Chapter 954: The Fire of Lu Wu! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Huoshu Huicang couldn't help but frown as he asked, ”But if the 'Myriad Rakshasa Earthen Stronghold Formation' of Talas is so formidable that not even the Behemoths can break through, aren't the Great Tang in an essentially invincible position?”
”Hah, it's not that easy.”
Dalun Ruozan shook his head and grinned.
”The Myriad Rakshasa Earthen Stronghold Formation was set up more than two hundred years ago. Around a hundred years ago, this formation began to lose efficiency. Moreover, with the shifting of the world, the formation has grown less capable of absorbing energy from the earth. In this state, the formation has only around forty to fifty percent of its original strength, which means that it won't be able to last for very long. As long as that Arabian beast can keep up its attacks and push the formation to its maximum limit, the walls will fall.”
Dalun Ruozan's expression was indifferent and assured, his confidence bolstering the confidence of those around him.
Through many years of campaigning and squaring off against all sorts of formidable opponents, Dalun Ruozan had forged for himself an astonishing intellect and skill for calculation. Although the Arabian Behemoth Army was a little surprising, Dalun Ruozan had quickly managed to predict the tempo of this battle.
There was usually very little that could exceed his predictions.
”Great Minister, then based on your experience, how long do you predict that beast will need to break the walls?” Duwu Sili suddenly asked.
”If the Tang cannot find any effective method of stopping it… it won't be more than five minutes,” Dalun Ruozan confidently proclaimed.
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In the distance, the entire world was swaying. The black boar Behemoth outside the walls of Talas alternated between charging, shoving, and digging at the earth with its snout. Only those who had truly experienced its might understood why this Behemoth was called the Destroyer of Cities. The speed and frequency of its attacks had far exceeded everyone's imaginations. In the space of a second, it could attack the walls five to six times.
The sky resounded with its thunderous collisions, leaving everyone in the city quaking in fear.
Within the city, there was nowhere to escape. Each collision of the Behemoth was the god of death ringing the bell of their doom.
”Hurry and kill it! Don't let it approach the walls!”
Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Wang Yan, and Banahan were all shocked and dismayed by this sight. The ferocity of the Behemoth's attacks meant that the city would not be able to last for long. Boom! Boom! Boom! A storm of blows crashed against the enormous body of the black boar. Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, and Wang Yan were all frantic, their every strike carrying all the power they could muster.
”It's useless. The Destroyer is different from the other Behemoths. Any type of attack will be greatly reduced against it. All your efforts are in vain.”
Masil coldly chuckled to himself as he watched the three Great Generals attack the Destroyer.
The Destroyer was produced with the possibility that it might be attacked by elite experts while attacking a city, so it had been designed from the start to have excellent defenses. The first Behemoth, the Sower, simply could not compare.
Not even after the walls were broken would the attacks of Gao Xianzhi and the other Great Generals have any sort of effect on the Destroyer.
Awooooo!
Just when Masil was sneering, a loud howl resounded in his ear. Shocked, Masil turned and saw that the scaled hippo, the Terrorizer, had encountered a giant four-armed god, its entire body burning with violet flames as it punched at the head of the Terrorizer. These violet flames were extremely vexing, spreading from Wang Chong's fist to the Terrorizer's body, even getting in through the chinks between the scales.
The Terrorizer possessed an extremely formidable defense: scales even better at staving off enemy attacks than the bristles of the Destroyer. But just a few punches from Wang Chong had been enough to make the Terrorizer howl in pain. Masil was completely caught off guard by this development.
He could sense that the Terrorizer had been severely wounded and was enduring terrible pain. Those attacks clearly posed an enormous threat to the Terrorizer.
”This is impossible! It doesn't make sense! No one can inflict this much damage to the Terrorizer.”
Masil's eyes flew open, brimming with shock. He dared not believe his eyes.
”What's going on here?”