Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 680

After half an hour, he recovered his magical power and immediately cast a spell on the moon that the jade disc had transformed into. The blood-colored moon turned into a beam of light and shot off into the distance.

His figure also blurred, turning into a blue beam of light as he followed behind. The blood-colored beam of light maintained a constant speed, and Han Li followed behind it expressionlessly.

As a result, they flew for half a day before finally reaching a desolate basin. A hot, swirling wind blew.

His expression changed slightly as he realized that everything in the basin was black and red.

The edges of the basin were piled with black stones, and in the center was a bright red lava lake, with hot air rising like a haze.

The blood-colored light circled behind the lava lake, humming as if it wanted to go down but didn’t dare to. Han Li stroked his chin, looked at the lava lake, and chuckled.

“Hmph, you’ve hidden it well. If I didn’t have the secret technique, I might not have found it. But now that I’ve found it, do you think mere lava can stop me?”

Han Li gestured towards the blood-colored mass.

Whoosh!

At the same time, the blood-colored light vibrated and returned, landing obediently in his hand. Then, a purple flame rose from his other hand, engulfing him.

He transformed into a giant purple fireball and descended vertically.

Splash.

The fireball entered the lava and disappeared, and the surface of the lava, which had rippled for a moment, became calm as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Han Li was already sinking deep into the lava. The Violet Aurora Flame was an extreme flame, so it could easily block the high temperature emitted from the lava. After descending about two hundred feet, he finally reached the bottom and arrived at a land covered with black rocks.

He narrowed his brows and channeled his spiritual power into his eyes, activating his Spirit Clarity Vision [a technique to enhance vision using spiritual power].

Looking around, he raised the blood-colored jade disc in his hand. The jade disc vibrated as if it wanted to fly away, as if it would leave his hand at any moment.

Han Li calmly walked in the direction the jade disc wanted to go, and soon the vibration of the jade disc stopped, and it tried to go downwards. He quietly lowered his head and looked at his feet.

Han Li’s expression changed in an instant, and he reached out, emitting a dazzling golden light.

Boom!

A loud noise rang out, and the bottom of the lava lake cracked with a huge fissure of about ten feet, created by a golden sword energy. A blue light immediately spread across the ordinary-looking rock floor, preventing lava from pouring in.

A protective restriction had been placed there.

Han Li was delighted and immediately broke through the barrier. It wasn’t a very strong restriction, and it quickly created a hole the size of a hand when it touched the Violet Aurora Flame.

As he entered, the blue barrier, which had returned to its original state, once again prevented the lava from pouring in.

Looking around, he found himself in an underground tunnel. The uneven walls and ground indicated that it was not man-made but a naturally formed tunnel.

With the lava gone, he released the jade disc again, and it spun around, turning into a blood-colored moon and rushing deep into the tunnel. Han Li, with an expressionless face, slowly walked through the tunnel, following behind it.

After traveling five or six miles, the tunnel began to ascend, and after going up about a hundred feet, an exit appeared. The blood-colored moon went out without hesitation.

However, Han Li, wary of his surroundings, flicked his sleeve and took out the Three Flame Fan. Holding the fan, he suddenly stepped out of the exit and surveyed his surroundings.

It was dark inside, but with his Spirit Clarity Vision activated, everything was clearly visible. Unexpectedly, there was no one in the naturally formed underground cave.

He looked at another exit at the end of the cave. The blood-colored mass also flew towards it but stopped at the exit, letting out a low, piercing cry.

Fling!

Suddenly, the blood-colored moon split into a dozen thin black lines, scattering and disappearing. Seeing this, Han Li was more pleased than surprised. He strode forward to investigate and found that there was indeed a wider cave beyond the exit.

‘Hmm.’

Black mist filled the cave, but it didn’t seem to seep out, as if something was blocking the exit. Using his Spirit Clarity Vision, Han Li discovered three women lying in the center of the pitch-black mist.

It was Mo Peiling, Liu Yu, and Song.

The three women were lying in the middle of a strange formation, from which black mist was constantly emerging. Han Li did not move hastily. He scanned every corner of the cave with his consciousness, confirming that there was no second Nascent Soul [a high level of cultivation], and then slashed through the air with one hand.

Swish!

A golden light flashed, and something was cut off. A thick mist gushed out, trying to engulf him.

However, a thunderous sound came from Han Li’s body, and golden lightning flashed first. The black energies scattered and disappeared as soon as they touched the lightning, and Han Li entered the mist.

Crackling! Crack!

For a while, golden lightning crackled loudly, preventing the black mist from approaching him. But suddenly, a dozen black snakes condensed in the mist, eagerly shaking their tails, wanting to rush at him.

Seeing this, Han Li’s face hardened, and he fluttered his sleeves, emitting a dazzling golden light. Two golden lightning dragons shot out, biting and destroying the black snakes at once.

Crackling!

The lightning dragons did not stop there, wildly stirring and scattering the surrounding black mist. Han Li, who had easily reached the vicinity of the formation, realized that it was just a simple illusion formation.

‘It seems their magical power was being restricted.’

Otherwise, with the cultivation of the three women, they wouldn’t have been trapped by such a formation. He flicked his fingers, and golden sword energies flew towards the formation, which dimmed and lost its power.

* * *

Far away, in the abyss of the Seven Spirit Islands.

A large, dark shadow, surrounded by demonic energy, had a strange look on its face in the place where Han Li had retrieved the Demonic Hand.

He twitched and rummaged through his sleeve, taking out a blue bead. The smooth surface was cracked.

“Why is the restriction broken? To find this place so quickly is absurd. Since it was just a precaution, take them if you want! I can’t stay here long anymore. As soon as I finish injecting the demonic energy, I’ll have to find another place to cultivate.”

