Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 882

Yuan Yao and Lian Li also felt their hearts sink and trembled. There was definitely some powerful ghost creature nearby. Han Li’s expression darkened, and he grew anxious.

But then, something happened that surprised Han Li and the two women. The white-robed ghost woman, who had been wailing, stopped her cries upon hearing the roar. After hesitating for a moment, the ghost woman withdrew the white mist and quickly flew in the direction of the roar.

He silently stared in the direction of the roar.

“Brother Han, should we…”

“Let’s move quickly. It seems one of the Demon Kings is nearby. There must be a reason why the ghost woman rushed off.”

At Han Li’s words, they led the ghost soldiers out of the mist. This time, they didn’t encounter any more ghost creatures, and the mist became noticeably thinner.

After an hour, the scene before them brightened, and they finally escaped the Ghost Mist. Han Li and his group were about to flee joyfully when a strange man’s voice suddenly echoed from the sky.

“Oh ho! You managed to break through the restriction I set up. I underestimated you!”

Han Li, Yuan Yao, and Lian Li were startled by the voice and looked up.

In the sky above the Ghost Mist, two groups were facing off.

One side consisted of the white-haired beautiful woman and Mu Qing, who were accompanied by about a dozen high-level demonic creatures and eight Yin Armor Ghost Kings. Further back, ghost soldiers were stirring up a dark wind, revealing their fierce aura.

However, the group facing them was several times larger than Mu Qing’s side. The 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers were all tall, wearing blood-red armor, and wielding various weapons. They were clearly well-trained elites.

What surprised Han Li even more were the hundred or so blue chariots within the blood-red army. The antique-style chariots gleamed with a blue light and each carried about a dozen blood-armored soldiers.

The chariots were pulled by black beasts with the bodies of lions and the heads of snakes, also wearing leather armor, with sharp claws gleaming on their thick four legs.

The one who had spoken to Han Li’s group earlier was a figure wearing purple armor and a helmet, with a golden hammer on his back.

Mu Qing and the white-haired beautiful woman also scanned Han Li’s group as they emerged from the Ghost Mist. The beautiful woman showed no change in expression, but Mu Qing had a strange look on her face, as if she was smiling.

‘This is bad…’

A wry smile involuntarily appeared.

The color drained from Yuan Yao and Lian Li’s faces when they saw the beautiful woman.

“You two possess the bodies of half-ghosts. No wonder you were able to break through the restriction!”

The purple-armored general recognized their nature at once.

Losing interest in them, the general’s gaze shifted to Han Li. At that moment, Han Li felt a chill as if someone was thoroughly scrutinizing him.

‘…’

Han Li narrowed his brows and activated the Great Connection [a technique to link consciousness], blocking most of the opponent’s consciousness from his body, while simultaneously scanning the opponent with his own consciousness.

The purple-armored general looked intrigued once more, and Han Li’s expression changed as well. His body was not made of flesh and blood, but he was not a ghost either.

Except for the beasts pulling the chariots, the blood-armored soldiers, like the other two generals, seemed devoid of life.

‘Puppets!’

Han Li was dumbfounded as he realized the identity of the purple-armored general. From what he had heard, it seemed these puppets were controlling the ghost creatures of the Netherworld.

While the blood-armored soldiers were one thing, the three generals had extraordinary auras, clearly possessing the spirits of highly cultivated beings.

The fact that Mu Qing and the white-haired beautiful woman weren’t immediately attacking the puppets showed that the puppets’ strength was comparable to the ghost soldiers.

‘Otherwise, those two women wouldn’t have let the puppets be.’

Judging from the powerful roars and explosions coming from within the Ghost Mist, the Six-Legged Clan and the Bloodfiend Old Monster were still there.

“You, come here!”

Suddenly, Mu Qing gestured towards Han Li. There were a hundred reasons why he didn’t want to obey, but Han Li silently flew towards them.

“Greetings, seniors.”

Han Li cupped his fist in front of Mu Qing and the beautiful woman.

