"King Gangke, go protect the giant ballista. I'll deal with this giant!"
Banahan's loud voice could be heard ringing out of the battlefield as the roiling flames devoured the sea. As the commander of the Skyquaking Army, Ghareeb Hassam's Stellar Energy had always been infused with the power of fire, and it was extremely tyrannical. Banahan's Great Fire Crow Art was a renowned fire element art of the Western Regions, and after receiving Wang Chong's guidance, Banahan's strength had reached a new level. In terms of fire element arts, probably only Banahan could contend against the King of Giants.
"Okay!"
The Gangke King's eyes flashed, and without the slightest hesitation, he shot toward the second giant ballista. The intensity of the clash between the two was too intense, and a fire on the city gate was a disaster for the fish in the moat. He had to think of a way to move the last giant ballista away from the battlefield. If possible, he could use this giant ballista to help Banahan deal with the King of Giants.
But the danger was far from resolved. All the giants were roaring and charging toward the giant ballista. Even the King of Giants, Ghareeb Hassam, was attempting to circle around Banahan and destroy the giant ballista. The King Gangke had to focus all his attention on defending the last sliver of hope for the Tang Dynasty.
In the distance, in front of the first defense line, Wang Chong was facing a far more dangerous situation than the King Gangke and Banahan.
Rumble! The quaking of the earth grew more and more pronounced, and the armor of the tens of thousands of Tang cavalry and soldiers began to clatter and clatter. The atmosphere on the battlefield was growing tenser and tenser. The four Behemoths were accelerating their assault, and the two hundred thousand Arab soldiers were getting closer and closer.
The battle was finally about to begin!
"Wang Chong, Wang Yan! Get ready! "
Gao Xianzhi finally opened his mouth when he saw the approaching enemy troops. The Behemoths were extremely powerful, and once they got past the defense line, the army would immediately suffer grievous casualties. The four of them had to act and stop the four Behemoths.
Clang!
As soon as Gao Xianzhi finished his words, he unsheathed his longsword. A sharp aura pierced through the air and locked onto a mountain-like beast.
Next to Gao Xianzhi, the ground shook, and with a flash of light, power gathered from all directions. In the blink of an eye, a gigantic heavenly deity rose from the ground. Cheng Qianli swiftly brought out the Supreme Desolation Heavenly God. A gigantic heavenly deity stood in front of the defensive line. Countless chains slithered and coiled around his body, emitting a metallic clanging sound. Cheng Qianli reached out with one hand and grabbed a steel chain in his hand. He looked forward with a solemn expression.
"Mighty Miracle God Formation!"
Almost at the same time, Wang Chong's father, Wang Yan, released a furious roar. His body quickly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into an enormous heavenly deity. He was calm and dignified, standing at Cheng Qianli's side.
The three of them were on high alert. After two battles against the Behemoths, the three of them were rather exhausted and no longer in peak condition. However, whether it was Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli or Wang Yan, none of them cowered in the slightest. The three of them stood there like cornerstones, the source of the confidence of the entire army.
"This won't do!"
The mood was tense to the extreme. Standing on Gao Xianzhi's right, Wang Chong felt an unprecedented danger as he looked at the three. In their current state, the three of them were simply incapable of fighting against the Behemoth Army and the two hundred thousand Arab soldiers.
I have to find a way to deal with the Behemoth Army!
Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil, and countless thoughts were flitting through his mind. The Behemoth Army was not an invincible existence. Wang Chong was well aware of this. Otherwise, the Arabian Empire would have long ago used the Behemoth Army to conquer the world. But such a thing had never happened before.
Not only that, from the intelligence reports that Wang Chong had gathered, the Caliph of the Arabian Empire was extremely cautious in using the Behemoth Army. Unless absolutely necessary, he would never use it. On the surface, one could think that the Caliph was either treating this army with great importance, or that there was no worthy opponent. But as the illustrious War Saint of his last life, Wang Chong knew that this was not the truth.
"… Just what is it? What is the weakness of the Behemoth Army? "
Wang Chong mentally muttered to himself. The earth quaked as the heavy footsteps of the Behemoths pressed an invisible pressure on Wang Chong.
There wasn't much time left, and Wang Chong was well aware that the strength of Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli was far from enough. He had to find a way to deal with the four Behemoths. Only then could he truly resolve this crisis.
"Wang Chong! Hurry and call back the Wushang Cavalry! "
Gao Xianzhi's anxious voice exploded in front of the defense line. The Godking Yama Formation required the power of the five thousand Wushang Cavalry. With the battle imminent, Wang Chong had to call back all the Wushang Cavalry, but once he did, the soldiers of the Skyquaking Army would have no one left to fight back. For a moment, Wang Chong was caught between a rock and a hard place.
