There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

The reason why Dalian Temple Zhidao is like this is just because he thinks he should be like this. But he looks like a human, but in fact he no longer considers himself a human. When he was injured by Li Nian, no blood flowed out, but black mist-like spiritual energy escaped from the wound, indicating that the body he constructed had no flesh and blood. This was not because he could not construct it, but because he did not consider himself a human. In his cognition, what flowed in his body was not blood but spiritual energy.

Yato God is another example of a spirit. As a god, he was born from faith. He did not go through the process of birth and rearing, but formed a human-like body. He felt like he was being cut into flesh, and when he was injured, blood would flow out. This is the body fixed for him by all living beings. He is a human-shaped martial god, and he also recognizes himself in this way. The human form is the fundamental form of his existence. When fighting, he uses swordsmanship that requires the flow of qi and blood, and the coordination of muscles. He also has his own seven emotions, six desires, and five senses.

The reason why Dalian Temple Zhidao lost those was because he did not build his body into a complete, human-like structure.

The man still smiled at Li Nian, but the smile seemed fake and boring, as if he was wearing a mask. He admitted Li Nian's guess, but then slowly said: "But these costs are insignificant. It would be better to throw them away. They are all distractions that will hinder my research."

Li Nian gradually understood the true face of the spiritual being in front of him: "You are now more like the obsession of [Dalian Temple Zhidao]. You have formed a complete spiritual body, but you are not a complete person after all. You have changed the basic form of existence and do not regard yourself as a human being."

"Before I died, I felt that being a human was a burden. The limitations of the flesh, the various emotions and desires that it produced, were nothing but a hindrance, hindering my thinking during research, making me hesitant, suspicious, tired, and emotional... I wanted to get rid of those useless things, which led to my current state. I'm already dead, so why should I still regard myself as a human being?"

"You are indeed a lunatic." Li Nian sneered, "It's a pity that you can't completely give up and become a new existence. Otherwise, you shouldn't have the habits, thinking patterns and even forms of the [Dalian Temple Supreme Dao]. You don't want to regard yourself as a human being, but you still need to use the self-cognition and knowledge of the human period to fix your existence, so as to exert your strength and control your magic power. But you don't think you should be a person. You think you are a spirit, and your body should be composed of spiritual energy instead of flesh and blood... This is really ridiculous. If you can't form a complete form, you can't get a complete method. Either you don't change, or you change completely... What's the point of being in between? You don't think this is a stable way of existence."

It's neither pure nor complete, which is a huge flaw.

Chapter 447: The Best Magic Method in the World

"Master Li is right." Dalian Temple Zhidao nodded and agreed with Li Nian's statement: "Having only a human shape but no human structure is indeed unstable, but I think this state is good. At present, this body can not only allow me to maintain a certain degree of self-awareness, so that various methods can be operated according to the means and experience of the human period, but also prevent me from being affected by unnecessary feelings and desires, and can more thoroughly understand the operating principles of the spell. I think it is just right."

It's not that Dalian Temple Zhidao doesn't understand his current state, but he deliberately wants to maintain this half-baked appearance. He wants to maintain the human way of thinking and the way of operating magic power, but he also wants to regard sensibility as something redundant and want to abandon it, so as to better maintain rationality to do research on spells.

Li Nian is actually not unfamiliar with this idea.

Preserve the laws of nature and eliminate human desires, this is something our ancestors have already played out.

The Bingxin Heart Method that Li Nian once practiced can be said to be a method in this kind of practice. Precisely because he understood it thoroughly, Li Nian knew that this way of thinking was a correct way of practice that had been verified.

At this time, Li Nian felt very bored and hummed twice.

"Oh, there are people like you, who think that human nature and heaven's nature are contradictory, and that sensibility and rationality are contradictory. They think that pursuing one means giving up the other, and that they must be separated and viewed separately. So they don't even want to be human for the sake of research, thinking that this will lead to a more righteous form."

"...Do you think it's wrong, Lord Li? But I know that on the mainland, this should be a mature practice method that has been verified to be correct. You seem to know it very well."

