Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 642

A sinister wind swept through, parting the sea of fire around Han Li. Without hesitation, Han Li released the Demon Subduing Palm from his storage pouch, throwing it towards the demon beast’s claw.

*Bang!*

The Demon Subduing Palm, enlarged to over a dozen feet by the wind, collided with the black demon beast’s claw, creating a deafening roar that seemed to shake the heavens.

Unexpectedly, the Demon Subduing Palm only managed to briefly block the giant demon beast’s claw before being flung away. Han Li’s lips twitched as the demon beast’s claw descended towards him.

*Whoosh!*

As he focused his mind, the 36 golden flying swords around him converged above his head. The golden light intensified, and the flying swords merged into a giant sword, about six feet long.

*Crack!*

Thick golden lightning bolts crackled across the surface of the giant sword, attempting to cleave the falling demon beast’s claw.

*Shick!*

The giant sword, formed from the 36 Azure Bamboo Cloud Swords, became incredibly hard as Han Li reinforced it with a hand seal. It flashed with golden light and split the giant demon beast’s claw in two.

A low growl could be heard, indicating that the demon beast had taken some damage this time. The two halves of the demon beast’s claw scattered and disappeared into the black demonic energy.

Han Li’s eyes flashed with a blue light, and he suddenly changed the direction of the golden light streak. The golden light streak transformed into a serpent, fiercely biting at something in the void.

A black light flashed, and the golden serpent could be seen biting a pitch-black shield. Behind the black shield, a small figure appeared. It was the demon beast’s avatar that had been gathered outside of Ice City.

The child, wearing a silver key on his chest, stared at the golden serpent blocked by the shield.

“You mixed such precious materials into your flying swords! It’s enough to pierce my Sky Piercing Claw!” the child said.

“As expected, it’s just an avatar,” Han Li said.

Han Li had never heard that the Myriad Demon Valley Master was in the form of a child, so he could only be sure of this. The child, seemingly angered, suddenly clenched his fist in the air and grasped a small gray flag.

“Up until now, I’ve only unleashed two-tenths of the Myriad Demon Banner’s power. With this attack, I will destroy your body and soul, and let you experience the true power of the Myriad Demon Banner!” the child roared.

After speaking, the child waved the small flag. It seemed he was about to unleash a great divine ability. Han Li looked at the sea of fire with a cautious expression. Dozens of fire crows emerged from it and flew towards the child.

At the same time, the golden giant sword exploded and returned to its 36 flying swords. Each sword emitted a dazzling golden light, creating illusions, and transformed into over a hundred golden lights, enveloping and slashing at the child.

The child pouted and paused the flag for a moment. He pointed at the black shield with one hand, and the black shield trembled, transforming into a dark protective barrier that enveloped the child.

Golden and black lights flashed as they clashed, but despite the numerous golden attacks, the black barrier only rippled and remained unbroken. The child ignored the dozens of fire crows flying towards him and focused on boosting the small flag again.

The fire crows were transformed from the essence of flames, and in the child’s eyes, they seemed incapable of harming his iron shield.

The moment the child’s gray flag became blurry, the entire space trembled. Gray mist surged from the sea of fire around Han Li, creating strange spatial fluctuations. Suddenly, four black holes appeared, as if something was about to pour out.

Han Li pretended not to see the holes. He looked at the fire crows that were about to reach the black barrier and used the Wind Lightning Wings behind him to disappear. At the same time, the fire crows spat out red flames from their mouths, attacking the black barrier.

However, as the child had expected, the black barrier remained intact despite the onslaught of golden sword lights and fireballs. The child sneered, seeing Han Li disappear into the sea of fire using his lightning escape technique.

He paused his spell for a moment and flipped his hand, taking out a thin, dark blue string. He threw it, and it stretched into several ropes, covering an area about six feet away.

The next moment, a silver light flashed, and Han Li appeared right where the dark blue ropes had fallen.

‘This is bad!’

Before he could react, the ropes wrapped around him and constricted, binding him tightly. The child let out a cunning laugh, his mouth flashing with black light.

He planned to use this opportunity to unleash a powerful treasure and take Han Li’s life.

This was something Han Li had not anticipated at all. He never expected a treasure to be able to track his location and attack him!

He shouted lowly and formed a hand seal. A jade-green light spread across his body, colliding with the dark blue ropes. Han Li’s body strangely disappeared, leaving only a blue talisman behind.

Immediately, Han Li reappeared about a dozen feet away, but his face was pale. To escape the crisis, he had used the Spirit Transformation Talisman, which he had not yet fully refined.

The blue talisman faded within the ropes and eventually scattered into jade-green light, flying towards Han Li and absorbing into his body. This time, the child frowned and closed his mouth, his eyes flashing with black light.

At that moment, a silver light flashed on the other side of the black barrier, and a blue figure appeared. A humanoid puppet approached like a ghost, holding a red bow and firing countless fire arrows at close range.

At the same time, a pitch-black flying sword flashed towards the child’s head, hiding itself in numerous golden lights and red flames, quietly approaching. Although the child was the demon beast’s avatar, his consciousness was even stronger than the old man transformed from Qingbeichanglang [a type of demon].

Despite the series of strange events, the child determined that the black light flying towards his head was the most dangerous. With incredible speed, he slammed the iron shield down.

Then, he turned his head and spat out a coin-shaped magic treasure wrapped in black energy from his mouth.

The fire arrows condensed into thick pillars of fire, striking the black shield. The child reached out and pointed at the iron shield, and the black barrier instantly thickened several times.

*Boom!*

The flames spread across the barrier, and finally, the black barrier began to shake. At that moment, the Demon Slayer Flying Dagger plunged down from above the barrier.

