Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 551 - 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (seeking monthly tickets) _3

Chapter 551: 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (seeking monthly tickets) _3

Xuanchenzi laughed and explained, "You don’t need to worry about the situation in Peacock Manor. Ever since your lordship consecutively executed Wu Zhiqi, Xiangyue and Chang Ze in the south, the thirteen members of Shenqi Union have well been obedient. No one in the Shenqi Union dares to disobey the order of the League Leader."

He was resolute in going along this time. Besides, Yunrou had complained more than once about his ’neglect of business’ over the past few months.

This time going with his ’boss’ would provide an explanation to Yunrou. Wouldn’t this be a win-win situation?

"Moreover," Leng Yurou casually dumped a pile of metal parts from the Qiankun bag, quickly amassing a small mountain: "Young Master, I’ve completed the thing you asked me to make, but I guess you wouldn’t know how to assemble it."

A gleam flashed in Li Xuan’s eyes, "So soon? You’re really efficient."

He had only proposed the concept a month ago, and it wasn’t until after New Year that he provided Leng Yurou with sufficient funds.

"Quick?" Leng Yurou glanced at the parts: "Actually, it’s quite simple, much simpler than the Fumo Vajra."

In her view, the item customized by Li Xuan indeed was much simpler than the Fumo Vajra. It was merely a so-called ’battery,’ ’capacitor,’ some tubes, and some coils as mentioned by Li Xuan. The only trouble was the material — but that’s not a problem as long as there is money.

The Fumo Vajra had up to seven thousand internal components, which were precisely complicated. It was only with the combined effort of several top craftsmen from the Shenqi Union that Leng Yurou could complete the transformation within half a month.

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What Li Xuan didn’t know was that just as he, along with his subordinates, rushed out of the north gate of Juyong Pass, five Yunzhong warships were hovering eighteen thousand feet above Shanhai Pass, east of the Capital City.

Zhang Guanlan, the Heavenly Master Qianyuan, stood on the bow of a warship, overlooking the city below.

"Is that the ’Sky Splitting Crossbow’ built by the Jin Dynasty Ministry of Works?"

The ’Sky Splitting Crossbow’ he mentioned referred to the three huge crossbows placed on the city walls of Shanhai Pass. The crossbow arms were about twenty feet long and dark in color, with mysterious runes all over them.

At this time, these two ’Sky Splitting Crossbows’ were loaded with crossbow arrows. The giant arrows, as thick as human arms and pointing at the sky, shone with a chilling light that struck fear into people’s hearts.

"This is my first time seeing it, but it should be. This crossbow reportedly possesses immense power and a range of about one hundred and fifty miles. In response to your Yunzhong warship, Yu Jie had exhausted all treasuries of Jin, spending a total of twelve million teals to construct thirty-six ’Sky Splitting Crossbows,’ distributed over nine sides."

Standing next to Zhang Guanlan was a stout man dressed as a Mongol nobleman.

He was Borayantemur Chrolus, the second brother of Yecian Chrolus, the grand master of Mongolia. Discontent was evident in his eyes, "Heavenly Master! You should not have acted on your own and attacked Longhu Mountain. They are prepared now."

Zhang Guanlan did not care about this, "It’s my fault for not informing Grand Master about the fight at Tianshi’s Mansion. But the opportunity at that time was valuable. If we could seize Longhu Mountain Tianshi’s Mansion in one fell swoop, it would add another equation to the grand plan of rebuilding Mongolia for the Grand Master. Unfortunately—"

He sighed and an unwilling look flitted across his eyes, which then subsided, "Withdrawal regrettably led to failure, but the battle had no significant impact on the overall situation. Although we have revealed those Yunzhong warships, they were not fully completed at that time, and their power was not wholly revealed. If Jin has to spend huge amounts of money to build these ’Sky Splitting Crossbows’ that are big and useless, it can also be seen as an unexpected joy."

Borayantemur glanced at Zhang Guanlan, "Are you sure you can breach the city? The range of the ’Sky Splitting Crossbow’ exceeds that of the gigantic cannon you built."

