The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

About an hour later, the signal of the magic array stabilized, and the group had entered the edge of the backup network of the Dual Realm Platform.

Upon receiving the notification from the array room, Master Cheng immediately ordered the four battalions to enter a state of highest alert.

The patrol team assembled between the tower and the anvil, and the garrison set up defensive barriers on the fortress and tower. The array flag system was also fully activated. The Hunter's Vanguard Battalion, under the command of General Pei, headed to the designated location in the northeast of the Rust Rift Valley. Song and Xue Han were assigned to the same team.

That evening, a new tree branch appeared on the border of the Linju tribe, its end cut at a right angle, signifying "pass by, but do not go in".

During the transport route of the Iron Anvil Village, the Rock Skin Clan conveyed a message to the woman surnamed Shi: "The Rock Skin Clan craftsmen are very familiar with the terrain of the central Aurora Plains. If the Twin Realms Platform needs stable and continuous combat, they can serve as assistants."

That evening, the team stopped outside the backup network at Shuangjietai, neither advancing nor setting up camp, but maintaining a certain distance and waiting for rescue.

The next morning, the troops set off for Shuangjietai.

The formation changed from a dense one to a loose, horizontal one, with several soldiers advancing at a faster pace between each column, forming a perfect encirclement.

Standing atop the tower, after clearly seeing the enemy's formation, Master Cheng quickly marked the enemy's advance direction and possible encirclement on the map.

He deduced that the other party was not coming for the tower, but for the Twin Realms Platform.

The enemy appears to be attacking directly from the front, but in reality, they are taking advantage of the speed difference between the two flanks to leave possible flanking routes.

According to Master Cheng's speculation, the resonant stone north of the Iron Anvil is on the enemy's right flank advance line. After the enemy reaches this area, they will likely turn southeast and launch an attack on the east side of the Twin Realms Platform.

He shifted the focus of the defense to the southeast of the plateau and instructed the resonant stone burial area near the anvil to be filled and reinforced before the enemy's advance route reached it.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast stood up, its mane bristling, and let out a low roar. Then it looked to the east and slowly walked to the base of the array flag.

The Hunter's Vanguard Battalion advanced eastward from its pre-arranged positions northeast of the Rust Rift Valley, traversing the enemy's right flank and main body, and captured a low slope outside the resonant stone burial area north of the Anvil Collection.

The monk surnamed Song had already set up the longbow and strung the bowstring.

After confirming that the Demon Hunter Camp was in place, Xiao Fan walked out of the array room and onto the viewing platform inside the city wall.

Standing here, he can see the open space to the east and the entrance to the passage to the south. The signals from the North Tower and the Anvil Collection are both working smoothly.

His right fingertips hovered on the side of the short staff, the crimson crystal poised to strike.

The squad passed through the backup network's defenses and continued forward.

About half a mile from the area where the resonating stones were buried, north of the anvil, the troops made the expected turn. The right wing broke away from the main force and turned southeast, heading towards the open area east of the plateau.

The cultivator surnamed Song stood on a low slope and began aiming at the right flank from fifty paces away. The first arrow pierced through the shoulder armor of the person at the front.

The man staggered forward, but did not fall. The men around him quickly regained their formation and maintained their charging formation.

The second arrow was shot in the same direction, this time from a much greater distance, striking a soldier's leg armor before falling to the ground.

The second arrow was fired, and the entire team maintained the same speed, rushing towards the southeast.

After firing two arrows, the soldiers of the Hunter's Vanguard Battalion quickly adjusted their formation based on General Pei's judgment, setting up their bows and arrows on the east side of the hillside.

Pei looked around and, confirming that the enemy's formation had not changed much or shrunk, gave the order to the cultivator surnamed Song to fire.

When the third arrow was fired, the devil's formation began to split into two parts. The first part maintained its original speed, while the middle and rear parts slowed down significantly, and the formation became longer, with the distance between the front and rear increasing from a few steps to more than ten steps.

The soldiers guarding the camp noticed this and confirmed that the light screen had been activated.

When the fifth arrow was fired, the right flank halted its advance.

The entire right-wing force remained stationary for about ten breaths before beginning to assemble northwards and join the main force.

After confirming that the enemy's right flank had been fully assembled, the Hunter's Vanguard Battalion ceased firing and instead remained in place to observe the situation.

After General Pei of the Hunter's Vanguard Battalion determined the enemy's right flank's assembly speed, he sent someone to relay the intelligence back to the front lines.

After the enemy forces assembled on the right flank, they also adjusted their marching speed, moving two body lengths to the southeast. What was originally a straight line was now angled towards the east of the high ground.

After seeing this from the tower, Brother Cheng marked it in his observation log, recording the direction of the enemy's advance.

After determining the enemy's flight direction, Lin Huang adjusted the defensive light screen guarding the camp to the front to prevent the coverage area of ​​the array flags from being exposed prematurely.

Xiao Fan had noticed these adjustments.

He did not give the order to activate the light barrier because the enemy did not approach within 500 paces of the camp, but instead advanced diagonally outwards.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast stood beside the array flag, its golden mane gradually turning golden, but it did not twitch.

The area where the resonant stones were buried in the direction of the anvil was not directly threatened after the other party deflected. After confirming that the area was safe, Ms. Shi sent a confirmation signal to the city.

At noon that day, the Linju tribe sent a bundle of plant fibers across the border. The three slender vines were placed side by side, with the middle vine being shorter than the two on the sides. The words "Not entering Linju territory" were written on it.

They walked toward the edge of the open area on the eastern side of the plateau and then stopped.

After resting in place for half an hour, they retreated to the north.

The retreat formation maintained complete queue spacing and marching speed.

The Hunter's Vanguard Battalion did not pursue, as they had already begun their retreat.

The cultivator surnamed Song, along with several other cultivators, waited until he was out of the array's range before returning to the Twin Realms Platform.

Throughout the retreat, the longbow remained in a standby state. The spiritual energy guiding layer on the bow remained stable even after being stretched several times, and the bowstring made of Gale Vine fibers did not show any signs of loosening or twisting.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast withdrew from the base of the array flag and returned to the wall. Its mane had returned to its pale gold color, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Inside the array room, the red crystal was still lit, without emitting any alarm sounds, and the spiritual energy inside was very stable.