216: Chapter 216 Flanking Enemy Open, Attacked from Both Sides (2)

Three items were spread out on the sea chart table: the Blue Moon Island defense distribution map, the isolation zone wooden shed floor plan, and the terrain markings for the northeast corner of the flank.

He stacked the three items together and pressed down on them with his palm.

"Leng Feng, remove all sentry posts on the flank passage. From the third formation eye in the northeast corner to the area behind the Pier warehouse, do not leave a single person. Have the Sin Battalion's first page withdraw to the Inner Harbor shed area to await orders. Have the second page shrink back to the Pier. Withdraw all hidden sentries from the perimeter of the isolation zone. Do not leave a single visible sentry."

Leng Feng took the observation mirror away from his eyes.

He looked at Lu Changyuan for a moment, without asking why, then turned and walked out.

"When withdrawing the sentries, have all of them move slowly. Do not run. Do not let the people in the isolation zone see that we are withdrawing."

Leng Feng paused at the doorway.

"Understood."

Then he disappeared outside the door.

Su Qingli raised her head from in front of the Receiving Formation.

Her fingers traced a line on the Formation Plate along the location of the flank passage—from the northeast corner all the way to behind the Inner Harbor warehouse.

This distance was about three li; originally, there had been at least one row of sentry posts, two hidden sentry points, and one mobile patrol.

"If the entire flank is emptied, they will have a clear path from landing in the blind spot to reaching behind the Inner Harbor warehouse."

Su Qingli's voice was low, but her tone held no doubt.

After saying this, her finger continued to trace inward on the Formation Plate, moving past the back of the warehouse to the locations of the Lords Mansion and the Formation Affairs Room.

"How long will it take them to get here?"

"From landing on the flank to the Lords Mansion is less than three li. At a normal walking pace, half an incense stick."

Half an incense stick.

From the moment the Haiyuan Clan surfaced to the moment the Private Soldiers reached the door of the Lords Mansion, within half an incense stick, Blue Moon Island must look like it had been caught off guard.

Lu Changyuan circled the markings of the core area of Blue Moon Island on the sea chart table—the Lords Mansion, the Formation Affairs Room, the Inner Harbor warehouse, and the public treasury.

These four locations were circled together by an irregular circle.

On the outer edge of the circle, he marked three starting points for the Geng Metal Sword Intent Killing Array at the flank passage entrance, the Pier entrance, and the perimeter of the Inner Harbor shed area.

"Do not activate the Killing Array. For the Geng Metal Sword Intent Killing Array in the flank passage, cut off the spiritual energy to all formation paths on the route from the blind spot to the Inner Harbor. Do not let them light up—not a single one. When the Haiyuan Clan comes in from the blind spot, they will see a flank that has encountered no resistance. When the Private Soldiers sneak from the isolation zone to the Lords Mansion, they will see a Killing Array that has not been activated. Make both sides think that Blue Moon Island has been caught off guard."

"And then?"

Lu Changyuan's finger moved down on the sea chart table to a narrow alley between the Inner Harbor warehouse and the Lords Mansion.

The narrow alley was wedged between two rows of old stone houses, less than a zhang wide.

This narrow alley was the only path for the Private Soldiers to take from the flank toward the Lords Mansion.

At the other end of the narrow alley, about fifty zhang to the right, was the inner side of the Ring Reef.

"The narrow alley Leng Feng mentioned—the Private Soldiers must pass through it. After the Haiyuan Clan assault team lands on the flank, they will advance toward the Inner Harbor. Their target is not the Lords Mansion. It is the area on the island with the densest spiritual energy fluctuations—they will rush toward whichever direction has the densest spiritual energy. Su Qingli, at that time, activate the Maze Concealment Array. Mask the spiritual energy fluctuations of the Lords Mansion, the Formation Affairs Room, and the Inner Harbor warehouse completely—mask them clean. Then, turn on a fake target array in the direction of the Outer Port Pier—concentrate the spiritual energy fluctuations toward the Pier. The Haiyuan Clan will be drawn over by the spiritual energy fluctuations in the direction of the Pier."

