Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 833

“Brother Feng Suo, there’s no need to play dumb. We’re obviously talking about the Wood Spirit Flower.”

“Would we carry something as precious as the Wood Spirit Flower? Tian Ming, get a grip.”

“Well, it’s no use denying it. We can just search you directly. Ah! I almost forgot to mention. The Holy Lord of the Kun Peng Clan, who possessed the last Kun Peng True Blood, was surrounded and killed by three Zhen Ning Beasts that emerged from the Earth Abyss four months ago. It’s only a matter of time before the Kun Peng Clan is removed from the list of Flying Spirit Clans.”

Tian Ming laughed mockingly. The Kun Peng Clan members were shocked, and their gazes wavered at his words.

“Nonsense! How could the Kun Peng Holy Lord… how could he not escape from three Zhen Ning Beasts?”

A young Kun Peng Clan man muttered in disbelief.

“Hahaha, of course, it’s impossible for three Zhen Ning Beasts to stop the Kun Peng Holy Lord. But what if he was already severely injured and had damaged wings?”

“Are you telling us to believe that? No matter how much you try to coax us, we won’t hand over what we have.”

Feng Suo regained his composure and retorted coldly. The other young men and women also made it clear that they had no intention of cooperating, their bodies crackling with lightning.

The bald giant of the Crimson Melt Clan scoffed at this. They had nearly three times the fighting power of the Kun Peng Clan.

With a fierce look, Tian Ming waved his hand, and the rest of the Crimson Melt Clan members simultaneously took out short, dark blue bamboo tubes.

*Poof!*

A sound of air being torn apart was heard, and dark blue beads flew out.

“Those are Demon Binding Nets! We have to run!”

Seeing this, the young Kun Peng Clan man immediately flapped his wings and shot out like a silver lightning bolt. The other Kun Peng Clan members’ expressions changed, and they closely followed behind him.

However, it was already too late.

The dark blue beads exploded around them, turning into huge nets that swelled to an enormous size. Moreover, all the nets in front of them merged into one, completely sealing off the space for hundreds of miles around.

The three lightning bolts were completely trapped within the giant net. The Kun Peng Clan members, who reappeared after the lightning vanished, were pale.

“Although it’s a Demon Binding Net from the lower realms, it should be enough to hold you for a while. Feng Suo, you don’t think you can block our attacks and break through the net, do you? It would be best to surrender obediently. If you refuse, don’t blame me for whatever happens to you.”

Tian Ming said with a smirk.

“Combine our strength and quickly break through the Demon Binding Net and escape.”

Feng Suo ignored Tian Ming and said expressionlessly to the other two. Then, he crossed his hands, and a thick bolt of lightning shot out. The young Kun Peng Clan man and woman immediately opened their mouths and unleashed thick bolts of lightning, joining the attack.

*Kuururung! Kwaang!*

A loud roar echoed, and the dark blue lightning struck the blue Demon Binding Net. Seeing this, Tian Ming shouted.

“Attack! Don’t let a single one of them escape.”

The bald giant spun in the air and transformed into a giant red bird, flying towards the Kun Peng Clan members. The other Crimson Melt Clan members also used transformation techniques, turning into firebirds and maintaining the encirclement while attacking.

However, the Kun Peng Clan members did not give in and shot out silver lightning bolts.

In an instant, the sky was filled with flames and lightning strikes, and a hot heat rose. However, only the giant two-headed bird hovered in the air, not joining the attack.

‘Huuu.’

At that moment, Han Li sighed, wondering what to do. He was also trapped in the Demon Binding Net.

Han Li was depressed. If he hadn’t been concealing his aura, he would have escaped the range of the restriction the moment the Demon Binding Net was deployed. But he had been concealing his aura, and if he had used his divine abilities to escape the net, his identity would have been exposed.

He had been pondering what to do and ended up trapped within the restriction. Han Li was lost in thought for a moment.

‘The Crimson Melt Clan is one of the 72 Flying Spirit Clans, and they knew in advance that the Kun Peng Clan would pass through here with the Wood Spirit Flower and ambushed them. And the reason the Crimson Melt Clan could do this is because a key figure of the Kun Peng Clan is already dead, making the future of the Kun Peng Clan uncertain!’

If that was the case, his original plan would be disrupted. He might have to give up on the Kun Peng Clan and infiltrate the bases of other Flying Spirit Clans.

‘That seems difficult…’

Apart from having wings, the Kun Peng Clan and the Human Clan seemed no different on the surface. However, seeing the ferocious faces of the Crimson Melt Clan, it seemed difficult to infiltrate other clans.

Han Li watched the battle between the Kun Peng Clan and the Crimson Melt Clan from a short distance away while thinking these thoughts.

A roar echoed, and the roars of different species were heard amidst countless silver lightning bolts and a sea of fire. The silver giant birds, as incarnations of lightning, were fighting bravely with their sharp beaks and claws.

However, they were naturally being pushed back by the combined attacks of many firebirds. The firebirds’ entire bodies were ablaze, and even when struck by silver lightning, they recovered from their injuries instantly, like phoenixes. [Phoenixes are mythical birds that are reborn from ashes.]

Conversely, the silver giant birds were engulfed in flames and blocked them with flashes of lightning, but the silver aura they emitted was gradually dimming.

Sometime during their fight, a red bead floated into the sky, emitting a bright red light that illuminated the area below for dozens of feet.

“Feng Suo, we may be of the same level, but I possess the Fire Dragon Pearl. Do you think you can be a match for me?”

One of the firebirds said with a strange smile while fighting. However, the Kun Peng Clan member scoffed at his words and suddenly swung the silver giant bird’s claws, emitting five white beams of light. They were about to split the red bead with extreme speed.

