1015: Chapter 288: The Pursuers Behind_3 1015: Chapter 288: The Pursuers Behind_3 The Toad chuckled heartily, thumping the iron stick onto the ground—a sound that was meant solely for the Azure Dragon.
Turning his head, Su He and Ji Feixue had already walked out.
That little Turtle Kid, smug as could be, flapped his wings, landing within the Chaos, he had transformed into a graceful young man, and looked back at the riddled Suppression Land.
On the membrane barrier of the Suppression Land, the Symbols left by the Black Dragon were still flashing eerily.
Su He turned to Ji Feixue beside him and asked softly, “What do we do with this thing?”
It was left by the mother-in-law to the daughter-in-law; it couldn’t just be neglected and allowed to fall into ruin.
Ji Feixue gazed at the barrier, her voice growing even colder, “I don’t know.
The core of the place, which my father had refined, is not here.
Without it, I can’t repair it.”
If it hadn’t been refined, the state of Suppression Land might yield clues about her mother’s current situation.
The master had perished, and naturally, the Suppression Land began to crumble.
Off to the side, the Toad propped itself up with one claw on the Refined Iron Stick, rubbing its chin thoughtfully.
Suddenly its eyes lit up with realization.
“Wait, wait!
I have a treasure.”
Everyone turned to look as the Toad, grinning, fished around in its belly pocket with its claw for a while before pulling out ten Source Stones.
Ten superior Source Stones—not ranked per se, but just one glance at these ten and the word ‘superior’ would instantly come to mind.
The color, the Status, the Origin of the world contained within—each aspect revealed this point.
These were the payment from his father-in-law when he had encountered him in the starry sky, the old man had tasked him to model for a sculpture of the Dragon Turtle, and even chased him all the way into the space-time tunnel for it.
The moment the Toad produced the ten Source Stones, the entire Suppression Land trembled as if attracted by a magnet.
The stones slipped from the Toad’s claw and, one after another, rushed into the Suppression Land, embedding themselves in the sky and becoming ten stars.
The stars twinkled, beams of starlight penetrating the barrier, and the dense mass of Talisman Runes on the barrier writhed as if they had met their nemesis, twisting in an effort to break free and escape into the Chaos—where they were then obliterated by the turbulent rolls.
Chaos is both fair and merciless.
The few people present exchanged glances, especially the Azure Dragon, who was utterly dumbfounded.
He had no recollection of how the Black Dragon had refined those Symbols on the barrier, but he knew all too well what those things were.
The Symbol of Man!
All things in the world are part of Heaven, Earth, Man.
The Three Powers, like Yin and Yang, are not precise definitions.
The light heaven above one’s head, the turbid earth beneath one’s feet, and the Living Creatures at the center—all represent Man.
But here, the heavens observed are the sun, moon, and stars.
Looking up at the stars, you become the heavens.
If Chaos is considered the heavens, then Suppression Land is the earth.
The Talisman Runes employed by the Black Dragon represent Man!
Living creatures, vital energy…
all can be refined into the Symbol of Man.
The Black Dragon transformed his own Bloodline, power, and Curse into the Symbol of Man.
He who destroys heaven and earth must be Man!
This is a kind of omnipotent Talisman Rune; in some respects, it is similar to Boundary-breaking Beads, only much more tyrannical.
The Beads merely break through Arrays, allowing one to leave freely.
But the Symbol of Man, the heavens on the outside, the earth on the inside, any mansion, world, or Formation can be broken through, as long as one is willing to expend the “Man” within.
Theoretically, if the Living Creatures of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms were sacrificed to make the Symbol of Man, one could even break free of this prison of heaven and earth and peek at the scene beyond.
Meng Xiao only knew the function and origin of the Symbol of Man, but not how to refine it.
This was an ability of Black Dragon Meng Xiao, and when he was cut off, he did not bring this ability with him.
As powerful as the Symbol of Man was, these ten Source Stones brought by the Soul Beast could break through the Symbol of Man and reinforce Suppression Land.
Everyone turned to look at Su He.
Soul Beasts belong to their master.
Su He blinked, bursting into laughter, “Wife, this is something my father-in-law gave to me!
You know from which time he gave it.”
It wasn’t from this era, it was from Su He’s own era.
Ji Feixue fell silent for a moment.
Even he had accepted this son-in-law, huh?
These ten Source Stones were clearly the core of Suppression Land, which meant that the land itself had been given away…
The Toad blinked, a glint of understanding flashing in its eyes, so this was Turtle Kid’s own turf?
The Source Stones could…
Before it could even speak, Su He had scooped it up with a hand over its mouth, placing it on his shoulder, and turned to grab Ji Feixue’s hand, running towards the exit of the Chaos.
With the crisis in Suppression Land resolved, they should first take the Goddess to the Tian Nu Clan.
Su He was running so fast that the unsteady Toad rolled off.
Ji Feixue, whose hand was once again seized by him, instantly frowned, her aura turning frosty.
But before she could vent her anger, Su He had already dragged her out of the Chaos.
In Chaos, there’s no sense of distance.
What had been a long approach became an instant upon departure, giving the impression that just outside the mother-in-law’s Suppression Land was the boundary of Chaos.
Su He charged out of Chaos and with a palm strike cleaved open space, forming a Space Channel.
Having achieved human form, the union of Xuan Wu (Black Tortoise) and Peacock significantly extended all Space Channels he opened.
Previously, Su He could only travel from the furthest north of Mystery Huang to the Southern Sea, spanning a great world.
Now he could enter the starry void, crossing great worlds.
Although direct transportation across great worlds was not possible, three or four teleportations were enough to cross the two nearest ones.
Before Ji Feixue could get angry, Su He had already pulled her into the Space Channel.
As they emerged, they were amidst the stars.
“You…”
Ji Feixue barely uttered a word before Su He had already crashed through another expanse of space, pulling her along into it.
In an instant, the tumultuous spatial currents blew in, silencing her.
How could this guy, with such poor mastery of Space Power, be so bold as to teleport time and again?
This Turtle’s knowledge of space was like a bottle neither full nor empty, shaking uncertainly, relying purely on the inherent Space Power within itself to brashly break through space.