The clanging rang out without end, sparks bursting one after another through the thick night.
By the faint glow, the Yan soldiers atop the walls gradually caught sight of a huge, blurry silhouette.
As the mechanical beasts drew closer step by step and fully entered the firelit reach of Ji City, everyone finally saw their terrifying true forms.
They were colossal beasts of steel!
Under the light, their savage outlines looked even more terrifying than when they had lurked in darkness, making the soldiers on the walls' hearts tighten and chills run through their bodies!
"Th-this is a mechanical beast!?"
"The Mohist School has always remained neutral. Why would they willingly serve the Qin State?"
"And why are these mechanical beasts so much larger than the rumors claimed? They're even forged entirely from steel!"
Within Ji City, quite a few veteran soldiers had seen the Mohist School's mechanical beasts in their earlier days. Yet those wooden contraptions in their memories were as different from this steel monstrosity before them as children's toys.
Amid the roaring engines of the mechanical beasts, the colossal creatures thundered up to the city walls.
Yue Jian abruptly came back to his senses and roared sharply, "Pour the fire oil! Burn those mechanical beasts for me!"
Several burly men on the wall immediately hoisted earthen jars of fire oil and hurled them down with all their strength. Black oil cascaded down, splashing all over the mechanical beasts' steel armor.
Immediately afterward, volleys of flaming arrows tore through the air. The flames struck the oil-stained armor and instantly erupted into a raging blaze, engulfing the mechanical beasts.
Such flames might have worked against the wooden mechanical beasts of old, but against these steel-forged giants, the fire oil blazed fiercely over their armor without leaving even the slightest