Hiss, hiss, hiss—
Jets of flame rose from the Dawn War Fortress as hundreds of shells rained down, forming a barrage that hurtled toward the Frost Creatures.
The enormous energy cannon at the center of the War Fortress also began glowing intensely as it charged.
The threat of death drove the Frost Creatures to flee instinctively, each using their own means.
Even the four Silver Tier mercenaries were horrified. Without a moment to think, they fled in another direction.
They had never known this city possessed such terrifying capabilities.
Now, they could only hope the city lord was targeting those seven Frost Monsters and would not catch them in the crossfire.
No, wait. It should have been six Frost Monsters.
Yinquan had already killed that Frost Serpent.
Precisely because of that, Yinquan felt the most reassured. Whatever else happened, he had killed one of the targets. He had earned credit, not blame.
Boom, boom, boom—
The saturation bombardment began.
Hundreds of shells pounded the ice, the barrage slowly advancing and blasting deep craters into every stretch it swept over.
Fortunately, the ice covering the Green Forest Waters was now more than a hundred meters thick.
Had this happened earlier, when the temperature was minus twenty degrees Celsius and the ice had not been so thick...
An attack like this would probably have shattered the entire Icefield.
The slowest of them, the Snowfield Mammoth, was struck by the shells. Its thick fur and ice crystal armor shielded it from most of the damage.
But the mammoth's already sluggish movements became even slower.
It let out a mournful cry!
The next instant, the Dawn War Fortress's main cannon finished charging and fired a massive blast of energy.
The world itself seemed to tremble slightly.
In the blink of an eye, a beam