"Pfft..."
Jin Yang and the other three spat blood, their auras withering in an instant.
"Go, hurry!"
Jin Yang panicked and urgently gave the order. His body had already shot backward as he fled in the direction they had come from.
Nine Metamorphosis Reincarnation was a secret art of the Golden Cicada Scripture. After all these years, the four fellow disciples had only cultivated two layers of Cicada Molt. Now that they had exhausted them, they no longer had the strength to resist Lin Xuan.
The other three did not reply, but they reacted swiftly as well, following closely behind Jin Yang as they fled.
"Suppress!"
Lin Xuan remained unhurried. The dark golden eye appeared in the sky once more, and Divine Restriction Chains descended from the heavens.
Boundless gravity turned even space viscous, drastically slowing the four of them.
In the blink of an eye, Divine Restriction Chains bound them. Razor-sharp force erupted, slashing into their bodies, while rolling heavenly lightning coursed down the chains and surged into them as well.
"Ah..."
Miserable screams rang out as the life force of Jin Yang and the others rapidly drained away.
Suddenly, four golden cicadas the size of fists flew out from their bodies. They were the spiritual lights of the four men's consciousnesses.
"You're not getting away!"
Lin Xuan had long been prepared. With a thought, dense Divine Restriction Chains regenerated, while the Four Spirits held the Taiji Diagram aloft and descended from the sky.
The four golden cicadas were pinned down once again, with nowhere to flee.
"Lin Xuan, you cannot kill us! Buddha Soil will not let you off..."
"Damn it, let me go, let go..."
Terrified voices echoed through the sky.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes, too lazy to even answer them.
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