Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 790

791. Space Storm

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“Do you truly wish to die?”

The golden figure, furious at Han Li’s trickery, unleashed a torrent of golden aura, attempting to counterattack.

*Pshhh!*

However, the golden light dissipated upon contact with the gray aura. Though it shook violently, the gray aura quickly stabilized, chilling the golden figure’s heart.

“If a senior had come in person, I wouldn’t have been able to withstand such immense magical power. But a clone is different. Don’t even think about shaking off my Primordial Magnetic Light. You don’t want to stay in a place like this for long either, do you?”

Han Li smiled from within the gray aura.

“How dare you threaten me!”

The golden figure, enraged, attempted to use another divine ability.

*Kieeeek!*

Suddenly, a sharp scream echoed from the void. Han Li, within the Primordial Magnetic Light, instantly felt his body heat up and his blood run backward.

Having perfected the Vajra Body [a technique that makes the body as tough as a magic tool], his skin was as tough as a top-grade magic tool. He calmed his startled heart and formed a hand seal, managing to escape the crisis.

The golden figure’s expression also changed at the sharp sound. The golden cultivator he had brought with him was protected by golden light, but his golden cheeks flushed red, and he collapsed to the ground.

“Blood Weeping Great Art!”

The golden figure shouted in surprise and reached out his hand toward the ground. Golden energy shot out from his palm, enveloping the golden cultivator, and only then did he finally stabilize.

From the distorted light gate in the void, a huge claw appeared, forcing the distorted gate open. The white jade-like bone claw emitted immense spiritual pressure, and the desperate screams continued.

“It seems the Jade Bone Immortal is about to break free. If the senior who went out first rejects that demon and blocks the passage even though you are still here, then we will all become food for the demon. Isn’t that right?”

Han Li, having calmed his startled heart, asked coldly. The golden figure’s face was distorted by the appearance of the huge claw, but he fell into contemplation upon hearing Han Li’s words.

If it was that old devil he knew, he was more than capable of doing that if time was delayed. At that moment, another claw appeared from the light gate in the void, trying to break through the gate from the left and right.

The bizarre screams stopped, but instead, a rumbling roar echoed. The demon seemed ready to burst out at any moment.

“You’re lucky this time. I’ll take you out with me!”

The old golden monster was not a fool. He quickly made a decision and answered without hesitation. Han Li was delighted and slightly loosened the Primordial Magnetic Light that was enveloping the golden light.

The golden figure activated his magical power, and the golden light enveloped even the gray aura containing Han Li, pulling them into the giant light sphere. Han Li wrapped himself in the Primordial Magnetic Light, wary of any tricks the golden figure might try.

As they entered the light sphere, the surroundings brightened, and he felt a dizziness as if the sky and earth had flipped. After a while, they were back on the top of the stone mountain.

Nearby, a giant light sphere floated in the air, half-visible as if embedded in the void, while the other half was invisible.

“You!”

The jade flood dragon and Cultivator Ong, who were waiting nearby, were shocked to see Han Li had also escaped. Han Li immediately flapped his wings, transforming into a blue-white lightning bolt and disappearing from the spot.

The next moment, he appeared dozens of yards away. For some reason, the golden figure, who had been close by, did not try to hold him back, which made it possible.

The jade flood dragon watched with a cold gaze, about to chase after him, when suddenly a spatial fluctuation occurred in the giant light sphere. The strange sound grew louder, and the void crumpled and bunched up like paper.

“This is bad.”

“A space storm!”

Everyone there, including Han Li, shouted in surprise.

They had no time to worry about anything else and did their best to escape the area using their own skills. Various colored streaks of light shot out in all directions.

No matter how great one’s escape technique was, staying where a space storm had formed was tantamount to suicide. However, everyone was highly skilled, and after a few flashes, they appeared hundreds of yards away.

*Thud!*

A loud explosion was heard, and the space where they had been standing crumpled and exploded, turning into black lines that stretched downward. Suddenly, over a hundred yards of space was covered in this bizarre phenomenon.

Then, the sound of wind grew louder, and the black lines split open, and a white light like liquid flowed out from within.

*Shhhshshsh.*

The strange events did not end there.

Whirlpools formed in the void where the white light had appeared, and they began to suck in everything around them, crushing them into fine powder. Anything caught in the whirlpool disappeared like the wind, leaving no trace.

Han Li stood on the summit of a small mountain about ten miles away, staring blankly at the whirlpool.

How much had he suffered from the space storm when he had passed through the space junction before!

He had survived thanks to the spatial divine ability of the Ice Phoenix and after sacrificing many treasures.

The space storm that had formed before his eyes did not seem like it would stop anytime soon. Han Li pondered for a moment, then suddenly transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the east.

The jade flood dragon, who had also escaped in another direction, naturally noticed Han Li’s movements and narrowed his brows, asking Cultivator Ong something. Cultivator Ong looked troubled and began to explain in detail, and the jade flood dragon’s expression turned sour after hearing the story.

At that moment, the golden aura turned toward the jade flood dragon, and when the light faded, the golden cultivator and the golden figure appeared.

“Brother Ming, are you just going to let that guy go? If we report to the Celestial Guard that he tried to steal our treasure, it will become troublesome.”

The golden figure said, scanning the jade flood dragon’s body.

