Chapter 417: A Sliver of Hope

Zongwang Prompt: You have triggered a Special Event, Slay Three Corpses to Prove the Dao!

Special Event: Slay Three Corpses to Prove the Dao

Event description:

During the Golden Cicada's Dao‑proving process, an accident occurred: in the ancient timeline the existence of the Six‑winged Golden Cicada was magnified, and the Golden Cicada's humanity and divinity were crushed by its beastly nature.

Now, the Six‑winged Golden Cicada has broken free from its seal.

Facing a strong enemy, you need to make a choice.

Slay the Six‑winged Golden Cicada, or leave here.

Zongwang Prompt: Current team objective has been set to eliminate the Six‑winged Golden Cicada.

Zongwang Prompt: Current team mission difficulty has increased; players should judge for themselves!

Amid a series of Zongwang Prompts, the Six‑winged Golden Cicada broke through its seal and appeared before everyone, exuding an extremely Frenzied aura.

Warning: the Six‑winged Golden Cicada is forced to use Golden Cicada shedding, entering a Frenzy state, its beastly power infection intensifies, and all creatures approaching it must undergo environmental detection.

If detection fails, it will enter a Frenzy state, its rationality will drop sharply, and it will attack all creatures within its sight.

"Roar!"

The Jiao Mo Wang's roar is filled with bone‑chilling Frenzy rage; at this moment its condition has reached a very dangerous level.

The beastly power on the Six‑winged Golden Cicada infects its body; its internal blood veins churn, granting Frenzy power while eroding its rationality.

Not only Jiao Mo Wang, but also Niu Mo Wang as well; red light glints in their pupils, completely infected by the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's beastly nature.

"Damn!"

Mu Yi and his companions narrowed their pupils; although they relied on Sun Wukong's identity and harnessed the power of Niu Mo Wang and Jiao Mo Wang.

But now it seems this assistance is turning into an obstacle.

"I'll hold them back; you all assault the Six‑winged Golden Cicada!"

Mu Yi took a deep breath and directly dragged Niu Mo Wang and Jiao Mo Wang into the Reincarnation Barrier; under any circumstances they must not go mad at this moment.

First, isolate the beastly power infection.

Fortunately both fell into a state of complete estrangement; Mu Yi tossed the two into the empty barrier, and the two demon kings naturally began a fierce brawl.

The massive evil Jiao and the huge white Niu collided violently.

When Mu Yi finished arranging for both to return to the real space, he found the situation had already collapsed.

Shen Wanqian's abdomen bore a terrifying wound; the fur coat he wore was now marked with extensive charred scars.

These are only the most obvious external injuries; more severe damage lies within his body.

The abdominal flesh was harmed by the terrifying force; under external impact, countless nerves were severed, and the shock damaged organs, causing Shen Wanqian to spew a mouthful of blood with the slightest cough.

"It can get hurt too; we can win!" Shen Wanqian, without extra words, gave Mu Yi a strong heart injection.

During Mu Yi's disappearance, Shen Wanqian used a life‑risking tactic, creating an opening for Jing Liuyun and Mo Fei, damaging the Six‑winged Golden Cicada.

They leveraged Niu Mo Wang and Jiao Mo Wang's power to force the Six‑winged Golden Cicada to use the Golden Cicada shedding to escape the seal; though powerful, the weakening of the Six‑winged Golden Cicada was plainly visible.

Although the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's beastly nature has a strong infective effect on demons,

its own being is significantly weakened; a non‑peak Six‑winged Golden Cicada, when faced with Mo Fei and the other two's trio assault, sustained considerable damage.

"Roar!"

At this moment the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's roar is full of anger.

The Golden Cicada shedding's greatest loss for it is the thick outer armor layer.

Without its impenetrable, water‑ and fire‑resistant armor, it too can be wounded and feel pain.

Shen Wanqian used himself as bait, drawing the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's attention, giving Mo Fei and Jing Liuyun the optimal attack angle.

At this moment the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's body was covered with plum blossoms, which feed on its internal power, siphoning its life force and energy.

What further irritates it is Jing Liuyun; at this moment Jing Liuyun radiates dense Buddha light, harnessing the scattered Buddha light of Ling Mountain, transforming into a Thousand‑Hand Buddha, swinging fists that have already left lingering afterimages to strike it, giving it no chance to recover.

The ultimate beastly instinct provides a comprehensive combat ability.

But it did not anticipate that, at its most vulnerable moment after escaping, Shen Wanqian and the others chose the most direct life‑risking method, and truly dealt a heavy blow within a short time.