One hundred and eighty zhang, one hundred and sixty zhang, one hundred and forty zhang …
As the distance grew smaller and smaller, a cloud of dust crashed against the first defense line.
Wang Chong's heart was thumping, the scent of death following him like a shadow. The lives of one hundred thousand soldiers, the thousands of li of the Western Regions, and the hundreds of thousands of civilians several thousand li from Talas all rested on Wang Chong's shoulders. At that moment, Wang Chong felt a suffocating pressure.
Time seemed to slow down countless times, and Wang Chong could see the anxious movements of Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli, their mouths opening and closing as they called out his name.
In the distance, the Behemoths were howling madly in a cloud of dust. Wang Chong could even see their fangs gleaming with cold light as they opened their mouths. The breath they exhaled was carried by the wind through the air and buffeted Wang Chong's body. Wang Chong could smell the thick stench in the air.
"What weakness? What is it? "
Wang Chong's mind was rapidly turning. But a moment later, a massive beast's paw slammed into the ground, causing the earth to crack open and countless stones to explode in every direction. The massive boom immediately brought Wang Chong's attention back to reality.
"Milord!"
"Careful!"
"Prepare to attack!"
… …
Panic reigned behind the first defense line, and panicked shouts resounded through the air.
Clangclangclang! The rain of spears and arrows began to adjust their direction, aiming at the four Behemoths and the Arab army. In the blink of an eye, the two sides were less than eighty zhang apart.
"Release!"
Behind the first defense line, one thousand Tang dynasty ballistae fired in unison. In a flash, a thousand black ballista bolts flew like locusts toward the heads of the four Behemoths.
More than half of the Tang Dynasty's ballistae had been transferred to deal with the Skyquaking Giants. Only these one-thousand-some Tang dynasty ballistae were left to deal with the Behemoths.
Clangclangclang!
But with a metallic clatter, the one-thousand-some ballista bolts struck the heads of the Behemoths, but they were all blocked by a layer of tough armor.
"Hmph, it's useless. The 'Reaper', 'Devotee', 'Burning One', and 'Consecrated' are all equipped with the toughest metal essence of the Arabian Empire. One thousand tons of the finest steel can only be refined into half a kilogram of metal essence. Tens of millions of tons of refined metal were used to forge the armor of these four Behemoths. No weapon can pierce through this tough metal essence armor! "
Masil stood in the rear of the army, his centipede monster beneath him. He inwardly sneered as he watched the Tang dynasty ballista bolts raining down from the sky.
Whether it was man or animal, the head was a vital point for almost all living creatures. This was also the case for the Behemoths. As long as one was a normal person, it would not be difficult to judge this. In history, there had been some enemy marshals, War Gods, or legendary heroes who had tried to use this point to attack the heads of the Behemoths, but the majority had failed, with only a small number of them having managed to wound the Behemoths. It was precisely because of these experiences that the Behemoth Army had long ago considered this point. Masil had long ago come up with the idea of forging armor for the heads of the Behemoths. The Metal Essence armor had come into being as a result.
This kind of armor was tough and dense. Even the most formidable of sabers and swords would find it difficult to wound it, making it the ideal armor for the Behemoths. But Metal Essence was far too precious. Even the Arabian Empire had only been able to forge four sets of armor. Although there were many powerful opponents, none of them could pose a fatal threat to the Behemoths, so the plan had been put on hold.
Masil had never imagined that he would encounter such a powerful foe in the distant Talas and kill three of the Behemoths. But his original plan had proved effective. The four Behemoths equipped with Metal Essence armor were virtually invincible on the battlefield. Not even the giant ballistae had been able to threaten these four strongest Behemoths.
"Buzz!"
Masil swiftly formed a series of seals, once more adjusting the direction of the four Behemoths and the distance between them. Then, he had his centipede monster burrow into the ground and vanish.
"Release!"
Without the slightest hesitation, a second wave of one thousand ballistae arrived. This time, the focus of the attack was still on the heads of the four Behemoths, but many of the ballista bolts were aimed at the bodies of the Behemoths.
Clangclangclang! As expected, all the ballista bolts aimed at the heads were blocked by the Metal Essence armor, but all the ballista bolts aimed at the bodies of the Behemoths succeeded. Hundreds of long black crossbow bolts pierced into the bodies of the four giant beasts, leaving behind beehive-like holes on the surface of their bodies. Then, they quickly entered the bodies of the giant beasts.
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