Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 935

Before him, Old Man Do, aware of Han Li’s inferior cultivation, summoned vast amounts of heaven and earth energy to assault the sword formation. Han Li felt a pang of frustration at his opponent’s seasoned tactics.

However, Qing Yuanzi, when facing a Combined Body cultivator with a Void Refinement cultivation, must have had some countermeasures. Han Li took a deep breath and rapidly flicked his fingers, channeling his magic power unreservedly into the sword formation.

Inside, pillars of fire raged, while outside, heaven and earth energy clung to it. The blue light barrier flickered, and the sword lights vanished simultaneously.

Soon after, the light barrier, which had been suppressed by the heaven and earth energy, expanded and contracted, folding like a flower petal and beginning to spin.

*Wooong!*

As the blue vortex enveloped the light barrier, the heaven and earth energy was drawn into it. The heaven and earth energy that had been suppressing the sword formation was now being absorbed.

The light barrier, which had been flickering erratically, regained its stability. Old Man Do, who had been on the verge of breaking through the light barrier with the power of the fire pillars, was startled by the sudden change.

‘How can this be!’

The old man had never imagined that the sword formation possessed such profound divine abilities. If this continued, he would only be strengthening the sword formation with the very heaven and earth energy he had gathered.

The old man roared in anger, a sound that shook the entire sword formation. Then, a sudden gust of wind swept away the heaven and earth energy that had gathered outside the formation.

However, the blue light barrier, having absorbed a considerable amount of heaven and earth energy, now shone with a luscious jade color and was twice as thick as before.

To think that he had strengthened his opponent’s sword formation with the heaven and earth energy he had painstakingly summoned. If this foolish act became known, he would be the laughingstock of his clan for a long time. Old Man Do let out a hollow laugh, fueled by anger.

He struck the back of his head, summoning red and yellow spirit energy lights that entered the giant illusion floating in the air. Before Han Li could even identify it, the illusion leaped into the old man’s body.

Old Man Do raised his head and howled, transforming into a ferocious figure. His body, which had grown to about seven or eight yards, was covered in bright red scales, and a horn nearly half a foot long grew from between his eyebrows.

The old man instantly turned into a demon-like figure. He smiled wickedly and flipped his hands. Then, a small golden flag with a red mist swirling around it and a navy blue sack appeared.

The old man threw the two treasures into the air without hesitation and continuously chanted bizarre incantations.

The small flag fluttered, spewing golden flames, and from within the bulging, writhing sack, a navy blue sandstorm poured out. Finally, the old man opened his mouth and spat out a red cloud.

They combined with the power of wind and fire, creating a three-colored wind-fire pillar. The pillar attacked the sword formation with tremendous force.

As the situation turned unfavorable, Han Li continuously unleashed various divine abilities of the Spring Dawn Sword Formation, deploying powerful illusions without holding back.

However, the scenery and attacks created by the illusions were swept away by the three-colored fire pillar and vanished. The power of the Spring Dawn Sword Formation was not enough to stop it.

The blue light barrier also flickered and trembled anxiously as the power of the wind and fire continued to collide with it. Then, Han Li suddenly felt a surge of terror. Half of his shock stemmed from the power of the three-colored wind-fire, but the other half was due to the navy blue sack that had appeared behind Old Man Do.

It looked familiar, and it was very similar in appearance to the legendary Heaven Mixing Bag (混天袋) listed in the Chaos Myriad Spirit Record [a record of powerful magical items].

Although it was ranked in the middle of the Chaos Myriad Spirit Record, it was quite famous for possessing several rare divine abilities. It was also a treasure that had disappeared long ago after the human cultivator who possessed it had lost his life.

At the time, countless high-level cultivators had searched both the human and demon territories for this treasure, but they had found nothing.

‘How can the Heaven Mixing Bag be in the hands of a Horned Chi Clan cultivator from the Thunderclap Continent!’

Han Li was flustered, but he calmed down after organizing his thoughts. According to rumors, the Heaven Mixing Bag was a treasure with power far greater than what the sword formation was showing. Therefore, it was possible that it was a fake or a completely different treasure.

However, now was not the time to dwell on it.

It was likely not a lie that Qing Yuanzi had used the sword formation to fight against a Combined Body cultivator. However, he had probably greatly enhanced the power of the sword formation only after mastering the remaining latter half of the Qing Yuan Sword Manual.

Although he had the same Azure Bamboo Cloudpeak Swords and had refined them to have pure wood attributes, it was difficult to unleash greater power without the aid of an ascension technique. Fortunately, this time, he had absorbed a considerable amount of heaven and earth energy, so he was able to unleash a fair amount of divine abilities.

He hesitated with a wavering gaze, then something came to mind.

‘It’s a powerful divine ability, but whether it works or not, the sword formation will collapse after I use it.’

But since the sword formation was going to be broken anyway, he had no choice but to try. If even this didn’t work, he planned to use the various transformation techniques of the Startled Insect Twelve Transformations [a set of powerful techniques] to engage in a full-scale battle. If that didn’t work either, he still had various talismans and the Gold Devouring Beetles left.

The reason he had been able to remain calm while fighting a Combined Body cultivator was because he believed in these divine abilities. Han Li immediately began to chant incantations, and at the same time, a mysterious scene unfolded within the sword formation.

The blue light barrier in the high sky became hazy, and suddenly, vines began to grow and spread. The small vines quickly grew, transforming into giant plants several yards in size in an instant.

On the winding vines, small jade-colored gourds appeared. The palm-sized gourds looked very ordinary.

*Wooong!*

Then, the blue lotuses within the light barrier trembled and sent countless small sword shadows into the gourds. As a result, blue sword marks appeared on the surface of the gourds.

