"So that's how it works. Secret arts and unusual techniques tend toward the strange and uncanny. What they manifest is the power of law at the level of the Great Dao."
"If we insist on analyzing them through Investigating Things and Extending Knowledge, they amount to directly drawing upon the Great Dao through some peculiar means."
"Still, they remain affected by cultivation and magic power. Most cultivators cannot control them perfectly, so naturally, they have their limits."
In Li Chen's view, the arts of Qimen Dunjia were mostly unusual abilities with certain absolute properties. In actual combat, encountering them unexpectedly might prove troublesome, but mass destruction or legion-style warfare could overcome them.
Their absolute properties were both an advantage and a limitation. Once the right method was found, they could be broken.
Thus, those who practiced this path relied largely on ingenuity, winning through the uncanny and unpredictable. They often deliberately shrouded themselves in mystery, unwilling to display their powers before others.
But Hua Yongshan soon added, "I also have the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Array. It can be applied to a legion, allowing me to marshal troops and deploy generals with success at every turn!"
Li Chen suddenly started. "Of course! There's also this military formation that can empower a legion!"
"Qimen Dunjia originally included military tactics for deploying troops and arranging formations. Within the Array Dao, almost every spell related to battle formations originated from it!"
Hua Yongshan said, "Ancient cultivators once said that without a formation, there can be no army. Any true commander of the Military School must cultivate spells for deploying troops and arranging formations. Only by drawing upon a legion's strength can they possess real fighting power. Otherwise, even if you have thousands of soldiers and horses, mostly of the two-star level, their