Hearing the name "Tonggui Ridge", Li Yan was stunned. He knew that this area should be a sub-mountain range of Fengliang Mountain and should not have any other names. Moreover, why did this name sound so unlucky
He and Bai Rou's Ninth Team had carried out missions nearby before and were familiar with the terrain in this area.
At the same time, some people from Gong Yuantai behind them suddenly trembled and their expressions became a little nervous.
All of this fell into the eyes of the thin monk and the plump female monk. They looked at each other, and this time it was the plump female monk who spoke.
"I've heard that Team 16 of the Green Bat Camp had been fighting in the nearby Grinding Bone Mountain for half a month. It seems that some people are left. In this case, we don't need to introduce the situation of Tonggui Ridge and its importance in detail later."
When she said the last few words, "importance," anyone could hear the resentment in her tone.
Before Li Yan and the others could think, the tall and thin monk immediately said, "This is the compass and the manipulation formula for controlling the 'Yin Yang Boundary River Formation' outside this mountain. Please take it, Fellow Daoist Li."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and handed the bronze compass, along with an extra white jade slip, to Li Yan.
After handing the things to Li Yan, he said, “There are ten caves here. The one we are in now is the largest cave in this mountain. In fact, it is also the place where the combat-capable monks gather.
The time of the demon cultivators' attack is unpredictable. If the cultivators are scattered, it will be difficult to command them, so it is more convenient to gather here.
The other eight cave entrances we saw outside just now can accommodate at least fifty people in each cave. They are all for the seriously injured monks who have no time to retreat to the rear to meditate and recuperate.
As for the last cave, it is located deep in the back of this cave. It is a cave within a cave and is the core mechanism and spirit stone storage place of the 'Yin Yang Boundary River Array' of this mountain.
There are nine monks guarding there every day. They need to use their spiritual consciousness and magic power to control the formation from time to time, and to ensure that the spiritual stones consumed by the formation can be supplied normally. There are detailed records of the use of the spiritual stones there. I will take Fellow Daoist Li to check it later..."
Soon, Li Yan learned about the situation in "Tonggui Ridge". The team stationed here is the second team of the "Heavy Front Camp". The thin and tall monk is named Fang, and he is the captain here. The plump female monk is named Yang, and she is the deputy captain of the second team.
The current number of people in the Chongfeng Camp is 56, of which 17 are seriously injured and the remaining 39. Tongguiling is the most forward position on the way to Fengliang Mountain, and its two sides behind it are spread out horizontally like "wings".
The other monks stationed in Fengliang Mountain were fighting the enemy on the six peaks on both sides respectively. To the east and west, they were in the defense range of the other two defense points. For example, the place where Team Qing 16 had previously defended the enemy was on the "wing" on one side.
"Tonggui Ridge" has a huge advantage for Fengliang Mountain due to its special geographical location. Its overall impact on the Laifan demon army is a cone-shaped penetration.
This is also the most important attack direction of the demon army. If the demon army stops all the way north, it will undoubtedly leave a nail in their heart, which can explode their core at any time.
As a result, taking over "Tonggui Ridge" became the demon army's top priority, so the fighting here was extremely fierce and they were almost lost many times. Every day, the place was ground down bit by bit with the blood and flesh of the cultivators.
In just one month, Li Yan and his team were the third group of monks sent up to replace the guard.
At first, Li Yan was slightly relieved when he heard this. It sounded like the casualties were not as great as those of the previous Qing 16th Team. The Qing 16th Team had a casualty rate of over 70% in half a month. Although the price was heavy, the casualties here were much less.
When the monk surnamed Fang saw Li Yan's expression, he immediately added with a forced smile.
"We have been here for half a month. The second team has been replenished with monks on the battlefield four times, and each time we replenished up to a hundred people.
There are now only six monks in the second team of the first batch of "Heavy Front Battalion", and the rest are monks who survived the previous reinforcements.
Moreover, the first captain was also a monk from the Wuliang Sect, and he died in battle five days ago. I was appointed as the temporary captain, but my qualifications were obviously not enough, so Fellow Daoist Yang was appointed as the deputy captain to fight the enemy together."
After hearing the calm and uneventful words of Monk Fang, not only Li Yan was startled, but also the old monks from Team Qing 16 behind him, whose faces twitched constantly, all the others gasped and many monks looked embarrassed.
By this calculation, at least two to three hundred monks died here in half a month, which means there is a probability of about fifteen people dying every day. How many days can the hundred people here withstand such consumption
Some cultivators had already lost their composure, their eyes began to wander, and they looked around, either trying to determine whether what Fang said was true or not, or looking for ways to save their lives, or some even thought about escaping.
Li Yan himself fell silent for a while, and he kept thinking about the situation he was about to face.
Seeing the expressions of Li Yan and the others, the monk named Fang tiredly glanced at his companions who had been through life and death with him in the cave, and pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that could be considered a smile.
"You came at the right time today. At least you didn't catch up with the demon attack. This may be the best farewell for us.
We have been defeated and our morale is so low that we can no longer fight. This is the main reason why the higher-ups sent you here to take over the defense, just like when we first came here to take over the defense.
I wonder if Fellow Daoist Li has sensed the different atmosphere here since coming here?"