Even the most ferocious Frenzy beastliness fell into a momentary stasis.

The threat of death made the Six‑winged Golden Cicada shed its primal beastliness; it began to employ its wisdom against foes, and although the ultimate beastly power from its bloodline gave it exhilaration, its desire to survive now burns even stronger.

Mo Fei and Jing Liuyun, together with the Six‑winged Golden Cicada, played a game of hide‑and‑seek in the sky.

As an ancient ferocious beast, the Six‑winged Golden Cicada may lack the Golden‑winged Roc's ability to flap its wings ten thousand li, but its speed is extremely swift, complemented by its powerful regeneration.

The Six‑winged Golden Cicada, intent on avoiding battle, instead began continuously restoring its vital energy.

Just as the Six‑winged Golden Cicada was complacent, a surging sea of blood surrounded it.

The blood sea is merely a distraction; the true killing move lies in the locked space it contains.

In an unguarded instant, the Six‑winged Golden Cicada was seized by this unknown force.

The body that had been moving at high speed was forced to stop; Mo Fei, without hesitation, turned into a blood‑red vortex that surged to the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's side, a surge of energy erupted from within, and plum blossoms imbued with all his magical power were thrust heavily into its body.

The blood‑red plum blossoms rooted and sprouted inside the Six‑winged Golden Cicada; the blossoms, containing all of Mo Fei's power, acted like a lethal toxin, disrupting the Cicada's various balances.

Under Mu Yi's perception, the power within the Six‑winged Golden Cicada was depleting at a rapid rate.

Or more precisely, this blood‑red plum blossom shattered the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's control over the essence of heaven and earth, causing its internal power to leak, hence the observed decay.

Jing Liuyun transformed into a massive being shrouded in billowing black smoke, its size swelling to ten thousand zhang, gathering all Buddha light into a giant hand that struck down on the Six‑winged Golden Cicada.

The Buddha's great hand contains sealing power, intending to suppress the Six‑winged Golden Cicada again.

"Roar!"

A flash of golden light flickered, and the Six‑winged Golden Cicada escaped from beneath the Buddha's great hand.

Even though it knows this move may not have the power to seal it.

But the countless years of being sealed make it unwilling to resist forcefully, nor to gamble.

It once again displayed the ability of the Golden Cicada Shell Shed.

And this is exactly what Mo Fei and they wanted.

The Buddha's great hand that Jingliuyun struck down turned into a mountain peak, suppressing the discarded carcass of the Six-Winged Golden Cicada below.

Then it transformed its identity, becoming a wielder of the Flame God.

Mo Fei could no longer fight, withdrew from the battlefield, but the effect had already been achieved.

The Six-Winged Golden Cicada was both startled and furious at the stubbornly growing plum blossom on its body; it did not understand how Mo Fei had done this, and even after using its Innate Divine Ability, it still could not shake off this blood‑stained plum blossom.

The guardians selected by Buddha for the Golden Cicada offspring are none simple; each possesses God‑Slaying Power, and these powers are extremely deadly to the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada at this moment.

Heavenly fire, earthly fire, human fire…… layers of flames erupted from Jingliuyun's hands.

The Six‑Winged Golden Cicada was surrounded by flames, rolling about on the ground almost completely.

Yet this scene made Jingliuyun and Mu Yi feel extremely wary.

Up to now, the power displayed by the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada does not resemble that of an immortal god‑level being.

Even if weakened by divinity, even if forced to use the Golden Cicada Shell Shed and shed its carcass, the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada has yet to display any miraculous ability.

It merely displayed the vitality and recovery of a beast, plus a respectable speed; as for other aspects, none have been shown.

Whether it was the Gravity Control of the Heavenly Ant King, or the extreme speed of the Golden‑winged Roc, these are kinds of miraculous abilities, yet the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada has shown none of them.

Finally, after a violent explosion of flames, the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada's form flickered unpredictably, then in the next instant it turned into golden light and vanished with a boom.

At this moment, Jingliuyun and Mu Yi both stared blankly.

In the next instant, their faces completely changed, as they had realized something.

But it was already too late.

"Roar!"

The Six‑Winged Golden Cicada's roar echoed beneath Spirit Mountain; the terrifying power erupting from the husk that Mu Yi and company had considered discarded began to shake the seal.

The Six‑Winged Golden Cicada they had just dealt with was merely a deliberate emanation from the opponent; the reason it showed no miraculous ability is now revealed—its very existence is a kind of miraculous ability.

Before this, nobody had noticed this.