"Yes, I know very well that there is such a practice. To kill the three corpses, to forget all emotions, to have a heart as pure as ice, the Dharma will become clear and bright."

Li Nian looked at Dalian Temple Zhidao jokingly. Looking at him was as if he was looking at his former self. Li Nian did not create his own mental method. When he changed his state of mind, he practiced Bing Xin. He knew that in the end he might become a state of mind that was even more hopeless than the madman in front of him. Precisely because he had foreseen this, he did not want to become that kind of person.

"But what's the point? Cultivation is to fulfill one's own desires, but if one cultivates to the point where one has no desires at all, isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Pursuing knowledge is not a bad thing, but the purpose of pursuing knowledge is to use it to form means to solve problems. What's the point of seeking knowledge just for the sake of seeking knowledge?"

"It doesn't need to have any meaning, but it's quite interesting. The feeling of seeking true knowledge. Since you are a wizard like you, you must have experienced a lot. Don't you think it's great? I think it's a pleasure that satisfies people more than anything else. After being satisfied, a greater emptiness erodes, because when you know something, there are more unknowns that appear in your field of vision, which makes people unable to stop. In order to fill this emptiness, I can only continue to study by any means. Can't you understand this feeling?"

"So what is presented in the end is a ridiculous guy like you? Then you have a desire called the desire for knowledge, but as far as I know, that is not possible. The righteous path you want to seek, in the end, requires you to give up even this emotion completely."

"Really? That's quite troubling. This is one of the few pleasures I have. I can't lose it. But it's still early. Whether I can reach that stage is a question. Before that, I can continue to enjoy it." This guy was quite open-minded and did not waver. Instead, he noticed Li Nian's choice of words: "Since Lord Li also thinks this is the right way, it means that you also think my direction is correct, although you personally don't seem to agree."

"Because there is no saying that one must be ruthless to attain the Tao. Just seek knowledge, learn, ask, and practice, and you will naturally obtain the correct Dharma. The operation of the Heavenly Dao is constant and unchanging. It is ruthless, but it does not care whether you are ruthless or not. There are people like you who think that being ruthless is the way to the Tao, and want to become stupid people who deviate from human nature. This is completely unnecessary. Little do you know that seeking the Tao according to your heart is in line with the original heart and nature of being a human being, and it can also achieve twice the result with half the effort. It makes me know what I want, why I study, and what I should do. Then I can understand it in one thought, and practice the Dharma more freely."

"Really? Then let me see whether Master Li's magic is more sophisticated than mine."

"I also want to know if someone like you who pursues ruthlessness will feel the frustration and despair that humans should feel when you are crushed in the field you excel in?"

While talking, the two people who stopped were not idle, each was preparing many techniques.

Dalian Temple Zhidao is worthy of the name of "Mentor". After merging with a ghost in a spiritual disaster and becoming a monster, as a spirit, as he said, he can manipulate spiritual energy and perform spells more easily than when he was alive. In the form of a ghost, he also accommodates enormous power in his own spirit that is difficult for the human body to withstand.

At this time, the man's hand seals were flying, and his own spell power and the surrounding spiritual power were mobilized and transformed according to his mind. He could also construct many spells at the same time, and all kinds of spells came to his hand. Without Li Nian's interference, all kinds of spells took shape quickly. In a blink of an eye, many various Shikigami appeared around him, and all kinds of phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning occurred.

Li Nian did not suppress him closely, giving him some time to catch his breath, allowing the mage to prepare many spells and summons, just like deploying troops, waiting and accumulating. When preparations are complete, they will be deployed one by one, and attack in an orderly manner. This was the mage's fighting style that Li Nian had expected.

There are also several techniques and shikigami that are extremely large in scale, with a very concentrated aura, and they take shape slowly, but it is obvious how powerful they are, and they are probably the killer moves among them.

Li Nian himself was not just watching. The reason why he gave up the quick attack was that after being forced away, he looked up and saw that Dalian Temple Zhidao had prepared several spells. He knew that if he attacked casually again, he would probably fall into his trap, just like Tsuchigumo's rash attack on him, which would make him easy to be calculated.

