On the streets of Broad Cloud Ward, pedestrians were few and far between, leaving the wide roads rather desolate.
Most of those currently living in the ward were Shaman Tribe Remnants. They had been gathered together and sent into factories or academies for modernization. Those still wandering about were mostly Shaman Folk on leave or rogue cultivators from outside.
Suddenly, a cannon blast like thunder shook the surroundings. Near the eastern gate, a high-speed projectile blasted a crater more than ten feet across into the road. The spirit essence contained within rapidly expanded, forming a powerful shock wave.
This was the spirit essence cannon shell Li Chen had recently developed.
With a spirit peak blessed land at his disposal and access to the most important strategic resources within its spirit fields, Li Chen could take all the natural spirit crystals and spirit stones he needed for his experiments. Recently, he had finally mastered a long-range attack method recorded in the Complete Book of the Puppet Master Order: the Spirit Essence Cannon.
Its ammunition was made by highly concentrating spirit essence, refining it into liquid, and sealing it inside specially prepared soft gold. Upon a violent impact, the casing shattered, and the liquid spiritual energy rapidly expanded into a shock wave powerful enough to break through gang qi defenses.
The fragments carried by the blast were likewise imbued with spiritual energy, giving them the power to penetrate gang qi defenses.
Once a cultivator's gang essence defenses were breached, ranged attacks became just as effective.
The convenience of this creation lay in its simplicity and practicality. With Li Chen's artificial intelligence, it could be manufactured and refined on a large scale. Its drawback was that its use of spirit essence remained inefficient: a single shell often cost several hundred talisman coins to