Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1029

Han Li reached the crossroads, a necessary passage to the final cave. He surveyed the area and then suddenly released over a hundred formation flags. These were his most potent formation artifacts, capable of trapping even a Void Refinement cultivator for a considerable time.

Next, he deployed the Nine Palaces Heavenly Qiankun Diagram, creating a vast illusory palace that enveloped the formation. Although the materials to refine the Nine Palaces Heavenly Qiankun Diagram were rare, he had managed to gather enough in Yuncheng to create two of them.

This way, even if the Rong people outside sensed something and rushed in, they would be delayed by the two layers of restrictions. Once the formations were set, he nodded in satisfaction and summoned the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Golden Deity.

A black aura emerged from his mouth and was absorbed into the golden deity.

“Go.”

One of the golden deity’s faces flashed a fierce look, and it vanished into the void like a ghost. Then, two silver flames and two silver talismans appeared in Han Li’s hand.

*Swish.*

The flames transformed into silver firebirds, and the talismans became silver shadows, burrowing into the ground. Finally, with a hand seal, a white figure appeared and disappeared without a trace.

He had prepared multiple escape routes and activated the Grand Azure Heavenly Talisman to fly away. After navigating several turns, a milky white stone cave finally came into view.

He didn’t stop but approached the cave entrance and peered inside. The cave was surprisingly spacious, resembling a plaza. In the center, a silver semi-circular barrier was spread out, looking like a huge bowl turned upside down from afar.

Inside the barrier was a stone wall inscribed with golden script. At each of the four corners of the plaza, a Rong person sat cross-legged. Some had their heads lowered in thought, while others stared intently at the silver barrier.

Han Li scanned them and was startled when he saw a giant with his hands on his knees and his eyes closed. The giant, whose face had a faint purple hue, carried a huge, unidentified blade on his back.

The blade was even larger than the giant carrying it. But what caught Han Li’s attention was the faint, blood-red aura surrounding the Rong giant. The blood-red aura carried a very strong killing intent.

The other Rong people were a young man in green leather armor, an old man with a gray-white beard, and an old woman. Except for the long fur on their bodies, they looked like ordinary people, unlike the other Rong people.

Han Li stared at the giant with a cold gaze. He sensed that the giant was more powerful than the other three, and it would be much easier to deal with the others after eliminating him.

His illusory body gradually approached the Rong giant. The giant, sitting cross-legged, remained unaware. But as Han Li got closer and began to gather his magic power, something unexpected happened.

*Buzz!*

The huge blade on the giant’s back trembled and vibrated. It wasn’t very loud, but the quiet cave buzzed, and the other Rong people quickly turned their heads to look at the giant.

The giant also opened his eyes sharply and reached out his hand like lightning. The huge blade appeared in his hand, turning into a black whirlwind that swept forward.

Within the black wind, a loud rumbling sound echoed, and it flew fiercely as if it contained a beast with sharp teeth and claws.

‘This is bad…’

Han Li clicked his tongue inwardly. He had unfortunately triggered a treasure that alerted the enemy when someone approached. The huge blade was undoubtedly a treasure listed in the Chaos Myriad Spirit Rankings [a ranking of powerful treasures].

He revealed himself, shimmering with golden light, and shook the silver ruler in his hand. Countless silver shadows shot out, merging into a huge silver shadow that split the black wind.

*Bang!*

The silver shadow and the black wind collided, sending shockwaves in all directions. The silver ruler and the huge blade were surprisingly in a standoff. Runes flickered between them, and the surrounding space trembled with the pressure of astonishing spiritual energy.

Han Li released a black mountain from his other hand. The next moment, a spatial ripple appeared above the giant’s head, and a black mountain peak the size of a person fell down.

“Huh!”

The Rong giant was startled but quickly composed himself and gave a cunning smile. With a hand seal, a dense, blood-red killing aura rose from his body, creating a blood-red giant hand.

The blood-red giant hand and the black mountain peak collided, creating a heavy explosion. The giant hand seemed about to be crushed by the heavy weight. It had underestimated the weight of the Yuan Magnetic Mountain [a mountain with magnetic properties].

The giant’s expression changed, and he straightened his body, punching upwards without hesitation. A pillar of blood-red light erupted and was absorbed into the giant hand, making the blood-red crystal giant hand several times larger. And blood-red lotuses bloomed from its fingertips.

The five lotuses spun around, emitting countless runes, helping the giant hand lift the black mountain peak.

Watching this, Han Li spread his crystal wings. With a small thunderclap, he disappeared, and the Rong giant narrowed his eyes and spat out golden light from his mouth.

*Bang!*

A loud explosion was heard, and Han Li staggered out of the void. He was holding a five-colored cold flame in his white hand, and behind him, he was gripping the neck of a golden snake with wings.

The snake in the five-colored cold flame flicked its tongue and writhed. But Han Li snorted at the struggling snake and intensified the five-colored cold flame. The golden snake, terrified, struggled but eventually froze solid, becoming a five-colored ice lump.

*Crack!*

Han Li didn’t hesitate to create golden lightning in his palm and turn the ice lump into powder. The Rong giant was furious at this sight.

The spirit beast, the Void Piercing Serpent, which he had painstakingly raised for many years, possessed powerful divine abilities to pierce through the void and had a sturdy body. But he never imagined that it would be killed as soon as he released it to break Han Li’s strange escape technique.

Enraged, the Rong giant huffed and puffed, then took out a cymbal treasure, a round brass percussion instrument used in Buddhist rituals.

