The high-ranking officers fared well enough. They had been fortunate enough to take the New-Style Potion and could withstand the Assassins' killing blows, but the soldiers were not so lucky. Although their skin was tough and unbreakable, a heavy blow from blunt weapons such as the Assassins' war hammers and war axes could still kill them.
The only effective way to keep the enemy from closing in was to blast them out of existence with Heaven-Shaking Thunder before they approached.
The Desert Star Army's vanguard began slowly advancing, countless footsteps echoing all around.
Suddenly, black fireballs rose from the Self-Defense Army's ranks. Those black lumps of iron traced broad arcs through the air and hurtled toward the Desert Star Army's formation.
After landing, they produced small explosions, sending fragments of iron or little iron balls bursting out to strike the Desert Star soldiers' iron armor.
At closer range, even the iron armor was pierced, though only within two meters of the center of each explosion.
After all, gunpowder technology in this other world was underdeveloped, and its raw materials were more expensive than beast crystals. Without a supporting manufacturing system or theoretical foundation, its ceiling was very low.
In an instant, another thirty-odd iron lumps appeared high in the sky. Like meteors falling from the heavens, they trailed tails of white smoke as they plunged toward the Desert Star army.
The power of this Heaven-Shaking Thunder far exceeded that of any Stone-Throwing Machine. Upon crashing into the Desert Star Army's formation, it immediately tore open dozens of horrifying empty swaths.
Even a formation only a few dozen meters from Situ Long took a hit. Screams rang out, and the surrounding warhorses grew restless.
Situ Long exclaimed in shock, "The Self-Defense Army's Stone-Throwing Machines can throw that far!"
It was truly