"Indeed, it should be I who turns the tide!"
As the thought flashed through his mind, Prince Qi nodded heavily and pointed at the high wall before them.
"We took the well-dragon route, relying on surprise to buy time, but the resistance is fierce, and we cannot take it easily. I intend to use Alchemy Thunder to blast open this wall. What do you think?"
Xie Zhenqing's gaze flickered as he made a quick estimate.
Alchemy Thunder wielded the power of thunder and fire. With Heavenly Thunder influencing it on a rainy day, its force would be several times greater.
The walls on either side of Cloud Dragon Gate were thick, but they could not be more than ten feet thick.
"It can be tried!"
Thunder pellets were an invention of alchemists, capable of drawing upon all manner of thunder and fire power.
Every school had different alchemical methods and different results. Xie Zhenqing possessed one such formula, called Pine Mountain Thunder.
Using saltpeter, Black Gullet Intestine, and pine resin, then adding realgar and pine charcoal, grinding them into powder, supplementing them with a spirit-talisman fuse, and sealing the spiritual workings within a secret altar, one could produce thunder pellets in three days.
Once activated, they could shatter three feet of solid rock. They had been made specifically for breaching strongholds and breaking cities!
This was a desperate gamble with their lives on the line, so naturally they had brought them.
"Pass the order. Bring up the Alchemy Thunder."
Prince Qi gave the order, and several dozen earthenware jars were carried beneath the wall by armored soldiers under shield cover, braving the rain of arrows.
On the wall, Hu Huai'an's eyelids twitched wildly as he stared fixedly below.
What was Prince Qi trying to do?
Chisel through the wall?
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