Practice begins with immortality

"He died so easily?!" Looking at the scene happening in front of him, Huo Yan widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief, his mouth opened so wide that he even forgot to close it.

At this moment, something unexpected happened again. After the Iceman and the Vine Giant fell, two smaller formations, similar to the massive one in the sky but slightly different, suddenly appeared. These smaller formations shone with strange light, as if a mysterious power flowed through them.

The formation quickly wrapped up the dead ice man and vine giant, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared from the spot with them, leaving no trace.

Huo Yan stared blankly at all this, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He swallowed hard, turned his head to look at the old man beside him, known as Master Yan, and asked with a slightly trembling voice, "Master Yan, do you think there are any Second Tribulation True Immortals in our four ancient countries who can practice both the Dao of Formation and the Dao of Thunder?"

Old Yan was also in extreme shock at this time. After hearing Huo Yan's question, he took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and slowly said: "Of course there is, but as far as I know, the means just demonstrated are definitely not something those people can do." At this point, Old Yan couldn't help but take another breath, obviously still in shock about what he had just witnessed.

After a brief pause, Elder Yan continued, "And in my opinion, those methods just now are probably not as simple as simply combining the art of formation and the art of thunder."

Huo Yan's heart tightened when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "What could that be?"

Old Yan looked off into the distance with a serious expression, and said word by word, "It's very likely... it's the legendary technique!"

"Little Blackie, you should know that there is a concept of subordination between the various paths."

"Just like your Fire Dao and my Sword Dao belong to the Five Elements Dao and the Military Dao respectively. The Technique Dao conceptually encompasses all worldly techniques. And the so-called Hundred Arts of Cultivation, techniques, and spells, theoretically all belong to the Technique Dao!"

"Of course, the higher the level and the more elements a path contains, the harder it is to cultivate. Therefore, there are very few people in this world who can embark on this path. It basically only exists in legends."

"And those who practice this way can theoretically learn everything they can understand, including other ways!"

"If that's the case," Huo Yan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Then why is it called the Way of Technique? Wouldn't the Way of Wisdom be more appropriate?"

"This? Some people call it the Way of Wisdom, but there are many kinds of wisdom, like combat wisdom and dealing with things. So I personally think it's better to call it the Way of Technique."

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On the way back, the two continued to talk about everything related to the techniques.

"Most cultivators practice another path in addition to their primary path, thus forming a 'school.'" The old man surnamed Yan continued, "Like you, you practice the Path of Fire as your primary path, supplemented by the Path of Withering. And I practice the Path of Sword as my primary path, supplemented by the Path of Gold."

"Theoretically, there's no strongest school; strength depends solely on the cultivator themselves. But if we had to choose the strongest school, it would be the one comprised of the Dao of Technique and the Dao of Transformation!"

"The Dao of Transformation reflects all Daos with one Dao, while the Dao of Techniques can analyze and learn the techniques and advantages of all Daos. The combination of the two can be said to be a powerful combination made in heaven!"

"Legend has it that among those who have achieved enlightenment above the Twelve Gates, there is one named Wanfa Tianzun. The Dao he inherited is said to be the Dao of Technique and Transformation!"

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On the other side, Wang Bai secretly used the Universal Array to kill the Ice Man and the Vine Giant, then wrapped their bodies with the array and placed them in the inner world.

And now, he is refining their immortal power and true spirit.

"Well, not bad! Compared to the fourth-tribulation Hou, refining this ice man and vine giant is really too easy!" Wang Bai opened his eyes, stood up, and said excitedly.

Just now, he only spent a quarter of an hour to refine 2% of the ice man's immortal power and true spirit, which was much faster than refining the monster.

Furthermore, Wang Bai had discovered that the Myriad Array wouldn't cause any problems unless the number of elements in it was extremely large, just tens or millions. The Golden Scale Divine Thunder that had just killed the Ice Man and the Vine Giant was unleashed using 810,000 Myriad Array elements, and the effect was quite impressive. It was even stronger than before attaining immortality in the lower realms. "Perhaps the Myriad Array's power has a lot to do with me being the one who set it up," Wang Bai pondered.

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After refining a bit of his immortal power and true spirit, Wang Bai returned. For Wang Bai, what he needed now was a relatively stable environment. While the Ancient Kingdom's army would have to deal with war in the future, the strongest warriors who emerged in such a war would at best be First Tribulation True Immortals. Second Tribulation True Immortals rarely died unless the entire army was completely defeated, and the Third Tribulation Ancient Kingdom ancestors would never intervene unless the nation was in imminent danger of destruction.

Wang Bo, based on previously collected data, conducted simulations and concluded that his current strength, without the Myriad Formation, was equivalent to those of the two First Tribulation True Immortals. With the Myriad Formation slightly activated, his combat power would be equivalent to that of a Second Tribulation True Immortal. In this case, the so-called ancient nation wars were like children playing house before him, presenting no threat at all!

What's more, if a real war breaks out, it will be beneficial to Wang Bai. He has the Soul-Devouring Furnace, and the true souls of those who died in the war can be used by him. This is why he joined the legion.

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With Wang Bai's speed not inferior to that of a first-level True Immortal, he rushed back to the battlefield in an instant.

At this moment, the battlefield has entered a white-hot stage. Many people have become bloodthirsty and don't care whether the other party is a human or an animal. Anyone who gets close to them is an enemy.

After Wang Bai returned to the battlefield, he also killed several people who wanted to ambush him and seize the crystal. This kind of thing is not uncommon. After all, it is normal for a few people to die in the chaos of the army. Moreover, crystals are necessary to exchange for immortal stones and magic gold.

Not long after Wang Bai returned to the battlefield, the two men also returned.

"The Ice God Beast has been slain, why don't you beasts get out of here!"

Huo Yan shouted loudly, holding the ice giant's head. Meanwhile, the dozen or so snow beasts with the highest intelligence and strength, realizing their leader was dead, roared a few times and transformed into icy winds before fleeing.

"Oh my god, these beasts are trying to run away?!" Faced with this situation, a powerful man was unwilling to give up. He wanted to hunt more snow beasts in exchange for fairy stones.

The weaker ones, however, were overjoyed. "It's finally over! I survived!" Among them were Ascended Ones and those below the Immortal Realm. Some were killed by the Snow Beasts due to their lack of strength, or by their own people, the latter being more common. More accurately, the majority of the casualties were Ascended Ones, as those below the Immortal Realm were mostly hiding in the warships. Aside from a few warships that were destroyed by the Snow Beasts' concentrated fire, the others were merely damaged.