Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 476

The demonic soul’s eyes flashed with a silvery-white light, showing no anger at those words. His gaze, sweeping over the sword lights in front of Han Li, the purple flames, and the Blood Demon Sword, was chillingly cold.

Han Li also watched his opponent with a cold gaze, spreading the Wind Thunder Wings behind him and rapidly circulating the magical power within his body.

At that moment, a huge explosion resounded, causing both Han Li and the demonic soul to turn their gazes.

Various colored lights were piercing through the black barrier. When the dazzling black light faded, the forms of a ring, a sword, and a banner appeared, each emitting a dim black light.

This was the work of the silver-haired old man and the other two cultivators while the demonic soul was occupied with Han Li. Although they were only early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators [a stage of cultivation in this world], they were experienced enough to break the restrictions on the treasures in a short time.

They had also been watching the demonic soul’s immense movements, so instead of joining Han Li, they planned to assist him from a distance using the treasures.

Although Han Li was currently facing the demon, if he were to fall, they would also be finished. Han Li was very pleased to see them showing signs of lending their strength.

The demonic soul glanced back and forth between the incoming treasures and Han Li, then let out a sinister laugh with his demon head.

The demonic soul disappeared, leaving behind an afterimage. Han Li immediately used his Spirit Eye to track him.

“Be careful!”

Han Li shouted, immediately using his consciousness to control the turtle puppets. The turtle puppets stretched their necks and unexpectedly shot out blue light pillars towards the silver-haired old man’s surroundings.

The experienced old men realized that the demonic soul was targeting them upon hearing Han Li’s warning.

Seeing that Han Li had prepared various methods, the demonic soul decided to find an opponent he could finish quickly. He changed his plan to eliminate the troublesome cultivators first and then deal with Han Li alone.

Over a dozen light pillars exploded around the three Nascent Soul old men, emitting a chilling aura.

A black light flashed, and the demonic soul appeared, only a dozen or so feet away from them.

They knew the demonic soul was fast, but they were shocked that he was this fast. Fortunately, they were used to fighting together. One of them took out a large number of talismans, another released a red fox from his bosom, and as Celestial True Man formed a hand seal, two puppets disappeared.

As soon as the talismans left the protective barrier, they emitted a large amount of flames, and the bright red fox jumped into them and vanished. It was a rare spirit beast skilled in fire-attribute escape techniques.

The demonic soul rubbed his four hands together, seeing the two puppets with extraordinary auras rushing at him. A sharp, ear-piercing sound erupted between his palms.

Swish! Swish!

Black lights shot out sharply from between the demonic soul’s palms. He grabbed the black lights with his four hands and broke them, ending up with a jet-black blade in each hand.

The blades were about two feet long and slightly curved, resembling the horns of an ox. Strangely, each time the blades trembled, the surrounding space distorted.

Unknown to anyone, each time the jet-black blades appeared, the back of the demonic soul’s head contorted in pain.

Unlike the pale white human head, the demon head in front became even more ferocious, lunging at one of the puppets.

The puppet, fearless, opened its mouth without hesitation and released a sinister aura, simultaneously spreading its two arms and sending ten strands of cool, blue threads into the sinister aura.

The other bright red puppet also released a sinister aura from its mouth and emitted a bright red light from its hands.

At this time, the approaching cloud of red flames was also about to engulf the demonic soul. The demonic soul, who had intended to launch a surprise attack, found himself in the middle of the three old men’s offensive.

However, the demonic soul expressionlessly swung his four blades, and crescent-shaped lights shot out, forming a huge cross in the middle, slicing through the puppets.

Suddenly, the demonic soul’s figure stopped. In that gap, flames engulfed him from the void, and from within, five sharp claws like swords flew towards his head.

The blue threads and red rays intertwined, targeting the demonic soul’s body.

The demonic soul moved his four arms, causing the jet-black blades to become blurry, transforming into layers of light waves before merging into a mass of jet-black light. The blue threads touched the mass of light and were sucked into it.

