Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 591

Clang!

A deafening sound echoed as the silver surface of the Yuan Magnetic Shield flashed violently, denting inward several inches. Han Li involuntarily gasped.

Watching this, the other cultivators grew agitated.

When Hwa Cheon-gi mentioned names like Ryeong-Rong and Seol-Ryeong, the Silver Yaksha and the Golden Toad, who were already filled with fear, began to subtly retreat towards where the teleportation array had been.

Hwa Cheon-gi, surprised that his attack hadn’t worked, wore a mocking smile. He was about to attack again when he seemed to have a thought, glancing back and forth between Han Li and Yin Yue.

“Seol-Ryeong, your aura is strongly imprinted on that man’s body… Could it be that you’ve become his spirit beast?”

“Is there a problem with that?”

Yin Yue, her face darkening, replied coldly.

“No problem at all. I should congratulate him! To make the chief consort of the Heavenly Regulation Demon King his spirit beast. Even the Three Sovereigns of the Spirit Realm wouldn’t dare do such a thing. Hahaha!”

Hwa Cheon-gi let out a sinister laugh.

Yin Yue, her face pale, stared at Hwa Cheon-gi and then chuckled.

“Aren’t you me, and I you? If others find out about this, it won’t benefit you either. Besides, although Ryeong-Rong is the chief consort, I was the most favored. Don’t forget who helped put you to sleep back then.”

At Yin Yue’s words, the smile vanished from Hwa Cheon-gi’s face. But he soon sneered and turned his head, flicking his hand towards the teleportation array.

Kwaang!

With a tremendous tremor, the spot where the white teleportation array had been was now a deep pit, several feet deep. The Silver Yaksha and the Golden Toad, who had been secretly moving towards the teleportation array, stopped, looking troubled.

“Where do you two think you’re going? One of you looks exactly like the Gong Hyun Alchemist, but your whole body is overflowing with corpse energy, and the other has changed a lot, but you’re the spirit beast that Gong Hyun Alchemist raised back then. Gong Hyun Alchemist died long before I was sealed, so the corpse he created must have reached the level of a Silver Yaksha. Am I right?”

Hwa Cheon-gi asked, looking at the Silver Yaksha.

“I didn’t expect that Ryeong-Rong Immortal would recognize us. We had a connection with the Immortal and met a few times.”

The Silver Yaksha hesitated, then finally admitted with a bitter smile.

“The one who had a connection with me was Gong Hyun Alchemist, not you! Still, it seems like only yesterday that the Golden Toad was a mere level 7, and now it’s already a level 10 demon beast. You’re good enough to return to the Spirit Realm.”

“Regardless, in my memory, the Immortal was an unparalleled beauty back then. But why did you destroy the teleportation array?”

“I just want you to stay a little longer since you’ve come all this way.”

Hwa Cheon-gi replied nonchalantly, and the Silver Yaksha’s face darkened further. With the teleportation array destroyed, they had to find another way. He rolled his eyes and fell silent.

Now, Hwa Cheon-gi ignored the two of them and coldly scanned the other cultivators, starting with the young man surnamed Seo.

“This is great! So many human cultivators have gathered. Each one is highly skilled and useful.”

“Senior, I don’t know who you were in the Spirit Realm or why you’ve possessed the body of the Hwa cultivator. But we, the Yeop family cultivators, only created a gap in the Kunwu Mountain seal to obtain the Heaven Piercing Treasure. If you give us the Eight Spirit Ruler, we will help you escape the tower!”

The white-robed scholar, observing the situation, stepped forward respectfully. And immediately, the young man surnamed Seo also said with a smile, without delay.

“What I want to say is the same as the Yeop cultivator!”

“The Eight Spirit Ruler? Anyone who has the ability can take it. I won’t stop you!”

Hwa Cheon-gi’s unexpected words startled the Yeop family elder and the young man surnamed Seo, and they exchanged glances.

“Why, do you want the treasure but are afraid to move yourselves?”

