All of this seemed to take a long time, but in reality, less than a minute had passed from the moment the first shell struck the allied army formation outside the city.
Vivi aimed at An Qi, who was preparing to retreat, and released the bowstring.
The bow was like a thunderbolt, and the string like a startling clap of thunder.
A seventh-tier expert who cultivated both magic and martial arts, coupled with this magical longbow forged by a demigod.
This arrow might not have the AOE effect of a rocket, but in terms of single-target lethality, it was far stronger than those rockets and shells; even an adult dragon would have to temporarily avoid its edge.
Not to mention An Qi.
An Qi, who was helping the priest up and about to retreat, felt a prickling sensation on her back the moment Vivi shot the arrow, and the seventh-tier warrior's premonition of danger once again saved her life.
The instant Vivi released the arrow, An Qi abandoned the monster mount beneath her and darted to the side.
Screech~!
The piercing shriek of air being torn apart was like a phoenix's cry; the monster mount struck by the arrow instantly froze in place.
The next moment, it exploded into a sky full of blood mist, not even a single complete bone remaining.
An Qi was greatly alarmed; at such a moment, she couldn't care about her gentle and dignified image.
Before she could even stand firm, she rolled again, dodging another arrow.
Vivi on the city wall was not in a hurry, however.
Although the longbow forged by a demigod in her hand was powerful, she herself was only at the seventh-tier cultivation level, and An Qi on the opposite side was also at the seventh-tier.
To try and kill the opponent with this bow without relying on other means would still be a bit short.
She was only shooting arrows to buy time, to prevent An Qi from escaping.
The large-scale AOE was still to come!
An Qi obviously guessed Vivi's intention, but under the suppression of this longbow, she could only constantly dodge, being confined to her spot, completely unable to escape.
Otherwise, getting hit by an arrow would result in severe injury, if not death.
Sure enough, as Vivi shot her fourth arrow, dozens of rockets, accompanied by the piercing shriek of air, slammed directly towards An Qi.
Vivi's arrow also happened to interrupt An Qi's action of pulling out a magic item.
Because she had received prior notification that this was a big one, after shooting the last arrow, Vivi didn't even think twice and directly slapped a defensive spell onto the city wall.
Several other high-tier mages on the city wall also cast the same spell.
The next moment, the first two large projectiles landed.
Out of respect for the experts of the Magic World, the command post used the largest caliber 750mm rockets that the 191 rocket launcher could fire when striking such high-tier experts, carrying a warhead of over 500 kilograms of fuel-air explosive.
Because people had already been arranged to use laser guidance on the city wall, the error of these two rockets was extremely small.
They almost all landed within a meter of An Qi.
Boom~!
Even with several defensive barriers set up by high-tier mages, the entire city wall vibrated continuously after the explosion, causing some soldiers to even lose their footing.
Two mushroom clouds slowly rose from the explosion site.
Tens of meters behind An Qi, the elites of the Elf race and goblin dwarves who had not yet managed to retreat were instantly torn to shreds.
These people were all warriors or mages of at least fourth-tier, but they couldn't even withstand the aftermath of such weapons.
Vivi looked at the two enormous mushroom clouds and couldn't help but swallow:
"This might sting a bit."
However, this was only the beginning.
The firelight of the explosion had not yet dissipated when rockets and shells, like rain, began to relentlessly pound the spot where An Qi had been, as if they were free.
It was a minute later when the last shell landed.
In front of the city wall was a sky full of smoke, and through the smoke, one could vaguely see a ravaged land where not a single flat spot could be found.
This was only the area in front of the city wall.
Further away, where the armies were arrayed, facing the firepower of three thousand howitzers and one thousand rocket launcher vehicles, it had already turned into a living hell.
The ground was covered with corpses torn apart by high-explosive and fuel-air bombs.
The fire rain from white phosphorus bombs exploding in high altitude covered the entire battlefield.
Allied soldiers who were lucky enough not to be blown up by shells still had to guard against the fire rain in the sky while fleeing; once it touched them, the burning white phosphorus would stick like a maggot in the bone, burning away everything it touched.
Even jumping into water could not extinguish it.
The bombing range was not limited to the large army An Qi had gathered at the city gate, ready to take Mengchuan City in one fell swoop, but also encompassed the vast allied camp outside the city.
At this moment, the burning of the continuous camps was no longer a story that people from Kyushu watched since childhood, but a realistic depiction.
The morning sun was obscured by the smoke, and the entire battlefield presented a doomsday scene.
Vivi was not the only one stunned.
There were also the defenders on the city wall.
Previously, some people had been puzzled, and even somewhat indignant, that Her Royal Highness the Princess valued those weak outsiders so much.
But after seeing this scene, all previous imbalances were balanced.
What seventh-tier and eighth-tier, compared to the methods of those strangely dressed people in the city, their combat power was just for fun.
"Perhaps even a God of Magic releasing a forbidden spell would only have this effect," an eighth-tier mage couldn't help but exclaim.
He certainly couldn't do it himself; even if his magic was drained, at most he could only release an attack covering a few hundred meters.
It would only be slightly more powerful than the two fuel-air bomb-equipped rockets just now.
"With the help of this group of people, Mengchuan City can be defended," another seventh-tier warrior said tiredly, sitting on the battlements.
"Just defending Mengchuan City?" The eighth-tier mage suddenly showed a mysterious smile and turned to look behind him.
Or rather… to the south.
The warrior instantly understood, and for some unknown reason, his heart also began to pound.
They had been loyal to Vivi for a long time; if this matter could succeed, they would at least be able to become a loyal official following the dragon.
Don't look at them being either seventh-tier or eighth-tier; in plain terms, they were just individually strong.
Compared to the truly powerful nobles of the empire, they were far inferior.
Even a demigod like Xing Hen would still be discriminated against in this world because of her bloodline, let alone them.
The top-tier bloodlines, such as Vivi, a descendant of the Chiyang Empire's royal family, and several royal families of the Elf race, were basically descendants of ancient Gods of Magic and Gods of Martial Arts.
Others could not impersonate them.
But there was still a way for those of a slightly lesser status.
As long as one mingled in the circle of nobles long enough, no matter what their origin, they could find an opportunity to find an ancestor for themselves and attach themselves to a noble bloodline.
Over time, even if it was fake, it could become true.
This was also the reason why this group of people pledged allegiance to Vivi.
Previously, they did not believe that Vivi could contend for the throne; they only hoped to follow Vivi and integrate into the noble circle in the northern territory, gaining the identity of a local minor noble bloodline and completely severing ties with their previous commoner origins.
Now it seems that pursuing something bigger might not be without hope!
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