Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 606

The young man surnamed Seo was engulfed in flames within the demonic beast’s claw, barely holding on thanks to the five-colored protective barrier.

When the Great Demon’s purple eyes flashed menacingly, the five claws of the demonic beast closed in, causing the five-colored barrier to distort and shatter with a crack.

“No!”

Despite the young man’s desperate cry, the Spirit Peacock was immediately exposed to the demonic beast’s claws.

Thud!

Seizing the opportunity, the young man surnamed Seo’s Nascent Soul [a nascent soul is a spiritual core formed in the body of a cultivator] burst out and appeared twenty feet away in an instant. However, as if anticipating this, the Great Demon’s form had already flicked its finger towards that spot.

In the end, the Nascent Soul exploded without even a scream.

Now, even the Mystic Purity Child and the Seven Mysteries True Man were filled with dismay.

The Great Demon’s form was so powerful that they couldn’t withstand even a single blow. At this rate, all the cultivators gathered here would be annihilated in an instant.

Han Li’s face had also turned pale, but his eyes remained calm.

“What are you thinking? If you don’t release Linglong soon, it will be too late! Even if it’s the Great Demon, Linglong should be able to hold it off for a while. We two won’t just disappear like this; we’ll automatically separate after some time, so don’t worry!”

The woman’s telepathic message became more urgent, urging him to release Yin Yue. However, Han Li remained silent with a dark expression.

“Alright, let’s do it that way.”

Yin Yue’s calm voice echoed in Han Li’s mind.

“Yin Yue, what are you thinking! How do you know if we can return after merging? Your consciousness is much weaker than his; if we merge, you’ll lose control.”

“Master, this isn’t the time to worry about that. If Long Meng and I don’t merge our Nascent Souls, we’ll die immediately. It’s better to take a chance.”

Yin Yue spoke calmly and flew out of his sleeve in the form of a white fox. Hua Tianqi happily approached Yin Yue as she flew towards him.

Han Li stood still, his mouth shut, but his expression was not good.

And then, just as the young man surnamed Seo’s Nascent Soul disappeared, the Spirit Peacock’s Nascent Soul, which was trying to escape using the demon core, vanished as a black light flashed.

As the peacock turned to ashes in the flames, the demonic beast’s claw retrieved a five-colored bead from within and returned it to the Great Demon’s form.

The five-colored bead fell into the Great Demon’s hand, carried by a gust of dark demonic energy.

“I have a use for it, so send it to the Ancient Demon Realm when you get the chance. You must not lose it.”

The woman in black armor carefully received the bead upon hearing those words. As her hands collided, a black light flashed, and the bead disappeared.

Having finished its task, the Great Demon’s form turned its gaze towards Han Li, who was emitting silver lightning from behind.

Just as the opponent was about to flick its finger, Han Li placed the human-shaped puppet in front of him, and the Yuan Gang Shield, which had been floating in front of Han Li, flew and created a silver protective barrier around the puppet. As the puppet formed a hand seal, its entire body flashed with brilliant five-colored light.

Han Li also quickly flipped one hand and took out the Three-Flames Fan, while with the other hand, he pointed at the giant sword in the air.

With a humming sound, the giant sword scattered into hundreds of golden lights, which swirled around him, gradually forming a giant lotus shape, with its petals enveloping and protecting Han Li.

Thunder rumbled and silver lightning flashed along the golden lotus petals. Han Li didn’t stop there; he continuously chanted incantations, and as the golden barrier spread, his skin also turned a light golden color.

He activated the power of the Vajra Bird, fully unleashing the Mingwang Art [a powerful Buddhist cultivation technique], and transformed himself into a Vajra Body [an indestructible body].

Even after completing all these preparations simultaneously, he was still not at ease. In fact, no matter what preparations he made, there was a higher chance that he would be defeated in an instant by the Origin Slaughter Ancestor.

In truth, the most reliable things when facing an enemy were the two objects wriggling within his body.

“Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning!”

The Great Demon’s form’s eyes gleamed as it stared at the golden lightning flowing along the golden lotus. Then, it flicked its fingers twice in succession.

