Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 662

Having made up his mind, Han Li hid near the pavilion, quietly observing the situation. As expected, the demonic beasts in the distant blue mist were chasing after the fleeing cultivators of the Reverse Alliance.

Most of them were at the second or third level, but a dozen or so were fifth level or higher, and most of the cultivators were being pursued by several demonic beasts of the same level.

The blue mist reached the mountain peak and merged with the existing mist, and a powerful demonic aura pierced the sky. Within it, a golden light flashed, and a demonic cultivator wearing a golden helmet and armor appeared.

The demonic cultivator, with a human body and a dragon’s head, held a golden spear in one hand. The silver lightning flickering on the spear’s surface indicated it was no ordinary treasure.

The dragon’s eyes shone brightly, and a powerful consciousness instantly enveloped the surroundings.

“Golden Flood Dragon King! How can this be? How can you break the agreement and come here yourself!” the gaunt old man shouted, recognizing the demonic cultivator. His face was drained of blood. The cultivator with the dragon’s face was a tenth-level demonic beast.

“What can’t I do? What can humans do if I break the agreement? It’s been three thousand years since a Deity Transformation cultivator has appeared. Did you think I would keep such a trivial agreement when a Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석 – Supreme-Grade Spiritual Stone] appeared?”

At that moment, two more cultivators emerged from the mist. One had red hair and sharp teeth, and the other was a tall man with a black robe and a blue face. The latter looked familiar.

‘Isn’t that the turtle demonic beast that was with Dokkyo?’

Han Li, who had been startled by the appearance of the Golden Flood Dragon, was surprised to see the black-robed demonic beast that appeared behind him. He remembered Feng Xi, who had cornered and chased him back then.

His face darkened, and he quickly scanned the demonic mist, but he didn’t see any other familiar faces. Han Li frowned, but he didn’t carelessly release his consciousness to search in front of a tenth-level demonic beast.

‘The turtle demonic beast appeared with the Golden Flood Dragon King. Could it be that he had some connection with Dokkyo back then…’

The cultivators on the mountain peak were all visibly flustered by the appearance of the Golden Flood Dragon King, and the gaunt old man also felt heavy-hearted. However, a Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator couldn’t just sit and be defeated. He suddenly let out a sharp shout and spat out a flying sword from his mouth.

*Kuwang!*

When Elder Tang detonated the treasure, its power was beyond imagination. A silver-white light appeared, scattering the blue energy that was coming from the fat man’s mouth, and the illusion of the golden ring also disappeared in an instant.

The surprised fat man blew his demonic power into the bowl, protecting himself with a large amount of yellow mist as he retreated. In that gap, the gaunt old man took out a purple handkerchief and activated it.

The silk handkerchief transformed into a protective barrier, enveloping the old man, and then instantly turned into a beam of light, flying twenty yards away.

As a signal for Elder Tang’s actions, the other Nascent Soul cultivators suddenly used strange secret techniques and disappeared from their spots, desperately trying to escape.

A cold snort echoed in the void, and the Golden Flood Dragon King, with a vicious face, waved his hand, emitting a strange golden and silver light.

*Kwagwang!*

The demonic beast threw the golden spear in his hand forcefully at the gaunt old man.

“This is bad!” The gaunt old man, who had been watching the Golden Flood Dragon King’s every move from afar, felt his heart sink and threw the blue mirror he was holding.

Then, a blue light spread out, creating an illusion like a round moon, completely concealing the old man. At the same time, a giant spear, about a dozen yards long, approached, piercing through the round moon illusion with silver lightning.

The clear mirror surface shattered, and the illusion broke.

“Hah!” The gaunt old man was startled by the sight and used a secret technique to strengthen the purple protective barrier. However, at that moment, the golden spear, reduced to half its size, broke through the moon illusion and struck the old man.

*Kwang!*

The silk handkerchief seemed to be an incredible treasure, and surprisingly, the purple protective barrier blocked the attack. However, even so, the impact was unavoidable, and the gaunt old man was sent flying several yards away.

The Golden Flood Dragon King kicked off the void, leaping over a dozen yards to chase after the gaunt old man, and then reached out his hand. The demonic beast’s hand looked as if it had been forged from gold.

