The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 150: Eight Trigrams and Eight Gates, Fighting the Real Dragon

Boom~!
The earth roared, the ground collapsed, thunder, flames, thorns, ice cones, mud, mountains of knives, sword lights...

A variety of runes exploded when the monster tide came. Although their power varied, a single rune was nothing, but when stacked together, it became extraordinary, bursting out with terrible murderous intent.

An area of three hundred miles was instantly reduced to a purgatory on earth, engulfing a large number of monsters, with corpses piling up like mountains and blood flowing like rivers. The area became riddled with holes, rocks shattered, and ground veins damaged. The wailing sounds of monsters and the sounds of runes intertwined into a piece, and the unstoppable monster tide paused again.

Looking at this meat grinder-like battlefield and the fruitful results in front of him, Xuanming was radiant. This 300-mile life forbidden zone was the essence of more than 200 Taoists in Qiuzhen Temple that had been accumulated over many years and exhausted in one day. He was not surprised that it had such power.

Apart from him, there are nine real people in Qiuzhen Temple, more than thirty Taoists who have reached the fourth level of spiritual practice, and more than eighty Taoists who have reached the third level of spiritual practice. They have a considerable number of talismans over the years, not to mention the accumulation from even earlier times.

Seeing that the monster's madness had subsided a little, Xuanming narrowed his eyes slightly and bent them into a line. War requires courage. At the beginning, you should make a strong effort, then the second will weaken and the third will be exhausted. The monster tide was interrupted one after another, and the morale of all monsters was damaged. The start was favorable to Qiuzhen Temple.

Above the sky, a real dragon is roaming, its thousand-foot-long body looming in and out of sight. Watching it up close, the feeling of oppression is even stronger.

Realizing that the morale of the monsters was low, the real dragon was about to roar to boost morale, but he didn't expect that Qiuzhen Temple was one step ahead.

Xuanming said in a deep voice: "All disciples, listen to my orders, set up your formation, and draw your swords!"

At the command, all Taoists moved quickly, stepping on the Tiangang, performing the Bagua steps, and displaying Bagua sword techniques in unison. Even the third generation Taoists were no exception. Chang'anzi, who had been promoted to the Qi training realm, temporarily replaced Xuanming and sat in the Qian position.

The Bagua Four Symbols formation diagram unfolds, eight-sided Bagua spirit mirrors hang high up in the eight gates, wind and thunder of heaven and earth surge, water, fire and mountains flow, evolving the Eight Extremes of Taoism, Qian and Kun are intertwined and change in countless directions, and the Bagua is endless in length.

Eight terrifying auras suddenly gushed out, bearing the terrifying momentum brought by all the demons. The pressure clashed, the demonic energy boiled, the light of Tao raged, the sky and the earth changed color, and the sun and the moon lost their light.

The Bagua Yiqi Formation was activated, and the Taoists threw out the peach wood swords in their hands, which floated in the air three feet in front of them. The magic swords rang loudly and powerfully.

"cut!"

As Xuanxu formed a sword formula and raised his hand, hundreds of swords came out at once, each shining brightly, emitting sword light and releasing sword intent. With the power of the formation, each wooden sword turned from one into two, from two into four, and from four into eight...

In just a few breaths, thirty thousand wooden swords broke through the air and collided with the tide of monsters. Birds chirped and beasts roared, and ten thousand monsters faced off against ten thousand swords.

A snake demon was cut off at seven inches, blood splattered, and its body was still twisting after death; a bear demon bit the wooden sword into pieces, slapped its chest, opened its mouth and roared, revealing its fangs and sharp teeth, looking hideous and terrifying.

Many powerful monsters took action, some waving feather fans to create violent winds, some controlling water and waves to attack wooden swords, and some spewing flames from their mouths to burn the void. With demonic energy rolling, they all showed off their magical powers.

The demon light and the sword light annihilated each other. When the 30,000 wooden swords stopped, tens of thousands of little demons were bleeding, some were beheaded, some were cut in half, or pierced through the chest. Some were beheaded by a single sword, and some were attacked by several swords, dying miserably.

The big monsters helped each other, and there were also big monsters of golden elixir and even big monsters of holy fetus to rescue them, so their numbers did not decrease, and they were not dead despite being injured. Xuanming stood with his hands behind his back, confronting the real dragon, and neither of them acted rashly. The latter had witnessed the old Taoist and the real Lord Chaoguang teaming up to severely injure the Lord of the Underworld, and understood that the person in front of him was a little strange, while the former would not move unless the enemy moved. The longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it would be for the Seeking Truth Temple.

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Below, Xuanxu took over the banner and continued to preside over the formation in place of Xuanming. He drew his sword again and again, slaying demon after demon. The Bagua Yiqi Formation was constantly running, with tens of thousands of swords fired at once, falling like rain, or returning to their origin and becoming one, with the giant sword hanging upside down, like a mountain pressing down.

