Mad God Evolution
Chapter 1339 - 1339 1257 The Terrifying Great Path of War

1339: Chapter 1257: The Terrifying Great Path of War 1339: Chapter 1257: The Terrifying Great Path of War This is a Peak Immortal Emperor level cockroach monster.

In Zone 3 of the Hongmeng Dragon Tomb, its strength could definitely rank in the top ten.

Moreover, this cockroach monster had cultivated the Stealth Dao and the Fusion Dao.

Not only could it perfectly conceal its form from being detected, but it could also merge other people’s skills for its own use.

Such a creature was absolutely super difficult to deal with!

“Having the Upper-grade Peak State Stealth Dao pattern and a Fusion Dao pattern of the same level, this cockroach is definitely a hidden super killer!” Lv Zhong became even more cautious.

He didn’t want this cockroach monster to escape.

Lv Zhong was shocked to discover that this cockroach monster was extremely terrifying.

The Great Path patterns it had condensed actually amounted to thirty types.

That was even several types more than the Great Path patterns Lv Zhong had condensed himself.

For the first time, Lv Zhong saw someone who had condensed more Great Path patterns than himself.

However, what relieved Lv Zhong was that among the more than thirty Great Path patterns of this cockroach monster, there were no Saint Marks, not even any high-quality Tao Marks.

However, there were as many as six Upper-grade Peak State Great Path patterns.

They were the Stealth Dao, Fusion Dao, Odor Dao, Earth Dao, Shrinking Dao, and Undying Tao.

With the Stealth Dao and Fusion Dao combined, if the incoming sage was not an Insect Clan sage, they might not even be able to detect this creature.

And the Odor Dao was merely a derivative of the “Scent” Dao.

It was the first time Lv Zhong discovered someone who possessed the Odor Dao; however, having received the inheritance of the Primordial Insect God King, Lv Zhong knew that this Odor Dao was also extremely terrifying.

In the ancient Primordial Era, there was once an “odorous bug” that practiced this Odor Dao, and its stench was truly “stinking to the heavens.” Its most proud battle achievement was knocking out all living beings in a universe, except for the sages, with a single fart.

The Shrinking Dao could minimize the body to the extreme.

From the macroscopic to the microscopic realm, down to molecules, atoms, electrons, and other microscopic states.

Such a Shrinking Dao, when combined with other Daos, allowed this cockroach monster to easily escape if it encountered a super-strong enemy it could not defeat.

And the Undying Tao was an abnormal Path of Life.

Having cultivated the Undying Tao and condensed the Undying Tao marks, it was nearly impossible for others to kill it.

“Damn it, this is truly an Undying Small Strong.

However, encountering me, Lv Zhong, you are doomed!” Lv Zhong’s heart palpitated as he sensed the presence of this cockroach beast.

At this moment, Lv Zhong felt a strong impulse to enslave this insect monster.

If it were outside, capturing this cockroach monster would be quite troublesome.

But it should never have entered the space of the Hongmeng Dragon Pearl.

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“Collect…”

The Buddha bowl again collected a portion of the army souls, however, the army souls under Sun Wu conducted a united offensive, almost completely disrupting the [Buddha Light and Dust Array].

Currently, Sun Wu’s army souls still held the upper hand.

His army souls almost split the Buddha’s Door army into countless parts, causing them to collapse completely.

Sun Wu appeared quite happy, smiling as he looked towards Virūḍhaka Buddha, “Hehe, Virūḍhaka Buddha, my army souls are not so easily captured.

If you don’t release them now, your Buddha bowl might be thoroughly destroyed…”

“Hmph, then watch how I refine your army souls—”

A resplendent Buddha light separated from the body of Virūḍhaka Buddha, and this Buddha light turned out to be another Virūḍhaka Buddha.

No, this was the benevolent incarnation of Virūḍhaka Buddha.

This incarnation was enveloped in radiant Buddha light, with extremely high Buddha nature.

At this moment.

