Philosopher's Stone?!
[Boom! Boom! Boom!]
The same old routine: when the first vanguard of the heavy tank group arrived on the battlefield.
They immediately spread out quickly to both sides of the plain, adjusted the angle of the cannons, and then launched an artillery barrage at the city walls and infantry formations that suddenly appeared in the distance.
One after another, crimson-red Heavenly Origin Shell roared out from the devastating muzzle Huoguang at an initial speed of five times the speed of sound.
This process was quite brief.
In the blink of an eye.
On the walls of the Alchemi Kingdom and within the infantry formations, bursts of ever-expanding fireballs erupted.
The hit city walls trembled violently, revealing huge gaps, while screams and cries of agony echoed from the ranks below.
Now.
The special gunpowder from the ' Demon Slayer World has once again demonstrated its terrifying power on a new Otherworld battlefield!
"A cannon that can move on its own?"
"I saw something new and interesting right from the start, it's really fun!"
Despite the relentless bursts of hot air from the explosions and the massive destruction and casualties around her, Feng showed no anger whatsoever; instead, she appeared quite excited.
At the same time.
Faced with such a barrage of artillery fire, the artillerymen on both sides of the city walls acted swiftly, and soon the cannons returned fire without showing any weakness.
However, compared to the Great Wall stretching for dozens of miles, hitting a tank that is only a few meters wide requires much higher precision.
Sudden.
A peculiar phenomenon emerged within the infantry formations that had been passively taking hits outside the city.
Every fifty meters or so, a man and a woman dressed in pure white robes were seen squatting down, quickly drawing something on the ground with pens still capped.
After they finished drawing, they neatly put away their pens and then slapped their palms hard on the strange circular pattern on the ground.
[Sizzle sizzle sizzle]
Streaks of blue-white electricity crackled and burst forth between his palm and the circular array, while white-gray steel pillars rose from the ground around him.
There are so many of these steel columns, like bamboo shoots growing wildly. Once they reach a height of about ten meters, they begin to connect and piece together with each other.
In the blink of an eye.
Each 10,000-person formation featured a series of extremely rugged-looking steel-framed roofs that blocked the Heavenly Origin Shell fired from the heavy tanks in the distance.
"Is that alchemy?"
In the rear of the tank group, Charlotte Oven and several other Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral of the division watched thoughtfully the live battlefield footage projected by the Den Den Mushi.
The information Cipher Pol gleaned from Imperial prisoners consisted only of fragmented descriptions of alchemy, and even just rumors.
Only after witnessing the effects of alchemy firsthand did they gain a concrete understanding of its power.
"It really is an alchemical array and alchemy!"
Imu, far away in the 'Giant World', was naturally also paying attention to the battle situation in the 'Teigu World', especially the battle against the Alkemi Alchemy Kingdom, which he found particularly interesting.
Imu sank his consciousness deep into his brain and, with an extremely fast thought process, recalled various information about alchemy from the ' Akame Manga.
For a moment, he couldn't recall ever having such 'professional' alchemy in the world.
"I see. In the prequel 'Zero,' the Alchemists Dorothea from the West did indeed use alchemical arrays and alchemy during her final duel with Leone."
"Um?"
"They even have something like the 'Philosopher's Stone'? And it's even a core material for Teigu?"
Imu looked at the manga he had read before with surprise, thinking to himself, "So the difference between Teigu and Shingu is whether or not the Philosopher's Stone is used?"
In this light, the 'Sacred Emperor' of the empire six hundred years ago was lacking precisely in this respect.
Because in this comic, Dorothea says that the main source of the 'Philosopher's Stone' is the Alchemi Kingdom in the west, and the first emperor of the empire a thousand years ago probably obtained forty-eight 'Philosopher's Stone' through some means.
"In that case, the value and danger level of the 'Teigu World' need to be reassessed. We need to obtain more information about the Alchemi Kingdom as soon as possible."
Just as Imu was lost in thought, Historia, sitting beside him, asked curiously, "Husband, what are alchemical arrays and alchemy?"
Alchemy is based on the principle of equivalent exchange, which involves understanding, Disintegration, and recombining substances of equal quality and value.
After a moment's thought, Imu gave a brief introduction to the basic concepts.
After all, it was his own woman asking, so he couldn't be too cold and indifferent. If it were someone else asking, he would definitely ignore them or even give them a lecture.
"An extraordinary profession that uses knowledge as a weapon, yet it possesses such miraculous power!" Historia was already filled with astonishment when he finished speaking.
Not only her, but also the Ubuyashiki Sisters, Stussy, Mikasa, Levi, and others nearby had the same expression.
Meanwhile, Imu was regretting it.
I regret using the upgrade permissions for the 'Medium Star Gate' on the Star Gate of this 'Giant World'.
If it could be used on the Star Gate of the 'Teigu World', it would definitely facilitate the rapid influx of large forces and significantly shorten the time required to complete the conquest.
"If I remember correctly, the reason why alchemy can transcend the ordinary seems to be that it is activated by inputting 'thoughts' into the transmutation circle and guiding the power of the 'Gate of Truth,' so..."
Imu was immediately shocked by his own guess, and his mood sank at a visible speed.
"I hope not. Even if it is, please don't cause us any trouble. I really can't handle that."
He had made up his mind that he would not enter the 'Teigu World' himself, and was considering whether he should instruct his subordinates not to make too much of a commotion.
What if the damage to the environment is too great or too many lives are lost, and that bigwig gets angry?
At the same time.
More and more heavily armored tanks are rolling into the vast plains in front of the Plato Mountains.
Although the enemy had constructed a steel layer to protect against artillery shells, the support soldiers inside the tank believed that as long as their own firepower was sufficient, they would eventually blow it to smithereens.
"Replace the 'Jet Bullet'!"
"Immediately switch to 'Jet Bullet' and penetrate the enemy's steel-layered defenses!"
Inside each tank, the commander's voice rang out. Upon hearing this, the loaders deftly ejected the 'Heavenly Origin Shell' and then raised the 'Jet Bullet' to load the main gun.
"Ready, fire!"
"Put!"
[Boom boom boom boom.]
Nearly a thousand tanks were spread out across the plains, firing in batches at the distant long wall and layers of steel.
This time, shortly after the shells flew out of the fireworks, they rapidly melted into jets of ultra-high-temperature metal as they hurtled through the air.
The moment they land on the steel layer, the surface melts, allowing the jets to penetrate easily.
Finally, it turned into thick, high-temperature molten iron, engulfing the armored soldiers in a small area like crashing waves.
This scene caused a drastic change in expression on the faces of the novice Alchemists dressed in white robes who only grasped the concepts of 'matter Disintegration's and 'matter recombination' and still had to rely on drawing arrays on the spot.
Fortunately, the transmutation circle he had drawn earlier was still there, so he simply squatted down again and activated the alchemy on it to create more steel pillars to thicken the steel layer.
Some people, on the other hand, draw transmutation circles directly on the surface of the steel layer and then use alchemy to make the damaged steel layer automatically recover.
[Bang!]
Just then, the city gate suddenly rose, and a cavalry force, with men and horses clad in heavy red armor, surged out, transforming into a crimson torrent that raced rapidly toward the location of the heavy tank group.
The most astonishing thing was that, as they rode their horses at full gallop, they formed a perfect circular formation.
A huge thank you to Steward Bao Fengyu for the 100 Qidian Coin! Thank you so much for your support and encouragement!
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