Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 663

As the green fireball escaped from the wreckage, a thunderous sound echoed, and Han Li appeared, reaching out his hand. The green fireball was instantly drawn into Han Li’s powerful spiritual energy and vanished into the blue jade bottle.

At that moment, two demon cultivators flying from afar felt a chill run down their spines as they witnessed Han Li easily kill the eighth-level demon beast.

Just then, a golden light became distinct in the distance, and the Golden Flood Dragon King flew over at high speed. From other directions, various demon beasts were also converging.

Looking around, Han Li muttered to himself,

“Now that I’ve obtained what I wanted, there’s no need to take unnecessary risks.”

He activated a blue light around his body and prepared to leave.

“Stop him!”

The Golden Flood Dragon King, already about a hundred yards away, shouted orders to the remaining demon beasts. Reluctantly, the two demon beasts formed hand seals, creating two wind dragons that lunged at Han Li.

However, Han Li chuckled and disappeared, transforming into a streak of blue light twenty yards away, tearing through the sky. Even the two wind-attribute dragons could not keep up with his speed.

“Hand over the supreme spirit stone!”

From afar, the Golden Flood Dragon King gritted his teeth and hurled a golden spear across the vast distance.

*Kwang!*

A loud boom echoed, and suddenly, the golden spear flashed and vanished, reappearing thirty or forty yards away. Han Li was startled but quickly regained his composure, emitting a silver shield. Simultaneously, the golden spear blocked his path, colliding with the silver shield.

Gold and silver light mixed, engaging in a fierce battle that seemed impossible to determine a victor. The Golden Flood Dragon King, flying from afar, continuously used his consciousness to unleash lightning. The silver lightning traveled along the spear, bypassing the shield to attack Han Li.

‘Such petty tricks!’

Han Li scoffed and reached out his hand, causing golden lightning to appear and shatter the silver lightning snakes.

*Bang!*

The Golden Flood Dragon King’s expression changed instantly, but Han Li didn’t stop there. He struck the silver shield with one hand. The shield emitted a dazzling silver glow, its surface becoming as smooth as a mirror, deflecting all the golden spears.

Han Li transformed into a streak of blue light and flew in another direction. This time, he poured all his magical power into his escape, covering a hundred yards in an instant.

Coincidentally, a black light was flying in the direction he was heading. It was the turtle demon that had been with the Poisonous Flood Dragon.

Although the intense blue light made it impossible to see Han Li’s face, the turtle demon had witnessed him easily kill an eighth-level demon beast and block the Golden Flood Dragon King’s attack from afar. Terrified, the turtle demon tried to avoid him.

Seeing this, Han Li chuckled and vanished on the spot.

Startled by Han Li’s disappearance, the turtle demon instinctively stopped in mid-air.

A few yards away, Han Li reappeared with a flash of purple flames and immediately flicked his sleeve towards the turtle demon. Thirty-six flying swords shot out, splitting into over a hundred golden sword lights, engulfing the turtle demon like a net.

“You!”

The turtle demon was shocked to see Han Li’s face, as if he had seen a ghost. His face turned pale as the golden sword lights descended. He had seen a demon beast of his level die from a golden flying sword from afar, so his reaction was understandable.

Terrified, the turtle demon shrieked and released a black cloud from his sleeve, intending to condense his demonic energy and flee. But at that moment, the turtle demon felt excruciating pain, clutching his head as dark red blood flowed from his ears and nose.

The turtle demon fell from the sky, and the black cloud was shattered into countless pieces by the golden sword lights. Barely escaping the pain of his consciousness being torn apart, the turtle demon realized he could not avoid the approaching golden net.

In despair, the demon beast gritted his teeth and screamed like a madman.

“Golden King! This person is from the Lyu clan…”

However, before he could finish his sentence, Han Li frowned and amplified the power of the Azure Bamboo Sword Technique. The golden net rapidly contracted, tearing the turtle demon’s body to pieces, and even the demon beast’s soul, a green fireball, could not escape.