The armor wrapped around him was also difficult to cut through. Li Nian knew that if he wanted to really hurt such a guy, he had to prepare a powerful enough killing move.

During the conversation, he took advantage of the situation and aroused the idea of ​​competing with this Onmyoji, who had always wanted to fight him. This was because Li Nian planned to use more powerful spells to destroy him, and he also wanted to see how such a powerful wizard would fight.

At this time, there were also more than a dozen magic arrays lighting up around him. This number was obviously less than that of Dalian Temple Zhidao, but each one was absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy like a whale and quickly taking shape. They were no less large-scale than those of humans, emitting terrifying pressure and shining brightly. It was obvious that they were all large-scale techniques of a killing nature.

Dalian Temple Zhidao's eyes flickered. While constructing his own technique, he was also observing the opponent's movements. Seeing the techniques used by the exorcist who defeated the Tsuchigumo spider, he knew that the opponent had no interest in comparing techniques with him, but was prepared to kill him directly with massive firepower.

This was a fighting style that an exorcist like him never feared.

Because generally speaking, the more powerful the spell, the more complicated it is. To carry a huge amount of power, it needs a corresponding structure, which is very troublesome to construct. To perform such a spell, it often takes time. Two mages are facing off at the same time and place, and they each need to fight for and protect the time and free time to construct the spell. The common way of playing is to use simple spells to disrupt the opponent's rhythm first. Close suppression is also an option, like Li Nian did before.

If they really had to face each other and start preparing large-scale rituals directly, what they would be competing for would be the amount of mana they have and the speed at which they can control spiritual power to construct the rituals.

Dalian Temple originally thought that as a spiritual being, he had the advantage in this regard, but now he suddenly realized that the opponent's magic power was as deep as the mountains and the sea, and the technique was constructed much faster!

——One thought can lead to enlightenment, and practice will be more comfortable.

It’s really like that!

"What a powerful wizard! The Earth Spider was defeated by your magic."

Dalian Temple Zhidao exclaimed in praise, and immediately decided to attack first to buy time. He waved his hand, and an army of various shikigami rushed forward.

There are fast wolves, powerful ghosts, eagles flying in the sky, snakes crawling on the ground, and so on. There are all kinds of strange shapes and sizes of Shikigami.

They did not rush forward all at once, but arranged themselves into formation, charging forward swiftly but in an orderly manner. One step slower than them, dozens of condensed streams of light that had already been accumulated were stimulated and released, some of which were shot at Li Nian's men, and some at the spells that were taking shape beside him.

Even more slowly, the technique that has been accumulated for a period of time will take shape and turn into a more specific form.

First, a fire dragon as thick as three people could hold together erupted, emitting dazzling light and heat, and pounced towards Li Nian with a huge roar.

On the other side, something like mud fell to the ground, quietly blended into the ground, swam silently underground, and hid under the firelight.

Outside, some black shadows separated from the shadows under the feet of Dalian Temple Zhidao, swarmed in all directions, and approached Li Nian from the side.

Li Nian looked up and was not attracted by the deliberately created dazzling light, nor was he confused by the various attacks coming from all directions. Instead, he saw the entire scene and distinguished most of the attacks, both overt and covert.

His heart was as calm as still water, while his brain was working rapidly, while he maintained the construction of the technique and his thinking on the battle situation. What he saw was a net coming towards him, and he knew that these various attacks would come in coordination with each other, like waves, one after another.

At this moment, Li Nian's mouth corners were slightly curved, and he smiled, posing as if he was accumulating power for a big move, just to force Dalian Temple Zhidao to take action first and ruin his preparations.

In fact, among the dozen or so techniques performed by Li Nian, the focus was only on a few of them that were carefully prepared, while the others were just sleight of hand tricks that made them gradually take shape by swallowing up spiritual power. It was known that they were difficult to form and were destined to be destroyed.

When Li Nian saw so many techniques prepared by Zhidao of Dalian Temple, he felt that instead of wasting energy trying to counter them, it would be better to just wipe them out directly. He didn't even plan to defend against them all, so he thought about what techniques to use to deal with them.

