Ye Li learned about the combat strength of the guards during the battle. Most of the ordinary sergeants and team leaders among them were in the middle and late stages of the Divine Descent Period, while a small number of people and squadron leaders were in the fetal development period.
The reason why the strength of an ordinary sergeant is higher than that of a squad leader is because the leader of the guard army, in addition to the strength requirements, also has contribution requirements.
Many soldiers were sent here directly by their families for training, so they did not stay here for a long time. Therefore, even if they were strong, they did not make much contribution and it was difficult for them to take up any position.
The captains that came after that all had the cultivation level of the Yuantai period and were very powerful. As for the chief commander, he was even a master of the Xushen period.
The monsters are actually not much stronger than humans.
Most of the monsters among them are in the stage of descending gods, a small number are in the stage of nurturing fetus and the stage of origin of fetus, and as for the stage of virtual gods, there is not a single one.
After all, as Tunri said before, the soul-controlling insects have no ability to control the monsters in the Void God Stage, so the highest level of the monster army is only the Yuantai Stage.
Moreover, the higher the level of the monster, the fewer offspring the mother soul-controlling insect can control. So apart from the fact that monsters are slightly more numerous than humans, their overall strength is actually not much stronger than that of humans.
It’s just that after humans got used to the monsters’ original attack methods, they suddenly encountered a monster army that understood strategies and tactics. It was a little difficult for them to adapt for a while, so they were caught off guard and fled in defeat.
Now that we have adapted to the enemy and understood the weaknesses of the monster army, we will not be so easily suppressed in the next battle.
Especially Ye Li's presence can instantly weaken most of the monster's strength.
He was personally protected by the chief commander, and he broke through the obstruction of other monsters and directly attacked the soul-controlling insect bodies that controlled the monsters in the Yuantai period.
When Ye Li's spiritual power is fully full, he can get rid of five soul-controlling insects at a time.
Each of these sub-bodies can control a demon beast in the Yuantai period, so in just one encounter, Ye Li can eliminate five demon beasts in the Yuantai period, as well as several demon beasts in the Yutai period or the Descending period, greatly clearing out the high-level forces of the demon beasts, giving humans a great advantage in the battle.
The situation of the entire battle began to show a one-sided trend. The guard troops began to rescue and gather the people who had been separated before along the way. After three days of accumulation, they had swept all the areas near the fortress.
At this time, the surviving guards had almost been completely gathered together. Together with the disciples from the Imperial City who came to report later, there were actually more than 900 people.
Of course, these people are much fewer than the previous guards. In the past, there were about two thousand people in one fortress, plus the guards in the surrounding camps, and now more than half of them have been lost.
However, it is a blessing that we can still find so many people. If it weren't for Ye Li's help, the guard army would probably have been wiped out.
After all, this rescue operation started with Ye Li and three others rescuing Yu Youqi and four others, and in the end the number of people snowballed to around 900.
Regarding this, after learning about the situation, the soldiers of the guard army looked at Ye Li with gratitude.
After three days of getting along, the guards all knew Ye Li's name. In their desire to make friends, they became familiar with Ye Li and the other two.
Many of the guards were not disciples of the Imperial City, but came from other major forces. Therefore, Ye Li had completely entered the eyes of the children of many major forces, and his reputation had spread.
After a thorough sweep around the fortress, the guards were sure that there was almost no chance of anyone being alone nearby, so they finally stopped the search and rescue, began to gather, and headed towards the valley where the soul-controlling worm mother body was previously determined to be located.
Although according to the map, the location of this valley is less than three miles away from the fortress, it is a mountainous area after all, and it is impossible to walk through it in a straight line. After some twists and turns, the group walked in the mountains and forests for at least half a day before finally reaching the outside of the valley.
Standing on a cliff, everyone saw the situation in the valley cave at a glance. After seeing many high-level monsters appearing, they finally confirmed Ye Li's speculation that this was indeed where the soul-controlling insect mothers gathered.
According to the information that Tunri provided to Ye Li, a soul-controlling insect mother can control at most two Yuantai stage monsters, plus three Yutai stage monsters, and several Descending stage monsters.
Then there are at least ten or more soul-controlling insect mothers here, and as for the soul-controlling insect child bodies, they are countless.
Considering the current strength of the defending army, it is quite difficult to attack this area by force.
After some attempts, the guards were unable to enter the valley at all. The only thing they could do was to restrict the movements of the monsters as much as possible.
But then they discovered that the strength of the monsters was constantly increasing because a new batch of eggs from the soul-controlling insect mother body had hatched.
While the number of the soul-controlling insects that had been killed by everyone before recovered, they secretly sneaked into Qilin Ridge again and recruited a large number of high-level monsters, greatly increasing the number of monsters before.
After all, the initial number of the monster army was much larger than it is now, otherwise how could they defeat the guard army with two thousand talisman masters.
After the monster army gradually began to recover its strength, the pressure on the defending army increased dramatically, and they gradually began to be unable to withstand the monsters' attacks. They soon lost control of the valley.
The monsters seemed to be waiting for a general attack, using the absolute difference in strength to destroy the humans in front of them in one fell swoop.
The general commander and the captains all had worried looks on their faces. The current battle situation was extremely unfavorable for them.
Ye Li's usefulness at this time has almost been completely lost. In front of such a huge army of monsters, his attacks are completely like a drop in the bucket and have no effect.
Just when everyone was looking worried, suddenly there were bursts of strange noises in the sky behind them, five rays of spiritual light shone, and five old men in elders' robes fell from the sky and landed in front of the guards in an instant.
The moment they saw these people, everyone, including the commander-in-chief, showed joy on their faces.
"Finally, the reinforcements have finally arrived!"
Huang Jian stood beside Ye Li and exclaimed softly, his eyes full of excitement.
When Ye Li saw the five people coming, his face was filled with shock.
The talisman masters who can walk in the air and use spiritual energy to fly are at least at the divine stage. These five elders are the real masters among the talisman masters.