98: Chapter 98 This is the true value of a lord in the era of spiritual energy revival.

When the aggressively attacking Undead Legion encountered the psionic cannons created by Xu Xuan, they were blasted into a state of total incapacity.

Regardless of anything else, Xu Xuan had the 11 psionic cannons focus their fire on those Death Knights!

A charging speed of one shot every 30 seconds wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow either.

The Death Knights were blasted into a chaotic mess; relying on the undead power within them, they barely managed to withstand the shelling, but they couldn't hold out against the continuous bombardment of the psionic cannons!

To the naked eye, the armor on these Dullahan began to shatter, revealing the flickering soul fires within.

The relentless shelling left them with no time to even stand up.

Moreover, the blast radius was a hundred meters; as the Dullahan were sent flying, the unlucky Rotten Corpses around them were also blown to pieces.

Have you ever played Match-3?

With one blast, all Rotten Corpses within a hundred-meter radius were torn into shredded meat by the shockwave.

As Chi You, Xing Tian, Grand Preceptor Wen, and the others witnessed the power of the psionic cannons, Grand Preceptor Wen couldn't help but laugh heartily. "The design of this thing is quite ingenious. By carving runes inside, it can absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, making it an inexhaustible resource."

"Indeed, these psionic cannons allow even ordinary people to wield extraordinary power; the training cost is simply too low," Chi You remarked in amazement.

Think about it—how much time would it take to train a cultivator capable of channeling spiritual power?

Yet with something like a psionic cannon, any ordinary person could easily master it after just a short period of learning.

Crucially, the psionic cannons didn't consume resources; if they broke, they just needed some patching up. This thing was incredibly cost-effective.

Although the psionic cannons were bulky and difficult to move, requiring a dozen or so Orcs to push them with all their might...

...it didn't matter because the Floating Island was mobile. It could go wherever it wanted to blast!

Then, look at the kill count on the screen.

[Great Xia Lord Xu Xuan, Second Wave Kill Count: 14,932... 19,342... 24,931...]

The kill count continued to roll. The explosion radius of the psionic cannons was massive, covering a large area at once; a single shot could take out hundreds or even thousands of Rotten Corpses.

Listening to the pleasant boom of the cannons and watching the kill count roll...

Xu Xuan couldn't help but marvel; this spirit mine was indeed a strategic-grade resource, a true treasure.

If he didn't have so few spirit mines on hand, he would really want to build a thousand psionic cannons and show them the meaning of a carpet bombing via saturation fire.

"In poverty, use tactical maneuvers; in wealth, use saturation fire." This saying was truly spot on.

Below the Floating Island, the lords of various nations were already stunned into numbness, their hearts filled with mixed emotions, too shocked to speak.

They expected Xu Xuan to climb the tech tree, but he climbed into Spiritual Qi Recovery and dumped his tech points into psionic technology.

Jack looked sullen. "I've been having people research gunpowder lately, trying to build Bombards. Dammit, is there even any point in me continuing to unlock gunpowder tech?"

On the other side, William, the lord from the United Kingdom, shrugged gloomily.

"How did he get that thing? We don't even know. We couldn't imitate it if we tried; we'd better just stick to researching muskets and cannons."

Elsewhere, Miyamoto Takeshi, holding a katana, said with a stern face, "Can you guys stop discussing? The enemy is about to charge up; get ready for battle!"

Although Xu Xuan's 11 psionic cannons in the sky could suppress the 10 Death Knights on the other side...

But!

Don't forget that a total of three million enemies were charging in the second wave. These Rotten Corpses were swarming in a massive, crowded tide; the scene looked just like the movie World War Z.

Countless Rotten Corpses howled as they charged, advancing through a rain of human arrows. Unless they were shot in the head, these corpses would continue to charge even if their bodies were riddled with arrows.

Fortunately, these Rotten Corpses weren't zombies; human soldiers would only turn into Rotten Corpses after they died.

