Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 891

Han Li finally reached the end of the great battle, arriving where Yuan Yao and Yeon-ryeo were. He let out a long sigh and quickly scanned Yuan Yao’s body.

Up close, he could barely see the blood-red threads on her pale face. These threads, thinner than a strand of hair, were only visible at close range with the aid of his Bright Sight Divine Eyes [a technique that enhances vision].

Han Li narrowed his brow.

‘It seems she’s under the Blood Talisman restriction of the Blood Fiend Old Monster. It’s an incredibly powerful sorcery.’

If it were sorcery, the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning or the Spirit Flame Heavenly Bird would be effective. However, since he had the Spirit Flame Bird ambushing at the entrance, he could only use the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning to break the restriction this time.

Now, all that was left was to wait for the right opportunity. The moment he tried to break the restriction, the Blood Fiend Old Monster would notice.

Han Li looked towards the entity shrouded in green energy in the distance. The green energy was clearly related to the ghost creatures outside, and it wouldn’t just stand by and watch forever. Thus, Han Li decided to observe the situation a little longer.

However, the reason he made this decision was because the Six-Winged Demon King was nowhere to be seen. He couldn’t act rashly without knowing where the most powerful Demon King was.

Of course, it was most likely in the strange pond. However, the white mist rising from the pond restricted his consciousness, and no matter how much he scanned, he couldn’t tell who was there.

He merely thought that the purity of the spiritual energy contained in the white mist was among the highest he had ever felt in his life. If he cultivated in such a place, he could shorten his training time several times over.

And that was why he suspected this pond was the Nether River Divine Milk [a highly potent spiritual substance].

Han Li wondered why Mu Qing and the other Demon Kings hadn’t taken the pond water and fled. Even if the Nether Lightning Beasts were powerful, they shouldn’t be able to prevent them from seizing the Nether River Divine Milk by exploiting an opening.

Especially since the three Demon Kings were floating right above the pond! Either there was a powerful restriction on the pond, or a special method was needed to obtain the Nether River Divine Milk.

‘The fact that the Six-Winged isn’t visible must be because of that.’

Considering these circumstances, moving right now was unreasonable in many ways. Han Li stood beside Yuan Yao and Yeon-ryeo, watching the outcome of the battle and the movements of the green energy.

He couldn’t hide the mark in his body for long, but since the battle was fierce and the Nether Lightning Beasts were getting impatient, it would soon come to a conclusion one way or another.

Krrrr!

The mist above the pond bubbled, pure spiritual energy flowed out, and the surrounding ground shook.

Seeing this, the enraged Nether Lightning Beasts roared simultaneously, retracted their lightning, and stood upright on their hind legs like humans. Then, a stream of pitch-black, eerie wind swept in from all directions, engulfing the two beasts.

This made the white-haired beautiful woman and Mu Qing feel a chill. They realized that the Nether Lightning Beasts were about to unleash some powerful divine ability.

The beautiful woman let out a low shriek, and her white hair suddenly grew incredibly long and swirled around.

Numerous white lights shot out, attacking the black wind. The white lights made ear-piercing sounds like needles piercing the air, and their power seemed considerable.

Then, Mu Qing formed a hand seal, boosting her body’s energy. A flower shadow the size of a bowl circled around her, shooting out with multicolored energy. In an instant, the void was covered with white light and eerie energy.

However, something unexpected happened. The two beasts in the black wind simply absorbed the white light and eerie energy.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Following the metallic friction sounds, all the attacks were deflected. And right then, two humanoid monsters with ferocious faces, each ten feet tall, appeared from within the black wind.

With horns on their heads and skin covered in silver scales, these were the Nether Lightning Beasts transformed into humans.

Mu Qing was startled and quickly formed hand seals with both hands, opening her mouth to release something. A black light flashed, revealing a small flag, and another was an intricately designed formation disc that scattered white energy.

“We must stop them quickly. They’re trying to activate the restriction set up by the Floating Clan!”

Ji Xue shouted, flicking his sleeves to send out a pair of small daggers. As if prepared, the humanoid Nether Lightning Beasts detached the horns from their heads to block the daggers.

Clang! Bang!

A deafening roar echoed, and the two daggers were reduced to dust by the power of the lightning. The horns were the hardest parts of their bodies and had been refined over many years, making them even harder than most sword-type treasures.

As the daggers disappeared, the two horns flashed and vanished from sight.

Whoosh!

The next moment, two bolts of lightning appeared in the void and fired a lightning strike in front of Ji Xue. Startled, Ji Xue couldn’t even think of dodging the horns’ swift attack. He released blood puppets from his body and protected himself with a blood-red barrier.

The two blood puppets were quite powerful, but the two horns combined into a lightning awl and pierced through them effortlessly. The lightning awl, having dealt with the puppets, paused briefly at Ji Xue’s blood-red barrier before silently piercing through it.

Boom!

A world-shaking roar echoed, and a bowl-sized hole was punched through Ji Xue’s chest. Ji Xue turned his arms and stuck a dozen or so blood-red talismans onto his body. Then, flesh and blood wriggled from the hole in his chest, filling the wound.

Seeing this, the beautiful woman and Mu Qing relaxed slightly.

If Ji Xue were to die, they wouldn’t be able to handle the two Nether Lightning Beasts for long with their strength alone. But then, the lightning awl changed direction behind Ji Xue and returned.

It was aiming for Ji Xue’s head. Before Mu Qing and the beautiful woman could help, a black shadow flashed in the void, and a giant hand grabbed the silver lightning awl. But the next moment, an explosion came from the giant hand.

