70: Chapter 70 Breaking the Restriction!

"What should we do next? How should this stone gate be opened?"

The Woman in Red Dress asked with a frown.

Chu Chen narrowed his eyes, carefully observing the statues on both sides of the stone gate, and said gloomily, "Hmph! That dead old man actually didn't tell me that there was another layer of Restriction down here! However, does he think I'll be helpless like this? These statues have endured for thousands of years and have long since decayed! As long as they are forcibly destroyed, the stone gate will break on its own!"

"Hong Lian, step back!"

As he spoke, fluctuations of spiritual power surged from his body. Seeing this, the Woman in Red Dress quickly retreated a few steps, frowning and looking very nervous.

After all, behind this stone gate was The Immortal who had been suppressed for thousands of years!

No one could afford not to take it seriously!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Chu Chen activated a Square Seal Magical Artifact and smashed it against the statues several times. Unexpectedly, a light curtain rose around the statues, isolating the attacks of the Magical Artifact.

"How can this be? This Formation barrier has been running for thousands of years! It still has such power!"

Chu Chen was greatly shocked.

"I'll help you!" Seeing this, the Woman in Red Dress immediately sacrificed a hook-shaped Magical Artifact and attacked the giant statue on the left. Her cultivation was not very high, so the power she unleashed was much smaller than Chu Chen's.

After several rounds of attacks, the two giant statues remained completely unmoved!

"Hong Lian, you have always been good at breaking Restrictions. Do you really have no way?"

Chu Chen asked with a frown.

The Woman in Red Dress couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook her head, saying, "This Restriction is quite formidable; it must have been set by a high-level Cultivator of the Chu Clan! I have no clue either... Perhaps my grandfather would have some ideas!"

Chu Chen frowned: "No, this matter cannot be told to anyone! Besides, don't you know what kind of person your grandfather is? Once he finds out about this, what will the consequences be for us!"

The Woman in Red Dress lowered her brows: "Then what should we do now? Are we going to let all our efforts go to waste?"

Chu Chen clenched his fists and said angrily, "Let me think again!"

Just then.

The strange sound of clashing chains also stopped, and a weathered and eerie voice drifted out through the stone gate: "Jie jie jie... You aren't from the Chu Clan, are you? Who are you? To think you could break in here! Hehehe... Hahaha..."

Hearing this voice, Chu Chen was overjoyed and quickly shouted, "Senior, we are here to rescue you! Do you know how to open this Restriction?"

There was silence for a few seconds.

The weathered and eerie voice sounded again: "Hehehe... This deity naturally knows the method to break the Restriction. However, with you two little ants, even if I tell you the method, you won't be able to break this Demon-Suppressing Seal!"

Chu Chen quickly shouted: "If you don't tell me, how do you know we can't open it! Senior, don't you want to get out? Don't you want your freedom?"

Another few seconds of silence passed.

The weathered and eerie voice suddenly laughed piercingly: "Jie jie jie... Overconfident little fellows! Since you want to know the method so much, there's no harm in telling you! As long as you shatter those stones outside and release the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence inside, the power of this Formation will be weakened! Then, you can shatter the statues to break the Seal here!"

Hearing this, Chu Chen's expression became somewhat troubled. That Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence outside were supreme treasures, caught with great difficulty by the Chu Clan's Spirit Catcher lineage from various Spiritual Mountains and Blessed Lands; each one was of immeasurable value.

If he released all that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, Chu Chen's heart would bleed. He quickly asked, "Is there no other way? That Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence is an Opportunity that Cultivators can only dream of! It can suppress Luck, disrupt the Secrets of Heaven, and even be used to evade Deathly Calamities!"

Behind the stone gate, an eerie laugh rang out: "You kid know quite a lot! Unfortunately, if you want to obtain this deity's Immortality Technique, this is the only way!!! Do you know why the Spirit Catcher lineage only collects Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence but doesn't use it? Because... this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence also serves to suppress this deity! If you want to break the Seal, you must release that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence! The choice is yours!"

The Woman in Red Dress frowned and said, "Chu Chen, the Immortality Technique is more important than that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence! Let's do as he says!"

As she spoke, she was about to turn around to destroy the stones that sealed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence.

Chu Chen grabbed her arm and shook his head: "No! That Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence is exceptionally precious. If we release it all, the Formation barrier here will also collapse! When the time comes and he escapes, how will he pass the Immortality Technique to us?"

The Woman in Red Dress asked with a heavy brow: "Then what should we do? With the strength of the two of us, we certainly cannot break the Restriction on this stone gate!"

"Let's think of another way!" Chu Chen spoke cautiously. The facts were exactly as he had expected; if the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence sealed in the stones were all released, the entire underground chamber's Formation barrier would crumble.

At that time, what would be left to threaten The Immortal and force him to hand over the Immortality Technique?

Time passed bit by bit.

Chu Chen constantly tried methods to break the stone gate's Restriction. He suddenly noticed that after every attack, the eyes of the statues would dim slightly.

This subtle change was difficult to notice without careful observation.

"I've got it! The eyes of these two statues are the key to breaking the Restriction!"

Chu Chen said ecstatically, then once again circulated his spiritual power to activate the Square Seal Magical Artifact. Each time, he targeted the eyes of the statues for his attacks.

The Woman in Red Dress also had a realization: "Yes! Their eyes seem to be crafted from some kind of special Spirit Stones. If this were a thousand years ago, we wouldn't be able to break them no matter what! But after thousands of years of erosion, no matter how powerful a Restriction is, its energy will eventually run dry! If it weren't for the Spirit Catcher lineage repairing it generation after generation, this Restriction would have naturally broken long ago!"

Boom boom boom!

The two of them tirelessly activated their Magical Artifacts. The spiritual power in their bodies was gradually being exhausted, but now that the Spiritual Qi Recovery had occurred, they only needed to sit cross-legged and adjust for a while before they could continue their attack.

Finally!

After a soft cracking sound, the eyeball of one of the statues shattered. Immediately, cracks appeared across the entire statue, and it broke apart under the attack of the Square Seal.

The price was that Chu Chen felt a bit overwhelmed. He felt very exhausted, and the Square Seal Magical Artifact he had refined for many years was also damaged.

However, to obtain the Immortality Technique, it was all worth it!

As the two statues were destroyed after their spiritual energy was exhausted, the Restriction on the entire stone gate also shattered, and the Seal that had lasted for a thousand years instantly dissolved.

"Alright! Let's meet The Immortal!"

Chu Chen spoke with a loud laugh, pushing open the long-sealed stone gate with force. The Woman in Red Dress retreated a few steps warily, her eyes flashing with excitement.