This battle, though a victory, did not alter the overall situation.
The difference of three hundred people could easily be regained.
Upon returning to the city, everyone began to rest and recuperate.
With the city's defensive formation in place, it was difficult for the enemy to breach their defenses.
Due to the presence of the city's defensive formation, the defenders held a significant advantage.
This decisive battle was scheduled to last for ten years. After ten years, whichever side had more surviving martial artists would emerge victorious.
During this period, both sides would employ every possible means to deplete the enemy's combat strength.
Months passed in the blink of an eye.
For cultivators at the Immortal Realm, several months felt like mere finger snaps.
On this particular day, A Xiang received a telepathic transmission from the First Army Commander.
The enemy's three legions had dispersed around the city, appearing to be preparing for some action.
Accompanied by Qin Han Chu, A Xiang proceeded to the City Lord's Mansion.
The City Lord's Mansion was currently occupied by the First Army Commander, a fitting arrangement given his command.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they began discussing their strategy.
Currently, they held the advantage.
As long as they could endure for ten years, they would win by a margin of several hundred people.
The urgency was on the opposing side.
The Second and Fourth Army Commanders both believed that relying on the city's defensive formation would grant them an advantage, and there was no need to engage the enemy in direct combat outside the city.
However, A Xiang held a different opinion.
The city's defensive formation was not inexhaustible; its energy would be rapidly depleted as it sustained attacks.
Once the defensive formation was breached, their situation would become precarious.
After all, the primary factor for victory or defeat was the banner.
If the banner were to be severed, even if they held numerical superiority, they would be declared the losing side.
Therefore, they absolutely could not allow the enemy to come into contact with the city's defensive formation prematurely.
Upon hearing A Xiang's words, everyone found them to be reasonable.
Since they could not allow the enemy to touch the city's defensive formation, their only option was to engage in battle.
And engaging in battle required careful strategy to avoid falling into an ambush.
After all, both sides consisted of Immortal Kings. Without revealing their full strength, it was difficult to achieve a decisive victory.
After deliberating on their battle strategy, they began to muster their troops for deployment.
As before, two thousand soldiers were left behind to defend the city.
The three thousand soldiers of the Fourth Legion were evenly distributed among the First, Second, and Third Legions.
They were instructed not to pursue, but merely to prevent the enemy from approaching the city.
Furthermore, each legion maintained a safe distance from the others, ensuring that if one legion came under attack, the other two could arrive as quickly as possible to provide support.
Several days later, a skirmish occurred between the two sides.
This battle was a minor clash, with neither side suffering any casualties.
Clearly, the enemy was testing the combat strength of the three legions.
They needed to identify the weakest legion to exploit for a breakthrough.
The enemy's actions were well within the expectations of Qin Han Chu and the others.
In this engagement, A Xiang's Third Legion deliberately showed weakness, creating the illusion of being an easy target.
After the battle concluded, the elites from the other two legions converged upon the Third Legion.
Indeed, the enemy had fallen for their ruse.
They deployed the strength of two legions to encircle A Xiang's Third Legion.
The Third Legion did not counter-attack immediately, instead utilizing the Luo Tian formation to maintain a defensive posture.
In an effort to complete their encirclement, the enemy even employed a formation to obstruct the Third Legion's spiritual sense.
However, A Xiang and his companions were not worried.
Following Qin Han Chu's suggestion, they had a contingency plan.
Under normal circumstances, each legion would communicate every ten minutes.
If no response was received after ten minutes, it would indicate an emergency.
At that point, the other two legions would arrive as quickly as possible.
Despite facing the fierce assault from two legions, Qin Han Chu and the others managed to hold their ground, relying on the Luo Tian formation.
"What kind of formation is this? Its defensive power is astonishing!"
Long Mu, the commander of the Moon Lang Immortal Pavilion's Immortal King Legion, watched the ongoing battle with another legion commander.
A massive formation enveloped the Third Legion. The light barrier formed by this formation rotated slowly, appearing to conceal profound laws within.
Long Mu had intended for all three legions to attack the Third Legion simultaneously, but their other legion was constantly monitored by the First Legion, making it impossible to disengage.
"Let's also make a move and break through their formation as quickly as possible."
Saying so, another legion commander stepped forward to attack.
Long Mu himself wielded a high-grade immortal artifact.
Boom boom…
A torrent of martial skill light, imbued with terrifying power, continuously bombarded the protective barrier.
The protective barrier trembled violently, appearing as though it was on the verge of collapse.
Within the formation, Qin Han Chu and the others were channeling the power of laws into the formation, sustaining its defense.
"It should be time."
After half an hour, Qin Han Chu remarked.
A Xiang gazed at the distant sky, "They're here. Change the formation!"
At A Xiang's command, the defensive formation instantly transformed into an offensive one.
Countless sword glows surged outwards towards the surrounding enemies.
The forces of both sides clashed continuously, and terrifying combat ripples radiated outwards.
Although the Luo Tian formation's power was immense, the enemy's numerical superiority meant that these attacks, while powerful, were insufficient to inflict damage.
It was at this very moment that Long Mu sensed the arrival of the other two legions.
"Their consumption is significant. Focus on breaking through their formation."
Long Mu believed that everyone in the Third Legion was at their limit.
Under the relentless assault of the two legions, they would have to exert double their effort just to withstand it.
Once the Third Legion's formation was shattered, the martial artists of the Third Legion would be in dire straits against the legion's formations.
Just then, A Xiang produced his high-grade immortal bow!
"Assist me!"
As A Xiang's words faded, the formation shifted once more.
The offensive formation transformed back into a defensive formation, and a large amount of law power was channeled through the formation into A Xiang's body.
A Xiang drew the high-grade immortal bow, and an arrow imbued with terrifying power began to condense.
Hum…
As A Xiang released the bowstring, this formidable arrow streaked through the air like a meteor towards the army before them.
Boom!
Along its path, the enemy's attacks were all shattered.
"Defend quickly!" Although Long Mu hurriedly warned, it was too late.
A Xiang's arrow contained the might of the battle formation, its destructive power reaching the level of an Immortal Venerable.
His arrow pierced directly into the enemy ranks, its trajectory passing through the bodies of more than ten Immortal Kings.
Bang bang…
A series of explosions erupted, and the bodies of these ten-plus individuals detonated.
In their panic, over ten immortal infants fled in terror.
Boom!
Simultaneously, the attack from another legion struck the Luo Tian formation.
A significant portion of Qin Han Chu and the others' power had been drawn by A Xiang, causing the Luo Tian formation's defensive strength to weaken.
Under this strike, Qin Han Chu and the others sustained backlash from the formation.
Puff puff…
Many coughed up blood, and even Qin Han Chu and Long Zhu had blood trickling from the corners of their mouths.
If the enemy were to launch another such strike, the formation would be in grave danger.
Fortunately, the First and Second Legions had already arrived.
"Counter-attack!"
Under A Xiang's command, Qin Han Chu and the others altered the formation and began to cooperate with the First Legion in attacking Long Mu's legion.