Chapter 2164 - Trap! Barrage from All Sides! (1/2)
Chapter 2164: Trap! Barrage from All Sides!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Bang!
With what sounded like a crack of thunder, a giant ballista bolt that was more than one hundred feet long howled out from one of the passages that had opened up in the steel fortress.
With a mighty boom, a heavy shield cart more than one thousand feet away was blasted into pieces, as if the thick steel plate was made of paper. The link formation formed by the twelve shield carts had barely seemed to exist to this ballista bolt.
But this was only the beginning. Without the protection of the shield cart, the soldiers behind it miserably screamed. The bolt’s monstrous strength obliterated them into clouds of fine mist, and the remaining force in the ballista bolt struck a second, third, and fourth shield cart… and all the soldiers behind those shield carts were instantly annihilated without question.
The ballista bolt’s immense strength carried it more than ten thousand feet, tearing through shield carts, shield cart soldiers, other kinds of soldiers, and even generals and their formidable halos.
The ballista bolt had left behind a crimson path of blood through the battlefield.
Everyone’s faces were stricken with fear by this sight.
“Watch out! Giant ballistae!” someone shouted, their voice shrill.
Giant ballistae!
These were giant weapons that Wang Chong had developed during the war of the northwest to deal with the Arabian Behemoth Army. Their lethality was several hundred times greater than ordinary ballistae.
And the ballista bolts used by the giant ballistae were also massive, possessing astonishing strength.
The soldiers of the northeast had never before clashed with Wang Chong, but they were all familiar with Wang Chong’s superweapons.
From the day they understood that Wang Chong would be their opponent, all the alliance soldiers knew that they would eventually face these terrifying weapons.
But to hear of something was different from seeing it with one’s own eyes, experiencing it with one’s own body.
The faces of countless alliance soldiers twisted in fear, their complexions paling as they stared at that bloody line carved out of the center of the army.
Tiny!
Weak!
This was what all of them felt.
The things Wang Chong had created were enough to make many martial artists express sorrow. This was because it didn’t matter whether one was strong or weak. No one could resist this giant ballista bolt.
Boomboomboom!
Boomboomboom!
Boomboomboom!
One boom after another came from the steel fortress, like the skies over the battlefield had erupted with thunder.
Forty-some giant ballista bolts erupted out of the fortress, tearing forty-some bloody paths through the alliance army. There were no survivors, only mists of blood and scattered gore.
For a moment, the battlefield fell silent.
Everyone had been shocked into silence by that overwhelming power, that lethality leaving their hearts thumping in fear.
“Such frightening strength!”
In the alliance army, the powerful and stalwart Khitan King muttered, his eyes wide open.
Wang Chong had yet to take action, but simply two weapons under his command had left an indelible shadow over his heart.
Wang Chong was like a nightmare that had branded itself into his mind.
Meanwhile, the arrogant and sneering Divine Works Elder had lost his cockiness and gone silent.
“Pass on my order! Press the advance!” An Lushan suddenly ordered from ahead, clenching his teeth and glaring savagely.
The giant ballista had far too much power, even shaking the morale of the army. But his greatest advantage at the moment was that the alliance army had almost reached the walls. Once they got onto the walls, it wouldn’t matter how powerful the giant ballistae were.
Bwoooom!
A plaintive horn blared across the battlefield, tinged with urgency.
The soldiers on the front line received the order, suppressed their fear, and bellowed as they charged forward once more. Welcoming them were the giant ballista bolts, and the stench of death washed over the battlefield.
Abusi, who appeared like a god in his heavy bronze armor, suddenly turned to Wang Chong.
“Wang Chong, I truly have to hand it to you. I thought that it was too much to bring these giant ballistae to the front line, but it now seems that you expected something like this, right?”
As a peak Great General, he could clearly sense that the mood on the battlefield had subtly shifted once the giant ballistae began to fire. The morale of the alliance army had been dealt a blow, and though the alliance army was still charging at the steel fortress, they had clearly slowed.
Forty-some giant ballistae had achieved such a result. From this alone, it was apparent that Wang Chong’s decision had been absolutely correct!