The Six‑Winged Golden Cicada can actually produce a duplicate as real as an actual entity.

At this moment, the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada's true form is about to break the seal, and they no longer have the Flood Demon King and the Bull Demon King to suppress it.

A pair of eyes radiating cruelty and ferocity locked firmly onto Mu Yi and company.

Even the duplicate is part of the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada, and the loss brought by its destruction is real.

Mu Yi and Jingliuyun instantly felt a fear arising from instinct, a feeling like a haze eroding their spirits.

"You really underestimated me; get lost back where you came from!"

Mu Yi let out a roar, the Human Path army fully deployed, and the thick Cloud Energy instantly turned into heavy pressure that crashed toward the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada.

The true form is not comparable to the duplicate; just that near‑indestructible diamond‑like body is enough to give Mu Yi and company trouble.

Even if the opponent lost half its power due to the duplicate, the diamond‑indestructible body is enough for it to remain invincible.

Under Mu Yi's control, the Six Paths barrier began to drive the power of samsara, continually weakening the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada's strength; each cycle reduced its power by one unit.

Jingliuyun also again transformed into a towering Buddha, his great hand turning into a seal that he struck down, intending to, while Mu Yi restrained the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada, directly reinforce the seal and crush the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada within it.

Mo Fei continuously calculated the Plum Blossom Divination in his hand, his brows furrowed.

"An ominous portent!"

Mo Fei's head ached terribly, but the little power left in his body prevented him from doing anything; he could only watch helplessly as Mu Yi and Jingliuyun fought.

Yet just as he was calculating, six copper plates fell before him.

"Six Yao Copper Coins?"

Mo Fei looked at Shen Wanqian in astonishment; this quality is a magical artifact that can enhance divination and calculation abilities.

More importantly, this item is likely single‑use.

"Use it; this thing is useless to me anyway. See if you can calculate a sliver of hope for us!" Shen Wanqian shook his head at Mo Fei.

For precious things, even after death they are meaningless.

He understood this well; even with vast wealth, he could not retain a beloved one suffering the Five Declines of Heavenly Man.

He embarked on the path of cultivation in order to glimpse a chance from samsara.

To this end, he even kept the cold he had suffered years ago, using it to constantly warn himself, and also to cherish the fading warmth in his embrace.

Before that, he would absolutely not die, and would absolutely do anything.

"Good!" Mo Fei looked at Jingliuyun, who was locked in struggle with the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada, and at Mu Yi, who continually used samsara to weaken the Six‑Winged Golden Cicada, and nodded.

Although his Plum Blossom Divination and Six Yao Copper Coins are not a perfect match, in the realm of divination and deduction they can still be used together even if not fully matched.

Moreover, he has an even better method.

The Six Yao Copper Coins instantly shattered, turning into the purest power that attached to the plum blossom in Mo Fei's hand.

Although it is merely a plum blossom, in Shen Wanqian's solemnity, this plum blossom seems to encompass all phenomena; he can even see from it the figure of the person he longs for.

"Cough cough cough!"

His physical discomfort provoked a violent cough that woke him from the hallucination; Shen Wanqian took a deep look at the hallucination, then closed his eyes.

What he sought was a genuine reunion, not this false hallucination.

If it were merely for the hallucination, his power would already be enough to trap him in a hallucination for a lifetime.

"The last sliver of hope, is it in the heavens?"

Mo Fei looked bewilderedly toward the firmament, but there was nothing above the heavens.

He fell into contemplation; after a moment, he thought of the answer.

"Peng Demon King, act swiftly, otherwise the Bull Demon King and Flood Demon King are in peril!"

"Speak clearly!" Peng Mo Wang appeared before Mo Fei like a ghost.

You should have already seen that the Six‑winged Golden Cicada's beast nature can infect demons, awakening the primal beast within them; if we don't quickly eliminate the Six‑winged Golden Cicada now, the two Demon Kings will likely become puppets of beastly instinct and completely lose their reason!

Mo Fei earnestly urged.

Peng Demon King fell into hesitation; at the moment the Six‑winged Golden Cicada broke the seal, Bull Demon King and Jiao Demon King were infected, and he escaped in an instant to a thousand li away, just avoiding disaster.

He had been observing the battlefield, which is why he appeared the instant Mo Fei spoke.

He wasn't sure whether Mo Fei was deceiving him, but he also had a premonition that the primal impulse that surged within him at that moment was genuine.

If the Six‑winged Golden Cicada were truly freed, all of their demons would likely suffer.