Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 855

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‘Demonic Soul!’

Since the Demonic Soul had developed intelligence, Han Li could communicate with it and understand the reason for its unease. Deep within the mountain range, a terrifying power of Yin energy was present, making the Demonic Soul wary of a powerful ghost.

If the Demonic Soul, which was naturally an enemy of ghosts, demons, and evil forces, felt threatened, it was clear how powerful the ghost was.

Of course, the Demonic Soul could have tried to fight it, but Han Li didn’t want to take such a risk in an unfamiliar underworld where he had to pass trials. So, he immediately abandoned the idea of going through the mountain range and decided to turn back.

This matter involved information about the Demonic Soul, so he couldn’t explain it in detail to Noeran and Baekbyeok. The Celestial Peng saints might be displeased, but Han Li didn’t care. Since he didn’t plan to stay with the Celestial Peng Clan for long anyway, there was no reason for him to try to please them. He just hoped they wouldn’t hinder him in this trial.

The time inside the flying chariot passed quietly.

Han Li stood at the front of the flying chariot, looking into the distance. Baekbyeok lowered his head and pondered, and Noeran had her eyes closed. Under Han Li’s control, the flying chariot moved further away from the mountain range and back into the wilderness.

“…….”

How much time had passed? Suddenly, Han Li’s expression changed as he looked at the void behind the flying chariot. His actions naturally drew the attention of the other two.

They also raised their heads and opened their eyes wide. However, in the direction Han Li was looking, there was only a faint gray aura, just like everywhere else. Due to the restrictions on their senses within the Earth Abyss, they couldn’t search for long and turned to look at Han Li’s face.

Han Li’s eyes held a deep blue light, and he didn’t say a word.

“Brother Han…”

Baekbyeok couldn’t hold back and was about to ask what was wrong when Han Li suddenly flicked two fingers, splitting the air.

*Thwack!*

A golden light flew like lightning and slashed behind the flying chariot. Soon, something that surprised Baekbyeok and Noeran happened. A green light flashed where the golden light had cut, and a green aura appeared in the empty space, splitting into two.

*Krrk.*

A cry was heard from within the green aura, and the two masses of energy merged into one. The writhing green aura transformed into a yellow-furred monkey demon, the same Yuan Yuan Su that had killed the Bi Ling Clan saint.

Yuan Yuan Su had caught up with the flying chariot a while ago and was quietly approaching, planning to envelop them in poisonous mist and kill them. However, Han Li’s senses far exceeded those of the Transformation Realm, allowing him to detect the aura and see through the transformation technique with his Myungcheong Spirit Eyes [a mystical eye technique], leading to the attack.

*Swish!*

As soon as they saw the monkey demon, Noeran and Baekbyeok jumped to either side of the flying chariot in surprise. Although their senses were restricted, the fact that they hadn’t noticed it until it was so close meant that the opponent’s technique was very advanced.

‘Then how did Brother Han, who is also at the Spirit General level, discover it?’

They were wary of the monkey demon but couldn’t understand the situation. The flying chariot, under Han Li’s control, slowly stopped and moved backward to face the demon, but he didn’t say a word.

“Are you the ones who ruined my master’s ritual!”

Yuan Yuan Su glared with wide eyes.

“Ritual? What ritual are you talking about? We have never done such a thing.”

Baekbyeok was startled but smiled and asked back. He didn’t pay much attention to the fact that Yuan Yuan Su was speaking.

“Didn’t you ruin the Giant Spirit Flower in the desert! The Giant Spirit Flower that my master uses for the ritual!”

The monkey demon’s eyes turned sinister.

“We did no such thing!”

As soon as Yuan Yuan Su mentioned the Giant Spirit Flower, Han Li answered without hesitation.

His tone was so confident and clear that even the monkey demon, who was certain, flinched. However, after looking at Noeran and Baekbyeok’s faces, he burst into anger.

“You have the blood of the Giant Spirit Flower ritual all over you, yet you dare to deceive me! I will put you all in my belly and return to my master.”

