Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 890

Han Li, determined to eliminate the ghost creatures, focused his consciousness into the Soul-Devouring Ape. The ape flew towards one side of the palace gate, while Han Li revealed himself and dashed towards the other side.

“Hmph!”

“Who’s there!”

The voices of the hidden ghost creatures echoed simultaneously. From one side, a giant two-headed skull appeared, and from the other, a Jiang Shi [a type of Chinese zombie] with blood-red eyes, white fur, and green wings revealed itself.

As they appeared, the giant ape emerged from the black light, snorting and blowing a yellow aura to attack the two-headed skull.

The skull didn’t flee but instead let out a bizarre laugh, trying to tear apart the Soul-Seizing Divine Light with its bare hands. However, as soon as it touched the yellow aura, its hands, as hard as steel, began to melt into black energy.

“Kyak!”

The startled skull screamed and tried to retreat, but it was too late. The yellow light engulfed the two-headed skull, and the white bones were sucked into the Soul Devourer’s mouth.

The Soul Devourer, excited, squeaked and looked back at Han Li.

Meanwhile, Han Li was suppressing the Jiang Shi with a Nascent Soul Mountain [a magical artifact], about a dozen yards in size, above its head. Phantoms clad in golden armor held long spears and two long sabers, aiming for the Jiang Shi’s back.

The golden spear pierced the Jiang Shi’s heart, and the two long sabers slashed its back.

However, Han Li didn’t completely kill the ghost creature but gestured towards the Soul Devourer. The Soul Devourer, initially dazed, understood Han Li’s intention and excitedly flew over.

Yellow energy emerged from its nostrils again, absorbing the Jiang Shi’s Yin energy [a type of spiritual energy associated with darkness and the underworld]. The Soul Devourer pounded its chest with both fists, delighted. The ghost creatures, having accumulated pure Yin energy for ages in the Netherworld, were like tonics to the Soul Devourer.

‘If I try this….’

Han Li, with a smile, suddenly had an idea. He examined the Soul Devourer and gave it a few instructions.

The Soul Devourer nodded repeatedly and spun around in place. Then, from the black light, it transformed into a beast with horns on its head and lightning flashing on its four legs.

It was identical to the Nether Lightning Beast that had tried to devour Han Li before, only smaller. Han Li called the Soul Devourer, now in the form of the Nether Lightning Beast, and put it into his sleeve. He then took out the Great Azure Transformation Talisman again, concealed his aura, and entered the palace.

The palace was divided into a main hall and side halls, but he went straight to the main hall.

The main hall was empty except for a dozen stone pillars. However, Han Li ignored everything else and focused on the cave in the center of the hall.

He cautiously approached and examined it, but he could only see white light inside the cave, unable to see its end.

After a while, he moved and slowly descended into the cave. The cave seemed to go down for thousands of yards without end. He could only feel a cool breeze blowing from below, indicating that it was open somewhere.

“……”

After descending another few hundred yards, Han Li faintly heard beast roars and thunder-like sounds. Occasionally, earth-shattering booms echoed, causing the stone walls of the white passage to vibrate.

He slowed down and cautiously sent out his consciousness. A bright light appeared along with an exit, and there were no ambushes.

Surprisingly, it was a huge hall, larger and more elaborate than the palace above. The floor was made of magnificent white jade, and crystals on the ceiling emitted a soft light. The spiritual energy was also much denser than above.

On both sides of the hall were small flower beds where colorful spiritual herbs grew. However, no matter where he looked, he could only see half of the hall. The other half was obscured by a thick, blood-colored mist and lightning, making it impossible to see.

On one side of the hall, the blood-colored mist and lightning clashed, unable to mix like water and fire.

The power of the lightning surpassed the blood-colored mist. If not for the occasional gusts of Yin wind and blue threads extending from the mist, the blood-colored mist would have disappeared long ago.

Even so, the silver lightning condensed into fist-sized lightning orbs, scattering the blood-colored mist. Although no energy could be felt within the blood-colored mist, it was likely that the Blood Fiend Old Monster and the Demon Kings were fighting together.

