Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 640

Having left the side hall, Han Li flew at high speed towards the location he had learned from Han Li Shangren’s Nascent Soul [a nascent soul is a solidified form of spiritual energy]. As he passed through several grand halls, he continued to see demon beasts fighting with the Small Pole Palace disciples. It seemed the Void Spirit Hall had already been thoroughly invaded by the demon beasts.

Some demon beasts with low intelligence or a lack of self-awareness charged at him, only to be cut down by his sword qi or killed by the puppet’s arrows.

As Han Li was passing through a long corridor, two Transformation stage demon beasts suddenly blocked his path.

One had a long, blue robe, long ears, and green eyes, while the other had white hair and red skin. They glared at Han Li with murderous intent.

Han Li frowned when he saw the two corpses of Small Pole Palace cultivators lying nearby. The chaotic fluctuations of spiritual energy indicated that they had just finished fighting.

“Get out of my way! I am not a Small Pole Palace cultivator, and I have no intention of fighting you,” Han Li said coldly. The green-eyed demon beast was burly and held two gleaming silver axes.

“Get out of our way? Do you take us for fools! All human cultivators must die. Besides, I just devoured a Nascent Soul and my appetite is whetted. Do you think we’ll let you go?” The green-eyed demon beast burst into a wild laugh, and the three-eyed demon beast also revealed its hostility. One was a level 8, and the other was a newly advanced level 9 high-grade demon beast, so they had come forward to devour Han Li.

Seeing the two Transformation stage demon beasts looking at him like he was a meal on a table, Han Li narrowed his eyes. Killing those demon beasts wouldn’t be difficult, but he didn’t want to waste his magic power on unnecessary things.

He silently formed a hand seal and flapped his silver wings behind him, disappearing. A flash of silver light indicated he was trying to pass by the two demon beasts. At that moment, the three-eyed level 9 demon beast shouted,

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Then, his head became blurry and, strangely, turned 180 degrees, and a black light was emitted from the third eye on his forehead.

Bang!

The black light struck the void twenty feet away without warning. When the black light faded, Han Li’s lightning escape technique was broken, and he was forced to reveal himself.

“You’re really out of luck! Fifth Brother’s Law-Breaking Heavenly Eye can break all kinds of teleportation escape techniques! Don’t even think about running away in front of us,” the Transformation stage demon beast with long ears and green eyes laughed arrogantly.

“Is that so? It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a strange ability… For the sake of such interesting demon beast materials, this wouldn’t be a meaningless battle,” Han Li said, stopping his movements and slowly turning to look at the two demon beasts. The silver shield floating in front of him had been slightly damaged by the explosion just now, which triggered Han Li’s killing intent.

No sooner had he spoken than a silver light flashed behind the green-eyed demon beast, and a silver arm pierced through the demon beast’s back.

At the same time, the three-eyed demon beast’s third eye flashed, and as if sensing something, he turned his head and roared, firing a yellow ring from his hand to attack the blue figure.

Han Li sneered and flicked his sleeves, sending 36 golden swords flying towards the three-eyed demon beast. Then, he flipped his hand and threw out a yellow demon-subduing pestle [a type of Buddhist weapon], which instantly grew larger and shot out.

As the flying swords and the demon-subduing pestle left his hand, Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a fist-sized purple flame. At this, the Taiyin True Flame’s fire crow, which had been sitting blankly on his shoulder, silently spread its wings and transformed into a bright red fireball, flying up.

Unexpectedly, all of Han Li’s attacks were aimed at the three-eyed demon beast. The demon beast turned its head and was greatly surprised to see it.

He was from the Myriad Demon Valley and had a lot of combat experience with other demon beasts. Although Han Li was a human cultivator he was seeing for the first time, just by looking at the brilliant spiritual energy emitted by the 36 flying swords and the demon-subduing pestle, he could sense that it was a tremendous attack.

