Chapter 1431 - 1331: Jiang Feiyang Under Scrutiny

Chapter 1431: Chapter 1331: Jiang Feiyang Under Scrutiny

Ordin’s words embarrassed everyone in the room. Just moments ago, they had belittled the enemy to be worthless, but now the true powerhouses on the opponent’s side had not yet struck and chaos was already ensuing. Seeing that everyone had stabilized their emotions, Ordin continued to give directions: "Gerard! Did the previous attack cause any damage to the castle?"

After a moment, hearing the call, Gerard hurried in through the side door of the meeting hall and recounted the information just reported from the array control point to everyone inside the room.

"The previous attack did not cause any substantial damage to the main structure of the castle; most of the impact was absorbed and neutralized by the defensive array." Gerard pointed with one hand at the light and shadow suspended above the long table, and the image automatically changed perspective to reflect onto the outer wall of the castle.

Seeing the defensive structure still intact, everyone in the room breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seems the defensive system the family had constructed over the years was indeed effective; such violent attacks couldn’t damage it in the slightest.

"How long can the array withstand such attacks?" Hope stood up and asked.

"The defensive array can sustain the same level of attack for twenty to thirty rounds. If the family sends members to continuously rotate and sacrifice bloodline essence and source energy to the array, this number can be extended. After the defensive array is completely exhausted, we will have to rely solely on the castle’s own structure to fend off the attacks. Based on our estimates just now, if we lose the protection of the array, merely relying on the structure itself, the castle can withstand only two rounds of attacks before being reduced to rubble." Facing severe circumstances, Gerard didn’t hide anything and truthfully revealed the results deduced just now.

Twenty to thirty rounds! Being able to resist for so long is already quite difficult. Hope pondered for a moment and discussed quietly with the other two Dukes, then decided: "Mobilize all Count members within the clan to the magical defensive array, and rotate to replace and maintain the array members to extend the defensive array’s duration."

"Yes! Uh~!" Gerard heard this and accepted the order but didn’t rush to leave. Seeing him stand there looking hesitant to speak, Hope impatiently said: "Did you not hear my order? Why aren’t you executing it?"

"Duke, there’s one more thing the magic array host asked me to consult you on. When attacked again, should we use the array’s counter-spell to retaliate?" Gerard cautiously asked.

"Uh~!" This time it was Hope who didn’t know how to respond. He exchanged glances with the other two; today’s situation was definitely unwinnable. Facing several Prince-level powerhouses, along with a group of Children of Origin deployed by the investigation hall and the notorious Pei Yan’s siege, the Vlad Clan had absolutely no chance of turning the tables! The result of the battle would only be varying levels of damage to the opponent. In a few hearts, there was still a sliver of hope for negotiation. If they retaliated and caused casualties again, how would it affect the subsequent negotiations?

"Temporarily refrain from retaliation, await my command!" Due to various concerns, Ordin still did not issue the command to retaliate.

Inside the castle, they were still hesitating over whether to fight or surrender, while outside, there was no such hesitation. Pei Yan fanned himself, staring at the untouched castle wall, ignoring the embarrassed expressions on those near him and jokingly said, "Old Jiang, is this the effect you claimed after increasing your strength?"

Pei Yan’s teasing made Jiang Feiyang’s face flush with embarrassment. He hadn’t expected his bombardment would result in this. The shells clearly landed on the target, but the castle, seemingly built with solid stone, turned into soft mud at the explosion’s impact, not only absorbing and neutralizing most of the blast’s impact but also reverting to its original form afterward.

"This is ridiculous! These things from the exotic dimension are just wicked! In our world, ten such castles would’ve been blown away by just that round of bombardment." Jiang Feiyang muttered and complained, "This place is just too small! I can only set up more than twenty howitzers! If you laid it out for me, I’d also line up a row of cannons; I wouldn’t fail to blow it up!"

"Alright, alright, alright! Don’t talk nonsense with me! We only have half a day, can you do it or not? If not, I’ll go instead! Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance to shine!"

"Nonsense! Who said I can’t do it!" Jiang Feiyang stiffened his neck, then waved, and the vehicles standing in the dense forest slowly raised their launchers.

Even Xia Yu, who didn’t understand military matters well, couldn’t help but exclaim seeing this scene: "Isn’t it over the top to use this kind of thing?"

"It’s not excessive! It’s just right for this situation!" Seeing this thing, Pei Yan showed a happy smile on his face.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the roar characteristic of rocket launches, rockets rose into the air like fire dragons erupting from a volcano, piercing the sky in concert with the shells fired by howitzers, all unleashing devastation onto the target position.

Such intense and concentrated firepower immediately turned the Vlad family castle into a sea of flames. Each explosion sent chunks of mud flying off the castle walls, and before the array could entirely absorb and neutralize the next wave, it came immediately. Maybe due to approaching its defensive limit, the castle was now glowing red like a heated block of iron, flickering in brightness.

"Who is that person?" Feng Tianhe pointed at Jiang Feiyang, who had caused all this, and gasped in shock. Just moments ago, he and a few others were appraising the first round of bombardment, generally believing that although the cannon looked larger than the electromagnetic cannon condensed by Pei Yan before, its power was weaker! These words were still fresh when the eleven rocket vehicles summoned by Jiang Feiyang roared deafeningly, their terrifying energy akin to forbidden techniques, and everyone present, except for a few who had seen similar scenes, was shocked with mouths agape.

What surprised Feng Tianhe wasn’t the power of the thing but that the cornerstone dimension had an ability user like Pei Yan who could wield such weapons in an exotic dimension. If there’s one, there’ll be two; could there be three or four? How many such ability users does the investigation hall have? If there are many, during large-scale conflicts, how many low-level cultivators across the major dimensions could withstand such strikes?

"This person isn’t a Child of Origin! He didn’t even participate in the group competition at the Sword Discussion Conference before; logically, he shouldn’t have such strength!" Lin Daozi observed Jiang Feiyang, recalled, and continued, "But I did see him many times in the investigation hall team; he’s very close with Pei Yan and others, also a core member of their squad."

"How come we knew nothing about such an important figure before? We need to find out who he is and his capabilities! And what exactly did he summon!"