The gaunt old man, whose face was not good after being attacked, completely lost his color when the Golden Flood Dragon King teleported and followed him. He hurriedly opened his mouth and released a jade-colored bead the size of a fist.

*Jjeong!*

The golden hand grabbed the bead without hesitation, and a metallic roar echoed between them as they collided. The jade-colored bead quickly grew in size, trying to escape from the golden hand. The Golden Flood Dragon King’s eyes flashed coldly, and fingernails several inches long grew from his five fingers, while his back of the hand was covered with gold scales the size of coins.

*Pasak.*

Surprisingly, the bead was crushed by the demonic beast’s bare hand.

“Dragon Transformation Technique!” The gaunt old man spat out blood the moment the bead shattered, but wrapped in the purple protective barrier, he was once again shot out, creating a distance of a dozen yards from the Golden Flood Dragon King.

This time, the Golden Flood Dragon King did not chase after him, and his face under the golden helmet hardened. The demonic beast raised one hand and punched towards the purple protective barrier in the distance, and a giant hand the size of a yard appeared and attacked like lightning.

*Kwakwang!*

The gaunt old man was sent flying, even though he was hit by the punch, and crashed into the mountain peak. A huge hole several yards deep was created there, and rocks poured down as if the mountain was collapsing, and a large cloud of dust rose.

The Golden Flood Dragon King smiled contentedly, and his figure blurred as he climbed to the top of the pavilion, looking down at the hole. He raised his golden, radiant arm again, ready to kill the gaunt old man in one fell swoop.

But then, he suddenly stretched his arm towards the front door of the pavilion.

“Who’s there! Come out now!”

Five streaks of golden light flew out.

*Pupupupupuk!*

Just a moment ago, he had suddenly felt a tremor and a chilling sensation, so he had attacked without delay, but there was no reaction. The Golden Flood Dragon King’s eyes wavered with a puzzled expression.

His intuition, which sensed danger, had saved him many times over the countless years he had lived. But when he attacked and found nothing, the Golden Flood Dragon King began to wonder if it was a mistake.

Just as the demonic beast was about to spread his consciousness to search, the huge pit where the gaunt old man had crashed suddenly stirred.

The Golden Flood Dragon King, with a murderous aura, turned his gaze to the pile of rocks and stretched out his hand. Silver lightning shot out from the long golden spear, striking the ground twenty yards away.

*Kuwang!*

As the rocks flew up, the gaunt old man inside the protective barrier was revealed. The old man was pale, with blood dripping from his mouth, and looked as if he would collapse at any moment.

No matter how miraculous the purple protective barrier was, it couldn’t have been unscathed after blocking the Golden Flood Dragon King’s attacks in succession. The old man activated his shield and iron ruler again, but the speed was much slower than before.

Seeing this, the Golden Flood Dragon King took out his golden spear and launched the final blow. The old man’s two treasures were shattered in one blow, and the golden spear pierced through the purple protective barrier, piercing the old man’s chest.

The Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator screamed and fell. The old man, who had fallen to the ground, was unable to move with a large hole in his chest, and a thin silver lightning flickered from the wound, emitting a burning smell.

“A mere Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator dares to try to escape from me!” The Golden Flood Dragon King summoned his spear and said expressionlessly. The demonic beast shook his hand again, and his fingernails flew out, turning into huge nails that pierced the old man’s limbs and neck.

The nails, densely engraved with incantations, emitted a golden light, trapping the old man’s Nascent Soul so that it could not escape. Only then did the Golden Flood Dragon King feel relieved and absorbed the old man’s storage pouch to check it.

After a while, he looked around with a grim face.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators were engaged in battle with the demonic cultivators, and the gray-robed old man with the gourd and the cultivator in the blood-red mist had already turned into black dots and were fleeing.

The demonic cultivators were closely pursuing the gray-robed old man, but the cultivator in the blood-red mist was increasing the distance from his pursuers and flying at an incredible speed.

The Golden Flood Dragon King curled his lips and flew towards the blood-red mist in the distance. Watching the receding golden light, Han Li, who was hiding near the pavilion, breathed a light sigh.

