Chapter 803: Obtaining the Sky-Breaking Talisman

"What's wrong?"

While Xu Que hesitated, Jiang Hongyan had already arrived beside him and asked softly.

Xu Que shook his head: "This restriction is quite formidable; I'm considering whether to use my fist technique to break it open, but I fear the power might be too great and destroy this cave!"

"How about I give it a try?" Jiang Hongyan blinked her beautiful eyes and asked with a faint smile.

Xu Que was stunned: "Little girl, you can also break this kind of restriction?"

"Let's try!" Jiang Hongyan smiled slightly, stepped forward to the cave entrance, and walked over.

Xu Que was speechless; since Jiang Hongyan had spoken up, it was basically certain that she possessed the strength to break the restriction!

But all along, Xu Que had somewhat underestimated Jiang Hongyan's strength; it was only after previously witnessing her make a move and easily slay a fellow Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator of the same realm that he began to understand her power.

He just hadn't expected that she could actually break a restriction of this level; that was truly quite extraordinary!

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, Jiang Hongyan had already made her move; she gently raised her slender hand, and between her jade fingers, strands of brilliant golden beams instantly emerged.

The golden beams were filled with gentle force, just like her personality—still as stagnant water—yet the power contained within the spiritual light was immensely vast!

Swish!

Suddenly, she pointed her jade finger forward; the golden beam instantly transformed into a tiny ray of light and directly crashed onto that restriction barrier!

Boom!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the entire cave could feel a slight tremor; fortunately, the stone walls were sturdy enough, so no damage was caused.

Jiang Hongyan seemed to control this force with great precision and stability; as the golden beam continuously struck the restriction within the cave, the cave merely continued to shake slightly.

At this time, the experts from the Imperial Palace and the crowd from Lingxiu Pavilion had already arrived.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone was immediately stunned.

They could also tell that this restriction was extraordinary; at least with their level of strength, it was absolutely impossible for them to break it.

"To think that after so many years of not seeing each other, the Saint Venerable's realm has dropped, yet her power has become even more unfathomable!" an expert from the Imperial Palace immediately said with a grave expression.

Others nodded: "This restriction is probably such that even an ordinary Mahayana Stage Peak expert would find it difficult to break; although the Saint Venerable is only at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, she is sufficient to shake this restriction; she truly lives up to being a generation's Imperial Ruler of our Tongtian Kingdom!"

Crack!

Just then, a crisp sound suddenly erupted from within the cave, sounding like glass shattering.

Xu Que immediately felt joy and swept his gaze inward.

As expected, that restriction barrier had already entered a state of cracking, covered in fissures, and its originally brilliant luster had now completely dimmed.

"It's done!" At this moment, Jiang Hongyan also withdrew her Dharma Spell, looked at Xu Que, and smiled slightly.

The crowd present was immediately startled.

It's done?

What does that mean?

Could it be that she really unlocked the restriction?

"Saint Venerable is amazing! Saint Venerable is awesome! Saint Venerable 666!" Er Gouzi suddenly shouted loudly, seizing any opportunity to immediately suck up.

"Nonsense, my woman, how could she not be amazing?" Xu Que slapped Er Gouzi on the forehead, then his figure swayed; he smiled at Jiang Hongyan and darted into the cave.

The crowd couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths, especially several experts from the Imperial Palace, who nearly wanted to curse out "Shameless!"

At the same time, far outside, two men and women of the Tianren Clan who were watching this scene through the stone wall were now moved.

"That restriction... was broken just like that?" The woman's face was filled with horror, utterly in disbelief.

"What a powerful Human Race woman!" A glint of spiritual light swept through the man's eyes as he watched Jiang Hongyan in the image with deep interest.

"Not good, we must quickly report to the Clan Leader and immediately initiate the Heavenly Trial to keep them here!" At this moment, the Tianren Clan woman reacted, her face full of anxiety.

The Tianren Clan man smiled slightly: "You go ahead; I'll stay here and keep watch on them!"

The woman did not think much more; she directly spread the pair of white-feathered wings on her back, soared abruptly into the sky, and sped away at an extremely fast pace.

The man continued to stare at the image, a smile playing on the corners of his lips: "A Human Race woman so beautiful and powerful as this is truly a first-time sight! This woman, I, Tian Zhan, must have!"

Whoosh!

At this moment, Xu Que had already successfully darted into the cave and appeared before that skeleton.

Clearly, this was Zhang Tiandao's corpse!

Beside him were placed two ancient wooden boxes; Xu Que did not hesitate, waved his large hand, and instantly sucked both wooden boxes into his palm.

Only after detecting no danger on the wooden boxes did he open them.

Immediately, a faint fragrance drifted over; inside one of the wooden boxes lay an old talisman, emitting a strange scent.

And inside the other wooden box were hidden two black talismans.

As the boxes opened, a faint halo bloomed on the two black talismans, and the void surrounding the halo slightly began to distort.

"Sky-Breaking Talisman!"

Xu Que's heart immediately skipped a beat, unable to suppress his wild joy.

The Sky-Breaking Talisman he had been urgently wanting; he hadn't expected to obtain it just like this without even waiting for the system to upgrade to Version 10.0!

