In the next few Soul Fighting matches, He Caitou clearly held back. He no longer used Sealed Milk Bottles to power the Super-Concentrated Energy Cannon on his Flying Fortress, instead simply hanging in the sky and blanketing the arena with fire.
Over a hundred Soul Cannons spat tongues of flame simultaneously, hurling fiery meteors into the Soul Fighting Arena. The spectacle closely resembled the scenes of divine punishment in certain ancient epics and legends.
Boundless heavenly fire crashed into the earth, and heaven's emissary of judgment mercilessly took the lives of sinners. At that moment, He Caitou played just such a cold, ruthless role.
By then, everyone had realized just how formidable the War Fortress was.
Once heavy Sky Fortresses like this, capable of circling continuously at high altitude and combining Flying Soul Tools with conventional Fortress Tactics, entered widespread use, their impact on the battlefield would be almost immediate.
Yes, Chen Ping had never intended to have He Caitou keep it under wraps and surprise the Sun Moon Empire when they actually came to blows. Instead, he had planned for He Caitou to bring it out and show it off during this tournament.
He intended to tell the Sun Moon Empire outright: what you failed to develop, we developed, and ours is even better, stronger, and more mature than yours. You can think the rest over yourselves.
Equipment like the Soul Tool Cannon could be kept under wraps and brought out once the Sun Moon Empire could no longer restrain itself, working in conjunction with High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools to catch them off guard.
But aside from equipment kept hidden, something like the Sky Fortress, which gave people a head the size of a bushel the moment it appeared, was both the best advertisement when displayed at the tournament