Unfortunately, while Thor's hammer was incredibly powerful, it was completely ineffective in the dense forest terrain. However, the dense forest was an excellent battlefield for the Hidden Bat, and the hammer's fatal blow was ultimately dodged.
After the initial attack, the Great Iron Hammer was severely weakened and suffered repeated attacks from the Hidden Bat, sustaining multiple injuries. It seemed that the Great Iron Hammer was about to die at the hands of the Hidden Bat.
"Clang." Just as Hidden Bat was about to deliver the final blow to Great Iron Hammer, a sharp arrow blocked its iron claws. From within the forest, the sound of a melodious flute echoed. It was the Mohist school that had discovered Great Iron Hammer's prolonged absence during his patrol and had dispatched reinforcements.
"Water Cold Sword, Gao Jianli," Yin Fu said, stepping back as he looked at the person blocking his way. He then charged towards Gao Jianli.
Facing the Hidden Bat, ice spikes formed from the hilt of Gao Jianli's Water-Cold Sword, and a chilling aura spread through the forest.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." A distant and sorrowful flute melody rang out from the forest, and a thin layer of frost began to form wherever the flute music passed.
"That flute music... it's the Snow Maiden." On a tree in the forest, Wang Han, watching Gao Jianli and the Hidden Bat fight, turned his pure white gaze to a certain direction. There, the Snow Maiden was playing her flute, and her icy inner energy emanated with the music, helping Gao Jianli fight the Hidden Bat.
During the battle, Yin Fu was quickly injured. After Gao Jianli's icy sword energy entered his body, coupled with Xue Nu's icy flute music and its illusionary effects, he was soon overwhelmed and forced to retreat in panic. The two women's skills were too much of a counter to him.
"Wei Zhuang." After the battle ended, Wang Han glanced at the place where Yin Fu had fled and a place further away with his pure white eyes. Then one of his eyes turned red and he disappeared into the distorted space.
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The next day, just as dawn broke, an elite Qin army, clad in black armor and wearing black masks, entered the forest where the previous night's battle had taken place.
"The city is surrounded by traps and mechanisms. Wouldn't such a blatant frontal attack play right into the hands of the Mohists?"
"These people's lives and deaths are not in their own hands; they all belong to Ying Zheng. Wouldn't it be better to let them help me scout the way?"
Behind these Qin soldiers, a white-haired man was talking to a woman in red.
"Hehehehe..." Upon hearing the white-haired man's words, the woman in red let out a strange laugh.
"Ahhh..." The soldiers' dying screams echoed through the forest. Giant trees, nets, crossbows, and traps—these mechanisms set up by the Mohists in the forest were constantly claiming the lives of these soldiers.
"Lord Wei Zhuang, this place is full of traps and mechanisms, what should we do?" a Qin army general asked the white-haired man standing in front.
"Continue." Upon hearing this, the white-haired man said without any emotion, as if the lives of the soldiers killed by the traps in the forest were none of his concern.
"Uh...this..." Upon hearing this, the general was at a loss.
"Ha, a mere Mo family mechanical city, could it possibly stump the invincible ironclad army of Qin? Why don't you go back and ask your First Emperor, and see what he says to you?" The woman in red beside the white-haired man said mockingly.
"Yes, sir, I understand." Upon hearing this, the general could only reluctantly accept the order. He entered the forest and shouted loudly, "Anyone who dares to retreat a single step will be beheaded on the spot as a warning to others."
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