*Kung!*

A loud roar was heard, but the Fire Dragon Pearl emitted a red light and easily blocked the five beams of light.

“Haha, Brother Feng Suo! You’re too naive. The Fire Dragon Pearl has a restriction placed on it by the clan elders, so it’s not something that a mere high-level Flying Spirit Master can handle!”

The giant firebird laughed wildly and flapped its wings, sending out a large amount of flames.

The silver giant birds tried to escape the range of the Fire Dragon Pearl, but the red light followed them like leeches. As a result, their injuries increased, and the silver lightning on their bodies gradually weakened.

However, the attacks of the firebirds, who had gained the upper hand, continued even more relentlessly. Tian Ming, seeing the silver giant birds barely holding on in the sea of flames, curled up the corners of his mouth.

*Wheeik!*

He made a sharp sound, and the giant two-headed monster bird began to move. The giant bird spread its wings and howled eerily, soon turning into a red aura and rushing towards the silver birds in the sea of fire.

One of the silver giant birds saw this and shouted.

“We must use the Lightning Escape Technique to avoid it. We must not clash directly with the Red Howl Beast!”

No sooner had the words been spoken than the silver giant birds transformed into silver lightning and escaped the sea of fire. They disappeared the moment they escaped the sea of fire. The monster bird, which had reappeared after the red aura vanished, moved its two heads left and right, searching for them.

The Fire Dragon Pearl in the sky also spun around, seemingly having lost track of the silver giant birds. The firebirds paused at this, and the largest firebird folded its wings and returned to its human form in the flames.

It was the bald giant named Tian Ming. He sneered, looking in the direction where the silver lightning had disappeared.

“Do you think you can’t be found just because you’re hiding with the power of lightning? When I borrowed the Fire Dragon Pearl this time, I also brought the Spirit Communication Bees. I’ve already had them identify the Kun Peng Clan’s core, so no matter how extreme your Lightning Escape Technique is, you won’t be able to escape them.”

After speaking, Tian Ming opened his mouth and spat out a red gourd. As the gourd rotated and tilted, several yellow wasps flew out of it, which were spirit insects emitting a faint light of spiritual energy.

*Wheeik.*

The giant made a strange sound and pointed in the direction where the silver giant birds had disappeared. Then, the wasps buzzed and flew somewhere. The giant, who had a cunning smile, waved his hand, and the other Crimson Melt Clan members began to pursue, following the Spirit Communication Bees.

And the two-headed monster bird slowly followed them.

“Hmm?”

However, after a while, Tian Ming stopped with a stiff face. The wasps were all gathered in one place, surrounding something and flapping their wings incessantly.

‘Why could they only find one Kun Peng Clan member?’

Tian Ming was puzzled, but he made a bold decision.

“Attack!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a short sigh was heard from a man in the space surrounded by the wasps. He raised a large gray aura, which enveloped the Spirit Communication Bees, and soon the wasps disappeared without a sound.

The surprised firebirds spat out thick pillars of fire. However, this time, as the gray aura flashed, all the pillars of fire melted away, leaving nothing behind.

Startled, the firebirds stopped their fierce advance and looked suspiciously at the figure of a strange man in the gray aura.

A young man with ordinary features, wearing a blue robe, looked like a Flying Spirit Clan member with silver wings, but he was none of the three Kun Peng Clan members who had escaped.

“Who are you?”

Tian Ming shouted fiercely, emitting an astonishing aura from his body.

“Can’t you tell by looking?”

The young man in the blue robe smiled and replied. It was Han Li, who had suddenly been exposed.

Unlike his calm face, he was full of complaints inside. He couldn’t understand why he had to get caught up in a fight between different clans.

‘I’m not a Kun Peng Clan member, so why are those stupid wasps hovering over my head!’

Han Li guessed that it was likely related to the Kun Peng feathers he had used when refining the Wind Thunder Wings. He had made the color and shape of the Wind Thunder Wings similar to those of the Kun Peng Clan when he revealed his appearance.

“Kun Peng Clan?”

Tian Ming frowned at Han Li’s face and the silver wings on his back. Han Li smiled as his ruse worked.

“I don’t know why you’re here, but consider it bad luck that you met us here. Kill him.”

Tian Ming coldly gave the order. At the same time, the surrounding firebirds rushed in unison, swinging their claws, and a dozen sharp lights and flames rushed towards him.

At that moment, the Fire Dragon Pearl also flashed and moved above Han Li’s head. Then, naturally, a red aura fell towards him. Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his brows and swung his black palm.

Then, he fiercely increased the gray aura in front of his body, instantly solidifying the light and flames emitted from the firebirds’ claws, and then scattering them. At the same time, he flapped the wings on his back and disappeared into the golden lightning.

The next moment, Han Li, who had appeared next to the red bead, grabbed it with a lightning-fast hand.

*Bang!*

The Fire Dragon Pearl made a loud noise and created a red shield, summoning a red serpent illusion several feet in size in the air, trying to bite Han Li’s hand.

*Tzzeng!*

However, Han Li’s arm, covered in golden scales, did not react at all to the red serpent’s sharp teeth. Rather, as Han Li put strength into the fingers holding the bead, a golden shadow flickered behind his back, and a sound of something breaking was heard.

The red shield of the Fire Dragon Pearl began to shatter into pieces due to the enormous force. He used his other hand and applied force with all ten fingers, and the bead turned into red powder and scattered.

The Crimson Melt Clan members who were watching this from below widened their eyes.

“How dare you damage our Crimson Melt Clan’s treasure!”

Tian Ming shouted in a rage.

He made a sharp sound and transformed back into a giant firebird, rushing forward, and the two-headed monster bird also turned into a red aura and flew towards him.