The lightning awl released countless bolts of lightning and slipped through the fingers. After flashing a few times, the lightning awl returned to the two humanoid Nether Lightning Beasts, splitting into two and returning to their horns.

While the lightning awl was attacking them, the two Nether Lightning Beasts took out the small flag and formation disc, spitting out blood from their mouths. The flag and formation disc absorbed the Nether Lightning Beasts’ blood, and the formation flag turned into dark clouds, soaring high and disappearing into the palace roof.

The formation disc slowly descended and seeped into the ground. Seeing this, Mu Qing and the beautiful woman were shocked, their faces changing drastically.

A great light of spiritual energy burst from the palace roof, and suddenly, black patterns appeared. The black patterns writhed like earthworms, creating a massive formation.

The center of the formation turned pitch black, and suddenly, a wild wind blew, opening a path to another space. At the same time, white light spread from the ground, and magical characters appeared.

At that moment, the surging green pond created a large golden light formation above the mist.

The golden light formation that appeared above the mist was so dazzling that it was impossible to look at directly. After the golden light formation appeared, the ground around the pond became still.

Mu Qing and the beautiful woman were furious when they saw this.

They didn’t think the Six-Winged would be trapped forever, but now that the restriction had been activated, it would be even more difficult to obtain the Nether River Divine Milk. But the problem was that the black light formation above their heads was growing larger and slowly descending.

This meant they had to either retreat from above the pond or face a head-on collision with the restriction.

“Fellow cultivator Mu, let’s join forces and eliminate that first. Brother Ji Xue, please cover us with your puppets.”

Mu Qing hesitated, and then the white-haired beautiful woman’s voice echoed in her ear. After thinking, she nodded.

Ji Xue, hearing the beautiful woman’s words, narrowed his brow and looked down at the hand of the blood puppet that had grabbed the lightning awl. Surprisingly, the five fingers had turned slightly black and emitted a faint burning smell.

He sighed and nodded reluctantly. Ji Xue struck the blood puppet with one foot and rummaged through his sleeve, taking out a golden wooden armor.

As he chanted a spell and pointed at the wooden armor, seven dull lights burst out from within. When the light faded, seven puppets appeared.

The puppets varied in appearance, from flying and land animals to half-human, half-demon and insect forms. Among them, two with insect forms were a giant earthworm and a giant ant.

All seven were made of metal and were the elite puppets that contained the blood and sweat of the Blood Fiend Old Monster. The beautiful woman chuckled softly at the sight of them and turned around, releasing eight black energies from her body.

These were the Yin Fiend Ghost Kings [powerful ghostly entities] she had recovered to restore her energy.

The Ghost Kings immediately surrounded the beautiful woman and sat cross-legged in the void, releasing black energy from their bodies to form a cloud.

And Mu Qing dyed her skin green, wildly emitting green threads. Strange flowers appeared around her, surrounding her.

The Nether Lightning Beasts didn’t care what they were doing and were pouring all their spiritual power into the formation. They seemed very confident in the power of the restriction.

As both sides were about to clash in a life-or-death struggle, Han Li’s expression changed in the corner where he was hiding. A dozen or so blue beads rolled down into his palm from his sleeve.

Narrowing his eyes, he looked into the distance with an even more cautious expression. And then, the bead hidden by the green energy finally began to move.

Han Li used his Bright Sight Divine Eyes to observe, and the crystal bead flashed white light and disappeared into the green light. It was a movement too fast for even the Bright Sight Divine Eyes to follow.

Startled, he hurriedly opened his consciousness to scan the surrounding area. He didn’t want to be discovered, but he couldn’t let them attack either.

Han Li slightly turned his head to look at Yuan Yao and Yeon-ryeo, then shifted his gaze back to the battlefield. Based on his past experiences, he would only have one chance to save them and escape.

If he failed this time, this place would become his grave, and his thousand years of cultivation would be for naught. At this crossroads of life and death, Han Li’s heart beat rapidly.

At that moment, Mu Qing and the beautiful woman in the distance began their attack on the black formation in the void. The seven metal puppets released by Ji Xue blocked the front to protect them, and the blood puppet stayed close to Ji Xue.

From the black cloud released by the beautiful woman, ghostly wails echoed, and bony fingernails shot out, extending into the void. They released gray beads from their fingertips.

In response, Mu Qing’s strange flowers circled in the void and entered her body. Mu Qing, with a flash of spiritual energy, slowly opened her mouth and released a green beam of light. The beam of light, dripping with green light, was beautiful and mysterious.

The two women’s attacks struck the black light formation like a storm. Both the gray beads and the green light beam were aimed at the center of the formation. The humanoid Nether Lightning Beasts, seeing this, hurriedly moved the black formation.

Krrrr!

A roar erupted, and a black wind blew from the center of the light formation. Countless black granules were mixed in the sharp wind, and they exploded upon contact with the light beam.

After a while, the gray and green energies reached a stalemate, preventing the black light formation from falling. However, the black wind continued to blow from the center of the formation, and the black sand granules gradually piled up, pushing back the green and gray energies.

Mu Qing’s eyes turned cold at the sight of this. As she chanted a spell, the small twig in her hand floated into the void and transformed into a small tree, beautifully extending its leaves and branches.

Energy gathered around the tree, and countless branches stretched upwards densely. It was a tremendous force.

“Fellow cultivator Mu, that’s a great divine ability.”

The beautiful woman in the black cloud exclaimed.

“Fellow cultivator Nam, you should do something too. I know you have other divine abilities.”

Mu Qing turned her head and responded coldly.

“Hahahaha!”

Kieeeek!

The beautiful woman’s laughter was heard from within the black cloud, and the eight Ghost Kings roared together. Then, a large amount of Yin energy gathered at the center of the black cloud.