thefictionvixens Chapter 125 Giant Sandworm Siege
Chapter 125 Giant Sandworm Siege
The residents of Northfrost City on the city wall were attacking relentlessly, and the sandworms outside the city wall could only give up their heads after finally climbing up the city wall. The overall defense of the city looked very good.
However, an hour after the battle began, when Long You, He Caitou, Lin Zhengze, and Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao, the chubby boy Song, and the two children to the east city wall, Long You discovered, with the help of Huo Yuhao's soul skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing, that the current situation was not as optimistic as they had imagined.
Because the preparation time was too short, although everyone had come up with tactics, the battlefield situation did not reach the expected level because the equipment's power did not reach the expected effect.
While the Molotov cocktails made temporarily from carbon powder and sandworm oil were useful, their burning effect was far inferior to that of the "Molotov cocktail," let alone the explosive and incendiary bombs made using soul guidance devices.
The explosive bombs were not deployed because there wasn't enough time, while the incendiary bombs were because there were no suitable resources in Northfrost City.
The half-baked Molotov cocktail brought half-baked results. Originally, Long You and the others hoped that the Molotov cocktail could bring a continuous burning flame, plunging the entire sandworm swarm into a state of continuous frenzy and chaos.
The sandworm swarm is indeed becoming agitated due to the floating light source that has been steadily providing light from the sky, as well as the persistent flames of Molotov cocktails within the swarm, but they are not too chaotic.
At least the Sandworm King's commands could effectively restrain the sandworm swarm. Sure enough, not long after Longyou had climbed onto the city wall, the Sandworm King, which was hiding somewhere in the distance, let out a piercing hiss.
Under the command of the hissing sound, the four giant sandworms that had previously appeared in an attempt to destroy the floating light source in the sky began to move their positions. Originally, these four giant sandworms were located at the very back of the sandworm swarm, but now they began to move towards the front of the swarm, and judging from their movement trajectory, they seemed to be preparing to place one against each wall of the swarm.
Regardless of how these giant sandworms intend to attack the city wall, Long You and the others, who are currently concentrated on one side of the city wall, can no longer stay there.
Grabbing the soul tools they had hastily made in the past hour, Cai Tou and Lin Zhengze went to the east city wall; Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Xu Sanshi went to the west city wall; Long You, Huo Yuhao, and Song He stayed behind at the north city wall.
As for the south city wall, there's no need to worry about it; the city lord of Beishuang City personally oversees it. According to the calculations in Panlong Realm, the city lord of Beishuang City is currently a late-stage fifth-rank martial artist. In the context of Douluo Continent, this city lord of Beishuang City is a Soul King with a Soul Power level of around 57.
Even if the giant sandworm is stronger, considering the combat power of the ordinary sandworm, this battle-hardened Lord of North Frost City could handle it even if his combat power were doubled.
On the battlefield, a large size often represents immense pressure. By the time Beibei and the others reached the city wall where they were, practically everyone on the walls of North Frost City had noticed it.
There was no collective gasp of shock, but many heavy machine gun-type soul guides, anti-aircraft cannon-type soul guides, and rapid-fire soul guide cannons all had their muzzles moved.
The reason why a huge size can create a huge sense of oppression on the battlefield is precisely because a huge size can bring a physical defense capability and strength that is completely beyond imagination.
Whether it was the energy bullets fired from 12.7 caliber heavy machine gun-type soul guides, or the energy bullets fired from .20 and .40 caliber anti-aircraft cannons, none of them could stop the giant sandworm's movement.
These energy bullets couldn't even penetrate the yellow sand armor that the giant sandworms had gathered on their bodies, meaning they were completely unarmored.
The only thing that can currently inflict some damage on these giant sandworms is the energy projectiles fired from the rapid-fire soul-guided cannons on the city walls. However, even with a high rate of fire, a few rapid-fire soul-guided cannons are insufficient to combat them.
Four muffled impacts rang out in succession, and the sturdy city wall, built from a mixture of slag and obsidian powder, began to shake.
Fortunately, the sandworms weren't very intelligent and didn't make full use of their weight and strength advantages. After the city walls started to shake, they didn't continue using the giant sandworms as battering rams.
Instead, these giant sandworms, just like when they attacked the floating light source in the sky, with the help of many ordinary sandworms, slowly raised their upper bodies while bearing the attack from the city wall.
This time, the residents of Beishuang City on the city wall did not gasp in shock; Long You himself was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue.
Previously, being in the distance, and given that the giant sandworm's target was the Light Source Star Chain floating 150 meters in the air, the giant sandworm's raised front half did not appear particularly tall.
But now that the point of reference has been changed to the walls of Beishuang City, Long You suddenly has a clearer understanding of the giant sandworm's size. This Beishuang City wall, which looks tiny in comparison to the giant sandworm, is a full fifteen meters high, equivalent to the height of a four-story building in Long You's previous life.
A monster whose half-body was four stories tall was merely a minor boss. Long You began to understand why the human race on the Panlong Realm continent couldn't thrive. The city walls that protected the human race and ensured their survival were utterly insignificant in the face of these colossal beasts.
With the city's defensive shield energy protective membrane in place, the giant sandworm could not directly extend its ferocious mandibles onto the city wall to devour the human beings on the wall. However, the thin protective membrane of the city's defensive shield was no obstacle for the giant sandworm.
Tilting its head slightly, Long You saw energy vortexes beginning to condense within the giant sandworm's open mouthparts. Based on the close-up reconnaissance footage taken by the large stealth soul-guided drone, Long You knew this was a sign that the giant sandworm was about to spew out that corrosive liquid.
Oh my god!
Having clearly understood the giant sandworm's plan, Long You inwardly cursed, but dared not be negligent in his actions. He immediately raised the hastily constructed fixed-position soul guide launcher and installed the fixed-position soul munitions.
While the size might be slightly off due to the comparison, Long You, who had already destroyed a large stealth soul-guided reconnaissance drone, was very qualified to comment on the power of the corrosive liquid that was spewed out.
Even disregarding the damage caused by the corrosive toxins in the liquids to the city's defensive shield's energy protective membrane, Long You didn't believe that this hastily cobbled-together shield's energy protective membrane could withstand the giant sandworm's attack.
The giant sandworm's throat was like a high-pressure water cannon, blasting water from a height of over ten meters to a height of over a hundred meters. One can only imagine how much pressure the water was under.