At this time, there was a stream of light with the fastest speed, containing extremely strong impact force, bombarding from all tricky angles. It was Dalian Temple Zhidao who attacked first.

Even if Li Nian focused on constructing the technique, he didn't need to use his brain to swing the sword. He could mobilize his body to dodge and cut through the light streams, but he was unable to deal with attacks that were intended to destroy his technique.

But it didn't matter. Among the dozen or so techniques, it was indeed the sleight of hand that looked the largest in scale that attracted the attention of Dalian Temple Zhidao, so that the focus of his destruction fell on that.

Li Nian had no intention of constructing any complicated and powerful spells in front of the enemy from the beginning. He used a sleight of hand to block Dalian Temple Zhidao's initial quick attack. What he was really preparing carefully were actually just the two light cannons with the simplest structure, which were also the spells he was best at constructing.

The bait successfully attracted the firepower, so the formation of the light cannon technique was able to pass the most dangerous formation stage. It was suspended above his shoulders. The gathered terrifying power had been compressed and became the port for him to output power. As his mind moved, he blasted out the power that had been accumulated at the beginning.

A stream of light that had been accumulated for a long time swept across the entire place. Wherever it passed, all kinds of fancy things were swept away. Most of the Shikigami's army was wiped out so easily.

A beam of light pierced through the fire dragon from the front, destroying the technique, and then went straight to hit Dalian Temple Zhidao himself, catching him off guard and knocking him away along with the armor covering his body, interrupting the technique and leaving a hole in his body.

After firing these two shots, Li Nian's light cannon technique did not disappear. The carefully constructed turret was designed for sustainable bombardment and had already passed the laborious preparation stage. Now that it was formed, it only needed to do simple energy absorption and compression before it could bombard again.

It was also the early stage of the deployment of various spells. Li Nian was one step slower than Dalian Temple Zhidao in launching the spell, but relying on his faster spell construction speed and a little trick, he successfully dealt with the interference of Dalian Temple Zhidao and accumulated more useful cards.

There was no need to get close, and Li Nian, who drove up two light cannon bases, took the initiative and began to suppress Dalian Temple Zhidao in all directions.

The two light cannons began to absorb energy continuously. One cannon fired at the large-scale spells around Dalian Temple Zhidao, destroying them with its extremely strong concentrated force before they could take shape, and the other cannon fired at him himself, forcing him to jump up and down.

Dalian Temple Zhidao smiled bitterly. He was forced to dodge and defend, and was once again in the dilemma of being unable to perform the magic.

"Is this your magic trick?"

Dalian Temple Zhidao was still wondering what ingenious means Li Nian would show to break his magic, but he didn't expect that this person's so-called ingenious method was to repeatedly use two rapidly charging light cannons to destroy his magic with stronger and faster violence.

"Stronger, faster, simpler, is there anything better than a laser cannon?"

Chapter 448: God's Power and God's Blindness

The turret was set up with a complete structure and all its parts fully functional, and it could run automatically. Li Nian himself did not need to spend much energy interfering with the processes of energy conversion, purification, condensation, compression, and bombardment. He only had to input power, load ammunition, and aim.

While the two laser cannons on his shoulders were bombarding wildly, he still had the leisure to chat with the other party and drew his sword to deal with the attacks that were coming at this time.

If before that, the light cannon ritual he was actually preparing was discovered and destroyed, and failed to take shape, and thus failed to wipe out most of the shikigami army, then these incoming attacks would be connected as one, forcing him to deal with them in a panic.

But most of the shikigami army that had been hit first had been destroyed in the light cannon bombardment. Without coordination and scale, the scattered soldiers were much easier to deal with even if they rushed towards him fearlessly. They were destroyed quickly by him wielding his magic sword like chopping melons and vegetables, and could no longer cause enough trouble.

Without the fierce attacks and restraints of the shikigami, the web that was coming towards him was torn open, and the subsequent attacks with more powerful power were easily identified and avoided by him.

