For the next few days, the battle was in a stalemate. The Sacred Academy wanted to attack the city, but before that, they needed to fill up the trenches outside the city. Before this, they were able to fill up the trenches smoothly. But now that the Ballistas were able to threaten Sky Dance Realm experts, filling up the trenches wasn't as smooth. During the day, they would fill up the trenches while Zhao Hai and the others would dig up the trenches at night. Then during the day, they would fill up the trenches while Zhao Hai and the others would dig up the trenches at night. Both sides didn't feel like they were attacking the city, they were just playing a game of digging and filling trenches.
The reason for this situation was because the difference in strength between the two sides wasn't big. Moreover, Zhao Hai and the others had Ballistas. Don't underestimate Ballistas, they can deal with Sky Dance Realm experts. Most importantly, the Sacred Academy's Ballistas weren't able to suppress Zhao Hai's Ballistas. Although there might be a problem with the quantity of Ballistas on both sides, the Sacred Academy still couldn't suppress Zhao Hai's Ballistas.
The reason why the Sacred Academy's Ballistas were able to suppress the enemy's Ballistas when they attacked the Southern Flower Gate was because the Sacred Academy's Ballistas were able to suppress the enemy's Ballistas. Because of this, the Sacred Academy's Ballistas were able to push the Ballistas forward and attack the city.
But now, the Sacred Academy's Ballistas weren't able to suppress the Ballistas in the city. The Ballistas in the city could continue to attack. Because of this, the Sacred Academy's Ballistas and siege towers couldn't push up the city walls. Even if they were able to push up the city walls, they would inevitably be burned by the Ballistas. Because of this, the Sacred Academy's Ballistas couldn't do anything about the siege.
Actually, the reason why Zhao Hai and the others' Ballistas weren't suppressed by the enemy's Ballistas was because of their formation. The formation helped them block the attacks of the enemy's Ballistas. Because of this, Zhao Hai and the others' Ballistas weren't suppressed by the enemy's Ballistas.
The Sacred Academy didn't know how Zhao Hai and the others managed to suppress their ballistas. They thought that Zhao Hai and the others were relying on human lives to prevent their ballistas from being suppressed. They didn't even think about formations.
The Sacred Institute also researched formations. However, their research results weren't very good. At the very least, they haven't managed to research a formation so far.
Without formations, they wouldn't be like Zhao Hai and the others. They didn't need to worry about the enemy's attacks. They only needed to attack the enemy. Because of this, Zhao Hai and the others weren't at a disadvantage.
The Sacred Institute didn't have any good ideas right now. They also sent a small team of Sky Dance experts to attack several cities. However, they didn't succeed. The appearance of the Kongming Lantern reduced the possibility of a night attack to the lowest. Of course, the Kongming Lantern wasn't difficult to learn. Now that they had learned how to use it, their camp didn't need to worry about being attacked.
However, the problem was that they were now on the offensive side. They couldn't attack at night, they could only attack during the day. But now, they couldn't even deal with the enemy's Ballistas. How could they attack? They wanted to ignore the enemy's ballistas and directly attack. At most, they would just sacrifice a few more people. In their minds, as long as they pushed the catapults up, they would definitely be able to suppress the enemy's ballistas.
Unfortunately, their thinking was too simple. The first problem was the trenches. The catapults weren't things that could be moved at will. When they were throwing stones, they needed to be fixed. Because of this, they were very heavy. Therefore, it was impossible to use the catapults to attack the city without filling up the trenches. However, the cost of filling up the trenches was too high.
The Sacred Academy also tried to fill up the trenches regardless of the casualties. Then they pushed the catapults up and directly attacked the city. However, the result was that not long after the catapults were pushed up, they were ignited by the fire arrows that were shot out from the city. Even siege weapons such as siege trucks and ladders were all ignited. They couldn't be used at all.
What was most hateful was that the Holy Academy didn't know what Zhao Hai and the others used to make the rockets. Generally, rockets were made by using a cloth dipped in oil to wrap around the shaft of the arrow and then set the cloth on fire. This way, even after the arrow was shot, the cloth would still be on fire. When the arrow hits something, the cloth would ignite it. This was a common rocket.
However, the fire arrows used by Zhao Hai and the others were different. They didn't know what was used in the fire arrows, but when they hit something, they would explode. Then the thing they hit would be surrounded by a sea of fire. Moreover, this fire was very poisonous and wasn't easy to extinguish. If it touched a person's body, it would continue to burn. Even if you rolled on the ground, you wouldn't be able to extinguish the fire. This was too terrifying.
