Myriad Paths

When the Tengu landed, he saw thunder and lightning all around, and disaster followed.

You must know that the omen represented by Tengu is ‘disaster’.

The atmosphere was turbid and humid due to the arrival of Tengu, and people could not breathe. Humans were always tired and weak, then their minds were dull, and then their whole body was weak.

Green scum began to erode and cover the earth. These scum would also squirm, and would occasionally be burst by expanding bubbles. These bubbles were a bit like the poisonous gas emitted by the rotting substances at the bottom of the swamp, but the difference was that When the poisonous gas comes out, it will turn into poisonous bees and locusts.

At that time, there was a strong wind, and the trees were pulled out of the house, but locusts were seen piercing the ground, leaving no trace of grass, and they were like ghosts and insects.

The weather all around is chaotic, the seasons are erratic, the drought is high and the yin disappears, the rivers are drying up and the valleys are empty, rocks are flowing and the mountains are burning, there are no clouds in the sky, and there are wild roars.

When the heavenly dog ​​comes, disasters occur frequently.

The moment this eighth-level monster landed on the ground, it started tearing!

He opened his sharp teeth and joined forces with the dragon-like Zhang Xu beside him to completely open the mouth!

The humane commander over there only hesitated for a moment before already raising his sword and moving forward.

With his appearance, the surrounding martial arts gods spread out. Obviously, this humane commander also practiced martial arts.

However, his martial arts divine will... is a bit weird.

When he joined the battlefield, his martial arts spirit melted and entered the battlefield.

But he saw the flowers, plants and trees around the battlefield, the poisonous insects and bees, the dirt on the floor, even all kinds of dead soldiers and their equipment, and even everything in front of him! All of them exuded extremely strong sharpness, like a magic sword!

This world is full of swords.

From this martial arts divine will, Zhang Xu felt...a kind of arrogance that filled the world.

The entire world is under the control of martial arts and divine will, and has become a 'tool'.

People need the world to become a sword, so the world will become a sword.

What is a sword? Swords are instruments created by humans for killing. So, when humans need swords, when humans need to kill, they will transform the world and create swords.

This is what the eighth level of humanity’s martial arts divine will expresses.

As for martial arts and any respect for the sword, there is no such thing.

It's just a tool, why should we respect it?

This is a sword, nothing else. The so-called sword skills, sword intention, sword energy, and sword realm are just better ways to use weapons like swords. It’s no big deal.

This filled Zhang Xu's heart with shock and anger.

He is also a warrior, and the education he received since childhood and his own understanding are to respect his own skills and weapons.

If you only regard weapons as tools, how can you understand the divine purpose of weapons?

However, this kind of conflict on the road is completely meaningless. The two sides are originally going to fight each other.

The three eighth-grades began to fight.

Two martial artists and an eighth-level monster started the war with the most intense means.

In a radius of two miles around, layers of overlapping and spontaneous sword energy form a seamless world of swords. In this world, everything is a sword. There is nothing but swords. There is nothing but swords.

But among them, the demonic energy continued to spread disasters, and Zhang Xu's own martial arts and divine will began to show.

This Baiyue commander's martial arts spirit was born from introspection and self-reflection.

When martial arts and divine will unfold, he is almost unaffected by external disasters and sword intentions, and he seems to have some kind of connection with his weapon, which makes the weapon possess some spirituality.

As a commander, although his talent is good, he is basically insulated from the witchcraft, which requires extremely high talent, and he does not have the ability to find other techniques, so practicing martial arts is almost something he can set foot on. The only way to reach the eighth level.

Because of this, he developed a reverence for the road, gratitude for the spear in his hand, and trust.

Trusting the people around him, trusting the gun in his hand, and then being in awe of all this, this sincerity gave him motivation. Anyone who is familiar with Zhang Xu knows that he is a gentle person who takes everything seriously, whether it is training or fighting. , or during daily training, he has a mentality that can be called 'pious'. This mentality gives him extraordinary motivation and has also contributed to Zhang Xu's current achievements.

