Chapter 386 Ambush at Shelter Valley
At the exit of Bifeng Valley, the spies guarding here were shocked when they saw the light circles exploding one after another in the mountains ahead.

Then, a general shouted an order: "Go and report quickly, there is an ambush in the Windward Mountains!"

At the general's order, a dozen spies immediately turned around and flew back into the canyon.

After sending the spies back, the general continued to order: "Set up a defensive formation quickly. We must not let the enemy block the exit!"

After receiving the order, the remaining 500 spies immediately sat down cross-legged, took out various items, and continuously made hand seals.

In an instant, a thick wall of light formed at the mouth of the canyon.

This was specially prepared by the army to prevent ambushes. It can even defend against the attack of a Golden Immortal for a while. However, the material is very precious, and they would not be willing to use it if they did not discover an ambush.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"

Almost at the moment the defensive shield was raised, blue and white beams of light shot out from the Windblock Mountains one after another.

The light beams continued to bombard the shield, causing it to ripple. As the number of light beams increased, the shield sank into the canyon like a thin film.

Seeing this, a spy anxiously shouted to the general in command: "General, our shield can't hold up!"

"Boo!~"

As soon as the words fell, the shield burst like a bubble, and dense blue-white beams covered the mouth of the canyon.

The spies who were guarding here and holding up the shields vomited blood one by one, and then before they could escape, they were covered by dense light beams.

"Boom~~~"

In an instant, explosions continued at the mouth of the canyon, and huge explosions submerged the entire canyon mouth.
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In the Sheltering Valley, a spy came hurriedly to report: "General Chonghuo, there is an ambush in the Wind-Blocking Mountains. All the spies who were searching the Wind-Blocking Mountains have been killed!"

"Sure enough, there is an ambush!" General Chonghuo, who led the troops, had a solemn expression on his face after listening to the spy's report. Now the vanguard of the army is still ten miles away from the exit of the Shelter Valley, which also means that the entire army has entered the Shelter Valley. It is too late to withdraw from the Shelter Valley now. Retreat will only cause the army to be crowded in the Shelter Valley, and the enemy will not be able to successfully force them to retreat, as their retreat must have been blocked.

After thinking for a few breaths, he immediately gave the order: "Pass the order, the army will attack the exit of the Shelter Valley with all their strength. Anyone who retreats will be killed!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately took orders.

After just a few breaths, the rumbling sound of drums began to echo in the Sheltering Valley.

"All troops, attack the exit of Shelter Valley with all your might! Anyone who disobeys this order will be killed!"

The monks flew quickly over the army in the Shelter Valley and loudly conveyed orders.

"Kill!" Amid the sound of drums and commands, the monks in the front army shouted, holding shields engraved with formation inscriptions, maintaining their formation and began to rush towards the exit of the Shelter Valley.

A rumbling sound rang out in the Shelter Valley! The huge monsters brought by the army also followed the command, with magic shields, and followed the monks of the front army to charge towards the exit of the Shelter Valley.

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The charging vanguard of the princes soon reached the mouth of the canyon at the entrance of the Shelter Valley.

"This is?"

However, as soon as they rushed here, the monks in the front army were dumbfounded.

The mouth of the canyon in the Shelter Valley was filled with explosions. Dense rain of laser bullets shot out from the smoke and dust of the explosions and shot towards them. The density was so high that it made people's scalps numb.

The monks in front of them were unable to react in time, and many of them were directly blasted through by the light bullets. The light beams fell into the formation of the front army and continued to explode. In an instant, the people in the front suffered heavy casualties.

The Nascent Souls of a large number of cultivators flew out of their bodies, but were torn to pieces by the bombardment of the rain of light bullets.

This scene made the monks behind him feel heartbroken.

"Defend in place!"

Seeing this, the young commander of the front army shouted and ordered the monks to defend. Upon hearing the order, the monks of the front army piled up in layers, holding shields engraved with array patterns and pounding the ground. Energy barriers were emitted from the shields, layer upon layer, protecting the monks tightly behind.

There was also a large compass array device that emitted light, and energy barriers like city walls rose up in front of the monks in the front army.

"Boom~"

A large number of defenses were quickly raised to block the bombardment of the rain of light bullets, giving the monks a temporary sigh of relief.

However, looking at the shield that was shaken by the light bullets, the monks' hearts were lifted again.

"General, the enemy's attack is too powerful, our formation can't hold up any longer!"

A monk soldier anxiously reported to the young commander. Beside him, the five activated array devices with a diameter of five meters, like millstones, were several meters in the air, shining brightly, with faint cracks visible, and the monks around them were desperately filling the array devices with spirit stones.

And below the formation device, spirit stone rubble and waste debris that had been crushed into powder were continuously falling down.

"How to do?"

The monks also heard the shouts, and seeing the formation device about to collapse, everyone became even more nervous. Once the formation device was broken, the shields in their hands with the magic array engraved on them would not be able to withstand such a fierce attack from the enemy.

"Hurry up and move all the array equipment in the back up, and activate them all!"

"Quick, move the catapults and demon-hunting crossbows to the front! Counterattack, only counterattack can give us a chance!"

"All soldiers, listen up! Form a Yin-Yang defense formation immediately."

Seeing the situation of the formation equipment and the panic of the soldiers, the commanding general immediately shouted orders.

Following the young general's command, the monk soldiers who were blocked at the entrance of the canyon immediately took action.

"Bang!" At this moment, the first array device was shattered. A dense rain of light bullets began to bombard the shield formed by the second array device.

Seeing this, the monks began to act hastily.

Most of the monks began to form seals with their hands, and then released their spiritual energy into the air according to specific patterns. As the monks formed the Yin-Yang defense array, the released spiritual energy immediately gathered to form a huge defense shield.

The Yin-Yang Defense Shield is a defensive formation used by the military. Its advantage is that it does not require carving of the formation or arranging of the formation. It can be performed with just hand seals. Every cultivator can set up the formation and can be combined with other formations of the same type. The formation has no limit on the number of people and can be used in various situations.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the defensive ability is not very good. When consuming the same amount of spiritual energy, the defensive power is not enough to form half of the defensive formation composed of the formation method and formation tools.

A small number of cultivators hurriedly flew to the back to move various large formation instruments and magical instruments to the front.

For a moment, the canyon entrance was in chaos. The shields formed by the array devices were broken one by one by the monks' actions, followed by the shattering of the defensive arrays that the monks had hastily arranged to suit the terrain.

Finally, after several minutes, dense light bombarded the Yin-Yang defense shield jointly created by the monks.

At this moment, everyone's heart was lifted. They gritted their teeth and desperately output their spiritual energy to the defense shield in the sky.

At this time, more array equipment was finally transported to the front, setting up more defensive shields.

Seeing the new defense rising, the monk soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hurry up, deploy demon hunting crossbows and catapults!"

"Use the Sky Thunder Array Plate and launch a counterattack!"

"Except for the main commanders, all cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage will immediately fly out from above the canyon and launch a dispersed attack!"

Looking at the newly erected layers of shields, the commander continued to urge them on. He knew that defense alone was not enough, and that they had to counterattack and disrupt the enemy's attack rhythm, otherwise being blocked in the canyon by the enemy would mean death!
Under the command of the young general, the monks made hasty preparations. Among the 50,000 vanguard troops, nearly 10,000 high-level monks at the Nascent Soul stage and above flew out from the army and rushed towards the top of the canyon.

Only cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage can maintain their combat effectiveness in the fierce winds of the Gobi Desert.

(End of this chapter)