Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 596

The fingernail-sized bead shattered as soon as it was repelled by the yellow light. The phantom of the white-robed scholar, who had been protected by everyone, also vanished, a red dot appearing between its eyebrows before it dissipated.

“Hmm?”

“What is this!”

The black-clad woman and the large-headed grotesque man shouted simultaneously.

“The Moon Reflection Ring? No, it’s a replica of the Moon Reflection Ring!” the black-clad woman muttered, surprised.

“Why are you doing this, Saintess!” The grotesque man’s face darkened.

“Why? I’m just showing the Yeop cultivators, who doubted my abilities, the power of the Saintess. Is there a problem?” the black-clad woman replied nonchalantly.

The large-headed grotesque man looked displeased but kept his mouth shut, not arguing further. He just glanced at the disappearing phantom of the white-robed scholar with a puzzled look.

At that moment, the corpses of the dead Yeop clan cultivators exploded, and two nascent souls [a soul in its early stage of cultivation] flew out, heading towards the angular-faced cultivator.

The angular-faced cultivator, with a grim expression, retrieved the bone ring and quickly put the two nascent souls into his sleeve. He then hurriedly activated the bone ring, seemingly wary that the black-clad woman might take this opportunity to deal with him as well.

However, whether she truly only intended to show her abilities to the large-headed grotesque man, the black-clad woman didn’t care whether the angular-faced cultivator protected the nascent souls or not.

“If the Yeop cultivator brings me the Eight Spirit Ruler, I will infuse it with demonic energy after we leave this place. Then you’ll see how much your lifespan can be extended, right? Besides, you won’t need to step up when I face Yo-bi. Surely, you can manage this much, can’t you?” The black-clad woman’s beautiful face turned cold, and a bloodthirsty glint suddenly appeared in her eyes.

The large-headed grotesque man listened to her words, pondered for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth, preparing to fly towards the Eight Spirit Ruler.

The moment his body twitched towards the Eight Spirit Ruler, a snort was heard from inside the palace, and the space above the large-headed grotesque man’s head warped. Then, a giant hand, spanning over a dozen feet, appeared and punched the grotesque man.

The large-headed grotesque man was terrified by the giant hand’s immense spiritual energy, but the black-clad woman smiled and waved her hand.

*Bang!*

The giant fist was deflected by something and scattered into light. The grotesque man, having made up his mind, used a 遁術 [dùn shù – a technique to escape] to transform into a yellow beam of light and flew away.

However, when he had flown about ten feet, a strange light flashed in the void, and a bizarre, dark red blade flew towards the grotesque man.

“Black Blood Blade!” The large-headed grotesque man shouted in alarm and immediately opened his mouth, spitting out a yellow sword. The small sword instantly transformed into a long sword, a dozen feet long, creating layers of phantoms to protect him.

At the same time, the grotesque man flipped one hand, holding a pure white bottle, and tilted it. White energy flowed out of the bottle and flew towards the incoming blade.

However, the dark red energy instantly pierced through the white energy and transformed into a giant blade, attempting to slice the large-headed grotesque man’s head.

The panicked large-headed grotesque man formed a hand seal, using the yellow giant sword to block it, and then shook his sleeve, releasing a silver light that transformed into a harpoon. The dark red blade paused momentarily at the protective barrier formed by the sword shadows, but then it buzzed and shattered them without hesitation, colliding with the main body of the yellow giant sword.

The yellow giant sword also trembled, emitting a light of spiritual energy, but surprisingly, it immediately cracked. The grotesque man’s face turned pale, and he spat out dark red blood.

Fortunately, the silver light from the harpoon he had sent out had slightly weakened the opponent’s power. However, neither the yellow giant sword nor the silver harpoon would be able to withstand the dark red blade for long.

The grotesque man immediately jumped to the side to dodge. The black-clad woman, who had been watching from afar, hardened her face and flicked her finger towards the sky above the palace.

Then, someone snorted and appeared. It was the Yeop clan’s Great Elder, the white-robed scholar, who had been missing since earlier.

