Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 923

924. Blue Lake Island

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‘Cultivator Qing, do you know the location where that sea demon beast appears?’

‘Are you thinking of going to kill that demon beast?’

‘That’s right. It’s impossible to fly all the way to the Thunderclap Continent! No matter how tirelessly one flies, it would take at least half a year to reach the Thunderclap Continent. Moreover, to wander the deep sea for half a year, one would need to be ten times stronger than now, or else they would most likely die from an accident.

However, to return to the original continent, I have no choice but to go to the Thunderclap Continent. There should be a super-large teleportation array there that leads to other continents. Isn’t the reason you all keep targeting that sea demon beast to repair the teleportation array?’

‘You are correct, Senior. Although the ley lines [natural energy pathways] in the nearby sea area are usable, the spirit medicines and auxiliary materials needed for cultivation are already running out. Because of this, many cultivators are unable to advance even a single step at the bottleneck of their cultivation. If this continues for a few thousand more years, the situation will become even more serious. If you also intend to capture that demon beast, how about joining us?’

The woman smiled and added,

‘The reason I left the eastern region this time was also to meet the Silver Hermit, who is known as the number one expert in the nearby sea area, to kill the demon beast. Actually, I wanted to ask for your help as well, Senior.’

‘If we can repair the teleportation array, there’s no harm in moving together.’

‘You can rest assured about that. We have enough of the other materials and formation masters, but we are lacking the Void Cloud Crystal. If we find the Void Cloud Crystal, we can restore the teleportation array to its previous state.’

Qing Su said happily.

‘That’s a relief.’

‘If you help us, Senior, the chances of success this time will be very high. The Silver Hermit already gave us an answer four months ago, and we agreed to gather at Blue Lake Island in the southern sea area when the time comes. If you are interested, Senior, you can take this Silver Shark Token and go to the meeting place.’

Qing Su turned her palm over and took out a silver spirit token, giving it to Han Li. Han Li took the spirit token and examined it for a moment. On the outer surface of the silver, shimmering spirit token, the character ‘Shark’ was engraved in large letters.

He expressionlessly put the spirit token away.

Qing Su was delighted that Han Li had accepted this task, and after chatting for a while, she left. Just as the woman turned into a white streak of light and flew out of the manor, the wooden door closed, and the restriction was activated again.

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Two months later, a clear sound echoed from below a small mountain.

In response, the snake-men of the island, regardless of their status, raised their heads to look at the sky. Even Madam Hua, who was discussing matters with the high-level snake-men in the main hall, heard the sound, her expression changed, and she came out of the main hall.

Her gaze, looking at the small mountain in the distance, wavered. After a moment, the clear sound stopped abruptly, and a blue streak of light flew up from below the mountain and disappeared outside the island.

Not long after, the blue streak of light appeared on the sea a thousand miles away from Heavenly Luck Island and headed south. Han Li had pondered over various situations, but this time, joining forces with the cultivators in the nearby sea area to kill the sea demon beast was the best option.

Only then could he fly to the Thunderclap Continent and find a way to return to the Wind Origin Continent. If he failed, he planned to stay here for a while and look for another opportunity to kill the sea demon beast.

He possessed enough medicinal herbs to cultivate for a long time, even in a place with scarce resources. However, he did not want to stay here for long.

It had been a long time since he had left the human race. If the great war with the alien race alliance had not broken out, the Heavenly Origin City would still be intact. Although he had not stayed in the Heavenly Origin City as a member of the human race for long, he still did not want to see the human race perish.

Also, another reason he wanted to return to the human race was the hope that Nangong Wan might have ascended to the Spirit Realm. Although he knew that it was difficult for Nangong Wan to come to the Spirit Realm through a spatial connection in a short time, there were countless variables in the world.

His beautiful wife might have obtained another fortuitous encounter, reached the Transformation stage, and might already be in the human territory.

Now, his divine abilities and cultivation were enough to protect Nangong Wan in the human territory. As he recalled her face, Han Li was lost in thought. But he soon regained his focus and hurried on his way.

Fortunately, after flying for a month and a half, following the sea chart, Han Li arrived at an unfamiliar sea area. He was flying like a gale, searching everywhere with his spiritual sense [a cultivator’s ability to perceive their surroundings].

‘I should be near Blue Lake Island now…’

No matter how far he flew, there was nothing to be seen in the empty sea. Han Li increased his speed even more, and after an hour, he was able to enter a bizarre sea area.

It was a place where snow was falling over the sea, and a fierce wind was blowing, making the cold penetrate to the bone.

However, the strange thing was that the surface of the sea below showed no signs of freezing, but rather, a warm energy was emanating from it. White sea fog billowed at the point where the cold and hot air met.

Han Li reached down into the snowstorm and scooped up some seawater. The seawater that pooled in his palm was surprisingly warm.

‘…’

He raised his eyebrows, looked at the dense sea fog, and plunged into it. The deeper he went into the fog, the heavier the snowstorm became, and the more the seawater below boiled. There was even a bubbling sound coming from somewhere.

However, Han Li pretended not to notice and continued to fly in one direction.

After flying for dozens of miles in the white fog, the fog suddenly disappeared, and a crystal-like ice island appeared in front of him. The snowstorm had stopped, but the temperature was even lower than before, and the seawater was starting to freeze.

Han Li approached the ice island without hesitation. From a distance, the island’s area was quite large, several times larger than Fire Cloud Island.

‘This must be Blue Lake Island.’

