Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 215

The remaining Silver Kill Gate cultivators followed orders, facing the traitors alongside Han Li and the others.

Having narrowly escaped becoming sacrifices to Old Ancestor Extreme Yin’s terrifying demonic flames, both Fellow Daoist Maeng and the other Myo-eum Sect members looked much better. They hurriedly prepared various magical artifacts and treasures.

Han Li, however, frowned within the group. For some unknown reason, he felt an ominous premonition. There was no way Old Ancestor Extreme Yin would have come alone without reinforcements.

After wetting his dry lips, Han Li quietly gave an order to Gok-hun and then drew the Green Rainbow Sword.

“Attack!” the middle-aged man from the Silver Kill Gate commanded with a serious expression. He formed a hand seal, manipulating the skull, and the bizarre skull bared its teeth, attempting to pounce on Old Ancestor Extreme Yin.

At the same time, the magical treasures and artifacts of Han Li and the other cultivators shot towards the Myo-eum Sect traitors with overwhelming force.

Elder Jo and the traitors were not going to simply stand by and take it, so a fierce battle of magical treasures and artifacts erupted instantly.

Old Ancestor Extreme Yin sneered at the flying skull.

*Swoosh.*

The black flames in his hands transformed into snake-like shapes and, like arrows, plunged into the skull’s mouth.

The middle-aged man’s expression changed.

*Bang!*

The skull, now filled with flames, changed shape, bulging and distorting, and eventually shattered into fiery debris. The middle-aged man took a deep breath, his face pale, but his determination remained.

He struck the back of his head, and a delicate, thumb-sized crystal bead emerged from between his eyebrows. The bead emitted a white aura, overflowing with cold energy.

While preparing the bead, the middle-aged man secretly sent a telepathic message to Old Fiend Red Flower.

“Red Fellow Daoist, the old demon’s Heavenly Demonic Flame can only be controlled with a treasure possessing extreme Yin energy. While I use the Cold Dawn Bead to distract him, if you use your Demonic Restraint Technique to trap the demon, we can win!”

A telepathic reply came from the dark clouds, indicating agreement, and the middle-aged man’s face tightened with tension.

Without delay, he opened his mouth, and a blood-colored mist erupted, forming a protective barrier around his body.

At the same time, the Cold Dawn Bead began to rotate, absorbing the blood-colored energy, and instantly transformed into a giant bead with a diameter of about ten feet, emitting a dazzling light.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and shouted at Old Ancestor Extreme Yin.

“Old demon! I’ll show you the power of the Cold Dawn Bead, refined from deep-sea crystal! Go!”

The silver bead wriggled and transformed into a white flood dragon, rushing towards Old Ancestor Extreme Yin.

“Hmm?”

Old Ancestor Extreme Yin looked slightly surprised.

However, he soon returned to his original expression, shook his shoulders, and emitted eight streams of black energy from behind his body.

These black energies were full of spiritual power. After soaring into the sky, they transformed into various demonic beasts, baring their claws and teeth at the white flood dragon.

The middle-aged man narrowed his brows, constantly wiggling his fingers and forming numerous hand seals to empower the white flood dragon.

Then, a flash of light burst from the dragon’s body, and a cold, white aura was released, erasing Old Ancestor Extreme Yin’s black energy without a trace, and then rushed straight towards the old man.

Old Ancestor Extreme Yin, with a slightly surprised expression, waved his hand.

*Puhak.*

A thick black wall rose, blocking the white energy.

Believing he had completely captured Old Ancestor Extreme Yin’s attention, the middle-aged man secretly sent a telepathic message to Old Fiend Red Flower.

“Now!”

“Understood!” Old Fiend Red Flower’s reply came immediately.

*Kwakwakwang!*

After that, the dark clouds above the middle-aged man grew in size with a loud noise and then plunged downwards.

The middle-aged man shouted in surprise.

“Old Fiend Red Flower! You bastard…”

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man was trapped inside the dark clouds, which seemed to be over a hundred feet wide.

“Hehe.”

Old Ancestor Extreme Yin let out a strange laugh, and a huge black hand appeared, grabbing the white flood dragon and twisting it. Then, the dragon returned to its original bead shape.

