Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 857

The next day, even after Noeran and Baekbyeok had fully recovered their magical power, Han Li frequently used his Brightsight Spirit Eyes to survey his surroundings. Then, that afternoon, as they were passing over a large mountain, a problem arose.

A flash of spiritual energy appeared in the sky, and a jade-colored light darted towards them with a sharp sound. In the next moment, three yellow lights appeared behind the jade light, chasing after it.

Han Li and his companions immediately focused their attention on the scene.

In the distance, a jade-colored shuttle-shaped treasure was flashing as it skipped across several dozen yards, fleeing, while the yellow lights chasing behind it were Bi Ling beings with golden spell characters flashing around them.

“They are the Yellow Wind Clan. Like the Scarlet Rong Clan, they are a race that has been eyeing our Celestial Peng Clan for a long time!” Baekbyeok’s expression darkened as he identified the Bi Ling beings in the yellow lights. Noeran also looked surprised.

“Yellow Wind Clan?” Han Li scanned the three Bi Ling saints. They were a demonic race with yellow wings, some fur on their faces, fluffy fur on their backs, and tails.

The figure inside the jade-colored shuttle noticed Han Li and his group and quickly approached, stopping in front of them. When the light faded, it revealed a woman with white wings and small, light green horns.

“Are you Celestial Peng Clan saints? I am Jin Hyo of the Night Green Clan. Our two clans have sworn an oath to help each other. Please, help me.” The woman pleaded urgently. Before Han Li and his group could respond, the Yellow Wind Clan members caught up and stopped when they saw the Celestial Peng Clan saints, their expressions changing.

“This is a matter between our clan and the Night Green Clan. It would be best for the Celestial Peng Clan not to interfere,” one of them said in a threatening tone. The Night Green Clan woman’s face turned pale at those words, and she looked at the three with pleading eyes.

“It seems we should help her since our clan and the Night Green Clan have a friendly alliance. However, the Yellow Wind Clan is as formidable as the Scarlet Rong Clan, so we shouldn’t provoke them carelessly. The three in front of us are only a part of the Yellow Wind Clan saints participating in this trial,” Noeran quietly explained, knowing that Han Li was not familiar with the relationships between the Bi Ling clans.

“I see.” Han Li looked back and forth between the Night Green Clan woman and the Yellow Wind Clan saints with an indifferent gaze. Two of the three Yellow Wind Clan members were mid-stage Spirit Generals, and the other was a high-stage Spirit General, and they were looking at them with arrogant eyes.

Just as Han Li was about to say something, a flash of spiritual energy appeared at the far end of the sky, and a large, tree-like bird, about a dozen yards in size, flew towards them.

Before they could even identify them, the faces of the Yellow Wind Clan saints visibly brightened. After quickly exchanging glances, they simultaneously flew, scattering around Han Li and his group and the Night Green Clan woman, surrounding them.

“What does this mean?” Baekbyeok asked, startled.

“Haha, what does it mean? We were originally going to let you go, but now there’s no need,” one of the Yellow Wind Clan giants said with a loud laugh.

Noticing something, Han Li’s eyes flickered with a blue light as he looked at the tree-like bird. The black figures in the distance were all Yellow Wind Clan saints. Two were mid-stage Spirit Generals, and the rest were high-stage Spirit Generals.

The Yellow Wind Clan members, who had intended to chase away Han Li and his group and kill only the Night Green Clan woman, had changed their minds and decided to kill Han Li and his group as well after seeing their fellow clan members arrive as reinforcements.

After thinking this through, Han Li calmly opened his mouth.

“Then, I’ll have to kill you first.”

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Kwagwang!

A thunderous sound echoed, and Han Li disappeared in a flash of blue-white lightning.

“Be careful!” The high-stage Spirit General of the Yellow Wind Clan shouted as he watched Han Li disappear. The next moment, a spatial ripple appeared above his head, and Han Li appeared, striking the air with his black hand.

A tiny, pitch-black mountain appeared from the gray light, instantly growing several times larger, transforming into a mountain about a dozen yards in size, and began to fall. The Yellow Wind Clan members, surprised by Han Li’s sudden appearance above them, smiled slyly and opened their mouths towards the black mountain.

