Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 920

The women riding the Black Armored Beasts were all female, clad in black armor with their hair reaching their shoulders, and wielding various weapons. As the Black Armored Beasts knelt, the women jumped down.

Han Li narrowed his eyes as he watched them. The lower bodies of the women resembled centipedes. Their lower halves, with dozens of slender legs, sent shivers down the spines of those who saw them.

The insectoid women moved in well-trained formations, quickly forming ranks. Among them, a woman who seemed to hold a higher position stepped forward, smiled at the earthen fortress, and then her mouth suddenly stretched to her ears, revealing sharp teeth and a snake-like tongue.

The expressions of the Hwayang Clan members darkened, their faces filled with fear. Han Li was also slightly surprised, raising his eyebrows.

‘So what if they are the Aura Clan? They are just remnants of a defeated army. If the Wassi Clan [a powerful clan] uprooted them tens of thousands of years ago, we can surely repel them as well. The other two races were caught off guard and annihilated, but we are fully prepared. What can they possibly do?’

Madam Hwa scoffed coldly and waved her hand towards the bead. A red light flashed, and the flames around the bead disappeared, stopping the operation of the formation. The snake-people, having regained their senses after hearing her words, bowed in agreement. They had overcome their fear to some extent and mustered their courage. Seeing this, Han Li smiled meaningfully.

Madam Hwa’s scoff was actually a secret technique using a kind of mental power. It was so subtle that only he, who had mastered the Great Connection [a powerful technique], could notice it. Otherwise, there was no way the lower realm priests, who had been terrified by the sudden appearance of the enemy, would have been able to regain their resolve with just a few words.

‘Now that we know the enemy’s identity, we just need to respond accordingly. You will divide into four groups and oversee the four gates of the fortress. You must prevent the Aura Clan priests from entering the fortress. Anyone who retreats in the face of the enemy will be punished according to the clan’s rules.’

Madam Hwa rose and gave a solemn command. The snake-people quickly stood up, accepted the order, and left the main hall.

Now, only Madam Hwa, the girl, and Han Li, along with four snake-people, remained in the main hall. The four snake-people were at the initial stage of the Core Formation [a cultivation stage] and held the highest positions in the clan after Madam Hwa.

Han Li scanned the snake-people and then looked away. At that moment, a tremendous shout was heard, followed by a series of explosions.

‘It seems they have begun attacking the fortress.’

Madam Hwa smiled wryly.

‘Are you not going to take action, Fellow Cultivator Hwa?’

‘There is no need to move. If my guess is correct, the leader of the Aura Clan will come to find me directly.’

‘Oh, why do you think so?’

‘The Wassi Clan and the Aura Clan are old enemies. They know each other to some extent. Although the barrier has not been breached yet, they will not be able to stop them from infiltrating the fortress. Their stealth techniques are very advanced. And they enjoy eliminating the highest-ranking individuals first and then slaughtering the remaining lower realm enemies.’

‘I see!’

Han Li stroked his chin, thinking for a moment, and then said something that surprised her.

‘Then, the person hiding next to you is not someone the Hwayang Clan has hidden away.’

‘What? You mean they are already here!’

Before she could finish her sentence, Han Li reached out with his giant hand to grab a nearby wooden pillar.

Swish!

As the giant hand approached, a black light shot out and retreated twenty feet. An Aura person appeared in the dim light. Madam Hwa and the other Hwayang people were greatly startled and went on high alert.

Thwack!

Madam Hwa flipped her palm and took out a bright red stone mace, while the other snake-people drew silver swords. The girl, meanwhile, had already taken the yellow great bow from her back and nocked a white bone arrow.

The Aura person, forced to reveal herself by Han Li, had pale purple skin and silver eyes. She seemed slightly surprised but soon glared at Han Li with a blank face and opened her mouth.

‘Your energy is strange. You are not from the Wassi Clan. Which Upper Clan are you from? Are you from the Self-Eye Clan? Or the Thousand Illusion Clan?’

The Aura person mistook Han Li for a member of an insectoid race from the Thunder Continent who possessed the Spirit Wood Divine Power. However, Han Li ignored her words and shifted his gaze to a shadow in a corner of the main hall, sending out a flying sword.

Swoosh!

A small blue sword flew like lightning, slicing through the shadow in the corner of the main hall.

Bang!

A black light erupted from the shadow, clashing with the sword, and a shadow emerged. Han Li, with his navy blue eyes, confirmed that the small sword was emitting a bright blue light, breaking the black light and about to cut the newly appeared black shadow.

Its speed was extremely fast, but the black shadow was not an easy opponent either. It twisted its form and turned into a black thread, shooting out. The black thread flashed and appeared more than ten feet away.

The small sword also turned into a blue thread and chased after it, surprising everyone. The black thread, thinking it had escaped the danger, was about to stop when it saw the blue thread chasing it and shot out again.

The blue and black threads appeared and disappeared, engaging in a chase.

Whoosh! Whoosh! The sound of air being torn echoed through the main hall.

Watching them, the snake-people were speechless. Suddenly, the black thread, which had been fleeing, became blurry and multiplied into seven or eight threads, flying in all directions. Seeing this, Han Li raised his eyebrows and gestured. The blue thread stopped abruptly and disappeared into his body.

The black threads, which had scattered, coalesced into one above the main hall and transformed into an Aura person with golden eyes. She glared fiercely at Han Li.

‘Golden eyes, a characteristic of the Aura royal family! So, the high priests of the other two races were defeated by you!’

