Although, when it comes to descriptions of avenues, people usually start by talking about "Three Thousand Avenues".
But in fact, the great road can be "three thousand", it can be "one", or it can be "infinity".
How many avenues there are actually depends on how to divide the avenues.
There are only two paths of yin and yang, that is, there are only two avenues.
If it is divided into five elements, it will naturally become five avenues.
If yin and yang are added to the five elements, it can be divided into ten avenues.
Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.
Everything has a way.
A stone has its way, such as its hardness, which can be called the way of hardness, its way of being crushed into sand and its way of disintegration.
Even this inconspicuous stone on the roadside can still be "unnoticed".
A small grass has a way of being flexible, a way of growing hair, a way of taking root, a way of swaying in the wind, a way of "photosynthesis", etc.
Or from the "road" level.
For example, the fire path of the five elements can first be divided into yin and yang, that is, the path of yin fire and yang fire, and then it can be subdivided into the path of burning wood, the path of forging fire, the path of melting, the path of refining weapons, and the path of burning wind. Way and so on.
The same is true for the water path. It is not only the path of yin and yang, but also the path of flowing water, the path of dripping water, the path of surges, the path of watering, etc.
Even the path of rain under the water path can be divided into various paths of different natures, such as drizzle, heavy rain, thunderstorm, etc.
For those who are not very advanced in Taoism, their understanding of the Tao is relatively shallow.
In their eyes, the road is either like a blind man touching an elephant, unable to see the whole picture, or like a short-sighted person, only the outline can be seen but not the details.
In the eyes of the Tongtian Supremes, the great road appears to be very detailed, it can be said that it is like looking at the lines on the palm of the hand.
Therefore, whether they want to master a "new" avenue or to separate an avenue from the avenue they have mastered, it is relatively not a difficult thing.
They can even differentiate some spells or sword moves into their own incarnations of the Great Dao.
Of course, the price is that when this kind of incarnation of the great avenue exists, they themselves also lose the ability to use these spells or sword moves.
But don't worry, after the incarnation of the avenue is recalled or even killed by the enemy, the original self will regain the lost abilities.
Compared with the external incarnation and the second soul, this avenue incarnation has advantages and disadvantages. It is not perfect just because it can only be used in the Tongtian realm.
One of the great advantages of this avenue incarnation is that it is convenient and fast enough, and it can be divided into a avenue incarnation at any time when needed.
As for the secret technique of external incarnation and second soul, it often requires a lot of preparation in advance, preparing powerful enough treasures, and spending a lot of time in retreat and practice.
However, nothing in this world is perfect.
The Tao is divided into Yin and Yang. If Yin is strong, Yang will be weak. If Yang is strong, Yin will be weak. Nothing in the world is like this.
The disadvantage of the Great Incarnation is simply that it is not strong and has no room for growth.
In terms of avenues, the incarnation of the avenue will only use the power of its own path, and can be said to be completely insulated from the power of other avenues.
As for the growth space, one's own way has reached its peak, so naturally this incarnation of the avenue cannot make any breakthroughs.
The external incarnation and second soul are different.
They are either copies of the original deity, or are separated from the soul level, so they are not restricted in mastering the avenue.
Those who copy the original image will have the same ability to master the avenue as the original image.
Those who are separated from the soul level will grow like the original deity and share the experience of enlightenment.
But turning around, this external incarnation, the second soul, has lost convenience compared to the incarnation of the great road.
To sum it up, it’s great but inconvenient and convenient but not great.
Of course, whether it's great or not is relative.
In terms of mana and frontal combat, the incarnation of the Great Dao is indeed not considered "powerful".
Even if it is not the "small ways" but the commonly referred to as the "big ways", it is still difficult to say how strong the condensed incarnation of the great ways is.
After all, the limitations are there.
You just grit your teeth and stamp your feet, split your own avenue into two, and you will get an incarnation of the avenue with half your own strength.
What's more, if you do this, your strength will only be half.
Fortunately, not everything needs to be solved head-on.
There are also many things that cannot be accomplished just because you are strong and powerful.
The key is to take the right medicine.
Return to the battlefield where the ascetics fight against the evil spirits outside the world.
On the side of the Outer Demons, outside the energy field formed by several mobile fortresses, dozens of strange-looking Outer Demons had left the protection of the energy field.
The world outside the energy field was covered by the Bone Heaven and Earth cast by Mrs. Bones, but it did not make the evil spirits outside the world have too many scruples.
Their goal is very simple, which is to block the attacks of the creatures from the Holy Ruins and at the same time, try their best to clear out the creatures from the Holy Ruins.
