Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 886

887. The Qiankun Banner and the Nether Lightning Beast

“No matter how important that treasure is to Cultivator Mok, we must take the treasure and return before the Floating Clan reinforcements arrive. Before that, we need to break the restriction using a special method and lure out the Nether Lightning Beast. Or is Cultivator Mok willing to give up the Nether Divine Milk for the Demon Tomb treasure?”

The Six-Legged’s voice turned cold.

“How could I give up the Nether Divine Milk! It’s just that neither treasure is easy to give up.”

“Haha, then it’s settled. Just because that Han fellow is luring the Nether Lightning Beast doesn’t mean he’ll necessarily die, does it? If he survives, Cultivator Mok will still have a chance to take the Demon Tomb treasure.”

One of the Blood Fiends chuckled and spoke.

“What kind of ferocious beast is the Nether Lightning Beast that that fellow would survive? If he does survive, he’ll truly be blessed by the heavens. But Old Fiend Blood, we only agreed to subdue that Han fellow, so why did you make those two children under Cultivator Nam’s tutelage like that?”

Mok-Cheong said, looking at Won-Yo and Yeon-Ryeo floating behind the Blood Fiend.

“Cultivator Mok, there’s no need to be surprised. I asked the Blood Fiend to take care of those girls through a telepathic message. That Han fellow is already useless, and if those children cause trouble, it would be annoying, wouldn’t it? The pure Yin energy they possess will be a great help to this old one in refining the Nether Divine Milk.”

“Then let’s proceed as planned. We’ll combine our strength to break the restriction, then control that Han fellow to lure the Nether Lightning Beast away from the pond with the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning. Even if the Nether Lightning Beast is just out of the way, it will be much easier to find the Nether Divine Milk.”

“Will the Nether Lightning Beast really be lured by the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning? I’m worried that trying to shorten the time will cause things to go wrong…”

Mi-Buin asked worriedly about the Six-Legged’s plan.

“The Nether Lightning Beast loves to devour lightning the most. The Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning is one of the five great divine lightning of the Spirit Realm, so would the Nether Lightning Beast just ignore it?”

“I feel relieved now that Brother Six-Legged has said that.”

“Cultivator Blood, I’ll leave the final Sky-Piercing Barrier to the Cultivator’s Blood Puppet.”

The Six-Legged turned to look at the Blood Fiends.

“Isn’t the reason we refined the Blood Puppet precisely for this day!”

The Six-Legged nodded at this. After discussing for about half an hour, the Demon Kings took the golden tokens and the remaining high-level demon beasts and flew towards the gray mountain range. Han Li, Won-Yo, and Yeon-Ryeo followed behind them.

Having entered the mountain range, the Demon Kings became more cautious, constantly looking around and remaining vigilant. However, after entering the mountain range, everything went smoothly.

After an hour, they passed halfway through the gray mountain range and arrived near a huge basin. In the very center of the basin, which was surrounded by gray hills for dozens of miles, a gloomy black light was cast.

The black light barrier was so thick that it was impossible to see inside. Seeing this, the Six-Legged and the rest of the group stopped their flight and looked around.

“It’s fortunate that we killed the ghost creatures that were here last time. Otherwise, we would have wasted a lot of time.”

“But last time, we didn’t know that the Nether Lightning Beast was hiding inside the restriction, and Cultivator Ju lost his life. The adult Nether Lightning Beast is truly a formidable enemy.”

One of the Blood Fiends sighed at Mok-Cheong’s muttering.

“Let’s begin. First, we need to break half of that Mystic Light Shield to lure out the Nether Lightning Beast. After that, we’ll rely on Cultivator Mok’s Hidden Technique of the Heavenly Flower Chaotic Leaf Formation.”

The Six-Legged spoke to Mok-Cheong this time.

“Unless we attack first, the Nether Lightning Beast won’t be able to find us inside the Heavenly Flower Chaotic Leaf Formation. However, it’s a formation that consumes a lot of magic power and consciousness, so we can’t maintain it for long. We need that Han fellow to lure it as far away as possible.”

“I know that well enough. Among my items, I have a flying treasure that I’ll have him use. Cultivator Blood, please give me a few of your unique talismans. And Cultivator Nam, please lend me the Qiankun Banner [a powerful defensive flag].”

