CHAPTER 356: CHAPTER 317: LIFE LIKE SUMMER FLOWERS

"I don’t know how long I’ve been sleeping in the darkness, nor how difficult it was to open my eyes..."

The melodious and winding tune lingered and echoed beside Gao Xuan’s ears, as a cold and clean male voice softly hummed.

Gao Xuan’s sleeping consciousness slowly awakened. He found it strange, as he wasn’t carrying the Self-playing Jade Flute, so where was the music coming from?

The Self-playing Jade Flute making uncontrolled sounds might seem amusing, but on the battlefield, its uncontrollable nature is quite troublesome.

Gao Xuan had long since tossed the Self-playing Jade Flute to Bai Yutang. After all, she was bored, and fiddling with the flute would keep her occupied.

With a shift in his consciousness, he quickly discovered the source of the sound—it was coming from the Mechanical Battle Cicada.

This ancient Mechanical Battle Cicada was actually a music player.

This ancient song "Life Like Summer Flowers," little did he know from which era this song came.

These two lines of lyrics were indeed very appropriate.

Gao Xuan didn’t rush to move, feeling securely pressed under the thick layer of soil, providing enough privacy.

After another two minutes, waiting for the song to end, Gao Xuan’s consciousness fully awakened.

The song played by the Mechanical Battle Cicada surprisingly had the effect of restoring spirit and Source Power. This surprised Gao Xuan greatly.

Even more surprising to him was that after undergoing a painful experience, his Spiritual Power had actually increased!

points of Spiritual Power, seeing the numbers on his data panel made Gao Xuan almost tear up with emotion.

For the first time in his two lifetimes, he was so moved by his own progress.

In fact, it wasn’t that his Spiritual Power improved but the addition from the Mechanical Battle Cicada.

After the fusion of the Mechanical Battle Cicada and the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, Gao Xuan’s physical data received a comprehensive upgrade.

The least improved was the Spiritual Power, which only increased by one point.

The greatest increase was in the Power attribute, which went up by 8 points, skyrocketing Gao Xuan’s Power attribute to 32 points.

Constitution and agility both increased by two points, also reaching 32 points.

The Mechanical Battle Cicada’s boost to physical attributes was very strong. It pushed Gao Xuan’s four-dimensional attributes over 30 points.

The balance in Power, Constitution, and Agility meant Gao Xuan had no weaknesses.

Clearly, the Mechanical Battle Cicada focused heavily on physical attributes.

This mutation exceeded Gao Xuan’s expectations.

Under normal circumstances, even if he advanced to the Golden Level, his body would rarely reach this level of growth. Not to mention enhancing body balance, enabling him better control over his body and Power.

Gao Xuan’s Source Power Level also rose by one level, reaching Level 15.

From the data panel, his total Source Power reached four million units.

In the Twelve Star Domain, having a high total Source Power doesn’t hold much significance.

Gao Xuan’s Source Power limit had already greatly exceeded, providing no direct help in battle.

However, when he enters a high-level Source Power environment, his total Source Power will be enough to rival or even surpass an Initial-tier Gold powerhouse.

Generally, a Level 16 Gold powerhouse has a total Source Power of between one million and two million units.

However, Gold powerhouses possess a Golden Spirit Core, making their efficiency in harnessing Source Power very high. This is incomparable to the Silver Level.

Shao Daoyuan, such a piece of trash, had extremely low efficiency in mobilizing Source Power. At the same Source Power tier, he was far from better than Gao Xuan.

The main reason being that Gao Xuan had the awareness of a Gold powerhouse, and his Spiritual Power far exceeded Shao Daoyuan’s, allowing him to achieve this.

But compared to powerful Gold powerhouses, Gao Xuan’s combat awareness isn’t anything to be proud of.

For instance, facing Starlight, Gao Xuan couldn’t gain the upper hand in battle. Instead, he was completely suppressed by Starlight.

Gao Xuan knew well that his victory was due to possessing stronger Marvels.

The Celestial Dragon Eye, which comprehensively boosted his attributes, allowing him to mobilize multiple Source Powers.

The Godslaying Sword, paired with the Aurora Sword Technique, ensuring a kill at the sight of blood.