Fwoosh!

A yellow aura shot out, enveloping the black mountain, and at the same time, they emitted a white light from their hands, trying to activate a silver-white, round disc-shaped treasure. However, seeing this, Han Li, who was in the air, scoffed.

“……!” The sound was not loud, but the Yellow Wind Clan members below felt like their eardrums were about to burst, and they staggered, their faces contorted in pain. They almost dropped the treasure they were holding.

In that gap, a black shadow lightly brushed away the yellow aura and pressed down on the Yellow Wind Clan member. The Yellow Wind Clan saint couldn’t even properly display his power and was crushed by the giant mountain, falling to the ground.

Han Li formed hand seals with both hands, and the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain [a mountain formed from magnetic energy] continued to grow, transforming into a massive mountain peak over a thousand yards in size. This Yellow Wind Clan member had the cultivation of a late-stage Transformation Spirit, just like Han Li, but his physical body was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary human.

Kwang!

A deafening sound echoed, and the mountain peak fell to the ground, crushing the Yellow Wind Clan member to a pulp. His nascent soul [a newly formed soul] was also caught in the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light and scattered long ago. Seeing Han Li kill a Yellow Wind Clan member in an instant, not only the Yellow Wind Clan saints but also Baekbyeok, Noeran, and even the Night Green Clan woman were so shocked that they couldn’t close their mouths.

“Let’s run!” Someone shouted, and the remaining Yellow Wind Clan saints transformed into yellow monstrous birds and began to flee. Han Li raised his eyebrows and flicked his sleeve. Then, blue lightning flashed, and in a distorted moment, he caught up to one of the yellow monstrous birds.

The startled monstrous bird tried to evade, but a blue pair of scissors, about a yard in size, appeared in the blue lightning.

Kwarurung! Kwakwang!

A thunderous sound echoed, and the scissors transformed into a blue lightning dragon about ten yards long, biting the monstrous bird. The yellow monstrous bird was immediately torn in half and fell to the ground.

The remaining monstrous birds, seeing this, were terrified and desperately flew towards the giant tree-like bird. However, a man’s voice was heard from behind them first.

“Where do you think you’re going now? Don’t you think it’s too late?” Han Li, having used the Wind Thunder Wings to catch up, reached out a giant hand and grabbed the neck of the monstrous bird that the Yellow Wind Clan member had transformed into.

The monstrous bird reacted quickly, shooting out a large number of feathers from its wings, attacking him with wind blades, and sharpening the feathers around its neck like blades, aiming for Han Li’s palm.

Chaechaechaechang!

A black aura flashed, and a unique armor formed on Han Li’s entire body, deflecting all the wind blades. At the same time, the feathers sharpened around its neck were like hitting steel, unable to inflict even a single scratch on Han Li’s hand.

Ppogak!

Hwareuk.

The monstrous bird’s neck was lightly broken, and five-colored flames erupted from Han Li’s fingertips, turning the monstrous bird to ashes.

“…….” Han Li stopped in place, looking at the approaching giant tree-like bird with a grim gaze. The Yellow Wind Clan members, who were approaching from afar, saw Han Li kill three of their clan members in an instant, and the color drained from their faces.

At first, when Han Li ambushed and killed one Yellow Wind Clan member, they were enraged and increased their speed, but when the other two were also killed, the Yellow Wind Clan saints felt a chill in their hearts. Moreover, when Han Li’s gaze turned towards them, they felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

“Quickly change direction. That person is not someone we can handle!” The woman with the lowest cultivation hurriedly shouted. The other two men nodded, and the three of them combined their strength to turn the tree-like bird’s direction and then fled at full speed.

Han Li frowned slightly but did not pursue them, instead flapping his wings and moving somewhere else.

There, the Yellow Wind Clan’s silver disc treasure was floating in the air. Han Li flicked his sleeve, retrieved it, and returned to where Noeran and the others were.

Noeran, Baekbyeok, and the Night Green Clan woman were dumbfounded and couldn’t say a word.