The benevolent incarnation entered directly into the [All Buddha’s Demon-transforming Bowl], sitting in the bowl, leading the ten thousand Buddhas, loudly reciting the Diamond Sutra.

In an instant, endless ethereal silhouettes appeared within the Buddha bowl, these silhouettes gradually becoming concrete.

His many Buddhist disciples and followers appeared one by one, chanting loudly, releasing boundless golden light.

“Ah…”

The Buddha light shone brightly, the light of the Buddha nature gleamed brilliantly.

Endless ghostly army souls wailed miserably in the Buddha light.

At this moment, with Virūḍhaka Buddha’s benevolent incarnation presiding over this [All Buddha’s Demon-transforming Bowl], its ability to refine the ghostly army souls instantly skyrocketed by tens, even hundreds of times.

Seeing one army soul subordinate after another being collected and struggling to escape, but as soon as Virūḍhaka Buddha’s benevolent incarnation made a move, they immediately wailed miserably, rapidly exhausting the Sha Qi inside them.

This greatly delighted Virūḍhaka Buddha himself, who quickly collaborated with many Buddhist disciples of Void Storage, chanting together the Great Origin Sutra, converting the ghostly army souls: “At that time, the World-Honored One told the monks, I myself thought, once I was on the Vulture Peak Mountain near Rajagriha city.

Then, this thought arose within me, ‘Wherever I have been born, there is nowhere I have not pervaded, except for the realm of the Śuddhāvāsa deities.

If I were born in that world, then I would not return here.’ At that time, monks, I had another thought, ‘I desire to go to the Akaniṣṭha heavens.’ Just as a strong man might flex his arms, in the blink of an eye, I disappeared from here and appeared there.

At that time, those deities saw me arriving there, bowed their heads in salute, stood on one side, and said to me, ‘We too are disciples of the Vipaśyī Buddha, transformed by that Buddha, thus we are born here.’ They fully recounted the causes and origins of that Buddha.

Also, the Śikhī Buddha, Viśvabhū Buddha, Krakucchanda Buddha, Kanakamuni Buddha, Kāśyapa Buddha, and Shakyamuni Buddha, all were my teachers.

I was transformed by them, thus I was born here.

They also recounted the deeds of various Buddhas.

When born among the Ajatasatru heavens, it was also thus…”

Under the chanting of the Buddhas, one by one, the ghostly army souls were converted, emitting a powerful golden light, quickly joining the ranks of Virūḍhaka Buddha, following them in chanting the Great Origin Sutra, making the power of conversion even more terrifying.

In a short time, roles were reversed.

The latter ghostly army souls being drawn in also underwent conversion at a terrifying speed.

Originally, Sun Wu’s army souls had the upper hand.

But with the appearance of the All Buddha’s Demon-transforming Bowl and Virūḍhaka Buddha’s benevolent incarnation, Sun Wu’s army souls were rapidly diminished.

In a short time, with the great increase of Buddha light, the ghostly winds swiftly decreased.

Watching this scene unfold, Sun Wu’s expression shifted slightly.

Yet, he calmly intoned, “The way of the military is like water—water flows from high to low; the military avoids the real and strikes the empty.

Water shapes its course according to the ground; the military achieves victory according to the enemy.

Thus, the military form is ever-changing, and water has no constant shape.

Those who can adapt to the enemy and achieve victory are deemed divine…”

An endless army of military souls, under the manipulation of Sun Wu’s thoughts, switched between reality and illusion, moving rapidly.

In a short time, they had mastered the Way of Reality and the Way of Illusion to perfection.

It became unclear which was real and which was illusory.

Whenever Virūḍhaka Buddha tried to capture the military souls with the [All Buddha’s Demon-transforming Bowl], the miraculous Way of Reality and Illusion would shift, causing Virūḍhaka Buddha to repeatedly miss his mark.

Furthermore, Sun Wu waved his hand and another divine announcement spread, “The method of using troops, where preserving a whole nation is best, shattering one second-best; maintaining a whole army is supreme, breaking one second; sustaining an entire brigade is top, disbanding one next; keeping whole soldiers is foremost, defeating them subsequent; keeping squads intact is prime, destroying them, secondary.

