As the war drums rumbled, another bustling scene was taking place at the ends of the earth.
Towering Skyquaking Giants were gathered together, and between them were eight massive bronze catapults. Each of these bronze catapults was fifty to sixty meters tall. They were sturdy and heavy, weighing at least sixty to seventy thousand pounds.
"Release!"
"Release!"
"Release!"
… …
In front of the eight bronze catapults, the commander of the Skyquaking Army furiously bellowed out orders. Thunderous booms rang out as one Skyquaking Giant after another was fired like cannonballs.
"Damn it! You useless things, you can't even do something as simple as this! "
A furious roar of the Heaven Shaking Step came from the side, and then a massive muscular hand like the roots of an old tree reached out and pushed the powerful Skyquaking Giant commander to the side. In front of this massive hand, the powerful Skyquaking Giant commander seemed 'too weak to stand up to a gust of wind'. All the busy Skyquaking Giants around him fell silent out of fear, obediently lowering their heads and standing to the side like children who had made a mistake.
Rumble! It was at this moment that a gigantic foot stomped down from the side. Dirt and stones flew everywhere, and the ground shook violently as if it were about to split open.
"Leader!"
The surrounding giants didn't even dare to breathe too loudly, their heads hanging down to their waists. They appeared both respectful and fearful.
Bang!
After a series of loud footsteps, the owner of that palm finally appeared in front of everyone. This was a giant twenty-seven or twenty-eight meters tall, his body extremely muscular. His arms were as thick as the thighs of the other giants, and the strength surging through his body far surpassed that of any other giant. In front of this giant, the other giants truly were like children.
Ghareeb Hassam!
The commander of the Skyquaking Army!
In Arabic, this name represented victory and invincibility. He was an undefeatable giant, and the Caliph of the Arabian Empire called him the 'Wrath of God'.
Ghareeb Hassam was different from the other giants. Despite his massive size, he was extremely intelligent. More importantly, before Ghareeb Hassam had participated in the Giant Army experiments, he had been an extremely outstanding Arab general. His loyalty to the Caliph and his extraordinary talent for battle had made him deeply respected in the Arabian Empire. The Caliph had even forged a golden belt for him to symbolize his status as the commander of the Skyquaking Army.
However, at that moment, Ghareeb Hassam was extremely furious.
"Useless thing! Trash! Trash! Trash!! "
Ghareeb Hassam kept cursing. He had long ago made an agreement with the Arab army. If the giants of the Skyquaking Army succeeded in their objective, disrupting the Tang dynasty's defense line and destroying the two giant ballistae, the Arab army would send a signal. But now, more than two hundred Skyquaking Giants had been launched by the bronze catapults, and yet there was still no signal. It was clear that the two giant ballistae had not been destroyed.
To the conceited and arrogant Ghareeb Hassam, this was a disgrace!
"Hussein, Tilik, just what are you two bastards doing! Why haven't you been able to hit those two giant ballistae after so many times? Can't you do something as simple as this? "
Ghareeb Hassam was extremely tall, his height of twenty-seven or twenty-eight meters allowing him to clearly see what was going on in the distance and where the two giant ballistae were. Ghareeb Hassam found it intolerable that so many catapults had failed to hit the two giant ballistae.
"Leader! The bronze catapults have very poor accuracy. We've already done our best to accurately hit the two defense lines. It's basically impossible for us to accurately hit those two giant ballistae. "
One of them, a twenty-two-meter-tall giant called Hussein by Ghareeb Hassam, defended himself.
Boom! Just as the giant finished speaking, what welcomed him was a heavy iron fist. The enormous power sent him flying into the air.
"Useless thing, get out of my way! I'll tell you right now that there's nothing in this world that can't be done! A bunch of trash! "
Ghareeb Hassam pushed aside the two commanders and sat down on one of the bronze catapults. His eyes were fixed forward as he began to personally adjust the direction.
"Two more giants, pull the bowstrings! Increase the strength! Increase the load to the maximum!
"This time, none of you are allowed to move! I'll adjust the direction myself!"
Ghareeb Hassam roared as he took the lead. Thirty zhang, fifty zhang … Ghareeb Hassam commanded the Skyquaking Giants to pull the bowstrings back. The two tough and flexible bowstrings slowly tightened, creaking as they approached their limits.
