Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 912

The Nine-Headed Bird seemed momentarily startled, but it immediately swung its house-sized claws, tearing through the dark blue aura.

*Clang!*

The dark blue aura was effortlessly sliced apart, but as the light of spiritual energy flickered, it returned to its original state as if nothing had happened. Instead, it enveloped dozens of claw shadows, sealing them in blocks of ice.

Then, it flew towards the Nine-Headed Bird’s head again. The middle head of the bird, enraged, screeched sharply and flapped its wings. Gray energy shot out from both wings, relentlessly attacking the dark blue aura.

*Rumble!*

As the two energies clashed and collided, the sky filled with thunder. Soon, the dark blue light swallowed the gray energy and froze it into ice blocks.

At that moment, the bird let out an eerie cry, and all the ice blocks began to glow with a strange light. Tiny holes appeared on their surfaces, and gray energy seeped out.

The gray energy instantly devoured the ice blocks, eliminating them. Unexpectedly, the intense divine power of the gray energy turned everything, whether ice blocks or dark blue aura, into nothingness.

“Indeed, the baleful energy that the Nine Nether Crow possessed in life still remains. I must ascertain how much is left,” the fish-eyed race’s cold voice echoed from within the dark blue light. Then, the dark blue light vibrated intensely, and countless dark blue beads were released from within.

Each bead had a distinct appearance, like a real bead, and flew towards the Nine-Headed Bird.

The Nine-Headed Bird, having experienced the power of the dark blue aura, did not underestimate the opponent’s attack this time. It opened its mouth and spewed out gray energy. Flapping its wings, a total of three streams of gray energy combined and flew out. The dark blue beads were absorbed into the gray energy and disappeared.

Within the gray energy, the beads transformed into ice lotuses, but they were unable to exert any power. However, the continuous attacks of the dark blue beads prevented the gray energy from advancing any further.

“The baleful energy is considerable. I will test it this time,” the horned young man transmitted his voice, and with a flash of spiritual energy, he slowly rose into the air. As he formed a hand seal, the white horn on his head grew longer, and a shadow flickered behind him, revealing a gigantic phantom.

*Crack! Boom!*

With the sound of thunder, blue lightning bolts shot out from the young man’s horn, attacking the bird. The Nine-Headed Bird, startled, redirected the gray energy it had been spewing from its middle head towards the lightning.

*Boom! Boom!*

The blue lightning and gray energy collided in the middle, fiercely opposing each other. Even as the gray energy billowed and a chilling wind blew, the thunder and lightning continued unabated.

The young man formed another hand seal, and another burst of lightning shot out from the horn on his head. Hundreds of lightning bolts struck simultaneously, breaking the balance. The gray energy began to retreat.

The blue lightning bolts transformed into lightning dragons, fiercely attacking the gray energy. The Nine-Headed Bird, seeing this, turned its head, and all nine heads simultaneously fired black beams of light.

Five of the beams headed towards the blue lightning, and four were shot towards the dark blue aura below.

*Pshhh.*

As the black beams of light passed, the air became as hot as fire, and neither the lightning nor the dark blue aura could withstand it, dissipating. The nine beams of light, having broken through the attacks, instantly approached the horned young man and the fish-eyed race hidden within the dark blue light, piercing through them.

The moment the beams of light pierced through them, they burst like bubbles, revealing themselves a hundred yards away. They had prepared illusions in advance.

“How much baleful energy do you think is left?”

“Not even half. About a third,” the fish-eyed race replied as the horned young man took a long breath.

“Hmm, you have the same thought as I do. If the baleful energy were sufficient, it wouldn’t have released the Soul-Extinguishing Divine Light so quickly.”

“It seems Brother Min is not giving up on the True Spirit Yin Energy either. I say this because it seems you are thinking of fighting properly.”

The fish-eyed race chuckled softly at the horned young man’s words.

