"Those are the City Guard Army's Wildman Mecha, one of the Guangyun army's mainstay Battle Puppets. They're two-star grade, but their Shaman Folk Controllers undergo rigorous training, possess the hearts of born warriors, and have extensive combat experience..."
"They look like a threat. If our ordinary disciples only have late Qi Refining cultivation, they couldn't possibly match these Mecha in single combat."
"Actually, we'd be at a disadvantage even against ordinary Mecha. One side is flesh and blood, after all, while the other is a War Machine. At the lower realms, we really don't have much of an advantage."
"Enough. This isn't the time to discuss that. Watch that man. Doesn't he look like a leader?"
"Indeed. Guangyun uses an ancient military structure: five men to a squad, ten to a section, fifty to a platoon with its own leader, and a hundred to a battalion under a commander-ranked battle officer."
"The resulting organization, combined with their equipment and methods of engaging in formation, is enough to contend with higher-tier enemies."
"For five-man squads and ten-man sections, those higher-tier enemies are experts ranging from late Qi Refining to its peak. Beyond that, they face combat forces at the Foundation Establishment level."
"Didn't you say they're stronger than our disciples even in single combat?"
"Ahem. Puppet Masters are shameless and despicable. Their hypothetical higher-tier enemies are measured against the Controllers' own strength. But even so, once equipped with Mecha, they still usually form units of three or five and attack together in formation. Single combat isn't their style!"
"Look, they've engaged the Demons!"
The two men lay concealed atop a building, watching from afar with their extraordinary eyesight.
The outcome was just as expected: the City Guard Army's soldiers almost never charged into battle alone.
When the City Guard Army was