"The direction of the Pier intersects with the narrow alley."

"Correct. The Haiyuan Clan will rush from the northeast corner toward the Pier. The Private Soldiers will sneak from the isolation zone toward the narrow alley. The intersection point is the open space between the narrow alley exit and the Outer Port Pier."

Su Qingli was silent for three breaths.

Then, she pulled a spare sub-Formation Plate from under the rattan stool; the surface of the Formation Plate was engraved with a set of minimalist spiritual energy fluctuation simulation formation paths.

She placed the sub-Formation Plate next to the Receiving Formation and pressed two points on the Formation Plate with her fingers simultaneously.

One point was the narrow alley exit—Xue Lang's Private Soldiers.

One point was the direction of the Pier—the Haiyuan Clan assault team.

The straight-line distance between the two points was less than a hundred zhang.

"Both sides will see each other first."

"Correct. The Haiyuan Clan assault team will see a dozen Cultivators holding poisoned weapons sneaking from the flank toward the Lords Mansion. The Private Soldiers will see a squad of Haiyuan Clan elites rushing from the flank toward the Pier. The time they bump into each other will be earlier than the time either side bumps into the Blue Moon Island garrison."

Su Qingli took her hand off the sub-Formation Plate.

She flipped the sub-Formation Plate over, and on the back, it pressed down on a cross-section of the flank she had drawn that morning.

The cross-section marked the slope of the reef wall at the blind spot entrance and the width of the shallows.

The width of the shallows was about twenty zhang, extending inward from the base of the reef wall.

There was only mud, sand, and gravel on the shallows—no cover.

After reaching the shallows and walking about one li inward, one would reach the entrance of the narrow alley.

"There is no cover on the shallows. When the Haiyuan Clan comes out of the water, they will line up on the shallows. The position of their formation faces the direction of the narrow alley. The Private Soldiers must pass through the narrow alley and must bypass the Haiyuan Clan from the side. But the spiritual energy detection bone fragments in the hands of the Haiyuan Clan patrol have a detection range of about three hundred zhang. The spiritual energy fluctuations on the Private Soldiers cannot be turned off—the bone fragments will capture them within three hundred zhang."

"Three hundred zhang. Enough for the Private Soldiers to walk halfway to the narrow alley."

"When they walk halfway, the Haiyuan Clan will discover them."

Lu Changyuan stood straight up from the sea chart table.

He picked up the three stacked maps—the defense map, the wooden shed floor plan, and the flank terrain map—and handed them to Su Qingli.

"The timing for activating the Maze Concealment Array is after the Private Soldiers leave the isolation zone. Wait until they have all left the sheds and started sneaking toward the Lords Mansion. Mask all the spiritual energy fluctuations in the core area. Turn on the fake target array in the direction of the Pier. From that moment on, Blue Moon Island will be a vast vacuum of spiritual energy in their eyes. The only point of dense spiritual energy will be the Outer Port Pier. The Haiyuan Clan will go toward the Pier—the Private Soldiers will walk toward the Lords Mansion. They will collide—and start fighting at a distance of less than a hundred zhang."

"What if they don't collide?"

"They will definitely collide. The Haiyuan Clan assault team is not here for a stroll—they sneaked over from the Dragon Burial Trench to take advantage of the formation eye failure and catch us off guard. Seeing Cultivators on the island without the protection of a formation wall, they will not ask if these are their own people or enemies. The Haiyuan Clan does not recognize people—they only recognize spiritual energy fluctuations. The spiritual energy fluctuations on the Private Soldiers are brighter than those of the Blue Moon Island garrison—because they are carrying poisoned weapons and Corrosion Powder. The poison on the poisoned weapons is battlefield-grade. The spiritual energy fluctuations and Magical Artifacts are the same."