Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 401

“If you don’t want to risk your life, Senior Sister, you can hand over the Soul-Binding Talisman and let us both leave.”

“Hmph! So what if the Reincarnation Divine Light [a powerful technique] is powerful? Do you think it can defeat me?”

Despite Nangong Wan’s calm words, the pale woman spat out a blood-colored sword with a venomous look on her face.

Although small in size, the sword, made of blood-colored crystal, emitted a strange black aura.

Before the woman could even activate it, the entire main hall was already filled with the stench of blood.

“Blood Demon Sword! When did you obtain such demonic energy? Senior Sister, aren’t you afraid of the demonic backlash?”

Nangong Wan recognized the blood-colored sword and glared coldly at the woman.

“Backlash? Junior Sister, I’ll finish you before that happens, so don’t worry about useless things! It won’t take long to attack with this. I’ll ask you one last time. Will you marry Wei Lizhen for the prosperity of our sect? Once the Blood Demon Sword goes berserk, I won’t be able to fully control its power, so make your choice quickly.”

The pale woman’s tone was filled with confidence in the Blood Demon Sword.

“There’s no need to ask. Even if Wan were willing to sacrifice herself for the Emei Sect, I wouldn’t agree. You should abandon such useless thoughts early on.”

Han Li spoke calmly after seeing the Blood Demon Sword. It was as if he didn’t care about such a sword at all.

“Just who are you? Judging by your cultivation, you don’t seem like some nameless nobody. Wan? To call my Junior Sister so casually… So, you’re the reason why my Junior Sister has been so insistent on not marrying.”

The pale woman’s eyes turned cold, and she directed her killing intent toward Han Li.

“Who I am is not important. I don’t know what the Blood Demon Sword is, but I’m not afraid of it at all, so hand over the Soul-Binding Talisman and let us leave. It’s best not to be too overconfident.”

Han Li’s relaxed voice echoed through the main hall.

“Not afraid? You dare say that without knowing what the Blood Demon Sword is! I’ll kill you first and then persuade Junior Sister Nangong.”

The pale woman curled up the corners of her lips. Then, she fiercely bit her tongue and fed a mouthful of blood essence to the wailing blood-colored sword.

Immediately, the small sword flashed with a bloody light and grew to a length of three feet, and the stench of blood and eerie light intensified. The woman grabbed the hideous sword without hesitation and poured her entire spiritual power into it.

“We have to attack first. We absolutely can’t let her attack!”

Nangong Wan cried out anxiously to Han Li.

Knowing the horror of the Blood Demon Sword, she had no choice but to quickly point at the Reincarnation Divine Light, which had not yet fully condensed. A huge, crescent-shaped mass of light vibrated and began to spin rapidly, and after a while, it emitted a beam of light that was as colorful as a rainbow.

The pale woman shot out a triangular flag she had just taken out at the beam of light that was rapidly closing the distance, leaving a long tail. As soon as the flag left the woman’s hand, it released a gloomy cyan mist and moved forward.

The long beam of light flew like a soaring dragon, but it struggled in the cyan mist. The cyan mist, like maggots devouring a corpse, constantly dug into the beam of light under the woman’s control.

Nangong Wan’s expression changed drastically, while the pale woman revealed a slight hint of joy.

The woman swung the long sword in her hand and slashed at the air toward Han Li’s head. The air then trembled madly, and a blood-colored sword aura filled with evil energy fell above Han Li’s head.

The pale woman, who had swung the sword, immediately looked as if her essence had been sucked away, and her complexion worsened. She released the Blood Demon Sword, which had returned to its original size, from her hand.

The sword aura fell, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy like gravity. However, Han Li did not even lift a finger as he watched it. The moment the sword aura appeared, he was unable to move his body as if he had been restrained.

Soon, the stench of blood enveloped him.

At that moment, Nangong Wan’s face turned pale, and the pale woman watched with a sneer.

Crack! Boom!

The sound of thunder and golden light erupted, and golden arcs of electricity appeared all over Han Li’s body. Before the pale woman could react, the blood-colored sword aura was already tearing through the golden net.

Kukwakwakwang! Pachi! Tss tss tss!

A huge roar, light, and the stench of blood spread simultaneously.

The sword aura of immense power struggled in the golden net, trying to move forward, but it could not break through the thin net woven with golden lightning.

Instead, the golden net gradually enveloped the sword aura, beginning to capture it like a fisherman catching a big fish.

The restraint that Han Li had felt naturally disappeared with the appearance of the golden net transformed from the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning [a powerful lightning technique]. He was now looking at the golden net with a puzzled expression.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the net formed by the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning had indeed trapped the blood-colored sword aura, but it was also gradually being consumed. If he hadn’t released a third of his entire body’s Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning at once, he wouldn’t have been able to stop it.

Han Li had never heard of any demonic or evil energy that the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning couldn’t completely suppress. If left like this for a long time, most of the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning that enveloped the sword aura would be lost.

Han Li’s face hardened, and he stretched out both hands, releasing incredibly thick lightning bolts from them.

Under the fierce attack of the golden lightning, the sword aura stopped wailing and turned into a small blood-colored mist. Following Han Li’s gesture, the golden net rolled up the blood-colored energy into a ball and dropped it down.

Holding it, Han Li stared blankly at the pale woman.

The woman was startled by the unexpected outcome and looked at him in surprise. It was astonishing that he had so easily blocked an attack using the Blood Demon Sword.

Since its sudden appearance in Tiannan [a region], no one knew whether this sword was an ancient treasure or a magic treasure. Although it couldn’t recognize its owner like an ancient treasure, it could be absorbed into the body like a magic treasure, making its power immense.

