Chapter 2759

If not for the Bega army's Yuanli also being quite considerable, just this one sweep of several types of siege weapons would have felled a large swath of an ordinary army, making it very difficult to maintain any combat effectiveness.

Of course, the Bega army wasn't idle either; from the rear flew one huge spinning shadow after another, howling toward the Panlong Army's defensive works.

These were Double-Headed Hinges — two incomparably massive wolf-toothed iron hammers connected by a single refined gold chain; once launched, the two great hammers would pull against each other and spiral forward, smashing whatever they encountered along the way, utterly unreasoning.

Black light flickered on the hammers, clearly indicating divine abilities were attached. The Mingsha Forest stockade walls, which other spells could not break, were smashed into several pits by the Double-Headed Hinges.

However, the Bega army did not rejoice too early, because the combat experience of the past half-month told them this wall was not so easily toppled.

Mingsha Forest is the last line of defense before Panlong City; He Lingchuan would naturally spare no effort in building it impregnable. The valley was originally empty, but here, utilizing the drop of the hills, there was originally a sand-blocking dam; Panlong used it as a foundation and almost forcibly created a stockade wall, one of the main building materials being the Thousand-Ying furnace ash gifted by the True Immortal of Lingshan, Xiao Hanzi.

The Thousand-Ying Treasure Furnace is one of Xiao Hanzi's natal magic treasures; the furnace ash inside has been repeatedly tempered by true fire for thousands of years. Used to build walls, besides being unbelievably sturdy, it has a greatest marvelous use: it can grow rapidly on its own, as long as the supplied energy is sufficient.

Put in plain terms, as long as there are enough Xuanjing tubes, it can rapidly repair damage to the wall.

This characteristic is extremely formidable; city walls in battle are often hard to repair manually in time — one, there's no time; two, the enemy won't give the chance — a hole they painstakingly blasted, would they let you easily patch it up? Wouldn't they launch an all-out assault?

But if the wall's healing is fully automatic, it saves too much effort.

After experiencing over this half-month-plus of fierce battle, the stockade wall stands unfallen; Xiao Hanzi's furnace ash also claims great merit. On the basis of this stockade wall, Panlong further reinforced many defensive formations and works, making it look even more like a dam.

One could say this stockade wall itself is a large-scale magic artifact, and because it is sustained by Panlong's Yuanli, it does not fear the Bega army's bombardment.

Relying on the stockade wall, Panlong was also able to set up numerous prohibitions on the Chen'en Cliff behind it, such as Anti-Evasion, Anti-Flight, Solidifying Barriers, and so on.

Although these facilities are all huge energy consumers once activated, but who cares — isn't this the ultimate battle?

Panlong's generals also led troops out to charge and kill; both sides not only have Jin Jia Divine Generals this class of war puppets, but Immortals and Great Yaos also appeared on the battlefield.

The manufacture and operation of Jin Jia Divine Generals are super money-burning, but Panlong this time scraped the family bottom clean, releasing twenty Jin Jia Divine Generals at once; although among them are old goods repaired again and again and returned to the battlefield, unable to match the opposite side's bright and shiny appearance, their actual effectiveness on the hilly battlefield is solid, especially in destroying enemy siege weapons, large vehicles, and fighting huge Yaobeasts.

Additionally, both attackers and defenders have Immortals/Yao Immortals assisting.

Before this great decisive battle, the Bega army had eleven Immortals participating, while the Panlong side also had seven.

Among these seven, four came from Lingshan, and the other three came to join Panlong on their own.

Those in the mortal world resolved to oppose the Heavenly Demon are not only Panlong.

At least at this level of combat power, Bega does not have a crushing advantage. And under He Lingchuan's careful deployment, the seven Immortals executed combat tasks in their respective positions, performing excellently.

In the Panlong world, Qi density rising to the ancient level where Immortals can move freely has only been a matter of these few days. And as everyone knows, the rapid rise of Qi density inevitably brings huge changes to warfare forms and tactics. Yet whether it is Gao Huaiyuan or other Bega generals, they have no experience with this.

For the past four hundred years, Bega has never fought a battle with Qi this abundant.

But in the real world, such Qi density has already persisted for quite a few years; the Nine Nether Great Emperor has plenty of warfare experience dealing with it.

Therefore, in the utilization of Immortal-level power, Bega surprisingly falls short of the Tiger Wing General!

Not to mention other things, in the Panlong army, Immortals/Yao Immortals are actually used just like war generals, as spearheads to pierce through enemy formations.

Yuanli evolution to this day has made it so that Immortals' and cultivators' divine abilities and spells can hardly directly decide the victory or defeat of a large-scale war like in ancient or middle-ancient times.

In eras when Yuanli was not yet flourishing, merely a few Immortals or Great Yaos could bring a small nation a catastrophe of annihilation. For ordinary soldiers and armies, their mere appearance was world-destroying.

But today, this situation has already greatly changed.

For instance, the Yuanli of Bega and Panlong enables individuals in the army to gain huge exemptions when facing attacks from divine abilities, spells, or even divine arts; defense also gets a boost. Just like the Bega army's Immortals' Fire Dragon Technique just released — in the past it could burn dozens of soldiers to death in an instant, but on this battlefield, the fire dragon leaped back and forth several times, yet only raised large blisters on Panlong warriors — painful, yes, but not life-threatening.

Only one unlucky fellow was struck directly in the eyeball.

Also, Yuanli is a power of cohesion. It also manifests as: attacks on a single body can be shared by the group — that is, damage sharing.

After the Heavenly Dao laws underwent correction, divine abilities and spells like dying for others, taking injuries for others, sharing damage, have all lost their efficacy; only Yuanli can achieve this.

Therefore, for cultivators to directly bombard and kill soldiers on the frontal battlefield is actually far less easy than before. That divine ability released looks imposing, indeed it can instantly blast civilians into mincemeat, and can blast down soldiers on this battlefield, but they might stand up and run away before long.

Yuanli is originally the sharp weapon state power uses to contend against supernatural power.

But the strength of Immortals and Yao Immortals is undeniable; placed in the army they are still outstanding. He Lingchuan placed them in suitable positions, and they still exert powerful effects.

So from the start of this war, Panlong not only did not suffer a disadvantage, but even held a slight upper hand.

Even Bega's Immortals and Demons dared not fly near the Mingsha Forest stockade wall and Chen'en Cliff, because the divine abilities and arrows shot out were simply too dense; one careless moment and they would be pierced into hedgehogs.

This thing specializes in breaking divine abilities.

Ten thousand arrows loosing at once with powerful Yuanli attached have always been a nightmare for Immortals and Demons.

But He Lingchuan also knows, everything has a limit.

Panlong's Immortals perform more outstandingly than the opposite side's because he, the Tiger Wing General, commands appropriately;

Bega's Immortals failed to inflict devastating damage on the Mingsha Forest line because their numbers are ultimately limited.

But what if their numbers increase?