He closed his eyes and no longer cared about the restriction. At that time, Han Li had already taken out a cyan jade bottle and was giving three pills to the women, waiting silently by their side.

After a short while, Song was the first to slowly regain consciousness and get up.

“Junior Sister Song, your cultivation has improved quite a bit. You woke up faster than I expected.”

Before she could fully regain her senses, she heard a familiar voice in her ear. Startled, she raised her head and saw Han Li looking down at her with a strange expression.

“Senior Uncle Han! No, is it really Senior Uncle Han?”

“I didn’t know my junior sister was so cautious. I went through a lot of trouble to find you, so how can I look like a fake?”

“Is it really Senior Uncle Han?”

Song still hesitated, even though she thought the person was real. Then, Han Li smiled and reached out his hand towards her.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

A dozen silver needles were pulled out from various parts of her body and gathered in Han Li’s hand. Song was then able to freely use her magical power.

As she rejoiced, Mo Peiling and Liu Yu also began to regain consciousness. They were just as surprised to see Han Li standing beside them. However, unlike Song, Mo Peiling immediately sensed Han Li through the technique that restricted her consciousness and greeted him with a happy expression.

“Was it my second Nascent Soul that captured you?”

“Has Master already met that person?”

“If I had met him, would I be asking you?”

Liu Yu asked in surprise, and Han Li gestured, pulling out the silver needles from the other two women’s bodies as he spoke.

Mo Peiling and the others were puzzled by Han Li’s words.

‘How did he know it was the second Nascent Soul’s doing without even meeting him?’

“It is certain that the one who captured us was the second Nascent Soul that Master lost. Moreover, he has already obtained a physical body and has reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage.”

Liu Yu answered respectfully.

“If it’s a physical body, tell me in detail what he looked like.”

At this time, two golden lightning dragons eliminated the surrounding black mist and returned, disappearing into his body. The three women were speechless at his miraculous ability to create and freely control lightning.

They were also Core Formation cultivators [a lower level of cultivation], so they could create illusions, but they couldn’t control them as freely as he could. Liu Yu calmed herself and described the appearance of the black-robed man in detail.

‘So the second Nascent Soul has taken over the Heavenly Fiend Corpse.’

Han Li was outwardly calm, but inwardly he was very depressed. The second Nascent Soul knew him inside and out, so if he left him alone, it would become a great threat. Even this time, if it weren’t for the Blood Moon Spirit Seeking technique of the Great Evolution Treasure Scripture, he wouldn’t have been able to find Mo Peiling and the others.

He waited for Liu Yu to finish speaking and then gave instructions.

“The three of you should leave Chuma Bone Valley immediately and return to the sect. Since the second Nascent Soul has returned to Tiannan on his own, I must retrieve him! I will search the central area again.”

“Senior Uncle Han, that Nascent Soul’s cultivation has already reached the mid-stage. Instead of doing that, you should ask for help from others… Senior, Senior Uncle’s cultivation is already!”

Song unconsciously examined Han Li’s cultivation and was shocked. Mo Peiling and Liu Yu, who heard her words, also scanned Han Li with their consciousness and were startled.

“Has the Young Master already become a Great Cultivator!”

Mo Peiling’s beautiful lips couldn’t close.

“I forgot to tell you! Half a year ago, I held a ceremony to celebrate reaching the late Nascent Soul stage and officially took the position of Grand Elder. So, it’s no problem for me to deal with the second Nascent Soul, so don’t worry.”

Han Li smiled calmly, and Song and the others were greatly pleased and quickly offered their congratulations. The three women immediately bowed and left the cave.

Soon, three beams of light soared into the lava lake and split the sky.

Han Li intended to wait in the cave for a few days. If it was hidden so secretly, the second Nascent Soul might return after finishing his business.

If he didn’t appear, it was possible that the second Nascent Soul had another residence in the center of Chuma Bone Valley or had left this place.

Seven days later, no matter how long he waited, the second Nascent Soul did not appear. He no longer waited idly and released tens of thousands of Gold Devouring Beetles to search the central area thoroughly.

In the end, he didn’t find the second Nascent Soul but obtained a lot of ancient treasures left behind by ancient cultivators.

They couldn’t be compared to treasures like the Three Flame Fan, but they were considered very precious treasures in Tiannan. However, Han Li was not happy at all. He had found traces of the second Nascent Soul in the ruins of the ancient cultivator.

It seemed that he had left the ruins with the treasures not long ago. Only then did Han Li judge that the second Nascent Soul’s incarnation had most likely left Chuma Bone Valley.

This was really giving him a headache. But after thinking about it carefully, it wasn’t like there was no way to find the second Nascent Soul.

The second Nascent Soul would definitely try to increase his cultivation and overwhelm him. According to the three women, the second Nascent Soul had used the Heavenly Fiend Corpse as his body and was cultivating the Profound Yin Great Technique as his main method.

When the Profound Yin Demonic Energy reached its extreme, in addition to long and arduous cultivation, one had to resort to bloody sorcery to quickly increase their cultivation.

However, such sorcery had fatal flaws, either causing many future problems for the caster or making it impossible to maintain the cultivation for long. In the end, the only way was to use the technique recorded in the Profound Yin Scripture to inject demonic energy into the body to break through bottlenecks in a short time and greatly increase cultivation.

Of course, even if one did this, it would cause considerable future problems for the caster, just like evil secret techniques. The body could transform into a demon, becoming grotesque, losing reason, and possibly turning into a terrifying half-human, half-demon monster.

But the situation was different for the second Nascent Soul.

Since he had taken a demonized corpse as his body and knew how to cultivate the Great Evolution Technique, he didn’t have to worry about his body or mind. The fact that the second Nascent Soul had reached the mid-stage of cultivation from the initial stage in a short time was already proof that he was using this method.
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