Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1021

Han Li’s lips curved into a smile as he gazed up at the circular platform. The three-headed, six-armed golden deity floated in the air, sitting in a lotus position, stabilizing its cultivation after the sudden leap in realms.

It was fortunate that Han Li was originally a Void Refinement cultivator; this allowed him to avoid disaster. If a nascent soul cultivator had jumped so many realms in an instant, they would have been consumed by inner demons and gone mad.

Therefore, his second nascent soul needed to avoid combat for a while. After about ten years of mental cultivation, it would be prepared for any inner demons that might appear. However, the most amazing thing was the Mortal Saint Golden Body.

The golden body was repeatedly melting and solidifying under the mysterious power, covered in purple-gold spell characters. The aura it emitted was incomparably stronger than before. The power of the already mighty Mortal Saint Golden Body had doubled.

He couldn’t help but smile, even as he tried to remain calm.

After an hour, Han Li straightened his body and sat in a lotus position. He took out pills from various medicine bottles and swallowed them, holding jade-colored crystal stones in both hands as he closed his eyes.

Just moments ago, he had been overflowing with spiritual power, and now he was desperately trying to replenish it. He found the situation quite amusing.

Half a day passed.

Han Li recovered a bit of his magic power and slowly got up. Due to the successive breakthroughs of two realms, the amount of magic power had greatly increased, and even after taking spiritual medicine and resting, it was only 20% full.

However, he couldn’t just rest here for days. Fortunately, he was capable of taking care of himself.

Han Li didn’t walk straight out the door but headed to the center of the circular platform. The golden disc was gone, but he had to take the other treasures. The jade-colored chair in front of him was one of them.

It had reacted to the golden disc in the air, emitting light and flashing spell characters, so it was definitely an item of power. Han Li took the chair and looked at one of the armored soldiers with interest. In fact, he was more curious about these puppets than the chair.

The golden disc had disappeared, and they had returned to their original forms, motionless, but they were not to be underestimated. He clearly remembered the immense pressure of spiritual energy that the armored soldiers had emitted when they moved.

Each puppet was equivalent to a Combined Body stage existence.

‘What if I controlled nine Combined Body stage puppets?’

Han Li tried to infiltrate the puppets with his consciousness, but his expression soon turned strange. The inside of the puppets was surprisingly simple, and instead of spirit stones, there was a strange blood-colored stone embedded in their chests.

The strange stone had a smooth surface with numerous golden threads spreading and sparkling. The light of spiritual energy was dim, as if it was about to lose its power.

Presumably, the recent event had consumed most of the power contained in the strange stone, and it seemed that it could only be used once or twice more at most.

Han Li hesitated for a moment, then finally flicked his sleeve to collect the puppets. However, the moment the blue light from his sleeve enveloped the armored soldier, a dangerous aura emanated from the puppet.

Startled, Han Li immediately retreated, leaving behind an afterimage. After a few flashes, he was at the edge of the circular platform.

At that moment, the nine puppets simultaneously swung their silver spears, splitting the puppet next to them.

Clang!

The nine puppets, their upper and lower bodies separated, collapsed and exploded simultaneously. In the end, only the remains of the puppets were piled up on the circular platform. However, Han Li slowly turned and collected all the puppet remains.

Even though the structure was simple, the materials used were things he had never seen before, so they were worth researching. Now, only the huge success diagram remained on the platform.

Han Li took out a white scroll, threw it high into the air, and formed a hand seal with one hand while chanting an incantation.

Whoosh.

The scroll grew rapidly as he chanted, unfolding to a size similar to the circular platform. Han Li smiled and flicked his fingers in succession, absorbing the image of the platform into the white scroll.

The white scroll took on a variety of colors and slowly descended, covering the circular platform. After a short while, the scroll had changed from white to five colors.

At Han Li’s gesture, the scroll flew up and instantly shrank, containing the image of the circular platform. Han Li had copied the success diagram using a secret technique.

