The art of battle formations was vast and profound, with countless varieties. Different situations required different formations to deal with them. Moreover, without long periods of practice and coordination, any battle formation would be extremely difficult to form.
The Myriad Spirits Defense Army was a motley force assembled from countless small tribes. There was simply no coordination or mutual understanding between them. Thus, Lin Yan initially selected only three battle formations for them to practice diligently.
The instructors sent by the Kirin Clan taught a battle formation called the Five Sacred Mountains Suppressing World Formation. This formation specialized in defense and did not discriminate based on attributes. It could form a sturdy defensive barrier according to the positions of the five sacred mountains.
The instructors invited from the Dragon Clan taught the Nine Bends Coiling Dragon Formation, renowned for its endlessly changing formations that could adopt different configurations against enemies.
The Phoenix Clan's Prairie Fire Formation, meanwhile, could gather everyone's strength and unleash destructive power far beyond that of any individual. Its offensive might was formidable.
The three battle formations—one for defense, one for entanglement, and one for attack—complemented one another perfectly. Of course, basic formations such as the Arrow Formation and Disk Formation were also compulsory.
When they first began learning these battle formations, the differing habits and divine abilities of the various clans left their coordination riddled with flaws. Not only could they not display the formations' power, but even their own ranks fell into disarray.
However, under the pressure exerted by Lin Yan and the leaders of the various camps, once each camp had initially mastered simple formation changes and coordination, everyone finally discovered the benefits of these battle formations.
They were simply the best means of preserving one's life on the battlefield. Within a battle formation,