Just as Princess Yao Ye had anticipated, the Snake-People Tribe launched another attack after a brief lull, and this assault was far fiercer than the last. Fortunately, Yao Ye had not let down her guard and had reinforced their defenses, leaving the Snake-People no opening to exploit. Just then, she saw a squad escorting several objects onto the city wall.
At the sight of those objects, Yao Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Once that weapon was assembled, driving back the Snake-People below would be no problem. She had brought these components of a special weapon from the imperial capital. Once assembled, it had enough power to shoot down even a Dou Ling. This was the weapon renowned throughout the army-the Qi-Piercing Triple Crossbow.
Once someone reached the Da Dou Shi level, ordinary bows and crossbows could barely harm them. Yet people with profound Dou Qi cultivation often joined the battles between empires. Once such people charged into an army, they were like tigers among sheep. Thus, to give their armies the means to fight high-level experts, many empires had developed crossbows forged from special metals.
The so-called Qi-Piercing Triple Crossbow was one of them. A single bolt from this weapon could easily pierce Dou Qi Armor at the Da Dou Shi level, and it posed a considerable threat even to a Dou Ling. That was with just one crossbow. Military fortresses housed as many as a hundred similar weapons, and the killing power of a hundred bolts fired in unison would force even a Dou Wang expert to retreat before their edge.
However, these specially made crossbows were expensive to manufacture, and their materials were scarce, so they were generally only installed in large military fortresses. A small city like Stone Desert City did not qualify for one. The