The attack from underground was originally intended to transform into hands of earth and stone to grab Li Nian's feet, so that the fire dragon could successfully swallow him, but the fire dragon no longer had its cooperation and was cut off by his sword.

Over there, Dalian Temple Zhidao barely dodged a beam of light cannon, but was destroyed by a powerful shikigami that was being summoned.

The shikigami has already revealed most of its form, gradually revealing a ferocious Yaksha image, one of the Eight Great Guardian Gods of Buddhism.

Compared with the previous small monsters, its body is much larger and covered with countless lines. It absorbs huge power to achieve a much stronger body. Although it is only half formed, its divinity is gradually becoming complete. If it is completely formed, it will turn into a real guardian Yaksha. When it is manifested, it has the fighting power of a big monster and can move as fast as the wind, but it is not good at strength. When the light stream came, he could not dodge when he was half formed, but he could already wave his weapon to block it.

But after all, it was still a fully formed monster, and lacked the strength to block the condensed and terrifyingly powerful attack. The sharp fork in its hand and its head were smashed by the flash of light. Its unwilling roar came to an abrupt end, and its body dissipated.

This is the disadvantage of being seized with the initiative by others. One step slow, every step slows down. Originally, Dalian Temple Zhidao wanted to gradually deploy various techniques to suppress Li Nian, but now he is blocked by the two light cannons on Li Nian's shoulders, which can be fired at will, one shot to hit his people, and one shot to hit his technique. The light flashed by, and the attack was fast and strong. No matter how exquisite your technique is, or how powerful it is, it is useless if you can't perform it. You can't withstand this heavy blow and it will be destroyed before it takes shape.

"Master Li, do you only know this kind of magic?" In the blink of an eye, several holes appeared on Dalian Temple Zhidao's body. He must have been injured, but he seemed to feel no pain. He didn't care that he was taken advantage of, destroyed various magics, and fell into a critical state of suppression. He just said with a bored expression: "Such a simple magic can't reflect the exquisiteness of your method."

"Don't worry, I'm working on a more interesting technique..."

As Li Nian spoke, he held up a ball of fire in his palm and threw it casually, splashing it behind him. The flames erupted in a fan shape, and the ball of fire turned into a sea of ​​fire, burning away the shadows that were about to rush into his shadow from behind. Miserable howls could be heard coming from them.

As expected, his most insidious and subtle attack was not missed.

Seeing this, Zhidao of Dalian Temple couldn't help but admire in his heart.

Although Lord Li only used the simplest spell to break his attack, he did demonstrate his exquisite manipulation of huge magical power, his accurate judgment of the situation on the field, and his meticulous perception.

Li Nian was constructing the technique, launching the attack, and completing the defense at the same time.

The mage's most basic observation, perception, and thinking abilities were clearly demonstrated in this simple attack and defense.

That was what Dalian Temple Zhidao thought he was best at, and he often used this method to play with others in the palm of his hand. But now it seems that someone has appeared who is better at this fighting style than him.

At this point, Li Nian had completely dealt with the offensive of Dalian Temple Zhidao. The two light cannons on his shoulders fired continuously during this period, destroying all the large-scale techniques constructed by Dalian Temple Zhidao with a devastating force.

While suppressing the enemy magician, Li Nian himself was not idle. Without the interference of Dalian Temple Zhidao himself, he could continue to complete a large-scale ritual that he had been constructing while dealing with the offensive, and now it was gradually showing a power that matched its scale.

"You don't seem to have a deep understanding of the greatness of the light cannon, but it doesn't matter. I also know other techniques. What do you want to see? Is it this kind of magical technique?" Li Nian said with a smile.

The light cannon is simple in construction and can convert energy at an extremely fast speed, concentrate, condense, and then blast out, generating enormous power and breaking all kinds of matter and spiritual forms.

But if you want to exorcise evil spirits, there is a better way, which is to liberate them.

Although physically beating someone to pieces is also a form of salvation... there are indeed many better methods among all the righteous ways.

The technique that Li Nian constructed at this time was not just some powerful killing move, but a corresponding spell prepared for Dalian Temple Zhidao who was a "ghost".

