Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 860

As time passed, the milky white spots of light grew more numerous. In response, the usually quiet Ice Scale Beast groaned as if in pain within the white light.

“The evolution of spirit beasts is vastly different from ours. Their bodies are incredibly strengthened each time,” Jin Xiao murmured, observing the scene below.

“That’s right. But their pain is also incomparable to ours,” Lei Lan replied with a small smile. Bai Bi remained silent, gazing at the distant black glacial ice.

It was the calm before the storm.

Apart from the fierce wind, no other sound could be heard, but there was no telling how far the strange fragrance emitted by the small beast had spread.

All the demonic creatures within a hundred miles must have smelled this fragrance. Feeling uneasy, Bai Bi glanced at Han Li. However, Han Li had his eyes closed with a calm expression. Bai Bi’s eyes flickered, and he was about to say something when Han Li suddenly opened his eyes.

Swish, swish, swish.

The moment he opened his eyes, they heard the sound of something rushing towards them from somewhere. Now, not only Bai Bi but also Lei Lan and Jin Xiao, who had been whispering, fell silent.

In the darkness, countless red eyes flickered, and dark, one-foot-sized objects continued to emerge. Black legs dragged along the ground, making strange noises.

Unexpectedly, it was a massive army of ferocious-looking ice spiders. The countless spiders covered the glacier and charged forward, their end not visible to the eye.

However, Han Li didn’t need to deal with these low-level demonic creatures. The Yaksha [a type of nature spirit] Jin Xiao suddenly let out a sharp cry and flicked her sleeves, sending out a dozen green lights.

Thud, thud, thud!

A dozen wooden puppets, each the size of a mat, fell among the large ice spiders. The lizard-like puppets slightly opened their mouths and emitted green beams of light.

Each time the light beams touched an ice spider, it vanished as if melting away. The giant lizards stood in a line, shaking their bodies to prevent the ice spiders from passing.

Around them, the corpses of hundreds and thousands of spiders piled up like mountains. However, the ice spiders were too numerous and continued to surge forward, disregarding the deaths of their kin.

The green light beams emitted by the dozen lizard puppets were powerful, but the consumption of spirit stones was also considerable. Only a short time had passed, but the light of the green spirit energy had already begun to dim, and they could no longer kill the distant ice spiders in one shot.

Pee-pee-pee-peet!

In that gap, the spiders shot out black threads, completely entangling the giant lizards.

Then, with a strong pull on the black threads, the lizard puppets fell to the ground and could not move. Seeing this, Jin Xiao was not only a little surprised but also very embarrassed.

“Everyone, you don’t need to step in. Please leave this to me.”

She rose into the air as a green light and flew out of the formation, heading towards the swarm of ice spiders. As she appeared, the ice spiders shot countless webs towards her.

In response, Jin Xiao’s face hardened, and she ignited green flames from her body. The spider webs flying towards her turned into blue smoke and disappeared as soon as they touched the flames.

At the same time, she spewed out thick green flames, creating a huge hole in the glacier, and the green flames blazed within, completely obliterating the fallen ice spiders.

Jin Xiao, slightly raising the corners of her mouth at the sight, was about to launch a flying sword when a furious roar echoed from the darkness, and giant spiders, each the size of a mat, emerged.

The woman’s expression subtly changed upon seeing them.

The oversized spiders were raising black fur on their backs and baring sharp fangs, howling. Jin Xiao changed the direction of the fire sword she was about to launch and threw it towards them.

At that moment, wing-like appendages sprouted from the backs of the giant spiders, and they took flight. Jin Xiao’s calm demeanor gradually faded.

Seeing this, Lei Lan said to Bai Bi,

“Those look difficult to deal with, so I should go help my sister.”

As she spoke, she was already getting up to fly away. However, Bai Bi reached out and stopped her, pointing somewhere with his finger.

“Junior Sister Lei, instead of helping Miss Jin, we should look at the other side.”

Lei Lan was stunned by his words and looked in the direction he was pointing.

Kuwang!

A wolf’s howl echoed from the darkness, and furry creatures were swarming in packs.

Squeak, squeak, squeak!

At the same time, something else howled from another direction.

Lei Lan turned her head and saw a massive number of ice monkeys, each the size of a mat, rushing towards them.

“I’ll take care of the wolf pack, so Senior Brother Bai, please handle the ice monkeys.”

Having grasped the situation, Lei Lan spoke concisely and then charged into the wolf pack as a silver lightning bolt.

Crash, crash, crash!

A dozen thick bolts of lightning struck the wolf pack, and thunder rumbled loudly. The wolves struck by the silver lightning trembled and collapsed.

Seeing this, Bai Bi shook his head, clasped his fist towards Han Li, and transformed into a golden light, shooting out. A moment later, golden light exploded in the monkey pack, and countless golden threads fell down.

Horrific screams and roars filled the air.

Numerous monkey demonic creatures fell, bleeding from their vital points. Whether it was the wolf pack or the monkey pack, no matter how numerous the low-level demonic creatures were, they were no match for Lei Lan and Bai Bi.

However, like the spider swarm, mid-level demonic creatures were mixed in with the low-level ones, slowing down the pace of their elimination. Han Li was observing the situation from the chariot, contemplating whether to pull back the three of them and use the power of the formation to wipe out the demonic creatures in one fell swoop.

But then, he sensed a strange presence in the distant sky. Han Li’s expression darkened as he looked at it with his blue eyes.

Over a hundred Ice Feathered Demonic Birds, some as large as ten mats and others as small as one foot, were flying towards them, their bodies shimmering. They were all flying with excited eyes, undoubtedly drawn by the fragrance emitted by the small beast.

