Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1036

Han Li activated his escape technique [遁光, dūnguāng, a technique for fast travel] and flew towards Fuxiao City. Upon returning to Fuxiao City, Han Li went back to the inn, refrained from going out, and stayed quiet. During his stay, Elder Tian Qizi and the other two elders sent people to deliver the remaining materials, which Han Li accepted without refusal.

After a month had passed, Han Li finally left the inn and headed towards the highest mountain peak in Fuxiao City. This place was where the most important buildings of Fuxiao City were located, and it was a restricted area for outsiders.

Half a day later, the entire mountain peak shook, and a massive pillar of light shot up from the mountainside, piercing through the clouds. The various races in Fuxiao City wondered what was happening and gossiped about it for days.

At the same time, similar events occurred on other continents far from Thunderclap Continent. Pillars of light rose from hidden teleportation arrays, and someone suddenly appeared.

The Myriad Desolation World of Fengyuan Continent was considered the most dangerous place, filled with countless ferocious beasts and monsters. Even high-level cultivators who recklessly entered would find themselves in a dead end with no way back.

Nevertheless, many cultivators fearlessly ventured into the Myriad Desolation World for its rare materials and the opportunities they could find there.

The Human Race was located in a corner of Fengyuan Continent and was much weaker than the other powerful races on the continent. The same was true even when compared to some of the nearby races.

Therefore, they allied with the equally powerful Demon Race and sealed off the entire Three Realms and Seven Lands with a massive restriction. Except for the entrance at the Natural City, there was no way to invade the territories of the Human and Demon Races, allowing the two races to safely exist in the Spirit Realm.

Because of this, the two races placed great importance on the Natural City and dispatched a large number of elite troops to form the Natural City Elder Council, which was responsible for defense. Although the Elder Council consisted of only ten members, all of them were at the Fusion stage or higher, and if anyone died, they were immediately replaced. The Natural City had established a defense system like an impregnable fortress.

Thus, if Human and Demon Race cultivators wanted to go to the Myriad Desolation World, they had to go through the Natural City. Most of them would only wander around within a month’s distance of the Natural City and would not venture deeper.

This was because they could flee back to the Natural City for protection if they encountered powerful ancient beasts or other dangers. Of course, quite a few skilled individuals also took the risk of exploring the depths of the Myriad Desolation World.

That day, four Human Race cultivators were in danger above a lake in the Myriad Desolation World. The Human Race cultivators were cornered and unable to move by a giant ancient beast in the lake.

The giant sea turtle swung over a dozen tentacles from its shell, pressuring the four cultivators. The cultivators, who possessed Nascent Soul cultivation, fought by manipulating extraordinary treasures, but their flying daggers, flying swords, and even a giant staff were all easily deflected by the tentacles.

If it weren’t for the middle-aged man in scholar’s robes blocking the net of tentacles with his silver Ruyi [如意, rúyì, a scepter-like ornamental object], they would have already been killed. However, the four of them were breathing heavily and drenched in sweat, and it seemed they wouldn’t last much longer.

“Hua, we need to release the Thunder Essence soon!”

The middle-aged man shouted loudly.

“No, the Thunder Essence is too powerful. If we release it in this confined space, we’ll get caught up in it too!”

A burly man in crimson armor said sternly.

“I know that, but I don’t know how much longer my Hundred Spirit Ruyi can hold off the early-stage Void Refinement Stone Turtle. If we don’t strike the final blow and just drag this out, we’ll be killed before we can even react.”

At the middle-aged man’s words, the crimson-armored burly man’s expression changed frequently, but he still hesitated. At that moment, the ancient beast’s tentacles moved like a gale, and faint thunder could be heard from the giant net.

The jade Ruyi, which had been emitting a dazzling white light, clashed with the amplified giant net and dimmed, and the giant net moved even closer to the four cultivators. With nowhere else to turn, the crimson-armored burly man gritted his teeth and raised a bead in his palm.

The surface of the bead, which was shimmering with a navy blue light, was covered with navy blue patterns. As the burly man took out the navy blue bead, the two female cultivators widened their eyes. One of them shot out over a dozen high-grade talismans to create a protective barrier of light, and the other released a black bell.

