Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 964

Woljong and Seomseom, examining the demonic beast’s head, were horrified. It had no nose or mouth, and its furry cheeks were covered with a dozen or so bright red eyes. Blood was streaming from all those eyes, making it a truly gruesome sight.

‘That’s a Multi-Eyed Demon. They are naturally skilled in charm and soul-devouring techniques, and they are a rare species even in the Demonic Forbidden Mountain Range. It’s no wonder the demonic beast hordes are leaving their habitats and swarming to the outskirts.’

‘A Multi-Eyed Demon! No wonder its eyes kept blinking; it was trying to use soul-devouring techniques. Tsk, tsk, trying to use soul-devouring techniques on me.’

Han Li clicked his tongue, unconcerned.

‘You are truly amazing. To kill a high-level Multi-Eyed Demon and return in just a moment. Not only are their charm techniques powerful, but their other divine abilities are also strong, making them difficult to defeat even for cultivators with higher cultivation levels.’

Woljong muttered, still looking bewildered.

‘You just need to not give them time to use their powerful divine abilities! Besides, their own magical power is only around the 7th or 8th level of a Seongjok [a type of demonic beast], so they weren’t that high in cultivation.’

Han Li smiled calmly. Woljong was speechless at his words.

‘I’ve also heard about Multi-Eyed Demons. The most valuable material from their bodies is their eyeballs, the Bewitching Eye Orbs. They are the best material for refining mental-type magical artifacts, and it’s said that the eyeballs of a Seongjok Multi-Eyed Demon can be used to create treasures that are almost spirit treasures.’

Seomseom added with a smile.

‘If it were a Seongjok Multi-Eyed Demon, I would have run far away! Still, it’s fortunate that you got the most important material. The rest would be difficult to find, having fallen into the demonic energy.’

‘It’s a relief that you dealt with the Multi-Eyed Demon. They are skilled at controlling and uniting other demonic beasts, and they have a habit of remembering grudges, so if we had let it go, the consequences would have been endless. This is not a place to stay for long, so let’s leave quickly. The battle a moment ago might have attracted the attention of other high-level demonic beasts.’

‘Yes, Brother Wol. Senior Han, let’s go.’

Seomseom immediately agreed, and Han Li nodded. Han Li, having collected the demonic beast’s head, immediately created a blue escape light. The three of them hurried on their way again.

* * *

Half a day after they left, a sharp cry was heard from somewhere.

In an instant, black clouds gathered and covered the sky. From within, a dozen or so blood-red pillars surged, piercing through the black mist. Wherever the pillars of light touched, the black mist receded, revealing the ground and the headless corpse of a strange demonic beast.

A shadow within the black clouds wailed in grief upon seeing the corpse of the demonic beast, which had the lower body of a green serpent and the upper body of a lizard. It sounded like a mournful cry.

‘Who dares to kill my son! I will tear them to pieces. They will suffer eternally, and not even their souls will remain!’

An aged old man shouted fiercely.

‘Guya, O-eup! Find the one who took the head immediately. I will chew them all to death!’

‘Yes!’

‘Understood!’

The black clouds split, and silver and red lights shot out. From the light that descended upon the headless corpse, half-human, half-beast monsters appeared.

One was a giant man with a pair of jet-black horns on his head, wearing black armor, his upper body resembling that of a human. However, his bent legs were those of a beast, covered in jet-black fur.

And next to him stood a woman with turquoise eyes, pointed ears, and a yellow lynx-like tail on her buttocks. They circled around the corpse.

After a while, the man spat out a black light from his mouth and blew it onto the corpse, and at the same time, the jet-black horns on his head glowed. The corpse trembled and a gray aura enveloped in black light rose up.

And the pretty woman sniffed and rummaged around.

‘I’ve found them. The one who harmed the young master acted alone. The two outsiders nearby seem to be his companions.’

The woman stopped moving, rose towards the dark clouds, and reported respectfully.