Li Nian asked meaningfully.

"I heard that you have been studying the Taishan Lord Ceremony for your entire life. Then you should know that Taishan Lord is the god of the underworld. He is in charge of you guys who refuse to leave after death. When the dead souls see Taishan Lord, they will be counted in the underworld for the sins they committed in their lifetime... Then, you are such a heartless person. You study souls and don't care about killing your son. I think not only one boy, but more people have died in your crappy experiment. I wonder how a sinful guy like you will be counted when you really see Taishan Lord?"

Dalian Temple Zhidao narrowed his eyes and looked at the side of Li Nian. The completed magic formula turned into a door that gradually opened. Faint divine power came from it, which moved him and made him tremble from the depths of his soul. He immediately guessed what magic formula Li Nian was preparing at this time and answered.

"Then you will definitely not be able to reincarnate and will suffer in hell, right?"

"Oh, you are self-aware. Now, I will let you meet the Lord of Mount Tai."

Li Nian completed the communication with the divinity in the dark through the opened portal. At this time, he looked coldly at Zhidao of Dalian Temple and began to chant.

"In the name of Li Nian, I respectfully inform the Lord of Mount Tai that as I have ordered! The soul of the deceased, the Great Daoist of Dalian Temple, is here! He committed numerous evil deeds during his lifetime, and he will go to hell after his death!"

A big hand slowly stretched out from the door and grabbed towards Dalian Temple Zhidao.

The speed was not fast, it was swaying and floating, and seemed easy to dodge.

But Li Nian just looked on indifferently, not thinking that Dalian Temple Zhidao could escape at all.

Because this is the hand that the Lord of Mount Tai reaches out to grab the soul.

When the magic was not formed, the door was not opened, and the divinity could not be summoned, Dalian Temple Zhidao could still block it. But now the magic is formed, the door is opened, and the will of the Lord of Mount Tai has descended here. Such a high-ranking being has personally extended his hand, and it cannot be easily blocked or avoided.

Zhidao of Dalian Temple did not escape or leave any mark, but stood where he was, looking at the gate with admiration, thinking that he had seen a wonderful method.

In order to directly materialize this portal to the underworld with magic and communicate directly with the Lord of Mount Tai, one must have the corresponding knowledge. One must know what kind of portal to open in order to contact the correct deity. There are countless runes on the portal, and any mistake cannot be made.

The fact that he could summon this portal showed that Lord Li had knowledge related to the underworld, and his previous statement about being interested in the Taishan Lord Festival was probably not just a formality.

Now the god has come to the world, taking shape with the help of Li Nian's magic power, and reaching out from the gate to grab him. However, Zhidao of Dalian Temple was not panicked at all and spoke to Li Nian.

"The so-called gods in the world are actually a kind of spell. Lord Li said that without rules, there is no form. The same is true for gods. They are born from human beliefs. They are a kind of power and rules that already exist. Because of sacrifices and calls, they have forms and names, and even self-awareness. But the more powerful such existences are, the purer they are, because rules create them and rules also constrain them. Gods like the Lord of Mount Tai represent life and death, control souls, are revered by all people, worshipped by all living beings, and have noble divinity. But the stronger the divinity, the weaker the human nature. Just like you call him and ask him to perform his duties, because it conforms to the rules, he must respond to arrest my soul. The divinity requires him to do so, and he must do it. But the purer and more strictly it conforms to the rules, the more loopholes there are."

As he spoke, the huge hand floated over and grabbed towards Zhidao of Dalian Temple.

At this time, the Dalian Temple Zhidao moved and threw out a talisman. Suddenly, his whole spirit body changed, and his face flickered, as if the whole person was torn apart by something. Part of him flowed out of his body and drilled into the talisman paper. The next moment, the talisman paper turned into the appearance of another Dalian Temple Zhidao.

Li Nian raised his eyebrows. He was just thinking that Dalian Temple Zhidao was so calm, he must have a way to deal with it. Now seeing that the talisman paper had turned into another him, he knew what method he was going to use to deal with this grab.