Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 934

The old man believed that while those with equal or higher cultivation could detect him through their powerful senses, those with lower cultivation would never discover him. He could only continue to pursue Han Li if Han Li didn’t see through his tricks.

After all, his movement speed was slightly faster than Han Li’s. As the purple shadow drew closer, Han Li’s expression darkened, and he began to look around.

In this way, Han Li and the old man quickly traveled tens of thousands of miles, reaching a place where two mountain peaks stood side by side in the distance.

The lush greenery and rugged terrain were quite striking. Han Li, feeling a pull, looked down with his blue-tinged eyes.

The purple shadow was still following him stealthily, only about a hundred feet away. Han Li sighed and suddenly changed direction, heading into the forest. He descended through the dense trees, a blue streak of light.

He retracted his escape light and revealed himself, releasing dozens of flying swords. He formed a hand seal, and countless blue threads cut through the dense trees below, instantly creating a clearing hundreds of feet wide.

Then, Han Li stood on a tree stump and waved his hand. The blue threads dissolved into the air, disappearing from sight.

Han Li formed another hand seal, condensing countless gold and silver lightning bolts into a robe that he wore on his body. Having prepared himself, he stood with his hands behind his back, quietly staring into the air.

At that moment, Elder Do, who had arrived beneath the tree stump where Han Li was standing, glared fiercely. He was close enough that there was no need to rush the attack, but he didn’t want to waste time on an opponent who was three stages below him.

Confirming that he was alone, the old man quietly disappeared into the earth.

*Whoosh! Bang!*

A tremendous roar echoed as the tree stump where Han Li had been standing exploded, and a pair of giant red hands reached out to grab his ankles. The giant hands rushed forward with immense force, ignoring the protective barrier Han Li had erected.

However, having anticipated the attack, Han Li’s figure blurred, and he reappeared a dozen feet away. As he moved, a red light flashed below, and Elder Do revealed himself.

The old man raised his arms with a fierce look, and a crimson fist shadow shot out, rushing towards Han Li with intense heat. Elder Do, a high-level cultivator of the Horned-Chi tribe, was also a dual-cultivator of body and magic [meaning he trained both his physical body and magical abilities].

‘Dual cultivation of body and magic!’

A look of surprise flashed in Han Li’s eyes, but his dark hand moved silently. A black shadow rolled out, transforming into a small mountain peak that fell silently.

It was directly above the rising red fist shadow. However, Elder Do smirked, knowing the power of his red fist shadow. The opponent would only realize its power at the moment of his death!

With that, the old man furiously cast a spell, and the fist shadow doubled in size, becoming as large as a head. The surrounding crimson energy emitted intense heat, causing the air to shimmer. He intended to shatter the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain [a magical artifact] with his fist shadow.

Han Li wore a strange expression as he watched. At that moment, the fist shadow and the black mountain peak collided. However, no sound was heard.

The fist shadow and the small mountain trembled, pausing in the air for a moment. But soon, the red and gray lights clashed madly, emitting a huge ring of light that spread everywhere.

*Kukwakwakwang!*

Han Li’s ears rang from the tremendous roar. The aftermath turned nearby trees and stumps into dust, creating a huge pit dozens of feet deep.

Han Li was so surprised that he activated his Bright Sight [a technique that enhances vision] to assess the situation. However, the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain was still in the air, and the red giant fist shadow had disintegrated, causing this phenomenon.

Ordinary-looking human palms were holding up the small mountain. The owner of the palms was none other than Elder Do.

His shoulders were slightly twisted, and his face was flushed red, but he was still holding up the overwhelmingly heavy Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain with both hands.

Han Li’s figure blurred, and he moved to the top of the small mountain peak. As his toes pressed down on the black mountain peak, a gray-white light flowed across its surface, making the small mountain even larger.

Elder Do’s face twitched as he barely held on, his legs trembling. The ground gave way, burying him up to his calves. The old man had no choice but to release some of his spiritual power into the ground.

Seeing this, Han Li lifted his foot again and pressed down on the mountain peak once more. The Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain fell with tremendous force from his powerful kick. As the black peak fell straight to the ground, Elder Do was completely buried beneath it.

Han Li was pleased, but he didn’t think he could defeat a Core Formation cultivator [a stage of cultivation] so easily. He immediately formed a hand seal, pointing his white palm downwards.

A gray light flashed on the black mountain peak, and its size increased. At the same time, five-colored flames surged down the white fingertips towards the bottom of the mountain. Wherever the five-colored flames touched, layers of five-colored ice formed, freezing the surrounding area for dozens of feet.

Han Li didn’t stop, transforming into a blue streak of light and flying away, disappearing without a trace.

*Wooong! Wooong!*

Soon, a low rumble was heard from the black mountain peak, and blue flying swords appeared, transforming into blue lotuses. The lotuses spun around, leaving afterimages and gradually materializing.

The lights emitted by the lotuses connected, creating a huge light barrier. Han Li had used this opportunity to activate the Spring Dawn Sword Formation [a powerful sword technique].

At that moment, a roar was heard from beneath the mountain peak, and a spell was unleashed. A crimson mist surged out, expanding and turning the surroundings completely red.

At the same time, the surrounding temperature rose so high that an ordinary person would be burned to a crisp just by standing there. After a while, the spell stopped, and the red energy seeped into the five-colored ice.

*Kwarleung!*

Loud noises echoed from the underground, and pillars of crimson light burst through the ice. The ice quickly melted from the crimson light pillars, and the earth transformed as if red lava was flowing.