‘Have you found out which way they went?’

The aged voice asked coldly.

‘Although he concealed his aura with a secret technique, an outsider cannot completely hide their aura in this place surrounded by demonic energy. They flew that way. But it’s been a while since they fled, so their aura is faint, and it will be difficult to catch up.’

The woman answered honestly.

‘Hmph, then it’s useless!’

The old man flared up, but the woman could only bow her head. At that moment, the giant man flew up and stood next to the woman.

‘I report to the master. I have identified the culprit’s appearance through the remnants of the soul left in the young master’s body.’

‘Show me!’

The old man ordered grimly.

The man summoned a strange bead from his sleeve, a gray aura mixed with black light. He formed hand seals and continuously blew magic seals towards the light bead.

The light bead exploded, and a blurry image of someone’s upper body appeared. The young man in a blue robe was sparkling with golden light, and a black eyeball was shining between his eyebrows. It was clearly Han Li.

*Bang!*

The blurry illusion disappeared in an instant.

‘The Eye of Destruction! It’s definitely him. How else could my son have died without even being able to flee? We must set out to capture him immediately.’

The old man gritted his teeth after confirming Han Li’s appearance.

‘Forgive my impudence. Are you going to pursue them yourself, Great One?’

‘Did you not hear my order?’

The old man’s voice became even colder as the hesitant giant man asked cautiously.

‘No, it’s just that I was worried you might have forgotten the reason for your departure this time. Isn’t it just before the Seongjok Great One’s avatar awakens by borrowing the power of this demonic energy explosion? If you are late, the Iron Horse faction might slander the Seongjok Great One.’

‘Hmph, the Iron Horse faction!’

The old man snorted as if they were insignificant, but he clearly seemed to be contemplating.

‘Guya, you are skilled in tracking and concealment, so find the culprit by any means necessary. I will first welcome the Seongjok Great One’s emergence and then return to join you. You know what will happen if you don’t find them by then, right?’

‘Understood!’

The woman bowed her head with a stern face.

‘O-eup, we are leaving.’

A giant hand covered in blue scales appeared from the black clouds, grabbed the headless corpse below, and returned.

‘Yes, Master!’

The horned giant man answered respectfully and jumped into the black clouds.

*Krrrr!*

The black clouds roared and flew away, leaving only the woman behind. As the black clouds disappeared into the distance, she sighed briefly, set her direction, and flew up in a silver light.

* * *

Two cultivators, one in the Transformation stage and the other in the Void Refinement stage, from the Spirit Realm were slowly flying at low altitude into the Demonic Forbidden Mountain Range. They were flying slowly, constantly checking the reaction of the formation disc.

‘How many days has it been already? We haven’t even seen a shadow of the Earth Immortal. Senior Uncle Wang, is this the right direction?’

The young man, a cultivator in the Transformation stage, muttered impatiently.

‘My divination technique isn’t always accurate, but it’s right about one-fifth of the time. I’ve divined several times, and they all pointed in this direction, so it must be right.’

The middle-aged man with a gaunt face replied, not taking his eyes off the formation disc.

‘One-fifth means it could also be wrong.’

‘Still, it’s better than having no clue at all, isn’t it?’

While the young man was grumbling, they were approaching a rather high mountain peak. It was a black land where not a single blade of grass grew, and the rocks shimmered with a strange light.

Just as they were about to cross the mountain peak, disaster struck.

*Bang!*

Suddenly, one side of the mountain peak exploded, and a huge black blade of light flew towards them.

‘Hah!’

The middle-aged man was startled and quickly spat out a white shield from his mouth. The shield grew large and stood in front of the middle-aged man. The black light flew in, and the middle-aged man and the shield were cut through like paper. It had not blocked the black blade of light at all.

The strange thing was that the black blade of light, which had rushed in fiercely, did not affect the young man next to him.

*Kwa kwa kwang!*

The huge black light fell to the ground, creating a deep ravine.

