Chapter 782: Naturally Beautiful

The Dragon Bone Waterwheel continuously sprayed water towards the enemy. A single droplet could pierce a soldier's armor, but that wasn't the deadliest part. What was truly lethal were the numerous insects in the water it sprayed.

Once these insects burrowed into flesh, they could multiply into tens of thousands within half an hour, consuming a person until only bones remained within two hours. This was Lu Tangsheng's top-tier weapon. His soldiers naturally understood its power; seeing the waterwheel approach, no one dared resist, and their formation was on the verge of collapse.

Ma Wu, He Yuxiu, and Qin Tianjiu led their people, seizing the opportunity to charge forward, intending to drive the enemy out of Tianyi City.

Lu Tangsheng took out a bottle of potion, splashed it on himself, and washed off all the insects on his body.

He handed the potion to Nian Shangyou. Nian Shangyou washed away the insects and said to Lu Tangsheng, "Give me your second weapon."

Lu Tangsheng was reluctant. Nian Shangyou frowned and said, "We've fought this far. Don't you want the military merit that's within reach?"

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Tangsheng handed a bronze mirror to Nian Shangyou.

The bronze mirror was covered in green patina. A blue cloth, also full of rust stains, covered its surface.

Don't let its appearance fool you; this cloth was very important. Nian Shangyou aimed the mirror at the Dragon Bone Waterwheel and pulled off the blue cloth.

The reflection of the Dragon Bone Waterwheel appeared, very blurry, on the bronze mirror's surface. The Waterwheel was unprepared, and no one else noticed Nian Shangyou's action.

*Snap!*

The Dragon Bone Waterwheel's leg broke, its massive body lost balance, and it crashed to the ground.

No one knew what had happened to the Dragon Bone Waterwheel. Xiao Chuanzi quickly rushed forward to repair it, as Nian Shangyou smiled slightly.

Holding the bronze mirror, he continued to aim it at the waterwheel.

In the mirror, a hand made only of bones, without flesh, appeared. It grasped the waterwheel's image, its fingers intertwined,

twisting the dragon bone until it snapped.

Almost simultaneously, the dragon bone of the actual Dragon Bone Waterwheel also snapped.

Xiao Chuanzi was terrified. Looking at the jagged break on the dragon bone, it was clear it had been snapped by someone, yet no one else had been near the Dragon Bone Waterwheel besides himself.

Just as Xiao Chuanzi intended to reattach the dragon bone, Nian Shangyou aimed the bronze mirror at him.

In the mirror, Chuanzi had no flesh, only bones.

The skeletal hand gripped Xiao Chuanzi's arm bone. Chuanzi felt a sharp pain in his forearm but didn't know its source.

Just as Chuanzi's arm bone was about to snap, Nian Shangyou felt a sharp pain in his wrist. The mirror suddenly veered off course, Xiao Chuanzi's image vanished from the mirror, and the sharp pain in his arm also disappeared.

Nian Shangyou clutched his wrist and looked across. He saw a deeply wrinkled, pockmarked man holding a slingshot, aimed directly at him.

This man was Pineapple. He had discovered Nian Shangyou and seen the image in the mirror.

Pineapple had been a formidable fighter in his youth, and his slingshot had killed many. But he hadn't used it for years, and his skills had become rusty. This slingshot was also not his original weapon, but one he had newly made just before the battle.

"Everyone, be careful! Watch out for that bronze mirror!" Pineapple continuously warned everyone, while inwardly seething with regret.

He should have aimed for the head just now, but if he had, would it have been enough to kill Nian Shangyou?

This bronze mirror was difficult