In the blink of an eye, he reached the edge of the ice island. However, just before entering the island, a low roar suddenly came from the depths below.

‘Hah…!’

At that sound, Han Li’s expression changed drastically, and he felt his blood and qi [life force] boiling within his body.

‘This is…’

Han Li immediately formed a hand seal and activated the Great Firmament Devil Art [a powerful cultivation technique]. Then, with the power of the technique, the boiling blood and qi in his body stabilized. But before the situation improved, the skin on his back began to burn as if it had been scalded.

In response, Han Li pulled up his blue robe, revealing his upper body, and with one hand, he took out a golden mirror.

As the mirror spun above his head, emitting light, the image of his back became clear. There were four patterns engraved on his back: a colorful phoenix, a blue roc, a five-clawed true dragon, and a five-colored peacock.

It seemed to be a phenomenon caused by the condensed blood of the true spirits [powerful mythical creatures] that he had melted into his body. The four patterns flickered with the light of spiritual energy, writhing on his back as if they were alive. If he did not suppress them with the Great Firmament Devil Art, the true blood seemed as if it would escape from his body.

Therefore, Han Li could not hide his surprise. He thought that he had thoroughly refined the true blood using the secret technique of the Awakening of Insects Twelve Incantations, but he could not understand why such a strange thing was happening. All of this was because of the strange cry that had come from afar.

Khaaaak!

He quickly racked his brain, but could not find any clues. But then, another roar came from afar. In response, the true spirits on his back began to fluctuate, emitting a strange light.

‘…!’

Han Li did not panic and formed a hand seal, drawing up the golden light from his whole body. Then, the true spirits immediately stopped moving. Han Li took a deep breath and pointed one hand at the void.

Bang.

With a light explosion, the golden mirror exploded and disappeared into golden light. Then, Han Li turned into a blue streak of light and shot straight towards the place where the sound had come from.

He could not rest easy without finding out the identity of the strange cry that was causing the true spirit’s blood to fluctuate. Of course, this was possible because his divine abilities and cultivation had reached the Void Refinement stage. If he had not reached the Void Refinement stage, he would have pondered over it again and again.

Han Li turned into a blue streak of light and disappeared into the far end of the sky. The roar was closer than he thought, but even after flying thirty or forty miles in an instant, he could not find anything.

Moreover, the magnetic force of the ice island itself made his spiritual sense much weaker than in other places. He could only search within a radius of about ten miles.

He flew a little further and stopped his escape light. In the distance, he could see the light of spiritual energy flickering in the void, and seven or eight different colored escape lights were flying towards him.

Han Li identified the figures in the escape lights. They were all Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and they were fleeing for their lives with terrified faces, as if they were being chased by a powerful demon beast or monster.

Han Li looked away from them and looked behind him, but he could not see anything. He was about to call out to the figures in the escape lights when suddenly, a huge roar was heard, accompanied by a tremendous reverberation.

Kuururung!

Shortly after, an astonishing thing happened. In the roar, the bodies of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators flickered irregularly, and their skin instantly turned bright red.

At the same time, miserable screams and cries echoed, and their bodies and Nascent Souls [the core of a cultivator’s being] exploded, scattering into a blood-colored mist.

Han Li’s heart sank. Just then, the light of spiritual energy flickered at the end of the sky, and two escape lights flew over. In the two streaks of light were Qing Su and the young woman who had visited him not long ago.

Like the other cultivators who had exploded and died, their skin turned red in the roar, and they had terrified expressions on their faces. Although their skin flickered with the light of spiritual energy, they did not explode and die like the previous cultivators.

This was because they were in the mid-Transformation stage, and their cultivation was higher than the previous cultivators. However, it was not as if they were not affected at all. Their escape lights were much slower than normal.

Han Li was about to greet them when his expression changed. Behind them, a vague gray shadow, hundreds of feet long, was following them, and the strange roar was coming from within the gray shadow.

In response, Han Li activated the Great Firmament Devil Art, but he could feel the true blood on his back trying to run wild. If Han Li was like this, how much worse would it be for the two women, whose cultivation was much lower!

As the gray shadow got closer, their escape lights gradually slowed down, and they were trapped as if they had been caught in an invisible restriction. As the huge gray shadow closed the distance with the two women, they had no choice but to turn around and attack.

Qing Su took out a large bow and shot arrows, emitting a yellowish-white light, while the woman in the black skirt released a white light, transforming into a lightning dragon and striking the gray shadow.

The combined attack approached the gray shadow with a powerful momentum. However, before their attacks could reach it, an invisible wave suddenly burst out from within the gray shadow, engulfing and shattering the countless light arrows and lightning dragons.

Fupupupupung!

No attack could reach the gray shadow. In that gap, the gray shadow was close at hand, and the two women’s faces turned pale. If the distance closed any further, they would surely explode and die, unable to withstand the roar.

‘Ah, Senior Han! Please save us!’

Qing Su recognized Han Li in front of her and cried out urgently. But Han Li, with his dark blue eyes, did not move and only stared at the gray shadow.

The gray shadow was unexpectedly in the form of a giant moth, and when it spread its wings, it had hideous heads attached to the top and bottom of its body. The head on top resembled a lion, with fluffy fur and dark teal eyes.

The strange roar came from this lion’s head. And the head attached to the bottom of the moth was a huge, dark green serpent, with its eyes closed and only its black tongue flicking out.

‘What on earth is that? It’s a monster I’ve never seen before!’