The moment he saw the four-legged cauldron, Yang Rui was almost certain that the powerful object in front of him was the Three Kingdoms' Holy Relic, the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth!
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for completing the first phase of the quest to find the Three Kingdoms' Holy Relic, the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth. The quest conditions have changed. In 15 minutes, you will face the combined attack of the primal monsters on the Golden Cauldron Mountain and the five Noble NPC forces on the Golden Cauldron Island. If you successfully defeat the enemies, you will complete the quest and obtain the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth …"
The system did not give Yang Rui much time to observe the Four-legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth before him. Very soon, a system notification arrived. Following which, Yang Rui would have to face the combined attack of the Primal Tribe monsters and the five Noble NPC factions!
Originally, Yang Rui had taken advantage of the intense battle between the two sides to take the peak of the Golden Cauldron Mountain. He did not expect that he would have to face the two forces on the Golden Cauldron Island in the end. There were some parts of the quest that the system would not allow him to bypass easily.
The only difference was that Yang Rui had already taken over the peak of the Golden Cauldron Mountain. There was only a slight change in the battle situation.
However, whether it was the five Noble NPC forces or the primal monsters on the Golden Cauldron Mountain, Yang Rui did not have much of a chance of winning if he faced them alone.
Yang Rui's only advantage now was the second cliff of the Golden Cauldron Mountain. The circular high point in the middle of the mountain could only be used as the last line of defense. It could not be used as the main defensive position.
Therefore, as soon as Yang Rui received the system notification, he quickly ordered Guo Jia to set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation to cover the entire empty space on the peak of the Golden Cauldron Mountain. He also set up the Four Guardians Maze on the other half of the mountain. All three formations were used.
These formations were Yang Rui's biggest trump card. Due to the limitation of the flying pet's carrying capacity, Yang Rui could not place the ladders and large national collapsers on the peak of the Golden Cauldron Mountain. To a large extent, this limited the power of Yang Rui's troops.
Fortunately, almost all of Yang Rui's ordinary soldiers were equipped with hunting bows. With the help of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, as well as the second precipice of the Golden Cauldron Mountain, they were able to defend themselves. The other party would not be able to win easily either!
Back then, it was the dense forest and the precipice that stopped the five noble factions from attacking. Just a moment ago, their soldiers were still blocked by the primordial monsters in front of the precipice. It was clear that this place was easy to defend but hard to attack.
However, there was still some distance between the precipice and the top of the mountain. The buffer zone in the middle was filled with trees. Originally, it was very suitable for the defense of native monsters. However, it was the opposite for Yang Rui's troops.
As a result, Yang Rui controlled the edge of the defense to be within the empty circular area at the top of the mountain. The entire Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation only covered this area, and the natural barrier could only serve as a buffer.
"Kill!"
"Roar!"
"…"
Fifteen minutes passed quickly. The primordial monsters that were originally at the two ends of the precipice had merged with the five noble forces. All of them were sent to the bottom of the cliff. At this moment, they were all roaring as they climbed up the cliff.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"…"
Yang Rui's troops waited quietly the entire time the enemy was climbing up the cliff. It was only when the enemy's head popped out from the edge of the cliff that a few sparse arrows were shot out from the top of the mountain.
The range of the 20000 Sixth Grade archers in Yang Rui's army could almost cover the buffer zone between the top of the mountain and the precipice. However, there were too few archers of this grade. They could only reduce the number of enemies that managed to climb over the cliff.
Meanwhile, the range of ordinary soldiers equipped with hunting bows was limited. They could cover less than one-third of the buffer zone. It was obvious that they couldn't control the number of enemies that managed to climb up the cliff.
The only ones that could form an effective defense against the precipice were the six thousand flying pets that Yang Rui's soldiers had subdued. At this moment, they had been sent back and forth more than a hundred times. After sending most of Yang Rui's forces to the top of Golden Peak Mountain, these flying pets were extremely tired. Moreover, there were still creatures among the enemy that could threaten their safety!
As such, Yang Rui didn't send these flying pets into defense. He only had them stay in the valley from before. Unless absolutely necessary, Yang Rui didn't intend to send these flying pets into battle.
"Kill!"
"Roar!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"…"
With the obstruction of the precipice, the enemy forces wouldn't be able to gather too quickly. Many of them would be shot down by Yang Rui's Sixth Grade archers the moment they appeared. Naturally, their speed of advancement wouldn't be too fast either.
However, as time passed, the number of enemies climbing up the cliff continued to increase. In particular, the primordial monsters were more adapted to the terrain because Golden Peak Mountain was their nest. Moreover, there were still some flying monsters among them. As such, the number of enemies in the buffer zone above the precipice slowly increased.
The primordial monsters, mixed with the NPC soldiers of the five noble forces, pressed forward. Even though many of them were killed by the rain of arrows when they entered the shooting range of the archers, some of them still managed to make it to the edge of the mountain and directly attacked the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array.
The method Guo Jia used to set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array was almost the same as back in Aguarabas. It was still the same method of setting up the eight gates. The Gate of Life and Gate of View of the array corresponded to the two directions of the universe. Yang Rui was still in charge of the less threatening Gate of Opening. Gao Shun, Guo Jia, Xu You, Dian Wei, and Yu Jin each guarded the Gate of Stop, Gate of Pain, Gate of Wonder, and Gate of Rest.
The only difference was that Yang Rui's troops were facing flying monsters from the primordial tribes. The Gate of Life at the Qian position became the real Gate of Life. The Eight Gates Golden Lock Array did not restrict the flying monsters much. It only had the effect of confusing them.
Fortunately, the leader of the flying monsters should be the big bald bird that had died in the previous battle. Without the monster leader, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and the Four Symbols Maze seemed to have caused the big bird monsters to shrink back. They could not find the real path, and most of them could only circle back and forth in the sky.
At the same time, there were not many flying monsters left. There were only a few thousand of them. Even if some of them managed to break into the array, it was not impossible to deal with them.
Under such circumstances, although the allied army of the primordial monsters and the five noble forces' NPCs outnumbered Yang Rui's troops by ten times, not many of the enemies actually managed to hit the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array due to the natural barrier of the precipice and the rain of arrows on the way.
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