And within the lightning storm, two beasts vaguely flickered. Surprisingly, two Nether Lightning Beasts were roaring and pouring out the power of lightning.

‘No wonder the Demon Kings couldn’t handle them even when working together.’

Han Li turned his head towards the jade-colored pond directly below. It was covered in white mist, with a faint blood-red glow shimmering above the pond.

‘Is that the Netherworld Divine Milk?’

However, Han Li didn’t focus on the pond for long but looked for something else. Finally, he found Yuan Yao and Lian Luo standing blankly in a corner of the palace.

Despite the fierce battle taking place nearby, the two women stood still with blank expressions. They were clearly trapped by a restriction. And Han Li knew how to break this restriction.

He was pleased that the battle showed no signs of ending, so he began to examine other parts of the palace. Just like the ghost creatures guarding the palace entrance, there might be other high-level ghost creatures hiding here.

Therefore, he could not move carelessly until he confirmed the presence of any ghost creatures. He quietly released his consciousness and searched carefully, but found nothing.

Han Li narrowed his brows and pondered for a moment before a blue light flickered deep within his eyes. Although he could not use the Spirit Eye of Illumination at full power to conceal his aura, he decided to quickly scan the hall with minimal spiritual power.

After a while, something caught his eye.

In another corner of the palace, farthest from the battlefield, he sensed a faint green energy gathering.

‘Is that a ghost creature lying in wait?’

Han Li risked it and amplified the blue light to identify the true form of the ghost creature. Within the green energy, a black light flickered, and something like a crystal bead was slowly rotating.

However, the moment Han Li discovered the bead, it stopped rotating. Han Li’s expression changed, and he immediately withdrew the divine power of the Spirit Eye of Illumination.

He sensed that the bead possessed spirituality and could detect his spying. Fortunately, Han Li reacted quickly, and it seemed that the bead had not pinpointed his location.

Indeed, a moment later, a faint consciousness swept over his location but didn’t sense anything unusual and retreated. Only then did Han Li relax.

He was only waiting for an opportunity to take Yuan Yao and Lian Luo away. But then, a shout came from within the blood-colored mist. A crimson light spread greatly within the blood-colored mist, and the Crimson Blood Puppet instantly swelled to a size of over a dozen yards, revealing a ferocious appearance.

On one of the Crimson Blood Puppet’s shoulders, Blood Fiend stood with his hands behind his back.

The Crimson Blood Puppet rolled its six eyes simultaneously, flashing a blood-red light. Suddenly, two blood-red giant axes appeared in its hands. The axes, as massive as mountains, cleaved through the air.

Even before the axe blades touched anything, an immense pressure of spiritual energy surged, causing the silver lightning to tremble.

“Kuhahak!”

“Kwarurung! Kwakwang!”

The beast’s roar was heard, and the lightning transformed into a silver sword and soared. The blood-red and lightning collided, creating a tremendous roar. Simultaneously, the two blades split and disappeared.

Then, lightning flashed, and phantoms of blue claws, each a yard long, surged towards the Crimson Blood Puppet. In response, Blood Fiend spat out a mouthful of blood, which briefly rotated before transforming into a blood-red spear and shooting out.

“Puh-pung!”

The blood-red spear instantly pierced through the phantoms of blue claws and headed into the lightning.

“Kururung! Kwakwang!”

However, a tremendous amount of lightning poured out from the Nether Lightning Beast’s horn, forming the shape of a beast’s head. The Nether Lightning Beast’s phantom opened its mouth and swallowed the blood-red spear, then shot a thick bolt of lightning towards Blood Fiend like a dragon.

Seeing this, the Crimson Blood Puppet released two pillars of blood-red light, blocking the incoming lightning dragon. The lightning and light pillars both crumbled.

The Crimson Blood Puppet, ridden by Blood Fiend, continued to fight one of the Nether Lightning Beasts but could not gain the upper hand.

