Gou Zai Liang Jie Dao Wen Cheng Xian

Chapter 107 A Second-Order Monster Makes a Move!

Forming a battle formation consumes a lot of mana, since it involves low-level cultivators participating in high-level battles. The battle formation needs to convert low-quality mana into high-quality mana before it can be used by the person in charge of the formation.

Losses are inevitable in this process. Since the opponents are just ordinary monsters, or even mostly half-monsters, there is no need to maintain the battle formation.

Using a cannon to kill a mosquito is such a waste.

One hundred cultivators at or above the fourth level of Qi Refining dispersed from their battle formation and immediately came to the front of the formation. They formed hand seals and blasted at the demonic beast in front of them.

Streaks of light flashed, sword energy crisscrossed, flames rose, and offensive spells flowed, instantly killing or wounding most of the newly arrived demonic beasts.

It is worth mentioning that of the one hundred Qi-inducing cultivators who can form an array, exactly fifty are metal-element cultivators and fifty are fire-element cultivators.

There are also requirements for forming a battle formation. The most basic requirement is that the cultivators within the formation must practice techniques of the same attribute.

Of course, this is just the most basic requirement. If it is a proper battle formation, the requirement is that the cultivators within the formation must practice the same cultivation method.

The Fourth Battalion has gathered a total of four thousand soldiers, of whom two thousand need to form battle formations. Half of them are independent cultivators from the city, and the other half are cultivators from various families.

It's already difficult to gather cultivators with the same attribute, let alone those with the same cultivation technique.

Getting back to the main point, among the five elements, metal and fire excel at killing, water and earth excel at defense, and wood excels at healing.

Logically speaking, it would be most appropriate to have one of each of the five battle formations paired with one formation node.

However, this is obviously impossible. There aren't that many cultivators. At most, a single array node can only be equipped with two squads of soldiers.

We can only try our best to accommodate a configuration of one team attacking and one team defending.

Unfortunately, of the forty teams of cultivators in the Fourth Battalion, twenty-four teams practiced the Way of Metal and Fire, only twelve teams practiced the Way of Water and Earth, and four teams practiced the Way of Wood.

The ratio of Golden Fire cultivators to other cultivators is severely unbalanced, and priority should be given to the defense of Great Stone Mountain, since Great Stone Mountain is the true core of this thousand-mile defense line.

Once any node is destroyed, all the array nodes along this thousand-mile defensive line become useless.

Therefore, Mo Shouxin only took out five teams of defensive cultivators specializing in water and soil to guard five array nodes that did not have a second-tier array master.

After all, cultivators who cultivate water and earth elements have deeper magical power, stronger endurance, and are better at defending formations. In addition, the presence of a first-tier high-grade formation master can make up for the lack of a second-tier formation master.

The A-rank array node has Chu Xuan, a second-tier array master, and both teams of garrisoning cultivators are all skilled in metal and fire magic.

Of course, it also has its advantages that both teams of cultivators focus on the Golden Fire cultivation method, namely, they will not lack offensive power.

In less than ten breaths, the first wave of hundreds of demonic beasts had been completely wiped out.

These half-demon beasts and low-level demon beasts are easy to kill, one by one, in front of cultivators who are all at least at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

With the protection of the formation, there was no need to worry about the monsters rushing in; they only needed to attack individually, making it a one-sided massacre!

However, the second wave of monsters quickly surged forward, followed by the third and fourth waves, with an endless stream of beasts sweeping in.

The power of the beast tide lies in its sheer number, and at this moment, the numerical advantage of the demon beast race is on full display.

Round after round, without stopping. Commander Wang Qing frowned slightly and ordered again, "Each team, half will fight, half will rest, rotating every half hour!"

"yes!"

The cultivators obeyed the order and retreated. As half of the cultivators retreated, the pressure on the remaining cultivators immediately doubled, but it was still within their manageable range.

Eight hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The corpses of the slain demonic beasts piled up like mountains. The cultivators within the formation had to periodically burn the beasts' bodies with fire magic, otherwise their vision would be blocked, making it difficult to launch an effective attack.

Eight hours have passed. Even with the shifts every half hour, the cultivators inside the formation are all pale-faced. The intense battle has pushed their spirits to the limit.

The beast tides continued unabated, seemingly endless.

"All cultivators, step back and take your pills!"

Wang Qing had no choice but to issue another order, instructing all Qi Refining cultivators to step back and take pills to recover their condition.

The moment Wang Qing gave the order, a loud and impassioned roar rang out, and the army of demonic beasts that had been observing the array nodes instantly stopped. Then, the half-demon beasts slowly retreated.

The demonic beast army receded like a tide, and the number of demonic beasts besieging the array nodes instantly decreased by more than half. However, those that remained were all large-sized, powerful demonic beasts at the entry level.

The worst are low-grade demonic beasts, there are quite a few mid-grade demonic beasts, and you can also vaguely see quite a few high-grade demonic beasts.

With a long roar, the demonic beasts instantly went berserk, and countless demonic beasts rushed towards the array node.

At the same time, a powerful pressure far exceeding that of the surrounding monsters suddenly erupted, and a huge wolf demon pounced along with the pack.

It shot straight towards the formation like a bolt of lightning.

For the first eight hours, the monsters were engaged in a war of attrition. When they were almost exhausted, the monsters launched their formal attack.

"court death!"

The metal-clad Daoist cultivator snorted coldly, a chilling sword intent flashing in his turbid eyes.

The magic seals engraved on the platform lit up instantly, and a dazzling sword light rushed straight towards the wolf demon.

This Daotai cultivator is named Ge Ming. He is a family cultivator and the ancestor of the Ge family, one of the nineteen Daotai families.

Although he is the only Dao Platform cultivator in the Ge family, his fierce sword intent makes his combat power at the peak of the early stage of Dao Platform. Even a mid-stage Dao Platform cultivator could exchange dozens of blows with him.

The sword energy surged, directly blocking the wolf demon that was preparing to attack the formation. A thick layer of silver light appeared on the wolf demon's body, and it slapped the sword energy with its claw.

The sword energy was shattered, but the power contained within it still managed to knock the wolf demon back several meters, leaving a small wound on its claw.

Sword energy crisscrossed the wound, deliberately damaging the wolf demon's body and hindering its healing.

However, this sword energy was ultimately like a rootless duckweed, and it was quickly assimilated by the silver light on the wolf demon's body. The torn wounds began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is also the most troublesome aspect of demonic beasts. Demonic beasts cultivate their physical bodies, and although their attack power is far inferior to that of humans, they have thick skin and flesh, making them very difficult to kill.

Human cultivators are different. If a demon beast gets close to a human cultivator, he or she will perish in just three to five breaths.

Seeing that the wolf demon was unharmed after taking his sword strike, Ge Ming sneered, "Beasts are just tough as nails. Take another strike from me!"

Hearing this, Chu Xuan felt inexplicably offended, because thick skin and flesh don't necessarily mean they are demon beasts.