Chapter 339
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Chapter 339: Elephant Man
The roaring of the elephant man caused Li Yuanjie, who was riding in a bronze war chariot behind, to frown slightly.
Ordinary ballista attacks, when striking the elephant men, would at most cause minor flesh wounds and wouldn’t make them roar like that.
From this alone, a simple conclusion could be drawn, the ballistas used by the defending city clearly possessed greater power than those used by ordinary Bronze-rank players.
“So that’s how it is. No wonder Brother Dong asked me to come. This Luo Ji does have some tricks up his sleeve.”
Thoughts rapidly turning, Li Yuanjie’s ferocious wolf-like mouth stretched into a grin, revealing two rows of sharp fangs.
Clearly, he didn’t take this level of city defense lightly.
More bizarre than that, the expression on his wolf face was truly strange.
That’s right, this player named Li Yuanjie was not in a human form at all at this moment, but a black wolf standing upright on two legs.
Perhaps saying he was a werewolf would be more accurate.
At this very moment, he was arrogantly propping one leg over the other, leaning against a bronze war chariot he’d apparently plundered from some other player, making the entire scene incredibly awkward.
Shifting the perspective back to the battlefield, aside from pain, the triple-bow crossbows’ attacks seemed to have little significant effect on that elephant man.
The specialized heavy crossbow bolts, piercing into the 10 meter creature, looked somewhat puny.
After those few painful jabs, the elephant man roared and continued its advance, its momentum even subtly increasing compared to before.
Facing such a situation, Zhao Pan did not back down.
He swiftly commanded.
“Try aiming for that monster’s head and attack!”
The soldiers controlling the triple-bow crossbows immediately complied.
Such a large head, if they couldn’t aim accurately at that, it would be truly embarrassing.
After a rapid reload by one squad of soldiers, 4 heavy crossbow bolts whistled out again.
However, this time, the elephant man’s reaction was distinctly different.
Unlike at first, when it completely ignored the threat of the triple-bow crossbows and advanced relentlessly, having tasted the heavy crossbow bolts’ bitterness, the elephant man clearly knew that the triple-bow crossbows’ damage exceeded the ballistas it had encountered before.
While continuing its advance, it decisively became wary.
Facing the 4 heavy crossbow bolts shooting towards it again, it swung its trunk.
The terrifying force was so strong that it created a burst of air pressure, actually sweeping the four heavy crossbow bolts away!
The 4 squads controlling the triple-bow crossbows were instantly shocked.
This was the first time they had encountered such a monster!
The intense shock caused their movements to unconsciously slow down by a beat.
At that moment, Zhao Pan’s voice immediately rang out.
“Don’t just stand there, keep firing! That monster sweeping away the heavy crossbow bolts isn’t without cost, its long trunk is injured!”
Alerted by Zhao Pan’s shout, everyone immediately noticed that the elephant man’s long trunk was indeed bleeding.
Thinking about it, it was a triple-bow crossbow, although a weakened version, it was still a siege cannon of the cold weapon era, a military device used to bombard city walls and gates.
Its destructive power was beyond doubt.
To sweep away 4 heavy crossbow bolts with one trunk, how thick would its hide have to be to suffer no damage at all? Clearly unlikely.
This discovery prompted the four squads controlling the triple-bow crossbows to quickly regroup and continue their bombardment of the monster, following Zhao Pan’s instructions.
Meanwhile, on the other side, after seeing the 4 triple-bow crossbows resume fire, Zhao Pan also slightly shifted his attention.
He estimated the distance of the enemy army from Iron Wall City’s wall, then waved his hand, signaling the slinger unit behind to prepare for attack.
Unexpectedly, this time, the enemy gained the initiative.
The other three elephant men, not under suppressive fire, quickly approached.
After reaching a certain distance, they paused their steps, and their thick, strong arms reached behind them.
When they pulled their arms back, each already held a massive stone, at least 2 meters in diameter.
It was then that Zhao Pan finally saw clearly that behind these monsters, they were actually carrying something resembling a large basket!
As if anticipating what they would do next, Zhao Pan’s expression drastically changed.
He immediately shouted from the city wall.
“Heavy shield soldiers to the front!”
“Everyone, prepare for defense!!”
No sooner had Zhao Pan’s words fallen than the elephant men outside the city made new movements.
With a sudden surge of force from their arms, three truly enormous stone projectiles were hurled from their hands.
After flying a certain distance powered by immense strength, the three gigantic stone projectiles smashed into Iron Wall City’s wall like falling meteors.
The power of this impact was truly astonishing.
The defending soldiers on the city wall felt the ground beneath their feet shake three times, and three cracked indentations appeared directly on the previously smooth wall surface!
Zhao Pan, who had stabilized himself through these three impacts, couldn’t help but pale slightly.
Looking at the four enormous monsters, he had previously imagined various methods of attack, but he never expected that these four monsters were also slinger-like attackers! And their destructive power was surprisingly strong.
Such attacks involving hurling giant stones did not stop.
The elephant man that was being focused on by the four triple-bow crossbows was clearly much slower in its efficiency.
By the time the other three elephant men were already preparing to hurl their second projectiles, it had just managed to retrieve its first stone projectile while fending off the triple-bow crossbow attacks.
Facing the monsters’ giant stone attacks, the entire city wall trembled.
In the past, it was always them who would bombard others relentlessly with their triple-bow crossbows’ range, when had they ever been bombarded so fiercely by others?
These four slinger-like elephants truly set a precedent for them.
For a time, their previously stable morale began to waver slightly.
Noticing the change in atmosphere, though not yet a collapse, Zhao Pan, equally startled by the four slinger-like elephants, quickly used a morale-boosting skill to ensure nothing went wrong, then he should repeatedly.
“Counterattack! All slingers, fire! Quick!!”
Under Zhao Pan’s command, the entire slinger unit launched two rounds of stone projectiles, simultaneously smashing them onto the three slinger-like elephant men.
However, the effect was dismal.
At this moment, Zhao Pan suddenly remembered what Luo Ji had told him.
Luo Ji had said that slingers inflicted blunt force damage, which was extremely effective against enemies wearing armor or carrying defensive gear, but their effect would be very poor against enemies with thick hides.
Archers, on the other hand, were the opposite, their attacks pierced.
They were not suitable for armored enemies but were best suited for enemies with thin armor, preferably no armor at all.
From a certain perspective, the two ranged troop types perfectly complemented each other.
And the four monsters outside the city were undoubtedly prime examples of enemies with thick hides.
Realizing this, Zhao Pan decisively reacted, immediately ordering the slinger soldiers on the wall to retreat and calling the archers waiting behind to quickly advance.
Undoubtedly, he was about to change his tactics!
