Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 667

“Are you also trying to get a piece of the pie, cultivator?”

“I haven’t met all the famous cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea, but I roughly know what they look like. But I’ve never seen a cultivator like you… No, strangely, you look familiar…”

The burly man, who had been deep in thought, suddenly changed his expression and tried to make a run for it.

“Since you, cultivator, are asking so nicely, I’ll give up Manhozi’s treasures. Let’s go!”

“Huh?”

The woman beside him, Cai, was dumbfounded by the sudden turn of events. Just as the bald giant was about to take off, enveloping the woman in golden light, Han Li immediately stretched out his arm, trying to strike the giant’s head with a blue sword aura.

Unable to escape, the Golden Flower Old Ancestor released a golden shield to create a protective barrier.

Clang!

The golden shield collided with the sword aura, emitting a blinding light. Fortunately, the golden shield was damaged, but the bald giant and the woman were unharmed. Surprisingly, they had blocked Han Li’s attack.

“Why are you doing this? I said I’d give up the treasures, so why are you attacking me?”

“You recognized me; did you think I’d just let you go?”

Han Li curled the corners of his lips and sneered. Having already decided to kill them, he flicked the Demonic Treasure Pole and sent the Subduing Demon Pestle flying. It felt as if a small mountain was falling, and even before the Subduing Demon Pestle landed, the space distorted, creating a strange humming sound.

Han Li’s cultivation had greatly increased, and the magic treasure of the Kunwu Three Old Devils was now displaying far greater power than before.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor under the Subduing Demon Pestle was terrified. The opponent’s treasure was far more powerful than he had imagined. Helpless, the giant took out a golden talisman instead of a magic treasure, flipping his palm.

As he rubbed his palms together with the talisman between them, chanting a strange incantation, his body began to spin, and a large amount of golden light was released from his entire body, scattering beautifully.

Thud!

The moment the Subduing Demon Pestle fell, the golden energy transformed into fist-sized petals, densely surrounding the giant and the woman. Yellow and golden energies clashed, creating an earth-shattering roar. When the light disappeared, a huge pit had been formed.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor and Cai had vanished without a trace.

Han Li paused for a moment, then scoffed and spread his consciousness everywhere. He suddenly pointed behind him with one hand, and a huge sword aura sliced through the air.

Bang!

Golden petals were floating around the bald giant, and unexpectedly, the petals blocked the sword aura. Han Li raised his eyebrows, carefully examined the golden petals, and was startled.

He possessed a higher cultivation than an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, so even a casually launched Azure Essence Sword Aura was quite powerful. Yet, the golden petals had managed to block his attack by borrowing the power of a talisman.

“How can this be? How did you know we were here? Even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can’t see through this!”

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor’s face changed, clearly flustered.

“The talisman you possess is interesting, but it will be difficult for you to escape my grasp.”

Han Li said calmly and gestured towards the Subduing Demon Pestle in the distance. The treasure flashed and once again covered the Golden Flower Old Ancestor. The giant gritted his teeth and rubbed the golden talisman again, and golden petals scattered as he appeared in another place.

He threw the woman nearby and glared at Han Li with a ferocious look.

“Cultivator Han, do you think I’m a fool because I’ve been holding back? Just because you have a Void Sky Cauldron, do you think you can kill me? Let’s see who wins!”

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor flicked his waist, sending out a spirit beast pouch, and from it flew a strange bird the size of a hand.

The bird was covered in black energy, with striking blue-green eyes and a crimson crest on its head. As soon as it appeared, the strange bird let out a loud cry and glared fiercely at Han Li.

“A Ghost Dove? I didn’t expect you to have such a demonic creature.”

Han Li clicked his tongue and flicked the Demonic Treasure Pole. A cry was heard, and black light swirled in the air as a monkey descended. It was the black, glossy monkey demon beast, Jihun.

Jihun sniffed with its large nose, immediately spotting the Ghost Dove in the air, and its eyes sparkled. It transformed into a giant monkey the size of a dozen feet, its black fur gleaming, and fiercely pounded its chest, letting out a roar that shook the heavens.

Then, Han Li flicked his sleeve, sending out golden small swords, and two streaks of golden light flew in a cross pattern. As he gestured, the Subduing Demon Pestle fell towards the Golden Flower Old Ancestor again.

At this, the arrogant Ghost Dove flapped its wings and flew above the Golden Flower Old Ancestor’s head, looking terrified, and did not move.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor, with a heavy heart, took out a golden bell and emitted a jade-colored beam of light. The beam of light swirled in the air and transformed into two jade-colored hooks, one of which unexpectedly flashed and flew towards the giant’s hand.

Swoosh.

Two fingers fell silently, and no blood flowed from the wound. The giant activated a magic seal, and the two fingers turned into lumps of blood, flying towards the Ghost Dove above his head.

The Ghost Dove let out a strange cry and swallowed the lumps of blood in one gulp.

The demonic bird, now twice its size, had black energy surging from its entire body, and its clear blue-green eyes turned bloodshot. Now, the demonic bird was no longer afraid of Jihun. It spread its wings wide, spewing black energy as it flew towards it.

Also, the two blue-green jade hooks flew towards the golden flying swords, and the golden bell made a loud noise, blocking the huge Subduing Demon Pestle.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor was relieved, but Han Li’s expression was full of ridicule.

The Ghost Dove spewed black energy at the giant monkey, but Jihun snorted, and yellow energy surged up like a tide. Instantly engulfed in the yellow energy, the Ghost Dove struggled fiercely before being sucked into Jihun’s mouth.

“Hah!”

The giant was so shocked that his face turned pale. He had not thought that the Ghost Dove would be a match for the giant monkey, but he had not expected it to be eaten so quickly without even putting up a fight.

