At that moment, the shells fired from Shrek City's walls burst among the beasts, inflicting only a few hundred casualties. Yet even those casualties nearly left Bi Ji unable to breathe from heartache.
Chen Ping had long since anticipated that the soul beasts would use older soul beasts to clear the mines, and had specifically ordered that these volleys all use level-six high-explosive shells!
As a result, the explosions were still extremely lethal to these thick-skinned, tough-fleshed soul beasts.
It was a ruthless move!
Unless the trap soul tools outside the South City Wall were cleared, the beast tide could only attack from the east, west, and north, greatly easing the pressure on the city's defenses.
But if they gritted their teeth and cleared the mines, the Soul Tool Cannon Howitzers' terrifying range would make their progress excruciatingly slow. Whoever dared come forward to clear the mines would die!
Even the Sea God Pavilion Elders felt their hearts pound at the sight. Looking at Chen Ping, who remained utterly unruffled atop the walls, they immediately felt fortunate that he was on their side.
This arrangement, each link locked into the next, was utterly sickening for soul beasts that knew only how to charge headlong. But however unbearable it was, Chen Ping had already made his move, and they could only meet it!
Terrifying explosions rampaged once more, their thunderous roars spreading across the entire battlefield.
For a time, swathes of the soul beast army's vanguard fell like wheat before a sickle. Another great mass of soul rings rose into the air.
Countless cheers immediately erupted atop Shrek City's walls. The soul beast army was not invincible after all!
Shrek's bombardment lasted a full tea's brewing time, firing more than three thousand shells. The explosions stretched from the outer limit of