Chapter 258 Battle in Devil's Valley (Part 2)

Wu Yan held the Wandu Gourd in his right hand and the Molin Sword in his left hand, looking at the strange place in front of him with a vigilant look on his face.

Just now, after Violet shouted and entered the formation, the two sides participating in the battle were brought into two very special teleportation formations. After a burst of black air descended, Wu Yan only felt a slight tremor on the ground, and his head felt a little dizzy. When he stood still, he was already in a strange place.

The ground was dry, cold and loose. Stepping on it was like stepping on cold and hard sand. When you look closely, the soil particles on the ground are all iron sand the size of rice grains.

An inexplicable suction came from the ground. Wu Yan was about to escape, but as soon as his magic power was activated, it madly flowed from his legs to the ground. He was so scared that he quickly stopped the operation of magic power, and this situation of crazy mana leakage disappeared.

It seems that there is indeed a kind of magnetic force that is said to have a restraining effect on magic power underground. If you want to fly away with magic power, you can only seek death.

Wu Yan looked around and found that other people also looked quite strange. It seems that no matter what kind of cultivator, entering here will be affected by the magnetic force.

At a height of less than ten feet from the ground, there is a thick black demonic energy whose thickness cannot be judged at all. The whole space is dark and there is no light at all.

In the demonic energy, there will be bursts of gloomy wind and ghost energy from time to time, and even the sound of ghost cries can be heard faintly, affecting people's soul consciousness.

Wu Yan found that the consciousness could not penetrate into the dark demonic energy at all. As long as it penetrated a little, it would be swallowed up by the demonic energy and ghost fog. The rumors are true. This place is indeed a place where demons stay.

"Flag formation team, listen to the order, quickly set up formations in all directions of the camp and strengthen vigilance!"

"Long spear team, listen to the order, quickly clear the obstacles in the camp, and make sure to check and clean up every corner of the camp within an hour, and wait for our army to move in!"

"Bow and crossbow team, listen to the order, ten people in a team, divided into five shifts, start patrolling all directions, and strictly prohibit enemy spies from entering the area within a radius of one arrow of our camp!"

Military orders were issued by Zhu Junhao. After receiving the order, the three hundred-man team demon soldiers quickly led teams of demon soldiers to execute the military orders in an orderly manner.

The location where everyone is now happens to be in a special teleportation formation in the center of an empty camp with a radius of about 100 feet. This teleportation formation is different from the usual teleportation formation. Teleportation formations will never be able to teleport so many people at a time, even those super-large teleportation formations. However, a special teleportation position like this one built with the help of the magic energy can do this. This is nothing more than using the magnetic force of the underground here. If it is changed to another place, it may not be possible.

Some simple tents and equipment are placed around in a mess. In the distance, there are square iron fence walls. These iron fence walls can at most block the invasion of some wild beasts. If you want to resist the monks, it will be a joke. If you want to use this camp to fight the opponent for three months and decide the outcome, you must rely on the power in your hands to redeploy this camp.

Here, although the monks cannot fly, they are still unaffected by the control of magic tools and magic treasures, and the manipulation of spirit insect puppets. If you want to destroy these fence walls, any second or third level puppets or monsters can do it. If you don’t use this terrain to deploy another magic array for protection, I’m afraid it won’t take a moment for this camp to be taken down by others.

"Old Yuan, check the camp immediately. Arrange and set up an exquisite defensive array outside the wall of the defensive position deployed by the flag formation team." After Zhu Junhao arranged the three teams of demon soldiers, he immediately gave another military order to Yuan Honglie.

"Yes! Don't worry, sir. Before the assessment, I have already selected a set of the most suitable defensive arrays for the terrain and topography of this Devil Valley. I will deploy it now!" After receiving the order, Yuan Honglie reported to Zhu Junhao and went to arrange it.

"Uncle Fu, the logistics supply depends on you." Zhu Junhao turned his head and said to Zhu Jiufu on the side.

"Don't worry, sir. This kind of thing is exactly what I am good at. When I followed the commander-in-chief, I was able to handle the logistical affairs of the army of tens of millions. These three hundred new soldiers are nothing to worry about. Haha, I am very happy to be able to serve you today!" Zhu Jiufu didn't talk much, but when it came to the matter of the military formation, he seemed to have changed into a different person. He immediately became energetic and spoke more unconsciously.

Zhu Junhao nodded, and Zhu Jiuneng walked around the camp slowly, seemingly surveying the terrain and exploring the passage.

Although this is the place where the demon house selects demon generals, in order to prevent suspicion of cheating, the demon house has always strictly prohibited the drawing of the terrain map of this valley and its circulation. In order to thoroughly deploy the camp, it is necessary to have an old hand who is proficient in the way of military formation, survey the terrain on the spot, and make precise calculations and deployments.

In the center of the camp, as military orders were issued one after another, only Zhu Junhao, Wu Yan and Hu Ruyan were left.

