Top-Tier Sword Art, "Heavenly Sword Art"

Hou Sihai said loudly, "Rest assured, this method will only benefit you. It will not bring you the slightest disadvantage!"

With that, he waved his large hand.

A mass of black shadow flew out from his Storage Pouch. With a BOOM, it smashed heavily into the ground, leaving a depression and kicking up a cloud of dust and sand.

Through the swirling dust, Su Shi'er vaguely saw an enormous stone stele, three zhang tall, standing majestically in the center of the cave.

Once the dust settled, the stele's full appearance was revealed.

The entirely ink-black stele looked utterly ordinary.

Yet its surface was densely covered in crisscrossing sword scars of every kind.

The moment Su Shi'er's gaze fell upon the stele, he felt as if a boundless torrent of sword qi were crashing toward his face.

That terrifying aura made it seem as though he stood before an ocean formed from sword qi. A powerful sense of helplessness rose within him, as if no matter what he did, he would be unable to withstand that overwhelming sword qi.

Su Shi'er's heartstrings tightened, and he retreated again and again. Before the sword qi could strike, he hurriedly shifted his gaze away.

Once he stopped looking at the stele, that horrifying aura vanished as well.

Yet in that brief instant, his forehead had already become covered in beads of sweat, and his breathing turned rapid.

Turning to Hou Sihai, Su Shi'er hurriedly asked, "Senior, what kind of treasure is this stele? How can it possess... such might?"

"Judging from this aura, if one could activate it and control the overwhelming sword qi within it, breaking the chains binding Senior should not be difficult."

As Su Shi'er questioned and spoke, he secretly felt fortunate that he had not acted impulsively and hastily revealed