Even if Li Yan and his men counterattacked, they had to wait until the demon cultivation teams on both sides engaged the defense points in the rear.
Of course, the other side can't all rush towards Li Yan at once, because if they do, the cultivators behind Li Yan will rush out immediately, forming an encirclement around the demon cultivator.
It is hard to say who will strangle whom by then.
Obviously, the demon cultivators had been fighting with the cultivators from Fengliang Mountain for a long time, and they knew that to attack "Tonggui Ridge", they must simultaneously strike the defense points on the two wings and rear. This finally reduced the pressure on Li Yan and the others.
This is also the difference between the monks and the mortal army. It is very difficult for a mortal army to coordinate two defense points remotely. Even if it is a one-mile mountain road, they have to run over it bit by bit on foot.
That takes a very long time, during which anything can happen. For example, if the enemy detects your intention in advance, they will set up an ambush to support the team along the way, make a feint to the east and attack in the west to transfer troops to a defensive point, and then take advantage of the opportunity to attack in ambush, etc.
These are all caused by the time difference, but it is different for cultivators. The two defense points are only a moment's distance apart, not to mention dozens of miles, even hundreds of miles away.
It can be said that it came whistling and left in a flash.
Li Yan immediately arranged for Senior Sister Tantai to withdraw the patrol team and lead 20 monks to guard the north side, while the rest of the people were left to Senior Brother Gong to wait for an opportunity to support;
Daoist Wang Ning divided his troops into two groups, with a dozen people guarding the east and west sides respectively;
Fellow Daoist Wuye will guard the south and prepare to meet the enemy head-on. Everyone, when the one-way restriction of the formation is activated, follow the order and attack!"
Li Yan assigned the personnel very quickly. In fact, he was very uneasy and resented his master for letting him command the Youth 16th Team. He would rather be a team member and just take care of himself.
He didn't know whether the current distribution method was correct, he just went ahead with it, based on the introduction of the monk named Fang.
The demons are coming from the south, which is the main direction of defense. There are other defense points on the east and west sides to share the responsibility. Although the north side borders Fengliang Mountain, it is the most vulnerable place to sneak attacks.
Now, the so-called three teams of monks he has under his command actually have more than thirty monks in each team. Excluding the nine people who maintain the formation, basically there are about thirty people in each team.
Li Yan asked Tan Tai Dong Yue to leave some people to Gong Yuan Tai just to retain a fresh force that could flexibly support in any direction at any time. I believe that Gong Yuan Tai is very familiar with all of this.
Li Yan himself was even freer. If there was a problem somewhere, he would fly over there immediately. Moreover, he also had to control the entire formation with his spiritual sense at all times to judge the timing of attack and defense.
Wei Chongran had also carefully considered using Li Yan. How many times had a war of this scale occurred in the Desolate Moon Continent since ancient times
Compared with the well-disciplined demon army, the composition of the cultivators of the Wild Moon Continent can only be described as attacking in groups and swarming forward, and their coordination is not as good as that of the mortal army.
Therefore, in the battle against the demon army, it is more about relying on personal bravery to drive the overall situation. Therefore, after considering for a long time, Wei Chongran decided to hand over the Qing Sixteenth Team to Li Yan.
Wei Chongran discovered that Li Yan was very similar to Li Wuyi in dealing with things. He was the kind of person who became calmer and almost cold-blooded when the situation became more dangerous. This could be seen from Li Yan's previous missions.
When facing a demon cultivator who was several levels stronger than him, Li Yan could even calmly plan every subsequent step.
In times of crisis, he could even use himself as bait without any hesitation. This was exactly the kind of person their monk team lacked the most.
There are certainly many powerful cultivators on the Wild Moon Continent, but people like Li Yan who can crush those of the same level and are also good at scheming are rare.
As soon as Tan Tai Dong Yue and the other two led the team into flight and were about to split up to act separately, "BOOM BOOM BOOM" sounds of earth-shaking explosions were heard from the sky formation.
This caused many cultivators who had just flown off the platform to shake, and fear appeared in their eyes. Fear of the unknown is almost human nature, especially since they had all inquired about the combat power of the demon cultivators before coming.
Those veteran team members would never belittle their opponents, for fear that their companions on the battlefield would bring trouble upon themselves by despising their opponents, so they had already told the actual combat power of the demon cultivators, and even slightly exaggerated it.
There were also many brave and bloody monks among the newly recruited monks. They looked calm and even excited. The others had already fully activated their spiritual power shields.
On the other hand, the members of the original Qing 16th team, in addition to having extremely serious expressions, steadied themselves one by one and looked at the three team leaders.
Tan Tai Dong Yue was an old member of the Qing 16th Team. She had a calm expression and without stopping, she was the first to rush towards the north.
There was no change on Wu Ye's face either. He ignored the loud noise above his head and stared towards the edge of the southern formation with a burning gaze.
Wang Ning's situation was a little different. Her pretty face turned a little pale, but after a brief pause, she immediately sent a message to another fake elixir cultivator, and the two of them led their teams to the east and west sides.
Seeing that everyone had carried out his orders, Li Yan was slightly relieved. At least now they seemed to be well organized and capable of fighting.
Looking at Gong Yuantai and his eight men who were left on the platform, Li Yan sent a message to Gong Yuantai. Gong Yuantai, who was originally worried, showed a hint of surprise for the first time. He also quickly sent a message back, "Oh, does this formation really have the function that Junior Brother Li said? It is much stronger than the formation of 'Grinding Bone Mountain'."