Hwa Cheon-gi mocked them, making it even more difficult for the white-robed scholar and the young man surnamed Seo to act rashly.

After Hwa Cheon-gi appeared, Madam Mok became even more vigilant, quietly moving one hand towards the loom.

“If Senior has no desire for the Eight Spirit Ruler, then why did you stop this old man?”

The large-headed monster, who was far from the palace, shouted sharply.

“Others can, but not you!”

“Why is that?”

The monster looked at his severed arm, a resentful expression on his face.

“Why? Because you just met a clone of the Origin Slaughter Saint!”

“…I don’t even know who the Origin Slaughter Saint is.”

The large-headed monster was taken aback but immediately denied it.

“You’ve been with that person and have been tainted with demonic energy. Whether you admit it or not, it doesn’t matter. As soon as you entered the palace, you tried to harm my soul casket, didn’t you? If the owner of this body hadn’t woken me up a step earlier, I would have been caught by your wicked methods! How dare you try to kill me with a Soul Extinguishing Talisman?”

Hwa Cheon-gi’s green eyes flashed. The white-robed scholar was stunned by those words, his lips moving as he hurriedly sent a telepathic message to the large-headed monster.

However, the large-headed monster ignored it and remained silent with a cold face. The white-robed scholar’s heart grew heavy at that sight.

“Who is the Origin Slaughter Saint? Are you referring to an ancient demon?”

“Who is the Origin Slaughter Saint?”

Unexpectedly, Han Li spoke, and Hwa Cheon-gi’s expression changed subtly, and he laughed wildly. Han Li’s brow furrowed at this.

Although the opponent hadn’t answered directly, he thought that the ancient demon who had escaped from the Southern Heaven and appeared in Kunwu Mountain was likely related to the Origin Slaughter Saint.

Everyone kept their mouths shut, making various guesses, and soon the surroundings became quiet.

“That woman is not the chief consort of the Upper Realm Demon King, so don’t be fooled! She is clearly a trap set by the demon saint to deceive us. If we take the Eight Spirit Ruler, which was used to seal the demon, and disappear, the demon will be released, and the human realm will suffer a great disaster.”

It was Madam Mok of the Hwa Immortal Sect. She raised a small green jade seal in one hand. Then, light spread across the surface of the jade seal, and a dragon phantom with five claws appeared within it.

The dragon phantom bared its teeth at Hwa Cheon-gi, writhing as if it had encountered a repulsive being.

“The Dragon Transformation Seal!”

Hwa Cheon-gi recognized it immediately, his expression changing as he clenched his fist in the air. Then, with a strange sound, a huge force tore through the space and flew out.

The moment Madam Mok was surprised, something strange happened with the jade seal. A roaring sound echoed, and the dragon phantom, which had grown more than ten times larger, broke free from the jade seal and flew away.

Kukwakwang!

A tremor and roar that seemed to shatter the sky erupted, and the dragon phantom and the huge force collided, emitting a white light and then disappearing.

Taking advantage of the gap, Madam Mok and the beautiful woman simultaneously reached out. Golden and silver beams of light extended towards each of them, forming the Sun and Moon Silk.

Seeing the women absorbed into it, Hwa Cheon-gi raised his eyebrows and spat out a silver pillar of light from his mouth.

However, the cultivators witnessed an unexpected scene. A huge deer phantom, covered in scales, leaped out of the formation, swallowed the silver pillar of light, and disappeared. It was as if the giant deer or the silver pillar of light had never existed.

“The Eight Qilin Deer!”

Han Li hurriedly looked at the Eight Spirit Ruler.

The treasure, which had been floating in the air without any reaction, was now emitting seven colors of light and contained the phantoms of eight spirit beasts.

But something was strange. Hwa Cheon-gi also seemed to sense it, his face turning cold as he flew towards the palace.

Kururung!

