Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 825

826. Ambush

After discussing something with Han Li, the So woman’s expression changed upon hearing a strange cry, and she formed a hand seal. Immediately, the multicolored aura surrounding them intensified, and she and Han Li vanished from the spot.

Their movement speed had increased two to three times!

Han Li narrowed his eyes, sensing something. No matter how fast the So woman manipulated the multicolored light, the howling sound from behind grew louder and clearer.

With a calm expression, Han Li spoke,

“They are less than three hundred li [approximately 150 kilometers] away. Their speed is so great that we will be caught in an instant. It would be best to fight them as far away from the Yaksha Kings as possible, so I will help.”

Han Li shook his shoulders, and a pair of wings appeared on his back. Above them, the illusory image of a blue Kun Peng [a mythical bird] soared and was absorbed into the multicolored light.

Whoosh!

The light vibrated greatly, and the speed doubled, leaving faint afterimages as they pierced through the sky.

“Thank you for your help, Brother Han!”

“This technique consumes a lot of magical power, so I cannot maintain it for long. Moreover, if we run too far, the two Yaksha Kings might intervene.”

“Of course. Since we have to fight, don’t waste too much magical power.”

Han Li smiled wryly at the So woman’s reminder and then closed his mouth.

To be honest, no matter how powerful the Cang Lao were, if he were willing to risk the loss of consciousness and release hundreds of Gold Devouring Beetles at once, he could defeat one of them. The problem was that there were two Cang Lao, and the Yaksha Kings were watching from afar.

With Han Li’s help, their speed increased significantly, making it difficult for the Cang Lao to close the distance in a short time. They continued their chase for thousands of li.

When Han Li thought it was enough, he withdrew the illusory image of the Heavenly Peng, and the So woman also stopped the light. The two stood side by side in the void, staring intently into the distance.

Suddenly, flames shot up from the far end of the sky, and two masses of blood-colored clouds, each several zhang [a Chinese unit of length, approximately 3.3 meters] in size, approached like a gale.

Clang! Clang clang!

Han Li immediately spread his arms, and two streaks of golden lightning flew towards each of the blood-colored clouds. The blood-colored clouds, as if they were intangible, nimbly deflected the lightning and rushed towards Han Li. They didn’t even need to slow down.

With a dark expression, Han Li formed a hand seal, and the two streaks of golden lightning changed direction like snakes, striking the blood-colored clouds.

Thud!

A dull sound echoed, and Han Li’s heart grew heavy. The golden lightning was absorbed into the blood-colored clouds as helplessly as salt grains falling into the sea.

“… !”

The blood-colored clouds flickered and appeared twenty zhang away from the two of them.

Strangely, Han Li simply stood in place, while the So woman beside him coldly glowed as she activated a magic seal.

Roar!

From the light surrounding the woman and Han Li, two enormous dragon heads appeared, opening their jaws and biting off half of each blood-colored cloud. The remaining blood-colored clouds soon scattered and disappeared.

The So woman, delighted, turned her head to say something to Han Li. However, Han Li, with his dark blue eyes, coldly warned,

“Be careful! Their speed is extremely fast, so don’t be fooled by their movement techniques.”

“Huh?”

The So woman flinched and quickly turned her gaze to see two blood-colored monsters, resembling wolves and monkeys, floating in the void. Before the blood-colored clouds were bitten, the Cang Lao had already escaped with terrifying speed.

They moved so fast and silently that the So woman didn’t notice, but they couldn’t escape the eyes of Han Li, who had activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes.

The two monsters had monkey heads, wolf bodies, and bat wings. Their entire bodies were blood-red and moist. The red tongues flicking between their sharp teeth and their cunning red eyes suggested they were highly intelligent.

‘So, those are the Cang Lao!’

Although she had heard explanations from the So woman, seeing them in person made her hair stand on end.

“Since the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning didn’t work, it seems they weren’t refined with evil energy. Extreme yang energy or evil-slaying divine powers won’t be of much use.”

Han Li explained calmly, touching the back of his head. A gray aura rose greatly, forming a protective barrier around him, and at the same time, a pitch-black mountain flickered within the gray aura, looking very mysterious.

The So woman chanted a spell with a serious expression, and the void trembled as the remaining three heads and bodies of the Five-Colored Flood Dragon appeared. Its size was several times larger than when they first saw it.

Perhaps because it contained the soul of the Five-Colored Flood Dragon, the Five-Headed Flood Dragon was not afraid of the two Cang Lao and growled at them.

At that moment, one of the Cang Lao began to attack. It flapped its red bat wings, and the monster, transformed into a blood-colored thread, disappeared from the void.

A flash of blood appeared, and the Cang Lao, appearing above Han Li and the So woman, threw itself down without hesitation. The Five-Headed Flood Dragon tried to bite the Cang Lao without holding back.

Roar!

However, the Cang Lao flowed down like liquid and became invisible, and the five dragon heads bit into the void one after another.

Suddenly, countless fine blood-colored threads appeared around the Five-Headed Flood Dragon, instantly shattering its five heads and even its vast body.

The monster, which contained a portion of the Five-Colored Flood Dragon’s soul, was surprisingly defeated in one blow. A flash of blood appeared in the void, and countless more blood-colored threads appeared, this time targeting the So woman.

Han Li quickly spread his gray aura to protect the So woman, and the black mountain flickered, moving above her head. At the same time, ripples appeared in the space where Han Li was, and a faint blood-colored shadow appeared.

Two sharp claws flew silently, and two eyes in the blood-colored shadow flashed cunningly. Another Cang Lao, who had been targeting Han Li, had launched a surprise attack.

