Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

Lin Mo's heart was pounding.

Don't actually pull out... that kind of little undergarment.

That would be so embarrassing.

Fortunately, what Xia Man'er pulled out from her bosom was just a simple, old-fashioned gourd.

The gourd was only the size of a palm, its surface smooth and warm, with what appeared to be some incomprehensible patterns engraved on it.

Lin Mo's anxiety eased slightly.

"Hmph! Watch closely!"

Xia Man'er angrily brought the gourd to her pink lips, puffed out her cheeks, and blew hard.

"Waaah—"

A strange and off-key syllable rang out in the alley, sounding just like a leaky whistle.

The alley was quiet.

Several veterans of the Shaking Mountain Army looked at each other, their faces full of question marks.

What are they doing? Blowing on a gourd to add to the fun?

Lin Mo was also stunned.

After all that, this is all?

However, just as he was about to speak up to smooth things over—

boom……

A slight tremor suddenly came from beneath my feet without warning.

The veterans' expressions changed.

"An earth dragon turning over?"

Boom... Boom...

The vibrations became clearer and more intense!

It's as if a massive army is charging in from afar!

The once bustling street outside the alley instantly erupted into chaos!

"What's going on? The ground is shaking!"

"My God! What...what is that thing!?"

"Monsters! Monsters have entered the city!!"

"Run!!"

The terrified screams, cries, and the sounds of tables and chairs being overturned instantly shattered the lively atmosphere of the entire street.

Lin Mo frowned and strode towards the alley entrance.

But he hadn't even taken two steps.

"Bang--!!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted from the courtyard wall on the side of the alley!

Under the horrified gaze of everyone, the sturdy courtyard wall, built of blue bricks and glutinous rice paste,

It didn't even last a single breath before the bricks and stones instantly shattered inwards and collapsed with a deafening roar!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust,

A huge, pure black shadow, gleaming with a metallic sheen, forced its way in through the gap in the collapsed structure.

The alleyway suddenly darkened.

No, not just one.

There are three!

Three enormous, mountain-like behemoths filled the entire narrow alley.

That's not a monster.

It's an elephant, a giant elephant!

A three-headed war behemoth, far larger than an ordinary elephant, its entire body covered in thick black armor!

Their tusks are fitted with sharp, triangular steel tusks.

His broad forehead and back were covered in jet-black iron armor, with fresh scratches from the impact with the city gate still visible on the armor plates.

The heavy breathing sounded like a blower, scattering gravel and dust everywhere.

Lin Mo's pupils suddenly contracted.

This size of body, this sense of oppression...

The power of a head-on charge from a giant elephant is probably no less than the full-force charge of hundreds of heavy cavalry!

With all three attacking simultaneously, a thousand-man infantry phalanx could be instantly crushed into mincemeat!

Where the hell did this strategic weapon come from?!

"Protect...protect Marshal Lin!"

The captain was the first to recover from the shock. He roared and, along with several brothers, raised their spears without hesitation.

He used his own flesh and blood to stand between Lin Mo and the three steel behemoths.

"Quickly! Send the signal! There's an enemy attack inside the city!"

Just then, several soldiers of the Mountain Shaking Army guarding the city gate rushed in from the alleyway with pale faces and knelt down in front of Lin Mo with a thud.

"Lin... Marshal Lin!!"

When the leading soldier saw Lin Mo, he seemed to have found his pillar of support and cried out.

"We don't know what happened either! They were fine just a moment ago, then these three big guys suddenly charged over from the southern Gobi Desert, like they'd gone mad!"

"Arrows are like tickles to them! They even broke several bolts off our newly built city gates!"

In the alley, everyone's eyes were once again focused on the three giant beasts that had fallen silent.

Then, they all turned to look at the culprit who was holding the small gourd and had a smug look on his face.

"This...you summoned them?"

Lin Mo stared blankly at those things that looked like steel tanks, feeling that his worldview had been shocked like never before.

"Hehe, of course!"

Xia Man'er clung to him again, proudly puffing out her chest and shaking his arm.

"How was it, Brother Lin Mo! Wasn't Man'er's elephant amazing!"

Lin Mo's lips twitched violently.

That's more than impressive, that's a heavyweight daddy!

If I were to actually marry him, I'd probably get trampled into a meat pie by these guys whenever we argued!

However, in this tense and absurd atmosphere, a violent voice suddenly came from behind the collapsed courtyard wall.

"Damn it! Which son of a bitch dared to disturb my peaceful sleep!"

Behind the courtyard wall, a fat man wearing shorts, shirtless, and carrying a shoe in his hand walked out of the house, cursing and swearing.

He was only halfway through his afternoon nap when he was woken up by this earth-shattering noise.

Seeing the mess in the yard and his own yard wall smashed to pieces, the fat man instantly flew into a rage.

"Damn it! Who's got the guts to tear down my wall?!"

He stood with his hands on his hips, spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the ground, and started cursing at the top of his lungs.

"I don't care who you are! This isn't over!"

"If you don't rebuild my wall and pay me one hundred taels of silver for emotional distress, I'll..."

The fat man was cursing when he suddenly saw the scene outside the yard.

Several soldiers, armed with long spears and with unfriendly expressions.

And... those three in the middle...

Three heads...

The fat man's eyes widened little by little.

The mouth opened little by little.

The shoe in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

next second.

"Ah—!! A monster—!!!"

A blood-curdling scream pierced the sky.

The fat man fell to the ground with a thud and scrambled back into the house.

With a loud "bang!", the door was slammed shut.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of tables and chairs being dragged around came from inside the room, as if someone was trying to block the door.

The alleyway fell silent again.

All eyes turned from the closed door back to Xia Man'er.

Xia Man'er, however, acted as if nothing had happened and ran to one of the giant elephants.

She tiptoed and affectionately patted the elephant's trunk.

The giant elephant's previously ferocious gaze suddenly softened.

He even lowered his head and rubbed his nose against Xia Man'er's face.

Xia Man'er giggled as she was being rubbed.

Then she turned her head and gave Lin Mo, who had a dark expression on his face, a sweet and cloying smile.

"Brother Lin Mo! Look!"

She pointed to the three enormous black iron boxes carried on the elephant's back, patted one of them, and announced loudly.

"This is the dowry I've prepared for you!"

These words plunged the alley into its third and longest period of deathly silence.

All eyes were focused on those iron boxes that were bigger than coffins.

dowry?

They used war behemoths to carry it, smashing through city gates and destroying courtyard walls, just to deliver this?

Lin Mo felt like he had lived two lives and had never been so speechless.

However, Xia Man'er clearly didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior.

With a light leap, she landed directly on the back of the giant elephant.

Then she stretched out her two slender arms and easily lifted a metal box that was twice the size of her.