Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 809

The moment the jade slip shattered, Han Li and the other two froze, startled. Simultaneously, the remaining old trees, glowing with a green light, melted and transformed into green figures.

“So, it was hidden here. If you hadn’t led the way, it would have been difficult to find. Now, our clan has no more worries about future troubles.”

The large figure scanned them, speaking in a deep, turbid voice, surprisingly in the human language. Except for its cyan skin with a faint purple hue, it resembled a human. The figures that had transformed from trees were all members of the Wood Clan, and the two with slender builds were women.

What surprised Han Li even more was that most of the Wood Clan members wore orange belts around their silk robes. Moreover, the large Wood Clan member, who seemed to be the leader, had a silver thread running through the center of his orange belt.

Recalling the Wood Clan’s ranking system, Han Li’s expression darkened.

“Silver Rank, you’re a Silver Rank Wood Spirit!”

Sohong’s face rippled with shock as she confirmed the large Wood Clan member’s belt.

“I am Mokseo, a Lower-Rank Silver Spirit Master. Since you’ve come this far, don’t think about going back. It wouldn’t be bad for you to stay as guests in the Wood Clan territory for a while.”

The large Wood Clan member answered expressionlessly and waved his hand. Behind him, the Wood Clan members with orange belts simultaneously bent at the waist and placed their hands on the ground. Then, a green light covered the hill at an unfathomable speed.

Han Li and Ye Ying, who had landed on the ground, immediately floated into the air. A loud roar echoed as the illusionary restriction Han Li had set up shattered, and then a strange thing happened.

The trees in the area covered by the green light all transformed into large, hairy beasts, each wielding various weapons. Their fur colors varied, and some even floated in the air, swirling with demonic winds.

Even with a rough count, there were easily thousands of beasts surrounding the hill.

Nongdong and Sohong’s faces turned pale. Han Li also gave a wry smile, but Ye Ying stared at Mokseo with a calm gaze, deep in thought.

“These are the Wood Ape Beasts that our clan has researched and created for nearly a thousand years. If you had seen the contents of the jade slip, this would have been written there as well. But now…”

Mokseo’s face was expressionless, but judging from his tone, he seemed to be mocking them.

“Attack!”

A sudden, unfamiliar voice echoed in the air, and Ye Ying suddenly opened her mouth and spewed out crimson blood. It split into blood-colored threads and rushed towards the Wood Clan members, including the Silver Rank Wood Spirit.

Startled by Ye Ying’s attack, the Wood Clan members released green light and took out wooden shields, trying to block the blood-colored threads by spewing out mist from their mouths.

However, the blood-colored threads, whatever they were made of, pierced through their shields like shadows and struck the Wood Clan members. Eventually, red light spread all over the Wood Clan members, trapping them in a red net.

At the same time, the remains of the old tree that had been cut in half by Han Li’s sword energy surprisingly split into golden shadows, rushing towards the Silver Rank Wood Spirit, Mokseo. Mokseo snorted and stretched out his hand.

Two silver beams of light flew out, attacking the golden shadows.

Bang! Ku-kung!

The golden shadows exploded from the silver beams of light. However, countless golden particles were released, trying to trap Mokseo.

“Tsk!”

A golden talisman formation appeared around Mokseo, binding him. Then, the opponent’s purple eyes contracted, and a dazzling silver light flashed, causing countless silver lights to fly out and explode in all directions.

Bang! Ku-kwa-kwang!

The silver and golden talismans fiercely clashed, and the golden talismans, possessing some strange divine power, surprisingly blocked the Silver Rank Wood Spirit’s attack, with only some of the talismans scattering.

Seeing this, Mokseo became furious and immediately clasped his hands together again. The silver light gathered in his hands seemed incomparably stronger than before.

However, seeing that the Silver Rank Wood Spirit and other high-ranking Wood Spirits were all trapped, the cultivators moved quickly. Although the situation was strange, they couldn’t afford to be killed here, so they rejoiced at this situation and used their hidden trump cards, scattering in all directions.