Flick! Flick!

The first sharp sound was heard, and the golden lotus created by the Azure Bamboo Cloud Sword inexplicably developed a gap. Almost simultaneously, the silver protective barrier caved in and shattered, and finally, it crashed into the barrier transformed by the Vajra Bird.

The golden barrier shook violently before finally exploding with a crack.

At that moment, Han Li, with his navy blue eyes, was finally able to see what was attacking him. He waved the Three-Flames Fan, his face filled with disbelief.

The object that had broken through the barrier transformed by the Vajra Bird was a milky white bead the size of a bean. The transparent bead was a substance created by the Origin Slaughter Ancestor by condensing his consciousness. It showed just how powerful the opponent’s consciousness was.

There was a reason why a tenth-level demon beast or a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would be helpless when the Great Demon’s form flicked its fingertip.

The three-colored light on the Three-Flames Fan in Han Li’s hand surged, and flames condensed to form a fire shield. The shield, with golden, silver, and red incantations flowing on its surface, was mysterious.

Then, Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a small cauldron wrapped in blue light. At that moment, the golden barrier completely collapsed, and the milky white bead collided with the three-colored fire shield.

Boom!

The fire shield shattered before it could even unleash its full power. The three-colored flames were of no help in blocking the milky white bead.

Passing through the fire shield, the bead continued into the blue light.

In response, the small cauldron vibrated and emitted dense blue threads, creating a net that shot towards the bead.

And then, the blue light shone brilliantly, blocking the milky white bead!

While Han Li was overjoyed, the Great Demon’s form stared intently at the small Heaven Refining Cauldron.

The Mystic Purity Child and the Myriad Year Stone Bear stared blankly at Han Li, seemingly shocked that someone they thought would die in one blow was still alive, just like Yin Shiyacha and the others.

In fact, the Mystic Purity Child was holding a yellow talisman, thinking of breaking through the space barrier and escaping the moment Han Li died. However, he didn’t do it, fearing that he might draw attention and be attacked by the Great Demon instead.

Meanwhile, the small fox that Yin Yue had transformed into released silver light from its body and entered Hua Tianqi’s body. Hua Tianqi trembled and stiffened in mid-air.

“Interesting! You managed to block my divine sense attack. Let this Ancestor see what kind of treasure it is!”

The Great Demon’s form spoke calmly and then grabbed at the air towards Han Li.

Whoosh.

A giant hand, scattering black light, flew towards Han Li’s head.

“… !”

Han Li, feeling a chill down his spine, tried to use the Thunder Escape Technique as thunder rumbled behind him. However, just before the silver light could burst forth, the surrounding spiritual energy condensed, and black energy flew in, making it impossible to activate the Wind-Thunder Wings.

In desperation, Han Li finally understood why the demons and cultivators who were proficient in various escape techniques had been helpless.

He had no choice but to use his consciousness to control the Heaven Refining Cauldron, and dense blue threads tore through the air. At the same time, the human-shaped puppet stretched out its arm, and a jade-colored light flashed as it struck the giant hand with golden lightning.

The blue threads created by the Heaven Refining Cauldron were incredibly strong, but he, who had only mastered the first level of the Tongbao Art, could not unleash its full power.

Thus, they were torn to shreds by the demonic beast’s hand.

The jade-colored light attacked the giant hand, creating a hole several feet in size with golden lightning, but as a black light flashed, the hole was instantly filled.

The giant hand continued to fall, crushing Han Li’s body.

Thud.

A blue light flashed, and Han Li’s body exploded. The Great Demon’s form, with a satisfied expression, released the giant hand and then tried to grab the Heaven Refining Cauldron.

But then, a loud thunderclap echoed, and silver light flashed. The figure that had teleported away from the Great Demon’s hand and was now dozens of feet away was Han Li!

However, his complexion was extremely pale, and his loss of magical power seemed severe. The moment the giant hand crushed his body, a blue talisman had flashed, and the Heaven Refining Cauldron had disappeared from that spot.

