They chatted for a while about the future.
Xiao Yan had no choice but to end the topic.
After all, when discussing this with Yao Lao, Yao Lao could at least offer some suggestions. Whether they were good ideas or bad ones, he had at least put some thought into them. Moreover, war in a world with extraordinary powers was fundamentally different from war in a world without them. Rather than strategy, tactics, or willpower, wars in an extraordinary world were contests of raw strength. Under normal circumstances, a Dou Huang simply could not defeat a Dou Zong. Even if you prepared some means for that Dou Huang—life-preserving pills, for instance, or Forbidden Techniques that burned life force in exchange for power—the gap in cultivation realms remained impossible to cross. Before absolute strength, everything else was useless.
To put it more plainly—
A Dou Shi with Dou Qi Gauze Armor could withstand volleys from powerful bows and crossbows.
As long as they were not siege crossbows.
At worst, they would suffer superficial wounds.
Provided their Dou Qi had not been exhausted.
Put them in a city.
Throw in an elite squad of a hundred men—ordinary people, that was. Of course, cultivators in the Dou Zhi Qi realm could also be counted among them. After all, cultivators at the Dou Zhi Qi realm were merely stronger and faster than ordinary people. Even at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi, they could not lift a cauldron with sheer strength. They had no long-range attacks, could not cultivate any techniques, and could not use Dou Techniques. They were not much different from ordinary people.
If one had to point out a difference—
It was probably like the difference between an ordinary soldier and Lu Bu.
In short, once surrounded by powerful bows