“If the Nine Nether Crow’s baleful energy is insufficient, there’s no reason to give up on the True Spirit Yin Energy. But what’s strange is that I don’t think that corpse alone could have created this much True Spirit Yin Energy.”

The horned young man frowned, observing the black mist.

“I am also concerned about that, but as long as there isn’t another corpse hidden within the True Spirit Yin Energy, it shouldn’t matter, right? Besides, if the amount is too small, it will be difficult to divide it in two.”

“That’s right. Then, let’s eliminate it with all our power and leave this place.”

“That’s exactly what I wanted to say.”

The fish-eyed race’s eyes flashed fiercely.

The Nine Nether Crow, realizing its attack had failed, frantically flapped its wings and entered the black mist, then emerged again with a sharp cry. The surrounding mist clung to the bird, and black feathers grew on its bony wings.

The bird charged towards the horned young man and the fish-eyed race with tremendous force. Although the two races were confident of victory, they felt a chill in their hearts the moment they saw it.

The horned young man instantly transformed into a hundred-yard-tall bronze-armored monster, countless blue lightning bolts flashing from his entire body. The fish-eyed race also transformed into a giant monster with a fish head and a human body, raising a golden, radiant trident.

At the tip of the trident, the light of spiritual energy in dark blue, white, and yellow colors flickered, displaying its might. As the giant fish monster swung the trident, a tricolor glow appeared around it, summoning divine powers such as dark blue waves, white gales, and blue lightning.

Earth-shattering roars and explosions erupted, and the sound of weapons and divine powers clashing spread for ten thousand miles. No one who wasn’t deaf could have failed to hear such a loud noise.

Han Li had activated the Myriad Dragon Pearl’s restriction as soon as the battle began and was watching the fight. He was horrified when a nine-headed skeletal bird suddenly appeared from the black mist.

To think that such a terrifying being was hidden within the Black Nether Mist. It was incredibly fortunate that he had safely passed through the black mist last time. Judging by the bird’s ability to fight two Nascent Soul stage monsters, he would have certainly died if he had been ambushed in the black mist.

As the battle reached its climax, the surrounding spiritual energy swirled and surged, and the black mist below also fluctuated.

Han Li’s expression gradually darkened. The two races were gaining the upper hand, and the battlefield was getting closer and closer to his residence.

“This won’t do. Now is the best opportunity to leave!”

Han Li, realizing that he wouldn’t be able to escape if the battle was decided, immediately transformed into a blue streak of light and left the main hall, heading towards the herb garden.

* * *

Han Li sighed as he looked at the golden thunder bamboo, which was growing in a fresh, jade-green color. After watching it for a while, he had no choice but to forcefully wave his sleeve towards the bamboo.

Seventy-two flying sword phantoms flew out of his sleeve and entered the golden thunder bamboo.

“Come out!” he shouted, forming a hand seal. But suddenly, the golden thunder bamboo exploded, and the stems and leaves all withered and turned yellowish-white.

As a gust of wind blew, the golden thunder bamboo scattered like smoke and disappeared. In its place, blue flying swords floated in the air, emitting a sharp aura.

Han Li summoned one of the flying swords.

*Whoosh!*

The flying sword flew into his hand, emitting a blue light. He carefully examined the blue flying sword and then flicked the back of the blade with his other hand. The surface of the sword was dyed blue, and a deep cry was heard.

Han Li injected a large amount of spiritual power into the hand holding the flying sword. The flying sword flashed with a blue light, and the cold blade became blurred. Surprised, he reached out with his other hand to touch the flying sword, but his fingers passed through it as if it were intangible.

Overjoyed, Han Li formed hand seals with both hands and controlled the flying swords with his mind.

The seventy-two flying swords flew into the air at once, circled in the void, and then seeped into his body. Han Li transformed into a blue streak of light again, left the herb garden, and disappeared from the spot after a few flashes.

