Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 682

The demonic energy within the Abyss of Demonic Energy had clearly exceeded the predictions for the second Nascent Soul. Moreover, fearing Han Li’s pursuit, it must have hastily increased its absorption of demonic energy at the last moment.

Although it had mastered the Great Evolution Technique, it was only at the second level due to being busy cultivating the Profound Yin Scripture, and thus it must have lost its reason after prolonged exposure to demonic energy. In the end, the Heavenly Fiend Body had managed to withstand it to some extent, but the second Nascent Soul had succumbed to the demonic energy’s intrusion.

Han Li was dumbfounded. He had rushed here day and night, fearing a great calamity, only to find it in this state.

Without further hesitation, Han Li raised a hand and grasped the Three-Flame Fan. There was no reason to show mercy to an opponent without consciousness. Once he dealt with the Heavenly Fiend Body’s physical form using the Three-Flame Fan, the second Nascent Soul would fall into his hands.

However, the moment the Three-Flame Fan unleashed its three-colored flames, the Heavenly Fiend Body roared and used the surrounding pure demonic energy to regrow its severed arm. The arm that had been cut off was now perfectly restored.

‘An Immortal Body!’

Han Li chuckled and poured more spiritual power into the Three-Flame Fan.

Although the divine ability of an immortal body was rare, he had killed more than one or two demonic beasts with such innate abilities. He knew that if he completely destroyed the body with much greater force, it wouldn’t be able to return to its original form no matter how much it tried to recover.

The cry of a phoenix echoed, and a three-colored firebird, several feet long and wreathed in spells, soared from the fan. It was an attack of immense power, capable of instantly obliterating the surrounding demonic energy upon contact with the three-colored flames.

The Heavenly Fiend Body sensed that the situation was turning dire and frantically absorbed the surrounding demonic energy. If the second Nascent Soul had regained its senses, it would have fled immediately.

The Heavenly Fiend Body, having grown larger by absorbing demonic energy, opened its mouth and unleashed a pitch-black beam of light.

KWA-KWA-KWANG!

A deafening roar shook the depths of the demonic abyss, and the three-colored radiance clashed with the black mass of light, creating a momentary stalemate.

‘Hmm?’

Han Li was slightly surprised by the unexpected outcome. The power of the Three-Flame Fan was enough to overwhelm even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, so it was strange that it had been blocked even for a moment.

Narrowing his eyes, he saw that the spells flowing on the surface of the three-colored radiance were flickering, gradually gnawing away at the black mass of light. The Heavenly Fiend Body, realizing it was losing ground, became more ferocious and tried to absorb more demonic energy to unleash another pitch-black beam of light.

This time, Han Li’s expression hardened.

KWANG!

A thunderous sound echoed, and blue and white wings unfurled behind his back. It was the newly refined Wind Lightning Wings. With a flap of his wings, Han Li vanished into the wind.

The next moment, blue lightning flashed behind the Heavenly Fiend Body, and Han Li silently appeared, throwing a punch. A massive blue hand suddenly materialized, delivering a powerful blow.

BANG!

The Heavenly Fiend Body, caught off guard, was struck by the fist and sent flying into the three-colored radiance. Terrified, the Heavenly Fiend Body shrieked and amplified its pitch-black demonic energy.

However, surrounded by the three-colored flames, the Heavenly Fiend Body couldn’t withstand it at all and completely melted away without a trace in a single breath.

Han Li turned the Three-Flame Fan, dispersing the flames, and tried to retrieve the second Nascent Soul. But then, the three-colored radiance vibrated violently, and a blood-red light burst out. In that gap, a black light escaped, soaring thirty feet into the air.

He quickly looked up and saw a dull green Nascent Soul within the black light, carrying a pitch-black flag as it flew away.

It was the second Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul’s eyes were cold, and it seemed to have fully regained its senses. Han Li merely scoffed and flapped his wings, disappearing again.