The monkey demon shouted menacingly and spun around. Then, in an instant, the demon transformed into a dozen green auras and rushed at them.

“Do you wish to die?”

Baekbyeok dropped his smile and vigorously flapped his two wings. A sonic boom rang out, and countless golden threads shot out, piercing the green auras.

However, the green auras flashed with green light and merged back into one as if nothing had happened.

*Kuururung!*

Noeran formed a hand seal with both hands, and two thick bolts of lightning shot out from her sleeves, attacking the green aura. This time, a huge hole the size of two sheets of paper was created in the green aura.

However, after a while, the demon’s mocking laughter was heard from within the green aura.

The green aura spun around and returned to its original form, becoming even larger and falling directly towards them. Baekbyeok and Noeran’s expressions changed slightly.

To think that Yuan Yuan Su alone would be this difficult to deal with!

They hurriedly took out a green wooden comb, and the other formed a hand seal, trying to release a technique while bouncing lightning off their bodies. But then, Han Li snorted and reached out his hand.

Behind him, a blue light flashed, and a large blue Peng bird’s illusion appeared, opening its mouth.

*Bang!*

A blue pillar of light shot out from the bird’s mouth, piercing the center of the green aura.

Then, the pillar of light scattered, turning into countless blue threads that exploded. At the same time, a tremendous wind swept through. The green aura was caught in the gale, trembled violently, and then soared high into the sky and disappeared. It was as if the green aura had been swept away by the wind.

Baekbyeok and Noeran stopped in their tracks, dumbfounded.

‘Could it be that the demon is dead like this?’

However, Han Li’s eyes changed, and he shook his shoulders, releasing eight thick golden sword energies from his back. As the sword energies simultaneously slashed eight places in the void, eight strange cries were heard.

At the same time, eight masses of green aura appeared in the void.

“How did you find my tracks?”

Eight shadows of Yuan Yuan Su, more blurred than before, appeared, and one of them cried out in surprise.

“It’s not difficult to see through such a simple trick. What is your true identity? You can’t be Yuan Yuan Su. I haven’t heard that Yuan Yuan Su has mastered a clone technique.”

Han Li’s figure became slightly ambiguous, and he turned around in an instant, facing the green shadows and asked. Only then did Noeran and Baekbyeok turn around in shock.

They were not weak in cultivation, but it was clear that they didn’t have much experience in life-or-death battles. It was no wonder that the Celestial Peng Clan elders had predicted a low probability of success for the two saints in the trials.

“Heh heh, you surface dwellers. Give up on trying to find out this venerable one’s background! You don’t seem to be an ordinary Bi Ling Clan member, so perhaps I wouldn’t have been able to do anything to you on the surface. But here, no matter how high your cultivation is, you can’t be my match.”

This time, another green shadow spoke, and all eight shadows simultaneously raised their heads and burst into laughter.

Then, a green light flashed, and each of the eight shadows condensed, transforming back into eight ordinary Yuan Yuan Su.

The monkey demons brandished green lights in their hands and charged with sharp blades. Han Li, narrowing his brows, raised one hand and spread out his pure white palm.

Then, five-colored flames shot out from each of his fingers at an incredible speed, enveloping all eight monkey demons at once. As the five-colored flames emitted light, the eight monkeys’ movements slowed down and began to move strangely.

Taking advantage of the gap, Han Li spat out a silver, dazzling flame from his mouth.

*Bang!*

The flame exploded under his control, turning into eight silver fire arrows that pierced through the monkeys.

*Puff puff puff!*

Although they were strong monkeys, they never dreamed that there would be a bizarre divine ability that could slow down an enemy’s movements. The eight monkeys couldn’t avoid the fire arrows even after seeing the attack, and their chests were pierced with fist-sized holes, burning in silver flames.

*Hwarrk.*

Only then did the monkeys turn into blue smoke and disappear. They died absurdly without even showing their divine might, and not even their souls could escape.

