Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 306

The cold sweat subsided, and he barely avoided the immediate danger. He noticed Taoist Myohak’s expression had become noticeably brighter.

Feeling his bloodless face, he realized his transformation technique had failed due to the overuse of magic power, revealing his true appearance.

The Taoist’s face turned grim.

“It’s Han Li!”

‘Damn it!’

Han Li’s face paled.

Whoosh!

With a flash of silver-white wings, Han Li vanished from Myohak’s sight. Taoist Myohak also transformed into a streak of white light and disappeared.

In the end, only Madam Beom, with her complicated feelings, remained in the secret chamber.

Above the Twin Peaks, a silver light flashed, and Han Li appeared. The white light that had been chasing him tried to ambush him with explosive force.

Boom!

Once again, he injected the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning into the Wind-Thunder Wings, and he appeared a hundred yards away, repeating the process of appearing and disappearing. In the blink of an eye, he became a black dot, fleeing far into the sky.

Taoist Myohak was dumbfounded by the unbelievable sight. However, he concluded that the pair of wings on Han Li’s back must be a treasure obtained from the Void Sky Cauldron, and the desire in his heart burned even more fiercely.

“Hyaap!”

With a burst of air pressure, a dazzling white light erupted, and he shot out. He also became a white dot, beginning to chase Han Li.

Normally, he should have been able to outrun Taoist Myohak with the speed of the Wind-Thunder Wings activated by the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning. However, the wind energy kept acting up, troubling him.

Every so often, a seizure would occur. This gave Taoist Myohak the opportunity to catch up.

However, Han Li was not worried about Myohak, but rather about Punghee, who was closing the distance with each seizure.

It felt like his heart was being squeezed. Unable to help it, he changed direction and headed towards the island where the teleportation array was being installed. He could only hope that the teleportation array was already completed.

He had to escape through the teleportation array before Myohak and Punghee caught up to him to save his life.

After leaving Myohak far behind, Han Li activated the blood-red Blood Cloak instead of the wings, and enveloped in red light, he flew madly towards the teleportation array.

Han Li, who had been doing his best to control the abnormalities in his body, finally reached his limit. As the wind energy became difficult to control, he trembled and revealed his fear.

He had to admit that Punghee’s wind energy was significantly weaker because he had greatly depleted his vitality while refining the magic treasure and was affected by the potency of the green liquid.

As a small island came into view in the distance, Han Li let out a long breath.

He had covered a distance that would normally take two days in just half a day. Now, if the teleportation array was completed, he could return to the Inner Sea. There, Nascent Soul [a high level of cultivation] old monsters would be waiting for him with their eyes wide open, but it was better than being chased by Punghee, a ninth-grade demon beast of unimaginable power.

At that moment, Myohak’s voice transmission echoed in his ears.

“This old Taoist does not intend to harm Fellow Daoist Han, but only wishes to exchange a single Heaven-Mending Pill for a fair price! Is there a need to run away like this?”

His voice conveyed more benevolence than anger, revealing his intention to persuade him. However, Han Li frowned, realizing that the distance had closed enough for them to exchange voice transmissions.

Han Li, even at the cost of slowing down, turned his head to look at the white streak of light that was still far behind him. The Taoist must have mastered some strange technique, as he was sending voice transmissions to persuade him from such a great distance.

Moreover, it was as if he was using some kind of insidious mind-controlling technique, as his head became hazy, and he felt like obeying his words immediately. Fortunately, the Great Evolution Technique protected his mind in time, clearing his head, or he would have been manipulated by the opponent’s evil magic.

Sweat poured from Han Li’s entire body.

Many people looked down on mind-controlling techniques, but the magic performed by a Nascent Soul cultivator was incomparably more powerful than that of Madam Beom or Yuan Yao.

In this situation, there was no way the old Taoist’s words about not having malicious intent and wanting to trade for the Heaven-Mending Pill were sincere.

Now that the island with the teleportation array was right in front of him, he could not delay even for a moment.

Just then, another light flickered in the sky, and a sound like a swirling vortex was heard as a vaguely black dot appeared.

“…”

Han Li’s heart sank at the astonishing speed.

Although he did not recognize the opponent inside, he could sense that it was Punghee just from the shocking speed and the ferocious wind sound. Han Li gritted his teeth, and another pair of silver-white wings appeared on his back.

Now that even a demon beast cultivator had appeared, he had to reach the island as soon as possible to overcome the crisis. With Punghee’s speed, he would not be able to outrun him even if he flapped his wings until he completely exhausted the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning.

Whoosh!

With the sound of thunder, Han Li disappeared and reappeared repeatedly. Myohak, who was following behind him, was startled by the sharp wind sound.

He did not know who the person hiding inside was, but their power was immense. Moreover, as the black dot flew towards Han Li without hesitation, he became anxious, thinking that it was a competitor aiming for the Void Sky Cauldron.

Poof!

In an instant, Myohak opened his mouth and spat out blood, disregarding the damage to his vitality. The blood droplets immediately turned into a blood-colored mist that surrounded him. Light soared from his Taoist robe, which was embroidered with a white crane, and absorbed the blood color completely.

Kee-hah-hah!

Myohak immediately spun his body, and the sound of a bird’s cry came from his robe as a red crane flew up. The two eyes of the crimson crane, as if all its feathers were stained with blood, glowed with a blue light.

Myohak mounted the crane with a serious face. After gently stroking its head, the crane, with its large wings spread, closed the distance of several dozen yards in an instant. Although it could not match Han Li’s teleportation-like movements, it was much faster than before.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived above the island.

At this time, the black shadow that had approached with unbelievable speed was only about a thousand yards away from him. Han Li’s skin crawled as he identified the opponent.

