Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 975

The Power of the Spirit Seed

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The possibility of advancing to the Fusion Stage was a great temptation. However, he had never heard of the ‘True Qilin Source’ before, so he couldn’t help but be skeptical. Before he could make a decision, the giant monster made a bizarre sound.

“Hehehe, you think you can divide the True Qilin Source? Do you think you’ll even get the chance? Don’t you realize that your bodies are already compromised?”

At those words, the man with the surname Gyu and Seomseom were startled and quickly checked their bodies with their spiritual sense. Suddenly, the two incarnations of the man with the surname Gyu screamed. Countless black threads burst out from their skin, turning the incarnations into fragments.

Two black masses rose from the spot. The incarnations of the man with the surname Gyu had their flesh and even their souls severed and absorbed into the black masses. And although the Silver Horned Dragon didn’t explode and die, black threads penetrated his silver scales, causing him to howl in pain and fall to the ground.

The blue Qilin phantom was also pierced by countless black threads, its form rapidly shrinking until it returned to Seomseom’s appearance. Surrounded by a dazzling blue light, she was barely holding off the surrounding black threads.

Seomseom trembled, her beautiful face contorted in pain.

“W-when did you do this!”

Seomseom gritted her teeth and shouted sharply.

“Naturally, it was when you were swallowed by me. I’ve killed those who came looking for the True Qilin Source like this before. It’s too easy to plant a Spirit Seed in you who have entered my body. Even if you haven’t lost your lives yet, your bodies will be as stiff as wooden dolls. Once I get rid of that fool who doesn’t know his place, it’ll be your turn.”

As the giant monster finished speaking, thunder rumbled from its body, and black lightning bolts transformed into countless black swords, rushing towards Han Li.

The hundreds of swords emitted black lightning like windmills, forming a giant lightning net that surrounded Han Li from all directions.

“Sword Formation.”

Han Li muttered with a strange look on his face.

Kwarung!

As the giant monster chanted a bizarre incantation, the thunder grew louder, and the black lightning net closed in. Han Li grabbed the air with one hand.

Then, the fallen blue giant sword flashed and disappeared, soon reappearing in front of Han Li.

Woo-oong!

A clear cry rang out, and the giant sword transformed into 72 blue swords, circling around him. Han Li chanted an incantation in his mind.

Woong.

Then, the swords trembled and began to grow. In an instant, hundreds of sword lights rose into the air, each turning into a giant blue lotus, enveloping him. The lotuses spun around, explosively firing blue sword energies.

Pupupuk!

The black lightning net was torn apart like paper by the blue sword energies. However, thunder rumbled, and the torn lightning bolts merged back together, forming the black lightning net again.

Han Li’s expression changed at this.

At that moment, the giant monster let out a cunning laugh and wriggled its massive body. Four thick legs extended from the black mass, and its huge body gradually took the form of a pitch-black Qilin [a mythical Chinese creature].

The giant Qilin looked like a black mountain from afar. The giant monster was embedded in the Qilin’s forehead, exuding an eerie atmosphere.

The Ink Qilin immediately lifted its front leg and kicked towards Han Li. Then, a shockwave rippled above Han Li’s head, and a pitch-black beast’s foot appeared.

Before the beast’s foot could fall, a massive pressure descended first. Han Li, within the blue sword energy, was also unable to move, as if iron bars had been driven into his body.

Then, the pitch-black foot fell, and the surrounding black lightning net also crackled, reaching within inches. However, Han Li didn’t panic and took a long breath, covering his entire body with golden scales.

Kwakwang!

As he swung his golden arms left and right, a roar echoed, and he broke free from the restraints.

Han Li broke free from the restraints and grabbed the upper air with his pitch-black hand. Then, a gray giant hand appeared in the air, spreading its palm and flying towards the falling black hoof.

Kurung!

The gray giant hand trembled but managed to block the black hoof. Black light and gray energy clashed, and explosions continued, sending out strange shockwaves.

Kwarurung Kwakwang!

At the same time, the blue lotuses around Han Li released countless lightning bolts, creating a giant golden lightning lotus. The golden lotus emitted layers of lightning, colliding with the black lightning net.

Kwarururung!

Thunder rumbled, and the two lightning bolts collided, sending black and gold light scattering around. Han Li had blocked the giant monster’s attack. At this, the giant monster paused and opened its mouth.

Wheeeeing!

A wind sound echoed, and a pitch-black cave appeared in front of the Ink Qilin. Inside, black light swirled, sucking in everything around it.

“It’s the Great Annihilation Technique. Be careful!”

Seomseom, seeing the Ink Qilin’s actions, warned in great alarm. The blue Qilin phantom she was inhabiting had also used a similar technique, but it was worlds apart from what the Ink Qilin had unleashed.

‘…!’

Han Li, already sensing something was amiss, threw a black mountain from his palm at Seomseom’s warning.

The small mountain flew and transformed into a giant mountain, becoming as large as the Ink Qilin, and fell with the pressure of a mountain. The sky was covered by the giant mountain, and the surroundings darkened.

However, something astonishing happened. Black energy suddenly extended from the pitch-black cave and struck the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain [a powerful magical artifact]. The energy, transformed into a large black magic character, was absorbed into the giant mountain.

The black giant mountain trembled and suddenly shrank, beginning to be sucked into the energy flowing from the pitch-black cave. Han Li was startled. The connection with the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain weakened, almost breaking.

It was truly a mysterious thing that the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain, which he had nurtured for so long, had become like this. He hardened his face and chanted an incantation. Then, a gray light flashed on the back of his hand, and a mountain peak pattern appeared.

