"Boom!" As the burning log fell from the wooden wall, a raging fire immediately erupted beneath it. (The wooden wall was paved with stones and sand, so the heat didn't conduct quickly and it wouldn't get too hot to the feet for a while.)
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!" Behind the wooden wall, the catapult continued to hurl burning stakes and tree roots. New stakes and tree roots were constantly being thrown into the fire, then retrieved and launched.
"Crack, crack, crack..." Beneath the wooden wall, the flames were burning, and even the wooden wall itself was ablaze. The ant demon swarm had already rushed to the flames, seemingly fearless, charging into the fire. Despite the crackling sound of the flames burning their bodies, they did not retreat. In fact, the flames were even obscured by their bodies. Their thick pincers gripped the tree trunks used to build the wall, relentlessly exerting force until they died.
Many more ant demons used all six legs to climb up the tree trunks that made up the wooden wall.
"Smash them down and prepare for a fight." Seeing this, Wang Han waved his hand, and Ji immediately understood and shouted the order.
At the command, the humans on the wooden wall immediately picked up the long logs they had prepared beforehand and began hurling them at the ant demons climbing up, adding fuel to the fire below. For a time, the ant demons climbing the wall were constantly being knocked down by these long logs. Unfortunately, the logs didn't do much damage to their hard bodies; the ant demons would quickly climb back up the wall after being knocked down. Wang Han knew that this wouldn't kill the ant demons; what truly harmed them was the flames below.
Behind the wooden wall, the women continuously attached more logs to the prepared vines, which were then hoisted up by the people on the wall.
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