Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 812

“What rumor are you talking about?”

Han Li, having dispelled the oppressive aura by using the Great Connection technique, spoke with a stern expression.

“Haha! Brother Han, that True Dragon’s soul is a trick of Nong Dong’s. It must be to obtain the Heavenly Phoenix blood within me. But once he decides to attack, he will surely kill everyone who saw or heard it.

There’s an agreement among our True Spirit families not to steal each other’s True Spirit bloodlines. If that’s violated, we could be annihilated by a joint attack from the other families. That’s why they couldn’t attack in areas where humans live and schemed here instead.

However, triggering the True Spirit’s blood isn’t something a mere Spirit Transformation cultivator can do. It seems a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Nong family is here.”

Ye Ying carefully examined the giant dragon’s head and explained calmly. As Han Li listened, he recalled Nong Dong’s gaze, which had been fixed on Ye Ying.

“If it were ordinary True Spirit blood, it might be different, but True Spirit families like ours and the Nong family, which have been around since ancient times, are different. The True Spirit bloodline has been passed down for countless years and has completely assimilated, so it wouldn’t be easy to steal. The Nong family must know that as well.”

Ye Cho looked puzzled.

“I don’t know about that either. But when the Nong family makes a move, they must have already prepared a countermeasure. Either way, the opponent will have to overcome my Heavenly Phoenix soul. I need your help, Sister, to trigger the True Spirit’s blood. Brother Han, I ask for your protection.”

Ye Ying’s face hardened as she made her decision.

“Since I’m already involved, I will do my best to help.”

Han Li smiled wryly, looking at the dark clouds and the giant dragon’s head. Although it was a True Dragon’s soul, he was not flustered.

“I’m glad you understand the situation, Brother Han. Then, I will deploy the formation to trigger the True Spirit’s blood. Let’s see if the power of our Ye family’s Heavenly Phoenix is stronger, or if the Nong family’s True Dragon blood is purer.”

The girl brushed her storage pouch and took out several colored formation flags, shooting them around. As the formation flags disappeared, a glow suddenly appeared around them. Then, Ye Ying strode to the center of the formation, sat cross-legged, and spat out five light orbs of different colors.

The orbs were about the size of a fist and faintly contained various treasures. They were a flute, a zither, a pipa, a sword, and a ring.

Han Li had seen the pipa in the yellow light before. It was a replica of a spirit treasure with terrifying power. The other four seemed to be treasures of the same level as the pipa.

While Han Li was lost in thought, Ye Ying took out a pure white jade bottle from her bosom and opened the lid. A pleasant phoenix cry escaped from within, and a tiny phoenix, about an inch in size, flew out, trying to escape.

However, Ye Ying immediately opened her mouth and released a five-colored aura, enveloping the phoenix. The beautiful tiny phoenix then flashed with light and returned to its original form as a five-colored spirit pill.

Ye Ying pointed at the spirit pill expressionlessly, and the five-colored spirit pill flew into the girl’s mouth on its own. At that moment, Ye Cho sat beside Ye Ying and formed a hand seal, emitting a yellow pillar of light from her mouth. A vast amount of pure wood-attribute spiritual energy was injected into Ye Ying’s body.

*Whoosh.*

At the same time, a dense blue spiritual light appeared around Ye Ying, and a blue halo several feet in diameter slowly rotated above her head.

Around the edge of the circular halo, a foot-long white flame was blazing, and in the middle, a human-like illusion was sitting. Except for its small size, its appearance was very similar to the girl.

When the illusion of the girl in the halo opened its eyes, five-colored light flowed out, making it extremely strange.

By then, the dark clouds had already reached several miles away.

Then, the white skin of the girl began to turn red, and a blood-colored aura gathered on her head, forming a connection with the halo above her head.

When the illusion of the girl in the halo touched the blood-colored aura, it absorbed it all, and the surrounding five-colored aura became even clearer. As a large amount of blood-colored aura flowed in, the girl’s illusion transformed into a dazzling five-colored sun.

