"Lord Tie Wu, if we want to break through this line of defense, we must first destroy the formation."
On the battlefield, the grand formation formed by the Heaven Dou Empire's army blocked the Spirit Hall Empire's invasion.
The role of formations on the battlefield could not be overlooked. They could turn an army into a single whole and unleash three or even four times its usual combat strength.
The Spirit Hall Empire's strength lay in its Soul Master legions, while the two great empires retained more traditional methods of warfare, formations being one of them.
However, in recent years, the two great empires had also advanced. Armies formed from low-level Soul Masters drilled in formations, and the results were quite effective.
The force blocking this Spirit Hall Empire army led by Tie Wu was a mixed army of Soul Masters and ordinary people. Soul Master soldiers stood at the center of the grand formation, while ordinary soldiers surrounded them.
As long as the formation's center was not destroyed, the grand formation could continue operating. Whenever ordinary soldiers within the formation were killed, fresh soldiers from the rear would fill their places.
To break the formation, they first had to destroy its formation eye.
Aside from Tie Wu, a Soul Saint, this Spirit Hall Empire army also had two other seven-ringed Soul Saints. They had previously tried to force their way through the formation, only to be seriously injured.
"Hold the line from the side. Watch me destroy their formation eye," Tie Wu said coldly.
"My lord, should we wait for Lord Zhao Lu and the others to recover before breaking the formation together?" the deputy general asked.
The Zhao Lu he mentioned was one of the other Soul Saints.
But Tie Wu clearly had no such intention. They had