Bang!

The blue threads exploded and shattered into pieces. Seeing this, the giant claws rushing from within the flames hesitated.

It was too late to retract the claws. The crescent-shaped black light passed by, and the giant claws fell, scattering blood and flesh.

A miserable scream echoed from within the cloud of flames.

The demonic soul extended his long, purple tongue and licked the fox demon’s blood that had splattered on his face. Pleased with the taste, he was inside the cloud of fire the next moment.

The cloud of fire shook, and the remaining legs of the fox demon also fell, spraying blood.

The three old men inside the barrier were speechless as the fox demon was attacked in an instant. Especially the old man with the unfamiliar face, as the owner of the fox demon, felt even more heartbroken.

The demonic soul grinned and disappeared again.

Even within the gray, sinister aura, black lights flickered, and sounds of ‘Clang!’ and ‘Bang!’ echoed.

Celestial True Man’s face turned pale, and he immediately waved his sleeves. A gust of wind blew, dispersing the sinister aura, revealing only the shattered remains of the puppets. The demonic soul was long gone.

Celestial True Man and the two cultivators had no time to feel bitter as they focused on watching their surroundings and taking out new treasures from their storage pouches.

At that moment, a jet-black mountain peak, tens of feet high, appeared from somewhere and fiercely struck the void. Han Li, seeing their peril, had sent the Heavenfall Peak ancient treasure to help. As a result, before the peak could completely strike down, a black light flashed, and the demonic soul with a cold face appeared.

He raised his four arms into the air, and the four jet-black blades merged into one, transforming into a huge blade a foot long. A thunderous sound erupted from the blade, and the demonic soul, holding it, ruthlessly cleaved the lower part of the black mountain.

Clang!

Surprisingly, the lower part of the mountain peak was split in two.

The split part fell, and the demonic soul, without delay, once again held up the huge blade and stared at the three cultivators and the six or so layers of protective barriers surrounding them.

Seeing the blade flying towards them, the three old men’s faces turned pale. They exchanged glances and immediately transformed into three streaks of light, fleeing in different directions.

The silver-haired old man headed towards Han Li, while Celestial True Man and the other old man headed towards Wu Weiai.

From afar, Han Li felt an ominous premonition.

The three cultivators scattering and fleeing was not a good choice given the demonic soul’s immense speed. Moreover, he was on the verge of completing the Great Stellar Sword Formation, making it difficult for him to move and help directly.

Han Li rapidly formed hand seals in all directions and used his consciousness to control over a dozen turtles. He could only hope that the ice spikes extending from their shells would protect the silver-haired old man and the other cultivators from the demonic soul’s attacks.

The jet-black blade sliced through the protective barriers like tofu, and the six or so layers of barriers exploded and scattered into light.

The demonic soul sneered as he watched the three old men scatter in different directions. At that moment, over a thousand ice spikes rained down, engulfing him.

The demonic soul moved his two hands, dividing the jet-black blade in two. The black light became thin and long, surprisingly transforming into two jet-black spears in an instant.

He sent one spear towards the old man and the other towards the silver-haired old man, while he leaped into the void, chasing after Celestial True Man.

Swoosh!

The two spears disappeared mid-flight, and the demonic soul’s figure also flickered, appearing twenty feet away, instantly escaping the range of the ice spikes’ attack.

The Nascent Soul old man, who was fleeing with all his might, instinctively threw what he was holding upon hearing a sharp sound from behind.

An octagonal silver spirit tablet transformed into a silver protective barrier, enveloping him. Only then did the old man feel a little relieved and look back.

However, for some reason, a black light flashed, and a jet-black spear suddenly appeared, piercing through the protective barrier. The black light and silver light clashed, and the barrier was pierced like paper.

The spear then pierced the old man’s abdomen and exploded.

