Chapter 385: Weapons Beyond Cognition

After the straw men were replaced, the entire formation shifted again, and all the units spread out further, as if to make way for a more powerful weapon to pass through.

By this time, Xuanyuan had already stood up, staring fixedly at the formation, wanting to see what would happen next, while Baifeng sat in his chair very comfortably, watching Xuanyuan's reaction.

A command was issued within the formation, and with a strange, creaking sound like that of a giant beast, several tall pieces of wood were erected; at the same time, it launched several giant stones into the sky, and the stones struck the wall at an extremely high speed—the wall was a flat surface carved out of the mountain itself, so there was no possibility of it being knocked down.

Although it did not hit the target straw men, it still caused the entire mountainside to billow with dust and smoke, with clods of earth falling continuously; the giant stones rolled back onto the ground, and their force still knocked down a row of straw men.

Baifeng said with a smile, "They didn't aim correctly this time and missed; don't worry, they will fire again very soon."

Subsequently, Xuanyuan saw those giant timbers being gradually lowered, but he had no idea what they were actually used for.

In fact, the Catapult was very tall, and the one they were using for the drill this time was just a scaled-down version, because the giant ones were installed at the edge of the city and were very difficult to move; this one was usually used for their training and was even placed in a relatively low Trench to hide its true appearance, but even as a scaled-down version, it was still very tall and its power was extremely immense, already exceeding Xuanyuan's understanding.

After a few minutes of silence, another command was issued, the same creaking sound rang out, followed by the sound of stones breaking through the wind; as the giant stones flew across the sky, Xuanyuan only felt his scalp tingle.

This time, the giant stones landed accurately among the straw men, and a few giant stones smashed a group of straw men into unrecognizable shapes.

Xuanyuan's heart began to panic; as the situation stood, the Huaxia Soldiers were standing motionless in place, yet they had already dealt several fatal blows to the enemy, and he could also see that this was not a one-time thing—as long as they had those Spears and giant stones, they could launch attacks continuously, and the enemy's troops would be slaughtered before they could even reach the Huaxia Soldiers.

However, Xuanyuan also discovered a way to counter it: these weapons were localized, and each time an attack was launched, it required a certain amount of time; as long as the enemy had enough numbers and stood in a scattered formation, they could, after paying a certain price, reach these Soldiers, and at that point, they could crush Huaxia with their numbers.

After Xuanyuan figured this out, he let out a long breath and sat down; during the time he was thinking, another batch of straw men had been set up, though they had no way to move the giant stones and could only leave them where they were.

Xuanyuan was a bit panicked because he saw that this time the formation change still had no intention of charging forward and was still preparing for a long-range attack; Xuanyuan could hardly imagine that with two such immensely powerful long-range attack methods already, did Huaxia have others?

Before Xuanyuan could be surprised, several things flew out from the formation with a *whoosh, whoosh, whoosh*; Xuanyuan could not see clearly what they were, but they felt a bit like stones, yet smaller—surely the power could not be that great, right?

But after those objects flew over, some exploded like thunder before they even reached the straw men, accompanied by huge flashes of fire and smoke; immediately after, several objects emitted loud bangs one after another, and the entire area where the straw men were was filled with smoke; Xuanyuan could not see what was happening, but the thunderous roars and the vibrations under his feet made his heart start beating rapidly.

Before Xuanyuan could catch his breath, another wave flew out from the formation, followed by explosions; this time he felt something land on him; just as the loud noise ended, the next wave flew out; Xuanyuan could no longer express his shock—the power was definitely not small, but why was the interval so short?

After this round of noise, a piece of something flew over from the distance, landed at Xuanyuan's feet, made a sound as it struck, and stopped after rolling a bit; the smoke in the distance was already extremely thick, making it impossible to see anything, and the smell drifted over—a very strange smell; it was hard to say if it was pleasant, but it was somewhat pungent, yet this pungency was within a range he could accept.

Xuanyuan bent down and picked up the thing that had just flown over, but the moment he touched it, he felt it was impossible in his heart, because what he was holding in his hand was actually a fragment of stone; this area was all dirt, and the only stones were the weapons that had just flown out, but those were large in volume, while what he held was just a small stone fragment—could it be? Xuanyuan dared not think any further and just stared blankly at that patch of smoke.

Soon the smoke dissipated, and what was exposed before Xuanyuan was a piece of land that had been completely mangled; he could no longer recognize its original appearance—large craters, stone fragments, a covering of black, ash-like soot, and grass stalks everywhere; where was there any shadow of the straw men? Even those few stones from earlier had already split open.

Xuanyuan no longer knew what to say; all of this had completely exceeded his cognition; he slowly turned his head: "Baifeng, are you truly a deity?"

Baifeng smiled without answering, only asking: "Do you want to go over there and take a look?"

Xuanyuan did not refuse; with heavy legs, he followed Baifeng to the front of the straw man target range; seeing it with his own eyes, Xuanyuan understood the power of that weapon even more profoundly—this was absolutely not something humans could accomplish; it was definitely a Dharma Artifact of a deity.

Now, Xuanyuan no longer had the courage to fight against Huaxia; if it were purely stones and Spears, he felt there was still a possibility, but with this fire and thunder, he did not believe it was something human power could resist.

After Xuanyuan finished looking, he said to Baifeng: "Baifeng, I now understand why you are so confident; I promise you, I will absolutely not join forces with the Suiren Clan to attack you, but if the Suiren Clan wants to attack you, I will not interfere either; as it stands, I believe you are fully capable of resisting the Suiren Clan."

Baifeng laughed: "Don't be in such a hurry to say these things; let's go back and keep watching, it hasn't ended yet."

Xuanyuan slipped and nearly fell: "There's more? Is the power even greater than this?"

Baifeng directly supported Xuanyuan's shoulders and pushed him forward: "That won't happen, this is already enough; this is the most powerful Weapon of our Huaxia; what follows is the close-quarters combat of our Soldiers; in war, it is impossible not to use Knives and Spears to hack at people; just throwing stones and Wooden Spears won't do."

After saying this, he pushed the somewhat dazed Xuanyuan back to his seat to watch the performance that followed.