Han Li was confident that he could learn something from the success diagram. Even if it only improved his understanding of illusions, it would be worthwhile! The scroll trembled and entered Han Li’s sleeve.

He took all the valuable items, carefully examined the surroundings, and then flew out the door. He had spent a day in the Sumeru space [a space within a magical item] within the screen, so it was time to leave.

Thump!

A loud explosion was heard from the huge screen left alone in the main hall, and a jet-black light burst out and swirled.

A blue beam of light shot out from within and landed in the main hall. Han Li turned his head to look at the screen and slowly closed the third eye between his eyebrows.

“If someone hadn’t refined it, I could have taken it and used it well.”

Han Li looked at the screen and then looked around again. As expected, Liu Shui’er and Shi Kun were nowhere to be seen. He walked out of the main hall without any sign of impatience. After being separated for so long, Liu Shui’er and Shi Kun must have searched every corner of the palace.

It was pointless to look for them now. It was more urgent to leave the palace and recover his magic power in a quiet place.

Just as Han Li was about to leave the main hall and contact Liu Shui’er and Shi Kun, a thunderous sound suddenly echoed from the ground, and the earth shook as if there was an earthquake.

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and dark black clouds gathered, covering the sky. Lightning flashed in the clouds, and thunder roared loudly. Moreover, gray whirlwinds like flood dragons were forming all over the palace and being sucked into the clouds.

From a distance, it looked like gray pillars connecting the sky and the earth. Han Li’s face darkened. He could feel the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy flowing chaotically, and various pressures of spiritual energy were rampant.

Even more ominous was that the surrounding restriction fluctuations were weakening and strengthening irregularly, showing an extremely unstable appearance. It was a sign that the restrictions were beginning to lose control.

Han Li flew up and stopped, looking around. The restrictions were not completely ineffective yet, but they were much weaker than before, so low-altitude flight was possible.

The ground was shaking more and more violently, and the main hall building was flickering with a purple light.

A yellow aura rose from the pavilion behind the main hall and flew towards the front of the palace, and a white light appeared from the side hall and rushed in the same direction. Needless to say, it was Liu Shui’er and Shi Kun.

They were also full of panic, as if they hadn’t expected this. Han Li didn’t hesitate any longer and turned into a blue beam of light, crossing the plaza in front of the main hall and plunging into the mountain path outside the palace gate.

He was a little worried that the powerful suction of the mountain path stairs might still be there, but it didn’t activate, either because of the anomaly here or because it only worked when climbing the mountain.

The blue beam of light sped down the stairs, followed by Shi Kun and Liu Shui’er.

“What’s going on! Why is it suddenly collapsing… I was about to get my hands on a precious treasure!”

Shi Kun was furious and huffed.

“Me too. I was working hard to break the restrictions of a secret room when this happened.”

Liu Shui’er also didn’t look too happy. As they spoke, their gazes were directed at Han Li.

“It has nothing to do with me. I just escaped the spatial restrictions, how could I have caused this?”

Han Li denied it with a serious face. He couldn’t be blamed for something he didn’t do.

“But…”

“Let’s talk about it later and leave this place first. If the space collapses, we’ll be trapped.”

Liu Shui’er decisively interrupted Shi Kun, who was about to say something.

The three of them emitted遁光 [遁光 (dùn guāng): escaping light, a technique for fast travel] and flew up, splitting the air at a much faster speed. In a few breaths, they arrived at the location of the teleportation array and immediately activated the formation.

Whoosh!

A white light spread, and the figures of the three disappeared.

A blue light flew high into the air, and Han Li appeared. Liu Shui’er and Shi Kun were also floating a little distance away. They silently looked down at the huge cave below.

The cave was violently fluctuating with spiritual light contracting and expanding, looking like an active volcano about to erupt.

“Let’s go, this is not a place to stay for long. If the space collapses, a spatial vortex will form and suck everything in.”

Han Li finished speaking expressionlessly and flew away first at high speed. Shi Kun and Liu Shui’er also followed closely behind with tense faces.

