Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 607

The disc spun and wailed as the crystals flew towards it, and with a powerful suction, the Great Demon’s consciousness crystals changed direction and rushed in like moths to a flame.

Suddenly, the upper area was dyed with beautiful colors.

“Reverse Star Disc!”

The Great Demon’s form showed clear surprise upon seeing it.

Even the Myriad Year Stone Bear, who was guarding Hua Tianqi’s remaining body in the distance, was shocked to hear the name Reverse Star Disc and widened his eyes in astonishment.

Hyeoncheongja and the Seven Mysteries True Man, among others, hadn’t noticed what was happening when the silver-haired woman appeared, but upon hearing the name Reverse Star Disc, they cast greedy glances.

“What is your relationship with the Seven Great Demon Kings of the Demon Race! The Reverse Star Disc is something that no one can possess except for the Seven Great Demon Kings and the Three Sovereigns among human cultivators!” [The Three Sovereigns are legendary figures in human cultivation lore.]

The Great Demon’s form suddenly regained its senses and shouted.

“Do you think I’ll tell you?”

The silver-haired woman said indifferently, pointing at the disc.

“Since you are of the Demon Race, you cannot be related to the Three Sovereigns of humanity. The Seven Great Demon Kings joined forces and invaded the Ancient Demon Realm, killing countless members of the Saint Clan! If you are related to them, I will kill you regardless of the Old Ancestor’s reputation!”

The Great Demon’s form, with a murderous intent rising, clapped its hands together, sending out transparent energy in all directions. However, the transparent lights that shot out from the Great Demon’s hands did not go towards the silver-haired woman but instead stuck to its own body.

Suddenly, the Great Demon’s form transformed into an even larger crystal giant, and the ferocity of a beast intensified in its purple eyes.

“Do not act arrogantly in front of this Saint Ancestor with the Reverse Star Disc. And I wonder if you can withstand this attack!”

The giant spoke ominously and poured out crystal light from its hands. However, Linglong was not flustered at all and instead chuckled.

“It seems you think you can stay here for a long, long time.”

“What do you mean?”

The crystal giant’s eyes flashed, and it asked, startled.

At that moment, a dozen or so lights suddenly pierced through the stone pillars around the altar, and darkness surged in. Immediately, the formation stopped operating, and the pitch-black demonic energy that had been constantly supplied from the altar was cut off.

At this sight, the crystal giant was shocked and enraged. It had just consumed almost all of its True Devil Qi [a type of demonic energy] to strengthen its body by crystallizing its consciousness, and it was obvious what would happen if things continued like this.

With a roar, a beam of light flashed from the Great Demon’s form, and a crystal pillar as thick as a bowl erupted. However, when the crystal pillar was only halfway out, the Great Demon’s body began to split and scatter.

Still, about half of the crystal pillar flashed and flew towards the silver-haired woman. The woman, who had been preparing in advance, quickly moved her hand and struck a silver magic seal into the disc.

At the same time, the disc grew in size. Light flashed, and the half of the crystal pillar was also drawn in by the suction, changing direction. Although it was on a different level from the previous attack, it was still an incomplete attack.

The Reverse Star Disc wailed and then bounced backward.

Linglong, behind it, changed her expression and struck the back of the approaching disc with one hand, which was glowing silver.

The disc paused for a moment, then burst out with a bright light, and strangely, half of the crystal pillar shot out from behind the disc, attacking Linglong’s lower abdomen.

Surprised by the sudden attack, she pulled up the silver light from her entire body, but half of the crystal pillar pierced through the silver-haired woman’s abdomen without resistance.

“… …!”

The woman swallowed a groan and, with a painful expression, brought her silver-glowing hand to the wound. However, no one could see how severe her injury was.

In fact, because it was a body formed by condensing a powerful consciousness, it was difficult to inflict injuries with ordinary attacks, but the opponent had condensed an even more powerful consciousness and sent out a crystal pillar, which was how this had happened.

After the chaotic situation passed, the other cultivators also came to their senses.