His face was expressionless, but there was a thin hole where his heart should have been. However, strangely, it didn’t seem to affect his life at all.

When the white-robed scholar was forced to reveal himself, the dark red blade seemed to be affected, and its energy greatly diminished. The large-headed grotesque man’s giant sword and silver harpoon managed to block the blade’s attack.

“Uncle, where are you going? The Black Blood Blade is a treasure of the Yeop clan and a magical artifact for punishing traitors! You have already colluded with Goma Saintess and betrayed the Yeop clan, so don’t think I’m being too harsh. The Eight Spirit Ruler must belong to the Yeop clan. How dare you try to offer such a treasure to Goma? Atone for your sins by giving up your life here.” The white-robed scholar spoke grimly to the grotesque man, not even caring about the wound in his chest. The large-headed grotesque man’s face became complicated upon hearing those words, but he eventually sneered. He had no intention of making excuses.

The scholar’s expression turned ferocious when the large-headed grotesque man nonchalantly ignored his words.

The black-clad woman was slightly puzzled that she couldn’t kill the scholar in one go, and then she narrowed her eyes and clenched her fist in the air. However, the gesture didn’t seem rushed or angry at all.

*Chwarrrrk!*

Five sharp beams of light, each half a foot long, shot out from her hand and arrived in front of the scholar. It was as if they had teleported.

The white-robed scholar clearly saw them, but strangely, he didn’t even think of dodging. He simply opened his mouth, released a disc-shaped red magical artifact, and hid within the red energy that emanated from it.

However, the five sharp beams of light didn’t even touch the magical artifact. A giant white hand appeared in front of the scholar and crushed them like lightning.

The black-clad woman’s face became serious. At that moment, Long Meng’s laughter echoed from inside the palace.

“Yuan Sha! If you tried to get treasures by using other cultivators, didn’t you think that I could also ally with human cultivators? You didn’t think you could break the Eight Spirit Ruler’s restriction so easily, did you?

I’ll see how much power you can exert with the treasure of the Fire Seed, which has defeated countless demonic arts in the human realm, after being trapped for so long. Even if you manage to break the Eight Spirit Ruler, I will be waiting for you at the end. I wonder how much demonic energy you’ll have left to break the seal then.” Long Meng’s voice echoed from inside the palace.

The black-clad woman narrowed her eyes at those words but replied calmly.

“No matter how much demonic energy I have left, it will be enough to deal with a remnant soul without a body. Besides, with so many spiritual pills and elixirs gathered here, do I need to worry about lacking demonic energy?”

“Spiritual pills and elixirs? Could it be that old demon…” Long Meng hesitated, her expression changing. However, before she could finish her sentence, the black-clad woman gestured towards the black wind banner in the air.

Then, a green magic seal shot out and was absorbed by the Heaven Piercing Treasure, and the black flag that had been quietly floating in the air disappeared. In an instant, the flag was in front of the angular-faced cultivator, and a loud explosion was heard immediately.

Black light spread in all directions, and a black wind pillar shot into the sky, engulfing the angular-faced cultivator who had no time to prepare.

Within the wind pillar, a chilling wind sound echoed, and countless wind blades spun fiercely, ready to tear apart everything inside.

The angular-faced cultivator hurriedly poured all his spiritual power into the bone ring. The bone ring created phantoms again, forming a blinding yellow protective barrier.

However, there were too many black wind blades, and they seemed to possess a special divine power, exploding on their own the moment they touched the barrier!

In an instant, countless cuts appeared on the surface of the barrier, and no matter how sturdy the yellow barrier was, it was only a matter of time before it shattered under the bizarre attacks.

Eventually, the wind pillar shattered the yellow barrier, and cracks began to appear on the bone ring as well.

The angular-faced cultivator, his blood drained, gritted his teeth and spat out a blue flying sword from his mouth. He merged with the sword, leaving the already crumbling Michen Tak behind, and transformed into a blue beam of light, shooting away.

He was making a last-ditch effort, as his path to survival was blocked.

“No!” The white-robed scholar shouted hurriedly upon seeing this, but it was already too late. The blue beam of light was brutally torn apart before it could even escape the black wind pillar, letting out a miserable scream.