After killing the turtle demon in just a few breaths, Han Li’s body blurred and then emitted an intense light, flying hundreds of yards away.

The Golden Flood Dragon King, filled with regret, chased him out of the Beryl Island, but he was too fast to catch. Unable to be certain of victory in a one-on-one fight, he eventually returned with a gloomy face.

“The Lyu clan…”

The Golden Flood Dragon King muttered from atop the mountain peak. At this moment, the Nascent Soul stage [a high level of cultivation] demon beasts gathered, expressing their concern.

“Golden King, what is the identity of that Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator? He looks nothing like the Six Paths or the Heavenly Twins. Could he be a new Grand Cultivator?”

A demon cultivator surrounded by crimson flames spoke, unable to contain his curiosity.

“I’m not sure, but the techniques and treasures he uses are unfamiliar. He doesn’t seem to be a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Chaotic Star Sea.”

“His divine abilities are incredible. Seeing how easily he defeated South and Oh, it seems his cultivation is even higher than the Six Paths or the Heavenly Twins.”

Another demon cultivator in a green robe said, his chest still pounding. The eighth-level demon beasts were similar in cultivation to the dead turtle demon, so he was grateful he hadn’t encountered Han Li.

“I once fought the Six Paths Extreme Star, and this person was much more difficult to deal with. Even the Six Paths would have difficulty killing a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from our sea clan in one blow without a surprise attack.”

One of the ninth-level demon beasts, the fat one who had been fighting the gaunt old man earlier, stepped forward after the Golden Flood Dragon King’s calm explanation.

“Golden King, what did Oh mean before he died? He suddenly mentioned someone from the Lyu clan. It seems he recognized him. And if my memory serves me right, the Flood Dragon clan and the Mountain Ape royal family were searching for a human cultivator from the Lyu clan before, weren’t they?”

At those words, the surrounding demon cultivators became agitated.

“Could that be unrelated? Back then, my grandson was ambushed by a Core Formation stage [a mid-level of cultivation] human cultivator and was chased, but he couldn’t possibly be the same person as a Nascent Soul late-stage Grand Cultivator, could he?”

The Golden Flood Dragon King was silent for a moment before shaking his head.

“It’s hard to say. I learned something from killing a Nascent Soul stage cultivator before. A Core Formation stage cultivator from the Han clan took the Heaven Refining Cauldron, said to be the greatest treasure in the Chaotic Star Sea. Later, when the Nascent Soul old monsters investigated, they found that someone had been calling himself a Lyu cultivator in the outer sea for a while.

And the Heaven Refining Cauldron was said to contain the Heaven Mending Pill and other unknown ancient spirit pills, so he might have used them to increase his cultivation speed.”

The demon cultivators were dumbfounded and began to murmur among themselves. The Golden Flood Dragon King thought for a long time before his eyes flashed and he spoke.

“If what Sub said is true, then he might indeed be the same person. If so, we must not let him go! Whether it’s to avenge my grandson or to make him pay for harming Oh and South, we must see his blood. Moreover, he has stolen the supreme spirit stone and possesses the Heaven Refining Cauldron, so we must find him.”

“Given that he is a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator with exceptional divine abilities, we would need at least three cultivators of your level, Golden King, to corner him.”

The fat demon beast shook his head with a cautious expression.

“He is not someone to be taken lightly, so we need to plan carefully. But if we contact San and Byuk, we should be able to handle it. There’s no need to rush. As long as he remains in the Chaotic Star Sea, we will have our chance. Although we lost two cultivators, we killed six Nascent Soul stage human cultivators and occupied Beryl Island, so it’s enough. We might find another supreme spirit stone while mining. First, let’s quickly restore the restrictions and gather our forces to prepare for the counterattack from the Reverse Star Alliance and the Star Palace.”

