Chapter 69: The Green Cow Makes a Move Again, the Crow Takes Action

  Wang Guang took advantage of the enemy's slight weakness and quickly led his men to replace the exhausted soldiers. Although he couldn't command the two armies to fight in front, defending the city wall was still a trick he had up his sleeve.

  Fierce soldiers carried shields and long spears to the front, while archers and crossbowmen suppressed the enemy from behind. Those with slightly weaker physical strength transported catapults, rolling logs, or boiled water and oil, or carried arrows and banner guns, each with high morale. Five or six thousand people were divided into three shifts, taking turns to replace each other, and indeed killed in an orderly manner, never disappointing Wang Guang.

  As the city was besieged, King Guang suddenly felt something was off. The more fiercely his subordinates killed, the more he felt the ominous energy spreading towards him. Not daring to slacken, he hastily opened the gourd's mouth, activated the spell, and poured in his spiritual power. The gourd suddenly produced a suction force that absorbed the black ominous energy that ordinary people couldn't see into it.

  The higher the quality of this gourd, the more evil energy it absorbs. Later on, Wang Guang had to repeatedly spray out his magical powers to refine it again and again, in order to prevent the power of the magic treasure from growing too strong and becoming difficult for him to control.

  Just as Wang Guang had just sprayed a mouthful of magic into the gourd, he felt a sense of danger approaching him. His divine consciousness spread out, and he saw that there were three to five carriages with crossbows aiming at him from under the city wall.

  That catapult was different from the ordinary ones, to say nothing of its size, which was at least twice as large, about 7 or 8 zhang in length and width. Various symbols were carved on it, with a thread of light flowing through them, flashing and shining. The soldiers operating the catapult beside it were also robust and sturdy, with only a beast skin wrapped around their waists, and their bodies were painted with countless strange patterns. Each face was ferocious and cruel, staring at him fiercely.

  "Boundless Heaven Lord!" Wang Guang couldn't help but exclaim, because the ballista on the city wall was something he had never seen before and didn't know its function. "You tell me, what is that thing?" Coincidentally, a soldier who was holding two knives and charging at the enemy army on the city wall was caught by him and asked to explain.

  "Ballista cart!" General Wang Guang pointed to the location, and his face suddenly changed with a look of horror: "General, this ballista cart is made by some practitioners using secret methods. The murderous aura is extremely fierce, and the arrows shot from it can pierce through even a three to five zhang thick city wall, creating a hole as big as a human head. General, retreat quickly! This thing seems to be targeting our section of the city wall, and our shields and heavy armor are no match for it."

  Seeing his own generals looking panicked, Wang Guang was displeased. He loudly rebuked them: "Don't panic, do you really think they can turn you into a sieve? With General Ben here, I'd like to see how this so-called talisman can harm me."

  After that, this guy had the soldiers bring over seven or eight siege hammers. This guy was also a ruthless character, and although he didn't use any magical powers, he could still lift those hundred-plus-pound siege hammers with his bare hands and play around with them.

  All he saw was that this guy held the battering ram in his hand, weighed it a few times, and then suddenly used force. The battering ram whizzed down towards the cart bed with a loud whoosh.

  "Hah!" The battering ram fell, but it did not hit the trebuchet. It turned out that the soldiers guarding the trebuchet saw Wang Guang's movement, and seven or eight burly men picked up their shields and jumped up to block the battering ram.

  Only a loud crash was heard, and seven or eight men were smashed into minced meat by the battering ram in an instant. Unfortunately, the battering ram that lost its force hit the cart bed crossbow without any effect.

  Just as Wang Guang had lost his battering ram, the crossbow carts of the Great Qi Empire began to wreak havoc. Several dozen soldiers placed iron spears three to five zhang long on the crossbow carts, pulled the triggers, and dozens of cold lights shot straight towards the city head.

  That arrow flashed with a flowing light, but it was the trick of a Qi Practitioner. Wang Guang saw this and didn't dare to be slow, hastily opening his mouth to spew out red copper sand that transformed into a seven or eight zhang large grindstone.

  Three to five crossbow arrows hit the red copper sand, and King Guang only felt his heart racing. The red copper sand was out of control, blown to pieces by the crossbow arrows, and the dragon's eye-sized copper sand fell down with a loud crash, making King Guang scream in pain.

  He continuously sprayed out several streams of magical power, which finally stopped the collapse of the Red Copper Sand. When he retrieved his treasure and took a look, his heart ached even more. It turned out that the dragon's eye-sized Red Copper Sand had lost one-third of its essence in an instant. Not to mention the decline in quality and weakening of its power, just thinking about replenishing the lost pure iron and red copper aura made him wonder how many days it would take. Fortunately, the foundation of his treasure was not destroyed, which allowed Wang Guang to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

  "What a formidable artifact!" Wang Guang exclaimed, his eyes wide with wonder. Hurriedly putting the crimson copper sand in his mouth to warm it up, he was even more shocked by what he saw before him.

  He was shocked that the artifact had damaged his treasure, and he didn't notice the scene in front of him. When he came to his senses, he found that the city wall in front of him was cracked, with seven or eight cracks more than three feet deep all over the city wall. The surrounding soldiers also didn't know what they were injured by, looking around, hundreds of soldiers disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pile of minced meat scattered on the city head.

  Just as Wang Guang was shocked, the crossbow bed shot again. This time Wang Guang saw it clearly, a bolt hit the city wall, and with a dull sound, the city wall made of bluestone instantly appeared with a hole more than one foot in diameter. Following his gaze, the hole was at least 20-30 feet deep. Another bolt hit among the soldiers, without any obstruction, the bolt easily tore everything in front of it, finally piercing into the city road, tearing out a crack more than three feet wide.

