Although Golden Court's attack had caused no small commotion, probing had accounted for the greater part of it. After this exchange, both sides had employed their methods, and naturally much could be seen from it.
Zhang Yu shared the same view as the great powers. Though the Dao methods of the five Yuan Sages differed, they were nearly one body, able at any moment to cycle and alternate. Striking one was like striking them all; should any one of them encounter the slightest trouble, they could immediately rely on the others for aid.
As Daoist Bai Wang had said, even if they concentrated their strength and slew one of them, so long as the other Yuan Sages remained, that one might reappear after the next transformation of their Dao methods.
If they could not find a way to deal with this, it would be difficult to win this battle.
Fortunately, these five were not truly without flaws. The rotation of their Dao methods seemed utterly seamless, yet their qi and intent were now distinctly divided. They were still five relatively independent Dao methods, not truly one whole. This was determined by the principles themselves; so long as they remained beneath the Great Dao, they could hardly escape this constraint.
Since that was so, he need not attack any particular person. He only needed to strike the gaps in the operation of their Dao methods. So long as he severed their mutual entanglements, or cut one person out from among the five Dao methods, he could try to hunt them down one by one.
It so happened that the Six Seals of the Great Dao he wielded, the Power of Controlling the Center, and the Sever All Absolutes sword art could all accomplish this.
Nor were the other great powers ordinary