Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1375 - 20: Life-and-Death Speed, Cloud Technique Divine Skills, Emperor Sword and Wu Yue God! (15,000 Words)_5

Even without skeletons, they must find a new body.

Otherwise, they cannot remain in the Yang Realm for long.

"Whip~"

Many souls flew towards a flat area outside the small town, where there was a formation of mechanical puppets.

These were part of the bone diamond series puppets crafted by the Purple Bone Heavenly Venerate.

Their appearance resembled skeletons, but between each joint, there were crystal-like diamonds.

According to color, the best bodies were the Golden Diamond Puppets.

The worst were the Gray Diamonds.

"General Sang, a total of fifty-six Red Diamond Divine Puppets (third grade), twenty-three Purple Diamond Divine Puppets (second grade), and two Golden Diamond Divine Puppets (first grade) have been matched."

"How many are below third grade?" Sang Duxing asked.

"Still tallying, it is estimated to exceed thirty thousand." The adjutant reported.

Sang Duxing nodded.

"Send them into the State Preceptor's array for correction, so that these resurrected souls can be used by the Royal Court."

"Those who qualify will be incorporated into the Nine Nether Soul Bone Formation."

"Yes."

Sang Duxing continued to inspect.

In fact, there wasn't much to inspect; it was just a habit of his as a commander.

In today's warfare, battle formations have become the optimal choice.

The significance of individual mighty power is diminishing, unless you are one of those few widely recognized individuals who can change the course of war on their own.

Like their State Preceptor or the enemy's Grand Minister of Agriculture.

"The Nine Nether Soul Bone Formation has lost only one-eighth of its numbers in three years, but it has quickly been replenished, even exceeding the original."

"As the highest commander in the battle formation, I can match the combat power of Rule Realm Perfection, and any injuries can be evenly distributed."

Sang Duxing silently sensed.

"I am one with the battle formation, rising and falling together. As long as I don't charge into battle, I can exert strong combat power and remain safe."

On the current battlefield, no matter the profession, at his level, it is essentially an exceptional Rule Battle Formation!

Rule Battle Formations can unleash extremely high combat power and possess strong recovery abilities. For example, if Sang Duxing acts alone, he is only in the Early Rule Realm, and a strike from the Mid Rule Realm could potentially kill him completely.

But within the battle formation, such an attack couldn't even break his defense. Even an attack from Rule Realm Perfection could be evenly distributed, quickly restoring Soul Power (for martial artists, it's Qi-Blood).

The number of people in a Rule Battle Formation is destined to be small.

But it also has a drawback: individuals wanting to escape are restricted.

Rule Battle Formations possess a trait where once a battle begins, neither the general nor the soldiers can withdraw before it ends.

For example, if Sang Duxing sees he is losing and wants to run away alone, with his Rule Realm strength, his subordinates ranging from first to fourth grade, leaving them behind to attract fire and escape is very possible.

However, if it's a Rule Battle Formation, that's not possible.

Even if he manages to escape, if others in the formation die, he will die too.

Damage is shared, not just from top down, but also from bottom up.

Soldiers and generals share life and death, this is a Rule Battle Formation!

To cultivate an exceptional Rule Battle Formation, unity is a must, sharing life and death as one.

Of course, such an extreme formation results in extreme combat power.

Battle formations below exceptional may share damage, but not as strictly.

Generals still have the opportunity to abandon soldiers and flee, soldiers can also become deserters.

Such combat power is certainly inferior to a Rule Battle Formation.

Psychologically it's inferior: if only we grunts die, who will follow you?

If an army achieves a Rule Battle Formation, the cohesion is terrifyingly strong; it can almost be viewed as a single entity. However, such a formation on the battlefield generally yields two results: either a great victory or complete annihilation.

Currently, between the Great Zhou and the Southern Barbarians, more and more armies are forming Rule Battle Formations.

Firstly, more people are reaching the Rule Realm.

Secondly, the competition is too fierce.

If you don't, and your allies do, you're weak and gain nothing.

If you don't, and the enemy does, you're dead.

Moreover, after the emergence of Rule Battle Formations, the ethos has changed.

If a general doesn't cultivate a Rule Battle Formation, the soldiers below will doubt whether they will be abandoned at a crucial time.

"After forming a Rule Battle Formation, I only need to stay behind and cast spells. This is the trait of a Soul Witch; we only need to remotely control the ghost soldiers and ghost generals summoned from the Yin Realm or perform large-scale soul-related spells to strike the enemy remotely."

"By staying in the rearguard, I only need to prevent Great Zhou's remote strikes, and in these three years, I have never been found by Great Zhou. The State Preceptor indeed is a savior."

"Now the Nine Nether Soul Bone Formation is continuously increasing my battle formation numbers."

"Currently, I have just over ten thousand people, most of whom are third-grade soldiers. As the numbers increase, can I break through to the Establishing Tao Realm through the formation?" Sang Duxing felt full of anticipation, and his conviction in winning the war grew stronger.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, in Sang Duxing's vision, a ball of red meteor suddenly appeared, quickly crashing into the distant Nine Nether Soul Bone Formation.

The puppets and ghost souls undergoing adaptation and correction there quietly turned to dust upon being hit by the red light.

There were also many people around, who were Sang Duxing's trusted aides and members of the Rule Battle Formation.