Therefore, winning a hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence; subduing the enemy without a fight is the acme of skill.

Hence the supreme art of war cuts the enemy’s plans, next disrupts their alliances, after that attacks their forces, and least favorable is besieging towns.

Besieging towns is a last resort…”

“…Thus, the skillful use of troops involves subduing the enemy without fighting, capturing their cities without sieging them, and destroying their nations without prolonged conflict.

One must compete for completeness under heaven, hence the military does not rest, and the benefit can be complete…”

Sun Wu’s clear voice reverberated among the army of military souls, stirring heaven and earth, vastly boosting the morale of the military souls.

Military sha transformed into shapes, like black dragons charging left and right within the Buddha Light and Dust Array.

It was precisely “where attacking the enemy assures rescue”!

Wherever the spearhead reached, countless Buddhists were struck down, turning into golden light and vanishing.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill——”

The more intense the spearhead, the stronger the killing intent.

Sun Wu’s army from below had their formation, momentum, and might completely integrated, pushing the spearhead’s intensity almost to its peak.

Towards the end, Virūḍhaka Buddha’s Buddha’s Door army could no longer withstand.

That terrifying spearhead could virtually tear any divine and demonic forces to shreds.

Even more, this super army, formed by a legion of battle-hardened military souls, had now genuinely and thoroughly formed into a whole.

Despite Virūḍhaka Buddha’s immense strength, he was shocked to find that, at this moment, even his full-strength use of the [All Buddha’s Demon-transforming Bowl] could no longer absorb small groups of military souls.

“Boom——”

The great battle continued for seven to eight hours, and a resounding thunderous noise erupted.

The Buddha Light and Dust Array was completely broken.

Countless Buddhists of the Void Storage Realm alongside the Power of Faith were crushed to dust.

Those once-chosen sons of the Buddha’s realm, their consciousnesses were burst and scattered back into the Void Realm.

In the numerous Buddha lands created by Virūḍhaka Buddha’s physical transformation, numerous Buddhist disciples spewed out blood; some even fainted or died from brain death.

Terrifying!

Sun Wu, a mere mortal who practiced martial immortal techniques, had played military formations to their utmost limit.

This battle was a victory for the World of Ancient Heroes, and even more so, it was Sun Wu’s victory!

The mortal military tactics breaking the Buddha’s Door Big Formation in the Immortal World brought immense glory and motivation to countless martial immortals and the progeny of military families.

At this moment, Sun Wu’s face even bore a trace of joyful smile.

This battle directly proved the power of the Way of War.

Indeed!

Sun Wu was a martial immortal, but he primarily practiced the Way of War!

And to reach the upper realm of the Way of War, one must also practice the ways of Battle, Courage, Heart, Earth, Deduction, Illusion, and more.

Sun Wu, as the most outstanding genius of the World of Ancient Heroes, was the most revered figure by all martial immortals.

Even against Sun Wu, legends like Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, Huo Qu Bing, Lv Bu, Yue Fei, and other peerless martial immortals would bow as disciples.

His presence was a super role model of the World of Ancient Heroes.

His certified “Thirteen Chapters on Military Art” possessed the highest might to slay gods and butcher Buddhas.

This time, his battle against the first of the past seven Buddhas of the Buddha’s Door was a victory for Sun Wu, a victory for the “Way of War.”

“Gaga, what a terrifying [Way of War], if I could integrate this Sun Wu’s Way of War, not only could my strength insanely increase.

I could even dominate all heavenly realms with it.

I could also amplify the attacking power of my underlying Insect Army millions of times…”

A cockroach-like creature lurking in the shadows, feeling Sun Wu’s heroic combat, was almost drooling.

“I must devour this Sun Wu!

This guy is too significant for me and my Insect Clan——” The Cockroach Insect Emperor felt his whole body tremble with excitement.

(To be continued.

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