He immediately swept his waist and shot dozens of thick yellow beams of light at the golden flying swords.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The thick yellow beams of light, reaching over a dozen feet, collided with the golden flying swords with explosive sounds, momentarily holding off the attack without being pushed back.

This time, Han Li was slightly surprised.

But the next moment, a huge demon-subduing pestle flew in, exuding an aura like a small mountain above the three-eyed demon beast’s head.

Then, the three-eyed demon beast let out a strange cry with a hardened face, and his clothes were torn to shreds, revealing his dark blue body. His shoulders transformed into huge pillars, supporting the demon-subduing pestle.

Boom!

A world-shaking roar echoed, and even amidst the clash of black and yellow light, the demon beast withstood the demon-subduing pestle with the strength of his body alone. However, even if Han Li’s magic power was greatly depleted and he couldn’t exert his full strength, the demon-subduing pestle was a treasure of the Kunwu Three Elders.

The demon beast was inwardly shocked as his body trembled and his shoulders went numb. He was a descendant of a rare Myriad Desolate demon beast, and not only was he born with a third eye, but he also possessed monstrous strength capable of tearing apart tigers and leopards with his bare hands.

It was nothing for him to withstand thousands of pounds of pressure through training, but he was shocked when his shoulders went numb because of the demon-subduing pestle. But at this moment, a terrible scream was heard, drawing the three-eyed demon beast’s attention.

When he turned his head, he saw that the green-eyed demon beast had already lost his head, and a pitch-black blade was flying around the corpse. The blue figure he had seen earlier had completely disappeared again.

The three-eyed demon beast had warned of the ambush and thrown a silver ring to block the attack, but the level 8 demon beast, enraged and counterattacking, had his neck cut off by the Demonic Slayer Flying Blades waiting nearby.

The green light escaped from the headless demon beast’s body. But a blue figure appeared and blocked its path. The demon beast’s soul immediately tried to change direction, but it was already too late.

The blue figure grabbed the green fireball with one hand and twisted it. It was only a very short time before the level 8 demon beast was killed and even its soul was scattered into smoke.

Now, the blue figure looked at the three-eyed demon beast and emitted silver light from its entire body. In the void, he and the pitch-black flying blade disappeared at the same time.

The demon beast’s face changed drastically, and he was terrified. He didn’t know that the blue figure was a puppet, and he realized that he was no match for the two cultivators in front of him, and regret washed over him.

Even so, his third eye flashed strangely, trying to locate the position of the humanoid puppet. And at this very moment, the fireball transformed from the Violet Aurora Flame and the Taiyin True Flame flew lightly from the left and right.

The level 9 demon beast, while using his third eye to cast spells, also saw the two fireballs and spat out yellow demonic energy from his mouth, sending it to both sides. Just as he was showing a look of joy, having discovered something in the void, the two fireballs exploded.

Krrrr! Boom!

The purple flames spread fiercely, transforming into a pillar of fire over a dozen feet high, breaking through the demonic energy and engulfing the three-eyed demon beast. Even before it touched him, the coldness emanating from the pillar of fire began to freeze the surroundings.

The bright red fireball returned to the form of a fire crow immediately after the explosion, swallowed the demonic energy in front of it in one gulp, and spread its wings, disappearing into the purple pillar of fire.

The startled three-eyed demon beast turned pale and spat out countless yellow lights from his mouth.

The yellow light fluctuated and transformed into a strange insect with a centipede’s upper body and a scorpion’s lower body, flying up, and the energy they emitted from their mouths turned into a yellow mist, temporarily blocking the pillar of fire.

The level 9 demon beast was planning to push away the demon-subduing pestle by emitting black energy from his entire body and quickly escape. The thought of facing Han Li had disappeared, and he only wanted to run away as quickly as possible.

At this moment, as soon as the yellow mist came into contact with the purple flames, it turned into granules and fell apart, and countless spirit insects behind it were blocking the pillar of fire from getting closer.

But then, a sharp bird cry was heard from within the purple pillar of fire, and the flames condensed, creating a giant fire crow over a dozen feet in size.