*Shick!*

Surprisingly, the Demon Slayer Flying Dagger created a thin gap and penetrated the thick barrier. Then, the coin-shaped magic treasure flew in and struck the flying dagger with a *clang!*

A strange light flashed, and both treasures disappeared simultaneously.

‘What is this?’

Han Li was startled and checked the consciousness within the humanoid puppet. He realized that the Demon Slayer Flying Dagger had not disappeared but was trapped nearby.

*Caw!*

One of the dozens of fire crows trapped by the black barrier suddenly spread its wings and cried out. Its body swelled several times, and it spewed out white cold air from its mouth.

This was the Profound Jade Cold Qi that he had absorbed using the fire crow transformed from the Taiyin True Flame [a powerful flame] in the Profound Jade Cave today.

Although he had absorbed a large amount, it would be difficult to fully absorb it into the Taiyin True Flame without some refinement. However, a considerable amount of it was being released by the Taiyin Flame Child under Han Li’s command.

The white cold air flowed across the barrier, and ice began to form like crystals. In a single breath, a giant ice block was formed. Surprisingly, the black barrier and even the child inside were sealed in ice. Han Li raised his eyebrows, revealing a hint of joy.

He knew that he could not defeat a level 10 demon beast with just this, but if he could buy some time, that would be enough. He immediately formed a hand seal and reached out towards the hundred or so sword lights around the ice.

The sword lights soared high, circled once, and then resonated simultaneously, scattering strangely in all directions. Since the demon beast’s avatar possessed considerable strength, he had decided to use the Great Stellar Sword Formation to destroy the demon beast.

However, before the sword formation could even be half-formed, the ice block trembled, and countless silver threads pierced through it, threatening to shatter the entire ice block at any moment.

Through the translucent ice, he could see silver threads explosively erupting from the black shield and an object the child was holding. Upon closer inspection, it was the silver key that the child had been wearing on his chest.

He instinctively realized that there was no time to complete the Great Stellar Sword Formation. He flipped his hand, and a green wooden ruler appeared, shining towards the child in the distance.

A light flashed above the child’s head, and a silver lotus, about a foot in size, bloomed, emitting a seven-colored Buddhist light.

The child’s movements, which had been breaking through the ice, slowed down in the Buddhist light, and he looked stunned and dazed. At that moment, the humanoid puppet clapped its hands together and grasped a long spear, several feet in length.

The child raised the corners of his eyes and sent the gray flag in his hand flying. Surprisingly, he activated the Myriad Demon Banner even within the seven-colored restriction.

In an instant, the space around the child was distorted, and a gray barrier was formed. At the same time, the silver long spear left the humanoid puppet’s hand and was attacking the barrier in front of the child.

After a moment, something strange happened.

The silver long spear passed through the barrier in front of it as if it were nothing, passed by the child, and disappeared into another barrier.

Han Li was dumbfounded by the sight. The child was clearly trapped, but he couldn’t understand what was happening. Then, an idea suddenly came to him.

‘Spatial distortion!’

If the barrier created by the Myriad Demon Banner had the effect of distorting space, then ordinary attacks would be useless. Behind the barrier, the child held the Myriad Demon Banner in one hand and the silver key in the other, coldly staring at Han Li.

Black light flashed across his body, and he was gradually breaking free from the seven-colored restriction that was binding him.

Han Li’s heart grew heavy. His opponent was not an ordinary late-Nascent Soul cultivator, and fighting within the Myriad Demon Banner’s restriction was too disadvantageous. With this thought, his gaze turned to the four black holes that had formed in the sea of fire.

Even though the child was restricted and unable to cast spells, the holes were gradually widening, and the faint roars of demon beasts coming from within indicated that a huge demon was about to emerge.

Han Li snorted, hardened his resolve, and immediately retrieved the Eight Spirit Ruler, forming a hand seal.

At the same time, the fire cauldron, fire crows, humanoid puppet, and 36 flying swords that had been floating far away trembled and rushed towards him. Only the Taiyin Flame Child circled the spatial barrier, emitting extreme cold air.

Most of the cold air was moved to an unknown location by the spatial barrier, but the rest flew towards the child. The child released silver threads from the silver key in his hand, breaking the ice again. In that gap, the Taiyin Flame Child returned to Han Li.

Han Li quickly flipped his hand and took out a yellow talisman.

The talisman, with its surface covered in spells and flashing with spiritual light, was the Boundary Breaking Talisman that Spirit Fairy had given him before she left.

It was a talisman that was particularly effective at escaping from restricted spaces, but it was too precious to use carelessly, so he had not taken it out from the beginning.

However, as the Myriad Demon Banner’s transformations were endless and his opponent was about to use an unknown divine ability, he decided not to hold back any longer and use the talisman.

He planned to use the Boundary Breaking Talisman not to break the opponent’s spatial barrier but to escape from this space itself. Holding the Boundary Breaking Talisman between his two fingers, he flew towards a point in the void.

A yellow light burst sharply from the talisman, and a ripple formed in space, distorting it into a white light mass.

Han Li was overjoyed and summoned all of his treasures. The flying swords, fire crows, and humanoid puppet joined forces to attack the white light mass.

*Boom!*

A white hole opened, and the Great Hall of the Void outside the space came into view. The child’s expression changed when he saw the restriction being broken, and he quickly moved his consciousness.

A gray light burst from the Myriad Demon Banner, striking the silver lotus above.

*Bang!*

A dull explosion rang out, and the light pillar and the lotus collapsed simultaneously. The child was about to break free from the restriction. At that moment, Han Li transformed into a blue light streak and quickly disappeared into the white gap, his treasures closely following behind.

The child held the gray flag and glared fiercely.