At the end of the dark river, there was a big pool surrounded by an iron net waiting to welcome the incoming Giant Kite. The iron net had already been opened halfway. The little soldier who was in charge of pulling the latch was scared by this sudden alarm sound. Not understanding what was going on, he did not dare to be careless and fastened the latch again.

In the end, the big iron gate was stuck between half-open and half-closed, just like a big mouth that clamped down onto the dragon decoration on the Giant Kite's head.

The soldiers who were all lined up waiting to unload Ziliujin from the ship had started to look back and forth in confusion. The Mayor, who was responsible for receiving military goods, took out a small tong hou, directed it at the soldiers who were waiting at the iron gate, and yelled, "Are you all half asleep?! The Giant Kite is stuck, can't you see it?!"

He had not even finished talking yet when a burst of burning fire suddenly flashed on the deck of the Giant Kite. Thick white smoke streamed out, unloading a thick steel arrow the size of an arm savagely flying into the sky. It accurately shot down the loud warning alarm whistle in the midst of a surprised noise from the crowd.

The alarm whistle was silenced, and died in the blink of an eye. It stopped in the air for a second and fell straight down. Silence hung with it for a brief moment, and then it exploded with a loud 'bang!' ensuing chaos.

"Baihong Arrow!"

"What happened?! Who shot the arrow? Is the person on board crazy?!"

"What are they planning to do?"

'Baihong'* was a type of giant mechanical bow. After the whole bow had been fully extended, it was seven feet long. It could only be equipped onto a large-scale ship such as the Giant Kite. Such a terrifying weapon certainly could not be driven by human strength alone. A mechanism powered by Ziliujin was equipped under the bow. An arrow that had been shot from a fully extended bow could pierce through a city gate even a few feet thick.

*白虹 lit. White Rainbow

It was said that when the Giant Kite slid across the sky, the Baihong arrows that would rain down from it was were like divine punishments that had fallen onto the ground below, and even Heavy Armors could not withstand them.

This change came too suddenly. Old Wang grabbed a Qian Li Yan, stretched out his neck like an old turtle, and muttered: "Oh no,... This is not good. Hurry! Go call Master Guo and Tudor Lu, go!"

He was still speaking when all of the Giant Kite's flaming wings that had been extinguished suddenly illuminated once more. The lack of Ziliujin caused the Kite to let out a rumbling and exploding sound, like a beast that had been woken up from its slumber.