The Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan's battle formations were one of the crucial foundations that allowed their clan to gain a foothold on the Heavenly Demon Grassland. They were a paramount priority in all cultivation. With copper skin and iron bones, coupled with strength capable of overturning mountains and seas, they were like heavily armored shock troops charging among mortal armies!
In this assessment, the top ten in the individual combat rankings would each engage others in battle formation clashes. The primary combatant could select other disciples as support.
When selecting cultivators in this manner, one would first prioritize members of one's own branch, chiefly sequence disciples ranked below the top ten. Of course, one could also choose someone ranked within the top ten. Since the battle formation assessments were staggered, so long as you were not matched against that person, and they were willing to support you against another's battle formation, there would be no problem.
However, the supporting cultivator would need to consider whether they might be injured beforehand, causing them to fail their own later battle formation assessment. They would also need to consider that if they faced the person they supported, they would have to fight with a crippled formation lacking sufficient numbers. Thus, both the primary combatant and their support had to weigh all kinds of circumstances before making a decision.
For instance, if both Xiang Qing and Zi Kun made the top ten and their battle formation matches could be staggered, then for the sake of their entire branch, they would chiefly consider ensuring that Zi Kun's stronger battle formation achieved victory. In choosing support, they would naturally select the strongest person from their own branch. Xiang Qing, who had entered the top ten sequence, would make excellent support. She would have to consider whether