Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 646

Han Li narrowed his eyes, watching the woman. After a moment of thought, he suddenly moved, stepping out of the teleportation array and walking towards the blue stone wall of the chamber.

This place was quite strange; even after looking around, there were no doors. Engaging in a life-or-death battle with the Ice Phoenix in such a bizarre place would be a foolish waste of magical power. After all, his opponent was a powerful enemy with high cultivation and strange divine abilities.

The silver-robed woman raised her eyebrows at Han Li’s actions, but inwardly, she was somewhat relieved.

‘Hmm…’

Han Li scanned the area thoroughly with his spiritual sense and frowned. When he tried to probe inside the walls, a powerful force repelled him, indicating a strong restriction was in place.

With a dark expression, he pondered for a moment before extending a finger and poking the stone wall. A flash of blue light appeared, and a sharp sword energy about half a foot long shot out.

*Ting!*

The sword energy barely penetrated halfway before being repelled.

Without changing his expression, he flicked his finger, sending blue sword energies towards other walls, but all were ineffective. Finally, he narrowed his eyes and stared at the wall with his dark blue pupils for a long time before a different light flickered in his eyes.

The silver-robed woman, who had been watching, sneered and suddenly waved her hand.

A white crack flashed in the air, and the woman disappeared into it. She had used her spatial divine abilities to escape the stone chamber. Nevertheless, Han Li pretended not to notice and silently examined the stone wall. Soon, the humanoid puppet moved.

A black blade extended, slicing through a part of the stone wall, and with a *kurung* sound, the wall split open, revealing a bright space. Unexpectedly, a large hall appeared, but the silver-robed woman was nowhere to be seen.

‘This is!’

Looking around the hall carefully, Han Li suddenly twitched his lips, his face showing disbelief. The square stone gate with bizarre spells engraved on its front and the white light were too familiar.

Recognizing it instantly, he was so shocked that his heart trembled. Taking a deep breath, he regained his composure and strode towards the stone gate. Without hesitation, he drew his long sword and swung it, sending golden sword energy to slash the stone gate.

*Kwakwang!*

A white light flashed and blocked it, but eventually, the gate was split in two, revealing a blue stone crossroad in front of him.

He walked to the center of the crossroad and quickly looked around. Stone buildings lined both sides of the road, stretching out in all four directions.

‘So, it was here!’

After a while, he sighed deeply and muttered to himself. This was the interior of the five-story blue stone pagoda located in the inner hall of the Void Sky Hall, where he had obtained the Void Sky Cauldron.

It was astonishing that he had suddenly fallen from the Great Jin’s northern region to the Void Sky Hall in the Chaotic Star Sea! He looked around, but he couldn’t tell which floor of the pagoda he was on.

‘I knew there was a connection between the Void Sky Hall and the Void Spirit Hall, but I didn’t expect them to be connected like this…’

Han Li muttered to himself, gradually calming his emotions. Now that he had his divine abilities, returning to the Chaotic Star Sea was no problem.

As long as he left this place, he could restore the teleportation array he had destroyed and return to Tiannan. With these thoughts, Han Li looked around before transforming into a streak of blue light and flying away.

Even after flying for about an hour, he didn’t see any puppet guards patrolling the pagoda. Considering that the next opening of the Void Sky Hall was still far away, the puppets must have been recalled by the restrictions [magical formations].

Thus, Han Li flew through the empty pagoda without any puppets, restrictions, or mechanisms.

Han Li had underestimated the labyrinthine passages. Even though the puppet guards and mechanisms had disappeared, the restrictions controlling his spiritual sense remained, causing him to repeatedly take wrong turns. He finally used his Brightspirit Eyes [a special vision technique] to find the teleportation array on that floor.

No wonder the cultivators at the time had obediently followed the Extreme Yin Fiends and others. While searching for the path, he used the Five Phase Demonic Core and the puppets to break into the unopened stone chambers.

However, there were no treasures, and he was simply ejected from the chambers, as if he had triggered some restriction.

Perhaps it was because he hadn’t used the Void Sky Remnant Map to open them, or perhaps the Void Sky Hall itself hadn’t been opened yet, so the treasures were stored separately.

He was eager to search all the stone chambers and find the treasures, but he had to admit that the formation master who designed the Void Sky Hall was truly remarkable. Usually, the place controlling the restrictions was located in the most central space of the building.

The most central space in the Void Sky Hall would naturally be the fifth floor at the top of the pagoda, but the Extreme Yin Fiends and other cultivators were afraid of the restrictions there, and they were too focused on seizing the Void Sky Cauldron to search it thoroughly.

And now, with Han Li’s divine abilities and Brightspirit Eyes, he might be able to find some useful treasures there.

However, the level 10 Ice Phoenix was nowhere to be seen. He didn’t think she had left the Void Sky Hall alone.

After carefully examining the massive pagoda, he found that there were over a dozen powerful restrictions layered on top of each other, and he couldn’t even identify most of them. Some were restrictions that isolated space.

Without using the special teleportation arrays that were originally installed, even someone capable of spatial movement would never be able to leave the pagoda.

Han Li used the teleportation arrays on two consecutive floors and finally reached the fifth floor of the pagoda. And before him was the Cold Obsidian Platform where he had obtained the Void Sky Cauldron.

Considering that the past elders of the Northern Night Small Polar Palace were called Cold Obsidian Merchants, it was another piece of evidence that the Northern Night Small Polar Palace and the Void Sky Hall were closely related.

The current Cold Obsidian Platform was in ruins, with the Void Sky Cauldron gone and traces of the fierce battle between the Extreme Yin Fiends and Man Tianming. But unexpectedly, the silver-robed woman was standing right on the Cold Obsidian Platform, staring at the altar, lost in thought.