The young man was a cultivator in the Transformation stage, but he seemed terrified, perhaps due to his lack of combat experience. He was at a loss and quickly turned into a white streak of light, trying to escape. However, a gray light flickered from the exploded mountain peak’s cliff face, and a hideous face opened its eyes.

The hideous face opened its mouth and sucked in the young man’s white escape light with a yellow aura.

*Kukung.*

Something huge, the size of a pavilion, rose from the cliff face. It was surprisingly a giant toad demonic beast, a Gaseo. The demonic beast’s entire body was a smooth, pale gray, and its huge head was one-third of its body.

It was astonishing that such a huge demonic beast had been crouching on one side of the mountain peak. However, a large figure slowly flew up from the opposite side of the peak.

He was wearing blue armor, and black wings sprouted from his back. As large as the man’s body was, so were his wings, and the surface was densely covered with silver magic runes instead of feathers.

‘Lord Iron Horse, was it necessary to ambush just two Spirit Realm beings? They were just two people.’

The toad demonic beast flew to the winged monster and asked.

‘It’s strange that there haven’t been any people looking for the Demonic Forbidden Mountain Range for a long time, but now Spirit Realm beings are pouring in. It’s just before the Seongjok Great One awakens, so we can’t let them cause a disturbance. That’s why we’re cleaning them up.’

The winged monster replied calmly.

‘Now is the period that the Seongjok has agreed with the top cultivators of the Spirit Realm. It’s not strange that someone has come in.’

‘Now is not the time to overlook even the smallest things. Gaseo, use your soul-devouring technique to break down their souls and see if they just came to hunt demonic beasts.’

The winged monster ordered coldly.

‘Yes, Lord!’

The giant toad seemed annoyed, but he did not dare to disobey the order and closed his eyes. Five-colored light emanated from the demonic beast, and black magic runes rotated rapidly around it.

After a moment, Gaseo opened his eyes. The surrounding five-colored light and black magic runes had been absorbed into his huge body.

‘Lord, I have found out the purpose of the Spirit Realm beings. It turns out they were looking for a wounded Earth Immortal.’

Gaseo was also bewildered by the unexpected result.

‘Earth Immortal? What is that?’

‘It refers to a spiritual herb that has taken on a human form.’

‘Is that true?’

Upon hearing those words, the winged monster could not hide his delight.

‘I have completely digested the Spirit Realm beings’ primordial spirits, so it must be true. Are you also interested in the Earth Immortal, Lord?’

‘Hehe, you know about the Fire-Type Demonic Ape from the Ancient Demon Realm, right? The Earth Immortal is similar to that. If we can find it…’

The winged monster’s eyes sparkled.

‘A Fire-Type Demonic Ape? No wonder all the Spirit Realm beings are making a fuss looking for it! But it seems they don’t know the true purpose of the Earth Immortal.’

The surprised Gaseo said, recalling the memories of the Spirit Realm beings.

‘In any case, we can’t let the Earth Immortal fall into their hands! We can’t be late for the welcoming ceremony for the Seongjok Great One either… Let’s do this, you go back and gather the demonic beasts to find the Earth Immortal. The demonic beasts are familiar with the surrounding terrain, so it won’t be difficult. The important thing is to move secretly so that the subordinates of ‘Daan’ or ‘Blood Rain’ don’t notice.’

‘Understood, Lord! I will go back immediately and find the Earth Immortal. The Spirit Realm beings have tracking magical artifacts, so if we take them all, it will be easier to find. The magical artifact of the one you dealt with is damaged, but the one I swallowed is intact. I will offer this first.’

Gaseo mumbled with his large mouth and spat out the formation disc.

‘Then we must kill all the Spirit Realm beings. Deal with them immediately!’

The winged monster was pleased to receive the formation disc.

‘Understood!’

Gaseo answered respectfully and flew his heavy body into the mist. The winged monster also put away the magical artifact and flapped his wings, disappearing into the distance.