Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 761

762. The Scorching Light Pool

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The palace-clad woman raised her thick eyebrows as the human cultivators showed signs of attacking. She used a secret technique to rouse the demon cultivators, her hand hidden in her sleeve, grasping something.

The situation was precarious.

Kwarurung!

At that moment, the ground around the pond suddenly vibrated, and the calm water began to churn. Then, milky white rays of light shot out randomly from the water, some towards the humans and some towards the demons.

The nearby rocks were riddled with holes, like a honeycomb, by the light rays.

The humans and demons were startled and hurriedly cast spells or activated treasures to block the light.

Then, a tremendous light emanated from the clear pond water, and a bright mass of light, like the sun, slowly rose. Judging by the boiling water, the mass of light was extremely hot.

‘What’s going on? Did the spirit race do something under the pond?’

Han Li, who was hiding in the void and spying, hurriedly blocked the light. His expression changed at the sudden shift in the pond. Not only that, but the palace-clad woman and Lord Nam Seong were also shocked.

“That’s strange. What should be in the water is now on the surface! Could it be…”

Lord Nam Seong muttered, as if he knew something about this place. But before he could finish, a dozen white pillars of light shot up.

As soon as the pillars of light left the surface, they strangely bent and rushed towards the nearby humans and demons at incredible speed. The unexpected attack caught those gathered there off guard.

Those with high cultivation, like the palace-clad woman and Lord Nam Seong, immediately used secret techniques to dodge, but those who were hit by the pillars of light disappeared without a trace.

Those who saw it were dumbfounded and enraged. But before they could grasp the situation, a loud bang erupted, and five yellow pillars rose from the hills around the pond.

The surfaces of the pillars were densely engraved with unknown patterns.

Among those gathered, there were more human Nascent Soul cultivators [a stage of cultivation], so more of them died miserably. And most of them were Lord Nam Seong’s long-cultivated confidants or disciples, so his anger seemed to pierce the sky.

“Who is it? Why are you doing this!”

Shwishwishwi!

Lord Nam Seong shouted and summoned five small navy blue swords, which had already transformed into huge swords and were circling around him.

“Slash!”

Lord Nam Seong’s eerie voice echoed.

The swords left long trails and turned into streaks of light, flying towards the five pillars and wrapping around their lower parts several times.

Kwakwang!

Loud noises rang out in succession, but the pillars were not cut off; only faint sword marks remained. Lord Nam Seong’s pupils contracted at this, and he hurriedly summoned the swords.

Just then, green liquid flowed from the faint marks on the pillars, emitting a fishy smell.

The returned swords circled above his head, and Lord Nam Seong frowned. His swords had the power to cut down not only pillars but also small mountains in one blow. But it was only a scratch…

‘These are really strange pillars. The surface is elastic, like a living thing…’

When Lord Nam Seong’s attack failed, doubt also appeared on the palace-clad woman’s face. However, a low rumble continued from under the pond.

“Kuhahaa-”

It sounded like someone’s groan, or like someone just waking up. As the strange sound was heard, the five yellow pillars stopped moving.

But from under the pond, a huge mass of light with a diameter of ten yards shot out. The mass of light sparkled with white light and contained a large golden bead.

“The Luoyang Crystal!”

The traveling monk behind Lord Nam Seong shouted as soon as he saw the mass of light. At that sound, the palace-clad woman and the three young men flinched and soon showed joy.

At that sight, the traveling monk turned into a white streak of light and flew towards the treasure, and the woman also spun in the air and transformed into a black fire phoenix and shot out.

The black and thin young men gathered in the middle, forming a thick silver light, and closely followed behind. But unexpectedly, only Lord Nam Seong was hesitating in place.

Han Li, who was hiding in the void, also watched the situation quietly, his eyes sparkling. His only goal was the divine blood.

It would only reveal his whereabouts if he tried to take other treasures.

The white streak of light that the traveling monk had transformed into penetrated the light and tried to seize the Luoyang Crystal. But at that moment, an anomaly occurred. Suddenly, an unknown force arose around the mass of light and strongly sucked in the traveling monk.

“Hiiik!”

He was horrified and tried to resist using his magic power, but a strange silver spell appeared and made him unable to move. The traveling monk trembled and was sucked into the bubbling pond.

However, the mass of light was still floating in the air and did not move. The woman and the three young men who followed behind were startled by the sight of the traveling monk and hurriedly changed direction, returning to the edge of the pond.

They now looked at the pond with new eyes. Lord Nam Seong’s face turned pale, as if he knew something, and his crumpled face did not seem to smooth out.

Kururung!

At this time, the ground shook on one side of the pond, and five more yellow pillars rose. And a roar echoed around the pond, becoming louder and clearer as time passed.

Then, Lord Nam Seong suddenly turned and transformed into a navy blue streak of light, flying towards the entrance of the valley. The navy blue light flickered a few times and then disappeared into the dense fog.

The young men and the palace-clad woman were dumbfounded by Lord Nam Seong’s actions, but they did not leave. However, Han Li also narrowed his brows, lifted his body high into the sky, and moved away from the pond.

But shortly after he left, the water in the pond began to spin wildly, suddenly creating a huge whirlpool. And the ten pillars folded and unfolded on their own, rising up to fifteen yards.

