Chapter 893 - 829: Suppressing the Six Paths with One’s Own Body! (Part 2)

The Artifact Spirit sighed helplessly. If it had known this would be the result, why did it even bother coming here to watch and make itself feel worse?

Han Yu’s face was extremely grim; he was even cursing the old wise man repeatedly in his heart.

Suddenly, an abrupt change occurred!

The four attacks that should have struck the Dharma Aspect of the Golden Cicada vanished into thin air.

"Look quickly, that spiritual light!"

The Artifact Spirit suddenly shouted, and Han Yu raised his head to look. Outside the Array, the spiritual light that had previously burrowed into the Golden Cicada flew out in an instant.

It did not unleash any powerful offensives, nor did it provide any protection.

Yet it was even more outrageous than either.

The spiritual light appeared abruptly, tearing open a rift in the void. It was chaos inside, and the four impending attacks were all swallowed by this abyss.

The Golden Cicada seemed to have known in advance, continuing to peck open a fifth gap without turning back.

This scene made the four of them grit their teeth with rage, especially regarding the origin of this spiritual light.

"Is this the handiwork of the Heavenly Dao?"

Jiang Xinyuan spoke through gritted teeth.

"Even if it’s not the Heavenly Dao, it must be someone from the Heavenly Dao’s side intervening."

Jiu You surprisingly agreed, but soon began to mock them again.

"How does it feel when the dog you raised turns around to bite you?"

Di Liuxin couldn’t help but respond in anger, "Don’t think you’ll fare any better! With the Array destroyed, you’re the ones who’ll suffer the most."

For a moment, Jiu You’s face turned sullen once more.

Because Di Liuxin was correct—whether the Array was destroyed or devoured, they would be at a loss!

And Di Liuxin continued to say, "Even if the expected objectives weren’t met, in the end, the Celestial Dao Sect didn’t come out empty-handed."

Such heart-piercing words almost provoked the two from Yama Hall to attack again.

Under the protection of the spiritual light, the Golden Cicada moved quickly. After the fifth gap appeared, the sixth followed closely.

When the entire Array emitted a piercing roar, all four of their expressions became incredibly grim.

And the Golden Cicada finally stopped its actions.

Countless glimmers of light were falling continuously from the six gaps, like raindrops hitting the world.

In an instant, the murderous battlefield suddenly became extremely beautiful.

The Golden Cicada slowly rose, watched everything coldly, and suddenly smiled.

"Why are you doing this?"

Di Liuxin still couldn’t understand why the Golden Cicada would betray them like this.

"How could you comprehend the taste of a heart dead with despair?"

The Golden Cicada spoke coldly, its eyes sweeping across the entire scene, landing on each of the four.

Finally, it fixed its gaze on Di Liuxin, "Di Liuxin! You shouldn’t have killed her."

"Now, it’s time for you to experience this kind of taste."

How to experience it.

The Golden Cicada’s Dharma Aspect gradually sat down, the light halo shattering to reveal the Cicada’s figure.

As it sat cross-legged, the sound of cicadas suddenly rang out.

"Om!"

With the first sound, a burst of golden light erupted from the Golden Cicada, quickly merging into the Array.

"Ma!"

With the second sound, the energy that originally entered its body, belonging to the Array, began to return continuously.

The suspended Array began to ascend.

"Ni!"

With the third sound, the faces of all four changed simultaneously, feeling the energy within the Golden Cicada rapidly flowing back out.

At the same time, the Array ascended even faster.

"Pad!"

With the fourth sound, the Golden Cicada’s figure started to become increasingly ethereal.

"Me!"

With the fifth sound, the cicada’s call ceased, replaced by bursts of a bell ringing from within.

It was the force once placed inside to counter the power of Yama Hall, now entirely converged into the Array.

The entire Array suddenly became strange, as if the power belonging to Yama Hall was being countered.

Initially, the Golden Cicada’s power was just barely competing, but in the next moment, the spiritual light also joined in, directly entering the Golden Cicada’s body, completely changing the Array’s aura.

"Hum!"

With the sixth sound, the Golden Cicada rose to its full height.

With a face full of mockery, it looked at the four and taunted.

"You haven’t won."

It first spoke to the two from the Celestial Dao Sect, enraging Di Liuxin and Jiang Xinyuan, who burst into curses.

Wujiu almost laughed, but then the Golden Cicada looked at the two from Yama Hall and said,

"You haven’t won either!"

The Array was already returning to its proper position, so how could they not have won?

That’s what Wujiu thought.

But Jiu You’s face suddenly turned sullen, as if he had a bad premonition.

The Golden Cicada smiled faintly, its body standing upon the Array gradually becoming insubstantial.

"Not good, he wants to suppress the Array with himself!"

Jiu You finally realized what the Golden Cicada intended to do, his expression changing dramatically.

Before Wujiu understood the meaning, Jiang Xinyuan got it.

"This Array doesn’t belong to the Celestial Dao Sect, nor Yama Hall; perhaps it belongs to him now."

"What good does that do; he won’t be alive."

Di Liuxin couldn’t help but speak.

"It serves a purpose. To me, it’s very important that this Array doesn’t belong to either of you."

The Golden Cicada smiled faintly, this was his bargain with the old wise man.

He was willing to sacrifice everything, even offering his life, for her revival.

Central Continent is wonderful, but without her, I don’t want to stay.

"He’s gone."

The Artifact Spirit suddenly spoke, as the Golden Cicada had already disappeared into the Array.

That Array ascended with inconceivable speed, then returned to its original position.

Only the six gaps remained, as if silently mocking everyone.

In this battle, the Celestial Dao Sect didn’t win.

Yama Hall didn’t win either.

In truth, the Golden Cicada using up its life wasn’t a victory either.

So who actually won?

"The Heavenly Dao won!"

Jiang Xinyuan suddenly spoke with a bitter smile.

The other three immediately understood, realizing both sides had fought fiercely, yet the Heavenly Dao had stolen the victory.

The Celestial Dao Sect failed to secure the Array, exhausting effort for nothing.

Though Yama Hall preserved the Array, it ended up being broken and now with the Golden Cicada inside, it bacame unusable in the future.

This was truly infuriating.

When Jiu You and Wujiu raised their heads to look at the Array again, they found it extremely irksome.

When all was considered, the Heavenly Dao was the true beneficiary.

Achieving such a grand objective at the smallest cost.

"Shall we continue fighting?"

Wujiu suddenly asked the question.

The atmosphere instantly became bizarre, with the other three giving him odd looks.

There was nothing left to fight for, so why continue?

The four had reached their limits.

Moreover, after the Golden Cicada’s disgusting move, everyone was left disheartened.

Jiu You sighed dejectedly and walked away, with no one stopping him.

Wujiu, fearing being trapped, quickly turned and followed.

The two left behind were left speechless, Jiang Xinyuan reluctantly shook his head, "We should leave too. Our teacher might need help explaining things."

The place gradually emptied out, leaving the battlefield desolate.

"And what about us?"

The Artifact Spirit couldn’t help but ask.

Han Yu glanced at the spot where the Array disappeared, said nothing, and turned to burrow underground...