"Dead air, numbness!"
Li Yan's thoughts were interrupted, but he quickly said softly that everyone he met here seemed to be indifferent to anything around them.
He doesn't care about his own image, how others see him, or how others feel. He has a dull expression and exudes a strong aura of death. He is indifferent to everything around him and to life.
Monk Fang sighed heavily. "Yes, it's dead and depressing. Everyone here has to face death every day. We can't do anything as we watch our companions die and disappear one by one.
We can only try our best to save ourselves and survive.
Then he continued to kill and be killed, roaring at the top of his lungs, with blood constantly flying up and then spilling down, consuming all his magic power, trying his best to kill those damned enemies and striving to ensure his own survival.
Later on, every attack was like that of a puppet, just attacking numbly until one side fell down dead. The last time it was the other side that fell, the next time it might be me.
Hehe, the seniors finally sent someone to relieve us, otherwise we really don’t know how long we can hold out! "
Monk Fang laughed softly amidst his deep fatigue, but everyone could hear the deep boredom and helplessness in his laughter.
Then, there was another period of silence.
Afterwards, the cultivator surnamed Fang took Li Yan to the core mechanism of the "Yin Yang Boundary River Array" alone, and took out the jade slip that recorded all the spirit stone consumption.
At this point, the handover between the two parties was roughly completed. Then, after a moment of contemplation, the cultivator named Fang personally told Li Yan about the important places in the "Yin Yang Boundary River Formation".
For example, the yin-yang reversal between the death gates and life gates, the directions most often attacked by the enemy, etc. This at least allows Li Yan to save a lot of time to understand the formation of this mountain.
In this regard, Li Yan felt that the cultivator named Fang was very responsible, and his favorable impression of this person increased a bit.
When Li Yan and his companions stood on the simple platform again, Li Yan saw all the monks of the second team of "Chongfeng Camp", including some unconscious monks who had been caught by flying magic weapons.
There were a total of fifty-six people left in the second team of the "Chongfeng Camp". When they left here, Li Yan saw tears in many people's eyes from their dull expressions, and their spiritual consciousness repeatedly scanned every place and every corner of the mountain.
These people still did not say goodbye to Li Yan and the others. Only the cultivator named Fang and the female cultivator named Yang said goodbye softly. After Li Yan activated the formation, they led everyone away through the air.
Just before leaving, the cultivator surnamed Fang sent a voice transmission into Li Yan's sea of consciousness, "Fellow Daoist Li, you must be careful of the demons' premeditated attacks. Their attacks these past two days have been much less powerful than in the past few days.
But the attack range is wider. I feel that their attacks are always like testing something. Is it the ultimate defense strength of our formation? Or the actual number of defensive monks in Tonggui Ridge
I don't know! I have a feeling that the demons are planning a big attack. Today was very strange. For three hours, the other side didn't make any movement. "
Having said this, the voice stopped abruptly in Li Yan's mind. The monk named Fang had already left with his group.
There was a gleam in Li Yan's eyes, and no one knew what Li Yan was thinking after watching the second team of the "Chongfeng Camp" leave.
They all saw no joy on the faces of the people from the second team of the "Chongfeng Camp" because of their departure. Instead, they still looked indifferent.
Perhaps somewhere here once lay the memories of their fellow students, their partners, and even themselves.
In fact, many people understand that not long after the incident, when the second team of the "Chongfeng Camp" recovers its combat effectiveness, most of them will still be sent to the front line to fight against the demon army again.
Death may be just a matter of time, and many people may have lost the hope of achieving immortality through cultivation.
Li Yan waved the compass in his hand again, and the restriction of "Yin Yang Boundary River Formation" was activated again.
He still looked up at the sky without looking back. Everyone behind him was silent, including Bro, who was always eager to find a good thing. After a brief contact with the second team of the "Heavy Front Battalion", he realized that something was wrong.
"You know why this place is called 'Tonggui Ridge', right? The mountains we defended were originally nameless, but now they all have their own names."
Gong Yuantai's voice was heard. He didn't speak loudly, but everyone here was a cultivator and heard it. Many of them were slightly shocked and looked at Gong Yuantai.
"The place where we were stationed before was like hell. We called it 'Bone Grinding Mountain'. Every day, countless monks' flesh and bones were ground into smoke, leaving nothing behind.
Bone-crushing and flying, the most vicious curse in the mortal world, that's where we stay every day.
We have heard of this 'Tonggui Ridge' a long time ago. Its bloody level is far from comparable to 'Mogu Mountain'. Almost no monks from both sides survived, as if they were dying together with the enemy at any moment.
I never thought that I, Gong Yuantai, would be so lucky in my life to fight against the enemies in two dangerous places at the same time, and this time I came to the forefront of the frontier. "
There was a calmness in Gong Yuantai's voice, and suddenly he no longer had the emotion he had before, as if he had accepted his fate.
His words made all the old members of the former Qing 16th team have complicated expressions, including pain, reminiscence, fear, and indifference.
Li Yan stood in front, he did not stop Gong Yuantai's words, Gong Yuantai's words could make a team lose confidence.
But Li Yan just stood in front, his eyes narrowed into slits, listening quietly, letting it go without stopping.