As the flames turned into silver firebirds and returned to Han Li’s body, Noeran and Baekbyeok couldn’t close their mouths. Just by looking at that, they could tell that Han Li’s skills were not ordinary.

They thought they would struggle for a long time, but as soon as Han Li stepped in, it was simply resolved. Only then did they realize how big the difference in skill was between them and Han Li, and their eyes changed as they looked at him.

“Let’s go! The demon mentioned someone called master, so there will be trouble if we stay here any longer.”

After speaking calmly, he kicked the flying chariot, and a milky white light appeared again. At his words, Noeran and Baekbyeok’s expressions changed, and they hurriedly returned to the flying chariot.

The flying chariot, enveloped in a milky white protective barrier, disappeared into the far end of the sky at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, on the third floor of the Earth Abyss.

In the darkness where not a single ray of light could be seen, someone cried out in surprise. A delicate hand appeared from the darkness, holding a yellow wooden plaque.

“The soul of the Eight-Faced Beast is burning, how could this be? Hmph, Eight-Faced Beast, you incompetent fool! You can’t even handle such a simple task properly! It seems that the divine abilities of those who ruined my work this time are not ordinary. Fine, I’ll deal with such trivial matters later. As long as you don’t leave the Earth Abyss, it’s only a matter of time before you fall into my hands.”

The woman snorted and disappeared back into the darkness.

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Two days later, on the first floor of the Earth Abyss.

A white shadow passed over the black prairie when a dozen black shadows jumped out from the bushes. They were ferocious giant mantises. The mantises were three feet tall, had skin like steel, and their eyes glowed with a blue-green light.

*Kuururung!*

However, a roar echoed from the flying chariot within the white shadow, and a dozen silver lightning bolts shot out, striking down all the insect demons. The giant mantises were unable to resist and died, turning to ashes.

Four days later, in an area filled with stone pillars.

As the flying chariot quickly passed over it, stone demons made of stone quickly chased after them.

*Shwish!*

A sonic boom was heard, and countless golden threads flew from the flying chariot, piercing through several of them. As the golden light faded, the stone demons crumbled into dust.

Seven days later, Han Li and the Celestial Peng saints were looking down at a canyon on a huge mountain covered in a gray-white mist, with their wings spread. Noeran and Baekbyeok couldn’t hide their joy.

However, the flying chariot they had been riding was nowhere to be seen. It was unknown whether it had broken down on the way or if Han Li had retrieved it.

“It seems safe, let’s go in! If we go down for just one more day, we can reach the second floor. The entrance is in a rather remote place, so there will be less risk of encountering an ambush at the exit.”

Han Li flapped his wings first and entered the mist. The Celestial Peng saints followed closely behind with tense faces. In the mist, winged snake-like demons the size of a person attacked them from time to time. However, they were all killed by the attacks of the three Transformation Realm cultivators.

After an hour, they emerged from the mist and reached the end of the valley. On both sides of the huge valley were high cliffs, and a huge crack was visible. It led to the underground, winding and endless.

‘This is it.’

Han Li, seeing the crack, smiled and entered without hesitation. Three balls of light flew into the crack, winding and disappearing from view.

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Seven days later, a strange sound was heard from the exit of the huge crack. A black wind blew wildly, turning the surrounding rocks into pitch-black ice blocks.

Three balls of light of different colors broke through the wind and stopped after flying dozens of feet. It was Han Li and his group.

“The Earth Abyss Wind in the passage was too extreme. We almost couldn’t get through. Why wasn’t there any mention of this?”

Baekbyeok said with a slightly pale face.

“The fact that there was no mention of this means that the Earth Abyss Wind here is a recent phenomenon. Otherwise, there’s no way our clan seniors wouldn’t know about it?”

Noeran also looked unwell, as if she had used a considerable amount of her magical power. Han Li was watching his surroundings with his arms crossed, but his calm face and complexion didn’t look like someone who had used any magical power at all.

‘Is the difference in cultivation between an early-stage Spirit General and a high-stage Spirit General this great!’

Noeran felt depressed as she recalled the difficult passage through the crack.

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