The moment the bell left her hand, it grew madly in size and rang with a clear ‘ding!’ sound, covering the four of them with a black protective barrier.

The middle-aged man steeled his heart and spat out several mouthfuls of essence blood. As he absorbed the essence blood with his pale face, the dim light of his treasure revived, and the white aura instantly thickened.

As the other cultivators finished their preparations, the crimson-armored burly man activated the navy blue bead. The bead burst with a dazzling light and grew to the size of a cartwheel, wildly striking away the approaching tentacles.

Kukukung!

A deafening roar was heard, and waves of navy blue energy spread everywhere. The giant net formed by over a dozen tentacles was engulfed by the navy blue waves, and explosions were heard from within.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several streaks of light flew out from within, connecting their energies and quickly tearing through the sky. The four men and women in the streaks of light were in a terrible state.

The middle-aged man’s clothes were covered in bloodstains, and one of his arms was missing. The other three also had torn clothes and pale faces, appearing to be severely injured. Fortunately, they still had the strength to fly away at an astonishing speed.

After a while, the navy blue waves subsided, and the giant sea turtle appeared. Half of its dozen or so tentacles were gone, and the remaining ones were emitting a burning smell.

Kuaaaaak!

The enraged ancient beast flashed a green light, regenerated its severed tentacles, and kicked off the lake, transforming into a giant water cloud and chasing after the four.

The four cultivators flying ahead were startled and desperately increased their speed. The size of the water cloud was enormous, but its speed was slow, and it couldn’t catch up to them.

However, as time passed, the distance between the cultivators and the water cloud gradually narrowed. The speed of the water cloud remained the same, but the four severely injured cultivators were running out of their magical power.

If they continued like this, they would be in big trouble, but they couldn’t stop and fight the ancient beast, so they were in a dilemma.

Bang!

When the distance had closed somewhat, the sea turtle monster burst the water cloud. A white mist rose and then subsided, but the ancient beast was nowhere to be seen. The middle-aged man with the missing arm’s face changed drastically at the strange phenomenon, and he shouted for them to be careful.

Whoosh!

Spatial fluctuations occurred above the streaks of light, and pitch-black tentacles appeared, striking at them. Even before they made contact, the streaks of light flickered uneasily.

‘This is bad!’

They hurriedly scattered, each flying in a different direction. Thanks to that, they avoided the surprise attack, but their expressions were not good.

They had been connecting their streaks of light to barely escape the ancient beast’s pursuit with their depleted magical power, but now that they had scattered, they had to give up any hope of returning alive.

A black shadow fell from the sky, and the sea turtle revealed its massive body. The four cultivators thought that this was the end.

However, the cultivators’ will was beyond imagination, and they never gave up. The cultivators snapped to attention and prepared for a life-or-death battle, releasing their treasures.

The sea turtle looked at them with disdain and then wildly swung the dozen or so tentacles that had grown on its shell, covering the sky with a black shadow.

“That is… !”

Just before the two sides were about to clash, the four people and the ancient beast simultaneously raised their heads with puzzled expressions and looked up.

Sometime ago, a giant thunder orb had appeared above them. The thunder orb shone brilliantly with a silver light, and thin bolts of lightning flickered, but strangely, no thunder could be heard at all.

Soon, the thunder orb grew several times larger, and surprisingly, the lightning that burst out from within formed a circular formation with a diameter of several meters. Countless silver runes roamed within the formation made of silver lightning.

Kwarururung!

A roar echoed, and thick lightning flashed. When the light subsided, someone appeared in the center of the Thunder Formation. He was not composed and was throwing a tantrum.

“Thundercloud Child! I will not let you off next time we meet!”

The young man with an ordinary appearance was fuming with anger. He was a young man wearing a blue robe with crystal wings spread out behind his back. The middle-aged man with the missing arm scanned him with his spiritual sense, and his face filled with joy as he hurriedly shouted.

“Senior, you must be careful. The Stone Turtle below is highly intelligent and not an opponent to be taken lightly.”

‘Stone Turtle?’

The young man then seemed to notice the existence of the four cultivators and the beast below and turned his gaze towards them.