Shortly after, a blue streak of light soared from the mountain range where Han Li had been staying, flying swiftly in the opposite direction of the Black Nether Mist.

Judging by the continuous explosions and the flickering energies in the distance, the two races had no time to deal with him right now. Han Li did not hesitate and fled with all his might.

At that moment, a monster with a blue face and ferocious fangs, who was emitting lightning to attack the Nine-Headed Bird, changed his expression.

“…”

The monster that the horned young man had transformed into turned his head and glared coldly in the direction Han Li had flown.

“Brother Min, now is not the time to worry about other things. We must eliminate that thing with all our power. If we gather a little more strength, we can inflict serious injuries on it,” the giant fish monster with the trident shouted, seeing his expression. He had also noticed Han Li’s departure.

“I know that even without your telling me,” the horned young man turned his head back and unleashed a massive bolt of blue lightning.

The lightning bolts transformed into giant lightning blades and engulfed the Nine-Headed Bird.

However, the Nine-Headed Bird showed no fear and swung its sharp claws to block the lightning blades.

A tremendous explosion erupted, and another vortex formed around them, filling the area with mist. The giant fish monster, seeing this, smiled slyly and swung his trident.

Their battle grew increasingly fierce.

* * *

Han Li flew towards the inland area where the Sky-Devouring Clan resided, then changed direction and flew towards the deep sea. This was to prepare for the possibility that the two races would kill the Nine Nether Crow’s skeleton and come after him in a short time.

Even after doing this, Han Li still felt uneasy and flew non-stop for half a month, entering deep into the ocean. After flying for a long time, he suddenly changed direction.

This time, he began to fly horizontally along the coast. Following the coast would reduce the chances of encountering powerful sea monsters in the deep sea, and the Spirit Race disliked the sea and rarely left the land easily.

Although he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, he did not want to take such risks. There were too many unforeseen dangers in the Spirit Realm.

He no longer wanted to stay in the Spirit Race’s territory. The Sky-Devouring Clan’s matter and the sudden appearance of two Nascent Soul stage races were ominous. He planned to fly along the coast to completely leave the Spirit Race’s territory.

‘I should avoid troublesome matters as much as possible.’

Han Li flew with all his might, piercing through the void. He held a blue flying sword in his hand within the escape light, fiddling with it.

The Azure Bamboo Cloud Piercing Sword, refined with wood attributes, was as light as if it were nothing. When infused with magic power, it could transform into light or materialize.

Han Li held the sword in one hand and infused it with magic power, swinging it around.

A large amount of blue energy exploded like a peacock spreading its wings, then returned to a blue longsword. Its speed exceeded his imagination. The sharpness and lightness of the flying sword had reached an astonishing level. If he wanted, he could probably kill an enemy several miles away in an instant.

However, he frowned. He was worried that if it became so light and its attributes were unified, its strength might be weaker than before. He turned his other palm over and summoned another flying sword.

The two flying swords blurred and unexpectedly cleaved each other. A blue light flashed, and a clear *clang* sound rang out.

“Huh!”

Han Li was startled and widened his eyes.

The two swords had broken in half, unable to withstand the impact. The strength of the newly refined Azure Bamboo Cloud Piercing Sword was even lower than he had predicted.

“Wait, if my natal magic treasure is damaged, I shouldn’t be fine.”

Han Li suddenly remembered something and formed a sword seal towards the broken sword pieces.

The four pieces trembled and then automatically merged, returning to a perfect state within the blue light.

“Sword Spirit Transformation to Emptiness!”

He had been somewhat suspicious while injecting spiritual power into the flying sword, but now it was certain. The flying sword had reached ‘Sword Spirit Transformation to Emptiness,’ a legendary realm among human sword cultivators.

He had heard of it, but he had never seen a high-level sword cultivator who had reached this realm.

He had never dreamed that the Azure Bamboo Cloud Piercing Swords would change like this after being refined using the Sword Seed Secret Technique.