The second Nascent Soul’s expression immediately changed. It threw the flag and formed a hand seal, unleashing a spell. The Ghost Banner, which Han Li had given it, spun around, flashing black light, and then exploded on its own.

POW!

A loud explosion echoed, and countless black lights shot out, densely covering the area below the Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul didn’t look back and flew towards the surface.

As the black lights descended like a net, blue lightning flashed, and Han Li appeared strangely. He coldly alternated his gaze between the black net and the second Nascent Soul, then flicked his sleeve, unleashing a dazzling golden light.

However, the black net only weakened slightly and wasn’t cut through. Han Li frowned and sent out more golden light. At the same time, golden lightning flowed along the golden sword, trying to cut through the black net again.

KWANG!

This time, the black net exploded, creating a large hole, and Han Li immediately transformed into a blue streak of light and shot upwards. Above the surface of the demonic abyss, dozens of cultivators were surrounding the seal, holding formation flags, magic tools, and discs.

They were staring down with tense expressions, and the formation tools in their hands were emitting light, ready to activate at any moment.

At that moment, a strange cry echoed from within the seal, and a pitch-black blade of light tore through the surface, and black light escaped through the gap.

‘Activate the formation!’

Gui Huan and the woman, who had been focused on the seal, gave the order without hesitation. Immediately, thirty-six disciples of the Falling Cloud Sect threw formation flags and discs, and light burst from the magic tools, creating layers of multicolored barriers.

Han Li’s second Nascent Soul, having flown up without any preparation, was surrounded by the multicolored light.

With Han Li’s memories, it boldly detonated the Demonic Blood Sword, piercing through the three-colored flames, and then detonated the Ghost Banner upon seeing Han Li chasing with the Wind Lightning Wings. Thus, the Nascent Soul gained a chance to escape from Han Li’s grasp thanks to the power of the two treasures.

Its plan was to use the Nascent Soul’s teleportation technique to hide on one of the islands of the Seven Spirits Sea as soon as it left this place. It believed that by perfectly concealing its aura with various treasures and activating a formation, it could deceive even Han Li’s senses.

However, the second Nascent Soul had not anticipated that Han Li, who always acted alone, would have his low-level disciples set up a powerful formation around the seal.

Enraged, the Nascent Soul wildly swung its small hands, sending out black sword energy in all directions. However, the multicolored energy miraculously deflected the sword energy, returning to its original state and not giving the Nascent Soul any chance to escape.

The second Nascent Soul’s expression changed, and it frantically spread its arms, creating a black beam of light that formed a giant sword, several feet long, and slashed at one point.

The low-level cultivators, who were desperately trying to hold on with their formation tools, could no longer withstand it.

KWA-KWANG! KOONG!

Two loud explosions echoed, and a hole several feet long was torn in the multicolored barrier. The cultivators hurriedly tried to control their formation tools to fill the hole, but it was impossible to restore it immediately.

The second Nascent Soul’s face lit up with joy, and its form blurred before disappearing from that spot.

The next moment, the Nascent Soul, having escaped the multicolored barrier, glared at the surrounding cultivators and formed another hand seal, trying to teleport away.

But then, a small gust of wind stirred behind it, and Han Li appeared.

‘Damn it!’

The second Nascent Soul didn’t hesitate and tried to quickly disappear as its form blurred. However, Han Li scoffed at seeing the Nascent Soul trying to flee without looking back.

Suddenly, a thin bloodstain appeared between his eyebrows, and black energy surged out, condensing into black pupils. Then, black light shot out from his eyes and exploded in the void twenty feet away. The second Nascent Soul staggered and reappeared, looking at him with disbelief.

Han Li chuckled and opened his mouth, releasing a small cauldron, then flapped his wings and vanished into the wind.

The second Nascent Soul, tightly gripping a small sword, felt an ominous premonition. Just as its body was about to blur again, a blue mass of threads flew from the void, trying to bind the Nascent Soul tightly.

