Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors-Chapter 554 - 280: The Brutal Siege War_3

Compared to the demonic army that surged from all directions like a tide, lacking any order yet filled with an oppressive force, the players’ movements could be described as well-regulated.

Many players swiftly left Linyuan City, heading to the other two Guard City gates, while the naval forces, Cavalry, and Divine Machine troops each took their positions.

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Dark smoke rose into the sky as Flying Qilin and Xingtian, these two great demons, also surveyed the battlefield situation, their presence exuding an intention to devour all the players alive.

"That despicable Restorer must be hiding somewhere in the biggest of those cities," Xingtian said, its eyes fierce as it stared at the highest point of Linyuan City.

Although it had no head, with breasts as eyes and slits in its armor where black smoke leaped like flames, it emanated an even more terrifying oppressive force.

In the previous instance, "Words Left Unspoken," it had fully experienced the maliciousness of this Restorer.

From beginning to end, he had only allowed the illusions of some natives to fight the demons, only appearing when Xingtian’s rage was uncontrollable and its strength was waning.

Flying Qilin circled above, "True, but it’s almost impossible for us to weed him out.

"Focus all our power, completely crush through the entire historical slice to possibly find him!"

Xingtian opened its massive mouth, issuing a thunderous roar, "Attack!"

On the river that surrounded Linyuan City, large ships of the Jin soldiers appeared.

These vessels were similar to those seen at the Battle of Niu Zhu Pier, not equipped with particularly strong weapons, their main function being troop transport.

But now, a faint Demonic Qi surrounded them, significantly boosting their defensive strength.

"Naval forces, attack!"

The players could hardly contain themselves any longer, their boats whirring into action, speeding out from the naval docks of Linyuan City in a continuous stream to confront the Jin’s warships on the vast river.

Outside of Linyuan City, at the relatively spacious West City Gate, a large number of Northern Barbarian craftsmen had begun building Huihui Cannons on open ground.

The Jin soldiers transported a large number of trees that had been cut down nearby, trimmed them to the right size, and then assembled them with these Northern Barbarian craftsmen.

With the empowerment of demonic forces, these men felt no fatigue, and naturally, the construction speed of various siege engines was significantly enhanced.

However, while these siege engines were still under construction, a loud noise came from opposite city walls.

"Boom!"

A sound of cannon fire, a huge cannonball whistled down from the city walls of Linyuan City, directly slamming into a Huihui Cannon that was under construction!

This surge of demonic forces allowed for the simultaneous construction of at least ten Huihui Cannons.

They were spread out on the gentle slopes outside the West City Gate, surrounded by a large number of Jin soldiers and Northern Barbarian infantry.

However, the cannonball that roared down from the city walls accurately struck one of the Huihui Cannons that was being assembled.

The heavy solid cannonball directly smashed the newly set foundation and the upper structure being assembled into pieces, its force unrelenting as it also crushed a row of busy craftsmen and infantry.

After that, the cannonball bounced a few times on the ground before embedding deep into the earth.

However, this hit seemed to involve a bit of luck because there were several cannons on the walls of Linyuan City firing at the same time, but the other cannonballs only hit the crowd of the demonic army, causing some casualties but not impacting the other Huihui Cannons under construction.

Clearly, the distance between both sides was still too great.

Although both the Huihui Cannon and heavy cannons had sufficient range, the accuracy decreases with longer distance. Such fortunate hits, accurately targeting the enemy’s siege equipment, were rare occurrences.

Not long after, the demonic side’s Huihui Cannons were also swiftly assembled.

"Fire!"

At the command of a demon-infused barbarian soldier, the Huihui Cannon hurled a massive stone weighing three hundred kilograms into the air, flying towards Linyuan City!

With a "boom," this heavy boulder smashed right onto Linyuan City’s city wall.

Instantly, stone chips flew everywhere, and several unfortunate players died on the spot, sent back for respawn countdown.

Li Hongyun, who had just fired two cannons from the top of the city, was shaken and a bit disoriented, it took some time before he regained his senses.

Turning his head, he saw that just ten meters away from his own combat position, a large boulder had deeply smashed into the city wall, leaving a chaotic scene of crumbling bricks and rubble.

Had it not been for his luck, if the cannon had hit him, he might have been the one going back for a respawn.

"This is outrageous!"

Li Hongyun couldn’t help but roar in anger, when had he ever suffered such loss in a long-range battle?

"Swivel the cannon! I’m going to destroy those Huihui Cannons!"

The heavy cannon began to turn direction, aiming at the Huihui Cannon that had thrown the stone onto the city.

Meanwhile, as the Huihui Cannon launched its massive stone for the siege, large numbers of Jin soldiers and Northern Barbarian infantry also began their attack.

These Jin soldiers’ combat ability closely approximated that of the most battle-hardened troops in the historical Jin records, each one fearlessly charging forward, and with the demonic power’s enhancement, their combat was exceptionally fierce.

But the players did not falter at all.

Because they had various powerful devices on the city walls!

Every few distances along the city wall, there were several large pots, glowing red below from burning charcoal and wood, the water inside already boiling.