Feng Leiting gave a cold snort at the sight.
"You think these paltry tricks can stop us? Scaling ladder teams, advance!"
Several hundred Heavenly Dao Alliance members pushed dozens of scaling ladders toward the city gates.
Iron hooks were fitted to the tops of these ladders, allowing them to anchor firmly once they caught on the walls.
The disciples were all martial artists and moved extremely quickly, swiftly closing on the walls through the arrows and stones raining down from the gate tower.
Zhang Yundao roared.
"Where are the stones and hot oil we prepared? Drop them on them!"
The soldiers on the walls picked up the stones and hurled them at the charging Heavenly Dao Alliance members, pouring scalding oil down as well.
Many Heavenly Dao Alliance members were struck by the stones and died with their brains splattered.
Others were splashed with hot oil, their bodies scalded as they fell screaming to the ground.
Although they were all martial artists, they were still flesh and blood. Their true essence could not withstand objects weighing hundreds of pounds, and they could die from their wounds.
And so, the two sides fought a fierce battle around the gate tower of Cool Prefecture City.
In the rear garden of the Cool Prefecture Governor's Residence, it was morning. The spring sunshine was lovely, and the flowers were in full bloom.
Zhou Lixuan, the governor of Cool Prefecture, reclined in a waterside pavilion within his residence, holding his pretty young concubine in his arms and toying with a jade pendant. Exquisite refreshments sat on a small table beside him. He was enjoying himself immensely.
His concubine delicately peeled grapes beside him and brought them to his lips once they were peeled.
As she murmured sweet nothings in her soft voice, Zhou Lixuan's