Embers of Sword

Chapter 699 Seeing the Cicada

Chapter 699 Seeing the Cicada (Part 1)

The wind howled fiercely over Beihai.

The flying sword slowly came to a stop, and Xie Xuanyi arrived at the seaside, sensing a mysterious call from the heavens.

Deep in the North Sea, it seemed as if something was calling to me.

"We've arrived in Beihai..."

Jiang Miaoyin asked in a hoarse, nervous voice, "And then?"

The two rode their swords northwards without daring to stop for even a moment.

And now, we have finally reached the finish line.

Although the wind and waves in Beihai were strong at this moment, it could be described as calm... The bloody battle in the previous life had spread here, and hundreds and thousands of cultivators had died in battle, their blood staining the sea red and their ghosts crowding the shore.

At this moment, in the vast North Sea, only Xie Xuanyi and Jiang Miaoyin were present.

The tide rises and falls.

A dead silence.

“I think… I might need to ‘die’ once.”

Xie Xuanyi stared intently into the depths of the North Sea for a long time before suddenly speaking.

He had a premonition.

On the seabed of the North Sea... something awaits me.

"die?!"

Jiang Miaoyin's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief: "You want to die?"

"If I'm not mistaken... in a state of spiritual detachment, as long as one's soul remains stable, the so-called 'death' will not occur..."

Xie Xuanyi stared at the North Sea.

The call to action within him grew stronger and stronger.

"It seems... that jumping into the North Sea is the inevitable end of my destiny?"

Xie Xuanyi spoke again, his tone tinged with self-mockery.

He didn't turn around, but a series of booming sounds echoed behind him.

One after another, portals to the void opened on the shores of the North Sea.

The Imperial City Guard's golden treasure ship, the various sacred mountains, and the conquerors from the noble families all arrived at the "final destination."

This life.

Although the three saints are dead, the hunt for them has not ended.

The battle at Yusang City... has clearly been decided...

"Qiang!"

Looking at the golden light filling the sky, Jiang Miaoyin gritted her teeth, drew her long sword from her waist, and prepared for a desperate battle.

But her wrist was grabbed.

"What's the point of continuing this fight?"

Xie Xuanyi shook his head: "Even if I advance to the Yang God realm, will the situation in the North Sea truly be rewritten?"

"..."

Jiang Miaoyin was taken aback.

"Alright. I won't argue with them this time."

Xie Xuanyi chuckled softly and said gently, "Junior Sister Miaoyin, you should no longer suffer over the 'North Sea' matter. You can't change the outcome, and neither can I. Everyone wants me dead now... In this situation, I'm probably destined to die."

Hearing this, Jiang Miaoyin felt a pang of sadness.

Who said everyone wants you dead?

With red eyes, Jiang Miaoyin stubbornly said, "I want you to live. Qi Lie, Huang Su, Si Qi, and Master... many people hope that you can live."

"Isn't this 'alive'?"

Xie Xuanyi reached out his other hand and, amidst the heavy encirclement and in front of the cultivators from the various holy mountain families, pulled Jiang Miaoyin into his arms.

He gently patted Miaoyin's back and calmly said, "Jump into the North Sea with me... I will protect your soul from harm."

next moment.

The two leaned back.

"Xie Xuanyi jumped into the sea!"

On the treasure ship of Hundred Flowers Valley, the Valley Master lost his composure and shouted loudly.

"Do it quickly!"

On the Imperial City Guard's side, the Special Envoy gave a low shout, and hundreds of secret agents hurriedly drew their bows and nocked their arrows. A dense barrage of specially made arrows, carrying immense energy, shot into the North Sea, only to explode into puffs of water vapor!

How could the mere North Sea drown the Yin God?

Moreover... Judging from Xie Xuanyi's combat prowess over the past few days, this youngest Great Eagle Sword Immortal in history may have already touched the threshold of the "Yang God Realm"!

All of a sudden.

Countless beams of light, magical seals, magical artifacts, and flying swords shot towards the North Sea!
Billions of blazing rays intertwined and burst forth, like a great sun, crushing the seawater!
The void within a radius of several hundred feet crumbled under this terrifying power...

However, to everyone's surprise, after the seawater was drained, not a single trace of blood was found.

The couple who had been embracing and throwing themselves into the North Sea seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing completely without a trace!
"impossible!"

A furious growl echoed from the Imperial City Guard's ship: "It must still be nearby! Search!"

One after another, treasure ships transformed into streaks of light, completely sealing off the sea area within a radius of twenty miles.

……

However, this search was destined to be fruitless.

Rumble.

In the frigid North Sea, a man and a woman are falling continuously.

The distance the two fell had far exceeded the depth of the North Sea coast...

"Gululu."

Jiang Miaoyin held her breath, feeling the warmth of the person in her arms. She had never looked at Xie Xuanyi's face so closely before. Soaked in seawater, the sunlight was gradually stripped away, and Xie Xuanyi's face appeared extremely pale, like paper.

Even so, Jiang Miaoyin couldn't help but think that this face was beautiful.

For so many years.

The two had never been so "intimate" before.

So much so that Jiang Miaoyin overlooked the fact that she was more beautiful.

She gazed intently at Xie Xuanyi.

Xie Xuanyi, meanwhile, stared intently at the ever-approaching abyss at the bottom of the sea... Given his speed of qi manipulation, he was probably already several miles deep from the fall of the North Sea.

He did not use any talismans to "avoid water".

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

The further down you go.

The lower the pressure of the seawater.

What was once a pitch-black sea now seemed to be emanating a holy and radiant golden light from the deepest fissures and crevices.

"……Well?"

Jiang Miaoyin let out a slight sound of surprise.

She seemed to sense that something was wrong as well.

Just now, Jiang Miaoyin caught a glimpse of that golden glow, like a firefly, out of the corner of her eye.

I've been falling for a very, very long time...

Further down, there might be the North Sea bottom. How could there be light in such a place?
Rumble, rumble.

Just as Jiang Miaoyin was feeling confused, as if to mark the occasion, the golden light from the crevice in the sea began to burst forth, and a slight tremor traveled up from the deepest part of the sea. The two, who were tightly embracing each other, witnessed the most unforgettable and spectacular scene of their lives.

Thousands, tens of thousands, tens of millions, and even more golden rays surged from the bottom of the North Sea.

It was like a rain.

only……

It was a "rain" that was turned upside down.

It didn't fall from the sky, but rather surged out from the eye of the sea.

If that were all, it wouldn't be considered "spectacular".

The seawater trembled slightly, and only when the countless golden rays of light rose to the surface and reached him did Xie Xuanyi realize...

This is not seawater at all.

These patches of golden light are actually golden cicadas.

"Is this... a cicada?"

Jiang Miaoyin looked shocked, confused, and bewildered, and transmitted this sentence through her divine sense.

【"Yes."】