Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 314

Han Li’s face darkened as he tried to manipulate the giant sword while forming hand seals, but the phantom remained unmoved despite the magical treasure’s desperate resistance. Then, red light emanated from the phantom’s hands, and flames surged, threatening to melt the sword.

Only then did Wen Quan raise his head and laugh wildly.

“Hahahaha! Do you think you can retrieve a magical treasure already in the hands of a True Demon!”

With a gesture, the remaining five phantoms vanished and suddenly reappeared in front of Han Li’s protective barrier.

Wen Quan, with a triumphant look as if victory was assured, prepared to annihilate Han Li. He believed that even an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could not escape if the six phantoms of the Six Extremes True Demon attacked in unison.

After all, how could the Six Extremes True Demon Art have earned its reputation as the number one demonic art in the Chaotic Star Sea?

At that moment, golden lightning bolts as thick as bowls shot out from Han Li’s hands, striking the two foremost phantoms.

KWA-KWANG!

Wen Quan stared in disbelief. The two phantoms grimaced in pain at the sound of the lightning, flickered with a gray light, and vanished.

“Huh?”

Wen Quan, momentarily dumbfounded, widened his eyes.

KWA-KWA-KWANG!

PAT!

Once again, the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning erupted, destroying two more phantoms. This time, Wen Quan snapped back to his senses and, in a desperate motion, reached out to recall the last remaining gray phantom.

The six True Demon phantoms were formed by gathering surrounding spiritual energy, but each one still contained a portion of his spiritual power. Therefore, each time one disappeared, his cultivation regressed. He could recover through training, but the immediate battle was the problem.

However, before the silver light could reach Han Li, a thunderous sound echoed above Wen Quan’s head.

Startled, he hurriedly looked up and saw that the phantom holding the giant sword was also disappearing, emitting blue smoke. The freed blue sword began to descend vertically, and without a moment’s thought, he turned into a red light and vanished.

As the two giant swords crossed and sliced through the air, a pale-faced Wen Quan appeared dozens of feet away. Flames with a blue hue had already sprung up on his feet.

However, Han Li was not in a position to move the giant sword to pursue his opponent. The silver light that Wen Quan had shot out was transforming into a giant bell, enveloping him.

Looking up at the giant bell, Han Li summoned the Basket Artifact, and a white light shot up above his head.

DING!

The giant bell began to ring. The sound was not loud, but Han Li, who was directly underneath it, felt his head reverberate, almost losing his balance. It was the kind of sonic attack he hated the most.

Annoyed, he had no choice but to pour more spiritual power into the Basket Artifact. The basket emitted a white light, enveloping the silver bell and beginning to pull it in.

However, the silver bell was not to be trifled with. It emitted a dazzling light and released the same ringing sound as before, but since it was enveloped by the white light of the basket, it only gave a slightly unpleasant sensation.

Only then did Han Li leave the two artifacts, which were engaged in a tug-of-war above his head, and turn to face his opponent.

Wen Quan, who had already regained his composure, recalled the golden lightning that had just destroyed the True Demon’s incarnations and realized something.

“Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning. You possess a magical treasure made from Golden Thunder Bamboo!”

He had never heard of lightning with such power, except for the legendary Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning, the nemesis of demonic arts and sorcery. It was shocking news that someone had appeared who was carrying a magical treasure refined from the Golden Thunder Bamboo, which had once caused a bloodbath in the Chaotic Star Sea before disappearing.

When the name Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning came from his opponent’s mouth, Han Li’s expression changed slightly, but he merely responded with a sneer.

Realizing that his guess was correct from that reaction, Wen Quan’s face turned pale. As a successor of the Demonic Path, his understanding and fear of the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning were extraordinary.

Moreover, having witnessed the destruction of the Six Extremes True Demon Art before his eyes, he had confirmed the stories about the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning once again. Now, a hint of unease lingered on his face.

At that moment, a determined aura appeared on Wen Quan’s face as he looked at Han Li.

‘No matter the cost, I can’t let that guy live. A magical treasure refined from Golden Thunder Bamboo must be in my hands for me to live in peace.’

The girl, who had been watching Han Li and Wen Quan from afar, couldn’t close her gaping mouth. She had already seen through Han Li’s identity when the Gold Devouring Beetles appeared.

It had only been a few decades since they last met, and she was greatly surprised that he had reached the late stage of Core Formation from the initial stage. However, she was trying to quell her doubts by recalling the rumor that he had run away with the Void Sky Cauldron.

At the beginning of their fight, she had not had high expectations for Han Li. She thought he would just hold out for a while and then run away. But when he gained the upper hand and eventually unleashed the golden lightning, she was so shocked that her mind went blank.

Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning!

She had recognized the identity of the golden lightning long before Wen Quan had spoken the words.

She was the one who had personally given Han Li the base of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, which was only a thousand years old. However, she had not imagined that it would grow into a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo in just a few decades. She could only speculate that Han Li had obtained it through another route.

The beautiful girl was none other than Fairy Zi Ling, who had bid farewell to him for the last time in the Void Sky Hall. She sensed that this battle would last longer than she had expected.

At this moment, Wen Quan, noticing that his silver bell was about to be sucked into Han Li’s Basket Artifact, began to prepare his final strike.

A golden light began to form between his eyebrows, and a delicate little horn emerged. The entire golden horn was densely engraved with profound symbols and ancient characters, and it was filled with pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth, rather than demonic energy.

Han Li narrowed his eyes at the appearance of the eerie horn. He reached out towards the blue giant sword that was still floating in the air and sent out a hand seal.