The talisman, which had instantly dimmed, was the Spirit Transformation Talisman he had obtained from the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

Although it had only been a few years since he had placed it inside his body and cultivated it, he had not yet unleashed its true power. However, he had managed to barely manifest some of the Spirit Transformation Talisman’s divine abilities using the magical power he had accumulated through his wood-attribute cultivation technique.

Just before his body was crushed by the giant hand, he had used the talisman to create a substitute body. Once again, those who were watching were dumbfounded.

However, the Great Demon’s form snorted and immediately raised one hand, trying to grab Han Li. Having already released all his useful magical treasures and divine abilities, Han Li had no confidence in blocking this attack.

With no other choice, he gritted his teeth and poured his remaining magical power into the Heaven Refining Cauldron.

The treasure grew madly, blocking his path, and at the same time, golden lightning and purple flames surged around his entire body, forming a protective barrier.

The human-shaped puppet stood in front of Han Li, and as it brought its hands together, five-colored energy flowed around it, making it act as a powerful defensive magical treasure. However, the Great Demon’s form was clearly sneering at Han Li’s continuous futile actions.

But at that moment, several silver lights suddenly flashed in front of the Great Demon’s form, and then exploded with a white light. The divine sense that the Great Demon had just flicked had been attacked by something.

The Great Demon’s form’s eyes widened.

A figure faintly appeared between Han Li and the Great Demon’s form, and then a woman with silver hair appeared with a cold gaze.

“You are…”

The Great Demon’s form scanned the person who had suddenly appeared and was surprised.

“Yin Yue!”

Han Li, surprised by the woman’s appearance, called out her name, and the silver-haired woman turned her head. She had a pure and beautiful face, but she was expressionless, and her aura was completely different.

When she saw him, she struck her palm towards Han Li. Han Li was startled and dodged to the side. A silver light as bright as snow brushed past his shoulder, but the protective barrier formed by the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning and the Purple Aurora Flame did not block it at all.

Han Li felt a cold chill on his shoulder.

“I am Linglong, the princess of the Yin Yue clan! I know exactly what you did to my clone. If you call me Yin Yue again, I will kill you first.”

Han Li was not injured at all, but his expression twisted. The silver-haired woman no longer paid attention to Han Li and turned her head back to look at the Great Demon’s form.

“If you are from the Yin Yue clan, what is your relationship with Old Man Oso?”

“Oso Demon King is my grandfather.”

Contrary to everyone’s expectations, the Great Demon’s form did not attack the silver-haired woman but asked a question. The silver-haired woman answered expressionlessly.

“So you are that old wolf’s granddaughter!”

“Do you know my grandfather?”

“I don’t know him well, but I met him when I went on an expedition to the Spirit Realm. His Howling Moon Demon Art was truly admirable!”

The silver-haired woman fell silent at the Great Demon’s form’s reply.

“Since you are that person’s descendant, I have no intention of doing anything to you. Let’s do this. If you leave this place immediately, I won’t stop you. But in exchange, you must swear in your grandfather’s name that you will not harm this Ancestor’s clone.”

The Great Demon’s form hesitated and finally said this. It seemed that the Origin Slaughter Ancestor was wary of someone named Oso Demon King.

“You’re letting me go? Origin Slaughter Ancestor, don’t be so arrogant. If all of your consciousness had descended, perhaps that would be the case. But you’ve only managed to come over with a little bit of the power of the True Devil Qi, barely more than a tenth, so why should I leave?”

Linglong sneered. The Great Demon’s form’s face hardened as if it was offended by Linglong’s words.

“You’re just a late-stage Transformation Realm girl, and you’re so arrogant without a physical body. Even a tenth of my consciousness is enough to kill you easily.”

The Great Demon’s form was enraged by Linglong’s words and immediately grabbed at the air.

Flick! Flick! Flick!

Numerous crystal grains instantly shot out, trying to tear apart the place where the woman was. Seeing this, a large disc the size of a palm slipped out from between Linglong’s lips.

It was clearly pitch black, but as it grew in size, it gradually became a mysterious disc that shone with starlight.

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