Chapter 1708 - 540: Xia Army’s City Defense Strategy, Siege and Tacit Understanding_3

Chapter 1708: Chapter 540: Xia Army’s City Defense Strategy, Siege and Tacit Understanding_3

Bang!

The man’s height was just over one meter eighty, not tall, and his build couldn’t be considered burly. In the Ice Abyss, such a physique might even be considered slim.

Yet, it was this seemingly thin body that managed to strike the city gate with a significant tremor, even loosening the iron materials used to fasten the gate by several inches.

"Another Deceit Technique, this would require a strength of seventy or eighty Hundred Jun. To wield such force, the whole body must exert itself. Being a Feudal Town, they indeed have many means..."

Lin Kai, floating in the air, turned his head to look at the defending soldiers pulling chains behind the city gate, appearing somewhat embarrassed by the impact, and couldn’t help but sigh.

Fortunately, great efforts were made during Jinyang’s city construction, with copious amounts of Iron Slurry poured into the walls, and the city gate forged from Ten Thousand Forged Iron Materials, capable of withstanding impacts of up to a Hundred Jun strength. If it were any other city gate, whether it could withstand such an impact would be uncertain.

"Everyone, the enemy is exerting force behind the city gate, assist me in breaking through!"

However, the man quickly reacted. Through the impact, he detected the Xia Army defending behind the gate and immediately turned his head to request help from the hundred Xianyang Level figures behind him.

There were over a hundred and fifty Xianyang Level individuals under Cai Qiu in the Southern Slope Territory, with only a few stationed at Wuchuan Town, and the rest were here. If one person couldn’t break the gate, then everyone would act together.

"A mere Ten Thousand Forged city gate trying to stop us!"

"Break the gate!"

"Brothers, show your skills, let’s break the gate!"

......

The power of Xianyang Level is measured in Hundreds of Jun. When over a hundred join forces, not to mention their various Deceit Technique means, even brute force alone would be enough to break through the gates of most fortified cities in the world.

One person took out a golden ring, attached it to the gate, and immediately melted a large circular hole, then repeated the process to create several openings, eventually forming a small door;

Another released a swarm of flying insects from their sleeve, which clung to the gate and gnawed incessantly. In a moment, a large portion of the gate was devoured, and the opening created by the first person expanded the door’s aperture;

Someone else placed both palms on the gate. Their hands vibrated at an extremely high frequency, gradually causing the wall to shake, with the frequency increasing rapidly, until the whole gate seemed on the verge of collapsing backward;

......

"Too slow, too slow, let me handle it!"

The trend of the gate collapsing was already quite clear.

With over a hundred Xianyang Levels acting together, the Jinyang defenders had virtually no chance, and the five Xianyang Levels from Great Xia above the city wall dared not emerge, as the gate appeared to be collapsing soon.

Yet, despite this, Cai Qiuyang felt it wasn’t fast enough, directly saying to Cai Qiuhu that he would personally break the gate.

"If we could act, why let them go down?"

Cai Qiuhu shook his head at these words, his expression rather gloomy.

Everyone was stunned, showing a hint of confusion on their faces.

But they quickly understood.

"Landgrave Cai truly doesn’t consider the Southern Slope Territory citizens as people!"

A sigh suddenly came from the sky, causing Cai Qiuyang and the other seven’s expressions to change slightly, and they hurriedly looked up.

It was still that Mystic Iron Eagle, slowly descending from above, with Xia Hong standing on the eagle’s head. Behind him was Li Xuanling, holding two children, the family of four boldly allowing the Mystic Iron Eagle to hover less than a hundred meters above Cai Qiuhu and the others.

The eight Tribulation Body figures merely looked up at Xia Hong and his family, seeing Xia Hong’s condescending posture. Instead of showing displeasure, Cai Qiuhu and the eight seemed heavy-hearted, even apprehensive.

Clearly, unknowingly, they had already accepted an internal mindset where Xia Hong’s posture was above theirs, a realization unbeknownst even to themselves.

"Ultimately, they are expendable. Since Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang want to side with Cai Qiu, they should show some sincerity, allowing us a glimpse of the Xia Army’s strength, at least serving a purpose."

Cai Qianshan also appeared.

Of course, he wouldn’t stand beneath the Mystic Iron Eagle like Cai Qiuhu and the others but rather positioned himself at the same level as Xia Hong.

By this moment, Cai Qiuyang naturally understood.

From the beginning of the siege to now, Xia Hong hadn’t acted nor released a single Beast Emperor-level Puppet, so their Tribulation Body figures from Cai Qiu couldn’t move either.

This was likely the tacit understanding between strong individuals.

You follow the rules, then so will I!