After a few tentative fights to accumulate a wave of murderous aura and increase the power of the Bagua Yiqi Sword Formation by three points, Xuanxu gave command to all the Daoists, enforcing orders and beginning to do their best to display the power of the formation.

The Taoists changed their steps. Xuansu, Xuankong, Xuantong and Xuanyu led Changqingzi, who had achieved the status of a Taoist immortal, and many Taoists of the fourth generation to continue maintaining the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation. Xuanxu, Xuanyang, Xuanyin and Chang'anzi respectively sacrificed the Four Symbols magic weapons to open the Four Symbols Formation.

There are formations within formations, runes are shining, formation patterns are flowing, and the power of this complex formation is doubled, giving rise to mysterious principles. The Eight Trigrams return to the Four Symbols, and the Four Symbols play out the Eight Trigrams again. The forward and reverse are intertwined, and the positive and negative are transformed into each other, over and over again, giving rise to infinite mysteries and further increasing the power of the formation.

A force surged into their bodies, and the Taoists' bodies shook slightly. The consumed magic power was replenished, and they felt stronger than ever before, and their strength was increased several times by the formation.

The higher the level of cultivation, the stronger the feeling, the greater the increase, fighting alone, Xuanxu and others feel that they can be on par with the innate immortals. Chang'anzi, who has achieved the status of immortal with the superior Tao foundation, feels that he can face the golden elixir directly.

The Eight Trigrams and Four Symbols formation started to operate, bursting out with all its power, and each of the Eight Trigrams directions showed a magnificent Taoist image: the Qian position gave birth to blue sky and white clouds, the Kun position gave birth to a vast land, the Xun position gave birth to a violent tornado, the Zhen position gave birth to thunder and lightning, the Kan position gave birth to wide rivers, the Li position gave birth to a raging sea of fire, the Gen position gave birth to continuous mountains, and the Dui position gave birth to an endless swamp.

The Eight Extremes of Dao are connected with Qi, which is both the manifestation of the Truth and eight walls and eight gates, namely: Open Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Injury Gate, Shut Gate, View Gate, Death Gate and Shock Gate, which block the path of the demon tide.

The dragon roars, the tiger howls, the phoenix sings, the turtle roars, the four spiritual weapons emit light, echoing the four symbols in the formation diagram, resonating with the four symbols, shining with the four directions of heaven and earth, spring in the east, hot summer in the south, golden autumn in the west, and winter in the north. The dragon wags its tail, the red bird spreads its wings, the cloud tiger roars, the black turtle treads on the water, and the four spiritual beasts each guard two gates.

"Get out!"

An order came from the rear, the monster tide retreated, and dozens of big monsters controlled their escape lights and walked to the front line, lined up in a row, and some used spiritual weapons, some displayed magical powers, and joined forces to attack the formation.

Above the sky, the energies clashed. A great demon accidentally got between the two and was strangled by the invisible energy. Blood splattered everywhere and he turned into powder.

Zhenlong and Xuanming attacked at the same time. The Zhenlong's scales were cold and its pressure was heavy. While it was cruising, the Dao domain unfolded, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flourished, the wind and rain were heavy, the thunder was overwhelming, the dark clouds were layered, and an indescribable terrible pressure spread. The laws collided, the void twisted, and the space was torn apart.

A terrifying pressure burst out from Xuanming's body, magic power surged, the outline of the Tai Chi Dao domain unfolded, and the map of mountains and rivers spread out under his feet. The mountains were towering, the rivers were undulating, and the Huangting Qi burst out from the Tai Chi Heaven. Half of the laws of mountains and rivers merged with half of the laws of Tai Chi, forming a perfect fit, differentiating between yin and yang, and manipulating the universe. With the help of the power of Tai Chi Heaven and half of the magic weapon, he and the real dragon temporarily competed for the great way. Although he was at a disadvantage, he was able to protect himself for a short time.

The space collapsed, and Zhenlong and Xuanming confronted each other. Half an hour later, the corpses of monsters were everywhere in front of the Bagua Four Symbols Formation. Some big monsters died, and four generations of disciples had exhausted their magic power or even been injured. Blood rushed up, and their magic power was exhausted. Even the formation could not make up for the consumption, so they had to withdraw from the battle. The situation was not favorable for the Qiuzhen Temple, but fortunately, with the protection of the formation, the disciples did not die.

In the duel between the True Dragon and Xuanming, the evil spirit gained the upper hand, with howling winds and heavy rain. The situation became increasingly unfavorable to him, with pressure like a mountain falling down. Xuanming's face became solemn, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the True Dragon. He opened his mouth to absorb the sharpness of the weapon, and the seven hundred and twenty star acupoints in his body glowed, and a Dharma image appeared behind him.

(End of this chapter)