“As Cultivator Geum said, it will only be a bit troublesome. If we are not caught directly by the Celestial Guard for illegally entering the spiritual land, it won’t be a big problem. Before, we were cautious because Celestial Merchant’s reputation was so high, but there were no treasures anyway. So, there’s no need to worry too much. If our interests don’t clash, I don’t want to make enemies with the Ascended cultivators either. Besides, according to my disciple, he seems to have some connection with Jo Mu-gwi… Even if his status is nothing, his master is Elder Lei Luo of the Elder Council. Of course, if Brother Geum wants to deal with him directly, I can help.”

The jade flood dragon had a smile on his face, but his tone was extremely cold.

“I don’t particularly want to deal with a junior who I have no grudge against. It seems like it would only create more trouble for no reason. Since it has been confirmed that there are no treasures, I will be on my way.”

The golden figure rolled his eyes and chuckled. He cupped his fist and wrapped the golden cultivator in golden energy, flying toward the horizon. He didn’t even glance back at the space storm.

“Hmph, you were forced to bring him out after being tricked by a young one, and now you’re trying to use my blade to kill him. Do you want me to take all the blame? You’re good at scheming, but there’s no need to do that when we’re not mortal enemies. Disciple, let’s go. Now that a space storm has appeared, the Celestial Guard of the Natural City will come to investigate. If we linger here and run into them, it will be a real hassle, so we need to move quickly. We didn’t get any treasures from this and only wasted our energy. I deeply regret it!”

The jade flood dragon snorted, looking in the direction where the golden aura had disappeared, and lamented. Then, he too transformed into a green streak of light and flew away, followed by Cultivator Ong.

Everyone who had been gathered there was gone, but the noise of the space storm rumbling in the void was still there.

At that time, Han Li had already returned to the main hall of the cave and was watching the silver barrier. He looked at the Myriad Dragon Pearl, confirmed that the Nascent Soul cultivators had left the spiritual land, and only then did he feel relieved.

On the silver barrier, a large, dark yellow dot continued to flicker. It was because the Myriad Dragon Pearl was reacting to the space storm.

Han Li’s situation was different from that of Old Devil Ming and the others. They could just leave, but he had to watch the space storm to prevent any sudden deaths.

Fortunately, based on his experience at the space junction, he knew that space storms that formed by chance when space collapsed did not last long.

Indeed, the yellow dot on the silver barrier lasted for about half an hour before gradually losing its light. And after a quarter of an hour, it disappeared completely.

‘What’s that?’

Just as he was about to stop the operation of the formation, he was startled and stopped. A gray dot had suddenly appeared where the yellow dot had disappeared. It was much smaller than the previous yellow dot, and its light was so weak that it seemed almost extinguished, but it was slowly moving toward somewhere.

Han Li’s heart grew heavy, and after some deliberation, he decided to check it out himself.

‘Did the remnant soul of the demon escape from the space storm? I don’t know what kind of demon the Jade Bone Immortal is, but if even Nascent Soul cultivators are wary of it, how terrifying must it be? I can’t live in peace with something like that nearby.’

Judging by the low spiritual pressure indicated on the light barrier, it must be severely injured, so killing it shouldn’t be difficult. Having made his decision, Han Li left the cave again and flew to the place where the space storm had disappeared.

Soon, he arrived at the place where the space storm had occurred and confirmed that nothing was left. The small, bare stone mountain had also disappeared, leaving a hundred-yard-deep pit in the ground.

He circled the area twice, but could not find anything unusual. Narrowing his brows, he stopped his escape light and slowly closed his eyes in the void. He was using his consciousness to thoroughly search an area of about a thousand miles.

“Hmm.”

Han Li’s expression was strange when he opened his eyes again. He seemed to be thinking about something for a moment, then transformed into a blue streak of light and flew somewhere. The blue streak of light flew only about 300 miles and stopped in a certain forest. When the light faded, Han Li’s eyes were shimmering with a dark blue light.

Suddenly, he waved his hand toward the void below. With a *thud!* a blue hand appeared and grabbed something.

*Swoosh.*

A gray light shot out from the forest at the touch of the blue hand and flew somewhere. Han Li’s lips twitched, as if he had anticipated this, and he flicked another finger.

Then, five red threads shot out, disappeared into the void, and then reappeared, tightly binding the gray light. The gray light tried to swell up and break free, but when Han Li formed a hand seal, flames erupted from the five red threads.

*Hoo-ooh.*

A strange sound was heard, and the gray light, already weakened, was refined by the flames and turned into a pure white jade object.

Han Li raised his eyebrows and gestured blankly when he saw it. Then, the object engulfed in flames flew over. Upon closer inspection, it was a hand made of white bones. And on the surface of the bone hand, faint golden magic characters flickered.

Han Li immediately recognized that this was the bone hand of the Jade Bone Immortal and carefully examined it with his Spirit Eye [a technique to see the true nature of things].

Han Li discovered a surprising fact. When scanned with his consciousness, the bone hand was a powerful magic treasure, but when viewed with his Spirit Eye, it was clearly someone’s hand. It was a bizarre treasure made from a human bone.

The gray light he had seen earlier was the consciousness that the treasure had created on its own, and since he had burned it with flames, it would have completely disappeared. And more importantly, a jade pendant about an inch in size was hidden on the thumb of the bone hand.

On the jade pendant, silver letters were engraved very small, shimmering with a silver light. It was the Silver Script [an ancient script]. Han Li examined it again with his Spirit Eye and murmured as if sighing.

“Golden Palace Jade Book.”

The jade pendant was surprisingly one of the pages of the Golden Palace Jade Book, and unlike the one he possessed, it was in perfect condition. From a brief look, it seemed to contain information about refining techniques.

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