Fang Ning continued to look down and saw a group of Taoist priests with steel knives in their hands. There were about a few hundred of them.
It was like putting down the horsetail whisk and picking up the butcher's knife.
Fang Ning sighed and did not intervene for the time being.
He saw that the Taoist priests with steel knives were divided into a few small teams and were cleaning up the bandits or rebels who were robbing the Taoist palace.
Similar to what he saw before, although they had lost their magical powers, their strong bodies were still there, which was equivalent to the existence of steel armor.
Some of the bolder rebels even dared to pick up the sticks, knives, and spears they carried with them and fought with them. However, under the situation where they could not break through their defense, they could only be cut down one by one.
There were two types of weapons that were strictly prohibited in ancient times. One was the crossbow, and the other was armor. It was because having armor and not having armor were two different levels of combat power.
With armor, one could block most of the damage and could focus on attacking. It had always been one of the standards of elites, and without armor, it was one of the symbols of cannon fodder.
Therefore, these rebels were no match for them at all. When the most courageous group was cut down, the rest could only put down the spoils of war and flee.
Looking from the sky, the general direction of these escapees could be seen. They were heading towards the several exits of the palace.
Of course, most of them could not outrun the Taoist priests with steel knives. Some of them even got lost and walked into a real dead end.
As for the Taoist priests with steel knives, they seemed to be venting. Even if some of them could not run anymore and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, they would still go up and chop their heads. Instantly, blood spurted out like a fountain.
Just when Fang Ning could not stand it anymore and wanted to intervene and stop them, the situation changed again, and it was a change that made him dumbfounded.
He saw that at the exit of the palace, the few rebels who ran out first were still followed by a few teams of Taoist priests with steel knives.
Obviously, these Taoist priests hated the rebels to the core and wanted to kill them all.
Meanwhile, when these people whose footsteps were even faster reached a lush green forest outside the palace, as if they were berated, they suddenly stopped their footsteps one after another, and then ran to the sides.
From the sky, Fang Ning could clearly see that there was a large group of people lying in ambush in the green forest. It seemed to be the imperial army that the Taoist priests mentioned.
However, the Taoist priest with the steel saber who was chasing after them naturally did not have this kind of vision. Moreover, they had lost their magic and could not sense any danger in advance.
When they followed the rioters and ran near the forest, they realized that something was wrong and stopped in their tracks. That was when they were attacked.
"Bang! Bang! "
Puffs of smoke rose from the dense forest, and a large number of bullets shot toward the Taoist priest with the steel saber like splashing water.
"Damn, it's a gun?" Fang Ning's eyes were sharp. He took a closer look and was shocked. "Did the Upper Realm also produce Transmigrators? Magic doesn't work, so you're starting to use gunpowder weapons? "
"Insufficient information, unable to determine." System No. 2 was obviously not as conscious as Sir System and answered truthfully.
If Sir System was here, it would definitely say, "Aren't you the transmigrator?"
Fang Ning was not in the mood to argue with the System Incarnation. After all, it was just an intelligent machine.
He was only thinking about what impact these changes would have on the Upper Realm.
The invention of the flintlock signified a great revolution in the human world. With the help of the flintlock, the barbarians were gradually wiped out. The so-called civilized people began to rule more land, seize more resources, and accumulate the resources needed for the industrial revolution.
The appearance of the gun meant that iron armors were completely ineffective, and it meant that the gap between elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers had been greatly reduced. Modern soldiers were consumables in the assembly line.
It was not until the emergence of tanks and armored vehicles that armors reappeared on the battlefield in another form.
And now, it was the same.
The strong bodies of the Taoist priests that were tempered for hundreds of years were also vulnerable in front of the gun!
The few teams of Taoist priests added up to thirty to forty people, and most of them were lying on the ground, their blood flowing like a river.
Only a few Taoist priests could still stand, but they were also hit by the bullets and took a few steps back, looking down at their chests in disbelief.
Then, they looked up at the team of guns in front of them. They did not directly rush forward, but turned around and ran.
"That's strange, as long as ten of them rushed into the team of guns, they would be able to kill. Why did they run?" System No. 2 suddenly asked.
"Uh, if Sir System was here, it wouldn't have asked this question," Fang Ning was speechless. "After all, they're humans, not machines. They only rely on their strong bodies and crushing advantages to fight on the battlefield. Now that they saw their companions being shot down, who would be willing to fight for the probability of not being killed? After all, they don't know the true power of the gun. "
"Oh, I see. They're afraid because of the unknown." System No. 2 understood.
"That's right." Fang Ning understood very well. It was normal for the Taoist priests to collapse, it would be surprising if they did not collapse.
After all, the Taoist priests had cultivated for hundreds of years, not to be cannon fodder on the battlefield, and they were not bound by military law and supervision. In that kind of situation, it was normal for them to retreat and run to the sides.
At this moment, after defeating the first batch of Taoist priests, Fang Ning heard cheers from the jungle.
"Ah, it's effective. The Heavenly Kingdom is really powerful. The Divine Fire Artifact that was passed down can really kill the demons!"
The soldiers below were obviously overly excited and made a ruckus for a while.
However, there was a burst of scolding and the ruckus quickly died down.
Following that, orders were issued one after another. The team of guns left the jungle and began to roll back to the Taoist Palace.
Thus, the scene just now repeated, but this time, the ones who were slaughtered were the Taoist priests with steel knives.
Of course, it was the Taoist priests who had seen a gun for the first time, or those who had heard about the Taoist priests who had retreated in defeat before and did not believe in the supernatural …
As for the others who believed in it and had been taught a lesson, all of them ran as if they were flying, jumped over the walls, and quickly escaped from the Taoist Palace.
"If these fellows had a strong will to fight, they could've formed a team of twenty to thirty people. Just by relying on bows and arrows, no, relying on their strong bodies, just by relying on bricks and stones, they could've defeated this new team of firearms. Unfortunately, they're not an army, so they can't do this."
He looked down from above, naturally, he could see the advantages and disadvantages of both sides clearly.
In fact, even at the last moment, the Taoist priests on the battlefield still had a chance to turn defeat into victory. After all, the firing speed of the guns was still there.
However, when they found out that their invulnerable bodies were mercilessly broken in front of the guns, they obviously panicked. Even the leader was the first to escape. After losing their ability to organize, everything was irreversible.
Of course, from a strategic point of view, there was no problem for the Taoist priests to escape because even if they won this battle, the imperial army could continue to organize more teams of guns to kill them.
"But, why does the mortal imperial court want to kill these Taoist priests?" Fang Ning was surprised. "Could it be that they've been oppressed too much in the past, and now they're starting to awaken the consciousness of resistance?"
"Oh, it should be because of those elixirs of immortality," System No. 2 answered directly.
Fang Ning took a closer look and saw that the soldiers were beginning to be sent out into places that looked like alchemy rooms. Only then did he understand.
Resistance against oppression and venting their grievances, there was no trace of it. If it was said that the rioters just now might have such a nature, then the imperial army who used the rioters as bait and probers did not have such a thought at all.
They were here to fight with the Taoist priests for the last batch of elixirs of immortality for the aristocrats of the imperial court!
In the context of the dissipation of vitality, this contradiction could not be reconciled. It was no wonder that they had to fight in the end.
Since the Taoist priests had lost their strength and could not continue to practice alchemy, they still had a batch of elixirs hidden in their homes. Was it not a crime to have a treasure?
Of course, the imperial army would not be too ruthless. In any case, they would still keep a few potential Taoist priests, but most of the Taoist priests would be killed to avoid competing with them for the last bit of cultivation resources.
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