Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 700

Chaechaechang!

Just as the silver barrier was about to collapse, the remaining blood-colored bone needles collided with the golden protective shield.

Fortunately, the Vajra Beetle [a powerful, defensive magical insect] flashed its golden light and blocked all the blood-colored bone needles.

At the same time, the tricolored flames in Han Li’s hand transformed into a firebird, letting out a phoenix cry as it soared into the air. Its target was the pair of horned demonic creatures that were immobilized below.

The demonic creatures instantly revealed a ferocious glint in their eyes and opened their mouths, emitting a white shockwave to attack the firebird.

Kwa-kwang!

A deafening roar echoed as the white shockwave and the tricolored flames collided.

The white sonic wave, whether it was a divine power innate to the demonic creatures or a result of condensed demonic energy, displayed immense power even while they were immobilized.

The firebird, which had been confronting the white shockwave, began to explode after a short while!

The tricolored energy scattered and fluctuated, then cleanly devoured the white shockwave. The light rapidly expanded, covering over a dozen zhang [approximately 3.3 meters] and turning even the demonic creatures transformed from the Yeonshi [a type of demonic creature] into nothingness.

All of this happened in an instant, causing Lu Dao Jixing, who was watching from afar while forming hand seals, to have a drastic change in expression.

He had never imagined that the two demonic creatures would not only fail to kill their opponent but would instead be killed themselves.

Now, he realized that his opponent was no ordinary Great Cultivator. Enraged, he didn’t hesitate and moved his consciousness, spitting out something from his mouth.

Then, a black light transformed into a stream of demonic energy and vanished into the void.

The hedgehog-like demonic creature on the other side also growled lowly, its form becoming blurry before disappearing.

The next moment, ripples appeared behind Han Li, and two silver forearms suddenly emerged.

Pudeuk.

The two forearms explosively grew in the void, one aiming for Han Li’s head and the other for his back.

And in the void, a black light flashed, transforming into an octagonal hammer the size of a head, attempting to strike down on his head.

Looking at the black demonic energy pouring down from above, it was a demonic artifact rarely seen in the human realm!

Nevertheless, Noma didn’t stop and shook his shoulders, moving the remaining four demonic spirits.

Then, the demonic spirits, with ferocious glints in their eyes, transformed into four streams of black light and flew to attack Han Li.

Having killed one demonic creature, Han Li was immediately caught in a joint attack by Lu Dao and other demonic creatures, causing him to sigh lightly.

At that moment, his body flashed with a blue light, and a silver figure appeared behind him, swinging its fists.

Kwakwang! Kwakwak!

Then, a sky-shattering collision sound erupted, and the demonic creature that had flown to attack Han Li in the void trembled all over and collapsed.

A blue cauldron appeared above Han Li’s head, spinning around as its lid flew off.

Then, a blue mass of threads shot out, tightly binding the falling black octagonal hammer, preventing it from moving.

However, the octagonal hammer emitted a chilling coldness, trying to break free.

Han Li temporarily ignored the situation above his head and stared at the four black light streaks rushing towards him.

“The divided souls of a Saint Demon?”

He muttered lowly, then raised the corners of his mouth and flicked one of his sleeves.

Kurung! Kwagwagwang!

Four large golden lightning bolts flashed and flew, accurately striking the black light streaks.

Kung! Kung! Kung! Kung!

A dazzling golden light exploded, engulfing the black light streaks, and the phantoms within melted away like snow as if they had met their nemesis.

At that moment, the blue figure behind him appeared, stretched out its arm, and placed a crimson bow in its hand, then drew the bowstring.

Kwagwang!

Crimson light spread out dazzlingly, and countless fire arrows poured down towards the hedgehog demonic creature.

The demonic creature, despite the fire arrows covering the sky, showed no fear and bolstered the crimson energy throughout its body, letting out a roar.

Then, the crimson energy created a protective barrier, and the fire arrows densely embedded themselves into the crimson barrier.

The fire arrows exploded countless times, covering the surroundings in flames, and their momentum was immense.

However, the demonic creature inside the crimson barrier was unharmed, and after taking a deep breath, it pushed away the surrounding flames in one go.

