Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 685

The secret history of the demon race’s Fiend Transformation Lightning Tribulation was rarely mentioned in the scriptures of the human realm. It was only natural, as it had little to do with human cultivators, so it wasn’t recorded in their scriptures.

Besides, how often could a human cultivator witness a high-level demon beast undergoing a lightning tribulation? When a demon beast underwent a lightning tribulation, it was the most dangerous moment, so they would never allow human cultivators to approach.

Soon, after thick bolts of lightning, each about a foot long, had fallen for a full hour, the thunder finally subsided for a moment.

When Han Li examined it closely, the grayish-white demonic energy had almost completely dissipated, leaving only a very thin layer. Taking advantage of this, the Heavenly Orchid flapped its two wings and opened its mouth, spewing out the grayish-white demonic energy again.

This time, it condensed demonic energy twice as thick as before and hid back inside it. At that moment, the Heavenly Orchid’s gaze was calm, and there was no sign of panic, as if it had expected the fierce lightning tribulation.

Han Li smiled at the sight. It seemed that, as the other party had said, it was confident in blocking the initial lightning tribulation on its own. However, what it had told him at the end would be of great benefit to him, so he couldn’t miss this opportunity.

With this thought, he brushed past his storage bracelet, and various magical artifacts flew out, lining up in front of him. A bright yellow gourd, a pure white bowl, and a blue jade bottle—all were magical artifacts in the form of containers.

At that moment, thunder rumbled again in the sky, and the second wave of lightning began to fall. It was clear that there were more bolts than before, and their power was also stronger.

Han Li, having taken out the magical artifacts, sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. An hour passed, and the Heavenly Orchid was blocking the third wave of lightning.

The power was becoming more and more astonishing, and the golden restrictions that Han Li had set up were considerably damaged by the lightning bolts that flew like silver snakes.

However, the golden lightning net made with Han Li’s Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning was intact, so nothing happened to him. The Heavenly Orchid, at the center of the lightning, finally began to lose its composure around the time the fourth wave of lightning fell.

It used a technique to increase its size again, now becoming a giant demon beast about a dozen feet tall, and the demonic energy it spewed from its mouth had changed from grayish-white to a silver-white similar to lightning.

The silver-white demonic energy was strange, and when lightning struck it, it would make a sound like metal clashing and bounce off. The dazzling luster of the silver-white demonic energy made Han Li, who had been closing his eyes to gather his energy, open his eyes in surprise, and it sent a chill down his spine just by looking at it.

‘Could it be related to the move I gave him? To refine and use a move in such a short time!’

While Han Li was observing the other party, the Heavenly Orchid, having released the strange demonic energy, was blocking the lightning with a much more relaxed expression. However, when the seventh wave of lightning began to fall, tension returned to the demon beast’s face.

The dark clouds in the sky churned even more violently, spewing out a tremendous number of lightning bolts, covering the entire sky with a silver lightning net. Surprisingly, the moment the lightning struck, the surrounding area was covered in silver, and nothing could be seen except for the silver lightning.

“Cultivator Han, the lightning tribulation in the human realm is more powerful than expected, and I can only withstand two more waves. I will need your help for the last three waves.”

The Heavenly Orchid’s faint voice finally reached Han Li’s ears.

“Don’t worry. I will step in when the time comes.”

“Then, please do me a favor! I will definitely not forget to repay you.”

The Heavenly Orchid was greatly relieved to hear that. With a great cultivator acting as a protector, even if the Fiend Transformation Lightning Tribulation was more powerful than expected, nothing major would happen.

The silver lightning net completely enveloped the demon beast, and countless lightning bolts exploded. Although most of the lightning was desperately deflected by the silver-white demonic energy, the remaining amount was still considerable.

The silver demonic energy was visibly dissipating rapidly, and after the seventh wave of lightning attacks, almost half of it had disappeared.

The moment the sound of lightning stopped, the Heavenly Orchid immediately spewed out grayish-white demonic energy, layering it on top of the silver demonic energy. Now, it was time for the eighth wave of lightning attacks to fall.

An almost doubled lightning net fell with a ferocious momentum.

Kuururung! Ku-kwa-kwa-kwang!

A thunderous roar that shook the heavens and the earth erupted, and the demonic energy instantly turned into a silver-white layer, which was also trembling.

At this, Han Li, who had been watching from outside the formation, frowned for a moment but soon returned to his usual expression. He slowly rose to his feet and began to look for something in the sky.

Suddenly, Han Li’s expression changed, and he lowered his head.

“Huh, this is interesting! There was such an existence in Tiannan [a region].”

He flicked his ten fingers towards the ground, and ten thin red threads disappeared into the earth. Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and a chilling shriek that made one’s hair stand on end was heard from deep underground.

Soon, a demon beast with a vast body spanning dozens of feet rose above the ground, stirring up yellow dust.

Red threads were attached to the upper half of the giant body, and the giant demon beast screamed in pain. The red threads were the ten Fire Spirit Threads that Han Li had recently refined.

The giant demon beast with a yellow body frantically shook countless tentacles on its upper body, and a golden horn protruded from its head. Strangely, when lightning approached the giant demon beast, the golden horn would flash and absorb it.

“It’s a Horned Earthworm! But how did it get so big? And its horn was originally white…”

Han Li muttered, looking at the giant serpent that was raging in anger.

The giant serpent shrieked and then released lightning with a silver flash from its mouth. Unexpectedly, it used the lightning absorbed by its golden horn to attack Han Li, who was standing next to the formation.

“Its intelligence is this high! It must be a mutated spirit beast.”