Hyeoncheongja and the others were greatly pleased that the Great Demon’s form had been dealt with, and the black-armored woman, who was a clone of the Primal Slaughter Saint Ancestor, had an unbelievable look on her face.

To think that the consciousness of the main body, which she had summoned after much deliberation, would be so easily destroyed! The black-armored woman was bewildered and angry, but looking at the damaged stone pillars, she clenched her fist in the air with one hand.

The seemingly intact pillars crumbled with a crash. Hyeoncheongja and the others were all on edge at her sudden actions.

The bases of the stone pillars were jagged, as if something had bitten them. The black-armored woman, with a darkened face, punched the air somewhere.

A deafening roar was heard, creating a large pit, and the stones that flew out from there scattered in all directions, with golden dots mixed in among them.

The black-armored woman pulled one of them and put it in her hand. Seeing the golden, shining beetle, she shouted,

“Golden Devouring Beetles! When did you plant these things!”

She turned her head and glared at Linglong, who was pale and floating in the distance. Linglong chuckled and removed her hand from her lower abdomen, and the hole that had been pierced through her abdomen was gone.

“Isn’t the Reverse Star Disc a treasure that can travel between different worlds and block most spiritual power attacks!”

“Cultivator Hyeoncheongja, do not act rashly.”

The Myriad Year Stone Bear floated a blood-colored blade in the air and said ominously.

“You’re quite the comedian. The Great Demon Saint Ancestor’s soul is still holding on, so there’s no way we’d do something so foolish. We need to deal with the demons in front of us first. Since she summoned the main body’s consciousness, she must have used up almost all of her demonic energy, and the formation is broken. It’s the perfect opportunity to kill the demons. Let’s all attack together!”

The Seven Mysteries True Man chuckled and, on behalf of Hyeoncheongja, explained, then stared at the woman in black armor. The woman, who was a clone of the Primal Slaughter Saint Ancestor, openly sneered at those words.

“What’s so funny, you demon! Even with the main body’s consciousness gone, do you still think we can’t do anything to you?”

Hyeoncheongja’s face hardened as he shouted,

“If you really thought that, you would have attacked this Saint Ancestor already. Why are you just moving your tongue! It’s true that my situation is unfavorable, but yours is the same. You must have already used all sorts of treasures and secret techniques, and you probably don’t have much magical power left. You don’t believe that destroying a few pillars has rendered the formation here useless, do you?”

The black-armored woman’s form wavered, and she appeared in front of the stone monument, grasping the Fire Dragon Bird with her five fingers. As the stone pillars were destroyed, the monument, which had been stable, began to vibrate again with a flash of black light.

Then, a wind of demonic energy arose from the collapsed pillars, and a dozen or so black energies rose from the underground like pillars. The stone pillars were once again imbued with the light of spiritual energy, as if the entire formation was about to be revived.

“We must stop that demon quickly!”

Hyeoncheongja exclaimed and immediately swung the Heavenly Subduing Divine Sword fiercely, releasing yellow sword energy, and transformed into a beam of light himself, flying towards the altar.

The Myriad Year Stone Bear and the Seven Mysteries True Man also launched attacks, accompanied by blood-colored and seven-colored lights. Gyuryeong swung his massive axe, emitting layers of silver light.

Even Im Eunbyeong flicked his sleeves, sending out a pair of crescent-shaped red blades.

They never wanted to experience again the helplessness of seeing fellow cultivators of the same level die so easily. And they were also afraid that the Great Demon would break the seal and summon another terrifying being.

The two winged demons also rushed towards them. In an instant, the area near the altar became a major battle zone, with demonic energy surging and various spiritual lights spreading.

However, two cultivators were not moving, exchanging glances across a distance of a dozen or so feet.

“What did you say?”

Han Li was startled by the other’s telepathic message.

“I said I need to borrow your Heaven Refining Cauldron!”

“Why should I?”

Han Li snorted and refused. The woman in front of him had Eunwol’s memories but was a completely different being. A strange powerhouse who knew him better than anyone else—it was only natural to be wary.