At first, they were faint and barely visible, but as a large amount of five-colored light traveled along the vines and entered the gourds, the sword marks became clearer and emitted a five-colored light.

Old Man Do didn’t know what kind of divine ability it was, but he felt uneasy about the appearance of the gourds. So, without hesitation, he sent the power of the three-colored wind-fire towards the gourds.

If the gourds were ordinary treasures, they would not be able to withstand the giant hand containing the power of the three-colored wind-fire. However, suddenly, Han Li’s calm voice was heard in the air.

“Sever.”

The gourds rolled over and flipped, and from within them, a foot-long sword of light emerged. The sword, which shone with a five-colored light, had large and small incantation characters flickering on its surface.

The gourds and vines turned into spirit energy lights and scattered the moment they released the sword of light.

*Paat.*

The sword of light flashed and transformed into a giant sword a yard long. Then, the giant sword slashed through the air towards the incoming three-colored giant hand. No sound was heard, so it didn’t feel powerful at all.

*Kwakwang!*

But then, without any warning, the three-colored giant hand suddenly split in two and exploded. The giant sword slowly turned its direction and aimed at the old man.

Old Man Do’s expression changed.

For some unknown reason, the old man felt a sense of crisis when he saw the five-colored sword. He opened his mouth and spat out a red flying sword. The moment the flying sword appeared, it turned red and rushed towards the five-colored sword.

A snort echoed in the air, and the five-colored sword slowly slashed through the air. At the same time, the red light stopped abruptly, revealing the original shape of the bright red flying sword, and then it fell straight down.

“… !”

The old man’s face turned pale as the flying sword was damaged. Because it was linked to his consciousness, he was affected.

However, after the five-colored sword had slashed twice in a row, the bright light that had been piercing his eyes became much dimmer. Many of the incantation characters on the sword’s body had also scattered, and only a few remained.

*Whiiiiiik!*

The old man let out a long whistle, and the power of the wind and fire that had been slashing in all directions gathered around him. Then, the three-colored light shone brightly, and an ancient three-colored armor appeared on the old man’s body.

The three-colored armor defended the old man like an iron wall from head to toe, leaving only the areas where his eyes were as transparent crystals so that he could see ahead. Then, an ancient giant sword appeared in the old man’s hands.

The old man gripped the giant sword with both hands and slashed horizontally through the air. Then, an astonishing killing intent spread out. Han Li, who was watching this from within the blue light barrier, raised his eyebrows.

He was now barely using the heaven and earth energy absorbed by the sword formation to unleash Qing Yuanzi’s ‘Primal Qi Sword Gourd’ divine ability. This divine ability was a primal qi sword with limitless power that cultivated 72 sword qi within a gourd created by illusions using heaven and earth energy.

As powerful as the Primal Qi Sword Gourd was, the amount of heaven and earth energy it consumed was truly enormous. After only two slashes, half of the heaven and earth energy absorbed by the sword formation had disappeared.

However, if his opponent had prepared after seeing its previous power, then this time he would surely die. This was because the power of the primal qi sword was entirely determined by the amount of heaven and earth energy and magic power.

Han Li intended to pour all of his remaining power into this one strike. He sneered and formed a hand seal with one hand. Then, from the blue light barrier, the lotuses spun around and transformed into pillars of light, shooting towards the sword of light in the air.

*Wooong!*

As the blue light covered the sky, the barrier became thinner and began to tremble and scatter. And suddenly, 72 Azure Bamboo Cloudpeak Swords appeared in the air, slightly darkened, and took their positions.

This was because Han Li had poured all of the spirit energy maintaining the sword formation into the primal qi sword. With the protection of the sword formation gone, Han Li’s figure also appeared in the high sky.

The sword of light absorbed a large amount of spirit energy and grew twice as large, making the sword’s body look very clear. The color also had a much higher proportion of blue among the original five colors.

“Sever!”

Han Li’s fingertip pointed at Old Man Do, and the sword of light slowly moved and slashed through the air. In response, Old Man Do also let out a loud shout and slashed in the direction of the sword of light with the ancient sword in his hand.

A piercing, sharp sound rang out, and a thin ray of crystal light and a thick three-colored sword qi appeared simultaneously and collided in the air.

Then, the thin ray of crystal light grazed the surface of the three-colored sword qi and disappeared. And the three-colored sword qi burst with a ‘pop’ sound. Seeing this, the old man immediately blocked with the sword he was holding.

*Chaeng!*

A clear collision sound rang out, and the old man did not move from his spot. However, a moment later, a blue line appeared diagonally on the surface of the giant sword that had acted as a shield, and half of the sword’s body slid off silently.

The giant sword was split in two, and the golden flag that had been right behind the giant sword trembled, exploded with a dazzling golden light, and fell into pieces.

In response, the old man stared blankly into the air. The three-colored armor he was wearing seemed to have suffered no damage.

“…”

Han Li’s pupils contracted, and he looked at the old man with an icy gaze. He quietly moved his hand within his sleeve.

“Does this attack have a name?”

The old man’s voice echoed from within the armor. Han Li flinched at his question.

“Yes, it does. How was your experience facing the primal qi sword?”

“Hmph, it’s certainly not easy. Even I couldn’t completely block it.”

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a faint blue line appeared in the middle of the three-colored armor, and the armor, which had seemed fine, slid off along the blue line and fell to the ground.

The moment the armor fell, one of the old man’s large arms was also cleanly severed. Blood spurted from his shoulder, staining the surroundings with blood.

However, the old man did not frown even after seeing his severed shoulder. He brushed off his severed shoulder as if it were nothing, and the arm that had fallen off returned with a ‘whoosh!’ and reattached to the wound.