Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 436

The light faded, and from the silver streak emerged a beautiful woman in white robes, one whom Han Li recognized. She surveyed the area, then, spotting Han Li and Feng Bing, her eyebrows twitched.

Quan Zhong also slowed down at the appearance of the white-robed woman, revealing himself with a dark expression. Feng Bing, realizing she had broken through the barrier, shouted,

“Fellow Daoist Bai, you’ve come at the right time! While Fellow Daoist Han rescues the others, please assist me with the fourth divine envoy of the Peony Clan!”

“The fourth divine envoy? They’ve set up such a trap; it seems we have no choice but to fight together.”

The white-robed woman coldly glared at Quan Zhong, revealing her killing intent.

“Besides that guy, there are more cultivators who broke through the Blood Net Formation! I shouldn’t have trusted the Yin Fiend Sect.”

Quan Zhong muttered with a sinister look as he stared at the white-robed woman.

“Die!”

Knowing the opponent had no intention of talking, the white-robed woman shouted and clapped her hands together, causing a large amount of cold air to form snowflakes that flew towards her opponent. The white energy was incredibly powerful.

Feng Bing also pointed her Fire Spirit Weapon, unleashing a flame attack towards Quan Zhong.

Han Li, not missing the opportunity, flapped his wings and appeared far away, flying towards another blood-colored barrier.

The moment he took out the Thunder Pearl, Yin Yue’s warning echoed in his ears.

“Be careful, Master!”

Startled, Han Li immediately threw the Thunder Pearl in his hand towards the barrier below. However, a blue flame mass fell like a meteor from somewhere, colliding with his Thunder Pearl.

*Phat!*

The Thunder Pearl was silently swallowed by the fireball, and then a small blue firebird appeared in the air. Han Li’s face hardened as he formed a hand seal, causing the Thunder Pearl to explode inside the firebird’s body.

However, the firebird only shook its body and, instead, grew larger, glaring at Han Li.

Confused by the strange situation, Han Li looked up and saw that fireballs were continuously flying from the direction of the Peony Clan’s Holy Bird, each guarding the blood-colored barriers.

Now everything was clear. The small firebird was a being that originated from flames, so it devoured the Thunder Pearl like a tonic.

After all, the raw material of the Thunder Pearl was not a lamp oil.

Not far from the Peony Clan’s Holy Bird, the evil woman was coldly staring at Han Li. Knowing that the evil woman was controlling the Holy Bird, Han Li felt a surge of anger.

The blue firebird had no intention of attacking Han Li; it was merely patrolling and guarding the barrier.

“I apologize, Master! I couldn’t be of help in the previous battle. The Heavenly Fox Beasts are so sensitive to spiritual energy that I couldn’t get close at all.”

“It’s alright. You’ve worked hard too. Take these two Thunder Pearls. If you can somehow get close to the barrier, rescue the cultivators! It’s important to save even one person as quickly as possible.”

He threw two Thunder Pearls to Yin Yue.

“I will do my best!”

Yin Yue took the Thunder Pearls with her delicate hands and, with a serious expression, used her stealth technique and disappeared. On Quan Zhong’s side, red flames and white cold air collided, making it impossible to tell who had the upper hand.

Han Li turned his head to look at the blue firebirds. Blue energy surged from his entire body, protecting him, and he launched a blue shield for double defense.

Holding the Thunder Pearl, he moved his body and appeared above a dozen blood-colored barriers. Before he could even throw the Thunder Pearl, the firebirds from all directions quickly flew towards him.

Long Han withdrew his gaze from Han Li.

He had hoped that Han Li would rescue the other cultivators and turn the tide of the battle, but seeing him surrounded by numerous firebirds launched by the Holy Bird, he didn’t have much hope.

The seven cultivators who were dealing with the Holy Bird were barely holding on with the power of their ancient treasures, but it was unknown how long they could last. They were no match for the peacock using the power of a Deity Transformation stage cultivator while they were only at the late Nascent Soul stage.

