Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1022

Han Li, fleeing at top speed, frowned within the escaping light. An unknown secret technique was pursuing him. Something was clearly clinging to him persistently, and no matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t find a way to shake it off.

At this rate, no matter how fast he flew, he wouldn’t be able to outrun his pursuer. Moreover, the faster he used his escape technique, the more magic power it consumed. He hadn’t fully recovered his magic power yet, so he wouldn’t be able to keep this up for long.

In other words, he had to eliminate the pursuing Horned-Chi Clan member.

He realized there was only one pursuer, and his killing intent intensified. Even if his magic power was a little lacking, he could easily deal with one cultivator at the peak of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm [a high level of cultivation].

Han Li flew tens of thousands of miles in an instant, but when the pursuer still followed, he stopped in mid-air. A dozen or so blue flying swords poured out from his sleeve and disappeared into the surrounding void.

He stood with his hands behind his back, carefully watching a yellow sandstorm approach from the horizon. When the yellow sandstorm, accompanied by lightning, subsided, a giant six-legged, two-winged lizard appeared.

And on the lizard’s head stood the golden-horned youth, his eyes narrowed.

“He doesn’t seem to be a Heavenly Chosen One… Well, it doesn’t matter since I’m going to kill him anyway.”

Before the youth could even give the order, the six-legged lizard roared and spread its wings, disappearing. The youth, left alone in the void, reached out and grasped a dark shadow spear.

“…”

Han Li silently twitched his lips and threw a punch in one direction. A golden fist shadow shot out and transformed into a giant fist. Explosions echoed wherever the fist passed, and space distorted.

Bang!

The golden giant fist exploded, scattering golden light. A beast’s roar echoed, and the six-legged lizard appeared, disheveled. It spat out yellow light from its mouth to block the golden light.

At that moment, the golden-horned youth saw that Han Li’s attention was diverted and gave a sly smile. Then, a shadow spear silently disappeared from the golden-horned youth’s hand.

The next moment, a black light flashed in front of Han Li, and a dark spear lunged at him. However, Han Li had already anticipated it, and he opened his mouth and spat out golden lightning.

He didn’t know what kind of divine power the spear possessed, but judging by the strong smell of blood, it was most likely imbued with an evil aura. There was nothing better than the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning to deal with demonic or evil energy.

But surprisingly, the dark spear instantly turned into a blurry illusion and passed through the golden lightning. The Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning had no effect.

‘This is bad!’

The spear flew straight at him, and Han Li had no way to dodge it.

Thump-

The spear struck Han Li’s body and exploded with black light. Han Li was pushed back by the force, but he was unharmed. The sudden, fierce blow was blocked by the black armor that had appeared on his body.

The magic characters that appeared on the black armor flickered strangely and eliminated the dark spear. Both Han Li and the youth’s expressions changed at the same time.

Han Li was chilled to the bone by the spear that had passed through the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning. If the Heavenly Devil Armor hadn’t protected him, he wouldn’t have escaped injury.

However, the golden-horned youth was equally surprised. It was very unexpected that the Yin Spirit Spear had failed. Even cultivators of the same level would often die unknowingly from the Yin Spirit Spear.

His gaze turned to Han Li’s black armor. Seeing the armor with the black magic characters flickering, he was secretly delighted.

“That armor looks good. I must take it.”

“If you have the ability, try it.”

Han Li replied calmly to the youth’s cold words.

“Then I’ll take your life as a bonus!”

The golden-horned youth smiled coldly and clasped his hands together, then spread them apart. A short silver ruler appeared, emitting an immense pressure of spiritual energy!

Han Li was a little surprised. When he examined it with his Bright Sight Spirit Eyes [a technique to see through illusions and hidden details], he saw that the small magic characters written on the surface of the silver ruler were all Silver Tadpole Characters [an ancient script]. Han Li formed a hand seal and summoned a blue lotus.

Whoosh!

Numerous blue dots appeared in the vicinity and bloomed into palm-sized blue lotuses.