The Hongyi Sword, with a Water Element Origin Crystal as its core, possessed extraordinary variations in Water Elemental Source Power. The blade itself was incredibly sharp.

The Invisible Cicada Wing Sword, which triggered the Celestial Mandate, was Gao Xuan’s killing move.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada enabled Gao Xuan to directly compete with Starlight in a mental duel.

The Celestial Spirit Sword Box, although of minimal effect, still provided some degree of protection for Gao Xuan.

Six powerful Golden Marvels suppressed Starlight from every angle.

After all, Starlight was merely a Golden Life, on the same energy level as the Golden Marvels.

In the environment of White Rat Star, encountering Gao Xuan, the anomaly, Starlight could only accept defeat.

Of course, if there were another match, Starlight, having prepared, might not lose. At the very least, it could escape unharmed.

Gao Xuan was deeply impressed by Starlight’s precise control over its power.

In terms of precise control, no one could surpass the Light Computer. The issue was that the Light Computer couldn’t control Source Power.

Starlight, however, could precisely control its Source Power body and spirit. It achieved near-perfect mastery in every aspect, which is quite remarkable.

Though there were weaknesses, primarily that its precise control was too rigid.

It’s like a meticulous machine, exceptionally stable, yet incapable of revolutionary change.

Human Secret Techniques might be unstable, but they excel in having high potential. By condensing Source Power with mental imagery, human powerhouses can reach altitudes the Insect Race can’t achieve.

After observing his transformation, Gao Xuan focused his attention on the Mechanical Battle Cicada.

The Mechanical Battle Cicada, even after its fusion with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, remained partially autonomous. This was different from completely fusing with the Undying Golden Cicada.

The Mechanical Battle Cicada possessed four abilities: Perfect Mechanical Combat Skill, Mechanical Combat Body, Thought Spear, and Mechanical Oscillation.

Perfect Mechanical Combat Skill was simple; it inherited the mechanical civilization’s combat techniques.

The Mechanical Combat Body allowed the Mechanical Battle Cicada to transform into a combat entity directly.

The Thought Spear, however, caught Gao Xuan by surprise, as this wasn’t the cunning move of the Insect Race.

The Thought Spear wasn’t uniquely created by Starlight, but rather a lethal move essential to the High-tier Insect Race.

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Under the command of the Insect Race Empress, countless Thought Waves of the billions of insect warriors condense into a Thought Spear, claiming to be unstoppable.

In ancient legends, the Thought Spear of the Insect Race even directly pierced through a massive star system.

The star system mentioned here refers to a star system like the Milky Way Galaxy.

Gao Xuan considers it just a legend and doesn’t take it seriously.

However, the Thought Spear is indeed powerful. Even the Thought Spear cast by Starlight has the sharpness to pierce all spirits.

Without the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, Gao Xuan would have been directly killed by the Starlight Thought Spear. At the very least, his spiritual consciousness would have been annihilated.

Gao Xuan hasn’t heard of any life forms outside the Insect Race mastering the Thought Spear.

He conducted some research and found that he could actually use the Thought Spear.

It just requires the Mechanical Battle Cicada to convert Spiritual Power and change the frequency of Spiritual Power.

The Mechanical Battle Cicada can not only fully convert his Spiritual Power but also amplify and strengthen the Spiritual Power.

The Thought Spear can attack the spirit with only Thought Waves or condense Source Power to directly launch an attack on the material level.

The Thought Spear with Thought Waves directly attacks the opponent’s Spirit Core, launching faster and more stealthily.

The Thought Spear that condenses Source Power takes much longer to launch. And the gathering of Source Power will certainly alert the opponent.

Gao Xuan is truly curious about the Thought Spear. This Insect Race killer move is actually very simple in variation.

The stronger the Spiritual Power, the stronger the Thought Spear becomes. The most terrifying aspect of the Thought Spear is that it has no upper limit.

Theoretically, as long as his Spiritual Power is strong enough, the condensed Thought Spear could pierce through the cosmos entirely.

In this regard, the Thought Spear is more terrifying than the Celestial Spirit Sword Box. After all, the Celestial Spirit Sword Box has an upper limit.

Gao Xuan quickly mastered the use of the Thought Spear after studying it for a while. After all, it is a relatively simple Spiritual Power technique.

The final mechanical oscillation is just sending out sound through mechanical oscillation waves. This is the origin of that music.