"Seeing that Master Zhu was so confident and well-organized, I feel relieved. Haha, I wonder if Master Zhu has arranged any military affairs for me?" Wu Yan saw that everyone was busy and there was no danger here for the time being, so he put away the magic weapons and instruments in his hands and asked Zhu Junhao with a thought in his mind.

"Brother Wu, both sides are setting up camps now. I guess Bai Peng is also busy, so there won't be any fighting for the time being. Brother Wu can use this time to get familiar with the environment first." Zhu Junhao said to Wu Yan very politely.

Wu Yan really didn't know much about the military formation, and couldn't come up with any constructive suggestions, so when Zhu Junhao said this, he thought it made sense and nodded immediately.

However, Hu Ruyan next to him seemed to have other ideas. She just said, "Second Young Master, I think things may not be so simple."

"Ruyan, you are our military advisor in this battle. I hope you don't take the previous misunderstanding to heart. If you have any opinions or good strategies for this battle, feel free to tell me." Zhu Junhao apologized to Hu Ruyan generously and asked sincerely.

Previously, because of Wu Yan's sudden disappearance, Zhu Junhao had lost his temper with Hu Ruyan. The two of them were very unhappy about this matter and didn't even talk to each other for many days. Now that it was the critical moment of the battle assessment, I didn’t expect Zhu Junhao to be able to lower himself and apologize to Hu Ruyan in such a way.

"Don't worry, sir. I'm not that stingy. It's like this. During this period, I have carefully studied the war strategy of the old villain Hu Yang. I found that this old villain likes to use surprise tactics to deal with the enemy. In this Devil Valley, according to the information provided by the Demon Mansion we obtained in advance, the two military camps are 500 miles apart, separated by a 100-mile-wide remnant of the Diamond Mountain. In other words, if they want to launch a sneak attack when we are not yet firmly established, they only need to send a small team led by one or two assistants to bypass the remnant of the Diamond Mountain and reach our camp in two hours. Within these two hours, it is unlikely that our army will be able to settle down completely and deploy properly. Therefore, we must guard against this point now. If possible, it is best to set up an ambush where they must pass and annihilate this small team of sneak attackers in one fell swoop, which will definitely deal a crippling blow to Bai Peng and his men." Hu Ruyan pondered for a moment, and then analyzed her views to Zhu Junhao in an orderly manner.

Although Wu Yan knew nothing about military formations, he took a deep breath after hearing what Hu Ruyan said. He was greatly impressed by her ability and secretly felt that her analysis was extremely reasonable.

Bai Peng's side might really deploy a camp while sending a small team to harass them. In this way, they could even take advantage of Zhu Junhao's unstable position to send out a more elite and powerful force to deal a fatal blow. In this way, in future duels, Zhu Junhao's side might always be in a passive situation.

The so-called use of troops is to complement the strange and the regular, and to be cunning and changeable. Hu Ruyan's analysis is in line with this.

"Ruyan, although what you said makes sense, have you ever thought that in this Devil Valley, it is probably impossible to force a march of nearly 600 miles within two hours? 600 miles, outside, maybe 300 soldiers can reach the destination in less than an hour, but in a place like this, hehe, I am afraid that even if they rush at full speed, it will take at least half a day. With this half a day, our army has already arranged three complete defense formations. Even if they want to launch a sneak attack, how can they do it?" Zhu Junhao pondered for a moment, then frowned and smiled sarcastically, raising his own objection.

"Others may not be able to do it, but have you ever thought about whether the elite soldiers of the Night Demon Camp under the command of the Duwei Army can do it?" Hu Ruyan said with a cold smile.

"What? Night Demon Camp? How is it possible! How can people from the Night Demon Camp come in here?" Zhu Junhao's face was stunned, and then it turned pale and blue, and became uncertain.

"How is it impossible? Since Violet could personally transform into an assassin to assassinate Wu Yan, why couldn't she send a small team of Night Demon Lieutenants to infiltrate Bai Peng's demon soldiers? If I'm not mistaken, the assistant who replaced the old thief Hu Yang was the one who hid under the spaceship and launched a fatal attack on Yu'er that day. I investigated afterwards and found that this person was the famous Night Demon Lieutenant Shadow Demon of the Night Demon Camp. With Shadow Demon assisting Bai Peng, if we can't take this opportunity to get rid of him, I'm afraid that in the next duel, with him here, we won't be able to get close to Bai Peng's camp at all." Hu Ruyan sneered.

"You Violet, you actually bullied me like this! Shadow Demon, Shadow Demon, this time I will let you die in the Devil's Valley! During the battle assessment, a captain died in the assessment forbidden area. Hehe, after such a shameful thing happened, let's see how you, Violet, will explain to the four marshals of the Demon Palace!" After listening to Hu Ruyan's analysis, Zhu Junhao thought for a long time with a gloomy face and smiled coldly.