Zhao Hai followed Ze Zhen and restored the island's defensive and illusory formations. Moreover, he also made some changes to them. If he didn't make any changes, then the next time the South Sea Coalition Army attacked, the defensive and illusory formations would be easily destroyed. Then the two formations wouldn't be able to function properly.
Cultivators rarely fell to the same formation twice. Because of this, Zhao Hai and Ze Zhen made some changes to the formation. This way, if the enemy used the original method to break the formation, then only death would await them.
However, this formation also gave Zhao Hai a wake-up call. He discovered that the power of a Cultivator's formation was very great, but there were too few changes. Although the formation plate was very convenient to use, it seemed to be fixed. This made it easy for people to break it.
If there was a way to adjust an array, especially when facing an enemy, then the power of the array would increase exponentially. Think about it, if the enemy was about to break your array and you suddenly adjusted it, wouldn't the enemy be treating a dead end as a path to life? Then wouldn't the enemy be treating a dead end as a path to life?
Currently, the formation can only be adjusted when it's not in use. And the adjustment wasn't very big. It was nothing more than changing the formation plate, changing the position of the formation flag, and so on. Other than that, there were no other changes.
However, Zhao Hai could only think about this for now. He needed to do a lot of research. But Zhao Hai didn't have the time right now, so he could only bury this idea in his heart.
On the second day after the battle, Zhao Hai gathered all the Outer Sect disciples on the platform. Although he wanted to let the Inner Sect disciples participate in the training, they were still Inner Sect disciples. He didn't have the qualifications to make Inner Sect disciples do anything. Therefore, he only called out Outer Sect disciples.
At this time, Wu Du opened his mouth and said, "All Inner Sect disciples are to participate in the training as well. Listen to Zhao Hai's command." The Inner Sect disciples complied and then joined the army.
At this time, the Iron Buddha Temple also transferred all the people who went with Zhao Hai to complete the task. Naturally, this included Nua Zhen and Nua Yin.
Zhao Hai looked at the crowd and said, "Fellow Brothers, the Elders asked me to train everyone, so I won't be polite. Although my training won't improve everyone's strength, it will be very helpful in a battle like yesterday. I think everyone has a certain understanding of this. But yesterday's battle was just the most common battle, we can do better. Now, I'll talk about the defensive formation. Yesterday's matter was too urgent, so I didn't have a way to arrange everyone in a formation. Today, I'll talk about the formation. The simplest, most common, but also the most commonly used one, is the phalanx. Everyone will understand what phalanx is, it's nothing more than having everyone in a square. But there's also a certain amount of knowledge in this, such as the spacing between people, how the square changes, and what kind of people are arranged in the back row. These are all things that need to be paid attention to. Today, we will mainly practice the phalanx."
Zhao Hai's explanation was very detailed. In fact, he had no choice but to do so. This was because the people of the Iron Buddha Temple hadn't received any military training. Therefore, they didn't know much about phalanxes, it could even be said that they didn't know anything about it. In this case, Zhao Hai had to explain everything to them from the beginning.
However, the formation was actually very simple. All of these people were Cultivators, none of them were fools. Naturally, it was very easy for them to form a formation.
Then Zhao Hai began to explain the various changes of the formation. For example, the use of various weapons, the coordination of long-range and melee attacks, how to deal with encirclement, how to deal with attacks from the sky, and how to quickly gather back together to form a new formation. All of these were things that Zhao Hai wanted to talk about.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't be able to finish explaining all of this in one day. He just had everyone form a formation so that they could firmly remember how it should be arranged. As for the other changes, he only talked about them and didn't give them any training. This was because everyone had just learned about the formation, so they couldn't know too many changes. Otherwise, it would be very chaotic.
On the other hand, Wu Du and the other Elders were also paying attention to Zhao Hai's training of the disciples. In yesterday's battle, the Iron Buddha Temple used three times the number of troops to block the enemy's attack. Moreover, their casualties were very small. In the end, they managed to scatter the enemy. This made them very surprised.
The strength of the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples was very strong. The people of the Iron Buddha Temple knew this better than the other sects. However, they weren't strong to this extent. In a battle like this, even if you were strong, you wouldn't be able to block attacks from all sides. Therefore, the Iron Buddha Temple's victory this time could be said to have a lot to do with Zhao Hai's formation. Because of this, Wu Du made Zhao Hai train the disciples.
