Chapter 866 - 809: The 1000-Year Cicada

Watching Golden Cicada completely lose control, Di Liuxin’s expression turned extremely unpleasant.

Wujiu couldn’t help but laugh at this moment, his laughter filled with great satisfaction, "Messed up, didn’t you?"

Di Liuxin responded with a cold face while fighting, "Even if it’s messed up, Wu Tang won’t survive."

Then Wujiu truly stopped smiling, for Golden Cicada was indeed suppressing Wu Tang in battle.

Not only were his own two hands pulling, but six arms suddenly appeared on his back, also attacking.

What kind of Dharma Aspect is this, so bizarre?

Wu Tang actually wanted to know what kind of monster he was fighting. Even though he was heavily injured, he was still an old Divine Dao Realm cultivator, his cultivation far beyond others.

But why did he happen to encounter such a ferocious and evil entity?

Completely unafraid of death or pain, solely focused on wanting to kill him.

After narrowly dodging the eight arms several times, he hastily summoned his Dharma Aspect to aid him, yet Golden Cicada remained unfazed, steadfastly targeting him.

The Artifact Spirit watched Yi Xian’s current demeanor through the Sea of Consciousness, as if observing a frenzied Han Yu, even more terrifying than Han Yu in madness.

"Looks like he’s even more reckless than you!"

How could he be scrappy enough to ignore the blows from the Dharma Aspect just to kill Wu Tang!

At this moment, Wu Tang was truly frightened; his opponent truly seemed determined for mutual destruction.

He abandoned all other thoughts, leaving his Dharma Aspect behind and, in a flash, he escaped...

It wasn’t exactly an escape, Wu Tang merely removed himself from the battlefield, still in the confluence of the East and West Realms, but no longer daring to engage Golden Cicada.

He was already in a state of severe injury and almost got torn apart by Golden Cicada.

Now, this battlefield was beyond his capacity.

Once he left, Golden Cicada immediately turned his gaze towards Yuan Rong, grinning with a chilling laughter.

Damn!

Yuan Rong was momentarily horrified; from the opponent’s expression, he could clearly feel a predatory desire.

And now, he seemed like prey trapped in a snare, unable to move.

Even if he was a more powerful cultivator than Wu Tang, he could not stand motionless and be torn apart by his opponent!

Watching as Golden Cicada transformed into a ray of golden light advancing towards him, Yuan Rong’s face turned green.

But just at this critical moment, Di Liuxin spoke.

"Golden Cicada, I’m warning you for the last time, get to the high platform immediately!"

Killing Yuan Rong was indeed important, but not as important as today’s arrangement.

This was a long-prepared scheme, leaving no room for Golden Cicada to act recklessly.

But Golden Cicada seemed to have lost his mind, not listening to a word, forcing Di Liuxin to break free from the entanglement with Wujiu and retreat several miles, shaping hand signs.

"Curse!"

As the word fell, Golden Cicada’s figure, poised before Yuan Rong, visibly trembled, and then involuntarily flew towards the high platform.

The sound of cicadas continually echoed, as if resisting.

The thirty-foot-high platform, the moment Golden Cicada landed, dazzling light burst forth, instantly illuminating the entire platform, various talismans continually manifested on the stone walls of the platform, emitting brilliant splendor.

The speed of the descending array abruptly accelerated, and even the beam of light rushing to the heavens began to appear somewhat different.

Wujiu’s expression changed drastically, glancing at the array, then quickly towards the figure on the platform.

This was the final step!

What exactly did the Celestial Dao Sect intend to do with this undercover agent?

"What exactly are you plotting?"

Unable to hold back, Wujiu stopped his actions, speaking with a solemn face.

"You’ll know in a moment."

Di Liuxin, seeing Golden Cicada finally in his destined place, couldn’t help but smile.

When the array descended nearly thirty feet, even passing through their bodies, Di Liuxin squinted at the invisible array, reciting incantations under his breath.

The language was obscure; as he chanted, Golden Cicada gradually grew more sinister.

A sound sharper than ever erupted from his body, causing all present to change their expressions.

Golden Cicada’s body began to distort; or rather, it wasn’t distorting, but expanding, growing larger.

One zhang, two zhang, five zhang, it kept enlarging, light piercing through his body, shooting continuously from his skin, instantly enveloping him completely.

To the naked eye, only a massive sphere of light remained, continuously expanding until it reached a size of a hundred zhang!

When the light dissipated, a crowd was left dumbfounded.

Especially Wujiu, he gasped repeatedly, his voice brimming with disbelief.

"Artificial Dharma Aspect!"

He evidently knew of such things, but couldn’t believe that Celestial Dao Sect could actually create one!

"Sharp eyes, precisely an artificial Dharma Aspect!"

At this stage, Di Liuxin seemed extraordinarily patient, or perhaps he was already certain of his victory.

"How is this possible? Creating an artificial Dharma Aspect is fundamentally unfeasible."

Wujiu expressed full skepticism; Yama Hall had not ignored such an idea, rather, they considered this shortcut even before the Celestial Dao Sect.

Looking at their various strange methods to enhance cultivators, one could see this.

It was only because artificial Dharma Aspects couldn’t be realized that they settled for the lesser, transferring artificially created Divine Techniques to the lower-level cultivators, enhancing Yama Hall’s baseline combat power.

But likewise, there were not without any drawbacks.

In the Initial Realm and Entering Dao stages, their cultivators could hold their own against Celestial Dao Sect cultivators, but once reaching the Walking the Dao level, Celestial Dao Sect cultivators, grounded in stable practice, could erupt with greater power.

In contrast, Yama Hall cultivators, who gained power through shortcuts, lacked understanding of these powers, suffering significant losses at the Walking the Dao stage.

Thus, Yama Hall only saw their lower ranks using these peculiar abilities, while the higher ranks were all self-cultivated.

Wujiu questioned this principle; an artificial Dharma Aspect was about the same; a Dharma Aspect is the embodiment of a Divine Dao cultivator’s power, entailing their comprehension, Dao path, and even cultivation techniques, all evolving step by step into a Dharma Aspect.

This was even more far-fetched than creating a Divine Technique, which was just an additional ability.

If the artificial Dharma Aspect succeeded, a Divine Dao Realm cultivator could be conjured out of thin air.

Is that possible?

Impossible, because they had tried it.

Di Liuxin laughed. Of course, they would fail. Yama Hall’s idea was to have cultivators control the artificial Dharma Aspect.

Whereas Celestial Dao Sect thought differently, they allowed the artificial Dharma Aspect to "live", instead overturning to control the cultivator.

"What if the one below isn’t a cultivator, but the artificial Dharma Aspect itself?"

His face was full of mockery.

Wujiu’s expression turned extremely horrified, looking at Di Liuxin with an unimaginable expression.

Putting aside how an artificial Dharma Aspect could live inside a cultivator’s body, what cultivator could withstand such immense power poured in.

Those who could withstand it wouldn’t need it at all.

"Ever seen a cicada?"

Di Liuxin gave a strange smile, speaking on his own accord.

"Central Continent is actually a very interesting place, especially in nurturing life."

A cicada pupa sealed with power, growing fiercely here, finally breaking out of its shell, truly marvelous.

"Central Continent holds a rule: life exists for a reason. Even if entirely unreasonable, as long as it can be born, heaven and earth at most exclude it, but won’t directly destroy it."

And it was precisely because of this rule that they could achieve this unprecedented feat, bringing Golden Cicada into Central Continent, burying it within Central Continent cultivators, unrestrainedly absorbing Central Continent’s heavenly and earthly power to strengthen itself.

"So, you accomplished..."

Wujiu looked grim.