Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Across the ground outside Ling Yun Pass, a torrent of steel advanced toward the pass. They were burly Soul Masters carrying massive steel shields as large as door panels. With such immensely heavy shields on their bodies, every step they took landed with tremendous weight.
Behind them was another army bearing shields, though their shields were nowhere near as large as those carried by the disciples of the Elephant Armored Sect. Ordinary people simply could not lift shields the size of door panels.
The so-called steel of the Douluo Continent was iron that had been repeatedly tempered. It had another name as well: refined iron. Its hardness exceeded that of ordinary iron by several degrees.
Yang Wudi looked at that wall of bronze and iron, saying with envy and jealousy, "Spirit Hall really is ridiculously wealthy."
Refined iron was extremely dense and correspondingly expensive. Even the Tang Sect could only use it for precision components, yet Spirit Hall had directly made so many enormous steel shields. Compared to that, it was impossible not to feel envious.
The walls of Ling Yun Pass were packed with people. Although the Godly Zhuge Crossbows and firearms in the Tang Sect disciples' hands seemed to have lost their effectiveness, their mere presence there was the greatest deterrent.
Tang Sect disciples lay in wait at every battlement, while Soul Masters ready for battle filled the ramparts. Within the pass, the iron cavalry of the Heaven Dou Empire had long since prepared themselves as well, cold light reflecting from their black armor.
Spirit Hall's forces were now less than five hundred meters from Ling Yun Pass. Their heavy steel shields fit together seamlessly, protecting them completely. It seemed Heaven Dou had no way to deal with them.
Yet Grandmaster and the others quietly