It was an extremely powerful weapon that could only be avoided before being swung. Trying to block it with any ordinary technique or magic treasure would most likely result in being cut in half on the spot.

Of course, using it required a large amount of blood essence and vitality, and there was the disadvantage of suffering a demonic backlash.

Even a short period of wielding this sword would gradually taint the true essence within the body with demonic energy, and if that accumulated, a demonic backlash would occur.

Losing one’s reason and being completely consumed by demonic energy, leading to death!

Cultivators in Tiannan collectively named this type of treasure a demonic artifact.

Before the two stunned women could come to their senses, Han Li chanted a spell. The golden beetles floating in the air buzzed and swarmed toward the pale woman with tremendous momentum.

In response, the woman angrily spat out her sword. Her hands quickly formed hand seals, and light flooded from the silver sword.

Pyu pyu pyu pyu pyuk!

The silver sword trembled and suddenly burst into thousands of fine silver threads.

“So, she uses Sword Transformation into Threads.”

Han Li’s brow furrowed. It turned out that she was a sword cultivator who had mastered sword-based techniques.

‘No wonder she had so many flying sword magic treasures.’

The thousands of silver threads collided with the golden flying insects.

Pi pi pa pa pak!

Sharp but incredibly loud sounds echoed rapidly, and golden Gold Devouring Beetles [a type of insect] fell to the ground. Han Li’s mood darkened as he watched this.

He had raised them with all his heart, but were they still no match for a Nascent Soul cultivator [a high level of cultivation]?

The silver threads broke through the swarm of golden Gold Devouring Beetles and surged again, and naturally, another large number of Gold Devouring Beetles fell to the ground.

The pale woman felt relieved after seeing this. She thought that the large number of flying insects were not very powerful since they were dying off in such large numbers.

On the contrary, Han Li was greatly disappointed.

However, he suddenly had an idea, and after scanning the fallen beetles on the ground with his consciousness, he revealed a look of joy.

Weaeng! Weng weng weng weng!

At the same time, the Gold Devouring Beetles, which were thought to be dead, twitched and formed another swarm, secretly approaching the pale woman’s protective barrier.

Moreover, at that moment, the cry of a phoenix was heard from within the green mist, and light flashed. All the mist instantly cleared, and a bright red crescent-shaped mass of light appeared.

The mass of light flashed and attacked the pale woman’s protective barrier.

Alarmed, the woman turned around within the barrier and transformed into a black and white beam of light, soaring toward the ceiling of the cave.

She realized that she was not strong enough to face two people alone. The woman intended to escape from this place and call for others. No matter how powerful Han Li and Nangong Wan were, they could not fight against thousands of Emei Sect disciples. Also, once the large-scale formation protecting the Emei Sect was activated, no one could escape in a short time.

Before Nangong Wan’s bright red crescent light mass could catch up, the black and white beam of light reached the ceiling, drawing an arc.

Bang!

Despite the fierce blow, the ceiling did not break, and only fragments fell. Before the pale-faced woman could grasp the situation, three-colored beetles fell from the ceiling and condensed into a huge shield shape.

The woman summoned a silver talisman without hesitation.

Nangong Wan, who was watching from below, realized what she was about to do, and with a darkened face, she took out a red formation flag from her sleeve and planted it on the ground, ignoring the Reincarnation Divine Light.

Srrrk.

The flag turned into red smoke and seeped into the ground.

The pale woman immediately activated the talisman in her hand, and it was enveloped in yellow light and collided with the shield.

Pachit!

The yellow light passed through the huge shield as if it were nothing and flew toward the ceiling. However, almost simultaneously, Nangong Wan’s spell ended, and the powerful restriction hidden throughout the cave was activated.

The entire main hall flashed with red light, and the walls, as well as the floor and ceiling, were surrounded by a dazzling light barrier, preventing her from escaping.

The pale woman’s heart grew uneasy, but she skillfully figured out what kind of restriction this was. She stretched out her hand from within the yellow light and released a white sword aura, cutting through the red light.

The pale woman was overjoyed and tried to break through the restriction, but before half of her figure could disappear, a purplish-red light flashed before her eyes, and she was forcibly pulled out as if she had been wrapped in something.

Then, someone’s laughter and white light flickered, and a charming woman in white appeared from the ceiling.

She was holding a purplish-red string that sparkled like crystal in one hand, and the other end was connected to the pale woman’s body.

The Emei Sect elder finally discovered the purplish-red net that surrounded her body. It appeared and disappeared as if it did not exist.

Enraged, the woman flicked her ten fingers and released more than ten black and white sword auras, and as if that wasn’t enough, she opened her mouth and spat out green flames.

However, a faint purple light spread out, and the net’s mesh remained intact against the black and white sword auras as well as the green flames.

The pale woman panicked and was about to use a secret technique that would greatly deplete her vitality when the woman in white smiled and grabbed the purple string in her hand.

“Capture her!”

The net, which had been somewhat loose, suddenly shrank, restraining the cultivator trapped inside and making her unable to move.

The pale woman’s face turned red and then purple. She had condensed her Nascent Soul [a high level of cultivation] and had always received only looks of reverence, but now, in her mid-stage, she was suffering such humiliation.

Unable to bear the shame, the woman’s eyes flashed sharply, and she began to gather her spiritual power.

Silver Moon saw this and smiled. Sensing the abnormality, she was about to unleash the Jade Yang True Fire contained within the Ziyun Dou when Nangong Wan’s voice was heard.

“Don’t take her life, just hand her over to me.”

Soon, a red full moon rose and enveloped the pale woman.

The round moonlight, spinning from low to high speed and emitting a red aura, filled the main hall.

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