“Haha, you are from the Human Race! That must mean the Natural City is not far!”

The young man did not pay attention to the sea turtle and burst into a cheerful laugh upon seeing the Human Race cultivators. The highly intelligent sea turtle also sensed that the man was not someone to be trifled with and did not attack first.

“The Natural City is quite a distance from here. If you are willing, would you allow us to guide you?”

The crimson-armored burly man asked loudly, grasping at straws. The middle-aged man and the two women also nodded their heads vigorously, eagerly awaiting the young man’s answer.

“A guide, that sounds good. Then wait a moment. That Stone Turtle looks like it has good energy, so let’s take its core and depart!”

The young man smiled and finally turned his gaze towards the beast below. Sensing a threat to its life from his gaze, the Stone Turtle instinctively roared and spewed out a navy blue beam of light from its mouth and swung over a dozen tentacles.

It had launched a frantic attack because it felt a threat to its life from his gaze. The four cultivators hurriedly deployed protective barriers to protect themselves and retreated as the giant sea turtle launched its fierce attack.

However, the winged young man above simply smiled and summoned a gray aura from his sleeve to create a protective barrier. The navy blue beam of light disappeared without a sound as soon as it touched the gray barrier.

The young man did not even blink as the black shadow net that covered the sky came crashing down.

The wings on his back fluttered, and cyan lightning rose, echoing loudly around him. As the young man reached out his hand from his sleeve, lightning struck from the clear sky, and an astonishing thing happened.

The cyan lightning condensed into a giant hand and immediately pierced through the black net and fell onto the sea turtle. Then, the blue spiritual energy that had been protecting the sea turtle was easily pierced, and the cyan giant hand firmly grasped the beast’s body.

Kwarurung!

Along with the sound of thunder, countless cyan lightning bolts flashed, and the Stone Turtle turned to ashes without even being able to scream in the lightning. When the lightning subsided, only the Stone Turtle’s demon core remained in the air.

The young man pulled the demon core over, fiddled with it, put it in a storage pouch, and then said to the Nascent Soul cultivators.

“Let’s go now!”

The Nascent Soul cultivators were so shocked that their eyes were wide open. They knew very well how powerful the Void Refinement Stone Turtle was. It was definitely not a weak monster that could be defeated in an instant.

They judged that the young man was a cultivator of a much higher realm than they had thought.

“May we dare to ask for your name, Senior? Could it be that you are a Star Realm cultivator who has reached the Fusion stage?”

The middle-aged man took a deep breath, stepped forward first, bowed, and asked respectfully.

“My surname is Han, and I have not yet reached that realm.”

The young man looked at the middle-aged man and answered calmly. The young man in the blue robe was naturally Han Li, and it had already been over a hundred years since he had returned to Fengyuan Continent using the teleportation array.

The place where he had been teleported from Thunderclap Continent was an extremely remote area of Fengyuan Continent, and apart from the Heavenly Cloud cultivators who had been dispatched to guard the area, he had not been able to meet any other alien races.

Han Li showed the jade slip that proved his identity and left the area. When he had set out, he had never dreamed that the journey back to the Human Race would be so long and arduous.

Although he was not afraid of even Fusion stage cultivators in terms of strength, Fengyuan Continent was so vast, and he had no choice but to pass through the territories of several alien races along the way, putting him in danger several times.

Once, seven ancient beasts at the Fusion stage had chased him, and he had barely managed to escape for several months, surviving on spiritual elixirs and pills.

Another time, he had accidentally entered a place with a strange climate and had to shiver in the extreme cold. If he had not had the Five-Colored Cold Flame in his body to absorb the cold energy, he would have frozen to death there.

Even after that, it had taken him a year to escape the strange climate.

There had even been times when high-level alien race cultivators had tried to kill him and steal his treasures. He had used the Gold Devouring Beetles and the Profound Heavenly Remnant Treasure to kill seven Void Refinement cultivators and severely injure two Fusion stage cultivators before fleeing far away. Due to that battle, Han Li had also greatly depleted his vitality and had been poisoned by a strange toxin.

It had taken him a full ten years to hide in a secret place and heal his injuries. After that, he had moved even more cautiously, but dangerous situations had continued to arise.