Kukwakwang! Kwakwakwang!

The ground cracked, and dirt and stones flew up, and two huge objects rose from both sides of the pond. Han Li, who was looking down from a high place, could not close his mouth when he saw it.

What had popped out from both sides of the pond were huge yellow palms, and a pair of hands were slowly pushing through the mounds of dirt.

The Scorching Light Pool, which was 30 to 40 yards wide, had become a bottomless abyss, with the water drained away.

A strange light flickered in the center, and a huge eyeball, two yards in size, slowly moved, emitting an eerie light.

When Han Li saw it, a legendary being from the spirit world came to his mind.

‘Could it be!’

His face turned pale. He increased his speed and soared, but it was not extremely fast because of the Taiyi Azure Clarity Talisman [a magical talisman].

The palace-clad woman and the three young men were flying low, so they did not know about this, but they seemed to feel that danger was approaching.

The woman sneered and spat out a dark red handkerchief from her mouth. Then, a blue snake the size of a hand appeared; surprisingly, it was a blue flying knife.

As the handkerchief fluttered above her head, it immediately turned into a red shield and enveloped the woman. And the three young men simultaneously formed hand seals and emitted a faint silver light.

The three merged into one silver light and hid.

Kukwakwakwang!

Before the four demon cultivators could cast other spells, the ground around the pond, nearly a thousand yards wide, cracked and collapsed.

As the huge eyeball in the lower part of the pond blinked, the Setting Sun Crystal, which had been floating above the pond, quickly fell and entered it.

And something huge slowly began to rise from the ground. Han Li was watching all of this from a very high place.

The huge object, hundreds of yards tall, was covered in yellow soil, and its two arms were stretched high into the sky. It was surprisingly a life form of unimaginable size.

Han Li would not have believed that such a thing existed if he had not seen the likes of Rahu and Yu Tian Kunpeng [mythical creatures] in the human world.

The giant was wearing a demon beast hide around his waist, and his forehead was dented on his mountain-sized head. The huge eye was located in the deepest part of the dent.

Surprisingly, the space that people believed to be a pond was the giant’s sunken eye.

In addition, the giant had a flat nose and a long mouth that extended to his cheeks, and the sharp teeth visible between them were chilling to look at.

The giant had not fully risen, but had only raised his upper body, and his lower body was still buried deep in the ground.

“T-This is impossible! An ancient giant… Run away quickly. We are no match for it.”

The palace-clad woman’s face also turned pale when she confirmed the identity of the one-eyed giant. Now they knew why Lord Nam Seong had run away. He had anticipated this situation one step ahead.

The woman formed a hand seal without hesitation, and the red shield spun around her.

Pung!

A loud explosion rang out, and the red energy shattered. She disappeared and reappeared in the void 50 to 60 yards away. The three young men only came to their senses after seeing the woman run away and formed hand seals.

It was to avoid the imminent disaster using their unique escape technique.

Keuhak.

However, the one-eyed giant suddenly opened his mouth and made a strange sound, inhaling. A gale swept in, and the silver shield surrounding the young men shook with tremendous force.

The three young men were terrified and resisted with all their might. But in a situation where even Transformation Stage cultivators [a high stage of cultivation] like the palace-clad woman and Lord Nam Seong had fled, there was no way for the three Nascent Soul cultivators to stop him.

They were being pulled into the giant’s red mouth by the gale. The three demon cultivators were terrified, and their faces turned pale.

Then, one of them spun in the air and transformed into a silver wolf a few yards in size.

Woof!

As the giant wolf howled, the other two young men also did not hesitate and turned into silver and merged into it. At the same time, blue and red lights flashed on both sides of the silver wolf’s head, and a blue head and a red head appeared.

Woowoo!

The three heads howled at the same time, and a silver, red, and blue light was emitted from their mouths and absorbed into the silver shield that protected them. This did not stop the gale, but it greatly reduced the speed at which they were being sucked in.

It was thanks to returning to the main body of the three-headed wolf.

Han Li, who was hiding using stealth techniques, was reminded of someone with an elegant figure when he saw that. But he sighed briefly and looked down at the situation again.

‘If the Scorching Light Pool is an illusion created by the giant’s eye, then the spirit race traitor is already in the giant’s stomach?’

As far as he knew, the ancient giant race had low intelligence and liked to eat other races alive, so they probably would not recognize the divine blood and just swallow it.

The situation was not good.

Although the ancient giants had low intelligence, they still used divine powers that reached the early Void Refinement stage [a very high stage of cultivation] when they became adults, and some giants with outstanding talent became beings beyond the Integration stage [another very high stage of cultivation].

It was even said that the legendary Thousand-Eyed Giant was comparable to the true dragons and heavenly phoenixes.

Han Li’s heart grew cold, but he did not want to run away like this.

Meanwhile, the three-headed silver wolf was desperately trying not to be sucked in by continuously spitting out several treasures from its mouth.

However, the treasures were often wrapped in silver letters and sucked into the giant’s mouth. As a result, the wolf was just using its magic power to try not to be sucked in.

However, the giant seemed to not want to wait any longer, and suddenly a large hand flew towards the silver wolf demon.

As a dark shadow fell, the wind pressure from the palm was already pressing down on the wolf demon even before the hand touched it. It was clear that it would be crushed the moment it was caught.

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