The moment Han Li activated the Spring Dawn Sword Formation [a powerful sword technique], a white serpent flew out from his sleeve and wrapped around the six-legged lizard that had broken through the golden light, biting it.

The six-legged lizard also roared in anger, emitting yellow energy and swinging its claws to fight back. In the end, the white serpent and the lizard became entangled and began to fight.

Han Li wasn’t worried about the safety of the puppet. The lizard monster was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but Wawa [the white serpent], although lower in cultivation, possessed two powerful ice-attribute treasures. Also, in close combat, the puppet, which was impervious to most injuries, had a much greater advantage.

However, the golden-horned youth looked at the surrounding blue lotuses with a disdainful gaze. Han Li saw the silver ruler emitting shadows and moved his sword seal.

The blue lotuses spun around and grew several times larger, then connected to form a blue light barrier.

The golden-horned youth’s vision blurred, and he found himself standing on a blue pasture. The lush grass and blooming wildflowers looked very peaceful. Listening to the faint birdsong, he felt relaxed and drowsy.

“An illusion!”

Just as his eyelids were getting heavy, the golden-horned youth regained his senses and hardened his face. He slashed the silver ruler horizontally, and the shadows condensed into a giant ruler.

Clang!

Suddenly, thunder and wind arose, and silver magic characters writhed where the giant silver ruler fell. Then, the surrounding space distorted, and everything turned into blue energy and scattered, and the surrounding scenery began to blur.

Suddenly, the blue pasture transformed into a dense jungle with tall trees. The sky was barely visible due to the large trees with lush leaves.

Rumble!

The ground shook, and the trees all around fell on the youth.

“How long are you going to play tricks with illusions!”

The youth fiercely swung the silver ruler, releasing shadows. Wherever the silver light passed, the blue illusions scattered and disappeared as points of light.

The ruler shadows merged into a giant ruler and tore through the blue light barrier.

‘That is!’

The moment the silver ruler tore through the light barrier, an incredibly bright light burst out, making it difficult to look at. While the dazzling light shone, the silver ruler created a silver illusion and disappeared.

If Han Li hadn’t been constantly observing with his Bright Sight Spirit Eyes, he would have been deceived. While the illusion of the silver ruler was attacking the light barrier, the real silver ruler appeared strangely above Han Li’s head.

There was no sound or even a subtle aura. The silver ruler only revealed its pressure of spiritual energy when it was close and fell with great momentum.

However, a golden palm covered in purple-gold magic characters appeared above Han Li’s head and snatched the silver ruler. The silver ruler trembled and whined pitifully.

Bang!

Silver and purple-gold light collided, creating ripples.

The silver ruler struggled to escape within a thick silver shield, but the golden palm was gripping it, and the space was gradually shrinking.

The youth within the sword formation was looking directly at Han Li, having broken through the illusion with some kind of divine power. And with an expression of extreme anger, he sent a magic seal towards the silver ruler.

Clang!

The silver ruler suddenly emitted silver lightning and attacked the golden palm relentlessly. The solid golden palm also trembled slightly each time the lightning struck. But Han Li smirked.

Golden light flashed, and a two-zhang-sized [about 6.6 meters] purple-gold dharma idol [a manifestation of spiritual power] appeared. The golden deity was covered in purple magic characters and emitted purple-gold energy. One of its six hands was holding the silver ruler.

Two of the three heads opened their mouths and spat out golden energy, and the silver lightning was swept away by the golden energy and disappeared.

Bang-!

Right then, the golden palm exerted force on its five fingers. The silver shield that had barely been holding on shattered, and the moment the fingers exposed the bare body, another hand flew over and touched the hand holding the silver ruler.

The silver ruler caught in between wailed pitifully as its silver light diminished. But then, one of the golden deity’s heads swallowed the silver ruler whole.

When the golden-horned youth tried to do something, the connection between the treasure and his consciousness had already been severed. This surprised not only the Horned-Chi Clan youth but also Han Li.

He had expected the Mortal Saint Golden Body [a powerful cultivation technique], which had increased in cultivation, to be stronger, but he hadn’t expected it to be able to seize and steal the opponent’s treasure!