The Eight Spirit Ruler made a deafening noise, and a huge formation centered around the palace emitted a light of spiritual energy, splitting into nine lines and tearing the ground. Then, nine altars rose from the underground.

They were several times larger than the small altars outside, and each held a huge golden blade. The shape of the golden blades was the same as those held by the stone giants, but much larger. The blades, about a dozen feet in size, were more like pillars than magical artifacts.

“The Nine Truths Subduing Demon Formation…”

The white-robed scholar muttered as he saw it. As soon as Han Li heard his muttering, he grabbed Yin Yue’s arm and retreated. It was a formation he had heard of somewhere.

At that moment, a black light flashed from somewhere in the space wall and instantly collapsed. And from within, endless black demonic energy began to pour out.

Shortly after, a satisfied laugh was heard, and a black shadow with two heads and four arms leaped out of the demonic energy and stood tall in the air. However, the demon’s laughter stopped as the nine huge blades emitted golden light towards him.

The enormous amount of golden light, enough to cover the entire space, pushed back the demonic energy, causing the two-headed, four-armed demon to step back in surprise.

In the light, sharp edges flashed, and the moment the black shadow’s head was about to fly off, a clang echoed as the golden beams and demonic energy collided.

A slender body stepped in front of the black shadow, blocking the golden beams.

Bang!

A delicate hand deflected the golden light, revealing a face full of joy. With a captivating figure and a jet-black skirt, she was an unparalleled beauty.

While Yin Yue trembled with fear as she looked at her, Han Li focused on the two-headed, four-armed demon that had appeared first. It was the very same ancient demon that had escaped from the Chuma Bone.

The Green Bamboo Cloud Swords in his body cried out at once, resonating with the two lost flying swords.

The woman in front of the ancient demon looked very fragile, and her cultivation level was impossible to determine. Han Li’s figure blurred, and only after moving to the other side of the Nine Truths Subduing Demon Formation did he release Yin Yue’s arm.

Kyu-Ryeong, who had been silent all along, closely followed behind, her gaze towards Yin Yue was unusual.

“Thank you, Master!”

Yin Yue said, looking at Han Li with a complex expression.

“Be careful.”

Yin Yue nodded quietly, looking at the woman with a desolate face. The young man surnamed Seo and the Yeop family cultivators, not knowing what was going on, retreated towards the formation, busy observing the situation.

“What is going on? I can feel demonic energy from those people too!”

Inside the Sun and Moon Silk, the loom vibrated as if in disbelief, and Madam Mok appeared. Standing on the loom, she held the Dragon Transformation Seal in one hand and was summoning the dragon phantom again.

However, the dragon phantom, having encountered the woman and the ancient demon, was far more agitated than when it had seen Hwa Cheon-gi. If Madam Mok hadn’t controlled it, it would have already flown to attack them.

The young man surnamed Seo, who didn’t know the identity of the Dragon Transformation Seal, stared coldly at Madam Mok. As the situation became more chaotic and more powerful beings appeared, his desire to escape from this place grew stronger.

No matter how much he desired the Heaven Piercing Treasure, he had to stay alive to make it worthwhile. He moved his lips and sent a telepathic message to the Heavenly Orchid Saintess next to him.

Im Eun-byeong nodded cautiously and exchanged glances with the Heavenly Orchid Great Master, beginning to survey the surroundings.

However, unlike the others, the white-robed scholar was planning to seize the Eight Spirit Ruler while everyone’s attention was focused on the appearance of the demons.

He gestured to the other Yeop family cultivators, and while they stood guard, he formed a hand seal. In an instant, his figure trembled, and an identical shadow appeared and disappeared without anyone noticing.

The Silver Yaksha’s eyes widened at the face of the newly appeared woman. If demonic energy hadn’t been rampant, he would have thought she was Ryeong-Rong Immortal upon seeing her face.

Then who was the woman who destroyed the teleportation array, and who was Yin Yue next to Han Li? The Silver Yaksha’s heart sank, and he rolled his eyes.

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