"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Seeing the red signal flare shoot into the sky, the guards at the outpost across the jungle immediately issued an emergency signal for enemy attack.
In an instant, all the soldiers in the entire outpost received the signal, and they rushed to the assembly point one by one, preparing to face a large-scale war that might come.
At the same time, the new patrol team, which was preparing to take over Huang Yuhua's team, also hurried their pace towards the source of the signal emission.
Huang Yuhua was the most anxious.
He never expected that on his first mission leading a team on patrol, he would encounter ability users by such a coincidence.
He was unsure if Han Lang and his group could face such a challenge under Liu Xiaoxiao's leadership, nor did he know the exact nature of the enemy situation they had discovered.
So, he quickly issued an order.
"All units, proceed at full speed and rush to support our comrades as quickly as possible!"
Upon hearing this order, all members of the fourth, fifth, and sixth squads also became instantly serious.
Before this, they, like Han Lang's team, had been discussing the achievements of the special special forces in a casual manner.
But now, their teammates had discovered the enemy.
If they did not hurry, their teammates' lives might be threatened.
Therefore, no one said a word, and they all buried their heads and rushed forward, hoping to arrive in time to support.
On the other side, the hundred-strong team of ability users quickly caught up with Han Lang and Liu Xiaoxiao.
However, when they passed through the jungle and saw a group of cultivator warriors with a suddenly clear view, the leading ability users were slightly stunned.
Just as Han Lang detected them with his divine sense, they also sensed Han Lang's presence.
Not to mention that they had seen Han Lang's solitary figure with their own eyes just before.
This made them think that Han Lang was just a lone border warrior.
Therefore, when they saw Han Lang flee without a word, all they thought about was how to capture this cultivator to extract strategic intelligence about the border warriors from him.
But now, standing before them was a complete formation of cultivator warriors.
A total of sixteen people had activated their weapons and were ready to face them.
"What should we do? Boss. Do we fight or retreat now?"
The leader pondered for a moment.
As an S-class ability user, he had also participated in several battles against cultivator border warriors.
Therefore, he also knew what the signal flare fired by the other party meant.
Soon, he made a decision.
"Even if we run now, we won't be able to retreat unscathed. The enemy's reinforcements will arrive soon. If we get bogged down, the consequences will be unimaginable. So, the only way out now is to deal with these dozen or so people as quickly as possible. If we can capture them alive, not only will we complete this mission, but we will also avoid entanglement with the border warriors. Therefore, besides fighting, we have almost no other choice!"
With a decision made, the ability user leader did not hesitate and immediately ordered the encirclement and attack of Han Lang and his group.
Among the hundreds of ability users, there were five S-class, nearly forty D-class and A-class, and the rest were BC-class ability users who posed no significant threat to the warriors.
However, with the strength of Han Lang's team, they were already struggling to resist the high-level ability users.
Not to mention the more fearless BC-class ability users.
They basically had no chance of winning.
Han Lang was also a little shocked.
Although they had gone through several such battles during the simulation training, the opponent's strength was not as formidable as it was now.
He, Liu Xiaoxiao, and Zhao Wu could basically contain the five S-class ability users.
Tang Geng, Ma Long, and Tang Qin could also basically deal with most of the D-class ability users.
But whether the remaining few D-class ability users and more A-class ability users could be handled by the other team members was unknown.
For this reason, Han Lang felt deep regret at this moment.
This was his first battle encountered since entering the battlefield.
And this battle, due to his carelessness in alerting the enemy, had put his teammates in some danger.
He felt ashamed!
Liu Xiaoxiao seemed to see through Han Lang's thoughts.
But in this situation, she had no time to comfort the self-blaming Han Lang.
So, with a sharp shout, she pulled Han Lang back from his self-reproach.
"Don't space out! We'll use the Iron Bucket formation. Everyone form a circle, with the first squad, who are the strongest, interspersed among the others. We will use the terrain advantage to block the enemy. We must ensure the safety of every member!"
After hearing Liu Xiaoxiao's command, Han Lang was instantly awakened.
After exchanging a glance with Ma Long and a few others, they quickly spread out. Including Liu Xiaoxiao, they formed a stable defensive formation with one person between every two other team members.
This was a defensive formation they often used during simulation training.
With the enemy's vast numbers and encirclement, as long as they stood back to back, the enemy could not break through.
With the protection of Han Lang and others, and then fighting together, although victory was not guaranteed, it should be possible to delay the enemy's offensive for a short period and buy time for reinforcements to arrive.
Seeing the formation formed by the warriors, the ability user leader's brow furrowed.
He naturally knew the opponent's intention.
However, ability users were different from cultivators.
They had no divine sense, nor any other way to judge the strength of the cultivators within.
Therefore, to break through such an Iron Bucket formation, they would need some time for probing.
"Jack, Max, you will each lead 5 D-class and A-class to attack from the south. Genes, Kurozawa, you do the same, attack from the north. I will attack the center. Within one minute, find the weak points of their formation!"
As the order was given, the ability users reacted quickly.
Led by the five S-class ability users, they attacked from different angles, searching for Han Lang's group's flaws.
The battle quickly began.
Since Han Lang and his group were only passively defending, their combat space was not very large, and for Han Lang and Liu Xiaoxiao, it was even somewhat restrictive.
But even so, they had no other choice.
For a time, Han Lang's golden needles flew out frequently. In three to five breaths, he not only defended against Max, the S-class ability user attacking his side, but also successfully killed several BC-class ability users.
The situation on Liu Xiaoxiao's side was similar. The enemy could not advance at all. While ensuring the absolute safety of her teammates, she also heavily struck the enemy.
Although Zhao Wu's side was slightly inferior, there were generally no major problems.
However, Ma Long and Tang Qin, the weakest members of the first squad, were struggling.
Logically speaking, it was already their limit to deal with one S-class ability user.
But now, they not only had to resist them but also guard against D-class and A-class ability users.
If it weren't for their teammates fighting desperately beside them, their defensive line would have collapsed with a single blow!
The one-minute mark passed quickly.
The ability user leader also quickly discovered the weakness of the Iron Bucket formation.
He did so without any hesitation.
He gave another order.
"Genes, go and support Max! That person who uses needles is quite strong, you two must work together to contain him. Kurozawa, go and support Jack. That woman seems to be their leader. You two attack her with all your might. The rest remain basically unchanged. Five more D-class will come with me, and we will attack the man who uses fists with all our might. His strength seems to be the weakest among them. The remaining BC-class ability users, use your lives to cooperate with the D-class and A-class ability users to block the other two openings and buy me two minutes to break the formation!"