Suddenly, a clear phoenix cry was heard, and the halo rapidly rotated and condensed. Then, a five-colored light burst out, and a colorful phoenix with five-colored feathers flapped its wings with an excited gesture.

The colorful phoenix grew larger as it flew, doubling in size with each flap of its wings, and had now transformed into a giant phoenix a hundred feet in size. It did not yield at all to the imposing aura of the giant True Dragon.

The phoenix glared at the dragon’s head in the dark clouds with a pair of silver eyes. The golden dragon’s head also stopped its roar at the appearance of the giant colorful phoenix, and lightning flashed in the dark clouds, revealing its two-hundred-foot-long golden body.

The golden True Dragon was twice as large as the five-colored phoenix. However, the phoenix fearlessly flapped its wings.

*Whoosh!*

At the same time, a gale arose, and giant pillars of wind soared from one wing.

*Fwoosh!*

And the moment white dots appeared densely on the other wing, white flames spread like flower petals, creating a sea of fire.

It was a strange sight.

As if the sky had split, on one side of the phoenix, a violent blue gale raged, and on the other side, white flames blazed with the momentum to burn everything.

*Krrrr! Boom!*

Seeing this, the True Dragon’s aura also turned violent. Countless lightning bolts fell from the dark clouds at the same time, transforming into silver lightning dragons, each about ten feet long, surrounding the True Dragon. There were so many that it was impossible to count.

Han Li, who was watching this, was dumbfounded when the roars of the dragon and the phoenix echoed in the air at the same time.

The golden dragon opened its huge mouth and spewed out a golden pillar of light, and the surrounding silver lightning dragons flew out at once.

The colorful phoenix flapped both wings forward at the same time, and a blue gale and a white sea of fire surged with tremendous force.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

A roar covered the area, and the battle between the True Dragon and the Heavenly Phoenix’s souls finally began.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and looked up, but in fact, he was using his consciousness to monitor the area around the formation in case of an emergency.

In the sky, three forces of heaven and earth—silver lightning, blue gale, and white flames—clashed, and the vast bodies of the golden dragon and the five-colored phoenix appeared and disappeared, engaging in a melee like ordinary demon beasts.

The divine powers were also extraordinary. When the golden dragon swung its claws, five streaks of white light appeared, tearing through the air, and when the phoenix flapped its wings, space was distorted. It seemed as if the two True Spirit-level beings were tearing the sky apart as they rampaged.

Han Li’s heart trembled.

The ones displaying such earth-shattering power were merely the souls of True Spirits. If that was the case, then the true True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix would literally mean destroying the heavens and annihilating the earth.

The words in the scriptures that the heaven-defying beings such as the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix were not even afraid of the immortals of the Immortal Realm seemed to be true.

Han Li stared at the high sky without blinking. It did not seem that the golden dragon and the colorful phoenix would easily decide a winner.

‘Are they planning to fight for days?’

He turned his gaze to the two women sitting cross-legged in the middle of the formation. Ye Ying, with a five-colored aura swirling around her, had her eyes closed and was forming hand seals. She seemed to be fine.

However, the skin color of Ye Cho, who was injecting spiritual energy into Ye Ying’s body, had changed greatly from before. Her once blue-green skin had turned transparent and white, now looking like it was made of jade.

Ye Cho had transformed into a beautiful woman. Her round face and alluring eyes with upturned corners shone like stars, and she looked only about eighteen or nineteen years old.

However, as if sensing Han Li’s gaze, she glanced at him. It was a cold gaze devoid of any emotion. Sensing displeasure in her cold gaze, Han Li smiled slightly and immediately turned his head.

*Fwoosh!*

At that moment, a strange sound was heard from the sky.

The situation had changed drastically, and the power of the gale had transformed into a navy blue aura, with ice lotuses blooming in the air, bringing a chill.