As if he had planned it in advance, the Six-Legged rattled off the necessary items without hesitation. When the sound of the Qiankun Banner came from his mouth, Mi-Buin showed a displeased expression.

“Do we have to send even the Qiankun Banner to that fellow? It’s not a Sky-Piercing Treasure [a treasure capable of breaking through the sky], but its defensive effect is far better than most Sky-Piercing Treasures. If something goes wrong…”

“As you know, Cultivator, the longer that fellow holds the Nether Lightning Beast, the safer we become. Once the task is done, we can just retrieve the Qiankun Banner. Among the treasures we possess, Cultivator Nam’s Qiankun Banner can be used without magic power or special incantations.”

“I understand. There’s no other way!”

Mi-Buin hesitated, then reluctantly put her hands together. A white light burst out, and a small silver-white flag appeared. As Mi-Buin reached out, the flag turned silver and flew towards Han Li, who was waiting nearby.

The Six-Legged moved the corners of his mouth, and the bead embedded in Han Li’s forehead glowed. Han Li blankly flapped his sleeve, wrapped the silver light in gray energy, and took it. Even after obtaining the treasure, his expression remained the same.

Soon, a blood-red light flashed behind his back, and one of the Blood Fiends appeared, extending his palm.

Thump, thump, thump!

A series of heavy sounds echoed, and the Blood Fiend attached a dozen talismans to Han Li’s body. As a blood-red light enveloped Han Li’s body, his energy instantly amplified significantly.

At the same time, Mok-Cheong found a secluded spot nearby and slowly descended. Golden flowers scattered into light and disappeared, and her feet touched the ground.

Whoosh.

The shoes Mok-Cheong was wearing spontaneously ignited with white flames and burned away, revealing her bare feet in the strange flames. Her sleeves fluttered without wind, and several beams of light densely escaped from within, permeating the surrounding air. Then, a black light formation appeared and disappeared without a sound, and an unbelievable thing happened.

As Mok-Cheong chanted a spell, her feet turned blue and transformed into huge tree roots that extended deep into the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the lower half of Mok-Cheong’s body had become a tree, and the tree roots wriggled and burrowed deeper into the ground. Soon, where there had been no grass, plants and flowers sprouted, and an area of over a hundred feet became a flower paradise full of greenery.

When the black light formation reappeared, all the plants and flowers filled it completely. As the plants took on a green hue, Mok-Cheong, as well as everything inside the formation, became vague and invisible.

The Six-Legged scanned the place where Mok-Cheong was hiding with his consciousness, and his eyes gleamed.

“Excellent. Cultivator Mok’s Heavenly Flower Chaotic Leaf Formation is indeed marvelous. Unless the Nether Lightning Beast searches this place thoroughly, it won’t be able to find us.”

The Six-Legged led the others to the green light barrier, and the two Blood Fiends, the Blood Puppet, and Mi-Buin followed behind. As the green light flashed, they all disappeared into the air.

Now, only Han Li remained outside the formation. After a while, the black bead between his eyebrows glowed, and he slowly flew towards the black light barrier.

The Demon Kings hidden inside the restriction each took out a short, blood-red dagger. It was a very peculiar dagger, about three feet long with a wavy blade.

“Now!”

At the Six-Legged’s signal, the Demon Kings poured magic power into the blood-red daggers, and at the same time, the blood-red light spread greatly, and the daggers wriggled like snakes.

Wooong!

The blood-red daggers cried out as if they were about to launch an attack. At that moment, Han Li moved his hands slightly with a blank expression.

Pat.

A silver talisman appeared in one hand, and seven or eight blue beads appeared in the other. Unexpectedly, Han Li had not lost consciousness and was fully aware. However, he was unable to make a decision and was cursing inwardly.

When Mok-Cheong and Mi-Buin subdued his body and black light beams flew towards him, he knew he could not escape.

However, the moment his consciousness blurred and the black bead was embedded in his forehead, his hidden Destruction Dharma Eye [a mystical eye with destructive power] suddenly awakened and absorbed the black threads that were sucking away his consciousness.

Then, Han Li’s mind immediately cleared.

Although he didn’t know why, he suddenly realized that the Six-Legged’s bead was a Soul-Seizing Bead refined from the third eye of a Self-Destructing Beast. It was not strange that he, who possessed the Destruction Dharma Eye, could block or absorb the divine power of a treasure with the same origin.

