its wits' end.

Seeing the newly risen war instruments, Cheng Jiming suddenly smiled. It turned out that the war instruments of the Cai Kingdom could only fly up to a height of 50 meters, no matter how hard they tried. There weren't enough spirit stones!

"Snipers, give me names!"

"Coming!" Yin Hairui, the guy who dared to compete with Liu Lei in marksmanship last time, immediately stepped forward, happily leading his snipers to aim at the targets below.

"Wait a moment," at a critical moment, Cheng Jiming suddenly changed his mind, "Snipers, hold your fire for now. You'll be responsible for sniping the enemy commanders later. For now, let the ballistae shoot to paralyze the enemy."

Yin Hairui's face twitched. You're changing your mind too quickly. But he could only have his snipers aim at the commanders.

The ballistae on both sides of the war instruments shot at each other. Naturally, the war instruments of Anyang, which were at a higher altitude, had a greater advantage, shooting down 13 of the enemy's war instruments in one volley.

However, the attacks from the Cai Kingdom were blocked by the true essence shields.

"Damn! Where did they get so many spirit stones!" In the rear, the Cai Kingdom's Grand General Yan Zhengqing and General Wang Qisheng both had serious expressions.

"Quickly, withdraw the war instruments!" Lu Chenggang was still decisive. But it was too late!

Another volley, and the last seven war instruments were shot down again. The twenty war instruments fell like meteors, taking the lives of hundreds.

Yan Zhengqing was so angry that he trembled, "Muskets, fire! Foundation Establishment cultivators, use talismans and ascend to battle!"

At this moment, Yin Hairui discovered Yan Zhengqing's position. "General, I've found the enemy general, right within the maximum range."

Cheng Jiming immediately ordered all the war instruments to stop, stabilizing them to help the snipers aim. Yin Hairui immediately directed the snipers to aim at the target. Besides the five snipers who aimed at Yan Zhengqing, the rest aimed at the relevant commanders. Taking advantage of the enemy's lack of preparation, the first sniping had to be a decisive strike.

At this moment, over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cai Kingdom ascended, holding muskets in their hands.

"Fully activate the true essence shields. Yin Hairui, ignore these people and focus on sniping the enemy commanders."

"Yes! Fire!" At Yin Hairui's command, the sky was filled with the sound of gunfire.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cai Kingdom, flying in the sky with muskets, heard the gunshots first but found that they were not being attacked.

"Ha ha, they're not accurate!" One of the leaders laughed, "Brothers, it's our turn to fire!"

"Ah!" came a scream from behind. The Cai Kingdom's Foundation Establishment cultivators turned around in a panic and were stunned to see dozens of commanders with their heads blown off, turning into headless corpses.

The most chaotic place was the central camp, which was in complete disarray.

"The general is injured!" came a panicked voice.

"What's going on?" The Cai Kingdom's Foundation Establishment cultivators flying in the sky were momentarily stunned, then they were furious. "Fine, the Xia Kingdom, you're really underestimating us!"

"Fire!" The muskets opened fire, but although the muskets were powerful, they couldn't break through the turtle shell. Li Xian had put in a lot of effort, equipping all the war instruments with ten spirit stones. Now, the war instruments with true essence shields were virtually invulnerable.

Yin Hairui leisurely called out names, while Cheng Jiming continued to command his subordinates to use the ballistae to skewer the enemy. He didn't even glance at the angry Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sky. We have spirit stones, do you?

Li Xian watched the battle from the rear, "Sir, you see, this is the musket. It's a very primitive application, without cartridges, rifling, or even spherical bullets. The way gunpowder is loaded is also problematic.

And, there will be a good show soon."

"What good show?" Xu Ren asked, but then he understood, because it had already happened! This was a barrel explosion! The quality of the crudely made muskets was really questionable.

Foundation Establishment cultivators can shape iron, but such iron cannot be tempered and is very fragile, more like clay. After a few uses, barrel explosions were inevitable.

Xu Ren nodded, his tone filled with indescribable worry, "It seems that in this war, we indeed have no danger of the city being breached. But as long as the enemy masters gunpowder, they will eventually develop more powerful weapons. And this gunpowder technology will inevitably spread throughout the world.

Sigh, future wars will be even more brutal!"

Li Xian watched the battle, "Sir, we are always making progress, but sometimes we have to take a few detours. War can never be avoided. What we can do is to continuously develop and progress, always staying ahead of others."

The battle continued. After a brief hesitation, the Cai Kingdom's army finally began to advance despite the casualties. The massive army surged forward like a tide, and although some were killed by the war instruments in the sky, the war instruments were too few to cause effective damage to the army.

To deal with the war instruments, more experts ascended, holding talismans and controlling flying swords to attack.

Seeing this, Cheng Jiming immediately made adjustments, "Everyone, based on observations, the carriages following the musket teams are all transporting gunpowder. Now, focus on attacking these carriages."

The ballistae and snipers began to adjust their aim. Compared to people, carriages were larger and more vulnerable targets.

The first shot penetrated a carriage, igniting the gunpowder inside.

With a loud explosion, the ground shook, and a thick black cloud rose into the sky. The massive shockwave devastated the area, tearing hundreds of soldiers to pieces.

All the carriages were close together, and the explosion of one immediately triggered the others. This dense arrangement was the perfect environment for a chain reaction.

Just a few shots were enough to trigger a chain of explosions, and the remaining carriages exploded like a series of bombs.

It was unclear how much gunpowder the Cai Kingdom had prepared, but the series of explosions shook the earth, layer after layer of soil was lifted, and soldiers flew through the air like water droplets on a wave, creating a spectacular scene.

The force of the explosions even made Li Xian, who was on the Anyang border wall, feel the ground shaking. It was like the ground was drumming, let alone the Cai Kingdom side.

"Boom" a series of thunderous sounds rolled through the sky, echoing off the city walls and surrounding mountains.

A thick black cloud rose into the sky, covering the sky and the city walls of Anyang.

"Black clouds over the city!"

"Black clouds over the city!"

"This is black clouds over the city!"

Li Xian, Xu Ren, Beichen Yuqing, and everyone else were stunned.

Li Xian turned to look at Ling Zhifeng, who was equally stunned, "Sir, you are truly talented. Your calculations were spot on."

"Uh, uh, yes, yes," Ling Zhifeng was also sweating.

Xu Ren also had a black line on his face, "Cough, the divination was accurate, but we seem to have misinterpreted it. But we must indeed work hard."

Beside them, Beichen Yuqing shouted, "What are you waiting for? Open the city gates and attack!"

Li Xian suddenly realized, "Open the city gates and attack!"

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