With this kind of fate and character, who else could compare?

"System, appraise these talismans for me!"

To verify the function of the talismans, Xu Que stored all three talismans together into his System Package.

Very quickly, the system completed the appraisal of the three talismans separately!

【Low-Grade Space-Breaking Talisman】: Traverse the void and go to the place envisioned in the mind of the talisman user! (Note: 1. This talisman can only be used in areas where the void intersects. 2. The destination must be a place the user has previously visited and that truly exists.)

"Phew!"

When Xu Que saw this, he let out a long, heavy sigh and finally set his mind at ease.

Clearly, the two black talismans were Sky-Breaking Talismans!

This also confirmed that such talismans could traverse the Void to reach any location; the only two conditions were finding a suitable place of use and ensuring the destination truly existed, rather than being imagined out of thin air!

"Now this is comfortable; returning to Earth is just around the corner, I could even depart immediately!" A smile of excitement appeared on Xu Que's face.

Immediately after, he also looked at the other yellow talisman emitting a strange fragrance.

【Hundred Flowers Sea Talisman】: A talisman drawn with Illusion Array runes, capable of generating a sea of a hundred flowers, vivid and lifelike!

"A talisman that creates a sea of flowers?" Xu Que paused, then couldn't help but glance at Zhang Tiandao's skeletal remains, a faint bitter smile crossing his lips.

It seemed this Zhang Tiandao was truly a seed of deep affection; this Hundred Flowers Sea Talisman was obviously meant for wooing women, clearly intended to give that woman from years past a romantic moment, yet he never expected to be brutally betrayed by a wretch!

"Alas, Little Zhang! Accept your fate; if I ever have the chance to encounter that wretch, I wouldn't mind lending a hand to avenge you!" Xu Que said with emotion, then spread his Divine Soul Power to sweep over Zhang Tiandao's remains.

After all, this lad possessed far too many good treasures; even the Restriction arranged at the entrance of the cave was extraordinary.

But regrettably, after sweeping around once, Xu Que discovered nothing.

According to Zhang Tiandao's dying words, the Storage Ring had been taken away by that woman, leaving only his two most precious Sky-Breaking Talismans on his person; as for this largely useless Hundred Flowers Sea Talisman, the fact that he kept it close to his body suggested it must have been important to him!

Xu Que shook his head, thought for a moment, and decided to do something for Zhang Tiandao.

He extended two fingers, with Dao Rhyme power floating at their tips, and swept them through the air toward the Stone Wall beside Zhang Tiandao.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

In an instant, a small line of characters was left upon the Stone Wall—"One Person's Family Dies!"

"Alright, this is all I can do to repay you for now; farewell!"

Having spoken, Xu Que turned and left the cave.

Jiang Hongyan, Er Gouzi, and the others were waiting outside.

As soon as Xu Que emerged, everyone's gaze focused on him simultaneously, extremely concerned about whether he had actually obtained the Sky-Breaking Talisman!

"We can leave now!" Xu Que looked directly at Jiang Hongyan and said with a slight smile.

This immediately made everyone realize that he had indeed obtained the legendary Sky-Breaking Talisman!

Several strong experts from the Imperial Palace could not restrain their excitement and stepped forward, saying, "Fellow Daoist, when you use the Sky-Breaking Talisman to depart, could you possibly take us with you?"

For them now, having killed the Young Master of Sage Palace, it would be very difficult to remain on Xuanzhen Continent; only by leaving could they find hope for continued survival, not to mention that this Sky-Breaking Talisman might very well take them to the legendary Immortal World!

"I cannot take you; the place I am going is not suitable for you! Moreover, the Sky-Breaking Talisman cannot reach the Immortal World, so you might as well give up!" Xu Que shook his head, then as if thinking of something else, continued, "Let me also advise you: it is best to leave this place; going further down will only bring greater danger!"

"This..." Upon hearing this, the several Imperial Palace experts' faces immediately fell, filled with disappointment and despair.

They did not know whether Xu Que was speaking truth or falsehood, but if they could not leave Xuanzhen Continent, they were destined to hide on the Ascension Road for the rest of their lives, and might even be hunted down and killed by others entering at any time.

"He speaks the truth!"

Suddenly, a cold, sharp voice came from the cave entrance.

Everyone was startled and abruptly looked up.

They saw a handsome, tall man slowly walking out, with a pair of huge white-feathered wings growing from his back, appearing extremely holy!

Yet the man wore a mocking smile, his gaze lingering constantly on Jiang Hongyan as he laughed derisively, "Going further down will indeed be more dangerous! But regrettably, you can no longer turn back; you can only obediently proceed downward!"

As soon as his words fell, a series of loud booms immediately rang out from the sky!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst a continuous string of sonic booms breaking the sound barrier, countless figures appeared in the cloudy sky, each with a pair of white-feathered wings behind them; from a distance, they looked like countless angels descending!

"Ao! Damn Tianren Clan, how can there be so many!" Er Gou immediately cried out in shock!

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【Why, why, why am I still eight chapters behind? It feels like I'll be making up debts until the sky turns dark and the earth collapses!】