Despite having a powerful consciousness, he didn’t notice anything until the claws touched the gray protective barrier. However, the sharp claws had already pierced through the gray barrier and were aiming for his back.

Realizing the situation behind him, Han Li gasped, and two layers of golden and silver robes appeared on his body.

Clang!

A thunderous sound was heard, and golden and silver lightning covered the robes as the sharp claws struck them.

Boom! Clang clang! Clang clang clang!

A roar erupted!

Blue smoke rose from the red arm that had been repelled by the golden and silver lightning, but the two claws still pierced through the lightning robes and tried to grab Han Li’s back.

At that moment, four faint golden arms appeared behind Han Li, striking the Cang Lao’s claws like the wind. Strangely, a metallic friction sound was heard, and they managed to block the claws for a moment.

The golden arms shattered, and when the Cang Lao’s sharp claws reappeared with a flash of blood, Han Li had already turned into a white thread and moved away. Appearing twenty zhang away, he glared coldly at the Cang Lao who had ambushed him.

The Cang Lao, not surprised by the failed ambush, rolled its eyes in place.

The So woman had also moved dozens of zhang away, blocking the blood-colored threads that were densely approaching with Han Li’s Yuan Magnetic Mountain.

The blood-colored threads merged into one, returning to their original monkey-headed, wolf-bodied form, and glared fiercely at the woman. The two Cang Lao clearly had a goal and were solely focused on killing Han Li and the woman.

“Let’s proceed as planned.”

Han Li shouted to the woman.

“Understood!”

The So woman nodded without hesitation, flipped her palm, took out a formation disc, and struck it hard with her other hand, which was glowing with white light.

Swish swish swish!

Suddenly, 36 flags of various colors appeared within a hundred zhang around the two Cang Lao. The flags were initially very small, about an inch in size, but after being struck by the woman’s magic seal, they rapidly grew, eventually reaching a size of over ten zhang.

The magical characters on the flag surfaces surged, and the pressure of the spiritual energy they emitted was immense.

Han Li was also forming a hand seal. Then, golden threads, sparkling like crystals, appeared faintly inside the flags, relentlessly binding the two Cang Lao.

Unexpectedly, Han Li and the woman had prepared the Great Firmament Sword Formation and an unknown formation in advance. Although the effects of the formation were unknown, the power of the Great Firmament Sword Formation alone was enough to trap the two Cang Lao.

One of the Cang Lao was startled, its eyes turned ferocious, and it moved its four limbs, turning into a blood-colored shadow to break through the sword formation. However, the Great Firmament Sword Formation would not let the Cang Lao go so easily. Hundreds of golden threads suddenly appeared from one side of the sword formation and surged forward.

Swish swish swish!

Blood droplets burst, and the monster flickered in the void before reforming into the Cang Lao. Before the monster could charge back into the sword formation, the surrounding golden threads rushed in like lightning.

Swish swish!

The Cang Lao, trying to escape, was once again scattered into countless pieces.

Boom!

A loud explosion echoed, and the blood-colored pieces exploded on their own, flying away in the form of a blood-colored mist. The blood-colored mist ignored the golden threads flying from all directions and was escaping the sword formation.

Han Li’s eyes turned cold as he watched. The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had not yet unleashed their full power. As he activated a magic seal, the golden threads vibrated.

The sword threads, which had been shining gold, gradually turned transparent, and a chilling cold that pierced the lungs surged forth. No matter how the blood-colored mist transformed into an intangible form, it gradually began to freeze under the attack of the sword threads, which possessed the attribute of extreme cold.

Crack!

Eventually, the blood-colored mist completely solidified like crystal fragments, unable to move.

Boom! Clang!

The sword threads released countless fine lightning bolts, turning the blood-colored ice mass into powder. The corners of Han Li’s mouth slightly curved upwards.

‘This can’t be!’

But the next moment, his face hardened.

The shattered blood-colored powder melted back into liquid and returned to its original form before the sword threads could attack.

Then, in the center of the Great Firmament Sword Formation, the blood-colored mist gathered and reappeared in the form of the Cang Lao. Although the blood-color was slightly dimmer, it didn’t seem to have suffered much damage.

The Great Firmament Sword Formation had failed to inflict serious injuries on the monster.

Han Li pressed his lips together and drew upon all his magical power to fully unleash the power of the sword formation. The sword threads multiplied, layer upon layer, and thousands of them surged towards the center.

They were moving much faster than before. In that moment, he glanced at the So woman and saw that she had closed her eyes. Her hands were on the formation disc, and she was chanting incessantly, as if she were about to activate a great divine power.

Silver magical characters surged from the 36 formation flags. Surprisingly, they were all ancient silver characters.

Han Li’s expression changed at that moment, and the other Cang Lao in the sword formation moved.

Unlike the first Cang Lao, this one didn’t move an inch from the center of the sword formation, but it flapped its wings, and dozens of blood-colored tentacles extended from its body.

The Cang Lao whipped the tentacles like whips, and the vague whip shadows poured down like a rainstorm. From afar, it looked as if the red whips had formed a dense, round ball.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and formed a hand seal with both hands. The golden threads once again emitted extreme cold and surged towards the blood-colored shadows.

Thud thud thud!

However, Han Li’s expression turned troubled. The golden threads, imbued with white cold, were repelled as soon as they touched the red tentacle shadows, and the tentacles, after being briefly frosted, continued to move unharmed.

Even this didn’t work. At that moment, a red light flashed from the Cang Lao’s body, and dozens more tentacles appeared, flailing wildly.

Wham wham wham!

The golden threads, which were already barely holding on, were slowly pushed back, and the speed was gradually increasing. As if provoked, the other Cang Lao spun around, turned into a blood-colored shadow, and charged towards the golden threads from another direction.