Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 881

“Brother Han, you can use the Ghost Escape Technique to escape the Ghost Fog, but you can’t change direction mid-way. If you do, the technique will break,” Lian Li suddenly warned.

“So, even if we encounter any ghost creatures or combat situations along the way, we have no choice but to break through them.”

“Yes. Now do you understand why we still have to fight ghost creatures even with this technique?” Lian Li gave a wry smile at Han Li’s words.

“Unless it’s a powerhouse like the Six-Clawed or the Wood-Chiming [powerful ghost creatures], we should be able to break through anywhere. The most powerful ghost creatures are probably dealing with the Four Great Demon Kings.”

Her eyes gleamed coldly. Although she had already witnessed his strength, Lian Li’s expression slightly shifted at his words.

“Why do you say that? Do you think I’m being too overconfident, Fellow Cultivator Lian?” Han Li discerned Lian Li’s thoughts with a glance.

“Of course not! Although I haven’t interacted much with Brother Han, I’ve heard that you’ve already subdued many cultivators of the same level since the Human Realm. My junior sister has told me about it many times,” Lian Li smiled, and Han Li, surprised, unconsciously looked at Yuan Yao. Then, he noticed Yuan Yao’s blushing cheeks.

“…” Han Li remained silent.

“Fellow Cultivator Han’s divine abilities are probably on par with a Void Refinement cultivator, right?”

“As long as it’s not a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator, I can hold my own,” Han Li replied calmly as Lian Li rolled her eyes and opened her mouth.

“Wow, I’m really curious how you train! When my junior sister and I first met you, you were just a Qi Refining cultivator, but now you have strength comparable to a Void Refinement cultivator. It’s like a dream.”

“Why are you so disheartened, Miss Lian?”

“It’s about the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Art that my junior sister and I practice. I really don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse. I’m even more clueless about what to do in the future. Should we become like the Ghost Sect and completely turn into ghost creatures to cultivate the Ghost Path?” Lian Li sighed and expressed her worries. Yuan Yao, next to her, also had a somber expression. Han Li narrowed his brows and brought up an unexpected topic.

“…Although I don’t know much about Ghost Path cultivation methods, I’ve heard that in the Spirit Realm, there are ways to create spiritual roots even for those who don’t have them. As long as you don’t completely turn into ghost creatures, I believe there must be a way to regain your original bodies among the mysterious techniques and secret arts of the Spirit Realm.”

“Really?”

“Is it really possible to find a way to return to human form in the Spirit Realm?” At that moment, Yuan Yao and Lian Li shouted in unison, filled with joy.

“Although the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Art is a strange technique, it’s not a technique with heaven-defying abilities. In my judgment, if you disperse the yin energy within your bodies, you should be able to regain your human forms. However, doing so will not only reduce your cultivation but also require you to endure considerable pain. It would be best to return to the human territories to find out the details,” Han Li replied meaningfully.

“As long as we can return to human form, we don’t care how painful it is,” Yuan Yao said without hesitation, and Lian Li nodded in agreement.

“…” He was about to say something more when his face suddenly hardened. Then, his escape light flickered and turned into a blue streak, disappearing into the fog.

The two women were startled and exchanged glances.

Ghost cries were heard from the front, and about a dozen gray auras emerged from the eerie fog. But in an instant, it became as quiet as a mouse, and Han Li appeared next to the two women, sparkling with spiritual light.

“Let’s go. They were just ordinary ghost creatures.”

“Ordinary ghost creatures?” Lian Li and Yuan Yao were speechless. Although they hadn’t directly seen the ghost creatures in the Ghost Fog, they had clearly seen a dozen powerful yin auras soaring!

However, seeing Han Li’s calm face, they felt quite relieved. They focused even more on controlling the black and white eyeball and continued to move forward without stopping.

And the ghost creatures they occasionally encountered were cleanly dealt with by Han Li using the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning.

Even in situations where some earth-bound demons and ghost creatures were in a chaotic battle, Han Li quickly and quietly eliminated only the ghost creatures blocking their path.

The two women and their ghost soldiers only needed to follow him quickly. Whether they were lucky or the black and white eyeball was finding the right path, they only passed through the weakest areas of the encirclement.

They turned east and then west, flying an incredibly long distance. After several hours, the fog gradually thinned, and the encounters with ghost creatures noticeably decreased.

Han Li and the women, realizing this, were very satisfied. Han Li, who had been killing ghost creatures and taking care of the women and ghost soldiers to break through the encirclement, suddenly stopped his escape light and carefully watched the front.

“Brother Han, what’s wrong?” Yuan Yao asked, startled. Lian Li was also surprised and looked ahead, but unfortunately, her senses were limited and she couldn’t see far.

“It’s become a bit troublesome.”

Kikikikik. Just then, a woman’s giggling laughter was heard from afar. The laughter gradually grew louder and closer, echoing from all directions.

As the sound pierced their ears, Lian Li and Yuan Yao felt their bodies weaken, their minds became hazy, and their eyelids grew heavy.

‘No!’ Yuan Yao quickly regained her senses and tried to cast a spell, but the moment she tried to move the yin energy within her body, her heart sank. It was as if the yin energy within her body was completely empty and wouldn’t move at all.

“What is this!” She guessed it was because of the woman’s laughter, but she couldn’t resist the encroaching sleep any longer. Yuan Yao was about to fall to the ground, her strength completely drained. Lian Li next to her was in a similar situation.

Some of the Yin-Armored Dark Ghosts had already dropped their weapons and were falling.

“Hmph!” Then, a snort was heard. In that instant, Yuan Yao suddenly felt clear-headed and experienced a headache as if she had been stabbed by something sharp. And the yin energy within her body surged again.

