The End Had to Throw a Wrench in the Works

Di Liuxin's expression froze, and he looked somewhat uneasy.

Whether they had succeeded or not seemed hard to define.

Or rather, they had only succeeded halfway.

From the moment Golden Cicada was created, it had been infused with the power to counter the cultivators of Yanluo Hall.

The original plan had been to use it as a hidden weapon against Yanluo Hall, but halfway through, Heavenly Dao Sect discovered that the power to counter them wasn't working ideally in Golden Cicada.

Or rather, it hadn't met their expectations.

Just as they had seen earlier, Golden Cicada could only counter Wu Tang's Dharma form. It couldn't counter anything else, and the other power meant to counter cultivation techniques had never been able to merge with this one.

Thus, while Golden Cicada could counter Dharma forms, it wasn't very strong on its own. It could handle Divine Way Realm experts who were somewhat weaker, but if Wu Tang hadn't been seriously injured, he could have taken it down without relying on his Dharma form.

As a result, Golden Cicada's usefulness had been greatly reduced, to the point that it was left with only its original purpose.

That was exactly what Wu Jiu wanted to know, too. He watched as the formation kept descending until it hovered opposite the high platform, his face turning ashen.

Below, the light faded from the high platform, gradually revealing a gigantic golden six-winged cicada. Its chirps rang out without pause.

"So he really isn't human!"

The Artifact Spirit couldn't help crying out in surprise. No wonder it had always felt that Yixian seemed strange after changing. It turned out there was such a thing hidden inside his body.

Or perhaps it was better to call it a Dharma form.

Unlike other Dharma forms, this golden cicada was