"Wuwuwu, wowowow, wowowow..."
The cicada chirps grew more piercing, causing anyone who heard them to feel unsettled.
What was once a solo performance was now a chorus.
When even cotton balls could no longer completely block out the sound, Father Wu Liugen sat up, closed the 'Creational Divine Scriptures' in his hands, and sat on the red carpet in the middle of the church, staring blankly at the stained-glass windows above.
"What are you doing?" Yan Xiu asked, startled.
"They are coming," Wu Liugen said expressionlessly.
No sooner had Wu Liugen finished speaking than the church's stained-glass windows were smashed open. A cicada with a blue aura, like a blue cannonball, with a streak of brilliant indigo tail light, shot towards Wu Liugen, who was lying on the ground.
Yan Xiu's gaze sharpened. He quickly drew his Buddha-saying pistol and fired at the cicada.
The bullet, with a golden aura, struck the blue cicada's head, but the blue cicada's body twisted strangely, evading the bullet.
Meanwhile, Wu Liugen was still sitting on the ground, unable to dodge the incredibly fast cicada.
Then Yan Xiu saw Wu Liugen draw a small golden knife and point it towards the direction the cicada was flying, as if waiting for it to impale itself on the dagger.
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However, what happened next made Yan Xiu's jaw drop.
The cicada, without any attempt to dodge, flew directly into Wu Liugen's small knife. Its wings vibrated incessantly, but it could not fly off the blade.
Wu Liugen placed the cicada on the ground, stepped on it, pulled out the golden knife, and then cut off the cicada's tail. He flicked a stream of golden energy, pulverizing the small tail section.
Yan Xiu's mouth hung open. This cicada was difficult to deal with even for superpower users with advanced abilities, yet Wu Liugen had so casually and easily dispatched one.
How much had Wu Liugen's strength grown since graduating from the seminary?
Also, why did he cut off the cicada's tail?
As if sensing Yan Xiu's confusion, Wu Liugen smiled and said to him, "When my master gave me the name Wu Liugen, he was warning me to cut off all roots when facing enemies, meaning to leave no trace."
Yan Xiu's forehead creased. "Cutting off all roots means to eliminate the source of trouble and leave no future problems. You've already killed it, so what trouble is left?"
Wu Liugen said naturally, "Anything that allows enemies to reproduce is a root of trouble, so I cannot leave it."
Yan Xiu was somewhat exasperated. Is that how you understand cutting off all roots?
Fortunately, their enemies were insects; otherwise, the scene would have been too…unpleasant.
After the blue cicada died, it turned into a pile of rubble, but the matter was not over. More cicada chirps rose and fell, making their conversation difficult.
Wu Liugen patted Yan Xiu's shoulder and said, "Be careful, that was just a probe. There should be at least twenty more outside..."
"No, it seems to be more."
Yan Xiu's expression was blank. He couldn't understand why such a small church would attract so many cicadas.
A number exceeding ten was usually the treatment reserved for larger cathedrals.
Wu Liugen said somewhat sheepishly, "A few cicadas came here before, and out of compassion, I let them go after cutting off their roots."
"Who knew more cicadas would come later, so I had no choice but to strike them down."
Letting them go after cutting off their roots…
This method of provoking them was unprecedented.
Yan Xiu didn't know what to say now. Wu Liugen was no longer the roommate he knew.
When they were in the seminary, none of them students had the chance to engage in mortal combat with enemies, so Yan Xiu had no idea that Wu Liugen was such a flamboyant guy.
But no matter how flamboyant Wu Liugen was, they still had to face what they had to face.
With his full strength, Yan Xiu estimated he could only deal with one or two of the cicadas outside. Could Wu Liugen handle the rest by himself?
"Don't worry, I'll ensure you safely complete your feigned death," Wu Liugen said confidently.
As soon as he finished speaking, he frowned and looked at a pillar in the church, saying, "My lord, please come out. Hiding behind a pillar is rather ungentlemanly."
...
"Whoa, good heavens, there are so many here."
Eighty meters above the church, Wen Wen was lying on a cloud, poking his head out, looking at the cicadas below.
From above, these cicadas were quite beautiful; their flight paths left behind faint blue halos.
However, their numbers were astonishing. It wasn't one or two, nor the ten or twenty Wu Liugen mentioned, but at least fifty!
Tao Qingqing's scalp tingled. She had nearly been killed by a cicada once. Although it was due to carelessness, it had left a psychological scar.
Following the containment facility's markers for personnel, Wen Wen successfully located Yan Xiu but was surprised to see him cornered by so many cicadas in a small church upon his arrival.
Wen Wen guessed that this church might hold some secret, hence the cicadas' aggressive actions.
So, he controlled the cloud to find a place to land and used his teleportation ability to stealthily enter the church, just in time to witness Wu Liugen's brutal "cutting off roots" act.
Wu Liugen's theory of cutting off roots also made Wen Wen chuckle, but what was even more intriguing was Wu Liugen's strength.
He seemed to be shrouded in a fog. At first glance, he appeared ordinary, possessing only Disaster-level strength.
However, he had easily dispatched a cicada, so his strength was definitely more than Disaster-level.
Then, Wen Wen's left eyeball suddenly turned silver as he intended to use his Mirror Eye to ascertain the man's true nature.
Under the power of the Mirror Eye, the fog around Wu Liugen was peeled away layer by layer. Just as Wen Wen was about to see the essence, Wu Liugen suddenly looked in Wen Wen's direction and told him to come out.
Wen Wen awkwardly touched his nose and emerged from behind the pillar.
Upon seeing Wen Wen, Yan Xiu was taken aback and said, "Wen... why is it you?"
Although Wen Wen's appearance shocked Yan Xiu, he also felt relieved, knowing that Wen Wen was far stronger than him.
Wen Wen scratched his head, coughed lightly, and said to Yan Xiu, "I need your help with something, so I came to find you."
Then Wen Wen turned to Wu Liugen, "I tried my best to conceal my aura and made no sound. How did you discover me?"
"Because you were looking at me," Wu Liugen said cryptically.
"You found me just because I was looking at you?"
Wen Wen was momentarily stunned, not quite understanding Wu Liugen's logic.
Wu Liugen nodded and said, "It has something to do with my abilities; I'm sensitive to certain things..."
"Oh..."
Wen Wen did not press further. Everyone had their secrets.
Besides, the cicada chirps outside had changed…