Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 815

As the Soul Devourer transformed, the Yin energy intensified, threatening the Formless Ghost King. The moment the third demonic eye between its brows opened, a thunderous roar erupted, and lightning as thick as a bowl was unleashed.

The lightning, a terrifying blood-red, reached the Formless Ghost King’s face in an instant. It was unbelievably fast. Startled, the Formless Ghost King roared and retreated, raising the hammers in both hands to block the attack.

*Chichichik!*

The two white bone hammers seemed incompatible with the blood-red lightning, as blue smoke rose between them.

*Kwagwang!*

The blood-red lightning pierced through the hammers without resistance and struck the Formless Ghost King’s armor.

*Chik!*

The armor proved as helpless against the lightning as the bone hammers. The blood-red lightning pierced through the armor and engulfed the Ghost King.

*Kii ha ha ha ha!*

The Formless Ghost King’s miserable scream echoed. The lightning rapidly contracted the Formless Ghost King’s body, and the shrunken Ghost King was sucked into the Soul Devourer’s mouth. In the end, the Formless Ghost King was devoured.

“This is absurd.”

This time, not only the Nong family cultivators but also Ye Cho and Ye Young watched with wide eyes.

The Formless Ghost King was no minor demon but a Ghost King comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator [a high-level cultivator]. How could he be defeated so easily? They couldn’t comprehend what the small monkey was, that it could emit such heaven-defying blood-red lightning from its demonic eye.

The cultivators were all shocked and bewildered. But before they could regain their senses, Han Li moved towards the white barrier in an instant.

With a flick of his sleeve, 72 golden lights flew up like a swarm of bees and condensed into a golden sword about ten feet long, which then sliced through the light barrier.

*Kuang!*

The golden light and the white light clashed, and cracks began to appear in the light barrier.

“No!”

The Nong family cultivators realized that Han Li’s flying swords were unexpectedly sharp and shouted loudly. The light barrier was gradually collapsing from the center of the cracks.

Finally, the Blood Essence Demonic Sword, made of blood-red crystal, was revealed. Without hesitation, Han Li activated a hand seal and struck down at the blood-red sword with the golden sword, scattering golden light.

*Tang!*

However, contrary to expectations, the golden sword bounced back. Han Li frowned. He flicked his sleeve and sent out several silver lightning orbs.

*Kwakwakwang!*

The blood-red sword remained unscathed, only flickering slightly, even amidst the explosion of silver lightning.

“Don’t dream! The Blood Essence Demonic Sword is a supreme treasure listed in the Chaos Myriad Spirit Rankings [a list of powerful artifacts]. Do you think you can break this sword with just that little bit of power?”

A Nong family cultivator, who had been wavering, regained his composure and gave a sinister smile. Han Li raised his eyebrows and carefully stared at the blood-red sword before gesturing towards the sword in the air.

*Woooong!*

The sword trembled greatly and split back into 72 small flying swords from the golden light.

*Woong woong!*

However, the small flying swords immediately turned blurry and created identical sword lights, and hundreds of golden lights appeared in an instant. Hundreds of sword lights, each about a foot long, flew around in the sky.

Han Li chanted a low incantation and sent out a series of hand seals. At the same time, the swords scattered and flew in all directions. The golden lights disappeared one by one, as if they had never been there.

Han Li was planning to use the Great Stellar Sword Formation around the Blood Essence Demonic Sword to forcibly extract Nong Dong’s Nascent Soul [the core of a cultivator’s power] and then destroy the Heaven Piercing Treasure [a powerful magical artifact].

Soon, the sword formation was complete, and as Han Li poured in his magic power, an enormous energy surged from all directions. Countless golden threads, barely visible, covered an area of about a hundred feet in radius around the blood-red sword.

The Nong family cultivators did not recognize the power of the Great Stellar Sword Formation, but they exchanged glances, sensing something ominous. The cultivator who had used the blood-red book made a hand seal with both hands.

