"Weren't there two hundred? There isn't much difference between a hundred and twenty and a hundred and sixty-five, is there?"
Clearly unconvinced, Xiao Ying stared at Immortal King Yumiao with suspicion written all over his face.
"Each one rivals an Immortal King, and you call that not much difference?"
Immortal King Yumiao was rather helpless, but patiently explained, "With the Sea-Beast Storm approaching, even a territory as vast as the Blackwater Domain can only be allocated a hundred. As for the extras, I can use various methods and excuses to recall them from defensive lines throughout the Blackwater Domain-concentrating our forces, replacing equipment, and so on. Then I can call on my personal connections to borrow or exchange some from other domains. But a hundred and sixty-five is far too many..."
"It feels... pretty much the same to me!"
Still unconvinced, Xiao Ying muttered under his breath, then gave a long sigh and continued, "Forget it, then! I can't bear to put you in a difficult position, Brother. Too few won't be of much practical use anyway; they'll only serve as a deterrent. In that case, buying a dozen or so will be enough!"
With that, Xiao Ying swept out his hand, about to put away the Immortal-King Spirit-Infused Puppet!
"Wait..."
Immortal King Yumiao hurriedly stopped him. Gritting his teeth, he asked, "Then how about a hundred Heaven-Breaking Ballista Fortresses and sixty-five Heaven-Bombarding Sacred Towers?"
Xiao Ying paused. Was there some difference between them? He could not help looking at Guihai Canglan and the Blood Xuan Witch King, only to see both nodding repeatedly in considerable excitement.
From Xiao Ying's rough understanding of the two, a Heaven-Breaking Ballista Fortress required fewer operators, but Heaven-Piercing Ballistas were harder to forge and extremely valuable. A Heaven-Bombarding Sacred Tower was the opposite: it