The Cold Dawn Bead, even within the giant black hand, was desperately shining and emitting cold energy, as if it refused to give up.

*Kukwakwakwang!*

Then, the sound of thunder echoed, followed by the middle-aged man’s angry roar.

“Old demon and Red Flower, you were all in cahoots!”

“Hmph! You’re just too foolish. Play with Red Flower for now. After eliminating the others, I’ll catch up with you, and we can rekindle our master-disciple relationship!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the black hand disappeared, and Old Ancestor Extreme Yin revealed himself. He glanced coldly at the dark clouds and then looked at the Cold Dawn Bead, opening his mouth to spit out black energy.

The bead, trapped in the black energy, gradually became contaminated and lost its light. When Old Ancestor Extreme Yin flipped his palm, the bead completely melted away into the black energy and disappeared.

The betrayal of Old Fiend Red Flower and the destruction of the bead by Old Ancestor Extreme Yin happened so quickly that it shocked Fellow Daoist Maeng and the others, who had been gaining momentum.

Even Fairy Jaryeong had an expression of disbelief. Now, most of them seemed to realize the danger and immediately grabbed their magical treasures from the enemy lines and scattered in all directions.

They were not fools; they knew that if they stayed, they would surely die. They flew in all directions, relying on luck.

Of course, the fastest among them were the Core Formation cultivators.

Surprisingly, Fairy Jaryeong, Madam Fan, and Tak Yeo-jeong worked together, using a magical artifact similar to a stone tablet, creating a streak of light with three mixed colors, achieving a speed comparable to the Core Formation cultivators.

However, the most agile and the first to escape were Han Li and Gok-hun.

At the same time that Old Fiend Red Flower ambushed the middle-aged man, they grabbed their magical treasures and turned into two streaks of light, splitting the sky as they fled.

By the time the others started to flee, they had already flown over thirty feet away, observing the situation behind them. However, Han Li was speechless at what happened next.

Surprisingly, the Silver Kill Gate Core Formation cultivators did not flee. Instead, they were attacking Old Fiend Red Flower and Old Ancestor Extreme Yin, along with the four cultivators who had appeared with the middle-aged man. Their crazed expressions showed a firm determination to kill their opponents.

The two demons were momentarily flustered by the unexpected strong counterattack, and their coordination faltered.

“I suspected it, but you are all Soul Division clones! Since you want to die, I’ll kill you all together!” This situation seemed to truly anger Old Ancestor Extreme Yin. As he shouted, one of the four was engulfed in flames.

Han Li felt a chill in his heart and did not look back again, urging the Green Rainbow Sword onward. However, he involuntarily glanced at Gok-hun.

After hearing the words ‘Soul Division’ and ‘clones,’ he understood the confusing situation.

He had suspected from the beginning that the Profound Yin Great Method practiced by Oh Chuk was related to the book he had obtained from the Yue Kingdom Emperor.

Now that Old Ancestor Extreme Yin had mentioned ‘Soul Division’ and ‘clones,’ he was certain that his guess was correct.

However, one was in the Tiannan region, and the other was in the Chaotic Star Sea, so it was highly likely that they were connected through an ancient teleportation array, and the very teleportation array he had used might be the core of the incident.

Looking back now, the five-colored skull next to the ancient teleportation array was unsettling.

Han Li had thought something was strange from the beginning, but he had not anticipated Old Fiend Red Flower’s sudden betrayal.

This was his first mission after making a decision, and just like during the Foundation Establishment stage, he was being threatened and forced to flee. He felt depressed.

Moreover, he concluded that the situation that had occurred after dealing with the Spirit Tree was related to the current incident.

Wasn’t the flow of events the same, with a traitor emerging from their own side and massacring everyone? The jade pendant with the skull he had seen back then flashed in Han Li’s mind.

Everything was closely connected!

However, he could not think deeply about these things right now. The screams that were echoing from behind were making his heart clench.

To survive and escape this place, he needed to hope that Old Ancestor Extreme Yin’s overconfidence in his own power had led him to neglect other defenses.

While thinking, Han Li’s face suddenly hardened, and he stopped in mid-air with Gok-hun.