*Shwishwishwik!*

The pages of the blood-red book flipped, and ten red demon shadows leaped out towards Han Li. They didn’t believe Han Li could deal with the Blood Essence Demonic Sword, which was listed in the Chaos Myriad Spirit Rankings, but they couldn’t just let him continue his attack.

The crimson demon shadows flickered a few times and soon reached Han Li’s vicinity. However, Han Li, who had been prepared, spread his arms.

*Kwakwakwang! Kureureung Kwakwang!*

A series of thunderclaps echoed, and a dozen golden lightning bolts flew out in succession, colliding with the red shadows. Most of the demon shadows disappeared with screams as soon as they touched the golden lightning, and some fled in terror.

The red demon shadows were actually demonic creatures controlled by a Nascent Soul cultivator, so their power was not to be underestimated. The demon shadows were generally difficult to deal with because they feared neither swords nor most elemental attacks. However, they were no match for Han Li’s Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning.

As Han Li’s cultivation progressed, the power of the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning also grew stronger. If he had been a Core Formation cultivator [a lower-level cultivator], he would not have been able to kill the red shadows with a single lightning strike.

The other four cultivators who were fighting were startled by Han Li’s outstanding skills.

However, this time, Han Li did not give the Nong family cultivators time to play tricks. The Soul Devourer beside him snorted, and a blue energy flew out, attacking the red-haired demon horde that was fighting Ye Young.

The seven demons also had great powers, but they were lower in rank than the Formless Ghost King. Three of them were instantly scattered into red energy and entered the Soul Devourer’s stomach. The remaining four fled over a hundred feet away, barely escaping harm.

Thus, Ye Young was finally able to break free. The girl, with a joyful expression, looked back and forth between the blood-red sword trapped in the golden threads and the Nong family cultivators, then began to help Ye Cho by controlling her five treasures.

The Nong family cultivators, who had been holding Ye Cho back, began to be pushed back as Ye Young and her five treasures joined the fight. The purple poisonous fog that had covered the sky was also noticeably retreating.

They could no longer pay attention to Han Li and activated their red drum and navy blue ruler respectively. The small drum summoned a swarm of crimson ghost bees from the poisonous fog, and the navy blue ruler split the air, summoning a giant claw.

However, the Soul Devourer was busy chasing the four red-haired demons that had fled, using its Soul-Seizing Divine Light. Han Li was relieved and poured more power into the movement of the Great Stellar Sword Formation.

If there were no interference from the Nong family cultivators, he was confident that he could deal with the sword with the power of the sword formation. The Great Stellar Sword Formation unleashed its true power and densely swarmed towards the blood-red sword.

*Kigigik! Chaechaechaechaeng!*

Sharp metallic friction sounds were heard from the sword.

The sword’s entire body flashed with spiritual energy, unexpectedly blocking the golden threads for a moment. But soon, it let out a long *woooong!* and soared high into the sky, trying to escape the sword formation.

However, the golden threads were densely packed everywhere, so the sword only managed to rise a few feet before emitting a dazzling light and returning. Inevitably, the sword was taking the full force of the sword formation.

However, no matter how great a Heaven Piercing Treasure was, it was impossible to withstand the sword formation with its own power alone if there was no one controlling it.

*Woong! Woong!*

After a while, the blood-red sword became dim and began to wail miserably.

The golden threads endlessly surged around the sword formation, becoming thinner and brighter, revealing a power that was incomparable to before.

The Nong family cultivators, who saw this from afar, were startled and tried to stop Han Li by summoning demons and skull heads with secret techniques. However, Ye Cho and Ye Young were not going to let that happen.

They used all their hidden powers to hold back the Nong family cultivators and the demonic creatures they had summoned with their secret techniques. It would be difficult to kill the Nong family cultivators, but it was not difficult to buy time.

The Nong family cultivators’ faces were distorted with anger and panic, but they were too busy dealing with the enemies in front of them.