When Zhao Hai began to train the disciples, Wu Du finally understood that he did the right thing this time. Zhao Hai did very well. If he continues to train the disciples like this, then the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples would be able to take advantage of the situation in the future.
After the day's training ended, Wu Du and the other Elders gathered together and talked about Zhao Hai's training during the day. Everyone was very optimistic about Zhao Hai's training during the day. Wu Du also gave his full support.
The next day was the same as before. It was the simplest formation training. At the same time, Zhao Hai also had the disciples try to coordinate their long-range and melee attacks. He even used the old method of having the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples put some stones in their spatial equipment. Then when necessary, these stones could be used as weapons.
Zhao Hai used this method when he was fighting against the Nightwalker Sect. Moreover, this method was very good, it played a big role at that time. Now, Zhao Hai was using it again. This was because this method could make up for the Iron Buddha Temple's long-range attacks.
At this time, the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples only had talismans for long-range attacks. Naturally, Zhao Hai was talking about the Outer Court Disciples. This was because the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples rarely used concealed weapons. This made them very weak when it came to long-range attacks. In Zhao Hai's opinion, this wasn't necessary. If he increased the Iron Buddha Temple's long-range attacks, then their fighting strength would reach a new level.
Actually, in Zhao Hai's opinion, with the strength of the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples, there were only two types of long-range weapons that were suitable for them. One was the javelins. Javelins were very heavy and couldn't be used by people without strength. The second type of weapon was the flying axes. Flying axes were heavier than javelins. If it was a double-edged flying axes, then it would be much more suitable for the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples.
However, the Iron Buddha Temple didn't have these two things. Therefore, Zhao Hai could only have them use stones. Stones were very convenient to obtain, and with the strength of the Iron Buddha Temple's disciples, the power of these stones would be very great.
Of course, this didn't mean that talisman papers wouldn't be needed with stones. In fact, this wasn't the case. Ordinary paper talismans were very lethal to the cultivators of the South Sea Coalition Army, not to mention the leather talismans, jade talismans, and iron talismans. Even the disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple wouldn't be able to block the attacks of these talismans. Therefore, talismans still needed to be used. However, in addition to talismans, there was an additional weapon.
Zhao Hai trained the disciples here for three days. On the fourth day, the Southern Sea Alliance's people came again. This time, they had more people.
Naturally, the Iron Buddha Temple didn't stay idle these past few days. They had already begun to mine the crystal veins on the island. Moreover, it was a type of destructive mining. This so-called destructive mining meant that no matter what the veins would become in the future, they would mine until all the crystals inside were dug out. Although this method allowed the city to obtain a lot of crystals in a short time, it also caused a lot of damage to the veins. A lot of crystals were directly broken during the mining process, causing a lot of waste.
However, the people of the Iron Buddha Temple didn't care too much about this. They just wanted to continue mining because this place wasn't their territory. They might leave at any time, so they didn't care if it was a waste or not.
In these past few days, while Zhao Hai and the others were training in the front, the people in the cave were mining. Moreover, they were mining day and night. As long as the crystals were mined, they would immediately be stored in spatial equipment and sent back to the Iron Buddha Temple. They absolutely wouldn't leave them on the island.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Hai knew that the Iron Buddha Temple wouldn't really fight to the death with the Seventy-two Islands. They might retreat at any time. However, this had nothing to do with Zhao Hai. He was only doing what he should do. Every day, he was training the disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple. He didn't care about other aspects.
At this time, the South Sea Alliance's army arrived. This time, they brought more troops. Moreover, it can be seen that there were more people from the Seventy-two Islands participating. In other words, the people of the Seventy-two Islands would absolutely not allow the Iron Buddha Temple to plant a nail in their territory. They would do whatever it takes to drive the Iron Buddha Temple out of the South Sea.
This situation was also within the Iron Buddha Temple's expectations. Therefore, they had already prepared an escape route. If it wasn't for the fact that they didn't have enough time, they would have built a few transmission formations in the cave. This way, it would be more convenient for them to retreat.
The last time the South Sea Alliance attacked, their momentum was already very great. When their army arrived, it looked like a black cloud that blotted out the sky. But this time, their momentum was even greater than before. It was like a black wave that rolled towards the island. It seemed like the island would be swallowed at any time. This caused the disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple to become restless.
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