Chapter 2216: Chapter 2216 Formation Activated
Upon arriving at the frontlines, Ye Liuyun immediately went out with Qiong Qi to survey the terrain and prepare the defensive formation.
Qiong Qi located a valley and an open space, which were ideal locations for an ambush against the praetorian.
"You should choose this location for the battlefield, I will set up the formation here!"
"But wouldn’t the soldiers we hide here be discovered by the praetorian?"
"Who said anything about hiding soldiers? Don’t you have your Blade Legion with you? That’s more than enough! I’m also taking this chance to offer you an opportunity to capture more prisoners!"
"That’s great!" Ye Liuyun naturally agreed.
"Lend me some of your devil crystals, and also a large quantity of spirit crystals, Alora crystals, a few weapons, treasures..." For once, Qiong Qi was requesting quite a few treasures from Ye Liuyun.
Without asking for more details, Ye Liuyun handed over heaps of treasures.
Then, Qiong Qi started to get to work while Ye Liuyun wandered around nearby, studying the landscape further.
When Ye Liuyun returned, at first glance, he didn’t notice any formation, even when he activated his Golden Phantom Eyes, he could only vaguely sense that Qiong Qi had used the natural terrain to set up the formation.
It wasn’t finished, he was still preparing the formation by sketching it in mid-air. It looked like he was putting in quite the effort this time.
It wasn’t until well into the day that everything was finally finished.
"I’m exhausted! Let’s have some meat to celebrate!" Qiong Qi clamored.
Ye Liuyun promptly brought out the roast.
As they ate their roast, he began to explain the setup to Ye Liuyun.
"Inside this valley, there is a full-fledged killing array set up to cut off their retreat. The vast open space ahead is mainly an illusory array, which doesn’t pose much of a lethal threat.
However, you need to carry some devil beasts to release devil Qi, cover up that of the array, and have the Blade Legion confront enemies at the front, charging into the formation, to make them think they are being slain and scattered.
Then, withdraw both the Blade Legion and devil beasts, and go capture prisoners. When they finally break through the formation and discover what has happened, it will not be too late for you to fight.
If they dare to retreat, the killing array in the valley will be activated, and you will still have a chance to capture injured prisoners."
Ye Liuyun noted down all these details and confirmed some specifics before setting about the preparation according to this plan.
They then returned to the city, bringing Ye Tiandao and three thousand Blade Legion soldiers into the spatial world, entrusting Yun Xiaofeng to guard the city temporarily until notified to exit.
When the praetorians finally arrived, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi, leading the Blade Legion, went out of the city to confront them, stopping outside the array, waiting for the enemy to take the bait.
The praetorians were not fools, they were extremely cautious before entering the valley, even sent people ahead to scout and check for any possible ambush.
"Do they have formation masters among them?" Ye Liuyun worried that Qiong Qi’s formation might be uncovered.
Qiong Qi confidently smirked, "Indeed, there are some who could crack the formations I’ve set up, but definitely not among them! But I will have to get rid of those masters first.
Although they won’t be able to discover it, once it activates, they are more likely to break through before anyone else."
As expected, the praetorians didn’t notice the formation. They carefully passed through the valley in batches. Seeing nothing happened, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The open space before the valley was large enough for their ten thousand men all to fit in, they all entered the range covered by the array.
Although they indeed had formation masters, none of them could see through Qiong Qi’s set up. Seeing only three thousand people blocking them, they naturally didn’t have any concerns.
Now, even though the Blade Legion’s realm was high, their headcount was significantly reduced. Therefore, at the command of the enemy’s leader, the ten thousand men charged directly towards Ye Liuyun and his allies.
The clone beside Ye Liuyun released a horde of devil beasts, spewing waves of devil Qi, bearing down on them.
"Attack!"
With a single command from Ye Tiandao, the three thousand men initiated their joint attack.
However, the opposition was as much a force to be reckoned with. They also deployed a combined attack, and though their cohesion wasn’t as seamless as that of the Blade Legion, they made up for it with sheer numbers.
A loud boom echoed as the two forces collided, causing the earth to quake and the mountains to shake.
The lingering devil Qi was blasted off in all directions.
During the tremors, Qiong Qi seized the opportunity to activate the formation.
"Kill!"
With a command from Ye Liuyun, the devil beasts beside him charged at the praetorian in an earth-shattering sprint.
It was a massive wave of devil Qi hurtling towards the praetorian.
Ye Liuyun along with his clone, Qiong Qi, and the Blade Legion followed and charged into the formation.
"Hurry up and retrieve your men, it’s time!"
Immediately, Ye Liuyun gathered all of the Blade Legion into his spatial world.
However, the devil beasts got too close to the praetorian, and a fraction of them were eradicated.
The clone then promptly collected the remaining beasts into the spatial world.
Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately released their devil Qi, concealing both themselves and Qiong Qi’s figure.
By this time, the entire open space was filled with waves of energy, obstructing everyone’s line of sight.
The praetorian felt themselves surrounded by the presence of the devil Qi. All they could hear were the booming and battling sounds of the devil beasts, and they suddenly found themselves unable to see their comrades.
At first, they thought their senses were being blocked, and didn’t pay it too much attention. They followed the sounds of the devil beasts and battle.
However, in reality, the sounds they were hearing were all illusions. Even though their comrades were right next to them, they couldn’t see them, and they gradually got more and more scattered.
"I’ll take care of the formation master first, you go and deal with the stronger ones!" Qiong Qi immediately split from Ye Liuyun.
Qiong Qi knew that Ye Liuyun had the power of the Golden Phantom Eyes and the devil Qi couldn’t obstruct his vision.
Ye Liuyun and his clone quickly targeted the praetorian at the peak ninth realm. But they too spread out, first catching the late-ninth-realms.
In their eyes, there were large groups of praetorians wandering around aimlessly. They simply selected who to take down and who to leave. But for the enemy, they were all lost, unable to see each other.
The formation master among them quickly noticed the problem and loudly warned everyone. However, the other soldiers couldn’t hear them, conveniently leading Qiong Qi toward them and putting them under his control.
Soon after, Qiong Qi started to help Ye Liuyun, capturing martial practitioners.
Ye Liuyun was able to support so many experts in the Alliance of Goddesses under his own high-end combat power, so Qiong Qi was very grateful to him. Therefore, he exerted himself to help him capture prisoners.
Otherwise, with his lazy nature, he would never act so promptly.
As time ticked by, many praetorians realised they had fallen into a trap. They impulsively launched random attacks.
Initially, Ye Liuyun was worried that he would be hit by their attacks.
Soon, they discovered that their attacks would all be absorbed by the formation and wouldn’t hit anyone.
"Qiong Qi formation setting abilities are getting stronger and stronger!" Ye Liuyun praised internally.
But he also found out, each time someone randomly initiates an attack, Qiong Qi will be the first to control that person’s divine soul.
It seemed that the formation also has its own endurance limit, otherwise, Qiong Qi wouldn’t care about them.
So, Ye Liuyun and his clone were also trying to capture as many hostages as possible.
