Gou Zai Liang Jie Dao Wen Cheng Xian

Chapter 104: Taking Action!

The entire first line of defense is 30,000 li long and is composed of six third-tier forces, just like the Cold Moon Immortal City, with each force responsible for 5,000 li.

The first line of defense needs to hold off the beast tide for ten days to a month, with the specific time depending on the actual situation on the battlefield.

The core objective is to weaken the beast tide's momentum. Once this objective is achieved, the first line of defense will be contracted, opening up the path for the beast tide to advance south, and then holding the key points as the core.

At this point, the main pressure will fall on the second line of defense, and the pressure on the first line of defense will be greatly reduced.

At this stage, the core objective of Chu Xuan's Cold Mountain Army was singular: to hold out for as long as possible.

If you really can't take it anymore, you can withdraw and lie in wait to prepare for the final stage of the mission.

After the beast tide breaks through the second line of defense, the disciples of the holy land will engage in a final battle with the demon beast race.

At this stage, the task of the first line of defense is to rely on the formations at each node to prevent the monsters from escaping and to kill them as many times as possible.

This is the current plan, assuming everything goes smoothly. The human race has been preparing for two years.

Chu Xuan was certain that there must be a backup plan. The demon beasts would not follow the human race's plan. Unexpected changes were 100% certain on the actual battlefield, so there must be a backup plan to deal with possible changes.

Getting back to the main point, let alone the overall plan of the human race, the plan for the fourth battalion of the Cold Moon Army alone is quite complicated.

It sounds simple at first glance, but when it comes to personnel transfers and implementation, things suddenly become complicated.

However, Chu Xuan's task was not complicated. It mainly involved cooperating with the mid-grade second-tier array masters in the camp to construct second-tier combined arrays at various nodes.

Of course, they are only responsible for the non-core parts of the formation. The last and most complicated part will have to wait until the second-tier high-grade formation masters from Hanyue Immortal City finish their work and come over to set it up.

The core formation within a second-tier combined formation must be a high-grade second-tier formation, so that the combined formation can exert near-third-tier power through sheer numbers.

A set of combined formations, consisting of twelve second-tier formations, of which only two are of superior second-tier quality; the rest are tasks that Chu Xuan and his team need to handle.

As for the final third-order array nodes, they were set up by third-order array masters from the holy land.

The day after the army arrived, Chu Xuan and the others began to set up the formation. Mo Shouxin only had seven second-tier formation masters under his command. Among them, the most skilled was a mid-grade second-tier formation master surnamed Xu. His specific name was unknown, but everyone called him Formation Master Xu.

The next day, the seven second-tier array masters gathered together. Array Master Xu sat in the main seat, his gray hair cascading down his back, exuding the rigorous temperament unique to array masters.

"Fellow Daoists, with the Great Stone Mountain as the center, extend five hundred li to the left and right, with one set of combined formations every hundred li, for a total of eleven sets of combined formations."

"Each set consists of twelve major formations. Excluding two second-tier high-grade formations, there are four second-tier mid-grade formations, and the rest are second-tier low-grade formations."

"I'll take care of the mid-grade formations; the low-grade formations are up to you all."

"Master Xu, you're too kind. Please rest assured and leave it to us."

Xu, the array master, nodded and looked at Chu Xuan. "Array Master Chu, you are a newly promoted array master. I heard from Fellow Daoist Mo that you are good at the Thick Earth Array. Could you demonstrate it for us so that we can coordinate on the battlefield?"

"nature!"

It was a very reasonable request, and Chu Xuan immediately nodded in agreement.

"Fellow Daoists, would you please move outside?"

To demonstrate your skills to a formation master, you definitely can't use a formation plate. That's only for laymen to see. To show a formation master, it's best to set up a formation.

Chu Xuan could inscribe the Thick Earth Array Plate, so he could naturally set up the Thick Earth Array as well. As for the Thick Earth Array Flags, Chu Xuan had already prepared three sets.

In the Federation, it would be quite difficult to gather all the materials needed for setting up an array, but in Cold Moon Immortal City, it is not difficult to gather the materials needed for a second-tier array.

After revealing his identity as a second-tier array master to Mo Shouxin, Chu Xuan went to Hanyue Tower to purchase the necessary array materials, and even used his status as an outer sect retainer of Hanyue Immortal City to get a 20% discount.

"Of course, Fellow Daoist Chu, please!"

Master Xu immediately stood up, smiling as he raised his hand.

The surrounding array masters also stood up.

"Master Xu, please go first."

Once outside, Chu Xuan looked around and felt the Zhenyuan Cauldron within his body tremble slightly, instantly sensing the nodes of the surrounding earth's spiritual energy.

The earth vein energy is not abundant, and the nodes are also somewhat off. To fully unleash the power of the Thick Earth Array, the earth veins need to be activated in advance.

However, this is just a demonstration of the formation, so there's no need to go to such lengths; it's fine if its power is slightly weaker.

A temporary modification to the array pattern is sufficient; simply add four traction arrays to the Thick Earth Array to draw in the spiritual energy from the distant earth veins.

If he were just an ordinary second-tier cultivator holding a formation flag, he certainly wouldn't be able to set up a Thick Earth Formation in the face of the current situation, but Chu Xuan's mastery of formations is no joke.

With a wave of his hand, twelve array flags shot through the air and landed in twelve different locations. As the flags fell, eight of them instantly...

A hazy yellow light appeared, but there were still four array flags, each with only a faint layer of yellow light flowing around it.

Clearly, these four array flags were not planted on the earth vein nodes, so they could not absorb enough earth vein spiritual energy.

However, this one move alone made the group of second-tier array masters nod in approval.

With a single move, he activated eight array nodes; such insight is truly worthy of a second-tier array master.

Setting up an array is not so easy. To form an array, apart from temporary arrays made up of spirit stones, a large array requires drawing upon the earth's veins.

The earth's spiritual energy cannot operate according to the needs of an array. For any array to fully exert its power, the array master needs to adjust the earth's spiritual energy.

This is also the core role of array masters. The same set of array flags has completely different power in the hands of array masters and ordinary cultivators.

Drawing upon the earth's spiritual energy is undoubtedly a massive undertaking, so array masters often avoid doing so whenever possible when setting up arrays.

Before them was merely the entrance to the courtyard, a place everyone had randomly chosen. The ley lines were completely chaotic. To be able to find eight ley lines at a glance amidst this chaos—this level of insight was worthy of the title of a second-tier array master.

Chu Xuan didn't say much. After setting up the array flag, he immediately came to an array flag that was not set up on a node.

Scanning a nearby ley line node with his divine sense, Chu Xuan didn't hesitate at all. Yellow magical power surged from his fingers and touched the ground...

It was engraved with mysterious array patterns.

With the final stroke, a first-tier low-grade traction array was completed, and a hazy spiritual light shone forth, making the entire traction array shine brightly.

The spiritual energy from the earth's vein nodes was precisely drawn to the array flag, and the array flag lit up with magical light.