As the fire crow flapped its wings, the flames of the pillar of fire doubled, freezing not only the yellow mist but also the strange insects into ice blocks.

The fire crow, with its red eyes flashing, rushed towards the three-eyed demon beast with tremendous coldness. The demon beast, still pinned down by the demon-subduing pestle, could only emit black light from his third eye.

But the black light did not harm the fire crow at all, and the fire crow engulfed the level 9 demon beast as it was. Engulfed in the extreme flames, the demon beast screamed and was trapped in purple ice, terrified.

The protective barrier created by demonic energy could not withstand the Violet Aurora Flame at all. Next to the large ice, a humanoid puppet appeared and crossed its hands before spreading them out.

Kwagwang!

Golden lightning struck the ice block with a thunderous sound, and purple ice granules shattered and scattered along with the level 9 demon beast’s body. From within, a green light flashed, and a fireball slightly larger than the green-eyed demon beast escaped.

“Don’t you think it’s too late?” Han Li said, with a half-smile, looking at the demon beast’s soul. The level 9 demon beast’s soul tried to escape quickly, but Han Li took out a green ruler in one hand and pointed it at it.

A light flashed, and a silver lotus, one foot in size, bloomed below the demon beast’s soul, and the teleportation secret technique was completely ineffective.

‘This!’

The silver petals emitted seven-colored firelight, enveloping the soul. A terrified scream was heard from within, but after a few flashes of silver light, it quickly became silent.

Only then did Han Li sigh and retract the green wooden ruler he was holding in his hand.

At this time, the humanoid puppet flew over, holding two storage pouches, a silver ring, and a fingernail-sized black bead.

The black bead seemed to be the three-eyed demon beast’s third eye. Han Li examined it closely, but other than the deep black light it contained, there was nothing special about it.

However, as he looked at the demon beast’s eyeball, his expression changed, and he put it and the silver ring into the storage pouch. The yellow beams of light that had been fighting his flying swords lost their master and turned into strange blades, and he collected all of them into the storage pouch.

Han Li retrieved his flying swords and the demon-subduing pestle and immediately flew towards the end of the corridor with the humanoid puppet.

Certainly, the closer he got to the main hall, the fewer demon beasts and Small Pole Palace disciples there were, but their cultivation levels were higher, with Nascent Soul stage cultivators and Transformation stage demon beasts running rampant. However, as long as they weren’t blocking the entrance while fighting, Han Li didn’t pay them any attention and went his own way.

After passing through several grand halls and gardens, and finally a large plaza, Han Li was finally able to reach the location of the Void Spirit Hall’s main hall.

The main hall was surrounded by a huge wall made of white jade, but the door visible in the distance was not very large, only about a dozen feet high. It was likely a side door rather than the main entrance.

In front of it, two cultivators and one demon beast were fighting, displaying various divine abilities, and it didn’t seem like the outcome would be decided soon. The man was Elder Ye, the Small Pole Palace inspector he had seen before, and the beautiful woman was Bai Yaoyi, dressed in palace attire.

Their opponent was an old man with a human-like appearance, wearing a light-colored robe, with long hair fluttering and a dignified aura emanating from his sharply shining eyes. Bai Yaoyi and Elder Ye were fighting the old man using two silver flying swords and a strange jade bottle that emitted black and white energy.

The old man was wielding a net that emitted a blue light, and within it, blue clouds rose, with thunder and lightning striking down, creating a fierce aura. In his other hand, he was wielding a black treasure like an iron club, attacking with dozens of illusions.

However, the power of the jade bottle in the inspector’s hand was also considerable, with the black and white energies each blocking half of the club’s illusions, and Bai Yaoyi dealt with the rest with her two silver flying swords.

Han Li scanned the old man with his eyes, which flickered with a blue light, and narrowed his eyes. The old man was surprisingly a level 10 demon beast. Even with his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, he couldn’t tell what kind of demon beast his true form was.
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