Compared to a zombie virus that turns you with one bite, the toxin of the Rotten Corpses was somewhat weaker.

Watching those highly decomposed Rotten Corpses rush over, the first row threw themselves directly onto the chevaux-de-frise!

The chevaux-de-frise (spiked barriers) made of bamboo and wooden spikes blocked the first row of Rotten Corpses.

One could see the charging Rotten Corpses being impaled by the spikes; the corpses behind them stepped on the bodies of the front row, climbed over the barriers, and howled as they rushed forward.

The scene was like a zombie apocalypse; the human soldiers could only rely on phalanxes of cold weapons and spears to continuously resist the onslaught of the Rotten Corpses.

Holding three-to-five-meter-long spears and pikes, the frontline soldiers watched in horror as the Rotten Corpses pushed forward!

These Rotten Corpses literally slammed into the forest of spears; the soldiers could see the impaled corpses still trying to push forward from up close.

Standing on the Floating Island and looking down, Xu Xuan felt like he was watching an ancient version of Resident Evil.

If the enemies were monsters that could spread a zombie virus, it would truly look like scenes from the Korean drama Kingdom.

However, if a zombie virus really broke out on the Lord Continent, his Floating Island would probably become humanity's last pure land, right?

While Xu Xuan was admiring the battle and enjoying the slaughter of war, the Great Xia Lord on the ground, Zhou Wu, noticed something.

He saw that something seemed to be hiding among the Rotten Corpses.

Realizing something was wrong, Zhou Wu immediately notified Xu Xuan.

[Nearby Chat Channel]

[Zhou Wu: Xu Xuan, watch out! I see some special unit types hiding among the Rotten Corpses!]

Zhou Wu didn't dare to delay and notified Xu Xuan on the Floating Island immediately.

As he sent this voice message, a large number of flying units rose from the ground—Floating Bones!

A type of half-bodied monster called Floating Bone appeared from the enemy ranks.

These skeletons let out sharp screeches loud enough to pierce eardrums, howling as they flew up; tens of thousands of Floating Bones surged toward the Floating Island with swords and sabers.

Their target was Xu Xuan's psionic cannons!

These Floating Bones wanted to destroy the psionic cannons.

Standing on the high tower, Xu Xuan curled his lips. "The other side has some moves, hiding flying units inside the Rotten Corpses to launch a sudden sneak attack?"

If the enemy had flown straight in, Xu Xuan would have certainly had his archers ready.

But the Undead Legion had played this little trick, hiding flying units within the ground troops and taking flight suddenly to catch him off guard.

A pity.

If it were before, Xu Xuan might have suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, he had already deployed 2,000 Battle Qi Warriors around the psionic cannons.

When the tens of thousands of Floating Bone monsters swarmed in, the hearts of the other lords leapt into their throats.

Yet Xu Xuan, in the live broadcast, calmly picked up a piece of watermelon and admired the spectacular sight of the tens of thousands of Floating Bones before him.

"Lei Zhenzi, Nezha, I'll leave it to you."

"Yes!"

Wearing a red bellyband, stepping on Wind and Fire Wheels, and wielding the fire-tipped spear!

Nezha leaped into the sky; with a swing of his fire-tipped spear, the igniting flames instantly purified the incoming Floating Bones into dross.

Lei Zhenzi flapped his wings; with a shudder of his Wings of Wind and Thunder, a strange wind mixed with lightning directly swept away a huge swathe of Floating Bones, bone fragments falling from the sky like rain.

Of course, relying solely on these two divine generals to protect the psionic cannons against tens of thousands of incoming Floating Bones was impossible.

Seeing countless Floating Bones bypass the divine generals and charge straight for the psionic cannons...

2,000 super soldiers let out a war cry simultaneously. The swarming Floating Bones were smashed into shattered bone by the punches of these Battle Qi Warriors.

This live broadcast scene made Zhou Wu below wide-eyed. "Is this the true worth of a lord in the era of Spiritual Qi Recovery?"