Even after flying quite far, a shocking roar was heard from behind. A large amount of spiritual energy was rapidly compressed, creating immense pressure.

The restrictions that Han Li and his group had placed at the entrance were torn apart, and pillars of wind rose from the underground and swirled. At the same time, the area around the entrance was covered in spatial fluctuations.

Even Han Li and his group, who were far away, felt the destructive power, and their expressions changed. If they had remained inside the space, they would have suffered a terrible fate.

“The Horned Chi Clan cultivators are gathering here!”

Liu Shui’er suddenly shouted.

“They have discovered our presence and are using secret techniques to pinpoint our location and chase us. We should scatter and flee immediately. We were doing something important here, so they will definitely not let us live.”

Han Li added in a dark voice, as if he had sensed something. Now that the mission was complete, it was time to scatter.

“Then I’ll go first!”

“Brother Han, I’ll see you again in Yun City in a few months.”

Shi Kun cupped his fist and flew away first, and Liu Shui’er also smiled lightly and threw out a silver log boat.

As the woman grew the log boat and lightly stepped onto it, a five-colored light flashed in the air and flew into her arms. It was a small winged marten. The woman, holding the spirit beast, immediately emitted a silver light from under her feet and launched the log boat.

Han Li also spread a pair of crystal wings behind his back and turned into a blue-white thread, shooting out. After a few flashes, he appeared at the end of the sky. Just then, a sound of tearing through the air rang out, and a white snake appeared and merged into the blue-white thread.

The thread, which had slowed down for a moment, flew at full speed and disappeared from sight.

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Some time later, more than a dozen遁光 [遁光 (dùn guāng): escaping light, a technique for fast travel] flew like the wind from the other side of the sky. When the遁光 [遁光 (dùn guāng): escaping light, a technique for fast travel] dissipated, the Horned Chi Clan cultivators appeared.

The golden-horned youth opened his mouth with a dark face.

“Those guys are quick-witted. Someone was watching us while we were carrying out our grand plan. We can’t let them go! If the restrictions hadn’t been activated, we might have missed them. Leng Han and Bai Ke, you two will chase two of them, and I will chase the last one.”

“Special Envoy Zhuo Shu, don’t worry. We will definitely take care of them.”

In response to the youth’s words, a man and a woman stepped forward and answered. The man was large, with scales on his skin and a blue horn on his head. The woman was slender, with a small white horn.

They each chose three people to form groups.

“The rest of you can go with Cultivator Leng and Cultivator Bai. I’m enough on my own.”

The youth ordered the remaining four people.

“But…”

“Have you forgotten that I possess treasures? Even if I don’t use the Profound Heavenly Treasure, how can a mere Upper Clan cultivator be my match?”

The other cultivators tried to dissuade him, but the golden-horned youth stopped them with an arrogant face. At the words of the golden-horned youth called Zhuo Shu, the remaining four people had no choice but to stand behind Leng Han and Bai Ke.

The Horned Chi Clan formed groups of six and flew towards the direction where Shui’er and Shi Kun had fled. Now, only the golden-horned youth remained. He looked in the direction where Han Li had disappeared with a cold gaze.

He touched his spirit beast pouch, and a yellow light flashed, and a bright yellow lizard monster appeared. The monster, with six legs and two pairs of large wings on its back, was very large and hideous.

The golden-horned youth jumped onto the giant lizard and summoned a blood-colored snail from his palm. It was a very strange sight, with half of its body hidden in a spiral shell and crawling slowly.

The snail only regained its senses after the golden-horned youth put a red pill into its mouth, and it moved its two tentacles nimbly.

As the golden-horned youth chanted an incantation, the snail’s tentacles grew long and emitted a dazzling red light in the direction where Han Li had disappeared. At the youth’s kick, the six-legged lizard flapped its two pairs of wings.

A yellow sandstorm rose, and the monster and the youth disappeared from the spot.