An Opportunity to Earn Great Merit

Soldiers were slaughtering one another all across the streets. Several unfortunate souls who were clearly officers lay on the ground, their corpses and armor trampled into an utter mess. With their commanders gone, the soldiers on both sides had devolved into a chaotic brawl, every person wearing different armor regarded as an enemy.

Lin Qi and his group suddenly rushed out of an alley, and a ballista immediately attacked them. At the same time, a centurion abruptly waved his hand and pointed his saber at Lin Qi and the others. "Kill them!"

If they were not friends, then they were enemies. There were so many people in the street, all clad in armor—iron armor or golden armor—while Lin Qi and his companions wore long robes. The warriors of both sides took them for enemies. At once, over twenty iron-armored warriors and more than a dozen golden-armored imperial guards lunged at Lin Qi's group.

"Damn it, what's going on?"

Lin Qi stretched out his left hand. A spark flickered in his palm, and with a tremendous boom, a Hell Magma Explosive Fireball suddenly took shape. The black fireball, over a meter wide and carrying terrifying heat, shot out and plunged into the warriors rushing at them from over ten meters away. A pillar of flame surged several meters high. Dozens of warriors were blasted away with miserable screams, while several closest to the heart of the explosion were blown to pieces, their bodies and armor alike shattered.

A siege engine entirely clad in iron armor and covered in multicolored runes immediately turned toward them. The enormous machine stood ten meters tall, five meters wide, and twenty meters long. It carried five magical ballistae alone, while ten mages and two small catapults were concealed within it.

With two thunderous BOOMS, two crystal