Han Li coldly watched their approach, standing in place. Only when most of the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures had entered the formation’s range did Han Li begin to move. He extended one hand and took out a red flag, several inches long, and infused it with magic power.

Poof.

The red light from the flag extended and was absorbed into somewhere within the formation below.

Rumble!

The ground shook, and ten light pillars at the edge of the formation trembled, then red energy surged out, surrounding the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures that had entered the formation.

The Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures were terrified, spewing black wind from their mouths or frantically flapping their wings to cover their bodies. However, since they were all ice-attribute divine abilities, they could not resist the red light and vanished the moment it surged in. The same was true for the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures’ physical bodies.

Suddenly, the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures within the formation melted away, leaving only the ice energy in the air. The demonic creatures outside the formation were also startled. Some, still captivated by the fragrance, lingered outside the formation, while others with higher intelligence quickly fled.

Han Li raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, summoning a small cauldron enveloped in blue light. The cauldron spun around and grew to the size of a mat.

Han Li struck the giant cauldron with his palm.

Thud! Whoosh!

The cauldron lid flew off, and a bundle of blue threads shot out from within, flashing and disappearing.

The next moment, near the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures outside the formation.

Waves rippled in the space, and countless blue threads appeared strangely in the void, piercing through the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures. Even those that had fled far away could not escape their fate.

When the blue light faded, the corpses of the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures lay scattered as ice fragments.

Han Li’s cultivation had greatly increased, and the power of the Void Sky Cauldron was now worlds apart from what it had been before. Jin Xiao and the others, seeing this, quickly killed the mid-level demonic creatures and returned.

“I didn’t know there were so many demonic creatures in the land of ice. Where were they all hiding before?” Lei Lan exclaimed, clicking her tongue as soon as she returned to the chariot with Jin Xiao.

“There are many places to hide in such a vast area. But those are probably the demonic creatures from the vicinity, and more from further away will soon arrive. This time, high-level demonic creatures might appear as well,” Bai Bi said calmly, returning with a flash of golden light. Han Li did not react to his words. Soon, various cries were heard from all directions, and all sorts of demonic creatures appeared.

However, Han Li prevented them from stepping in and activated the giant formation, melting the Ice Feathered Demonic Creatures into red energy as soon as they approached.

Time passed like this, and after several waves of attacks, half a day had gone by. During that time, even a high-level demonic creature had appeared, but Han Li had activated the Great Stellar Sword Formation and killed it.

After that demonic creature disappeared, no powerful demonic creatures appeared for a long time.

Several hours later, the fragrance emitted by the Ice Scale Beast was gradually fading, and the swarm of demonic birds that had been mindlessly rushing into the formation suddenly gave up their attack and scattered, fleeing.

Han Li wondered what was happening and looked around, hearing heavy footsteps, “thud,” “thud,” from afar. Each time the sound was heard, the surrounding glacier vibrated, as if a huge object was approaching.

Soon, a giant demonic creature, hundreds of feet tall with a dark blue body, emerged from the darkness.

“A Jade Wood Demon! How did that tree demon…” Bai Bi immediately recognized the identity of the demonic creature upon seeing its form.

The demonic creature before them was truly bizarre. The upper half of its massive body was human, while the lower half was a deer, and the top of its head was lush with greenery. It looked as if a giant tree had been grafted onto it, with green leaves and beautiful flowers growing profusely.

However, the smiles on their faces disappeared when they saw the pair of hammers the demonic creature was holding in its hands.

“It’s alright. Although the Jade Wood Demon is large and has great strength, it’s also slow, so as long as we don’t get hit by the weapons it’s holding, we’ll be fine,” Bai Bi quickly explained what he knew about the Jade Wood Demon and looked at Han Li.

However, his expression changed, and Han Li, who had been calm all along, now had a dark look on his face.

“Brother Han, what’s wrong?” Not only Bai Bi but also Jin Xiao and Lei Lan were puzzled.

“…If it were just the Jade Wood Demon, it would be easy to deal with, but the person sitting on its head seems troublesome,” Han Li said after a moment of silence.

“On its head?”

Startled by his words, they all hurriedly looked at the top of the Jade Wood Demon’s head.

Upon closer inspection, there was indeed a demonic creature. It was a dwarf, only two feet tall, wearing a jade-colored robe. He was sitting on the Jade Wood Demon’s head, holding a staff in one hand, hidden among the lush leaves and flowers.

“Listen well! I know you are the Bi Ling Clan from the surface. You seem to have some skill, but you are no match for this old man. If you obediently hand over the spirit beast that is evolving, I will let you go. Otherwise, you will meet your end here,” he said arrogantly as he noticed Han Li’s group had discovered him. Lei Lan and the others, seeing his arrogant tone and high cultivation, were wary. Han Li also assessed the opponent’s cultivation and sighed.

The dwarf controlling the high-level demonic creature surprisingly possessed a cultivation equivalent to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement Realm. However, unlike other Bi Ling Clan Sages, he was not a threat to Han Li unless he possessed heaven-defying divine abilities.

Therefore, Han Li stared at the dwarf with a smile that was not quite a smile.

The other cultivators were uneasy but wisely kept their mouths shut. The dwarf, seeing this, became enraged and glared, shouting again.

“If you insist on dying, then this old man won’t stop you.”

The dwarf tapped the Jade Wood Demon’s head with the staff he was holding.

Kuaak!

At the same time, the giant demonic creature roared and leaped towards the formation.