Although the creatures of the Holy Ruins can be reborn continuously, they are still easier to deal with than the cultivators over there.
And they did, to say the least, the dawn of hope is ahead.
With the help of the Taoist formation, the creatures of the Holy Ruins gathered a large number of weak forces, and indeed had some ability to challenge the strong ones.
However, it is just a matter of having some capital.
If the creatures from the Holy Ruins that make up the Taoist formation all have Dharma and Heaven-level strength, then of course there is no need to say anything.
Such a large array of Taoist soldiers can condense the illusions that are either true immortals or not. There is no problem in crushing these extraterrestrial evil spirits.
Unfortunately not.
In reality, at this time, the Taoist formation of the creatures of the Holy Ruins, the illusion condensed is at most close to the level of heaven.
With such strength, it is okay to attack the shield of evil spirits outside and contribute to consuming the energy of the war fortress.
When it comes to actually fighting against the demons from outside the world, not to mention facing an opponent who is stronger than oneself, even if it is facing an opponent whose strength is equal to one's own, the Taoist formation will suffer in many ways.
The most intuitive expression is, can this Taoist formation formed by many people be more flexible than an individual enemy
When the enemy attacks, most of the Taoist formations can only resist forcefully, and dodging will expose more flaws.
Compared with the White Bone Lady, Gouchen Zhizun and others over there, the Taoist formation of the creatures of the Holy Ruins is obviously weak in the eyes of the demons outside the world.
The "giant ape" with eight arms, the "human snake" with wings on its back, the octopus with the head of a bull and the body of a human body, the spider whose upper body is like a beautiful woman, etc.
The demons from the outer world showed their true forms one after another. It was like a zoo full of strange things. There was not a single person who looked like a "human" inside.
These strange-shaped things rushed out of the energy field. Some of them were entangled with the illusion of the Taoist formation, and some went straight to the foundation of the formation.
To break through the Taoist soldiers' formation, there are usually two ways. One is to defeat the illusion head-on, and the other is to enter the formation and kill the Taoist soldiers.
It’s hard to say which one is easier, but the easier one is definitely to do both.
There are a lot of creatures in the Holy Ruins, but the illusions they can form are not many, at least not as much as those of the evil spirits outside the world.
What the demons outside the world want is efficiency, what they want is to resolve obstacles as quickly as possible and get to the place where the saint is sanctified as soon as possible. Naturally, they will spare no effort at this time.
flame!
Strong wind!
Thunder!
The roar of the explosion!
Between the bone world and the earth, the Taoist array of creatures from the Holy Ruins was almost overwhelmed by all kinds of spells, and the illusions were shattered one after another like bubbles.
In the Taoist formation, the creatures of the Holy Ruins fell like raindrops, like a swarm of bees sprayed by flames.
The creatures of the Holy Ruins can be resurrected, but it will still take a certain amount of time to come from a distance after resurrection.
It seems that the victory of the evil spirits from outside the world is just around the corner.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed out of the void, close behind an alien demon that looked like a "tauren", and instantly overlapped with its figure.
The "tauren" didn't even have time to let out a scream, and his huge body shriveled up before his eyes, and eventually turned into ash and scattered in the air.
Among the flying ash, two wisps of purple energy were revealed.
Before others could see anything clearly, a burst of magic power suddenly appeared in the void, and the two wisps of purple energy were swept into the void and disappeared.
Obviously, the "tauren" is not very strong, otherwise he wouldn't have only two wisps of purple energy.
And the black shadow that took action was naturally the incarnation of the Great Dao of Gouchen Zhizun and others.
The incarnation of the Great Dao is not very strong. The key depends on where it is used. Only by applying the right medicine to the situation can a small effect be achieved.
It can be said that in order to plot against these evil demons from outside the world and snatch the purple energy from their hands, the incarnations of the great avenue used by the ascetics are as sinister as they come.
There is no need to talk about moral principles when dealing with evil spirits!
Similarly, when it comes to dealing with evil spirits outside the world, no one is stupid enough to talk about whether they are aboveboard or aboveboard.
It is the right thing to do everything possible!
Therefore, the way of shadow, the way of curse, the way of blood poison, etc. have become the best choices to become the incarnation of the great road at this time.
Of course, even if this is the case, you still have to pick a weak opponent first.
The demons outside the world can be regarded as "coming out in full force", and they may only have people left in the war fortress and mobile fortress to maintain and operate them.
Their strengths are uneven. The strong ones can compete with Gouchen Zhizun, while the weak ones can't even cope with the illusion of the Taoist formation.