However, countless blue threads rose from within the blood-colored mist, forming a slender figure. The woman stepping on golden petals was Mu Qing.

At the same time, a Yin wind blew, and the white-haired beautiful woman appeared. They were looking at the other Nether Lightning Beast with tense expressions.

Seeing their appearance, the Nether Lightning Beast grinned slyly and created another Nether Lightning Beast head with a horn on its head from within the lightning. It was slightly smaller and had a thinner horn than the Nether Lightning Beast that the Crimson Blood Puppet was fighting.

The white-haired beautiful woman frowned and muttered.

“To think there were two Nether Lightning Beasts here! I thought it was strange that Fellow Daoist Zhou lost his life so quickly last time…”

“What’s the point of saying that now! The Netherworld Divine Milk is connected to the spiritual vein here, so to sever that connection and take the Netherworld Divine Milk, we need to buy him enough time. So, the three of us must do our best.”

Blood Fiend sneered, but his expression was not good either. Mu Qing and the white-haired beautiful woman exchanged glances.

“Fellow Daoist Blood Fiend, it has been quite some time since the avatar you left outside disappeared. Moreover, it happened before the other Nether Lightning Beast returned. It seems there is another enemy here besides the two Nether Lightning Beasts. They might be lying in ambush outside or already hiding here, watching us fight the Nether Lightning Beasts.”

Mu Qing’s eyes flashed coldly.

“Then what do you propose? We are already struggling to deal with two Nether Lightning Beasts, we can’t worry about such things. But I haven’t sensed that one fellow’s mark since earlier. It seems he unfortunately lost his life to the Nether Lightning Beast.”

The white-haired beautiful woman sighed.

“It seems so, considering how quickly the Nether Lightning Beast returned. In any case, the Nether Lightning Beasts before us are urgent. They are not very intelligent, but they use lightning-attribute divine powers, which are our nemesis. Fellow Daoist Lu is the only one who can match them, but he is busy separating the spiritual vein and the Netherworld Divine Milk, so he can’t help. We have to hold on by ourselves. However, since the one who killed my avatar has not appeared yet, we probably don’t need to worry too much. Let’s just be vigilant against ambushes.”

At that moment, one of the Nether Lightning Beasts suddenly expanded its body, trying to swallow the three of them, while the other Nether Lightning Beast head lowered and spewed thick lightning from its head.

The two Nether Lightning Beasts simultaneously unleashed the power of lightning, releasing silver lightning orbs.

In response, the white-haired beautiful woman’s ghost shadow shot out a gray Yin wind from its mouth, and Mu Qing shot out numerous blue threads. Blood Fiend did not move, but the Crimson Blood Puppet beneath his feet simultaneously released six streams of bright red light.

The three Demon Kings and the two Nether Lightning Beasts clashed fiercely. The blood-colored mist surged, and the thunder rumbled, obscuring the Demon Kings again.

Han Li was lost in thought about how to save Yuan Yao and Lian Luo. If it weren’t for the green energy, it would have been much simpler. He could have just taken the two women and fled while they were fiercely fighting the Nether Lightning Beasts.

The Demon Kings, with the Netherworld Divine Milk right in front of them, would hardly chase after them. However, the unknown green energy was a hindrance, and if the opponent interfered, his plan would fail.

As time passed, the battle between the Nether Lightning Beasts and the white-haired beautiful woman reached its climax.

The Nether Lightning Beasts, knowing that dragging out the fight would be disadvantageous, unleashed a massive amount of energy explosively and launched a fierce attack.

The two Nether Lightning Beasts released an enormous amount of lightning, and the horns on their heads grew several times larger, each lightning bolt transforming into a spear aimed at the Demon Kings.

The Demon Kings began to be pushed back each time they blocked the giant lightning spears.

Han Li watched this and moved slowly. Even though they were in the midst of a fierce battle, the beings gathered here were far superior to him in cultivation.

Even if he used the Great Azure Transformation Talisman, there was a chance he would be discovered by the powerful consciousness of a Fusion-stage being [a high level of cultivation].