Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 762

The giant wolf’s expression turned desperate.

However, before the giant could grab the wolf, something strange happened.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

Next to the giant wolf, a slender figure appeared in the air with a flash of yellow light, throwing two punches. It was Elder Hwan Cheon-gi of the Gyeongseo Clan.

One of his fists was aimed at the giant hand flying towards them, and the other was aimed at the giant wolf within the three-colored light.

*Clang! Thud!*

As the light of spiritual energy burst from his fist, a yellow fist appeared and blocked the giant palm.

The other fist struck the silver wolf, which was surrounded by a protective barrier, freeing it from the powerful suction.

Then, his body blurred, and the boy disappeared from the spot like a ghost.

The next moment, he appeared dozens of yards away, blocking the path of the wolf demon that was being flung away, and lightly gestured. Then, a blue light condensed into a giant blue mirror.

The wolf demon’s large body collided with the clear, transparent surface of the mirror, creating ripples, and then slowly came to a stop.

‘Senior Hwan! I sincerely thank you for saving me,’

The three wolf heads, which had been shaking in dizziness, brightened up as they recognized their savior.

‘You are no match for him, so stay far away. Who would have thought that an ancient giant would be here! It seems he has been sleeping here since before the Three Realms were formed.’

A man in a white robe appeared with his hands behind his back, as white light flickered in the surrounding air. He was Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun, who was carefully looking down at the giant creature with narrowed eyes.

‘That’s obvious! There’s no way we wouldn’t have noticed something as conspicuous as an ancient giant coming to the border between the human and demon races. Fortunately, it’s a one-eyed giant, and it’s probably severely injured. That’s why it’s been sleeping in this valley for so long. If the two of us cooperate, we can kill it, though we’ll lose some energy.’

The Hwan Clan boy stared at the ancient giant with a fierce look.

‘How do you plan to divide the spoils? I heard that there’s a large Nak Yang essence inside the giant’s body. Isn’t that the best material for making a spiritual treasure with extreme yang [positive, active] properties?’

‘I’m not interested in the items that the traitor of the Spirit Clan took and ran away with, so I’ll take the Nak Yang essence.’

The Hwan Clan boy chose without hesitation, as if he had already made up his mind.

‘Then so be it! You all be careful too. Although the Spirit Clan has retreated for now, they can return at any time.’

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun turned his head and spoke to the figures flying in from afar. Han Li, from his high vantage point, saw that the Southern City Lord and the Palace Lady were leading other members of the human and demon races back.

The divine power of Ukcheon Hyeon-ryeong outside the valley was formidable. However, what he did not expect was that Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun and the Hwan Clan boy’s techniques unexpectedly complemented each other.

As the battle dragged on, they began to coordinate, and their combined strength became comparable to a cultivator who had nearly reached the Great Accomplishment stage of the Nascent Soul realm [a high stage of cultivation].

Ukcheon was greatly surprised and, realizing that he had no chance of winning, gave up the fight.

He gave a perfunctory greeting and boldly withdrew, leading the Spirit Clan away. Otherwise, the Hwan Clan boy and Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun would not have been able to return to the valley so quickly.

As more people gathered inside the valley, the giant buried in the ground seemed to have had a change of heart, and its eyes turned fierce.

*Khaaaa!*

It raised its head and suddenly let out a roar, then countless white rays of light shot out from its single eye.

‘Hmph! I didn’t expect it to have fully refined the Nak Yang essence. But you should give up on the idea that you can do anything to us with just this.’

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun scoffed at the giant’s actions and flicked his sleeve. Then, a treasure that looked like an octagonal mirror reappeared, flashing and growing to a huge size.

As the white threads of light touched it, the light of spiritual energy flared greatly on the mirror’s surface. It deflected the threads of light, sending them back towards the giant’s body.

However, the threads disappeared with a flash as soon as they touched the giant’s body, causing no harm at all.

The threads of light sent by the blue mirror that the Hwan Clan boy possessed were also all deflected.

The giant growled lowly as its attack was rendered ineffective. Then, it stopped firing light rays from its eye and stretched out one hand, swinging it towards Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun and the Hwan Clan boy.

*Whoosh!*

A gust of wind rushed in.

In response, Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun’s face darkened, and he spat out a white paper fan from his mouth, which he then used to fiercely fan towards the giant’s hand.

Then, a white wind was created, preventing the incoming gust of wind from approaching.

The Hwan Clan boy also clapped his hands together, emitting gray lightning, which transformed into a gray long blade. The thin, long blade did not look like a treasure at all.

As the boy began to chant an incantation, yellow fur grew on his face, and a blue-green demonic aura swirled in his eyes. He let out a series of shouts, and the pressure of spiritual energy exploded from the boy’s body. The long blade in his hand drew a gray line, slashing at the giant’s hand.

The gray line grew to the size of a sheet of paper, instantly wrapping around the giant’s thumb.

*Swoosh!*

The giant’s hand twitched, and its thumb fell off silently.

*Kha-ha-ha!*

The giant screamed in pain, and unconsciously withdrew its hand, its single eye bloodshot. It glared at the Hwan Clan boy, its disheveled face contorted with rage.

The flying blade crumbled after cutting off the giant’s finger, and the boy’s face also turned slightly pale. It seemed he had lost some of his energy.

‘It seems that last strike has provoked him, so we must be careful. He will now reveal his true strength. I wonder how much his injuries have recovered. If he has fully recovered, it will be troublesome.’

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun said, looking at the giant’s bloodshot eye, after using his paper fan to dispel the gust of wind.

‘I know that too. That’s why I tested the giant’s level a moment ago. To have his finger cut off so easily, he must be an ordinary giant.’

The Hwan Clan boy replied calmly as the giant retracted its hand. But no sooner had he finished speaking than the giant’s severed finger was covered in a green light.