Following his command, the blue giant sword returned to being twenty-four flying swords. Then, using the Sword Shadow Light Splitting Technique, he summoned three more sword energies and returned to Han Li’s side. The ninety-six flying swords circled around him, forming another protective barrier.

Wen Quan calmly shouted,

“I was too arrogant to claim that there was no match for me among Core Formation cultivators, except for Nascent Soul old monsters. But seeing you today is a stroke of luck for me. If I had met you after you reached the Nascent Soul stage, how difficult would it have been to kill you!”

After the golden horn sprouted on his forehead, he seemed to have regained his confidence, and his previous bewilderment had already disappeared.

Han Li showed no reaction and spread his consciousness to scan his opponent’s body. There was no particular increase in cultivation or any strange energy.

However, this only made Han Li more vigilant. It was unlikely that his opponent was making idle talk in this situation, so the golden horn must have some mysterious function.

Before Han Li could organize his thoughts, eight golden flames were ejected from his opponent’s sleeve. The golden flames, though only the size of fists, emitted an enormous light and circled around Wen Quan.

At the appearance of another means, Han Li sighed inwardly.

He did not have few treasures, but his opponent was the young master of the Inverse Star Sea and the successor of the number one demonic cultivator, who must have left behind countless secret arts and treasures.

If they continued to compare treasures one by one like this, he might end up being killed.

Unbeknownst to Han Li, the same thought was running through Wen Quan’s mind. He was extremely perplexed by Han Li’s constant display of great techniques and treasures, so he decided to deliver a fatal blow that would end his opponent’s life.

The golden flames subsided, revealing eight ancient mirrors made of pure gold. One side was smooth and polished, while the other side was rough and uneven.

As Han Li’s eyes lit up, thinking that he had heard of such a shape somewhere, the girl’s startled voice echoed in his ears.

“Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors!”

‘Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors?’

Han Li, who had been watching the girl with her cherry-like lips covered and her gaze fixed on the mirrors, finally remembered the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors, and his heart sank.

Wen Quan also looked at Fairy Zi Ling with a meaningful gaze before turning coldly towards Han Li.

“Since my companion has revealed its identity, you must know something about it as well. Don’t feel wronged and die peacefully!”

The horn between his eyebrows emitted a golden light that touched the mirrors, and the golden light grew thicker as it passed through each of the eight mirrors.

Han Li watched his opponent’s actions without blinking. He held the wolf-head jade pendant tightly in his hand, and a silver light spread behind his back, revealing silver-white wings.

‘How can he have the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors?’

A wry smile involuntarily appeared on his face. The first thought that came to his mind when he heard the name of the opponent’s ultimate move was that he had to run away.

Unless he was out of his mind, there was no reason to confront a treasure that was only known from legends.

The Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors were the ultimate magical treasure that had killed the first Palace Master of the Star Palace, and the cultivator who used it had made a name for himself in the Chaotic Star Sea for hundreds of years. At that time, that cultivator was powerful enough to fight against the entire Star Palace forces alone, and he was the undisputed number one in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Of course, the main reason for his extraordinary reputation was his high cultivation, known as the Heavenly Scripture Hermit, but his natal magical treasure, the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirrors, was the number one offensive magical treasure in the Chaotic Star Sea at that time.

The number of cultivators who had lost their lives because of this mirror treasure was countless, and even five or six Nascent Soul cultivators had fallen victim to it, so it was clear that it possessed terrifying power.

Fortunately, the eight mirrors that Wen Quan possessed were unlikely to be the magical treasure that the Heavenly Scripture Hermit had possessed, and it was much more likely that they were merely replicas.

With Wen Quan’s cultivation, if he possessed such a powerful magical treasure, his body would explode the moment he tried to infuse it with his energy.

If the real thing had appeared, Han Li would have turned around and fled without looking back. Even if it was a replica, he had no intention of experiencing it firsthand. He had prepared the Wind Lightning Wings to escape immediately if things went wrong.

He was not flustered, although he was tense, because he believed in the lightning-fast speed of the Wind Lightning Wings.

At this moment, after the golden light was reflected off the last mirror, it formed a sphere the size of a person’s head and was shining above Wen Quan’s head.

Wen Quan calmly pointed at it, and the golden sphere entered his hand. He briefly glanced at the wings behind Han Li with a puzzled expression but soon ignored them.

Fairy Zi Ling, who had retreated, was sweating profusely as she looked back and forth between Wen Quan’s golden horn and Han Li’s silver wings.

The divine might they displayed each time they clashed made her feel like she was witnessing a new world. She was certain that she would be dead if she faced any of their attacks.

In the tense atmosphere, the girl watched them, forgetting to even breathe.

Finally, Wen Quan began to move.

He crushed the golden sphere with both hands, and countless golden fragments flew up and were absorbed back into the small mirrors with strange movements.

At the same time, the golden mirrors trembled and released pillars of light as thick as bowls.

The golden pillars of light arrived in front of Han Li as soon as they appeared, revealing their astonishing speed.

PAK!

The defensive barrier of flying swords created by the Sword Shadow Light Splitting Technique, which was protecting Han Li from the outermost layer, disappeared as soon as it touched the pillars of light. Even the main bodies of the Azure Bamboo Cloud Swords were repelled without any resistance.

The Five Elements Rings still seemed to block it for a moment while flashing light, but they soon shattered before Han Li’s eyes.

Han Li was surprised, but he also felt a pang of regret. Although the Five Elements Rings were not enough to deal with cultivators with high cultivation, they were often used to easily subdue opponents because there was nothing better for that purpose.
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