Han Li was more amused than surprised by the sight. He spread his arms, and two golden lightning bolts as thick as his arms shot out and merged into one in the air.

Kwagwang!

A loud roar erupted, and the golden and silver lightning intertwined like two snakes, then exploded and disappeared, scattering tiny lightning bolts.

The giant demon beast seemed even more excited by this, and its golden horn emitted even more light, beginning to absorb the surrounding lightning. It seemed ready to launch an even more powerful attack.

Han Li sneered and released a golden sword from his mouth, which flew on the wind, leaving a long trail. The giant demon beast seemed to fear it and emitted a yellow light from its entire body, trying to shrink and escape into the ground.

However, the Fire Spirit Threads clinging to its upper body suddenly flashed red and turned into fiery red ropes, which became as thick as young tree trunks, and at the same time, flames rose greatly, almost completely covering the upper half of the demon beast’s body.

At this moment, a golden streak of light flew in and slashed fiercely at its head, and the giant demon beast countered the attack of the giant sword with its golden horn.

Teng!

With a light ringing sound, a dazzling light that seemed to pierce the eyes flashed, and the golden horn deflected the giant sword. Then, blue lightning flashed above the giant demon beast’s head, and Han Li appeared, quickly firing another golden sword energy, which pierced a bowl-sized hole in the giant demon beast’s body.

Greenish-blue blood gurgled out, but the giant demon beast became even more enraged and began to rampage.

The demon beast roared for a while, then contracted the tentacles on its upper body and whipped them like a whip to attack Han Li. However, Han Li immediately formed a hand seal and released a dozen golden swords from all over his body, creating a curtain of swords to protect himself.

Han Li chanted an incantation and pointed downwards, and the dozen small golden swords resonated in unison, suddenly transforming into seven swords. Each of the flying swords created six golden illusions, and dozens of dense golden lights fell down.

The giant demon beast, with a sinking heart, released a large amount of silver lightning and then spat out a fiery red mass, trying to block the enormous number of sword lights.

Peo-peo-peong!

Explosions rang out in succession, and dozens of golden lights scattered in the silver lightning and flames, but the remaining ones still rushed towards the giant demon beast.

Before the giant demon beast could prepare, the swords whirred and condensed into one again, transforming back into a giant sword, which sliced through the demon beast’s waist like lightning. The demon beast’s scream echoed in the sky, and countless green blood droplets flowed down like a waterfall.

However, just when Han Li thought it was over, an incredible scene unfolded. The upper half of the demon beast, which he thought was dead, leaped up as soon as the golden sword light disappeared and rushed to swallow Han Li.

At the same time, a yellow light flashed on the severed lower half of the demon beast, and the tentacles gathered to form another mouth, which burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Han Li, startled, raised his eyebrows and formed a hand seal.

“Explode!”

At Han Li’s words, the thick fire ropes clinging to the demon beast’s body flashed and began to explode.

Ku-kwakwang!

A cloud of flames bloomed, and the upper half of the demon beast was engulfed in flames, letting out a miserable scream. The golden horn couldn’t absorb all the flames due to the fierce momentum.

At the same time, a thick sword light changed direction and cut through the cloud. The scream that had been heard from within stopped abruptly, and green blood scattered like rain, then two black charred remnants fell down, emitting the smell of burning flesh.

Han Li calmly examined it with his spiritual sense and found that the lower half of the demon beast, which had burrowed into the ground, was not moving very fast and had only managed to escape a few miles. Without much hesitation, Han Li touched his waist and summoned a swarm of golden insects.

Then, he pointed expressionlessly at a spot on the ground, and with a whirring sound, the swarm of insects fell down all at once. Then, they scattered and disappeared into the ground.

He no longer looked in that direction and instead gestured towards the fire cloud again. The fiercely burning fire cloud quickly shrank, eventually returning to thick ropes, but each of the flames was dimmer than before.

Han Li opened his mouth and released a blue aura, and the ten Fire Spirit Threads, each two feet long, were engulfed by the blue aura without resistance and returned to his body. Only then did Han Li, seeing the black remnants on the ground, narrow his eyes and clench his fist in the air.

Shuk!

The golden horn of the serpent demon beast, which appeared from the charred corpse, was not very large compared to the vast body of the demon beast, but it was still about six feet long, and mysterious incantation characters were faintly visible on the golden, radiant surface of the horn.

He cast a series of hand seals, and the golden horn shrank, reducing to half a foot in length. Only then did he attach a restriction talisman and put it in a wooden box, placing it in his storage bracelet.

Han Li lightly dusted off his hands, showing a satisfied expression.

At that moment, the ground shook greatly about ten miles away, and the remaining half of the giant demon beast rose from the ground, its entire body sparkling with gold as thousands of Gold Devouring Beetles clung to it, rapidly devouring the demon beast’s body.

The giant demon beast screamed in pain and rolled around on the ground. It was trying to shake off the Gold Devouring Beetles, but the golden beetles were already stuck to the demon beast as if they were one, focused only on gnawing at the giant demon beast.

After a while, the giant demon beast, which had risen up as if in a final spasm, fell to the ground and no longer moved. Han Li floated in the air, watching it, then sighed and turned his head.

Lightning was still falling from the sky, but the net in the sky was more sparse than before, indicating that the Heavenly Orchid had endured the eighth lightning attack as well.

‘Is it about time for me to step in?’

But first, he began to look for something with his dark blue eyes.

After a while, the lightning stopped completely once more, and a strange medicinal fragrance spread from the dark clouds, and the clouds churned as a giant moon rose between them.

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