Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Deliver Them - They've Started Fighting (Part Two)

Boom, boom, boom...

The Magic Cannon moved automatically along strange paths, spitting out dazzling bursts of light. Each flash brought a thunderous report and took the lives of more Divine Realm soldiers. Their power was immense, but so was their energy consumption. Luo Qian had amassed a vast supply of Energy Coins over the years, yet at this rate, fighting a drawn-out war was a fool's dream.

The God King ordered a fierce assault. After three days, his forces had suffered terrible losses. The Seventh Skywing Brigade, the Divine Realm's elite unit leading the frontal attack, had started with ten thousand soldiers and now had only five thousand left. The God King was forced to withdraw his prized troops. Someone proposed sending experts through the curtain of artillery fire to break into the Mine from within. The God King agreed and dispatched his Imperial Guard. Thirty of its experts entered the interlocking web of fire; thirteen were killed, ten were seriously wounded, and the rest fled in disarray. The God King flew into a thunderous rage and drew his scepter, ready to go himself. His attendants dropped to their knees in fright and clung to him.

Once his anger passed, the God King felt a lingering fear himself. The web of fire had not looked dense, but it had clearly been designed by an expert. With the fewest possible shots, it sealed off every angle of attack and retreat. Even if he charged in, he would gain nothing. Besides, Luo Qian's own strength might not amount to much, but strange contraptions always seemed to appear around him. The God King might yet capsize in a drainage ditch.

On the third day, the God King deployed his artillery: three hundred Magic Cannons traded volleys with the defenders. But a faint barrier