“Cultivator Han, are you not with Jin Ling? Do you know where he is?”

Contrary to expectations, Mu Qing was more concerned about the golden monkey’s safety than asking how he had escaped the Ghost Mist.

“I’m not sure either. We were separated in the mist while fighting the ghost creatures.”

“You don’t know where he is?”

Mu Qing frowned.

“Senior Mu, who are these people? Did they create the Ghost Mist as well?”

“Cultivator Nan and I also just escaped the Ghost Mist. We were trying to break the restriction and eliminate the mist when they appeared. We don’t know their identities yet, but they weren’t here when we came last time, so they must be outsiders like us.”

Mu Qing also looked puzzled.

“Outsiders?”

“Cultivator Han, you must have already realized that the opponents are an army of puppets. But you must be careful of those three leaders. They are beings that we are not confident we can kill even if we personally intervene.”

Meanwhile, the white-haired beautiful woman, without asking Yuan Yao and Lian Li anything, coldly shouted at the three puppet generals.

“This old one doesn’t care what your true forms are. I only have one question: will you remove the restriction or not?”

“Remove the restriction? Don’t dream! Outsiders dare to invade our Mayfly Clan’s sacred ground and try to steal our sacred treasures. You must be the ones who invaded last time. This time, we will make sure you never leave this place.”

The purple-armored general retorted grimly.

“Mayfly Clan!”

The white-haired beautiful woman’s expression changed drastically, and Mu Qing also looked shocked. Han Li pondered, but he had never heard of the ‘Mayfly Clan’.

“You know of our clan? Then we can talk. If you surrender now, we will spare your lives. Otherwise, our clan will send soldiers to erase your existence from the Spirit Realm.”

The purple-armored general threatened even more coldly, with a surprised expression. At the purple-armored general’s words, the white-haired beautiful woman and Mu Qing exchanged cautious glances.

Then, they communicated through telepathy. The beautiful woman’s expression changed constantly, and Mu Qing also frowned, as if it was difficult to make a decision.

“How can we believe that this is the Mayfly Clan’s sacred ground? Since when did the Mayfly Clan start cultivating the power of Yin spirits!”

The white-haired beautiful woman questioned.

“That’s none of your concern! Do you think the Netherworld water surrounding this space appeared on its own?”

The purple-armored general was not shaken by the opponent’s suspicion. Seeing his reaction, the beautiful woman and Mu Qing began to believe his identity.

“Hmph, who knows if you are really the Mayfly Clan or just impersonating them. Besides, even if you are the real Mayfly Clan, do you think we would be afraid unless a Heavenly Mayfly [a powerful being of the Mayfly Clan] appears? You dare to ask us to surrender with just puppets!”

The beautiful woman’s eyes suddenly turned fierce as she broke her silence. Mu Qing didn’t stop her, but her expression also hardened.

At the beautiful woman’s words, the purple-armored general’s eyes flashed red, and he struck the rhino-like beast he was riding with one hand. The beast raised its head and inhaled.

Whoosh!

The surrounding air was sucked in, and a blue orb shot out of the rhino’s mouth, flying towards the beautiful woman.

Boom!

A loud explosion erupted from the surface of the blue orb. The beautiful woman formed a hand seal, and a gray light flashed behind her. A huge ghost shadow rose behind her, growing in size and opening its mouth to release a black orb.

Clang!

The two orbs met in the middle, creating a tremendous roar. Blue and black lights clashed, forming a huge mushroom-shaped cloud.

Kihahaha.

The beautiful woman’s eyes gleamed as she watched it, and she let out a chilling roar. At the same time, thousands of ghost soldiers and eight Ghost Kings turned into a dark wind and charged forward.

However, the purple-armored general scoffed and shook his shoulder, taking the golden hammer in his hand.

“You don’t know that even in a puppet’s body, I can unleash half of my true power.”

