The mere dozen or twenty people at this pass naturally could not hold them off.
In the temporary squad Song Yan and the others belonged to, even Chen Li, whose cultivation was the highest, was only at the Foundation Establishment middle stage. There were even cultivators at the late Qi Refining stage among them.
Fortunately, the Tiger-Wolf Army moved swiftly, and several nearby squads were already on their way.
They only needed to keep the enemy occupied for a little while.
Among the hundred enemies, about eight or nine were at the Foundation Establishment Realm, roughly matching their own side.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the rebels' attack arrived.
Several powerful bursts of Law Technique radiance, mixed with cutting gales from weapons, struck the defensive Binding Formation first.
The Binding Formation had only barely taken shape a few breaths earlier before it began flickering erratically and rippling violently.
With those Foundation Establishment rebels attacking simultaneously, the formation failed to stabilize in time and was torn open in several places in an instant.
Their Foundation Establishment fighting strength was only slightly inferior.
But the Qi Refining Realm cultivators fared far worse.
Only six or seven Qi Refining cultivators had entered this ancient battlefield with Song Yan and the others. Even counting the dozen or so Qi Refining soldiers Wang Shengguang had brought as his personal retinue, there were only twenty-odd of them.
The enemy, however, had eighty or ninety men.
Not to mention, most soldiers in this ancient battlefield cultivated battle intent, whereas most of these cultivators had never experienced such brutal close-quarters combat.
Despite their cultivation, they were suppressed by the rebel soldiers' fierce, death-defying presence and the subtle coordination of their battle formation.
Screams rang out. Almost upon the first exchange, two late Qi Refining stage cultivators