New Style Naval Warfare, Sacrificial Rites, and a Noble Banquet

Boom! Boom! Boom!

On the drill ground of River Mouth Fortress, three Tiger-Crouching Cannons stood in a row, savagely bombarding the straw targets ahead. Great clouds of white smoke rose from the muzzles, and countless stone pellets scattered forward. Within fifty meters, the leather armor draped over the straw targets was completely blasted apart; within twenty meters, even solid ship planks were pierced through.

Seeing the Tiger-Crouching Cannons' power, Monkey Kuluka clicked his tongue in astonishment, while Crocodile Ospai was shaken speechless. Only Black Wolf Toltec, who had seen them before, remained unchanged.

"How was it?"

Xolotl smiled brightly and asked with confidence.

"Excellent! I had always heard that the kingdom received divine blessing and that new Copper Beasts had appeared, but I never imagined they were such sharp weapons!"

Monkey Kuluka was dazed for a moment, then a smile blossomed across his face.

"Your Highness, with such sharp weapons, no tribe under heaven will ever be able to stand against us again!"

"Haha!"

Xolotl threw back his head and laughed, then looked toward Crocodile Ospai.

"Your Majesty, the gods bless the kingdom!"

Crocodile Ospai lowered his head slightly and sighed from the heart.

"...Within twenty meters, even someone holding the heaviest great shield cannot defend against the Copper Beast's bombardment. From this day on, there will be no peerless warriors under heaven!"

Xolotl nodded slightly. With the development of firearms, individual bravery would inevitably be eliminated, and the scale of war would grow larger and larger, more and more complex, until it finally became a precise discipline. Whether land battle or naval battle... The king smiled, then asked in a deep voice.

"Ospai, the Rain God Tiger-Crouching Cannon weighs around a hundred catties and is only half a meter long. Its range is usually within a hundred meters, and