But then, a faint thunder sound was heard from the front.

The demonic creature paused, trying to identify the source, when a jade-colored arrow, deflecting golden lightning, flew in instantly.

As the hedgehog demonic creature dodged the jade-colored arrow and thought that the situation was turning strange, a black light silently sliced through its neck, and the demonic creature’s triangular head rolled to the ground.

The crimson protective barrier had not blocked the black light at all.

That was because the Demonic Marrow Flying Knife was refined using Demonic Marrow Essence [a highly concentrated form of demonic energy].

It was only natural that a protective barrier made of ordinary demonic energy would be sliced through like tofu by the Demonic Marrow Essence, which was created by condensing pure demonic energy over a long period.

The humanoid puppet was being controlled by the second Nascent Soul [a powerful spiritual entity], so without Han Li’s separate command, the Demonic Marrow Flying Knife flew towards the corpse whose head had been severed.

The puppet opened its mouth and swept the corpse with black energy, and a phantom popped out from within.

It was the phantom of a demonic spirit, and as soon as it popped out of the corpse, it was engulfed by the puppet’s black energy and devoured by the second Nascent Soul.

Such pure demonic energy was like a tonic for the second Nascent Soul, who was cultivating the Extreme Yin Great Method [a powerful cultivation technique focused on yin energy].

The Yeonshi, having lost its head, scattered into ashes and disappeared as even the phantom of the demonic spirit vanished.

After that, the humanoid puppet returned to Han Li’s side and stood with its hands behind its back.

From a distance, it would look like two Han Lis with different attire standing side by side.

At this time, Han Li was fiddling with the Three Flame Fan, calmly gazing forward.

“It seems I’ve seen enough of Brother Lu Dao’s Six Paths True Demonic Art! If you have other secret techniques, please broaden my horizons. Of course, if you have nothing left, you’ll have to go to the underworld as you are.”

At his words, Lu Dao Jixing’s face turned pale, and he stood there with an expression of disbelief.

It was no wonder, as he had annihilated two late-stage Nascent Soul demonic creatures as if they were toys.

Moreover, the tricolored feather fan, the blue cauldron, the green wooden ruler, and other weapons the opponent was using were all incredibly powerful, and apart from the Void Sky Cauldron, he couldn’t even guess what they were.

And the opponent had summoned an incarnation to defeat one of the demonic creatures, but he had no idea what kind of secret technique it was.

Lu Dao Jixing’s heart grew heavy.

‘How can this be! How can a guy who only reached the late-stage Nascent Soul a mere hundred years ago use such mysterious secret techniques? And possess such unheard-of treasures.’

Although he had never faced a Transformation Stage cultivator directly, he was sure that this opponent was not inferior to them.

Noma felt cold sweat running down his back after hearing Han Li’s words.

But he immediately opened his mouth and spat out a black handkerchief.

The treasure became blurry and transformed into a jet-black wind, enveloping Lu Dao and then bouncing backward with a sharp sound.

Using wind escape techniques, the black wind split into several parts and retreated over a hundred zhang away as if teleporting.

Perhaps an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator would have been unable to help but admire it.

“Running away! It’s true that your natal magic treasure is perfect for escaping. If it were in the past, it would have been difficult to chase you, but now…”

Han Li took a deep breath, and the Wind Lightning Wings fluttered behind his back, and a white lightning flashed with a thunderous sound. Unexpectedly, the lightning bolts were clustered into lightning masses, floating in the void.

As he sneered at Noma, who was turning into a black shadow in the distance, the wings behind him fluttered, and a gale blew, and the blue and white lightning orbs exploded.

Kwagwang, Kwang!

The lightning was pushed by the gale and instantly sucked into the wings.

The moment the Wind Lightning Wings were enveloped in a lightning barrier, Han Li’s figure disappeared from that spot.

And somewhere tens of zhang away, lightning flashed, and then again tens of zhang away from that spot, lightning flashed once more.

Its speed was so fast that it was even faster than the black wind that Noma was in.

The lightning had already caught up to about a dozen zhang behind the black wind.

He could even see Noma glancing back in fear from within.