All of this comes from this.

This is the 'Tao' in the body, which represents all the knowledge a person knows, the way of thinking he uses, all his cognitions and views on the world, his evaluation of the value of all things, etc. Overall view.

Such a view needs to be combined with reality.

If you are overly obsessed with building the Tao in your body, you actually need to use the same or even far greater amount of practice to counteract and compare your own Tao, so that you will not go astray, otherwise you will easily become possessed.

This is the essence of "refining the heart in the world of mortals". You need to practice it, otherwise you will only go astray. When reality and your way do not match, you must either modify your own path or you must strengthen yourself.

However, if the mismatch between the world and the Tao is very serious, and you are unwilling to change yourself, you are very likely to fall into the devil. It is the ultimate solipsism. It is the world that is wrong, and I cannot be wrong.

But it cannot be done without thinking and practice.

The advantage of thinking is that it allows low-dimensional people to gain some high-dimensional vision and methodology. With this vision and methodology, they can guide their own practice.

Otherwise, it's just a headless fly.

In the process of guiding practice, you will encounter "contradictions". To solve contradictions or recognize contradictions, you must either transform reality or change yourself.

But in the final analysis, if you want to walk out of your own path and combine your own cognition with practice, you still have to be based on reality.

Just like now.

Dao struggle.

This is the Dao struggle.

The support of the demon, the arrogance of humanity, and the anger of Zhang Xu.

The Dao struggle is vividly displayed at this moment.

They waved swords, stabbed spears, and fought with all their strength, not for anything else, but to implement their will to transform the world.

This world should not be what the other party described.

You said that the weapon in my hand is a tool, I said it is not.

You said that everything in the world is a tool of man, I think you don't have enough respect for these things that help you.

Such a fight cannot be bridged.

From the first-grade of both the human and the witch, those indescribable, unimaginable, and unaware of the greatness of their magical powers, to Zhang Xu at this moment, the heavenly dog, and the human commander in front of him...

All of them are fighting for the same reason.

Death, blood, and even all the sacrifices, are like this.

The war that swept across the heavens was not about grabbing any interests, but the "right to define" this world.

In other words, what they were fighting for was the universe itself.

So, this war was no longer a despicable battle for interests.

For humanity, what they were fighting for and defending was the world that belonged to humans.

And for the demons and witches, they were protecting a world where all things could coexist.

Perhaps for Zhang Xu, Tengu, and the human commander in front of them at this moment, they could not really understand what they were protecting, but they all understood the reason why they had to fight at this moment.

There was no way to compromise, and it was impossible to retreat.

Even in such a small battlefield with the highest combat power of only eight grades, they were still wielding weapons to defend their own way.

Humanity, who regarded the world as a tool, and Zhang Xu, who respected the world, with these two emotions, their weapons collided fiercely, and their martial arts spirits also collided with each other, shaking out ripples one by one.

Zhang Xu roared and thrust out his red spear, but the opponent calmly pushed the spear away. The sword intent on the ground grew like bamboo shoots, as if to kill people, but the power from the disaster pressed the sword intent back.

Two different divine wills, two different spirits, two different viewpoints, fiercely rubbed out sparks, and the sparks were so gorgeous that even if there were countless, thick and insoluble blood flowing in them, it could not cover up the brilliant light like the silver flowers of the Milky Way, that is the phantom of the existence of the "Tao".

This is the Tao struggle, the longest-lasting and most irreconcilable war in the entire universe.

When the Tao struggle ends, it will be the end of all wars.

Because it represents the integration of all viewpoints and the unity of all thoughts.

At that time, a path could integrate all thoughts, unify all disputes, and eliminate all differences. Everyone would be surprised to find that their own path and others were the same. There was an "ultimate" answer that appeared. This answer was enough to explain all problems and answer everything in the world. He was the key to everything. This key could open the door to all problems in the world.

But before that...