The black mountain slowly sank into the earth, almost half of it disappearing in the blink of an eye.

“I didn’t think I could suppress a cultivator with just brute force,” Han Li’s voice echoed from all directions. Then, the black mountain peak in the lava rapidly shrank, turning into a black light and flying upwards. But from within the lava, Elder Do’s chilling voice was heard.

“I needed a treasure for my abode, and this one seems useful! I’ll just take it for myself.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the lava surged like a wave, rising dozens of feet and transforming into a giant red hand that grabbed the black mountain. It seemed the giant hand was trying to pull the black mountain back into the lava.

However, even though Han Li had withdrawn most of the small mountain’s power, the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain could not be easily manipulated by the giant hand. The black mountain shone brightly, not moving an inch within the giant hand.

However, while it was not being pulled away, it could not reach the blue light barrier either. Han Li snorted coldly, and spatial fluctuations appeared around the giant hand as blue threads emerged strangely, quickly wrapping around the giant hand and tearing it to pieces.

*Wooong.*

Taking advantage of the gap, the black mountain trembled and fled again, flashing black light a few times before disappearing beyond the blue light barrier.

“You have the skill to try and bury me!” The old man didn’t seem particularly angry, but his voice was cold. The lava area split open, and Elder Do, glowing with crimson light, slowly rose from the ground. He looked around with a sinister gaze, revealing his vigilance.

“Sword Formation!”

The moment he appeared, the blue lotuses everywhere glowed and suddenly sent countless petals flying. The petals transformed into blue wind blades, obscuring the old man’s vision.

The old man’s face hardened, and he bolstered his red energy, creating a crimson protective barrier.

*Pippipipik!*

The wind blades flew into the red light like moths to a flame, turning into dazzling fireballs and disappearing. Elder Do’s fire-attribute techniques were exceptional. He could easily burn away even illusionary attacks.

However, the old man was already trapped in the sword formation, and Han Li’s attacks were not limited to this. The moment the wind blades disappeared, a blue light flared in the sky, and huge blue trees appeared and fell.

Upon closer inspection, the trees seemed incredibly heavy, with black light mixed in with the blue. However, the old man scoffed and sent red energy upwards. The blue trees met the red light a dozen feet below and vanished into blue smoke.

“Stop wasting your time! If the sword formation had a different attribute, it might have worked, but a pure wood attribute won’t work against me.”

The old man shouted fiercely and formed a hand seal. The red lights surrounding him vibrated and transformed into pillars of light that shot out in all directions.

The light pillars relentlessly attacked the surrounding blue light barrier, and the hot energy filled the light barrier. The old man wore a triumphant expression. With his fire-attribute techniques, breaking through a wood-attribute restriction was a simple matter. Once he broke the sword formation, he could kill him quickly.

*Kwarleung!*

As the old man expected, a large hole appeared in the blue light barrier, and the blue lotuses seemed on the verge of collapsing and disappearing. But then, the old man’s surroundings began to blur.

The blue light barrier disappeared, and he found himself in a very unfamiliar space, surrounded by towering trees dozens of feet high.

“Illusion!”

Even the experienced old man was startled this time. Illusions were often used in formations and restrictions, but it was very rare to see them used in a sword formation that focused solely on power. It was something he had never seen before.

The old man quickly regained his composure and formed a hand seal with one hand, creating a crimson pillar of fire. When he spat out a talisman [a magical paper with symbols], the talisman immediately disappeared, turning into a white whirlwind that was absorbed into the fire pillar.

In an instant, the power of wind and fire merged, and the fire pillar swelled to a dozen feet in size, its momentum tremendous.

The old man sat cross-legged in the center of the fire pillar, and as he flashed red energy, a huge phantom covered in red scales surprisingly appeared.

The moment the phantom appeared, the surrounding heaven and earth energy surged, and tiny, five-colored dots of light rose from the surrounding trees, grass, and other objects, rushing towards the sword formation.

Countless dots of light densely covered the sky, but the moment they approached the sword formation, they were blocked by the blue sword light.

*Puhpuhpung!*

The dots of light that were shattered by the sword light created a five-colored mist. The amount was so great that it was impossible to see ahead.

But after a while, the mist became sticky and liquid-like, clinging to the freely flying blue swords, slowing them down.

At the same time, the giant fire pillar created by Elder Do was tearing through the illusion of the sword formation.

The giant trees created by the illusion turned to ash and scattered as the fire pillar raged. Although they were just illusions created by the illusion, they were based on pure wood-attribute spiritual power, so whether real or fake, they would burn in the face of powerful fire energy.

As a result, the surrounding scenery blurred and returned to its original state.

Han Li, who was hiding within the sword formation, felt his heart grow heavy as he watched.

A Core Formation cultivator was indeed exceptional, drawing in a large amount of heaven and earth energy from outside the sword formation to forcibly reduce its power. This was all because the difference between him and his opponent’s cultivation was too great.

If they were of the same level, this would have been impossible. After all, dispersing the summoned heaven and earth energy was not an easy task.

That was why it was rare to see cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage [a higher stage of cultivation] directly attack their opponents with heaven and earth energy. Most of the time, summoning heaven and earth energy during battle was to replenish insufficient magic power to use powerful divine abilities.

Also, even when they had no choice but to use heaven and earth energy, they usually only drew from a range of a hundred or a thousand miles.

To save time casting spells or to control it more stably, they often only summoned heaven and earth energy from a range of a few dozen miles.