The Six-Legged would never have imagined that Han Li was cultivating the Destruction Dharma Eye in his body. Han Li decided to take advantage of the opponent’s plan to seize an opportunity to escape and pretended to be affected by the Soul-Seizing Bead.

But the Demon Kings were using him to lure out the ‘Nether Lightning Beast’! It was a name he had never heard before, but if even the Demon Kings were afraid of the beast, he could imagine how ferocious it would be.

Frankly, he had no intention of becoming a sacrifice for them, but the Demon Kings were constantly watching him, so if he acted strangely now, he would be discovered.

If the Demon Kings knew that he had regained his senses, they would surely try to control him with even more powerful secret techniques or treasures.

Han Li, with a blank expression, pondered and sensed the surging spiritual power within his body. He didn’t know what the talismans that the Old Fiend Blood had attached were, but as his blood heated up, his spiritual power had almost doubled.

It was an amazing effect.

Most secret techniques that temporarily amplify magic power tend to leave aftereffects, but in this urgent situation, it was rather fortunate.

The palm of Han Li’s hand, which was holding the silver talisman, flashed again, and a one-inch-sized flag appeared. It was the Qiankun Banner. Judging by the way the white-haired Mi-Buin looked at it with regret, it was definitely a precious treasure.

Whether it was a treasure that could not be refined or one that Mi-Buin had not refined, there was no trace of anyone else’s consciousness left in the flag. When Han Li scanned it with his consciousness, he found that the method of controlling it was very simple, but it seemed to be able to exert great power.

‘When the Six-Legged persuaded Mi-Buin to hand over the Qiankun Banner to me, it must have been because he believed that this treasure would be able to withstand the Nether Lightning Beast to some extent.’

In addition, if he used some of the divine powers he possessed and ran for his life, he would be able to avoid being eaten by the Nether Lightning Beast. Once he lured the Nether Lightning Beast away from the Demon Kings, he planned to temporarily suppress and hide his mark and leave with Won-Yo and Yeon-Ryeo.

At that moment, the Demon Kings below finally moved. The blood-red daggers emitted thick pillars of blood-red light, fiercely tearing through the black light barrier. The wavy blood-red daggers were treasures specially made by the Demon Kings to break the restriction.

The pillars of blood-red light struck the black light barrier, causing ripples.

Woo-oong!

The black light barrier did not break immediately, but it began to vibrate with a tremendous sound.

Kha-ha-hak. Rumble, crash!

Suddenly, the roar of a beast was heard, and the sound of thunder grew closer.

“It’s the Nether Lightning Beast. Stop all attacks!”

The Six-Legged stopped the blood-red light pillars first and shouted, and the Blood Fiends and Mi-Buin also quickly stopped their attacks. At the same time, Mok-Cheong quickly formed hand seals with both hands, triggering the restriction.

Then, an invisible force acted to completely conceal their energy. At that moment, a black light flashed between Han Li’s eyebrows.

Under the Six-Legged’s command, he crossed his hands with a blank expression and created golden lightning. Then, he shook his sleeve and sent the white flag flying. The flag turned into black and white energy and flew around Han Li.

A blue-white light flashed behind Han Li’s back, and wings unfolded. A silver light flashed on the black light barrier, and suddenly, it tore through the surface of the silver lightning and popped out. The lightning circled in the air, as if it was carrying something inside.

At that moment, the Six-Legged’s urgent command was heard. Surprisingly, it was to run away by any means possible. As soon as he heard the command, Han Li flapped his wings and disappeared into the wind.

And then, the silver lightning faded, and a pitch-black beast appeared. It was the Nether Lightning Beast. The wolf-like beast had silver horns on its head, and silver lightning flashed on its four legs.

As soon as the Nether Lightning Beast revealed itself, its gaze seemed to be drawn to Han Li’s Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning, and its calm eyes instantly blazed like fire.

Kha-hak!

The Nether Lightning Beast looked around, and when it saw nothing unusual, it immediately turned into silver lightning and flew away.

It was using some kind of movement technique, and silver lightning flared greatly on its four legs, and the sound of thunder was constant. With a single leap, it moved over a hundred feet, and after moving like that a few times, it almost caught up with Han Li.

*