Dawn's light tore through the darkness.
Cannon fire had thundered throughout the night, and under the bombardment, the grand formation protecting Xuanji City's royal palace was finally broken!
This was probably the first battle in the cultivation history of the Eastern Continent in which firearms had been introduced into a high-level conflict and played a decisive role.
The grand formation protecting Xuanji City's royal palace was also reinforced by National Fortune. Although it could not withstand attacks from Peak Experts, below that level, even Prince-level experts would find it difficult to break through.
Yet this grand formation had ultimately been blasted open by cannon fire!
The Two Great Desert Kingdoms had traded with the Western Continent and purchased a large quantity of new-style weapons. Besides automatic rifles, there were also large-caliber howitzers.
These weapons had not only been issued to the armies at the front. Some had also been kept within the royal city.
The Wang Family openly controlled some of the artillery, while secretly hiding another batch.
The moment he decided to act, Wang Chengze sent people to attack every place that possessed artillery.
Afterward, more than a hundred large-caliber howitzers all fell into the hands of this Wang Family patriarch!
The 150-millimeter howitzer was a new weapon developed by the Western Continent. Each shell possessed power comparable to the full-force strike of a Martial Dao Master!
The entire Dark Desert Nation could not gather even a hundred Martial Dao Masters.
But Wang Chengze could obtain a hundred howitzers.
The Dark Desert Nation's ruler had sent most of his forces to the front line. Thus, when the upheaval first began, he chose to activate the royal palace's grand formation for defense and wait for reinforcements.
This choice had not been wrong in itself. He had simply overlooked the changes