From the tattered corpse, a pitiful sound was heard, and a small nascent soul, imbued with a strange tri-colored light, appeared and began to flee. In addition, the other two nascent souls that the angular-faced cultivator had been protecting also tried to escape for their lives.

However, with wind blades everywhere, there was no way to escape. Just as the nascent souls were about to be cut down, a light flashed within the black wind pillar, and it collapsed.

Startled, the three nascent souls quickly tried to flee, but the black-clad woman sneered and gestured. Then, the nascent souls felt the surrounding air congeal, and they became completely unable to move.

The black light within the wind pillar enveloped the nascent souls, instantly creating three black balls. Then, the black-clad woman formed a hand seal and chanted a strange incantation. The black light flashed, and the black balls disappeared from their spot in an instant.

And the next moment, a bright light spread out in front of the black-clad woman, and the three vanished balls reappeared. Saintess Yuan Sha had used her divine power to teleport them right in front of her.

“What are you doing! Stop right now, you demon!” The white-robed scholar was horrified. He pointed the Black Blood Blade in the air, and the blade emitted light, trying to fly to save the nascent souls of the Yeop clan cultivators.

“It’s already too late,” Long Meng stopped him with a calm voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, a bloodthirsty glint flashed in the black-clad woman’s eyes, and a blood-red energy extended from her red lips, enveloping the black balls containing the nascent souls.

The nascent souls, with terrified expressions, shrank within the blood-red energy, becoming fingernail-sized before disappearing into the black-clad woman’s mouth.

The black-clad woman finished these complex actions in one breath, as if she was used to it. The white-robed scholar’s face turned pale.

Sensing his consciousness, the Black Blood Blade emitted a light of spiritual energy and trembled, but after a moment, it seemed to suppress its anger, and the treasure regained its composure.

“Senior Long Meng, what is going on? You could have clearly saved them, but why did you abandon our Yeop clan cultivators? Could it be that your offer to ally with us was all lies!” The scholar was furious.

“Why should I save them? They were just mid-stage nascent soul cultivators. My spiritual power is limited, and I can’t waste it saving others. Besides, you seem to be mistaken. I have allied with you, not the Yeop clan,” Long Meng’s voice sounded coldly from inside the palace.

“Even so, what will you do if she recovers her energy by swallowing the nascent souls?”

“What do you know? She might be able to temporarily increase the power of her demonic arts by swallowing nascent souls! But in exchange for raising her demonic energy in a short time, she will consume more demonic energy in the long run to refine the nascent souls. It seems she doesn’t mind wasting demonic energy to use the powerful divine power of the Silver Moon Wolf clan’s body. Am I right, Yuan Sha?”

“That’s right! Well, you know better than I do how powerful this body is, so I had no intention of hiding it. Originally, I intended to break the Eight Spirit Ruler’s restriction using only the Black Wind Banner, to save my magical power, but it seemed like it would take too long. I don’t know what might happen if I waste time, so I plan to kill you by borrowing the power of this body, which was a late-stage Transformation God cultivator, even if it means consuming a lot of demonic energy.” The black-clad woman revealed her plan without hesitation.

After that, she sighed softly, formed a hand seal, and drew up the silver energy from her entire body. The light was so intense that it was difficult to look directly at it, as if the sun had appeared.

From within the silver light, a wolf’s roar that seemed to pierce the sky erupted, and the powerful pressure of spiritual energy suppressed the surroundings. The space itself vibrated under the intense pressure of spiritual energy, and the ground began to shake violently, causing cracks to form.

The silver light contracted and expanded, growing dozens of times larger, and eventually transformed into a giant silver wolf.

One of the two wolf heads was black, and the other was silver. The silver wolf had its eyes closed, as if asleep, while the black one bared its teeth, showing a sinister gaze.

The giant wolf’s claws were like blades, and its head was as large as a pavilion. Both the white-robed scholar and the large-headed grotesque man were terrified, unable to blink as they stared at the wolf demon’s body.
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