Xiao Hua laughed when he heard this. "It really sounds formidable—far beyond what this Xiao imagined!"
Princess Baihua sighed and explained further, "This Thunderclap Warship is a siege weapon of Great Accomplishment Kingdom in Jinzhou. Thousands of years ago, Great Accomplishment Kingdom used this thing to conquer who knew how many small states. Had its ruler not suddenly died later on, it might have swallowed up all of Jinzhou, no? Unfortunately, after the ruler of Great Accomplishment Kingdom died abruptly, the entire kingdom was left like a dragon without a head. As they say, when the tree fell, the monkeys scattered—overnight, it split into more than a dozen countries! Yet none of the rulers of those dozen-odd countries possessed the true method for crafting Thunderclap Warships. Once the warships each of them possessed were used up or damaged beyond repair, Thunderclap Warships were never seen again on Cangxian Continent!"
"Oh?" Xiao Hua nodded slightly and asked, "Compared with the Crimson Flame War Chariot... which is more powerful?"
Princess Baihua smiled bitterly. "There is probably no real comparison to be made! Their purposes are different. The Crimson Flame War Chariot was modeled after the Crimson Emperor's War Chariot. The Crimson Emperor's War Chariot is suited for a commander's use; it is not meant for mass offense or mass defense. If ordinary soldiers could stand upon it as well, how could it still be called the Crimson Emperor's War Chariot? The Thunderclap Warship, on the other hand, is for ordinary soldiers and can carry tens of thousands of people. It is said that a single Thunderclap Warship is several hundred zhang, even a thousand zhang, in size. On the battlefield, one Thunderclap Warship can smash a nation's capital to ruins! More importantly... these Thunderclap Warships also have battle formations. Three form a