"Wait and see, Khan! When your Iron Cavalry is ready, and Khan arrives, it will be time to breach the city!" Zhang Guanlan replied confidently as he turned his gaze back to the city before him.

Countless Mongwu knights were seen amassing from the east of the pass city, lining up before the city gate.

They were divided into ten thousand horsemen per square formation, impressively lining up sixteen square formations right in front of Shanhai Pass.

In Zhang Guanlan’s eyes, a look of inconceivable surprise appeared: "The fake emperor of the Jin People probably never expected that the three Duoyan tribes would turn against them at this moment."

The Duoyan tribes are also members of the Mongwu, who surrendered to the Jin Dynasty three hundred years ago, becoming the subjects of the ’Prince Ning’ of the Jin Dynasty.

After the Jin Dynasty withdrew the ’Prince Ning’ domain, the old territory of Prince Ning was occupied by the Duoyan tribes, who took over a large swath of grasslands outside Xifeng Pass, connecting to Liaozuo in the east and Xuanfu in the west.

Since the time of the Ren Emperor and Xuan Emperor, the Jin Dynasty and the Duoyan tribes had never stopped quarrelling, but these three Mongwu tribes have always been an important pawn for the Jin Dynasty to contain the prairie tribes.

But now, the seventy thousand Iron Cavalry of the Duoyan tribes have bowed down before the horse’s hoof of the Mongwu Taishi Yexian!

At this moment, Borayantimur seemed thoughtful, looking towards the north, his eyes still showing a hint of worry.

Even if they could break through the city defense of Shanhai Pass this time, there would still be another obstacle standing before them - the three heavenly-level members of the cabinet of the Jin Dynasty, and the Jingtai Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, whose fighting power was sufficient to confront the Mongwu Taishi Yexian head-on.

"Rest assured!" Zhang Guanlan’s lips curved up slightly, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "The Khan will come, if he does not make a move this time, he will completely lose the hearts of the nomadic peoples."

Just at this moment, he saw a majestic man wearing a golden crown and a mink cloak, arriving by flying through the air.

He soared thousands of feet in an instant and landed in front of Zhang Guanlan, his face icily indifferent, his words filled with unparalleled authority: "Since all the armies are gathered, let’s begin."

Zhang Guanlan immediately bowed deeply to this man: "I will obey the Khan’s command!"

The man before his eyes was the current Mongwu Khan, the lord of the Datan tribe, Borzigin·Tutuobuhua.

Now, with a wave of Zhang Guanlan’s sleeves, the five Yunzhong warships began to form a Five Elements Array in the cloud-filled sky eighteen thousand feet high. They positioned their colossal cannon muzzles towards the distant Shanhai Pass.

The next instant, the deafening roar of fifteen cannons firing simultaneously filled the air. The colossal shockwave dislodged the surrounding clouds, causing a ring-like shape similar to a smoke ring to form.

There were a total of fifteen projectiles, each the size of a human head. They were loaded with massive amounts of five-color thunderous energy, bombing towards Shanhai Pass.

"Is this...Hunyuan God Thunder?" A hint of astonishment appeared in Borayantimur’s eyes.

Zhang Guanlan then stood up with a smile: "The range of these cannons is indeed only one hundred and twenty miles, but if we add in the Hunyuan God Thunder, their maximum range could reach two hundred miles, and the power of the projectiles could increase threefold. Coupled with the inertia of the projectiles falling from the clouds, it was enough to overcome all obstacles and sweep everything away. It’s a shame —"

A look of regret appeared in Zhang Guanlan’s eyes again.

It was regretful that during the Battle of Longhu Mountain, the Hunyuan Five Elements Array on the ship still lacked some key components and could not be completed.

While they were speaking, the fifteen projectiles had already struck the wall of Shanhai Pass, causing another earth-shattering rumbling. The wall, that seemed as invincible as a bronze wall and iron barrier, had several huge cracks appeared at this moment.