Hearing "Tonggui Ridge", Li Yan couldn't help but be stunned. He knew that this area should be the sub-mountain range of Fengliang Mountain, and there should be no other names. Besides, this name sounded so unlucky.
He and the ninth team of Bai Rou had done missions nearby in the past, and were relatively familiar with the terrain in this area.
At the same time, some people in Gong Yuantai behind them suddenly trembled, and their expressions became a little nervous.
All this fell into the eyes of the slender monk and the plump female cultivator. They looked at each other, and this time it was the plump female cultivator who spoke.
"I have long heard that the 16th team of the 'Blue Bat Battalion' fought at the 'Mogu Mountain' not far away for half a month. It seems that there are still some people left. In this way, we will not need to introduce the situation of 'Tonggui Ridge' and the importance of this place in detail later."
When she said the last few words, "importance," anyone could hear the resentment in her voice.
Before Li Yan and the others could think about it, the slender monk immediately said, "This is the compass and the control method for controlling the "Yin Yang Realm River Formation" outside this mountain. Please take it, Fellow Daoist Li."
As he spoke, he reached out and turned over the bronze compass he had been holding in his hand, and handed it to Li Yan along with an extra white Jade Slip.
After handing the things to Li Yan, "There are ten caves here. The one we are in now is the largest cave in this mountain. In fact, it is also where the combat monks gather.
The time when the demonic cultivators come is erratic. If the cultivators are scattered, it will be difficult to direct them, so it is more convenient to gather here.
The other eight cave entrances I just saw outside can be used by at least fifty people. They are all used for meditation and healing by seriously injured monks who are too late to retreat back.
As for the last cave, it is deep in the back of the cave. It is a cave within a cave. It is the core mechanism and the storage place of spiritual stones of the "Yin Yang Realm River Formation" in this mountain.
There are nine monks waiting there every day. They need to control the formation with Divine Sense and mana at all times, and maintain the normal supply of spiritual stones for the formation. The spiritual stones there have detailed usage records. I will take fellow Daoist Li over to check them later..."
Soon, Li Yan he learned about the situation of "Tonggui Ridge". The second team of the "Chongfeng Battalion" was currently stationed here. The slender monk named Fang was the captain here, and the plump female monk named Yang was the deputy captain of the second team.
The current number of people in "Chongfeng Battalion" is fifty-six, of whom seventeen are seriously injured and thirty-nine remain. "Tonggui Ridge" belongs to the most forward position leading to Fengliang Mountain, and its rear two sides spread out laterally like "wings".
Fengliang Mountain The other garrisoned monks faced the enemy on the six peaks on both sides. The east and west sides were within the defense range of the other two defense points. For example, the Qing Sixteenth Team's previous defense against the enemy was on one of the "wings".
"Tonggui Ridge" has a huge advantage for Fengliang Mountain due to its special geographical location. Its overall impact on the incoming Devil Race army is a pointed conical penetration.
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This is also the most important main attack direction of the Devil Race army. If the Devil Race army stops all the way north, it will undoubtedly leave a nail in their heart, which will explode their core at any time.
In this way, capturing "Tonggui Ridge" became the first task of the Devil Race army. Therefore, the fighting here was extremely fierce and almost lost many times. Every Tiandu here was grinded down bit by bit by the monks with flesh and blood.
In just one month, Li Yan and the others were already the third group of monks sent to change defenses.
At first, Li Yan was a little relieved when he heard this. It sounded like the casualties were not as big as those of the Qing Sixteenth Team. The Qing Sixteenth Team had a casualty rate of over 70% in half a month. Although the cost was heavy, the casualties were much less than here.
When the monk surnamed Fang saw Li Yan's expression, he immediately added with a smile.
"We have been here for half a month, and the second team has been replenished four times just to replenish monks on the battlefield, and each time it has been replenished to a hundred people.
There are currently only six monks in the second group of the first batch of "Chongfeng Battalion", and the rest are monks who have survived the previous recruitments.
Moreover, the first captain was also monk Wangliang Sect. He died in battle five days ago. I was the temporarily appointed captain, but my qualifications were obviously not enough, so I had Daoist Fellow Yang as the deputy captain to fight against the enemy together. "
Hearing the calm words of the monk surnamed Fang, not only Li Yan was shocked. Except for the old monks from the Qing Sixteenth Team whose faces kept twitching, the rest of the people behind him took a deep breath, and many monks' faces became embarrassed.
Calculating this, there are at least 200 to 300 death monks here in half a month. There is a probability of about 15 people dying every day. A hundred people here can withstand such consumption for several days.
Some monks had already lost their composure, their eyes began to wander, and they looked around. They were either trying to determine whether what Fang said was true or false, or they were thinking of ways to save their lives safely, or they even had thoughts of escaping.
Li Yan himself was silent for a while, thinking about the situation he was about to face.
Seeing the expressions of Li Yan and the others, the monk surnamed Fang looked tiredly at his companions who had been with him through life and death in the cave, twitching the corners of his mouth and revealing a smile that could be regarded as a smile.
"It's a coincidence that you came today. At least you didn't catch up with Devil Race's attack. This may be the best send-off for us.
We have been crippled and our morale is so low that we can no longer fight. This is the main reason why the superiors sent you to take over the defense, just like when we came to take over the defense.