The cymbal, with beautiful runes engraved on its surface, had very sharp edges and faintly contained a blood-red hue.

*Whoosh!*

The cymbal flew with a whooshing sound, transforming into a huge blood-red blade that targeted Han Li.

Han Li quickly made a hand seal and donned black armor. The blood-red light couldn’t reach Han Li and was blocked by the black runes emitted by the armor. In that gap, Han Li flapped his wings, leaving behind a cyan-white lightning trail and disappearing.

The Rong giant condensed the surrounding blood-red killing aura to create a huge lotus to protect his body. While defending, he glanced at his companions, and his face hardened.

The young man in green armor, the old man, and the old woman were engaged in battle, held back by a white shadow and two silver shadows that had suddenly appeared.

Although the Rong people had the upper hand for now, they didn’t seem to have enough time to kill their opponents and come to help. The white shadow and the two silver shadows were the puppet spirit and shadow puppets that Han Li had hidden in advance.

As Han Li’s cultivation improved, the shadow puppets’ strength also increased, making them capable of facing a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator. If they were the previous shadow puppets, they wouldn’t have lasted long and would have been crushed by the old man and old woman.

The puppet spirit, Wawa, was holding a fan in one hand, emitting blue light, and with the other hand, he was condensing cold air and shooting it out as white threads, blocking the young man.

But before the giant could even think about what was happening, a black mountain peak appeared above his head. The mountain peak emitted a gray light, becoming as large as a hill, and shimmered with silver runes. With a thud, the blood-red giant hand below shattered.

The Rong giant was horrified and summoned a small silver axe, swinging it. The axe, which was initially the size of a palm, grew huge and flew towards him.

However, Han Li had already activated a magic seal, becoming vague with the Yuan Magnetic Mountain and disappearing without a trace. The huge axe split the void, and the next moment, Han Li and the black mountain struck the Rong giant.

The Rong giant was shocked as the huge mountain peak moved in an instant. In that moment, the surrounding blood-red lotuses shed their petals, layering together to form a total of seven layers of blood-red barriers.

The blood-red killing aura transformed into a giant tiger, swinging its claws at the falling mountain.

*Crash!*

The giant tiger was shattered as soon as it touched the black mountain, and the mountain headed straight for the blood-red barrier.

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

Explosions echoed as the heavy black mountain struck down. Five layers of the blood-red barrier shattered, and the sixth layer flickered, barely holding on.

The Rong giant curled his lips and struck the void with the huge axe. The silver giant axe turned into thick lightning and struck Han Li on top of the black mountain.

But Han Li didn’t dodge. A sizzling sound was heard around him, and a silver flame orb appeared, crashing into the lightning that had transformed from the giant axe.

*Bang!*

The giant axe, revealing its original form, was instantly swallowed by the silver flames. The startled giant quickly tried to retrieve it, but the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Golden Deity appeared behind Han Li, emitting golden light.

The golden deity brought its six hands together in front of its chest, forming a golden vortex. At the same time, the two heads of the golden deity closed their eyes and began chanting spells.

Thunder rumbled within the vortex, and the faint sound of Buddhist chanting spread out. Sensing the golden vortex, the Rong giant immediately released thousands of blood-red crystal threads from his sleeve, trying to entangle the golden deity behind him.

The blood-red light intensified greatly, and its momentum was tremendous. However, the blood-red crystal threads were cut off and disappeared as soon as they touched the golden deity. At that moment, the golden vortex created an invisible suction force, pulling the Rong giant nearby.

“Ugh!”

The giant couldn’t move as if the surrounding air had frozen. With an ominous premonition, he tried to summon the huge blade that was fighting the silver ruler with his consciousness.

However, the silver ruler’s shadows bloomed like flowers covering the sky, and began to attack the huge blade wildly. No matter how powerful the black huge blade was, there was no way to avoid the storm-like attacks.

A powerful suction force exploded from behind the Rong giant, and he was sucked in with a *whoosh!*

A terrible scream and a loud explosion erupted together. After the golden vortex shuddered, the Rong giant’s aura was no longer felt.

The golden deity stopped chanting and pointed one finger at the golden vortex. The vortex quickly contracted and disappeared in the end.

The huge blade, having lost its master, cried mournfully and transformed into a black flood dragon, releasing its energy madly. Surprisingly, it broke through the densely surrounding illusions of the silver ruler’s shadows and soared into the sky.

Han Li flapped his wings and appeared above the huge blade. He opened his mouth and released a blue cauldron.

*Clang!*

The cauldron lid opened, and countless blue threads shot out, instantly binding the black flood dragon. The blue threads binding the flood dragon tightened, and the huge blade revealed its original form within the blue light.

Han Li made a hand seal and imprisoned the blade in the cauldron along with the blue threads, and the small cauldron spun and disappeared into his sleeve.

Han Li slowly turned his gaze. The silver giant axe was melting in the silver flames that had transformed from the Western Spirit Heavenly Fire [a powerful flame] and was almost gone, and the remaining Rong people were hastily trying to escape after the giant was defeated.

They knew that he was not someone they could handle, having killed the giant in an instant. But there was no way Han Li would let the escaping Rong people go.

Han Li flapped his wings with a cold gaze, splitting the void with cyan-white threads. The Three-Headed, Six-Armed Golden Deity leaped up and strangely disappeared without a trace, and the shadow puppets and the puppet spirit, Wawa, also quickly chased after them.

After a while, the screams of the young man in green armor were heard from outside the cave, followed by explosions and roars, and then the miserable screams of the old man and old woman echoed in succession.

Silence fell in the secret passage for a moment.

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