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Although the range and power of these flanged cannons weren't as formidable as the Red General Cannons, at a mere distance of three hundred zhang, their might was sufficient to shatter the walls of Shanxin Temple.
Even though the temple walls had been reinforced, making them much sturdier than the earthen walls of a small county town.
Moreover, the flanged cannons, also known as parent-child cannons, had an extremely fast rate of fire. In just a hundred breaths' time, they fired thrice in rapid succession, causing large-scale cracking in the temple wall.
"How audacious!"
This was the leader of the temple's martial monks, the 'head of Fumo Hall' Shi Lingwu. His eyes were nearly bursting with rage, unable to sit idly by as the temple walls were bombarded and collapsed. At that moment, he let out an angry roar and, along with over twenty monks with high cultivation at the Third Gate level, leaped down from the temple wall.