She seemed surprised by Han Li’s appearance, but she turned coldly and transformed into a transparent streak of light, disappearing along the blue stone path. Han Li watched her fly away without stopping her.

Only after she had completely disappeared did he leisurely walk onto the altar, examine the hole where the Void Sky Cauldron had been, and then wander around, looking for clues to control the formation.

However, he couldn’t find what he was looking for on the Cold Obsidian Platform, so he expanded his search area. Whether the control formation was hidden or he was looking in the wrong place, he had no success.

Days passed.

Already half a month had gone by, but Han Li had not found any trace of the control formation.

‘Should I look for it on the fourth floor instead?’

As he stood there with a stiff expression, a white light suddenly flashed around him, and space opened up. Han Li narrowed his eyes and closed his mouth at the appearance of the silver-robed woman.

There was no way she would have appeared for no reason, so he wanted to hear her reason.

‘She hasn’t been seen on the fifth floor all this time. Could it be that she’s been searching all the other floors and still hasn’t found a way out?’

‘Has Fellow Cultivator Han found a way to leave this place?’

The silver-robed palace woman showed a different attitude, as if she had forgotten the desperate fight they had had before.

‘If I had found it, would I still be here? But judging by your tone, it seems you have found something.’

‘After looking around, it seems that at least two or three Transformation Stage cultivators would be needed to forcefully break through the restrictions. It’s impossible for us with our current strength.’

‘I already know that, even without you telling me.’

Han Li was curious about what she was trying to say, but he didn’t show it outwardly.

‘So, you’re looking for the control formation, aren’t you?’

Her patience ran out at his leisurely attitude, and she coldly snapped at him.

‘Does Fellow Immortal Feng have something to say to me about the control formation?’

‘Hmph! I’ve already found the control formation. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy to leave this place. Before we talk in detail, you must answer two questions. First, what is your relationship with Immortal Ice White? And second, is the cauldron you possess the Heaven Piercing Treasure, the Void Sky Cauldron?’

The woman took a long breath and asked seriously.

‘Immortal Ice White? I have no idea who you’re talking about. And as for the cauldron, it might be the Void Sky Cauldron, as you say.’

Han Li paused and eventually answered with an ambiguous smile. The woman glared at Han Li before speaking again.

‘Immortal Ice White is an ancient cultivator who created the Azure Ice Flame and founded the Northern Night Small Polar Palace. It seems you really don’t know about that, but it would be better for both of us if you were honest about the Void Sky Cauldron. If you possess the Void Sky Cauldron, you can activate the control formation, making you useful. But if you don’t have the Void Sky Cauldron, there’s no need for me to tell you what I know!’

‘Since you put it that way, I won’t hide it any longer. I do possess the Void Sky Cauldron. But where exactly is the control formation?’

‘Very well. Since you’ve given me an honest answer, I’ll guide you. It seems we’ll have to join forces to leave this place. Let’s put aside our grudges for now until we escape.’

The woman spoke indifferently, as if she had already known the answer, and then flew away. Han Li also transformed into a streak of blue light and followed her. But soon, he couldn’t hide his puzzled expression.

The place she was leading him to was the Cold Obsidian Platform, which he had searched countless times. After a while, the transparent light circled above the Cold Obsidian Platform and landed on the altar.

‘Fellow Immortal Feng, are you sure you’re not mistaken? Are you really saying the control formation is here?’

‘Mistaken? I can find the control formation here with my eyes closed.’

‘What do you mean? Have you been here before?’

‘How could I have been here! It’s just that there’s an identical altar on Ice Abyss Island, where my Ice Phoenix clan resides. In other words, the treasure cauldron you possess is deeply connected to my Ice Phoenix clan.’

The silver-robed woman sneered.

Whether Han Li was surprised or not, the woman suddenly extended both hands and pointed at several spots above the altar.

*Paat!*

At the same time, the sound of pottery breaking was heard in the air, and a dazzling white light burst forth. The lights vibrated and rapidly grew in size, shining like white suns before merging together to form a giant ball of light.

Han Li kept his mouth shut but didn’t bother to hide his surprised expression. The woman continued to cast spells, rapidly flicking her ten fingers and sending hand seals into the ball of light.

*Kururung!*

Eventually, the giant ball of light dispersed in the air, transforming into dozens of pure white formation flags. Each flag, about six feet long, had unknown ancient spells blooming like flowers on its surface. The formation flags spun in the air before turning into a dozen streaks of light and disappearing in all directions.

At that moment, Han Li’s eyes lit up as if he had realized something.

The entire Cold Obsidian Platform shook violently, making a loud noise, and a massive formation, radiating five-colored light, appeared, centered on the altar.

The moment the formation appeared, Han Li and Feng woman floated high into the air, looking down at the whole thing.

In Han Li’s judgment, this was indeed the Void Sky Hall’s control formation, and at its center was a pattern identical to the Void Sky Cauldron.

In an instant, he recalled the events that had occurred when he opened the Profound Jade Cave in the Void Spirit Hall. This was similar to the Profound Jade Cave’s sealing restriction, but it was more than ten times larger, and the formation was much more profound.

‘Have you seen this before?’

‘I’ve seen a similar formation in the Small Polar Palace.’

‘Then it’s fortunate that you know how to control the formation. Let’s test if we can activate the control formation with the Void Sky Cauldron.’

Han Li hesitated for a moment before nodding and opening his mouth, releasing a blue light containing the small cauldron. Of course, he didn’t let his guard down against the woman. If she made any suspicious moves, he would immediately retrieve the cauldron.

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