Chapter 1832: Reappearance of the Beast Taming Art! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Their enormous bodies allowed the seemingly slow pace of the Behemoths to reach the level of a cavalry charge.

And at this distance, one could even see the thick armor covering the Behemoths.

”They're completely covered in armor!”

Upon seeing that every inch of the Behemoths was covered in armor, even their underbelly and head, Gao Xianzhi grimaced.

In the Battle of Talas, the Behemoth Army had also been covered in armor, but not to this level.

It was clear that after the battle, the Arabs had gone to great lengths to extend the armor to every part of the Behemoths' bodies. This would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the Tang ballistae.

Whoosh!

A gust of wind blew into the Tang army, causing Wang Chong's hair to dance, but that young face remained cold and unperturbed.

The Behemoths possessed unimaginable ferocity and savagery, and in front of these massive beings, martial artists were insignificant ants. But this was not Wang Chong's first time dealing with these enormous creatures.

When the Behemoths were about ten thousand feet from the defense line, Wang Chong bellowed, his eyes gleaming. ”Su Hanshan, get ready!”

Crack!

Following Wang Chong's order, there was an explosion from the back of the army. A wooden crate that had been more than five hundred feet wide and seventy feet long burst open, revealing the giant metal weapons within.

Each of these metal weapons was about ten meters long. They looked very similar to ballistae, but they were ten times larger.

”Giant ballistae!”

In the distance, Abu Muslim immediately recognized those weapons, and his face paled.

”How did he manage to produce so many of them!?”

In the Battle of Talas, Abu Muslim had treated the Behemoth Army as his trump card, but in the end, it had fallen at the hands of Wang Chong. And amongst Wang Chong's many tricks, his giant ballistae had left the deepest impression.

If not for the fatal damage this weapon had done to the Behemoths, the Battle of Talas might have turned out entirely differently.

But there had been only two giant ballistae at Talas. Here, he could see at least thirty, perhaps even up to forty of them.

Moreover, these giant ballistae were intricately constructed, both beautiful and brimming with explosive force. They were on a completely different level from the ones at Talas.

More importantly, the Great Tang side was amply prepared. Each of these giant ballistae had a metal platform about ten meters high below them, allowing them to fire while still protected by the steel defense line.

”This bastard!”

Abu Muslim clenched his fists, his face turning ghastly white.

Scouting and intelligence gathering was a basic skill in war. Before this battle, Abu Muslim had sent numerous spies, scouts, hunting falcons, and even Hu spies to investigate how Wang Chong's army was arranged within the City of Steel.

Those massive wooden crates—or perhaps they would be better called wooden houses—had been reported to Abu Muslim as storehouses for weapons.

As numerous metal components had been moved into these storehouses, Abu Muslim had taken them to hold replacement parts for the steel walls, or else held steel modules that Wang Chong would use to fill gaps in his defense line.

He had never imagined that they contained these giant ballistae.

Bang!

As these thoughts were going through Abu Muslim's mind, the air exploded.

A massive ballista bolt, more than ten meters long and as thick as a child's arm, howled through the air like a dragon and shot straight toward the rhino Behemoth at the very front.

Awooooo!

There was a scream as the Behemoth that weighed thousands of tons threw its head back. The heavy armor around its head had been instantly pulverized by the ballista bolt, and the bolt had pierced deeply into its head.

The enormous impact forced the rhino Behemoth to stop so suddenly that the Behemoths behind it crashed right into it.

Boomboomboom!

This was like a sort of signal, and the thirty-some giant ballistae began to fire, the long ballista bolts wreathed in the aura of death as they struck the mountainous Behemoths.

Plush! Plush! Plush! Blood splattered as the thick armor crumpled like fragile roof tiles. This sudden barrage caused the Behemoths to run into each other and threw their ranks into disarray.

Buzz!