When the granary in the south of the city was on fire and the fire dragon soared into the sky, undercurrents were surging near the docks on the river too.
Just like Luo Xinglong said earlier, in the God of Fist's World, the people who were most likely to be influenced by the God of Machines and Steam were the people who made a living along the river.
Because the waves were turbulent and the water was merciless, to steer a ship and ride the waves, they had to use some machinery no matter what.
Also, as more and more goods were shipped from the south to the north, and the coastal routes were even developed, the scale of the cargo ships was larger and larger, and the mechanical structures on the ships were more and more precise.
On the shore where the water was turbulent, the people had gradually realized the inexhaustible power of the water in their ten thousand years of life. They gradually came up with the idea of using 'waterwheels' to save manpower.
With waterwheels, water-powered mills, and even looms that were powered by water, they were like mushrooms after a rain.
Although the Fist God's Palace strictly forbade the residents on the two sides of the river from building facilities such as waterwheels and water-powered mills, the water of the people's blood had already been integrated into the blood of the people.
However, the spirit of machinery had long been integrated into the blood of the Water People. No matter how much it was forbidden, it was impossible to destroy the mechanical heart in people's hearts.
Therefore, when the believer of machines and steam named 'Andre' snuck near the docks, many sailors, boatmen, and even low-level soldiers of the Iron Fist Army who secretly believed in machines and steam demons had already gathered.
They were either transporting and distributing weapons, instigating and contacting more people on the water, or informing Andre about the defense deployment of the Iron Fist Army near the docks.
The fire in the granary was the signal.
A team of Iron Fist Army deployed near the docks hurried to the south of the city to reinforce the granary. The soldiers left there were even fewer.
Andre roared and took the lead to lunge at the docks with the repeating crossbow in his hand.
Countless people on the water immediately responded and conjured thousands of black strips of cloth that were printed with white gears. They also picked up the oars and the chains that were used to lower the anchors. Following Andre, they charged forward.
The people on the water had been bullied for thousands of years and were at the bottom of the God of Fist's World.
Their hatred and resistance were even more intense than the believers who burned the granary.
The Iron Fist Army stationed at the docks were all elites who could fight against a hundred enemies each.
However, under the fierce attacks of the diehard believers led by Andre, they were still losing ground.
On the other hand, the raging fire in the city and the billowing smoke caused them to panic and their fighting spirit to waver.
When Andre commanded the two ballistas to slowly approach the dock, a two-meter-long giant bolt as thick as a wrist pierced through the chest of an Iron Fist Army expert and nailed him to the ground, the Iron Fist Army's fighting spirit completely dissipated.
The fierce battle lasted for nearly two hours. The docks were temporarily seized by the believers of the Mechanical Demons and Steam Demons!
Next was the most crucial battle.
Luo Xinglong, the 'saint', and the 'saintess' led the elites of the diehard believers to protect the steam cannons and attack the Fist God's Temple in Qianyuan City!
Qianyuan City was a big city in the north.
The Fist Godly Palace here was one of the centers of the Way of the Iron Fist in the north.
If they could conquer the Fist God Palace and destroy the statue of the Fist God, it would definitely shock the whole world.
Encouraged by such an inspiring idea, countless fanatical believers crawled out of the ground and appeared on the streets. Then, they gathered together incessantly and surged toward the Fist God Temple like tides, shouting the slogan of "the old god is dead, and a new god shall rise".
They were facing the Iron Fist Army, who was waiting for them.
After all, the Fist God Palace had ruled the world for nearly ten thousand years. Even though it seemed to be declining in the past few hundred years due to the rise of the Mechanical Demons and Steam Demons, its profound foundation was still not something that could be easily shaken by a bunch of mobs.
Even though large batches of the Iron Fist Army went to reinforce the granaries and the docks.
The priests, ascetics, and Godly Fist Generals who stayed in the Fist God Palace still used their bodies that were emitting a metallic luster and their fighting spirit that was as sharp as blades to form an indestructible iron wall.
"You're overestimating yourselves!"
The experts of the Iron Fist Army sneered and lunged at the fanatics.
The rows of buildings and zigzagging alleys in the city were not suitable for the performance of the repeating crossbows and steam guns. Instead, it was the best battlefield for hand-to-hand combat.
When the experts of the Iron Fist Army glided over the eaves like swallows, dodging the crossbow bolts like phantoms, and launched a fierce attack on the zealots who were huddled together in the alleys from above, they were like ferocious tigers pouncing on sheep, unleashing a massacre.
The alleys were crowded, shoved, and pushed. It was so chaotic that there was no way to load, fill, or aim.
The arrows and bullets that were shot out would most likely hit their companions.
But the experts of the Iron Fist Army could throw heavy punches, elbows, and knees into the bodies of the fanatics without any scruples.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Pu! Pu! Pu!
The sound of bones breaking could be heard nonstop. Screams and screams rose and fell one after another.
It was just like how the Fist God did not protect his believers when he was faced with the power of Gus' storm bolters.
Faced with the iron fists of the experts of the Iron Fist Army, the Mechanical Demons and Steam Demons did not bless their believers, either.
The first wave of attacks from the fanatics was blocked just like that.
However, the Mechanical Demons and Steam Demons did have experts under their command.
The experts of the Path of Machinery and Steam would also use a special weapon called the 'Steam Acceleration Device' when they fought, in addition to the repeating crossbows and steam guns.
The weapon was like a giant tortoise shell that was carried on the back of the user.
It was wrapped around the user's body through tubes, so that their hands, feet, and other body parts could spurt out powerful steam to accelerate the movements of their limbs and achieve the purpose of three-dimensional mobility.
Such experts were known as' Jet Warriors' and were the core strength of the steam army.
Seeing that the ordinary believers were blocked, the dozens of Jet Warriors immediately dashed toward the experts of the Iron Fist Army who were on a killing spree.
Chi! Chi! Chi!
Behind them, dozens of turbulent streams of air shot out like white arrows. The strong reaction force propelled them forward at a speed of lightning and fire.
BAM!
The sabers of the Jet Warriors collided with the iron fists of the experts of the Iron Fist Army!
The sabers of one side all had jet acceleration devices that could push the speed of the sabers to the limit through the air currents.
The other side, on the other hand, had been smeared, boiled, and honed with secret medicines since childhood. Every inch of their flesh and blood had been trained to be harder than steel.
The result of the fierce collision was like the explosion of a steam engine. Enormous light, heat, and noise were emitted.
The sabers of the Jet Warriors broke, and the steam tubes danced crazily like vipers whose heads had been cut off.
The experts of the Iron Fist Army, on the other hand, fell backward with broken fingers and deformed palms. They vomited blood as they flew.
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