Terrified, the Nascent Soul frantically unleashed black sword energy, but even after a series of explosions, the blue threads continued to advance. Just as the terrified Nascent Soul was about to use another secret technique, blue lightning flashed, and Han Li appeared, holding the cauldron.

He sent a cold gaze towards the second Nascent Soul and immediately flicked the small cauldron.

THUNK!

The cauldron lid flew off, and blue energy surged out. The blue threads, as if reacting to it, tightened even more. The Nascent Soul, its magic power frozen, was instantly captured by the blue threads and dragged into the cauldron.

Han Li pointed at the cauldron lid in the void, and the lid turned blue, descended, and closed tightly. Having been trapped in the Void Heaven Cauldron, even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would never be able to escape.

‘Senior Brother Han, congratulations on completing this great task!’

Gui Huan and the woman brought the Foundation Establishment disciples and bowed in greeting, trying to gain his favor.

‘Your contributions this time are not small, so take these! There are elixirs in these two medicine bottles that will aid your cultivation. Take them, share them, and increase the number of people guarding the Abyss of Demonic Energy to strictly prevent other demonic creatures from invading.’

Han Li flicked his sleeve, throwing two white jade bottles to Gui Huan.

‘Yes! We will discuss with the other sects and implement it immediately. Senior Brother, why don’t you go to the Spirit Separation Island and rest for a few days before returning?’

Gui Huan received the jade bottles, unable to hide his joy.

‘That’s enough. It’s not far from the sect, and I have other matters to attend to, so I cannot stay long.’

Han Li waved his hand, immediately retrieved the cauldron, and soared away as a blue streak of light. Gui Huan and the woman bowed respectfully, watching him leave before finally straightening up.

‘Senior Brother Gui, what are the elixirs that Senior Han left us? A senior of his caliber wouldn’t bestow just any elixirs.’

A red-robed cultivator flew over with his disciples, looking at Gui Huan with envy.

‘Well, I don’t know either, but they must be good items, right? First, we must hurry and reinforce the seal!’

Gui Huan gave a dry laugh, hid the medicine bottles, and hurriedly began giving orders to his disciples.

The seal had been breached and then repaired, so it couldn’t possibly be in perfect condition. The Falling Cloud Sect cultivators moved busily to each pillar, and the red-robed cultivator couldn’t ask any further and joined in the reconstruction of the seal.

* * *

Ten days later, Han Li returned to Cloud Dream Mountain.

However, he didn’t go directly to the Falling Cloud Sect but headed towards the Mother Peak. Before he could even open the restriction, he found the women waiting for him.

‘Greetings, Master!’

The woman bowed respectfully. It was his nominal disciple, Liu Yu.

‘Have you been waiting here all along?’

Han Li frowned slightly and asked casually.

‘It’s not just me. Junior Sister Pei Ling and Junior Sister Song were also worried and were waiting for Master to return safely. They are currently gathered at Junior Sister Quan’s residence.’

‘I only went to capture my second Nascent Soul, what is there to worry about? So, you have already met Jin Ya [Han Li’s newest disciple].’

‘Yes, Junior Sister Quan is so intelligent that she is worthy of being personally accepted into Master’s sect.’

‘Jin Ya is different from you. She was born with the special Dragon Yin Body, so it will probably be difficult for her to achieve great cultivation. There is another reason why I took her in, so there is no need to probe.’

‘How could I dare!’

Liu Yu was secretly pleased to hear that, but she laughed it off, appearing embarrassed.

‘That’s enough. Since you are all gathered, go and call them all here. There is something I need to discuss.’

He stroked his chin and ordered Liu Yu.

‘Yes, I will follow Master’s orders.’

Han Li nodded and flicked his sleeve towards the tightly closed cave door.

KRRRR.

The stone door slowly opened, and he suddenly disappeared inside.

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