The Ghost Dove was a demonic creature that he had spent a long time refining with a secret technique he had accidentally learned. It was adept at a technique that could steal souls by riding on the ghost’s eyes.

Other cultivators who tried to cut the Ghost Dove with their swords would have their souls shaken by the yin energy it emitted, leaving them helpless. But now that the Ghost Dove was gone, the Golden Flower Old Ancestor felt like he was going crazy with grief.

However, before he could recover from the pain of losing the Ghost Dove, the jade-colored hooks shattered into pieces against the golden sword aura. Now, the two golden streaks were flying towards him, trying to cut him down with a clear sound.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor panicked and tried to take out another treasure, but he heard Buddhist chanting from above his head.

“… !”

The giant’s face turned pale with shock. The yellow Subduing Demon Pestle was suddenly emitting seven-colored Buddhist light, exuding immense pressure.

The golden waves that had barely been holding on were disrupted, and the Subduing Demon Pestle was now only a few feet away from him. Without hesitation, the Golden Flower Old Ancestor rubbed the golden talisman again, leaving behind golden petals and disappearing from the spot once more.

However, this time, Han Li also flashed with silver light and used the Wind Lightning Shift [a movement technique].

The giant, who had entered a phantom space with the power of the talisman, was startled by the silent attack coming from behind him. He managed to block it by condensing golden petals, but the impact was still transmitted.

Bang!

The giant, who was forcibly thrown back into the original space, coughed up a series of bright red blood. The terrified Golden Flower Old Ancestor turned his head and saw Han Li, who had appeared a dozen feet away, retracting his blue fist.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor now clearly understood that his opponent possessed a cultivation of mid-stage Nascent Soul or higher, and that his spirit beasts and magic treasures were all extraordinary. It was foolish to fight Han Li any longer. He threw the golden talisman into the air, and it turned into a golden beam of light, splitting the sky.

He had no time to take care of Cai.

Whoosh!

Han Li’s lips twitched as he was about to chase after him, but the golden talisman that the opponent had thrown scattered, and the golden lights instantly transformed into over a thousand nail-sized bees, covering him.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The sound of the bees’ wings made Han Li pause for a moment, but he spat out a small cauldron wrapped in blue energy. The cauldron spun and grew to several feet in size, and Han Li struck the cauldron.

Thump!

As the cauldron was engulfed in a blue flame, the lid of the cauldron slowly slid open, and a blue energy escaped, stretching out like a silk cloth of a dozen feet in length.

The moment he felt the entire sky turn blue, the silk cloth wrapped around all the golden bees and returned to the cauldron like lightning. As soon as the Void Sky Cauldron was activated, the swarm of golden bees disappeared in an instant.

While he was dealing with the swarm of bees, the Golden Flower Old Ancestor had flown 50 to 60 feet away, which was quite fast for an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. However, Han Li did not rush and looked around.

He saw the gray-robed old man and the blue-robed youth, who had been slowly retreating, now over a hundred feet away.

They had decided to give up the treasures and flee when Han Li and the Golden Flower Old Ancestor had appeared one after another. They had been slowly retreating while Han Li was fighting the Golden Flower Old Ancestor, planning to escape.

However, when Han Li looked at them with a cold gaze, they were startled and immediately shot off in different directions.

Seeing this, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples who had been maintaining the barrier from afar watched silently, and when their masters fled, they scattered in fear.

Seeing this, Han Li’s face turned cold, and he threw the Demonic Treasure Pole into the air. Then, twelve snow-white centipedes appeared, wailing loudly and emitting a white chill.

Han Li silently raised his hand, and the Six-Winged Frost Centipedes simultaneously split into three groups and flew towards the three Core Formation cultivators. Their speed was incredibly fast.

Thus began the chase between the three cultivators and the Six-Winged Frost Centipedes. However, Han Li left the low-level cultivators alone. It would take them a few days to spread the news, and by then, he would be gone.

However, his gaze was different when he looked at the fleeing Golden Flower Old Ancestor. Han Li, with a murderous glint in his eyes, lightly flicked the Wind Lightning Shift and disappeared with silver lightning.

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor had already fled over a hundred feet away, but every time Han Li flashed and appeared, the distance was reduced by twenty feet, catching up to him. As he raised his hand, a purple flame transformed into a giant hand, fiercely striking the opponent.

“Hah!”

The Golden Flower Old Ancestor was terrified when Han Li teleported and caught up to him. He had no choice but to spit out a golden flying knife to block the giant hand and desperately tried to find a way to escape.

However, the giant hand made of Extreme Yang Flame [a powerful flame] could not be easily blocked by an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. The extreme flame that Han Li had created was a powerful weapon that even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator or a tenth-level demon beast would be wary of.

The golden flying knife tried to cut the giant hand but instead froze and fell down, and the giant hand spread out, strangely stretching out and grabbing the Golden Flower Old Ancestor’s body. A scream erupted, and even the Golden Flower Old Ancestor turned into a purple ice sculpture.

Han Li, who had been watching, did not hesitate and activated a magic seal, putting strength into the giant hand.

Bang!

The purple ice sculpture shattered, and a golden Nascent Soul [the core of a cultivator’s power] tried to escape from within. However, Han Li, who had been prepared, moved his consciousness and trapped the Golden Flower Old Ancestor’s Nascent Soul in a purple flame.

The Nascent Soul did not last even a moment and disappeared. As it disappeared, Han Li collected the Golden Flower Old Ancestor’s Demonic Treasure Pole and looked in another direction.

The Core Formation cultivators and the centipedes seemed to have gone very far, but Han Li did not care and summoned the shrunken Jihun, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

Except for the sea breeze, it was completely silent. After about an hour, Han Li slowly smiled and opened his eyes.

Shortly after, a white light flashed from the distant horizon and instantly flew to his head.

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