Han Li suppressed his rising joy and touched the back of his head.

Whoosh-

A black light escaped from his head and seeped into the golden deity. One of them flickered its eyes and flew into the blue light barrier. Then, Han Li also spat out silver flames from his mouth and sent them into the light barrier.

The golden-horned youth in the sword formation was quickly forming hand seals to summon the silver ruler, but he paused at the sight of the golden deity and Han Li.

The youth released the hand seals he was forming and, with a shout, summoned a giant navy-blue dharma idol behind him. It was three times larger than Han Li’s golden deity dharma idol, and it had thick thorns like bull horns growing on its head and limbs.

It was a terrifying sight to behold.

The dharma idol held bizarre treasures in both hands: a hammer with a beast’s head embedded in it and a smooth triangular shield that emitted bright red flames.

The youth formed a strange magic seal with one hand and chanted a solemn incantation. He had finally acknowledged that Han Li was a strong opponent and abandoned his dismissive attitude.

However, Han Li had no intention of letting an enemy caught in the Spring Dawn Sword Formation go. Lotuses popped out from the blue barrier of the sword formation, creating numerous lotus illusions.

Suddenly, the blue lotuses in the sword formation burst into bloom, and strangely, a thick fragrance of flowers spread, making it difficult to tell whether it was an illusion or reality.

However, the golden-horned youth was not deceived by the beautiful scenery and sensed the hidden killing intent within. As he frowned, the navy-blue dharma idol swung the strange hammer towards the blue lotuses.

The three beast heads embedded in the hammer opened their eyes and mouths, and white gales, waves of bright red flames, and silver lightning simultaneously shot out. The attacks, where the wind fueled the fire and the fire boosted the lightning, merged into a giant tri-colored wave.

At this time, the blue lights that had been flying around inside the sword formation transformed into blue sword energy, covering the sky and colliding with the tri-colored giant wave.

Although the strange hammer was a rare treasure, the Azure Bamboo Cloud Sword [Han Li’s sword] was not to be trifled with either. Han Li’s cultivation had greatly increased, and with the support of the sword formation, it unleashed power that surpassed the Nascent Soul realm.

Each sword energy had the power equivalent to a true flying sword, and they poured down like a rainstorm, pushing back the tri-colored giant wave. The golden-horned youth’s eyes turned fierce as he watched the tri-colored giant wave being pushed back.

Then, the navy-blue dharma idol swung its arm and threw the triangular shield. The shield, which was clearly a fire-attribute treasure, circled in the void and transformed into a giant fire cloud, blazing fiercely.

The inside of the sword formation became as hot as a furnace.

The fire cloud and the tri-colored wave emitted by the strange hammer firmly defended the golden-horned youth’s head, and the sword energy that poured down like rain could not find an opening. Just then, the light barrier behind the blue dharma idol split open, and a large golden hand rushed in.

Before the giant hand even touched him, a sonic boom and a sense of pressure rushed in. The golden-horned youth was unable to move.

Just as the golden giant hand was about to grab the youth’s head, a silver firebird flew out of the light barrier and spat out silver flames. Even in this critical situation, the Horned-Chi Clan youth did not panic.

He stopped chanting and spat out seven-colored flames from his mouth. A pure white paper was floating within the seven-colored flames.

Ding!

A bell rang, and mysterious things happened. The moment Han Li outside the sword formation heard the sound, his consciousness blurred, and he stood upside down with his legs in the air. Not only that, but the sword formation and other treasures within the sword formation were also acting strangely.

“… !”

Han Li was shocked and quickly righted himself and returned to normal. When the bell rang again, the entire sword formation was affected, and the light barrier was distorted and torn apart. The blue light disappeared, and 72 flying swords revealed their true forms in the void.

The Spring Dawn Sword Formation had been broken in an instant. Even the golden deity and the silver firebird were standing blankly in place. The small bell possessed the legendary Heaven and Earth Reversal divine power [a power to reverse the laws of nature].

“Could that treasure be…”