  Two successive volleys of arrow fire, and over a thousand soldiers led by Wang Guang on the city wall were killed, not counting the wounded.

  "The corpse filled the gap, and the sand was brought up." The warlord yelled loudly as he lay on the ground. Following the sound, it was seen that the lower half of the warlord's body had disappeared, and his intestines were scattered all over the ground. He seemed to feel no pain and continued yelling, but unfortunately, the soldiers who had been attacked in this way had already become terrified and ran around wildly.

  "Everyone, stand still for General Wang! Whoever dares to move, General Wang will smash to death!" Wang Guang shouted loudly and spat out a stream of red-hot copper sand at the 7 or 8 soldiers who had clearly gone mad. The sound of clashing metal was heard as the copper sand whirled around, and the 7 or 8 soldiers were instantly pulverized along with their armor.

  After a string of killings that left dozens of soldiers dead, the crowd finally calmed down. It was then that Wang Guang noticed that the war general, who had been left with only half his body intact, suddenly exerted himself and pounced on an enemy soldier who had just rushed up, and they both rolled down the city wall together.

  "What a fierce fellow!" Wang Guang couldn't help but praise. He ordered the generals to take the sand and soil corpses to fill in the cracks of the city wall, while he manipulated the red copper sand to destroy the catapults below.

  But this fellow looked down at the city wall and saw that the carved car bed crossbow, which had been attacked twice, was completely dismantled and no longer posed any threat.

  "It's really formidable, if this were to be used in a sneak attack on me, even with the protection of the Red Copper Sand, I would still end up dead and my soul scattered." With a casual swing of his hand, he killed one or two soldiers who rushed up, and Wang Guang secretly pondered how that talisman was made and why he had never heard of it in the sect.

  Seven or eight days later, the attack of the Great Qi Dynasty became more and more fierce. Just when Wang Guang thought it would continue like this, the other side suddenly stopped the uninterrupted siege without any warning.

  After Wang Guang returned to the Crown Prince's place to gather information, he learned that Tianyu Imperial Court had sent a large number of reinforcements. As a result, Daqi Imperial Court stopped its advance as it could not occupy the border town.

  After the two sides rested for three to five days, the central army's large tent drummed and gathered its generals. Wang Guang had nothing to do, so he also went to attend the meeting. Nearly a hundred high-ranking officials argued, and in the end, the Qi Shi suppressed the array, opened the city gate, led out a group of soldiers and horses, and went to fight against the Great Qi Dynasty's Dou Jiang.

  Wang Guang also didn't bother going out, leading a group of subordinates to sit on the city wall and watch.

  War drums beat, the two armies face off. One side is filled with murderous intent, seeking revenge for being besieged first, while the other side is ferocious and brutal, wanting to break through the gates and slaughter the city. You have banners of flying dragons, tigers, and leopards, I have banners of Yang Wei, Yao Wu, and Qing Tian. The troops are lined up in formation, swords, guns, and spears raised, casting a cold and ominous glow, with a chilling aura spreading everywhere.

  The two armies each shot arrows and crossbow bolts at the other's formation, after a verbal dispute they started fighting. You chopped off one of my soldiers' arms, I beheaded one of your generals. After struggling for half a day, neither side had gained an advantage.

  Just as Wang Guang thought this battle was about to end, a Qi practitioner from the Great Qi Empire rode a green cow to the front of the two armies.

  "Halt! Wang Guang, you evil Taoist, dare you come out and fight me?" The cow-riding Qi practitioner shouted with a ferocious face, his eyes gleaming with malice at Wang Guang sitting on the city wall.

  "What kind of shameful thing is this? Hurry up and leave, riding a broken cow to lose face here." Before Wang Guang could speak, the flags on both sides of the formation opened up, and a Taoist rushed out from under the flagpole.

  He was seen with a queue on his head, held in place by a fragrant wooden hairpin. He wore a long gown and rode a huge black crow. His face resembled the bottom of a pot, covered in warts. When he opened his mouth to speak, a foul odor spewed out, making the soldiers on both sides feel nauseous and dizzy, almost falling to the ground.

  "Who are you? How dare you mock me like this?" The green cow's aura was in a state of turmoil, and for some unknown reason, he had switched to a different weapon. He now wielded a long white bone banner that seemed to be as long as a zhang, and as he swung it around, dark winds howled and ghostly wails echoed through the air, exuding an aura of malevolence.

  "This general will take your life." The cultivator riding on the giant crow cawed with a strange and unpleasant laugh, similar to the cry of a crow.

  The man riding the cow was too lazy to speak, waving a white bone banner in his hand and shouting loudly as he charged towards the man riding the black crow. The man riding the black crow was not afraid either, slapping the big black crow, which let out a strange cry, bringing evil wind with it as they clashed together.

  The white-boned banner of the cow-riding figure fluttered up and down, sometimes smashing, sometimes hooking or pulling, with swirling white shadows dancing around it, as gusts of evil wind rose. The black-robed figure riding the crow held a sword in both hands, its light rolling and swirling, sometimes circling, sometimes pointing or slashing, with waves of dark light surging forward, as pungent winds howled and churned.

  The ox demon lowered its head and used its horns, the crow spread its wings and wielded its claws. The horns were hard as iron with a blue light flashing, the claws were ferocious and tore apart fine copper; from one nostril came out a wisp of blue smoke that wrapped around, from the other wing fluttered down maggots. The blue smoke only made the crow stumble about, the maggots falling down only scared the ox demon into repeated dodges.