The blood had not yet dried, the path had not yet come to an end, the answer had not been obtained, but the right to interpret the world was imminent...

So, only the blood on the sword was indispensable.

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After several hours, Zhang Xu suddenly opened his eyes.

"The lieutenant is awake! Doctor, hurry up!" A voice came, and Zhang Xu could hear that it was the voice of his adjutant.

He wanted to stand up cleanly as before, but the pain all over his body forced him to lie down. He couldn't move except his eyes.

His throat was like being burned by fire, dry like a cowhide, without any saliva, and dry when touched by hand.

However, the next moment, the clear warm water was handed to him. He drank two gulps and finally felt better.

"War Maniac... How is it?" Zhang Xu was finally able to speak, but his voice was a little hoarse.

"We won, we won, Lieutenant, we repelled the enemy, we are now resting, don't talk, you are too badly injured." The adjutant said so.

But Zhang Xu didn't hear the rest of the words.

Because when he heard "win", the anger in his heart was released at once, and he immediately fell into a coma again.

When he woke up next time, it was dark.

Sleep... or coma, let him recover some strength, the smell of medicine around also showed that he was well treated, and the pain in his body was also relieved a lot.

Standing up again, he looked around. This was in the tent, surrounded by junior officers and a doctor.

"What's the matter? How is my injury?" He asked in a calm tone.

As for the battle situation, he only knew that he won.

Since you've won, there's no need to pay attention to it. Just take care of yourself first and don't die here.

"The injury has stabilized. The doctor did a great job." The adjutant smiled.

The group of junior officers and soldiers behind him also praised him, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Xu glanced at the sweat on the doctor's head and the subtle blood marks on his neck... He knew that these people must have used swords to force the doctor's neck. If they killed him, the doctor would probably die too.

"Doctor, how long will it take for me to get off the ground?" Zhang Xu asked directly regardless of that. As for the blood stains... he just pretended that he didn't see it, and nothing happened anyway.

The doctor wiped his sweat and said timidly: "The lieutenant is physically strong and can use his internal energy to heal his injuries. With my medicine, he will be able to go to the ground tomorrow at most."

"Tomorrow? So soon?" He widened his eyes in surprise.

With such an injury, he can actually get off the ground tomorrow. Is this really a miracle doctor? !

"It's not a matter of medical skills...it's about logistical supplies. The general's arsenal is so rich..." The doctor wiped his sweat. For these people, the arsenal is filled with millennium-level elixirs. This kind of medicine is not even needed. It can be cured by treating it or eating it raw.

It can be seen that this team is indeed shouldering heavy responsibilities. The doctors themselves are also well-known doctors.

"Oh, that's good. Doctor, please go and rest first." Zhang Xu asked the doctor to leave.

The doctor nodded quickly and left.

In the tent, there were only a bunch of soldiers surrounding Zhang Xu.

"Don't do this kind of thing in the future. I'm still here to save my life, so be polite." Zhang Xu said while lying down.

The others nodded quickly.

Then, Zhang Xu continued: "How are the battle losses?"

The adjutant immediately came forward to report: "Only the forward casualties were more serious, about three hundred people. Those humanitarians... were really not afraid of death. They immediately chose to evacuate after our reinforcements arrived, and they did not retreat. Evacuate in an orderly manner, with a dedicated section behind.”

"And..." Recalling this incident, the adjutant was silent for a moment, as if he had not recovered from the shock. However, after the silence, he continued: "Moreover, the fighting will of the group of people behind them was so terrifying that they were not able to recover at all. It is unimaginable that forty people stood firm and blocked our commando team for eight hours, leaving ample time for the main humanitarian force to withdraw. In the end, we did not capture anyone alive. "

The adjutant was still frightened when he thought of this.

How could anyone remain so determined even in the face of certain death?

Wouldn't they be timid? Don't they know that cutting off the female lead will lead to death?

Zhang Xu shook his head: "More than three hundred people... too many. We are alone now and have no supplies."