For now, mechanical oscillation can only be used as a music player.

Gao Xuan checked and found that the Mechanical Battle Cicada stored countless songs. All of them are of exceptionally ancient kinds.

Perhaps, the previous owner of the Mechanical Battle Cicada was a classical enthusiast. Or perhaps the Mechanical War Emperor of that era was from thousands of years ago. That’s why it could receive the human civilization of that time.

From the cosmic time dimension, thousands of years are actually very short.

Gao Xuan thought about the connection between the Mechanical War Emperor and humans, feeling a bit emotional. Because in the recorded history of humanity, there isn’t the slightest trace of this being.

Gao Xuan thought that perhaps during humanity’s conquest of the Milky Way three thousand years ago, there were still many secrets hidden.

Unfortunately, these have all been buried in the long river of time.

As Gao Xuan was thinking about this, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada suddenly emitted a clear chirp, reminding him that he was being monitored.

With the clear chirp of the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, the uneasy feeling of being watched vanished abruptly. All surveillance was blocked by the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

"How could it be..."

Gao Xuan was a bit puzzled. The Six-winged Celestial Cicada is said to be the first in spirituality and should not be subject to external surveillance. How could someone lock onto him?

Only then did Gao Xuan realize that he had felt something off all along his journey but couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

It turned out his whereabouts had been exposed. But even if the Six-winged Celestial Cicada was monitored, it should have alerted him.

The only explanation is that the Six-winged Celestial Cicada was suppressed.

What could suppress the spiritual Six-winged Celestial Cicada?

The first thing Gao Xuan thought of was the Book of All-Knowing. The mysterious and powerful Book of All-Knowing could suppress the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, which isn’t surprising.

Another possibility is the Mysterious Windbreaker. This enigmatic thing might restrain the Six-winged Celestial Cicada in a mutual way.

Because the Mysterious Windbreaker can even cause memory loss, from this perspective, it already restrains the spirituality of the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

These days, fearing he might lose the Mysterious Windbreaker, he kept it on him at all times.

The more Gao Xuan thought, the more it made sense. Such bizarre marvels would indeed restrain the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

Regardless of whether the exposure of his whereabouts this time was due to the Mysterious Windbreaker, Gao Xuan decided he wouldn’t keep this item any longer.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada is his Lifebound Marvel, and he cannot afford any mishaps.

Thinking of this, Gao Xuan condensed a Thought Spear, gathering his Spiritual Power with Source Power into a spear that pierced upwards.

The black Thought Spear penetrated thirty kilometers of strata, leaving a straight hole with a diameter of seventy centimeters.

When Gao Xuan flew to the surface, the passage created by the Thought Spear collapsed as well.

By then, the sky had already darkened.

Gao Xuan noticed that a large number of assault team members had gathered at the city center.

Since Starlight was killed, the Mother Insect and other high-tier Insect Race were almost wiped out.

The Insect Race within Raccoon City lost their command, and their attacks became disorganized with no cooperation.

The assault team members suffered minimal losses, with only over a hundred casualties out of twenty thousand assault team members.

The strong Exoskeleton Armor made the low-tier Insect Race pose no threat to the soldiers.

Seeing this result, Gao Xuan felt relieved.

Regardless of the soldiers’ awareness, after all, they are the elite of humanity. When facing battle, most people can still uphold their responsibilities. That’s good.

At this moment, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada in Gao Xuan’s mind sea once again emitted a long, clear chirp, warning him that danger was about to arrive.

With Starlight dead, no spiritual power on this planet could restrict Gao Xuan anymore. His spiritual power was further strengthened.

At this moment, his Spiritual Power roamed in all directions, instantly grasping the surrounding situation. Including the status of various military satellites above, and the continuously exchanged information between military satellites.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada, after merging with the Mechanical Battle Cicada, didn’t directly enhance itself. However, the sensitivity and mastery over information improved further.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada directly searched electronic information and instantly made selections and deciphered them. This was also due to Gao Xuan’s Spiritual Power enhancement. He could analyze and select from countless pieces of information, finding the information he needed.

"To use a nuclear bomb? Who gives you the courage..."

Gao Xuan sighed, and in the next moment, he was already soaring into the sky.