The purple-armored general muttered lowly and stretched out his hands. Two golden hammers flew out with a whoosh! creating hammer illusions and silently striking the incoming dark wind.

Roars echoed from within the dark wind, and the Yin Armor Ghost Kings appeared in the low sky, throwing weapons or spraying black energy from their mouths. The eight energies combined to form a black light barrier.

“Is that all you’ve got!”

The purple-armored general’s expression hardened, and he activated a magic seal. The golden hammers within the black light barrier suddenly exploded. The black light barrier shattered, and golden light fell, targeting the Yin Armor Ghost Kings.

Just then, Mu Qing stepped forward.

She flipped her hand and grasped the air, and a dense fragrance bloomed, and countless illusions of giant flowers appeared.

Thrum!

The sky rumbled, but the flower illusions supported and blocked the golden light, and the dark wind transformed by the Yin Armor Ghost Soldiers headed towards the enemy.

In response, the purple-armored general waved his hand, and the archer blood-armored puppets behind him stepped forward and simultaneously fired arrows.

Poof poof poof!

The sound of air being pierced was heard, and countless blood-red arrows rained down on the dark wind. The blood-red arrows pierced through the dark wind, causing the ghost creatures to fall.

However, the dark wind, under the command of the eight Yin Armor Ghost Kings, did not stop and continued to advance towards the blood-armored puppet army. They were also focused solely on the white-haired beautiful woman and Mu Qing. Han Li, Yuan Yao, and Lian Li, who were nearby, seemed to be invisible to them.

The other two puppet generals besides the purple-armored puppet were a bit unusual.

One was about 4-5 zhang [approximately 12-15 meters] tall, with three eyes, and wielding a huge axe in both hands. The bizarre blue armor with sharp black thorns was enough to make one’s skin crawl.

The other was a two-zhang [approximately 6 meters] tall, red-armored puppet with two heads and four arms. Each arm held a different weapon: a saber, a sword, a spear, and a halberd. The beasts they rode were similar to water buffaloes, with their entire bodies being bright red.

The two puppets seemed to have left everything to the purple-armored puppet and had not said a single word so far.

Then, the three-eyed puppet opened its mouth.

“There’s no need to fight the outsiders recklessly. We just need to buy some time. We’ve already notified the others, and they will help the ghost creatures kill the rest of them before coming to assist us.”

The purple-armored puppet and the two-headed, four-armed puppet nodded immediately upon hearing those words. The three-eyed puppet was the true leader.

The three-eyed puppet didn’t care and spoke loudly, so that Mu Qing and the beautiful woman, as well as Han Li, Yuan Yao, and Lian Li, could hear him clearly. Mu Qing’s expression became strange, and the beautiful woman’s lips curled up.

“Cultivator Mu, how about we wait a bit while they wait for reinforcements?”

“I agree. Let’s do as Cultivator Nan says!”

The beautiful woman turned her head and smiled, and Mu Qing also smiled and agreed. The white-haired beautiful woman then put her hands into her sleeves, and Mu Qing also crossed her arms and remained still on the golden flower.

And the high-level demonic creatures behind them, as well as Han Li and the others, did not move because they had not received any orders.

The puppet generals were puzzled by this, but they did not engage in close combat with the two women.

Occasionally, some puppets would fall apart, or ghost soldiers would fall and explode, scattering into black energy. The blood-armored puppets were numerically superior, but they were not skilled in coordinated attacks.

The situation would have been even more difficult if the blood-armored puppets had not fearlessly charged forward and if the armored chariots and the beasts pulling them had not been engaging the Ghost Kings.

Han Li was lost in thought as he watched this. Usually, puppets were slow and unresponsive. They were just ordinary puppets without consciousness.

In contrast, the Yin Armor Dark Ghosts trained by the white-haired beautiful woman were able to unleash black winds from various weapons, turning the puppets into black ice blocks before shattering them. They also released cold energy and transformed into black-armored Ghost Kings, each over a dozen zhang [approximately 30 meters] tall, revealing their ferocity.