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Chaoge City, West Gate Tower.

The alarm sounded like thunder, echoing throughout the entire capital.

In the distance, dark clouds loomed over the city. But those weren't clouds; they were swarms of demons. There were winged tiger demons, wild boar spirits several stories tall, and giant pythons dripping with venom.

They surged like a black tide, rushing madly toward the border of the Great Shang Dynasty.

On the city walls, the soldiers' hands, gripping their spears, were sweating. Although the Shang Dynasty was powerful, these were, after all, demons! And judging by their numbers, there were at least several hundred thousand.

"Prime Minister, this...this is too much!" General Huang Feihu looked at the overwhelming demonic clouds with a grave expression. "Our archers probably can't hold them off; we'll have to send in the cultivators."

Jiang Ziya stood at the very front of the city tower, his official robes fluttering in the wind.

He didn't panic.

He even felt a little like laughing.

"What's the panic?" Jiang Ziya pushed up his reading glasses, a gift from Lin Xuan, which he said would allow him to see the enemy's weaknesses. "A group of cultivators? No need. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"

He turned around and waved to the row of large objects covered with red cloth behind him.

"Fellow Daoist Yun Zhongzi, are the components ready for testing?"

Yun Zhongzi was squatting on the ground, holding a wrench and tightening a screw. His hands were covered in grease, and he didn't look like a virtuous immortal at all, but rather like an old mechanic from a car repair shop.

"All done!" Yun Zhongzi stood up, wiped his sweat, and looked excited. "I made some minor improvements based on Lord Lin Xuan's blueprints. I increased the transmission power of the spirit stones and engraved 'explosion talismans' and 'armor-piercing talismans' on the barrel. Hehe, with this power, even a Quasi-Saint would cry out in pain if hit by it."

"it is good."

Jiang Ziya waved his hand and said, "Lift the veil!"

"Splash!"

A row of red cloths was lifted.

It revealed the ferocious steel behemoth beneath.

They were rows of strangely shaped heavy machines. Six thick gun barrels were joined together, and a huge spirit stone trough was attached to the base, gleaming with a dangerous blue light.

This is a psionic heavy machine gun created by Lin Xuan by combining the principles of modern Gatling guns with ancient weapon-forging techniques.

Code name: "Namo Gatling".

"Reload with spirit stones!" Jiang Ziya gave the order.

The soldiers lifted boxes of standard-sized low-grade spirit stones and poured them into the funnel-like feed inlet.

At this moment, the demon army had already rushed to within 500 meters of the city.

The leader, a rhinoceros demon with thick, tough hide, brandished a large club and laughed arrogantly: "Hahaha! The human city walls? Smash them down! All the tender flesh inside is ours!"

It completely disregarded the strange iron pipes on the city wall. In its eyes, apart from those few cultivators, all the other humans were just food.

Jiang Ziya looked at the rhinoceros demon and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"The ritual for the deceased begins."

"Ready—Fire!"

"Buzz—!"

Dozens of psionic heavy machine guns started firing simultaneously. The barrels began to spin wildly, emitting a chilling buzzing sound.

next second.

"Da da da da da da da da—!"

Countless beams of blue spiritual energy poured out like a torrential rain.

The sounds were so dense, they blended together, and the city walls shook.

The rhinoceros demon at the forefront, before the smile on his face had even faded, was struck by hundreds of beams of light simultaneously.

"Puff puff puff puff!"

Its prized thick hide was no match for these rune-enhanced spiritual energy projectiles; it was instantly riddled with holes, blood and flesh flying everywhere. It didn't even have time to scream before becoming a pile of mangled flesh.

But this is only the beginning.

A blue metallic storm swept across.

Those demons who were just moments before so arrogant and domineering fell down in droves, like wheat being harvested.

Whether it flies or runs, once it enters the firing range, it will be completely crushed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Each spiritual energy projectile that struck the body triggered an "explosion talisman," creating a small-scale explosion. The demon army was instantly thrown into chaos, with severed limbs and fragments flying everywhere.

"What...what kind of magical artifact is this?!"

The demons behind them were terrified.

They had seen flying swords and magic seals before, but they had never seen such unreasonable firepower.

This isn't a war; it's a slaughterhouse!

"Run! Run!"

Some clever demons tried to turn around and run away.

"Trying to run?" Jiang Ziya sneered, holding a megaphone in his hand. "Since you're here, stay. The Underworld is short of revenue lately; you'll be perfect for filling a gap."

"Give it your all! Plenty of spirit stones! Minister Su said she'll reimburse the ammunition costs for this battle!"

Upon hearing the words "reimbursement," the soldiers became even more excited.

"Da da da da da!"

Flames spewed out, and a dazzling blue light shone through.

Yun Zhongzi watched this scene from the side, stroking his beard with a look of utter delight.

"Tsk tsk, this is the beauty of industry. Lord Lin Xuan is right, caliber is justice, range is truth. The ancients were right."

Meanwhile, the Western Arhats, who were observing the battle from the clouds in the distance, turned green with rage.

They had assumed that the appearance of demons would plunge the Shang Dynasty into chaos.

The results of it?

This is a one-sided massacre by the powerful merchants!

"What...what should we do?" An Arhat swallowed hard. "The things these mortals have are too evil. If this continues, the demons will all be dead before they even reach the city walls."

The leader, the Arhat Subduing Dragon, gritted his teeth.

"We can't let them die like this. These demons were released with great difficulty. Since mortals possess magical treasures, let's help the demons out."

"Form ranks! Use your golden bodies to block those beams of light and cover the great demon's charge!"