The heavy crossbows arranged on the wall of Zhenshaguan were all cocked, and were immediately controlled by the crossbowmen to adjust the shooting angle.
Sharp crossbow arrows pointed at the sky.
These city-defending heavy crossbows are all first-level magic weapons that must be mastered by monks. They have a long range and are powerful. They can easily penetrate black iron armor within a thousand steps and have the ability to break spells.
A heavy crossbow is not scary. Even ordinary monsters can dodge the crossbow arrows.
But when the number increases to hundreds or even thousands, the lethality of the salvo is undoubtedly extremely terrifying.
Over the past hundreds of years, countless sand people have died tragically under such heavy crossbows.
However, what the Da Ying warrior cultivators faced today were countless large locusts.
Facing the overwhelming incoming insects, the number of heavy crossbows, numbering more than three thousand, seemed sparse.
At the same time, a God-killing Cannon was quickly pushed out by the war cultivators. The red cannon jacket was taken off, and a faint glow appeared on the black muzzle.
This is the real killer weapon equipped in Zhensha Pass. It is said to be a magic weapon that can blast out ten miles of erosion with one shot and has the power to kill the golden elixir!
There are a total of twelve God-killing Cannons, which are arranged on a special turret. The gunners are all monks at the peak of Qi training.
Normally, the God-killing Cannon would be deployed only when Da Ying City faced great danger.
Now that the locust army has not arrived, the God-killing Cannon has been activated, which shows that the commander-in-chief Kou Shihai thinks it is necessary.
And this also made the war cultivators stationed on the city wall uncontrollably nervous.
Everyone was silent and waiting.
The atmosphere was tense to the extreme.
At this moment, thousands of locust vanguards were approaching Zhensha Pass in the sky.
The buzzing sound emitted by thousands of pairs of trembling wings is like a demonic sound filling the brains, destroying the monks' eardrums!
Snap!
A large locust rushing at the front hit the barrier of the magic circle, bursting into a bright flame, and immediately shattered into pieces and turned into a wisp of smoke.
The protective array of Zhensha Pass is the most important part of the defensive array of Da Ying City. It not only has powerful and unparalleled protective capabilities, but can also rebound and damage attacks from the enemy.
This giant locust is like a moth flying towards a fire, and it is also fighting against a mountain fire.
The result was no surprise.
But then hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of giant locusts swarmed in and fell on the barrier of the magic circle.
Some of them exploded after being hit to death, and some burst into flames, but more of them lay on the translucent barrier, opened their jaws and teeth and bit with their claws, and then were destroyed by the power of the magic circle.
Countless locust corpses and their ashes fell from the sky.
It seemed like a black rain had fallen!
But this is just the beginning. These locusts have no sense at all. They rush forward one after another, ignoring the death of their own kind, and they kill one group after another and pounce on them one after another.
Seems endless!
If we only compare individuals, a large locust can be said to be as insignificant as dust compared to a city protection array.
But when their number reached a considerable level, the pressure on the array barrier began to increase, and there was even a trace of instability!
At this moment, the war cultivators stationed on the city wall moved.
Thousands of warriors waved their hands in unison, and thousands of hot fireballs flew into the sky at the same time.
The flaming sphere passed through the mana barrier without any stagnation and exploded among the locust army.
High in the sky, flames bloomed!
Countless locusts were blown to pieces, ignited, and fell to the ground one after another.
The war cultivators attacked wave after wave, clearing a large area of airspace without using heavy crossbow weapons.
But the number of locusts was too great, and the two sides soon fell into a war of attrition.
It should be said that the war cultivators have a complete upper hand, because they can calmly cast spells on the city wall to attack their opponents, but the locust army cannot break through the magic circle barrier and cannot harm the monks at all.
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This is the power of the city defense formation, which gives the defenders a huge advantage.
However, as time went by, the first batch of monks who took action quickly ran out of mana and were forced to retreat and take pills to regain their strength.
The second batch of war cultivators continues to top up.
At this time new locusts appear.
The new locusts are smaller and darker in color, but can fly faster and more agilely.
The scary thing is that they have a certain degree of intelligence and can avoid the fireballs cast by the warrior cultivators, and their movements are very flexible.
This greatly reduces one's own casualties and increases the burden on the war cultivators.
Their target is always the city-protecting magic circle. When they land on it, they bite and destroy it with all their strength, increasing the consumption of the magic circle.
For a time, the battle reached a stalemate!
At the same moment, Wang Chen, who was on the top of Qixing Pavilion, saw Kou Shihai who was rushing over.
Previously, Wang Chen had been watching without taking any action.
Because his duty is to guard Qixing Pavilion, he cannot act without authorization without receiving instructions from the commander-in-chief.
Otherwise, it will be easy to destroy the opponent's layout and cause unpredictable consequences!
Unexpectedly, Kou Shihai came in person.
The commander said straight to the point: "Junior Brother Wang, I need your help."
Wang Chen replied without hesitation: "You say."
The two are not true allies, but they have already established a good relationship, and supporting and helping each other is what they should be.
Kou Shihai said in a deep voice: "I suspect that locusts have come to the city."
"Locust?"
Wang Chen was stunned for a moment: "Locusts of locusts?"
This name is no ordinary oddity.
"That's right!"
What is currently attacking Zhensha Pass is a kind of demonized locust that lives in the desert.
Known as: Sand Locust.
This demonic locust is very large and will break out every ten years, attacking and destroying oases in the desert.
The eggs are then laid deep into the sand until they break out of the sand more than ten years later.
This cycle repeats.
It is said that sand locusts can survive for a long time by gnawing on sand. They were originally the biggest threat to the sand people, but later the wizards of the sand tribe developed ways to control them and used them to deal with their enemies.
This is not the first time Zhenshaguan has been attacked by sand locusts!
Before launching an attack, the Sand Clan will send a carefully trained "Locust" to sneak into Da Ying City.
This locust is equivalent to a human-shaped bait. Once the power of blood is stimulated, it can attract hundreds of millions of sand locusts to swarm in, thus producing an attack effect.
Based on past battle examples, Kou Shihai judged that the Sha tribe was playing the same trick again.
If this locust is not dug out, the sand locust will fight until the last one is killed, otherwise it will never stop.
Although it is wishful thinking to capture Da Ying City by such means, the price paid by Da Ying City is also quite high.
The most troublesome thing is that the Sand Clan Hunting Cult took the opportunity to bypass Zhensha Pass and sneak into the West Sea Spiritual Realm, attacking the rear of Daying City.
Once the power of Da Ying City is contained, the damage caused by the hunting cultivators will be huge!