The old man died on the spot without even screaming, and his Nascent Soul [the core of a cultivator’s power], surrounded by a silver protective barrier, appeared with a bewildered expression. He was shocked to have lost his physical body so absurdly.

However, as the Nascent Soul hesitated, the energy of the black spear gathered again, transforming into a jet-black net. Only then did the Nascent Soul, trapped in the net, form a hand seal, attempting to teleport, but the jet-black net immediately contracted, enveloping the Nascent Soul.

On the other side, the jet-black spear chasing the silver-haired old man also appeared behind Old Man Jeong. The silver-haired old man had not yet recovered from his previous injury, leaving him no way to defend.

Just as he was about to escape with his Nascent Soul to save his life, a sound of air being torn apart was heard, and something flew towards him. He hurriedly checked and saw a bright red sword energy colliding with the jet-black spear.

A bloody stench filled the air as the black light and blood-red light fought each other, and an explosion erupted. The silver-haired old man hurriedly returned to Han Li’s side, and Han Li, with a pale face, lowered the blood-red sword he was holding.

He forced a smile towards the old man. Of course, Senior Brother Jeong was extremely grateful.

However, Celestial True Man was not so lucky. He had only run a short distance when he saw the old man’s Nascent Soul being captured, and his face turned deathly pale.

At that moment, a shadow with two heads and four arms appeared before his eyes.

Celestial True Man was startled and stopped, immediately opening his mouth and releasing a crystal-like sword. The sword instantly transformed into dozens of fine white sword energies, sharply slicing through the opponent.

The demonic soul silently flickered and disappeared from that spot, and the sword energies sliced through the void.

Celestial True Man was about to flee when he sensed a huge fog outside the barrier. His magical power instantly went out of control and scattered, making it impossible for him to move.

“No!”

Just as Celestial True Man cried out in alarm, the sound of the barrier being torn apart was heard.

Jet-black claws flew in and pierced through his abdomen in one go, instantly capturing the Nascent Soul located in the center of his dantian [an energy center in the body].

Celestial True Man’s body collapsed, but suddenly, the five fingers that were gripping the Nascent Soul loosened. The Nascent Soul was overjoyed and, without questioning the reason, instantly teleported over ten feet away.

However, before he could teleport again, the demonic soul sneered and extended his purple tongue, wrapping around the Nascent Soul and dragging it into the demon head’s mouth.

The demonic soul chewed and swallowed the Nascent Soul a few times, his face turning satisfied.

He then flew towards the Nascent Soul that had been formed into a bead and swallowed it as well.

After eating two Nascent Souls, the demonic power within his body increased considerably. He slowly turned his body and looked at the only two who had escaped, the silver-haired old man and Han Li.

From afar, the silver-haired old man’s face was a sight to behold as he watched Celestial True Man and his companion being devoured by the demonic soul.

If Han Li hadn’t helped, he would have suffered the same fate. It was unbelievable that Nascent Soul cultivators, revered by so many, were being devoured so helplessly.

The silver-haired old man glanced at Han Li. He noticed that Han Li’s expression was dark, but his eyes were steady.

Seeing the demonic soul turning towards Han Li, he immediately raised his hand and prepared a jade talisman. Then, a jet-black light flashed, and a jet-black aura like a demon’s hand flew towards the demonic soul.

At the same time, Han Li flicked his sleeve, and dozens of blue flying swords soared into the air, crying out. They merged into one, transforming into a giant sword as a blue light spread.

Han Li formed a hand seal and pointed at the demonic soul, and the giant sword immediately flew, attempting to cleave the demonic soul’s head.

The demonic soul chuckled and brushed his two hands together, once again taking out a jet-black blade. He used it to face the falling giant blue sword.

However, he didn’t pay much attention to the approaching giant demon hand. He simply created black demonic tendrils that wrapped around the demon hand.

The demon hand tried to break free, but it was impossible. And then, the jet-black blade and the giant sword met, and an astonishing explosion erupted.