The Golden Flood Dragon King, as if not in a hurry for revenge, quickly changed the topic to the spirit stone mine. Since it was a matter of everyone’s interest, they quickly became engrossed in the Golden Flood Dragon King’s words, but the fat demon beast narrowed his eyes, his mind troubled.

Meanwhile, Han Li, who was flying tens of thousands of miles away, slowed down after confirming that no one was pursuing him with their consciousness. He was no longer heading towards Thunderclap Island but had changed direction towards Silver Sand Island.

Han Li suddenly reached out and took out the blue storage pouch, turning it upside down. A jade-colored spirit stone, about the size of a thumb, flowed out from the white light and fell into his hand.

The surface of the spirit stone shimmered with spiritual energy, and a green light flickered, moving as if it were alive, but it was too subtle to see clearly. Curious, Han Li activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes and immediately examined the object within the light.

Unexpectedly, snowflake-like runes were floating in the white light. The white snowflakes moved across the jade-colored spirit stone, exploding on their own and emitting pure wood-attribute spiritual energy.

Han Li rejoiced inwardly.

It was a stroke of luck that the legendary supreme spirit stone was of the wood attribute, which was perfect for him. It was not surprising, as Beryl Island itself had a mine that produced wood-attribute spirit stones.

Han Li closed his eyes for a moment, sensing the wood-attribute spiritual energy of the spirit stone. After hesitating for a moment, he activated a blue light from his five fingers, attempting to absorb the abundant spiritual energy of the spirit stone.

Five fine strands of spiritual energy were slowly drawn in, cool and profound, like small snakes being absorbed.

Startled, he shook his hand, and the spiritual energy snakes, which were about to travel up his meridians, scattered on their own. However, the abundant spiritual energy spread throughout his body.

It was only a fleeting moment, but he felt cool and then warm, and his whole body felt relaxed and comfortable.

‘Is this the supreme spirit stone? It’s truly incomparable to high-grade spirit stones!’

Han Li was delighted as he refined a small amount of spiritual energy. The momentary absorption had replenished the spiritual power he would have gained from half a month of cultivation. If he fully absorbed the entire spirit stone, he would gain the spiritual power equivalent to ten years of cultivation.

This time, he turned his palm over and took out a blue wooden box, carefully placing the supreme spirit stone inside. He then attached several talismans and stored it in the storage pouch. With this unexpected gain, he happily soared through the sky.

Several months later, Han Li returned to the vicinity of Silver Sand Island without incident. However, he didn’t see a single cultivator roaming around Silver Sand Island. With a puzzled expression, he looked at Silver Sand Island from afar and saw a powerful formation with a blue protective barrier activated.

‘…?’

He spread his consciousness to check the surroundings and then moved forward. In front of the blue barrier, he made a gesture and sent a sound transmission talisman.

“May I ask your esteemed name, as you are trying to enter the island at a time like this?”

A cautious male voice was heard, and a strand of consciousness approached, attempting to scan Han Li’s body. Han Li released a large amount of blue light from his body, mercilessly repelling the consciousness.

“My name is of no concern to you. I have urgent business, so open the passage.”

“You are a Nascent Soul senior! Please forgive my rudeness. Under normal circumstances, I would have welcomed you immediately, but recently, the demon beasts have launched a large-scale invasion, and the higher-ups have ordered us to strictly check the identities of all cultivators entering and leaving.”

“So that’s what happened? How do I prove my identity?”

Han Li, recalling what had happened on Beryl Island, relaxed his expression.

“You must state your island of origin and your name, or present an item that proves your identity.”

“If it’s something to prove my identity, will this do?”

Han Li frowned, then casually reached out and threw a golden object into the barrier. It was the guest elder token he had received from the Heavenly Twins.

“Ah, you are Senior Han! I apologize for not recognizing you and causing you inconvenience. Please, come right in!”

Han Li was puzzled by the words but didn’t show it, waiting quietly. After a moment, the blue barrier in front of him wavered, and a passage opened.
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