In particular, Sohong formed a hand seal and then spun around, transforming into a beautiful fire phoenix. Her body overflowed with black flames, and she flew straight through the Wood Ape Beast horde. As soon as the black flames touched the Wood Ape Beasts and the weapons they were holding, they turned to ashes and scattered.

In the blink of an eye, the phoenix had moved over a hundred yards away.

Nongdong also ate a five-colored elixir and chanted a spell, and a winged armor covered him. As he flapped his wings, the image of a five-clawed golden dragon formed on the surface of the armor. The dragon roared as if piercing the sky and then seeped into Nongdong’s body.

Then, Nongdong emitted golden light and transformed into a golden beam of light about a dozen yards long, flying away. The golden light vaguely resembled a dragon, and the Wood Ape Beasts that blocked it died, scattering blood like rain.

Unlike their earth-shattering movements, Han Li moved very quietly.

Kwagwang.

A low thunder sound echoed, and blue-white wings appeared behind his back. The blood he spat out turned into a large amount of blood-colored mist, enveloping him. The blood-colored mist instantly contracted, leaving afterimages and disappearing.

As the blood-colored light flashed repeatedly, he passed through the densely packed Wood Ape Beast horde and reached its end. Once again, the blood-colored mist flashed, and he completely disappeared from sight.

Han Li had used the Blood Shadow Escape, moving twice as fast as the black phoenix or the golden light that Nongdong had transformed into. Seeing this, Nongdong and Sohong were so surprised that they couldn’t close their mouths.

Finally, Ye Ying held a red-tinged blade in one hand and swung it towards the direction where the Wood Ape Beasts were most concentrated, without forming any hand seals.

Then, the surrounding heaven and earth energy vibrated, and a crimson blade light about a hundred yards in size slowly appeared. As the blade light fell, the Wood Ape Beasts below were startled and hurriedly ran away.

However, the strange thing was that the moment the Wood Ape Beasts twitched, their entire bodies were already burning and turning to ashes. A clear path opened up in front of Ye Ying.

The giant blade light strangely disappeared before it even hit the ground. Just then, a fist-sized green firebird popped out from the roots of the old tree where the jade slip had been hidden and entered Ye Ying’s body.

The girl inhaled with joy, and the moment she did, she also disappeared from that spot and reappeared in the middle of the path. Then, Ye Ying, who had disappeared again, arrived at the end of the path.

She immediately turned into a white beam of light and split the sky, disappearing into the distant sky in just a few breaths. Ye Ying’s strange escape technique was no less than Han Li’s Blood Shadow Escape.

At this time, silver light exploded from Mokseo’s hands, who was trapped by the golden talismans. This attack was much stronger than before, and most of the golden talismans scattered and disappeared in one blow. However, some parts still remained, hovering around Mokseo.

Anger could be felt in Mokseo’s eyes. He raised his head and emitted a sharp sound.

Beeeep!

Then, the Wood Ape Beasts floating around immediately split into several groups and chased after Han Li, Nongdong, and Sohong, respectively.

Beeeep!

As if responding to Mokseo’s sound, sharp sounds echoed from the other side of the Black Leaf Forest.

Han Li had been able to shake off the monsters not long after activating the Blood Shadow Escape, but his face was extremely pale. He had damaged his vital energy by using the Blood Shadow Escape twice in a row recently.

However, considering the presence of the Silver Rank Wood Spirit who would be chasing after them, he couldn’t hesitate at all. The Silver Rank Wood Spirit was comparable to a human race’s Composite Stage cultivator [a high level of cultivation]. Even if the opponent was a Lower-Rank Silver Rank, he had no chance of winning if they fought directly.

If someone hadn’t secretly helped them this time and used a secret technique to hold the Silver Rank Wood Spirit, they wouldn’t have even had a chance to escape. But the golden talismans wouldn’t last long either, so the Silver Rank Wood Spirit could come chasing after them again at any time.

Therefore, there was no time to hesitate.

Although he had stopped using the Blood Shadow Escape, the Wind Lightning Wings in the blue beam of light flapped without rest. After flapping a dozen times, he reached a speed comparable to a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator [a mid-level of cultivation]. Even so, Han Li didn’t turn his head once and flew like crazy.

