The Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbow was a terrifying weapon capable of severely wounding or even blasting a world king realm expert to death with a single crossbow. Dozens firing in unison could severely injure or even kill a Dao Realm expert. Even within the Great Zhou military, it was extremely scarce equipment.
The materials required to forge one were exceedingly precious. For instance, the main body of the crossbow had to be made from the vertebrae of a Primordial Fierce Beast or a four-clawed or five-clawed Dragon Race member. At the very least, its bowstring had to be refined from the sinews and membranes of a Primordial Fierce Beast or Dragon Race member.
Beyond the precious materials, the forging process itself was incomparably complex.
It was said that at least ten Great Sun Priests of the Ancestral God Hall had to make several attempts before they could successfully inscribe its countless patterns.
Thus, although Great Zhou had invented the Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbow and continuously manufactured it for so many years—despite the newest version already having reached its twenty-fourth generation—even the tenth-generation Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows had yet to be retired.
That alone showed how precious they were.
Under normal circumstances, according to the standard Border Army allocation of Great Zhou, every ten thousand soldiers were equipped with ten Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows, while an army of thirty thousand had thirty.
If the troops were stationed to defend a city, they would be allocated several additional Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows depending on the size of the city they guarded.
According to the intelligence gathered by Legion Commander Yuedai, the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army at Blood River Fortress had a standard allocation of two hundred and twenty Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows. Blood River Fortress