Zhan Hongxiu was, after all, only at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Though her divine abilities and magical power rivaled those of the Nascent Soul Late Stage, she ultimately found it difficult to travel through the Great Void in the flesh.
Of course, given her fortune and opportunities, she naturally possessed a Great Void treasure. She simply had not used it yet.
Suddenly!
The void ahead flickered, revealing a lean, middle-aged man in black robes. Dressed like a scholar, he bore not the slightest trace of demonic aura or Demon Race features. Only the two whiskers at the corners of his mouth hung brightly down to his chest.
"Careful!"
Zhan Hongxiu came to an abrupt halt. An ancient talisman with one corner missing had already been slapped onto her body.
Swish!
Layer upon layer of thick light screens emerged, condensing into six halos that guarded her body. Yet as if subjected to some inexplicable pressure, they shattered with a crashing sound...
"Oh? The Six-Ren Divine Judgment Talisman? You still have a remnant of such a damaged fifth-rank talisman?"
The lean, scholarly middle-aged man smiled faintly. Though not a shred of magical power fluctuated around him, water-element spiritual energy from heaven and earth thundered together, transforming into streak after streak of dark Water-Element Divine Light!
They bared their fangs and brandished their claws, filling heaven and earth with immense pressure.
"Unity of Heaven and Man, drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth... and turning it into Five-Element Divine Light..."
Zhan Hongxiu summoned her tortoise shell for protection and said, "Your Excellency must be the Divine Ray Palace Lord?!"
"Correct... You carry that Gui Ling and cultivate the Tortoise-Crane Longevity Formula... You must be an inheritor of the All-Heaven Star Palace. For the sake of my ancestor's considerable friendship with