World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 858 - 406: Rain of Death! Zhi Li is Horrified!_3

Chapter 858: 406: Rain of Death! Zhi Li is Horrified!_3

Amid the thundering war drums, Zhi Li’s siege army quickly entered within a 500-meter range!

"Fire, fire..."

At Suo Lun’s command!

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

Hundreds of catapults and countless giant crossbows on the Fenglei Fort Defense Line went into a frenzy of firing.

At this distance, Suo Lun did not use cannons!

Though cannons could shoot further and with a higher accuracy, firing them in volleys took a whole six to seven minutes,—time enough for Zhi Li’s infantry to charge across the hundreds of meters to the wall.

Moreover, Suo Lun only had gunpowder, not the highly explosive dynamite, so even with canister shots, the lethality was minimal.

Using solid shots to strike infantry was effective, but not as much as a catapult, and even less compared to using catapults to hurl gunpowder packs.

Thus, unless there was high explosive, Suo Lun would definitely not use canister shots against infantry—it was just too ineffectual.

He was very clear in his strategy for the several hundred cannons: wait for the enemy to get closer before firing grapeshot!

...

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

The Fenglei Fort Defense Line’s hundreds of catapults launched packs of gunpowder, ranging from several tens to hundreds of kilograms!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Hundreds of gunpowder packs smashed into Zhi Li’s Forces’ ranks, creating earth-shattering explosions.

Even Zhi Li, several miles away, felt the ground shaking.

With each explosion, whether it was a giant crossbow or a catapult nearby, it got torn apart violently and thrown into the air like toys.

As for the soldiers, it was even more appalling—they were blown to pieces.

Zhi Li, who rode a Griffin Beast and looked down at the battlefield, saw it clearly when a giant gunpowder pack landed among the infantry.

Though those infantrymen rapidly scattered in all directions,

after a massive blast...

the entire infantry group seemed to have cleared a large area, countless lives lost.

Seeing this, Zhi Li’s complexion turned pale!

Suo Lun’s gunpowder was terrifying!

Just now, Zhi Li’s catapults and giant crossbows did minimal damage during their first volley against the Fenglei Fort Defense Line.

But Suo Lun’s single launch caused at least thousands of casualties.

"This gunpowder of Suo Lun’s is truly Anti-Dragon Power, undermining the traditional; its power is shocking," Zhi Li said with lingering fear, "Now I finally understand how Gui Xingfu was defeated, how Uncle Zhi Wei was completely annihilated."

Duke Turing Tuo said, "Your Highness, rest assured, it takes over half a quarter hour for a full volley from the giant catapult. By that time, our soldiers will have charged to the wall. Such terrifying bombardment, there’s only one round."

Zhi Li said, "Charged to the wall, Suo Lun is still launching fish oil, right?"

"Correct," replied Turing Tuo. "But our catapult’s second round attack will also launch Fish Oil Bombs. If they drop barrels of burning oil from the walls, they might end up being burned alive. Moreover, we have fireproof shields, fireproof siege vehicles, and fireproof capes. Suo Lun’s oil tactics can no longer inflict massive damage as before."

"Charge, charge, charge..."

The soldiers who dodged the first round of gunpowder pack bombardments ran wildly towards the walls of Wind Thunder Fortress.

The distance keeps shrinking, getting closer and closer...

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, just over a hundred meters!

At that moment...

Suo Lun roared, "All cannons prepare!"

"All catapults, prepare!"

"Fire!"

The entire Fenglei Fort Defense Line became densely packed with hundreds of cannons, all firing!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

It seemed as though the entire wall violently spewed fire.

The soldiers on the wall distinctly felt the entire structure violently shake.

Then, a flash of countless metals!

Hundreds of thousands of bullets, like the densest downpour, ruthlessly smashed towards the tightly packed siege army.

At the same time, hundreds of catapults launched their second round.

This launch was very close, merely less than two hundred meters.

But the gunpowder packs launched were very large.

Hundreds of gunpowder packs fell among the siege army, followed by earth-shattering explosions.

It wasn’t just flames shooting out, but also countless shrapnel, countless bullets, countless lead shots!

The most primitive cluster bomb!

In that instant, over a million bullets exploded wildly over this mere 500,000 square meters of battlefield.

Over a million bullets chaotically shot through such a confined space!

On such a crowded battlefield, tightly packed with soldiers everywhere.

Zhi Li saw clearly from the air.

After the burst of light, that narrow battlefield seemed to have been violently swept by a metallic downpour.

Then...

That area appeared emptied!

Following that, a cloud of blood mist violently surged into the air.

In an instant, Zhi Li felt a chilling sensation run through his back!

Then his mind went blank!

Now, he finally understood why Zhi Li’s 100,000 navy suffered such a disastrous defeat, nearly annihilated!

And Turing Duo’s body violently shuddered, his eyes bursting open to their fullest!

Could this be the most terrifying slaughter in the history of Rage Wave Kingdom?

Although the previous fire attack killed over a hundred thousand people, it had taken some time.

But this time, it was a quick slash.

Just momentarily, the metallic downpour violently smashed down.

Then, countless lives were lost!

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