"Th-That's a Jinxia Xuanwu!?"
"How is that possible? Has the Jinxia Army entered Liuzhou?!"
Both the rebel army and Huiyang's official troops stood frozen in place, but the thoughts running through the two sides' minds were utterly different—among the former, quite a few recognized this Mechanical Beast as the damaged one from the workshop. Even the rusty front cover of its cockpit was identical. Master Hu had long declared it beyond repair; the workshop had only kept it because it was so heavy and difficult to obtain. Why had it suddenly appeared here?
The latter were even more shocked.
Whether it was Wu Bairen or the elite soldiers he had recruited, they all possessed a basic understanding of Jinxia's bipedal Mechanical Beasts. It could be said that it was precisely because of these unstoppable weapons that Jinxia had defeated the many with the few in the war against the Ten-State Allied Army, completely turning the tide through its technological advantage. Intelligence gathered from every channel indicated that these things were unique to Jinxia. Even the Ministry of Works, with the Mo Clan serving it, could not replicate them—let alone a pack of savages hiding in the mountains and forests.
The only possibility they could think of was that the Jinxia Army had finally entered Liuzhou.
"Her Highness the Princess's reinforcements are finally here!" Gongsun Fang's mind raced. There was no doubt that this Mechanical Beast was not their enemy; its first target had made that clear. Since that was the case, she might as well play along and magnify the fear in the enemy's hearts tenfold. "Victory will surely be ours! Everyone, charge with me!"
"Kill—!"
Once the rebels came to their senses, their morale soared. They did not care whether this was a contingency their leader had prepared or