The two wings fluttered once more, and as the lightning flashed, Han Li was already standing in front of the black wind.

At this, the black wind paused for a moment, then tried to change direction and flee.

Seeing this, Han Li quickly formed hand seals, and a cracking sound was heard from his entire body as he grew taller, his muscles bulging, and his body covered in gold.

In the blink of an eye, he had unleashed the third level of the Mingwang Incantation [a powerful body-refining technique]. He spread out his hands and summoned purple flames and flying knives.

Seeing this, Noma in the black wind was terrified and gave up on fleeing, condensing all his magic power to double the size of the black wind and blocking the front with a crimson shield.

And as Noma was about to throw a magic seal into the shield, a white thread popped out from above his head and vanished with a flash.

A moment later, Noma’s scream echoed from within the black wind.

The arm holding the crimson shield had been severed, and the remaining forearm was covered in purple ice.

Only then did Noma realize that a tiny gap had formed in the black wind. Something had penetrated through that gap and severed his arm.

Noma was enraged by the sudden attack, but he hurriedly released his consciousness to summon a red protective barrier and check if Han Li was nearby.

At that moment, the white thread reappeared in the void a dozen zhang away and transformed into a human figure.

It was Han Li.

Holding a purple sword in his hand, he scanned his body up and down and lightly shook the wings behind his back.

“The Gale Transformation is quite powerful, but it puts a bit of a strain on the body.”

“It’s originally a technique created for the demon race cultivators, so it’s natural. Even if a human cultivator borrows the power of a magic treasure like the Wind Lightning Wings, it’s difficult to unleash its true power. The strain on the body will also be great. With the power of the third level of the Mingwang Incantation, you can probably use it two or three times, but if you overdo it, your body will collapse. If you want to freely use the Gale Transformation, you’ll have to train the Mingwang Incantation more.”

A young boy’s voice echoed in Han Li’s ear.

“I see. I didn’t realize it when I tested it a few times in the secret chamber, but moving such a long distance definitely puts a lot of strain on the body.”

Han Li sighed and flipped his palm, and the purple flying knives scattered.

Noma stared at Han Li with suspicious eyes and struck the spirit beast pouch on his waist with one arm.

Then, a black light flashed immediately, and a jet-black serpent with two heads appeared.

The serpent was not very large, about three zhang, but judging by its triangular head and the green energy spewing from its mouth, it seemed to possess potent poison.

As the serpent appeared, Lu Dao Jixing opened his mouth and spat out something enveloped in black energy.

Inside the black energy was a white flag, and with Noma’s incantation, it grew madly, transforming into a giant flag the size of a zhang.

Looking at the white flag emitting a sinister aura, Han Li also paused for a moment.

The flag’s pole was made by refining human bones, and a faint grayish-white incantation was revealed.

Also, three skull heads of different sizes were hovering above it, emitting a sinister laugh, which made one’s hair stand on end just by looking at it.

Noma roared lowly and placed one hand on the flag, and the three skull heads convulsed, spewing out black energy.

Then, Noma’s severed arm floated up and devoured it as if competing with each other.

Now, the fear had disappeared from Lu Dao Jixing’s face, and he began to glare at Han Li with a cold gaze.

Having seen Han Li’s bizarre escape technique that combined wind and thunder attributes, he realized that there was no way to escape.

If he fled in fear, he would be defeated in an instant, so it was better to fight with the determination to die.

Thus, Noma took out another treasure that he had never shown to anyone.

Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his brows.

It was a treasure he had never seen before, but judging by its strange appearance and astonishing yin energy, it was not something to be taken lightly.

At that moment, the young boy’s voice was heard.

“Three Divine White Bone Banner? I didn’t think there would be someone in the human realm who could create such an evil thing.”

“Does Fellow Daoist Tianlan know of this item?”

“It’s a rather famous banner in the Spirit Realm. It’s called one of the Seven Great Evil Artifacts, but the one in front of you has only borrowed the foundation of its refinement method. To refine such an evil artifact, one must go through a bloody process, and its owner will not have a good ending in the end. The one in front of you is also quite powerful and must have sacrificed many cultivators.”

The young boy clicked his tongue, finding the flag ominous.