Then, blood vessels and flesh began to form within it, and it began to transform into a complete finger.

Seeing this, the Hwan Clan boy took a deep breath.

‘Hmm…’

‘Immortality!’

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun also muttered, his pupils contracting.

*Thud!*

At that moment, the giant’s two hands slammed into the ground, causing the entire Chaos Valley to shake violently. The giant was now finally trying to stand up.

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun and the Hwan Clan boy’s faces grew darker. The giant stood up and rummaged through the dirt on one side, finding a dark, lumpy stone club.

The club was about half the giant’s height, and its surface was flashing with a strange blue light, as if it had been refined from the legendary Blue Spirit Sand.

It was heavier than steel, and it was said that even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not be unscathed if hit by it, let alone ordinary spiritual energy or magical treasures.

‘To think he had such a weapon, this has become troublesome. We must go all out.’

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun’s face twitched.

‘I know that even without your saying so, cultivator. Let’s move. We can’t let that hideous thing escape.’

The Hwan Clan boy said expressionlessly and then let out a long howl. Then, light flickered in the air, and a moth the size of a fist appeared.

It was the mature form of Hwan Cheon-gi’s spirit insect, the Hwan Flame Moth. The moth trembled, scattering beautiful light, and its body instantly grew to the size of a sheet of paper.

Then, the boy’s posture became slightly hunched, and yellow fur several inches long grew all over his body, and his mouth and nose transformed into those of a beast.

He had transformed into a half-human, half-beast.

Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun, who was beside him, also sat in a lotus position and struck the back of his head, causing a yellow aura to rise above his head, and a Nascent Soul [a spirit body formed after reaching a certain stage of cultivation] the size of half a foot appeared.

The Nascent Soul looked exactly like Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun, but it was wearing brilliant silver armor and held a small green sword in one hand and a white jade seal in the other.

His Nascent Soul looked so real that it no longer felt like an illusion.

After a while, Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun’s Nascent Soul opened its eyes and stretched out one hand, activating the jade seal. Then, the seal emitted light and fell mercilessly towards the giant’s head.

And Hwan Cheon-gi, who had transformed into a half-demon, darted out like a flickering light, wildly swinging his claws.

Then, his crystal-like claws tore through the space, flying densely towards the giant.

And the dull light that the demon beast had transformed into flashed between the light emitted from the claws and disappeared.

*Kha-ha-ha!*

The giant’s roar did not cease due to the sudden attack, and a dark red pillar of light shot out from its single eye.

The giant swung its stone club towards the falling giant seal, and with its other hand, it grabbed the ground, sucking in a large amount of dirt and turning it into rocks.

As the giant swung its hand, the rocks flew towards Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun with a sharp, long tearing sound.

*Bang! Ku-kwa-kwang! Ku-kung!*

Hwan Cheon-gi’s claws collided with the dark red pillar of light, causing an earth-shattering explosion, and the club struck the giant seal directly.

Finally, a battle of enormous scale had begun.

Han Li, who was watching the fight in hiding, narrowed his brows. It was the first time he had seen a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators and a legendary ancient giant, and every time they moved, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly.

In particular, the giant seal that Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun’s Nascent Soul was controlling absorbed spiritual energy from the surroundings every time it attacked, greatly increasing its power.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the seal was, it would not have been able to withstand being struck by the stone club.

The half-demon boy, who had transformed into a flowing light, also had spiritual energy sucked into him like a vortex every time his body flickered, and the one-eyed giant was also swallowing large amounts of spiritual energy every time it opened and closed its mouth.

The amount of spiritual energy that the giant was swallowing was much greater than that of Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun and Hwan Cheon-gi, but its purity was not comparable to what the two of them were absorbing.

It was the first time Han Li had seen a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators at such close range, and he was comparing it to the techniques he was learning.

As a result, his gains were significant.

‘What is it?’

Han Li, who had been concentrating, suddenly changed his expression and turned his head. There was nothing there, but his consciousness had reacted to something.

It was only after activating his Spirit Eye that he could see a vague figure standing there, watching the battle.

‘Ukcheon!’

Even with his eyes, he could not see the other person’s face clearly, but if there was a Spirit Clan member hiding here, there could only be one person.

Han Li’s heart pounded. The more chaotic the situation became, the more advantageous it was for him. As Han Li was silently watching the transparent shadow, the other person also slightly moved their head and looked at Han Li.

Han Li was startled. But he immediately turned his head back, so it was impossible to tell whether he had been discovered or if the other person had just turned their head unconsciously.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and pondered.

The battle lasted for half a day. With the giant and the two Nascent Soul cultivators rampaging, Chaos Valley had become a completely different place than before.

The ground had become uneven, and the gray mist that had been dimly spread out had long since cleared.

Moreover, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had changed drastically because of them.

Dark clouds gathered, and heavy rain poured down, but soon the sun blazed, and then a blizzard raged, and a cold wind howled, followed by a hailstorm. It was a complete mess.

Because of this, some of the Nascent Soul cultivators, such as the Palace Lady, watched them from afar, and the rest of the cultivators retreated from Chaos Valley, fearing that they would get caught up in the battle.

The one-eyed giant’s attacks were very fierce and relentless, but Han Li sensed it. It was only a matter of time before the ancient giant was defeated.

The speed at which it swung its stone club and threw rocks had noticeably decreased compared to the beginning.

In the gap when the giant faltered due to Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun’s attack, Hwan Cheon-gi’s claws emitted light, and a giant toe was cut off.

*Kha-hak!*

This time, even when the green light appeared, it could not regenerate the toe. Then, Hwang Ryang-yeong-gun and Hwan Cheon-gi simultaneously shone their eyes, realizing that the time had finally come to end the battle.