Judging from the Golden Flood Dragon King’s expression just now, it seemed that he had not found the Geukpum Spiritual Stone [극품영석 – Supreme-Grade Spiritual Stone] in the gaunt old man’s storage pouch. Therefore, Han Li also ignored the gaunt old man and looked around in the void.

However, below the blue mist, an unidentified eighth-level demonic beast was motionless, looking around and watching. It had dark blue skin, a fierce face, and blue scales embedded in its forearms and thighs, making it look ferocious just by looking at it.

Suddenly, the demonic beast turned its head and looked somewhere. Following the demonic beast’s gaze, a yellow light flew in from not far away.

‘What is it?’

Han Li examined the demonic beast in the yellow light with his blue-tinged eyes and saw a seahorse-shaped demonic beast with four arms, holding a blue storage pouch and grinning.

The dark blue demonic cultivator, who had been motionless in the void, moved his lips and exchanged a telepathic message with the seahorse demonic beast, and then immediately flew away with an excited face. Han Li also did not hesitate any longer and spread his Wind Lightning Wings behind his back, revealing himself a thousand yards away.

“Heeik!” The seahorse demonic beast was startled, but it nimbly released a yellow light from its mouth and tried to escape towards the eighth-level demonic beast. It seemed to have no intention of directly facing Han Li, who had a fierce aura.

However, there was no way Han Li would let a mere sixth-level demonic beast escape. When the yellow light turned into more than a hundred thin nails and fell, he raised his arm and grabbed the void in the direction of the seahorse demonic beast.

Then, a blue light flashed above the demonic beast’s head, and a giant hand appeared, snatching the demonic beast like lightning, causing the demonic beast to panic. Yellow energy flashed all over its body, and it swung its arms like knives to attack the giant hand, but there was no way it could deal with the divine power of a Nascent Soul late-stage grand cultivator.

Seeing this, Han Li raised his eyebrows, and as the blue giant hand pressed down mercilessly, a terrible scream erupted.

The demonic beast’s body, which was extremely hard, was torn apart by the attack of a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, and at that moment, Han Li disappeared in a silver lightning and appeared next to the demonic beast’s remains. Han Li, holding the blue storage pouch, could not hide his joy.

“Hand over the spiritual stone!” The dark blue-faced eighth-level demonic beast flew in from not far away, shouting a strange cry. The voice contained magical power and spread to the demonic beasts within dozens of miles.

Han Li frowned and turned his head. The demonic cultivator with a cold gaze was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped his escape technique and scanned his opponent.

“Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator! Who are you to interfere!” The eighth-level demonic beast, who had been full of vigor, hurriedly released two treasures to protect himself and revealed a fearful expression.

“Does it matter who I am to someone who is about to die?” Han Li didn’t pay much attention to the eighth-level demonic beast and scanned other places.

Because of the eighth-level dark blue demonic beast’s shout just now, the Hwayeonggi [화형기 – Transformation Stage] demonic beasts that were fighting the male and female cultivators were abandoning their opponents and flying towards this side. And in the distance, a golden light flashed and a thunderous sound echoed, indicating that the Golden Flood Dragon King was also on his way back.

Judging by his incredible speed, it would be a matter of moments for them all to gather here. Having finished his thoughts, Han Li put away the storage pouch and took out a jade-colored wooden ruler from his hand. Seeing this, the eighth-level demonic beast also activated a strange clam treasure and deployed two white protective barriers.

However, Han Li sneered and emitted a jade-colored light from the wooden ruler, and a Buddhist chant echoed above the demonic beast’s head, and a silver lotus appeared, emitting seven colors.

The eighth-level demonic beast inside the protective barrier tried desperately to avoid the Buddhist light, but suddenly, the surrounding air seemed to have solidified, and it could not move due to the immense pressure. Even more surprising was that it could not even control the magical power within its body.

“Hah!”

*Pasasak!*

The startled demonic beast screamed, and finally, a golden sword flew in, shattering the white protective barriers, and the demonic beast’s body was cut in half and fell down.

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