In the distance, a bizarre demon beast with the upper body of a bird and the lower body of a fish was flying towards him, spreading its enormous wings. Punghee had finally revealed his true form as a wind demon beast.

It was inconvenient for a high-grade demon beast to reveal its true form and fight a human cultivator, but it was perfect for unleashing its innate physical abilities.

“…”

Horrified, Han Li immediately approached a pile of dirt and disappeared with a flash of light. The demon beast confirmed this and quickly flew the thousand-yard distance with a sharp cry. Then, with a flash of blue light, it transformed back into human form.

Coincidentally, Myohak, who had been closely following Han Li, also arrived above the island. He frowned as he saw the demon beast transform into a human.

He was chilled to the bone as he confirmed that Punghee had a human-like appearance.

‘A ninth-grade demon beast! And a bird-type demon beast with incredible speed.’

It was not always the case that conflicts arose when human cultivators and high-grade demon beasts encountered each other. However, if the difference in their strength was so significant, a bloody end was often the result.

This was because, just like the demon core of a high-grade demon beast, the golden core or Nascent Soul of a human cultivator was a coveted elixir for the other party. A ninth-grade demon beast was more powerful than even a mid-Nascent Soul human cultivator, so the old Taoist had reason to groan.

Normally, he would have turned around and fled without a second thought, but he could not bring himself to leave with the Void Sky Cauldron right in front of him. With a dark face, Myohak held a navy blue mirror and a jade hammer in his hands.

Activating his ancient treasures gave him a sense of courage.

“…”

Punghee had also noticed Myohak, but he was so enraged at Han Li that he did not have the mind to look at him. After seeing the wings on Han Li’s back just now, he realized that Han Li was surprisingly able to activate the Wind-Thunder Wings magic treasure, and his heart burned with even more anger.

Once the Wind-Thunder Wings recognized Han Li as its master, it would only be able to unleash about 70% of its original power if it killed its original owner. His hatred for Han Li was bone-deep.

“Get lost!”

Punghee coldly shouted at the old man and disappeared into the pile of dirt. Myohak, who had been floating blankly in the air for a moment, regained his senses and followed him down.

* * *

Han Li first broke through the stone gate and flew into the passage.

He reached the plaza where the teleportation array was located with lightning speed, and several male and female disciples of the Myoeum Gate were chatting.

They were dumbfounded by Han Li’s sudden appearance. He landed next to the teleportation array and shouted.

“The teleportation array? Is it completed?”

One of the women remembered that Han Li was a member of the sect leader and answered respectfully.

“Ah, Senior Lye! The installation of the teleportation array has been completed, and we were just about to test it…”

Without listening further, Han Li immediately leaped into the center of the teleportation array. Almost simultaneously, a loud explosion echoed in the plaza as Punghee’s blue light fell down.

Han Li’s face turned pale as he saw this!

Punghee’s expression was equally distorted as he saw Han Li standing in the center of the teleportation array. He had not suspected anything when Han Li had desperately hidden on the island, but he had not expected that he would have hidden a teleportation array.

Whoosh.

A handful of Han Li’s blood and a magic seal were released, and the teleportation array activated instantly. Punghee shouted in anger.

“No!”

Immediately, a lump of blue light shot out of his mouth towards the teleportation array. If he destroyed the teleportation array, Han Li would be a rat in a trap.

At the same time as the attack, the demon beast cultivator also rushed towards Han Li fiercely. However, by the time Punghee reached the teleportation array, Han Li had already disappeared.

Only Punghee, who was writhing in anger, remained in the main hall. He did not know where the teleportation array led, and without the teleportation talisman, he could not follow Han Li.

At that moment, Myohak, riding the red crane, appeared through the ceiling of the main hall. He was simply dumbfounded as he looked at the disappearing teleportation array. However, before he could grasp the situation, he met Punghee’s murderous gaze.

“No one will leave here alive!”

Having missed Han Li once again, he had already lost his reason. So, he was trying to vent his anger on Myohak, who had caught his eye.

He released all of his demon energy and turned into a blue light, rushing towards Myohak. Myohak’s expression changed drastically, and he also activated the ancient treasures he had prepared in advance to fight back.

Thus, two high-grade cultivators became entangled.

* * *

More than a month passed, and rumors spread throughout the nearby sea area that Taoist Myohak had been shockingly torn to pieces by a ninth-grade demon beast, barely escaping with only his Nascent Soul.

It was an incident that shocked everyone due to the high-grade demon beast’s brutal rampage. However, no one thought that this was just the beginning.

Several months later, the abyssal dragon clan dispatched a large number of high-grade demon beasts, killing cultivators above the Core Formation stage in the sea area. The number of high-grade cultivators who died within a few years was greater than during the demon beast flood.

Among them, two Nascent Soul old monsters were either severely injured or killed in a combined attack by the dragon clan. As a result, the cultivators in the nearby sea area did not dare to leave their residences and engage in activities.

They only resumed their activities after more than ten years.

Those who survived this turmoil clearly remembered. Every time the demon beasts found human cultivators, they would ask if they knew a Core Formation [a mid-level of cultivation] cultivator with the surname Lye, and if they could not produce someone who fit the description, they would be brutally killed.

Thus, anyone could guess that the one who had provoked the dragon clan’s large-scale attack was a Core Formation cultivator with the surname Lye.

No one could imagine what he had done to enrage the dragon clan to such an extent.

As this fact spread, the human cultivators cursed the cultivator with the surname Lye who had brought disaster upon them, and they even wished they could capture him themselves and appease the dragon clan’s anger.

However, no matter how much time passed, a Core Formation cultivator with the surname Lye did not appear.

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