"Release!"
After an unknown period of time, when the heavy bronze catapult's string finally reached its limit under the pull of a dozen tall giants, Ghareeb Hassam gave the order to fire without hesitation.
Rumble! With an earth-shattering rumble, Ghareeb Hassam, along with the tens of thousands of tons of airflow around him, shot into the sky like a cannonball. With a speed much faster than any previous launch, he shot into the sky and quickly disappeared into the depths of the sky. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared. It was only at this moment that a deafening rumble came from the void.
… …
In the distance, as the Skyquaking Army was slowly being hindered and their assault was in a stalemate, the sound of a falling meteor came from overhead. This time, it was much louder and sharper than any of the previous times. The screech of the meteor as it scraped against the air was so sharp that it almost tore the eardrums of everyone on the battlefield.
Wang Chong's heart thumped as an extreme sense of danger welled up in his mind. He could sense that a massive meteor was descending from the heavens with unprecedented speed. Compared to this meteor, the speed at which the Skyquaking Giants were descending seemed insignificant, like a turtle trying to catch up to a rabbit.
Bzzz! Wang Chong's eyes scanned the sky, and with a single glance, Wang Chong locked onto the source of that shrill screech. It was a golden-red meteor, nearly three times the size of the other meteors, and it was falling with incredible speed. From the moment Wang Chong heard the screech to when he raised his head to lock onto the meteor, it was already less than one hundred zhang from the defense line.
At this distance, everyone could feel a strong visual impact and pressure. More importantly, everyone could feel a vast destructive power from this huge golden-red 'meteorite'.
"Not good!"
When he saw where the golden-red meteor was going to land, Wang Chong's body trembled and his face paled.
"Lord Protector-General, I leave this to you!"
Wang Chong roared as he charged toward the two giant ballistae.
"Milord!"
But the moment Wang Chong turned, he heard a panicked voice from behind him. Xue Qianli looked at Wang Chong in panic. At the same time, Cheng Qianli's panicked voice exploded in his ear.
"Everyone, get ready!"
Wang Chong's heart trembled, and before he could react, he could hear the rumbling of heavy footsteps that had suddenly sped up. Wang Chong grimaced and turned his head. A moment later, he saw that the mountainous Behemoth was speeding toward the defense line.
It was less than two hundred zhang from the defense line!
Wang Chong grimaced as he finally understood why Xue Qianli had called out to him and why Cheng Qianli's voice was tinged with danger. The Arabs had actually accelerated their attacks and launched an all-out assault. In front of them were the four terrifying Behemoths and the Arab army, and behind them were the King of Giants and the Skyquaking Army. The one hundred thousand Tang Dynasty reinforcements were in an unprecedented perilous situation!
Wang Chong's footsteps came to a screeching halt as he found it difficult to advance or retreat.
"Banahan!"
In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong only had time to call out one person's name. However, this small delay was enough to determine the outcome of the golden-red "meteorite" in the sky.
Boom! There was a heaven-shaking explosion as the golden-red meteor smashed into one of the giant ballistae. The massive impact instantly pulverized the giant ballista into countless parts and sent the surrounding ballista soldiers flying like they were made of paper.
"Hahaha, burn for me!"
A frenzied laughter, brimming with the desire to destroy, came from the center of the explosion. At the same time, a terrifying burst of Stellar Energy exploded a second time, sending the surrounding ballista parts, rocks, dirt, and even the surrounding ballista soldiers flying even further away.
In the thick cloud of dust and the shockwaves of the explosion, everyone could clearly see a massive Skyquaking Giant rising from where the giant ballista had been, its twenty-seven-meter-tall body leaving everyone deeply stunned.
"Burn to ashes for me!"
While everyone was reeling in shock, Ghareeb Hassam did not stop. With a wave of his hand, a group of charging Tang Dynasty cavalry was immediately struck. The fiery-red Stellar Energy was so tyrannical that it seemed to have a life of its own. It seeped through the chinks in their armor and into their bodies, fiercely burning them. Tongues of fire even spewed out of their ears, eyes, and nostrils.
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