Madam Hwa shouted in disbelief after seeing the opponent’s eyes.

‘Hmph, now that I have personally intervened, your clan’s fate ends here.’

The golden-eyed Aura person sneered and replied sharply. At that moment, the form of the Aura person who had appeared first blurred and moved next to the golden-eyed Aura person. Han Li’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the two women.

‘Hmm…’

The two Aura people were surrounded by a strange light, making it impossible for even his powerful consciousness to discern their cultivation. It seemed that the opponents were protecting themselves with a treasure, but he could not tell what it was.

Before Madam Hwa could respond, Baek Ju-ah drew her yellow great bow and shot a bone arrow.

Swoosh!

A light arrow, mixed with yellow and white, shot out and trembled. At the same time, identical arrows covered the sky, attacking the two Aura people.

The girl seemed to have decided that if a fight was inevitable, a preemptive strike was the best option.

Seeing this, Madam Hwa was startled, gritted her teeth, and shook her red mace, unleashing a bright red fire dragon. The snake-people also swung their silver blades, cutting through the air with sword light.

The entire Hwayang Clan launched a combined attack. Various lights of spiritual energy covered the two Aura people. However, the Aura people raised one hand and explosively released black light.

The black lights turned into two masses of black radiance, swirling around the Aura people.

Boom! Rumble!

Various attacks exploded near the black radiance, causing a deafening roar. It seemed as if the black radiance would break apart. However, a strange golden and silver light flowed from within the black radiance, causing the two radiances to expand explosively and merge into one.

The black radiance absorbed all the arrows, the snake-people’s silver sword light, and even the fire dragon that Madam Hwa had sent out. It contained the strange golden and silver light.

As the tremendous attacks vanished in an instant, two figures sent out cold gazes from within the black radiance.

‘Spiritual Vortex Evil Light! You’ve actually cultivated the Spiritual Vortex Evil Light!’

Madam Hwa’s heart sank when she saw it, and she stopped her attack. At that moment, the Aura people grabbed each other’s hands and extended their other hands, shooting thin golden and silver threads towards Madam Hwa and the girl.

‘You must dodge! Do not try to block it!’

Madam Hwa was greatly startled and urgently warned the girl, turning into a white streak of light to evade. The girl also tried to dodge quickly, but she was a step too late, having just reached the Core Formation stage. The golden and silver threads flew towards her as if teleporting.

She had no choice but to shoot a bone arrow, and a loud sound echoed as a yellow-white light burst forth. The arrow turned into a thick pillar of light, trying to block the incoming threads, but the yellow-white pillar of light twitched and strangely bounced back.

‘Ah…!’

No matter how fast the girl’s reaction was, there was no way to avoid such a close-range attack. She instinctively used her great bow to block the front.

She knew the power of the arrow she had just shot. If she were hit by the rebounding pillar of light, not only her body but also her soul would be reduced to ashes.

She heard Madam Hwa’s shout in her ear, but the girl was engulfed in the heat of the pillar of light while holding the great bow. The girl gave up hope and closed her eyes. At that moment, someone grabbed her collar, and the girl disappeared into a blue light.

Krrrrrr!

A tremendous roar erupted.

The girl was startled and opened her eyes, finding herself more than ten feet away. The pillar of light had grazed the spot where she had been and flew into the wall of the main hall, colliding with the barrier and disappearing with a loud noise.

‘Haa.’

The girl sighed. At that moment, her collar was pulled again, and she was moved to another place. Only then did the girl turn her head and see Han Li standing calmly behind her, holding her collar.

After the first attack failed, the golden and silver threads had changed direction and targeted the girl again. While the girl and Han Li were dodging the attacks, Madam Hwa was also being chased by the golden and silver threads.

Fortunately, she had a Nascent Soul [a higher cultivation stage] cultivation and was fast, and the other four Hwayang priests were creating openings by attacking the golden and silver threads with silver sword light.

‘It can deflect attacks, how interesting!’

Han Li muttered, releasing the girl’s collar, and a gray aura blocked her front. However, the golden and silver threads were unaffected by the gray aura and tried to pass through it.

The girl’s face turned pale at the sight. However, with a bang, a five-colored flame appeared behind the gray aura, blocking the golden and silver threads. The speed of the threads slowed down, like fish caught in a net.

Han Li curled up the corners of his mouth, unable to hide his smile.

But the next moment, his expression hardened slightly. The golden and silver threads suddenly emitted a large amount of light, regaining their original speed and breaking free from the five-colored flames, targeting the girl.

The girl trembled in fear, but the golden and silver threads disappeared without any warning in front of her eyes and suddenly appeared in front of Han Li, who was behind her.

It was faster than lightning.

‘Where do you think you’re going!’

Han Li was startled for a moment, but his eyes turned cold, and he opened his mouth.

Bang!

A silver fireball shot out from Han Li’s mouth and collided with the golden and silver threads.

After a moment, the golden and silver threads, which even the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light [a powerful light] and the five-colored flames could not stop, melted and clumped together in the silver flames as if they had met their natural enemy.

The silver flames blazed, and the golden and silver mass held by the small firebird melted at a visible speed, eventually disappearing without a trace.

The silver firebird spread its wings, made a clear sound, and suddenly disappeared, reappearing in front of Madam Hwa and swallowing the golden and silver threads that were chasing her.

Bang!

A loud explosion rang out, and the silver firebird exploded on the spot, disappearing into a silver dot of light. At that moment, Han Li looked at the two Aura people in the black radiance with a smile that was not quite a smile.