Just as the spiritual light of the Blood Essence Demonic Sword was almost extinguished by the Great Stellar Sword Formation, Nong Dong’s angry telepathic voice reached Han Li’s ears.

“Brother Han, are you trying to ruin my plans! If you damage this sword, our Nong family will become irreconcilable enemies with you. How long do you think the Ye family’s protection will last!”

Han Li heard every word clearly, but he ignored it, urging the sword formation on.

“…If you let this go, I will compensate you twice whatever conditions the Ye family offered.”

When Han Li did not respond, Nong Dong’s tone changed, and he seemed to be pleading. Han Li raised the corners of his mouth. It was a clear sneer.

When Nong Dong saw that Han Li was silent and did not respond, he stopped sending telepathic messages. The blood-red sword was repeatedly cut by countless golden threads in the air, weakening, and finally, traces of cuts began to appear.

It was on the verge of breaking.

But then, for some reason, Han Li’s expression changed drastically, and without considering the Great Stellar Sword Formation, he transformed into a streak of blue light and shot away.

*Jjeong!*

As soon as he disappeared, the sound of a phoenix cry and a dragon’s roar echoed from the blood-red sword, and the sword exploded on its own.

White light, like a blazing sun, shot out in all directions, and the golden threads were torn to shreds as they met the white light. The white light instantly swallowed hundreds of feet, and even the Nong family cultivators, Ye Cho, and Ye Young, who were fighting far away, were shocked.

Fortunately, they were far away, so they immediately retracted their powers and teleported to avoid the aftermath of the explosion.

Since a top-grade Heaven Piercing Treasure had exploded, even a Fusion Stage cultivator [a very high-level cultivator] would have had difficulty blocking it directly. It was fortunate that Han Li had quickly fled first; otherwise, if he had been standing there blankly, he might have been caught in the explosion and turned to ashes.

He was now watching the explosion from a hundred feet away from the white light mass, his face pale.

‘The Azure Bamboo Cloud Swords…’

He had managed to retrieve his flying swords while fleeing, but he was a step too late, and a dozen of them were caught in the explosion. Since some of his natal magic treasures had been damaged, he would have to refine them again later.

It was fortunate that he had refined the Azure Bamboo Cloud Swords with rare materials such as refined essence; otherwise, if they had been ordinary flying swords, they would have lost their form and been destroyed long ago.

Han Li’s eyes were now flickering with a navy blue light. Others could not see the center of the blazing light because it was too dazzling, but he could.

In an instant, his expression changed, and he flapped the wings on his back. He disappeared into the cyan-white lightning and strangely appeared somewhere, grabbing downwards with his jade-like white hand.

Then, five skull rings appeared and disappeared on each of his fingers. Five streams of cold flames shot out from his fingertips and merged into five-colored cold flames, covering the area below.

*Chwareuk!*

A foot-long blood-red shadow appeared in the flames. A small, crimson blood dragon was holding an incomplete blood phoenix in its mouth.

Half of the blood phoenix’s body was missing, and it was limp in the small dragon’s mouth. It seemed to have lost its spiritual essence long ago.

The blood dragon had never dreamed that Han Li would find him through the Brightsight Spirit Eyes [a technique to see through illusions] and trap him by releasing the five-colored cold flames. The blood dragon in the five-colored cold flames was much smaller than the vast body he had seen earlier, and his movements were also extremely slow.

Han Li opened his mouth and spat out the Void Sky Cauldron wrapped in blue light.

As he activated the Treasure Binding Seal, the small cauldron instantly grew to several feet in size, opened its lid on its own, and released a mass of blue threads to bind the blood dragon.

“How dare you!”

The blood dragon roared in anger and tried to cut the blue threads by emitting blood-red light from its body. Nong Dong released the blood of the True Spirit [a powerful life force] like a sword, making a final desperate attempt. Any ordinary attack would have been cut by the blood-red sword energy.

However, the blue threads released by the Heaven Piercing Treasure, the Void Sky Cauldron, were intangible and possessed incredibly mysterious powers, so it was impossible.