Come to think of it, has Fellow Daoist Li felt any different atmosphere here since he came here? "
"Death, numbness!"
Li Yan's thoughts were interrupted
, but quickly said softly that everyone he met when he came here seemed to be indifferent to everything around him.
He doesn't care about his own image, how he sees himself in the eyes of others, nor how others feel. His expression is sluggish, his body exudes a strong sense of death, and he is indifferent to everything around him and to life.
The monk surnamed Fang sighed heavily.
"Yes, there is death and depression. Everyone here has to face death every Tiandu. Watching the companions around us fall and disappear one by one, there is nothing we can do.
We can only do our best to preserve ourselves and survive as long as possible.
Then he continued to kill and be killed, roaring at the top of his lungs, blood kept flying up, throwing up, and then spilling, consuming all his mana, trying to kill those damn enemies as much as possible, and trying hard to ensure that he would not die.
Later, every attack was like a puppet, just attacking numbly until one party fell dead. The last time it was the other party, and the next time it might be you.
Hahaha, the seniors finally sent someone to change the defense, otherwise we really don't know how long we can last! "
The monk surnamed Fang smiled softly in his deep tiredness, but everyone could hear the deep boredom and helplessness in his laughter.
Next, there was another period of silence.
After that, the monk surnamed Fang took Li Yan alone to the core agency of the "Yin Yang Realm River Formation" and took out all the spirit stone consumption records Jade Slip.
At this time, the handover between the two parties was roughly completed. Then, after a moment of reflection, the monk surnamed Fang personally told Li Yan about the important places in the "Yin Yang Realm River Formation".
For example, the yin and yang inversion between the gates of death and the gates of life, the directions where the enemy attacks most often, etc. This at least allows Li Yan to save a lot of time in understanding this mountain formation.
Regarding this, Li Yan also felt that the monk surnamed Fang was very responsible, which added to his good sense.
When Li Yan and the others stood on the simple platform again, Li Yan saw all the monks in the second team of the "Chongfeng Battalion", including some unconscious monks who had been carried by flying Dharma Treasure.
The second team of "Chongfeng Camp" has a total of fifty-six people. When they left here, Li Yan saw tears in many people's eyes from their dull expressions, and Divine Sense swept over and over to every corner of the mountain.
These people still did not say goodbye to Li Yan and the others. Only the monk surnamed Fang and the female cultivator surnamed Yang said goodbye gently, and after Li Yan activated the formation, they took everyone away through the air.
Just before leaving, the monk surnamed Fang sent a message into Li Yan's sea of consciousness. "Fellow Daoist Li, you need to be careful of Devil Race's premeditated attacks. Their attacks in the past two days have been much less intense than in the previous days.
But the attack range is spread wider. I find that their attacks always seem to be testing something.
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The ultimate defensive strength of our formation? Or the actual number of "Tonggui Ridge" defense monks?
It's all unknown! I have a feeling that Devil Race is brewing a big attack. It was very strange like today. There was no movement from the other party for three hours. "
At this point, the voice suddenly stopped in Li Yan's heart, and the monk surnamed Fang had already left with his group.
Li Yan's eyes were shining brightly, and others didn't know what Li Yan was thinking after watching the second team of "Chongfeng Battalion" leave.
From the faces of the second team of "Chongfeng Camp", they did not see the joy caused by leaving just now, but they were still indifferent.
Maybe somewhere here once lay their classmates, their partners, and their own memories.
In fact, many people understand that not long after the incident, when the second team of the "Chongfeng Battalion" regains its combat strength, the vast majority of them will still be sent to the front to fight against the Devil Race army again.
Death may be a matter of time, and many people may have lost hope of so-called immortality.
Li Yan flicked the compass in his hand again, and the "Yin Yang Realm River Formation" restriction was opened again.
He still looked at the sky without looking back, and everyone behind him was silent, including Bu Luo, who always did good things. After experiencing a short period of contact with the second team of the "Chongfeng Battalion", they all realized that something was wrong.
"You know why this place is called 'Tonggui Ridge', right? The several peaks we defended were originally nameless, but now they all have their own names."
Gong Yuantai's voice came. He spoke not loudly, but there were all monks here. Everyone heard it, and many people's bodies trembled slightly and looked at Gong Yuantai.
"The place where we were stationed before is already like hell. We call it 'Mountain of Grinding Bones'. Every Tiandu I don't know how many monks' flesh and bones will be ground away, leaving not a single bit left.
Breaking bones and flying away, Mortal Realm is the most vicious curse, that is where we stay every day.
We have heard about this "Tonggui Ridge" for a long time. Its bloody level is far from comparable to "Mogu Mountain". The monks from both sides basically did not survive, as if they were dying together with the enemy all the time.
Unexpectedly, I, Gong Yuantai, would be so lucky in this life to participate in two dangerous places against the enemy at the same time, fighting Devil Race, and this time I came to the frontier among the frontiers. "
There was calmness in Gong Yuantai's voice, and suddenly there was no emotion as before, as if he had accepted his fate.
His words made all the old members of the original Qing Sixteenth Team express complex expressions, including pain, memories, fear, and indifference.
Li Yan stood in front. He did not stop Gong Yuantai's words. Gong Yuantai's words could make a team lose confidence.
But Li Yan just stood in front, eyes narrowed to a slit, listening quietly, letting it go without any obstruction.