They had expected to suffer great harm since there were six Yellow Wind Clan saints, all with high cultivation. But as soon as Han Li stepped in, he killed three of them and chased the rest away, leaving them astonished.

It was truly unfathomable that Han Li, who was clearly a Spirit General-level being, possessed such power!

“Let’s go. It’s not good to stay here for long,” Han Li said calmly, noticing their dazed expressions.

“Yes! We will follow Brother Han’s lead,” Baekbyeok replied, snapping out of his reverie.

Baekbyeok now had no intention of going against Han Li’s words, and Noeran and Jin Hyo of the Night Green Clan also showed signs of fear.

“Fellow cultivator Jin, if I remember correctly, there were other cultivators in the Night Green Clan. What happened to the others?”

“Our clan dispatched a total of three saints. However, two of them were killed by other saints on the second floor. I secretly hid on the third floor, intending to find the Darkflame Fruits, but I encountered the Yellow Wind Clan members along the way and was chased here,” Jin Hyo replied with a bitter expression to Noeran’s question.

“Oh, so many Yellow Wind Clan saints were chasing after one cultivator?” Noeran’s eyes gleamed, and she gave a meaningful look.

“…Perhaps it’s because I possess the treasures I received from my clan,” Jin Hyo hesitated before speaking cautiously.

“I see.” Noeran raised her eyebrows and didn’t ask further.

“Judging by how persistently the Yellow Wind Clan members chased you, are you perhaps carrying one of the three great treasures of the Night Green Clan?”

“Yes, I am actually carrying the Chaos Origin Pot,” Jin Hyo’s expression changed slightly at Baekbyeok’s question, but she eventually confessed with a helpless look.

“The Chaos Origin Pot, the treasure that can control the power of chaos to attack enemies?”

“That’s the one. If it weren’t for it, I, a mere mid-stage Spirit General, wouldn’t have been able to evade the Yellow Wind Clan’s pursuit for days. To use the Chaos Origin Pot, I need several rare Chaos Origin Crystals, but I’ve already used them all up.” At her words, Baekbyeok and Noeran exchanged glances and then glanced at Han Li. However, he showed no interest, as if he hadn’t heard anything. Seeing his behavior, Noeran and Baekbyeok didn’t mention the matter further, and they discussed the third floor with Jin Hyo.

Jin Hyo inwardly sighed in relief.

It was true that the Night Green Clan and the Celestial Peng Clan had an alliance, but it wasn’t very binding. If they became greedy and tried to take her treasure, she would be powerless against Han Li’s divine abilities. However, conversely, if she received Han Li’s help, she could safely complete the trial. With this in mind, she smiled brightly and chatted with Noeran. As she did her best to understand the other’s feelings, they became as close as sisters.

Seeing this, Baekbyeok frowned slightly.

Two days later, after defeating several groups of low and mid-level demonic creatures, the group left the mountain range and faced a world strangely covered in snow.

The group’s flight slowed, and they carefully surveyed the area ahead.

Endless black glaciers stretched out, a cold wind blew, and black snow swirled. The sharp sounds that echoed within seemed like the voices of ghosts wandering throughout the glacier. The black snow and ice stretched on, with no light to be seen, making it seem like a gateway to hell.

“This must be the Ice Shroud Land, famous on the second floor. Many mid and low-level Ice Shroud demonic creatures live here, and some have even encountered the Ice Shroud Demon King by chance.”

“As Brother Han said, this is the Ice Shroud Land. However, most of them are mid and low-level demonic creatures without developed intelligence, and the stories of seeing the Ice Shroud Demon King are just old rumors,” Jin Hyo immediately explained in response to Han Li’s mutterings.

“Although it looks ominous, we should be able to pass through it without much difficulty with our cultivation levels.”

“That would normally be the case, but this time, we don’t know when the difficulty of the demonic creatures will explode, so it’s best to be careful. Let’s go!” Han Li didn’t forget to remind them and flapped his wings, increasing his speed. As he plunged into the black blizzard, the other three exchanged glances and followed. Their flight gradually faded into the distance, completely disappearing after the black blizzard swept over them.

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