Actually, what the Sacred Academy didn't know was that Zhao Hai and the others' arrows were specially made. Ordinary arrows had cloth wrapped around the arrowhead. Only when someone was attacking a city would they have rope attached to the arrowhead. However, Zhao Hai and the others' arrows were different. Their arrowheads were filled with clay beads. These clay beads contained a mixture of glue and oil.
These clay beads were also made of rice soup and mud. Because of this, the mud was very sticky. Then a cloth would be wrapped around the arrowhead and then the cloth would be ignited. Once the arrow hit something, the clay beads would immediately explode. The oil inside would splash out and then ignite the cloth. This made the Sacred Academy's fire arrows a headache.
Because the oil in these rockets was specially made, once it touched a person's body, it would be like glue. It was very difficult to get rid of it. And with the oil, it wouldn't be easy to extinguish it. Because of this, the Sacred Academy had a headache.
However, the cost of making these rockets was also very high. They needed oil, glue, rice, and cloth. All of these things cost a lot of money. The cost of making these rockets was much higher than ordinary rockets.
All of these reasons made it difficult for the Sacred Academy's attack to advance. However, the Sacred Academy's people didn't know that Zhao Hai and the others were no longer in the city. The one in charge of the city was Stonehammer. Zhao Hai had personally led people to the Sacred Academy's supply route.
It took a few days for Zhao Hai to look at several roads. Then he chose the most suitable place to attack. At the same time, he also memorized the coordinates of several roads before returning to the city.
At this time, the people in the city were also prepared. There were a total of 500 people. Everyone had a transmission formation and an attack formation. In addition to these, everyone who participated in the attack was also given protective gear.
This protective gear was actually a small shield. However, it was very well-made. There was only one formation inside. However, this kind of shield had already been eliminated from the Secret Realm.
After everything was prepared, Zhao Hai calculated the time and determined that the day would be the day when the Holy Court's grain transport convoy would arrive. Only then would he lead the group to the three main roads to set up an ambush.
After everyone arrived at the ambush location, they camouflaged the area and then waited for the supply convoy to arrive. The ambush location they chose was right in the middle of those cities and the main camp. This way, whether it was the main camp or those cities, it would take a certain amount of time for them to arrive to support the grain transport team. And this period of time was enough for them to do a lot of things.
For this operation, Zhao Hai also prepared several special attack formations for everyone. These formations weren't very strong, but their attacks were fire attributed. They can directly release flames. These flames can be used to attack ordinary soldiers as well as to burn the supplies.
However, these formations weren't very effective against Void Dance Experts. As long as Void Dance Experts can release their energy, they would be able to break the flames. These formations weren't invented by Zhao Hai, they were invented by the Lost Soul City's Formation Masters. At this time, they were still in the experimental stage, so they could still improve it.
Although it was only in the experimental stage, there was still a lot of room for improvement. However, Zhao Hai was still very happy. This was the Lost Soul City's first formation. Although there were some shortcomings, Zhao Hai still praised them. However, he didn't help them improve the formation because that would only make them lose their creativity. Zhao Hai didn't propose any improvements. Instead, he had them make some experimental products and then directly took them to the battlefield.
Zhao Hai was sitting on a tree with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. The other Void Dance Experts were also sitting around Zhao Hai. However, they were all hidden. At the very least, it would be difficult to find them from the sky. However, these people were now looking at Zhao Hai with worship in their eyes.
They already knew that the shields in their hands were made by Zhao Hai. There was a formation inside, which was equivalent to an artifact. An artifact, although it was the simplest artifact, it still made them very surprised. In the past, there were only a few artifacts in the Spiritual Weapon World. All of the artifacts were in the hands of those with power and influence. Generally, only the Ancestors of the city-states would use them. People like them had only heard about artifacts, they had never seen one before, let alone using one. Now, they actually had an artifact in their hands. Although it was a low-level artifact, it still made them very excited.
On the battlefield, the Sacred Academy's army found it difficult to advance. Most importantly, their casualties were very small. At this time, the soldiers in the cities were no longer afraid of fighting. They even had some expectations. One must know that these soldiers had seen blood before. They never thought that they would be able to fight like this. This was completely different from the battles they had participated in before. Because of this, the morale of the soldiers in the cities was very high.
And all of this was brought about by Zhao Hai. Not to mention, Zhao Hai was now the City Lord of the largest city-state in the Spiritual Weapon World. And this city-state was built by him. From a barren land to becoming the largest city-state in the Spiritual Weapon World, he only used a few years. Such a person was worthy of their admiration and worship.
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