In the empty space where there had been nothing, a distortion appeared, and a humanoid monster crawled out.

“What is that?” The monster’s entire body was cyan, it wore black armor, and it had long, sharp claws and yellow fangs, giving a ferocious smile.

“Jiang Shi [a type of Chinese hopping vampire or zombie]?” Han Li recognized the monster’s identity from the stench of blood and the aura of the dead that wafted on the wind.

Judging by its appearance, it was definitely not a low-level Jiang Shi like an Iron-Clad Corpse, but one that Old Ancestor Extreme Yin had refined using a special method.

Han Li raised his hand, and the Green Rainbow Sword transformed into a green flood dragon and flew out. At the same time, Gok-hun flicked his fingertip, and a small streak of blood was fired. It was the Blood Spirit Drill that Gok-hun had created through arduous refinement.

*Pyoog.*

The Blood Spirit Drill pierced the Jiang Shi’s chest with a faint sound, and the monster involuntarily lowered its head to check it.

Encouraged by the success of the first attack, Han Li sent the green flood dragon again to attack the opponent. The green light spread in all directions, and the monster was knocked back, but it let out a low growl and immediately straightened its body, charging towards Han Li with tremendous force.

‘Damn it! Are normal magical artifact attacks not working?’ Han Li’s face hardened as he hurriedly retrieved the Green Rainbow Sword.

The monster was unharmed despite the continuous attacks, and the hole pierced by the Blood Spirit Drill was healing rapidly.

His expression changed, and he suddenly turned into a streak of light with Gok-hun, trying to dodge the monster. Han Li was not afraid of the Jiang Shi, but he was worried that delaying would cause Old Ancestor Extreme Yin and the others to catch up.

He secretly glanced in other directions and saw that other cultivators were also being attacked by Jiang Shi. Feeling a chill in his heart, Han Li and Gok-hun used all their strength to evade the Jiang Shi at a speed faster than usual.

However, the monster’s green eyes flashed, and its form became blurred, and unexpectedly, it disappeared from the spot.

Han Li, who was more familiar with this kind of scene than anyone else, reflexively changed the path of the Green Rainbow Sword, and at the same time, five sharp black lights scattered, drawing sharp trajectories in the air.

Han Li turned his head in surprise and saw that the Jiang Shi was standing not far from him, and its two hands, emitting sharp black lights, caught his eye.

How fast was that speed! The current location was almost tens of feet away from the previous one, but it had moved there in an instant.

This speed was almost similar to when Han Li used the Raging Flame Step on the ground, but the opponent was achieving this speed in the air, which was unbelievable.

Han Li’s face turned pale.

Now he realized that he could not escape without dealing with the Jiang Shi. Perhaps Old Ancestor Extreme Yin was not in a hurry to chase them because he trusted these monsters.

After organizing his thoughts, Han Li’s hand brushed against his storage pouch.

At the same time, a blue light and two streaks of red light erupted, surrounding the area. When the light disappeared, two Blood Jade Spiders and over 100 blue puppet monkeys appeared. The puppet monkeys were two feet tall, bared their sharp fangs, and immediately raised their hands, emitting blue rays from their fingers.

The blue rays that shot out from their ten fingers flew towards the monster almost without any gaps, and the Jiang Shi, with a ferocious look, emitted black energy from its mouth.

The black energy blocked most of the blue rays and disappeared, and eventually, the attacks reached the Jiang Shi’s body. Even though smoke was rising from its body due to the blue light flying from all directions, the monster strode towards the giant monkey group.

Several giant monkeys near where it arrived were torn apart by the Jiang Shi’s sharp claws.

Han Li frowned, and Gok-hun scattered over a dozen streaks of blood that he had prepared, and they instantly transformed into giant blood-colored blades, trying to cut the monster.

*Clang.*

The blood-colored blade touched the monster’s head, and surprisingly, a sound of metal clashing was heard, and it was not cut. Moreover, the attack had seemed to further provoke the monster’s violence, as it grabbed the hilt of the blade with one hand and the blade with the other, trying to break it.

Han Li did not show tension at this sight, but rather a look of joy.

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