The "Tauren" who was just assassinated was one of the last ones in terms of strength, so he didn't have much purple energy in his hands.
In fact, one can probably tell the level of strength from the appearance of the demons outside the world.
To put it simply, the less human they are, the more powerful they are, and the more human they are, the weaker they are.
Although the "tauren" has a bull's head, his body is still somewhat humanoid. It's no wonder that his strength ranks at the bottom.
The death of a "tauren" did not attract much attention from the demons outside the world, or in other words, they did not take it too seriously.
There is no one who won't die in a war!
The fighting is still going on, and the demon outside the sky has not changed its strategy. After all, it seems that there is no problem with this strategy.
Or it can also be said that the demons outside the world actually have no other good choices.
An extraterrestrial demon, covered with bone armor like an insect carapace, with a body shape that was 70% to 80% similar to a human being, suddenly burst out with rays of light from the gaps in the carapace, and its huge body subsequently disintegrated into countless fragments.
Two more wisps of purple energy floated out from the broken flesh and blood.
An extraterrestrial demon with two horns on its head, two wings on its back, and a red body, like an abyss demon, vaguely felt that it had sucked a trace of blood, and suddenly the blood all over its body boiled and exploded into a blood cloud.
In the blood cloud, two wisps of purple energy were floating like boats on the river.
The ascetic's side has repeatedly succeeded in the incarnation of the great road, and it didn't take long to grab more than a dozen wisps of purple energy.
However, on the side of the evil spirits outside the world, such losses are not worthless.
When two parties fight, who loses and who wins depends not on whose losses are greater, but on who achieves strategic goals.
From a small perspective, after a fight, the ascetic side managed to grab a few wisps of purple energy as they wished, which seems to have achieved their goal.
But the problem is that what the ascetics really want to do is to stop the advance of the evil demons from outside the world when they are fighting against them.
So did they do it
It cannot be said that it was not done at all, but the effect was indeed limited, especially after the demon outside the world changed its strategy.
In other words, although the demon outside the world suffered some losses, it also successfully accelerated its advance.
A large number of creatures in the Holy Ruins were killed. Even if they could be resurrected and come back, there would still be a time lag.
It's like the "discharging water from the pool" problem in primary school mathematics. Water is being discharged while water is being filled in. When is it full and when is it finished
If you release the water faster than it fills in, it's like the creatures in the Holy Ruins are killed faster than they can be resurrected, so the full pool of water will eventually be emptied.
Gou Chen Zhizun and others were no match for the demons from outside the world. They relied on the power of the creatures from the Holy Ruins to slow down the evil demons from outside the world.
Without the help of the creatures of the Holy Ruins, the ascetics cannot say that the mantis arm can block the car, but it is indeed difficult to block the evil spirits from outside.
"Fellow Taoists, I can turn the world upside down for a while, or I can stop this evil demon from outside the world!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, and probably seeing that the others did not seem to have a good solution, the Tongtian Supreme with the Taoist name Yuan Miao took the initiative to speak to everyone.
Of course, the meaning here is also very obvious.
If it is a method that can be easily performed by one person, he does not need to speak to everyone first, he can just use it directly like Gou Chen Zhizun, Madam White Bone and others.
Having said that, if it is a method that can be used by one person, it may be difficult to stop the evil spirits from outside.
"If you need my cooperation, fellow Taoist, just give me your orders!"
Gouchen Zhizun also answered without any nonsense.
"All it takes is a few fellow Taoists to enter this formation, and each guarding the formation will work together to cast spells."
When Supreme Yuan Miao said this, he raised his hand and held out a stone plate. The stone plate spun a few times in mid-air and turned into a rather wide stone platform in a blink of an eye.
The stone platform seemed to be made of jade, with criss-crossing patterns carved on it, like a chessboard magnified many times.
"I just don't know how long this formation can hold back the evil spirits from outside the world?"
Mrs. Bones asked a little worriedly.
Everyone knows that it is impossible to expect a large formation to completely block the evil spirits from outside.
This is not a matter of self-confidence, but a clear understanding of reality.
"If I use my full strength, I'm afraid I can only block it for a few hours!"
Supreme Yuan Miao confessed to everyone, but he didn't feel any embarrassment at all.
Strictly speaking, it is not a short time to block the evil spirits from outside for a few hours, but it is just a bit "futile" to put it here.
"We don't have to rely entirely on the formation. We only need to drag the creatures of the Holy Ruins to regroup."
Gouchen Zhizun was not disappointed at all, and even thought of a safer way to use it.