Yuan Yao overcame the crisis and immediately cast a gray protective barrier to protect her entire body. Turning her head, she saw that Lian Li was also regaining her balance and deploying a gray protective barrier, and the dozen or so Yin-Armored Dark Ghosts that had been falling were also flying up again.

Yuan Yao, letting out a sigh, looked at Han Li, who was standing firm like a mountain. It was he who had saved them in the moment of crisis.

At that time, Han Li was listening to the strange laughter coming from all directions with a blank face.

*Swoosh!* A navy blue light flickered in his eyes, and a golden streak flew into the void somewhere. A faint shadow appeared in the void where the golden light touched.

The white shadow passed through the golden light without taking any damage. At the same time, Han Li’s hand, emitting light, spewed gray aura and five-colored flames, covering the white shadow in the void.

The gray aura and five-colored flames covered the white shadow without any gaps, like a net cast across the sky.

Yuan Yao and Lian Li had seen Han Li’s divine abilities several times, so they thought the white shadow would be defeated. But their expectations were wrong.

The white shadow smiled faintly and multiplied from one to four, from four to eight… In an instant, the void was filled with white shadows. Moreover, it was still not stopping its division, already surpassing the area covered by the gray aura and five-colored flames.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao and Lian Li exchanged surprised glances.

Han Li seemed to be standing still, but inside, he was activating a magic seal. The gray aura and five-colored flames suddenly transformed into countless gray threads and five-colored light streaks, piercing downwards.

However, the white shadow continued to appear and multiply even after the gray threads and five-colored flame streaks had pierced through hundreds of them.

At that sight, Han Li, as well as Yuan Yao and Lian Li, were all surprised.

“…!” But then, sensing something, Han Li’s figure became ambiguous. He fiercely rotated 180 degrees in the void and turned his back, staring at the empty space. His eyes became fierce, and a blood-red mark opened between his brows, revealing a pitch-black eyeball.

It was his Destruction Eye.

The eye, which had been cultivated for a long time and had become as dark as ink, exuded a sinister aura that seemed to steal one’s soul just by looking at it. The black light of the eyeball flickered, and a beam of light flew out and disappeared silently.

*Thud!* The void distorted, and a black mass of light strangely appeared and disappeared in that spot. At that moment, the white shadow staggered and revealed its form. Unexpectedly, the white shadow was a woman completely covered in a white robe.

The robe shone smoothly, and it seemed unaffected by the explosion a moment ago.

Han Li showed vigilance as soon as she appeared. He scanned her with his consciousness, but the strange robe blocked him from reading her cultivation.

However, based on their brief exchange, she was definitely not an ordinary high-level ghost creature. As the white-robed woman was exposed by Han Li’s Destruction Eye, the white shadows that had been dividing finally began to burst one by one.

In response, Han Li stretched out his hand without turning his head. Then, the gray aura and five-colored flames in the void simultaneously disappeared, and black and white lights flowed strangely from his sleeves.

Kikik. The white-robed woman let out a strange laugh and raised one arm towards Han Li. Then, the forearm hidden by the white sleeve disappeared in an instant.

Han Li was startled by the bizarre event.

Then, a white light flashed nearby, and the white forearm that had disappeared suddenly reappeared.

*Swoosh!* White, bone-like fingers, shining from within the sleeve, grabbed his neck as if teleporting. A sharp light, an inch long, flickered from the sharp fingertips.

“Hah!” The bone-like fingers were so fast that there was no time to use other divine abilities. The bone-like hand was about to grab Han Li’s neck. However, the moment the bone-like hand touched his skin, golden, brilliant scales emerged from Han Li’s neck.

The bone-like hand, which had seemed incredibly sharp, was surprisingly repelled by the golden light. In response, Han Li also trembled and took two steps back. His face, which had turned pale and then blue, shook his sleeve and sent out a golden streak of light.

The golden light spread out greatly, wrapping around the bone-like forearm.

*Clang, clang, clang.* Loud sounds of the golden light and white light colliding repeatedly were heard. The golden sword light only left a milky ripple on the white sleeve, and the opponent’s forearm was still intact. Han Li, whose expression had slightly changed, this time spat out a silver fireball from his mouth.

But it was too late. As the attack failed, the surprised white-robed woman’s forearm shrank and strangely disappeared before his eyes.

In response, the fireball that had been flying cut through the void.

At that moment, a white light appeared on the woman’s empty shoulder, and the forearm that had disappeared reappeared.

At that sight, Han Li silently grasped four or five blue beads in one sleeve, and in his other hand, he held a palm-sized Spirit Beast Ring.

‘That ghost creature is well-versed in spatial divine abilities.’ He decided not to take any more risks and planned to summon the Soul Devourer and use the Thunder Pattern Beads at the same time to kill the opponent in one blow.

However, as if sensing that Han Li was about to use a formidable divine ability, the white-robed woman also slowly raised her head.

“Ah!” Yuan Yao and Lian Li, who had been watching the battle, cried out in surprise at the sight of the white-robed woman’s face, and Han Li also felt a chilling sensation.

Half of the woman’s face was hideously shriveled, and the other half was very beautiful with fair skin and red lips. Her green eyes coldly stared at Han Li with an emotionless gaze.

The woman’s appearance was enough to make one’s hair stand on end. Ghost cries echoed from the white-robed ghost woman’s body, and a white aura slowly spread around her.

Within the white aura, the shadows of large and small ghost creatures appeared and disappeared, baring sharp teeth and claws and roaring. In response, Han Li immediately imbued the palm of his hand holding the Spirit Beast Ring with blue light.

But just then, an earth-shattering roar echoed from far away in the fog. The sound was so loud that Han Li’s ears went numb, and the Ghost Fog shook.