Gong Yuantai's face was obviously half-believing and half-doubting. Li Yan nodded slightly, and Gong Yuantai's face finally showed some relief.
Li Yan scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, not daring to relax at all. In just a moment, Tan Tai Dong Yue and the other two led the team to their position at the fastest speed.
Outside the "Tongguiling" formation, although the monks who were rushing over had not yet gotten close, they had already cast all kinds of powerful spells from afar. Among these monks, there were many monks from the South China Sea.
Tan Tai Dong Yue and the other two were not familiar with the "Yin Yang Boundary River Formation" at all. After arriving at the designated location, they didn't know for a moment whether to go out to meet the enemy or to defend the place.
If the "Yin Yang Boundary River Formation" had not opened the one-way restriction, they would not even be able to launch an attack, and might even help the enemy break through the formation from the inside.
The thought that "Li Yan is still nervous" came to the minds of the three people at the same time. It seemed that Li Yan forgot to explain it in a panic. How could they defend themselves next if he didn't even explain such an important thing
Just when the three of them were about to convey their thoughts to Li Yan, Li Yan's voice rang out in their minds.
"In addition to its defensive capabilities, the Yin Yang Boundary River Formation also has a series of sub-formations that can trap enemies. This is why the second team of the Heavy Front Battalion has been able to hold on with only a few dozen people.
I will later control the four directions of the formation to open the death gates and let some of them in, but I can only divide them into four areas and cannot separate all the enemies individually.
In these separate areas, the formation restrictions do have small sword formation attacks, which are only equivalent to the power of ten sword cultivators in the early stage of foundation building. Therefore, if you want to really kill the opponent's masters, you still need someone to enter that area and kill the enemy. "
Tan Tai Dong Yue, Wang Ning and Wu Ye were very surprised when they heard the first half of Li Yan's sentence, but they were still a little disappointed when Li Yan changed the subject.
“It turns out that this formation has certain limitations in trapping and strangling the enemy. If there are two to five cultivators below the late Foundation Establishment stage trapped in that area, it is estimated that a rain of swords will strangle them to death.
But if more than five cultivators are trapped, even if they are all mid-stage foundation-building cultivators, the result may not be satisfactory, and in the end, the cultivators will still need to fight face to face. "
But then he thought about it and felt that if this was true, the second team of the "Chongfeng Camp" would not have suffered so many casualties.
For such a huge mountain formation, being able to achieve both offensive and defensive capabilities is already quite powerful, and it is controlled by a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Being able to control such a huge formation to trap the enemy while strangling the enemy and having defensive capabilities is comparable to a second-rate sect's protective formation. Without a cultivation level above the Golden Core level, the true power of this formation cannot be brought into play.
Moreover, the top leaders of the four major sects decided to use their own cultivators as bait, even at the cost of sacrificing their own low-level cultivators, in order to exhaust the other side to death here. Of course, they would not come up with a better formation.
Otherwise, once the other side saw how powerful the formation was, they would be so stupid as to send batches of demon soldiers and monks to die.
As Li Yan finished transmitting the message, he took out the compass given to him by the cultivator named Fang. He was not very familiar with the operating techniques, but it was similar to most formation controls, with just a few special features.
With Li Yan's understanding of the battle formation, he was still a little unfamiliar with the operation. Fortunately, he still had a compass in his hand to assist him, so it was not difficult for him.
As ancient runes flashed on the compass in Li Yan's hand, the cultivators in the formation felt as if the sun and moon in the sky above their heads had suddenly changed.
In an instant, the sky was filled with strong winds, flying sand and rocks, even covering up the deafening roar outside the formation. The cloudless sky also turned dark, and waves of chill rose from the ground beneath the feet.
The area under their feet was no longer part of the mountain, but rather a series of dark passages. They felt as if they were standing in a maze.
In the cave at the core of the formation, there was a white beam of light rising up into the sky. Nine monks were sitting around the white beam of light, their faces illuminated by the white light, turning the skin snow-white.
After hearing Li Yan's voice in the minds of the nine of them, they immediately sat cross-legged according to the nine positions, with several storage bags placed beside each of them. A white light lit up in the center of the cave.
The nine monks waved their sleeves at the same time, and a storage bag beside them opened wide. Rays of light like clouds burst out, and spirit stones with pure spiritual energy flew out of the storage bag in large pieces.
The rays of light connected together and flew towards the white light in the center like moths to a flame. The white light in the center began to condense rapidly and soon formed a circular base in the center of the cave.
Four pairs of yin and yang fish appeared near the base, four yin and four yang, the yang like the scorching sun, the yin like the clear spring, gradually becoming clearer, the yin and yang intertwined, still rotating like a wheel, four strange forces rose from the base.
After the four forces rose into the air, they were like four dragons trying to break through the air and fly away. They entwined and climbed each other, raised their heads upwards, and competed to rise. Finally, a thick white beam of light shot up into the sky.
In addition to investing a large amount of spirit stones from time to time, the nine people also each stretched out a finger and placed it on the four yin and four yang yin fish on the white light column, and the spiritual power in their bodies surged in like a wave.
This beam of light could not be seen at all outside the cave, let alone the terrifying power that pierced the sky. Outside, there was only the howling wind and dark clouds inside the formation.
Outside the formation, hundreds of light beams of various colors hit the formation, causing ripples and rebounding most of the attacks. For a moment, balls of fire and large patches of ice fog exploded in the sky above "Tonggui Ridge", shaking the sky.