The white flames and the cold air did not repel each other; rather, the extremely different energies complemented each other, unleashing even more powerful force. As the white flames and navy blue lotuses covered the sky, the power of lightning began to recede.

It seemed that the colorful phoenix had gained the upper hand by activating a secret technique.

“The five elements transform and ultimately return to one. Finally, you are using the Yin-Yang Transformation Technique! The moment I’ve been waiting for has arrived.”

The golden dragon spoke in the human language with a buzzing voice, showing no signs of panic. It was as if it had been waiting for this to happen.

“Do you know about this technique?”

The colorful phoenix paused for a moment and opened its mouth. It was Ye Ying’s voice. However, the golden dragon did not answer the phoenix’s question and loudly chanted an incantation. Then, a strange thing happened.

The golden color gradually faded from the golden dragon’s massive body, and a red light began to fill its place. The dragon opened its mouth and spewed out a thick pillar of blood. The pillar of blood solidified upon contact with the air, forming a dozen or so giant swords.

A strong stench of blood emanated from the giant swords, which shimmered like red crystals.

“It has the Blood Crystal Great Magic Swords! Could it be… !”

The colorful phoenix shouted in surprise upon seeing the swords, and then, as if realizing something, it hurriedly flapped its wings to escape.

“It’s too late to leave now.”

*Whoosh.*

The dragon’s form shot forward, rapidly shrinking to a foot-long blood-red form, and plunged into the sword.

A faint blood-red light flashed, and a blood-red shadow over a hundred feet long slashed through the colorful phoenix. It was so fast that it was impossible to avoid. The colorful phoenix’s massive body was intact, but the illusion of the phoenix, a few feet in size, was mercilessly cut by the illusion of the blood-red sword.

The shadow of the blood-red sword wrapped around the illusion of the phoenix and returned to the sword like lightning.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

The colorful phoenix’s body made a dull cracking sound and scattered into light particles, which were then absorbed back into Ye Ying’s body. The girl trembled and opened her eyes with an angry face.

“The Heavenly Phoenix blood! Most of my Heavenly Phoenix blood has been absorbed by the sword.”

The girl, who had been calm until now, lost her composure and shouted.

“Young Mistress, there is no need to panic. How can the Heavenly Phoenix blood be so easily taken away? It is only temporarily trapped in the sword. Although the Nong family’s fellow used his Nascent Soul to temporarily trap the True Spirit’s blood in the sword, he cannot fuse the two bloodlines right away. If we take back the sword, we can retrieve the Heavenly Phoenix blood and even seize the opponent’s True Dragon bloodline.”

Ye Cho stopped injecting spiritual energy into the girl’s body and said coldly.

“…That’s right, I can still sense a part of the Heavenly Phoenix blood. That would be impossible if the opponent had completely taken it. We must take back the sword quickly. Brother Han, I know that you are no ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator. If you help me retrieve the Heavenly Phoenix blood, the Ye family will grant you one request.”

The girl, who had quickly regained her composure, pondered and made a proposal to Han Li. Ye Cho flinched at the words, and Han Li frowned and hesitated.

“The Nong family’s people won’t let you escape anyway. If you fail to kill the Nong family, you will be chased alone. Moreover, even if you avoid the disaster for now, the Nong family will never let you go, so you will need the protection of the Ye family to be safe later.”

Ye Cho added expressionlessly.

“I don’t have any other choice, do I?”

Han Li stroked his chin and muttered as if he had no choice.

“Haha, it’s not something to be so reluctant about. Do you know how many human cultivators want to have a good relationship with our Ye family?”

Ye Ying chuckled and transformed into a golden streak of light and flew away, and Ye Cho also transformed into a blue streak of light and followed behind her. The spiritual light flowed through the woman’s body, and her skin turned green again, making her indistinguishable from a Wood Clan member from afar.