Shhh-shhh-shhh!

A sound of air being pierced came from below. Just from the sound, it was clear that something was approaching at an incredible speed.

Han Li’s face hardened, and he stopped moving. Then, three blue lights brushed past him a few feet away. If he hadn’t stopped, they would have pierced through his body.

However, the three blue lights circled back in the air and returned to Han Li. They had transformed into Wood Clan members, holding blue wooden spears and glaring at Han Li.

Han Li’s gaze went to their belts. Confirming that they were a faint yellow, he realized that they were similar in strength to a human race’s Nascent Soul Stage cultivator and felt relieved.

Han Li didn’t take out any other treasures and instead activated the Wind Lightning Wings again, transforming into blue-white lightning and moving. The lightning was so fast that it reached the Wood Spirit in the middle in a flash.

Despite his fast movement, the Wood Spirit’s face remained expressionless, and his eyes flashed. Unexpectedly, without fear, he swung his wooden spear at Han Li. Before the wooden spear touched his body, it turned into a sharp blue light and exploded.

It seemed like they intended to turn Han Li into a honeycomb. At that sight, Han Li’s eyes turned cold, and as he brought his hands together, golden light was released, and transparent golden scales began to cover his entire body.

Chae-chae-chae-chaeng! Chae-chaeng!

The blue light hit his body, making metallic friction sounds and bouncing off without leaving any trace. Also, Han Li twisted one hand strangely and grabbed the spear tip coming towards him with his bare hand. The Wood Spirit in front of him tried his best to retrieve the spear, but it was impossible.

With no other choice, the Wood Spirit hurriedly gave up the wooden spear and tried to retreat. But one of Han Li’s arms swelled up and pierced through the Wood Spirit’s chest.

Thud.

A sound of something being pierced was heard, and Han Li’s five fingers, which had passed through the Wood Spirit’s body, popped out, holding a faint yellow crystal.

Seeing this, the other Wood Spirits made strange noises and released yellow energy while swinging their wooden spears. Han Li sneered and tried to retract his hands, putting strength into his arms.

However, a strange thing happened. A green light spread greatly from the pierced Wood Spirit’s body and the wooden spear it was holding, strongly pulling him in. No matter how much he exerted force and shook his arms, he couldn’t move.

In the meantime, yellow energy and countless spear phantoms were approaching right in front of him.

Han Li’s face was filled with suspicion, and he moved his lips. Then, golden light flashed from his body, and four golden arms appeared from his sides and moved.

One arm punched away the yellow energy, and another arm split the air, creating numerous palm phantoms to block the blue light that came from the wooden spears.

The remaining two arms flicked their ten fingers, and golden sword energies flew towards the two Wood Spirits. The Wood Spirits were startled and summoned blue wooden armor, trying to block the sword energies with yellow wooden shields in one hand.

However, the sword energies were the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that Han Li had cultivated within his body.

Ssshk! Ssshk!

The Wood Spirits’ armor, as well as their bodies, were instantly shattered. But not stopping there, Han Li continued to flick his two hands. The densely packed sword energies covered the Wood Spirits’ remains, and soon after, blood splattered out.

After finishing the cleanup, Han Li pulled out his arm, which had been stuck by the strong suction force. Then, golden light rippled like waves on both of his arms. The Wood Spirit’s body and the blue wooden spear that had been holding his arms were shattered by the golden light and eventually turned into wood dust and scattered.

As Han Li regained his freedom and withdrew the golden light, the four golden arms that had been vaguely visible disappeared in an instant. It was a waste to use the second part of the Heaven-Shaking Devil Transformation Art just to deal with Nascent Soul-level beings. [a mid-level of cultivation]

However, he had not yet deeply mastered the technique, so it was impossible to unleash its true power. If he could cultivate the third part of the Heaven-Shaking Devil Transformation Art when he reached the Void Refinement Stage [a high level of cultivation], the power of the technique would be unimaginable.