“Release the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses to extinguish the lamp oil.”

Long Han launched his last resort attack.

“Yes!”

A Harmonious Union Sect cultivator behind Long Han received the order. The group of cultivators stirred, and a black and white eerie coffin appeared.

Sixteen Harmonious Union Sect male disciples and sixteen Harmonious Union Sect female disciples appeared in a row, sitting cross-legged beside it and began chanting.

As the chanting grew louder, the talismans on the black and white coffin vibrated. It sounded as if the coffin would open at any moment.

Long Han had heard stories about the Harmonious Union Sect’s Yin-Yang Twin Corpses.

The two corpses were the Harmonious Union Sect’s elder couple, who, upon reaching the early Nascent Soul stage, suddenly betrayed the Harmonious Union Sect and began practicing the ghost path. They became living corpses and slaughtered hundreds of Harmonious Union Sect disciples before being captured by the remaining elders. Afterward, they were refined into the legendary Yin-Yang Twin Corpses using various secret techniques, losing their sanity in the process.

As Long Han watched, the 32 Harmonious Union Sect disciples chanted, but as the talismans fell off, they showed signs of unease and couldn’t take their eyes off the coffin.

*Thud! Thump!*

With two sounds, the last two talismans fell off. The Harmonious Union Sect disciples jumped back as if they had seen a ghost and scattered around, running away.

At that moment, the two coffins exploded, and a bloody stench filled the air. Black and white shadows shot out, flying in different directions.

Two of the slowest male and female disciples who were running away screamed as each shadow bit their necks and sucked their blood.

The Harmonious Union Sect disciples, who had risked their lives to run away, stopped and sighed in relief after confirming it. While the other sect disciples were terrified, an old man with disheveled hair appeared from the group.

“The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses have absorbed the blood of virgin boys and girls, so they will no longer harm others.”

He then took out two cyan copper spirit tablets with both hands and sent out light. As the gray light seeped into the two corpses, the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses shuddered, stopped sucking blood, and returned.

The cultivators who saw their appearance were horrified.

The corpses of the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses were surprisingly young men and women with beautiful appearances. However, their skin lacked color, and their blank eyes revealed that they were dead corpses.

If it weren’t for the blood still flowing from their mouths, they would have been seen as an ordinary cultivator couple.

The old man chanted, and the light beams from the copper spirit tablets disappeared into the heads of the two men and women.

“Go!”

The disheveled old man coldly commanded.

The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses rolled their eyes, and a foul odor emanated from their entire bodies before they turned into green whirlwinds and flew side by side.

The direction they were heading was towards the Peony Clan’s Holy Bird, the peacock.

The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses seemed to be slowly floating as green winds, but their actual speed was extremely fast.

The giant blue peacock was overwhelming the seven elders by spewing fireballs.

Because it could control fire-attribute spiritual energy, it could freely use the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius without consuming its own internal spiritual power. It was said that its magic power would increase rather than decrease over time.

This was the difference between the Deity Transformation stage and the stages below it.

The elders who were holding on with their ancient treasures were now in danger. At that moment, the Holy Bird sensed something and looked left and right before boosting its energy and emitting blue light in all directions.

*Chwaryeok!*

Green smoke rose from the void, and the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses appeared from within the smoke.

When their stealth was discovered, the corpses screamed and explosively swelled their bodies, turning into monsters with red hair and green skin. They flicked their ten fingers, shooting gray light pillars towards the giant bird.

The blue bird was startled but soon became enraged and spewed a pillar of fire from its mouth. At the same time, it flapped its wings, creating a firestorm that rose dozens of feet high, engulfing the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses.

The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses, using some kind of technique, emitted a strange energy from their bodies and blocked the attacks with their bare bodies.

The attacks that had been pressing down on the seven cultivators of the Taiji Sect disappeared, and they once again gathered their seven ancient treasures and unleashed their power.

