Chapter 2176 - Lethal Gold! (1/2)
Chapter 2176: Lethal Gold!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Some of the Khitan warriors were able to compress their Stellar Energy into frontal shields.
Although the Khitan Tribe had far fewer warriors than the other countries, the strength of their soldiers was much greater.
Even in the face of these terrifying killing weapons, the Khitans felt no fear.
What beehives? They were just trash to the Khitans!
But though the Khitans reacted quickly, those on the walls reacted even more quickly.
With the turning of gears, arrows emerged from the numerous holes of the beehives, the sharp tips pointed at the charging Khitan warriors.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Before the Khitan warriors could charge very far, countless concentrated arrows poured out, covering every inch in front of the walls.
Only those who had experienced it for themselves could understand the true power of the beehives.
The arrows blotted out the sky like dark clouds, a piercing whistle tearing through the air.
“Go!”
But in the face of this full-out barrage, none of the Khitan warriors fell back.
Bang!
A Khitan warrior raised up his shield of Stellar Energy to block the downpour of arrows. At the same time, he wound a rope around his right wrist and pulled, using the momentum to mount the walls and send his saber slicing at the nearest beehive.
The Khitan soldiers were all brimming with strength, and this slash of his could have easily shattered a boulder, let alone the beehive and its complicated internal mechanisms. He was confident that he could slice the beehive in half and turn it into a pile of scrap.
But when the arrows made impact, what happened was far different from what he had imagined.
Fwoosh!
As the arrows made impact, the sharp tips glinted with a strange light as they somehow pierced through the giant shield of Stellar Energy.
Before the Khitan warrior could react, plushplush! All of the arrows pierced through the Stellar Energy shield and into his body. Blood gushed out through the numerous wounds, carrying away his life.
How could this be? What arrows are these that not even the Stellar Energy of the Khitans can stop?
The Khitan warrior’s eyes widened in disbelief as all the strength left him. His body went limp, and as his body fell from the walls, his vision went dark.
Thudthudthud!
He did not come crashing to the ground alone.
Those agile Khitan warriors who had been climbing the walls like monkeys were instantly turned into corpses and made to plummet into the sea of fire.
“Armor-piercing arrows! Armor-piercing arrows!”
“They used armor-piercing metal for the arrows!”
A fearful cry tore through the battlefield.
Though the beehives were powerful, their flaw was that their arrows were short, weak, and short-ranged, not comparable to a strong bow. Thus, they could only damage warhorses and weaker soldiers.
Normal soldiers had powerful Stellar Energy and wore thick armor, which should have been enough to greatly reduce the damage of the beehives.
But contrary to everyone’s expectations, the Great Tang had crafted these arrows from armor-piercing metal.
Though these arrows did not appear like regular armor-piercing arrows, from their luster, it appeared that they were at least fifty percent armor-piercing metal.
The Khitans hated using armor, and at such close quarters, this sort of habit was fatal.
“Ah!”
Screams tore through the air as the pincushioned Khitans fell from the walls.
One strike!
Only one strike!
The more than seven thousand Khitans and their reinforcements had been instantly slain.
There was not a single survivor to be found.
Silence!
Deathly silence!
The soldiers of the alliance army were left with their mouths agape, their eyes wide open.
In the distance, the Khitan King’s body went cold, his face pale.
This had come too suddenly. The Khitan King began to tremble.
He seemingly did not dare to believe that so many of his pugnacious Khitan braves had been killed in just a single engagement. They had yet to even properly fight, and had not gained any of the glory or honor a warrior deserved, only died a meaningless death on the battlefield.
The Khitans were not as large as the other countries, and this loss of nearly one-tenth of his forces had the Khitan King stricken with grief.