Paat.

The black mountain strangely rose in the gray light. It was as if he had never released it in the first place.

“Huh!”

This time, the giant monster was greatly surprised. The monster didn’t know that the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain had been assimilated with Han Li’s hand through the Hundred Meridian Refinement Technique. The Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain could be summoned at any time, even if it was ten thousand miles away.

Just as Han Li was about to use another divine ability, the Great Annihilation Technique revealed its true power. With a giggling, eerie laugh, the light disappeared.

‘This is!’

Han Li floated in the pitch-black darkness, feeling a fishy wind. It was as if everything had disappeared, and it was completely dark. He activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes and hurriedly looked around, but the surroundings were still empty.

It felt like he had been sucked into a strange space.

‘I was standing still, but I’ve been pulled into the monster’s belly!’

He must have been caught by the strange power of the Great Annihilation Technique.

Han Li, feeling a chill in his chest, first created two layers of protection with blue lotuses and golden lightning, and finally deployed a crystal barrier for thorough defense.

Having seen how the woman from the Ding Clan and the man with the surname Gyu had been defeated, he wouldn’t allow the monster to plant a Spirit Seed. Han Li had no intention of staying here any longer. As he moved his ten fingers rapidly, sharp blue sword energies poured down like rain from all directions.

Pupupuk!

However, the blue sword energies didn’t last long and disappeared as if they had fallen into a swamp. Han Li’s expression darkened, and he formed a hand seal, causing the surrounding golden lightning to condense into a large lightning dragon and fly away.

Kwarurung!

The golden dragon also didn’t last long, colliding with a restriction and exploding with a light as bright as the sun. Golden waves spread, and the black space shook violently. It seemed like it would collapse at any moment.

However, a howling sound was heard, and a black cave appeared in the space, absorbing all the golden light. The black cave distorted and transformed into a man wearing a black robe and a white mask.

“Hehe, give up on the idea of escaping. I let the previous two go on purpose, but you will never escape.”

The black-robed man’s voice was unclear, but his eerie laughter was distinct.

“Well! I don’t believe that.”

Han Li, narrowing his eyes and staring at the man, scoffed. As soon as he finished speaking, the black-robed man trembled and, surprisingly, became as stiff as a wooden statue and fell downwards.

It was an attack that even the black-robed man with his strange divine abilities had not anticipated. Thunder rumbled behind Han Li, and crystal wings spread out. With a light flap of his wings, he disappeared into the air.

Then, a blue-white lightning flashed in front of the falling black-robed man, and Han Li appeared, swinging his blue longsword.

Swish.

The black-robed man’s face was instantly split in two along with his mask. Han Li didn’t stop there and immediately crossed his hands, releasing golden lightning. The black-robed man’s body, split in two, scattered into black smoke amidst the thunder.

Seeing that, Han Li finally raised the corners of his mouth, but it didn’t last long. The black energy that had been scattering in the golden light wriggled like a venomous snake and shot out.

Although the Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning blocked and detonated most of it, some of the energy that had escaped the lightning merged and reformed into a small man.

There were over a hundred dwarves who looked exactly like the black-robed man.

Their forms were blurry and flickering, making them look like illusions. In an instant, Han Li was surrounded by the black-robed men.

The black-robed men extended their hands and shot pitch-black light pillars towards Han Li. However, the black light pillars disappeared as if melting around Han Li. At this, the small black-robed men flinched, and Han Li smiled lightly.

It was not new that the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light suppressed the power of the five elements. The black light pillars, which contained a cold energy, were based on the water element and could not withstand the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light.

Han Li shot out countless blue lights from the blue lotuses beneath his feet, turning the surrounding black-robed men into honeycombs.

“My primordial spirits are immortal within my body. No matter how many times you kill them, it’s endless!”

A giggling, unpleasant laughter filled the air. As he said, the black energies with holes in them transformed back into hundreds of black-robed men. This time, they were even smaller, only the size of a palm.

Han Li took out a golden blade fragment with a sharp gaze. It was a fragment of a Profound Heavenly Treasure [an extremely powerful magical artifact] that Ma Yuan had possessed.

He didn’t know why his opponent had trapped him here, but he couldn’t be dragged along like this. He planned to activate the blade fragment and escape from this place.

‘No matter how mysterious the Great Annihilation Technique is, it can’t resist the power of the laws of heaven and earth!’

Just as his body was glowing gold, something howled from his sleeve. It was a sound that combined anxiety and excitement. Han Li flinched and boldly shook his sleeve.

Whooosh.

A black bracelet flew out of his sleeve and emitted something.

Black light flashed, and what appeared was a pitch-black monkey, the Soul Devourer. The Soul Devourer, without Han Li even moving it with his consciousness, grew into a giant monkey, emitting black energy.

The Soul Devourer’s eyes were dyed crimson red, and it took on the form of a demonic creature with horns on its head. And the three sharp thorns extending from its back exuded an immense, eerie aura.

“T-the Execution Beast!”

The voice that had been giggling eerily in the air cried out sharply in fear. And the small black-robed men who had been densely filling the surroundings turned into black mist and hid.

Han Li was dumbfounded by the unexpected reaction.

Kuhahahaaang!

Then, the giant demonic creature that the Soul Devourer had transformed into howled eerily as if it had lost its mind, and fired a blood-colored light pillar from its third demonic eye.

Clang.

The blood-colored light pillar transformed into a giant chain in the air, trapping something. Thunder rumbled loudly from the chain, and blood-colored lightning flashed.

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