“Why should you? I’m going to use the clone of the Heavenly Orchid Saint Beast inside the cauldron. Originally, the Heavenly Orchid Saint Beast was quite a famous figure in the Spirit Realm. It will exert much more power than my current spiritual body or the body of a human cultivator.”

“I refuse!”

Han Li’s answer was an unexpected reaction for Linglong.

“What?”

The silver-haired woman’s eyes sharpened.

“I don’t see any reason to do so, now that the Primal Slaughter Saint Ancestor’s main body’s consciousness is gone.”

“Do you want to die?”

Linglong was so dumbfounded that she laughed and raised her hand, and a transparent light flashed from her fingertips. At that moment, a strange cry was heard from the direction of the altar, and a giant demon with three heads and six arms appeared.

The silver-haired woman’s expression changed upon seeing the demon, and she made the crystal light at her fingertips disappear.

“She forcibly increased her cultivation using demonic arts. I can’t stop it without borrowing the cauldron!”

As Linglong finished speaking, a shout was heard from within the demonic energy. A thick pillar of demonic light was flying towards Hyeoncheongja. The old Taoist was terrified and swung his sword, and countless yellow sword energies flew out, barely blocking it.

At that moment, something violently stirred within the demonic energy, and a huge shadow with three heads burst out and disappeared.

While Hyeoncheongja was panicking, a black light flashed silently, and the shadow of the three-headed demon appeared in the air.

However, Hyeoncheongja was also a seasoned old man who had been through many battles. As soon as the demon’s shadow appeared, he did not hesitate to bounce backward and swing his sword, turning into a beam of light and fleeing.

The left and right heads of the giant demon’s shadow let out grotesque laughs, then released two streams of black light, one of which scattered the yellow sword energy released by the great sword, and the other caught up with the beam of light that Hyeoncheongja had transformed into at an incredible speed.

The protective barrier created by the Eight Trigrams Mirror and jade pendant that had been protecting the old Taoist’s body melted away in an instant. Startled, the old Taoist hurriedly swung the sword he was holding, surrounding his body with layers of sword energy.

Bang!

A roar was heard from the black light, and after a flash of yellow light, no sound was heard. Nothing was left where the black light had passed, and even treasures and Nascent Souls [the core of a cultivator’s power] had evaporated without being able to withstand the pillar of light.

At this, the cultivators were speechless with shock. They had not expected that the old Taoist, who had endured well in many battles, would disappear so quickly.

The situation was changing too rapidly. It seemed that the demon was the transformed form of the woman who had been wearing black armor.

It was about three or four times taller, and the middle head was as alluring as the original. However, the heads on both sides were in the form of black wolves, which was extremely bizarre.

However, the demon seemed to have greatly depleted its energy, as the two wolf heads were fine, but the woman in the middle was pale, and her purple eyes looked cloudy.

The two winged demons that had been spewing demonic energy went behind the three-headed, six-armed demon and disappeared. It was probably because they no longer had the energy to maintain their demon transformation.

The Myriad Year Stone Bear, the middle-aged scholar, and others began to attack again, seeing that the demon looked exhausted. In any case, it was better than being defeated individually by the demon.

In an instant, blood-colored, silver, and red lights surged, surrounding the demon and rushing in.

Whether it was because it had used a lot of power in the previous attack, the three-headed, six-armed demon simply opened its mouth and spewed out black energy, wildly swinging its six arms to deflect the attacks.

“Something’s wrong!”

The silver-haired woman, who had asked Han Li for the Heaven Refining Cauldron, suddenly made a strange expression and disappeared into the altar surrounded by demonic energy.

Han Li raised his eyebrows at this. In fact, he had been firm with her because he believed that Linglong would not harm him.

Looking closely, he could still feel the energy of the spirit from the natal flying sword within his body. It seemed that the fused Eunwol’s Nascent Soul was still maintaining the form of a spirit.

The opponent’s consciousness was so powerful that she could not control him, but she would be reluctant to harm Han Li. If she killed Han Li, there was no way to know what kind of trouble would ensue.

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