Just as everyone expected the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses to cooperate with the seven cultivators to fight the giant bird, the Yin-Yang Twin Corpses broke through the firestorm and flew towards the lamp oil.

The evil woman, who was guarding the lamp oil, saw this and, without the slightest hesitation, shot a magic seal towards the lamp oil.

At the same time, the nine lamp oils blazed fiercely, releasing a huge flame.

The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses collided with them, and the nine lamp oils exploded, giving birth to nine blue birds.

The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses, flying towards the flapping birds, looked ferocious. They emitted gray corpse energy from their mouths, and their fingernails grew from their ten fingers, attacking the firebirds.

The gray light flashed, and the nine small firebirds were shattered.

Taking advantage of this moment, the giant bird in the void suddenly turned its head and released a large amount of energy. The Yin-Yang Twin Corpses were once again trapped in a sea of fire.

The seven cultivators of the Taiji Sect were worried when they saw this. At that moment, the skinny old mage muttered something to the black-clad woman beside him.

The woman nodded, seeing the exhausted expressions of the cultivators, and moved her lips.

A group of black-clad people emerged from the mage’s camp and stood in a line. They all had bulging waists, with about seven or eight pouches each.

The black-clad unit threw the pouches on their waists into the air and chanted, and soon, an eerie wind blew over the battlefield, and black clouds gathered.

Soon, black mist leaked from the pouches, and from within, soldiers wearing shining armor appeared.

The cultivators who were fighting were shocked by the amazing sight, and their faces darkened. Long Han also frowned and sighed.

When the mist cleared and the army walked out, they were ghouls with ferocious eyes and fangs.

They were all at the Foundation Establishment stage or higher, and the three ghoul kings at the front showed cultivation at the Core Formation stage or higher.

“Where did they get so many corpse puppets! Aren’t there thousands of them!”

A cultivator behind Long Han exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s nothing. The Peony Clan is cooperating with the Jin Kingdom’s demonic sects, so it’s not strange that ghouls appear. However, if they had appeared at the beginning of the war, it wouldn’t have been a big deal, but everyone is exhausted, so if we fight now, we will lose.”

Long Han coldly analyzed the current situation. The others also looked at each other and couldn’t help but smile bitterly after hearing his words.

At this rate, it would be a defeat for Tiannan.

It was unknown what the six late Nascent Soul stage cultivators were doing, but the continuous roars from high in the sky indicated that a fierce battle was taking place. Unless one side overwhelmed the other, no one could help their own camp.

Just as Long Han was about to step forward, a beast’s roar was heard from afar.

Silver light spread greatly from somewhere on the battlefield, catching everyone’s attention. From within, a giant monkey, about twenty feet tall, revealed its jet-black body. Its fur was as sharp as arrows, its eyes were blazing, and it had a large nose. It was a giant monkey that no one had ever seen before.

The giant monkey turned its head, looked at the corpse puppets in the black mist, and beat its chest while roaring. The giant monkey kicked off the ground with its limbs and shot towards the corpse puppet army near the sky.

The corpse puppets, without receiving separate orders, each rose into the sky and simultaneously emitted black energy from their hands.

Although their cultivation was not high, if the energy of so many ghouls were to strike at once, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would have no choice but to avoid it.

However, the giant monkey was not afraid at all and flared its large nose.

Soon, a thick yellow light pillar was emitted from its nose, and it instantly wrapped around the black ghoul energy, which was then sucked into the giant monkey’s mouth without any resistance.

The low-intelligence ghouls were stunned by the sight.

Taking advantage of the gap, the giant monkey continued to exhale, spreading yellow mist and sucking in all the black energy emitted by the corpse puppets.

The ghouls who lost their energy stiffened and fell, turning into smoke and disappearing in the void. Then, the giant monkey, which had swept away hundreds of ghouls, licked its lips greedily and scanned them.

Ordinary ghouls did not feel fear, but the Core Formation stage ghouls showed clear signs of agitation.