Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 171: The True Bloodthirsty Demon Art Emerges

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: The True Bloodthirsty Demon Art Emerges

Shi Feng saw Long Chen on the city wall and with a gentle leap, he jumped down from the Ghost Wolf and landed on the city wall, right beside Long Chen and his companions.

The Ghost Wolf circled in the sky for a while, then flew towards the endless distance.

"Young Master Feng."

"Master!"

Upon seeing Shi Feng, Long Chen and Wu Xiaoyun hurriedly called out; Yee Wuxie nodded slightly to Shi Feng as a way of greeting.

"How is my mother now?" Shi Feng immediately asked upon seeing Long Chen. He had heard from Elder Changqing in the desert last night that many things had happened in the Empire. From Elder Changqing’s tone, Shi Feng figured out that Long Chen’s arrival in the Northwest might be related to the events that had occurred in their Empire, and his biggest concern was whether his mother, Bai Yue’e, had been properly settled by Long Chen.

"Rest assured, Young Master Feng, the Lady is well. I have arranged for her to be in a very safe place," Long Chen replied.

"Arranged for her to go elsewhere? So, you mean to say, you were forced out of the Imperial City?" Shi Feng said.

"Ah..." Hearing Shi Feng’s words, Long Chen sighed deeply, "Young Master Feng might not know, but I escaped from the Imperial City. If I had been any later, I might already be dead! And if it weren’t for the Old Prince of the South and the Northwest Lord who had prior relations, I wouldn’t even know where to go now."

"What exactly happened? Even you, Fourth Prince Chenn, had to escape the Imperial City? Could it be that the Imperial City was breached?" Shi Feng asked.

"The Imperial City is still there, the Father Emperor is still there, but the one who wants me dead is my own biological father. They say even a tiger would not eat its cubs, yet my father has already killed two of my brothers," Long Chen shook his head and said, his face full of grief.

"This is getting interesting. Wasn’t it said that your father is close to death? What now? He wants to take several sons with him in his death?" Shi Feng remarked.

"We all thought my Father Emperor’s days were numbered, and he would pass away within a few years. But who knew, the reason he was like that was because of his cultivation of the Corrosive Evil Technique! It is the Corrosive Evil Technique, indeed, that absorbed the poisonous mist emanating from the Corrosive Evil Eye beneath the Evil-Suppressing Monument in the Royal Forbidden Land!" Long Chen explained.

"Absorbing the corrosive poisonous mist to create the Corrosive Evil Technique, your father is quite the genius to come up with such an Evil Sect Technique," Shi Feng commented.

"Ah! Since you left, Young Master Feng, I have entered the Imperial Palace and seen my father who has drastically changed. He then ordered the execution of all the Imperial Guards who were guarding the Royal Forbidden Land that day. The head of the Imperial Guards escaped from the Heavenly Prison and happened to encounter me, thus informing me about this matter.

"The Corrosive Evil Technique was not only practiced by my Father Emperor during his generation," explained Long Chen. "It began with my great-grandfather, who initiated the cultivation of this Evil Technique.

Moreover, hundreds of years ago, our ancestors from the Long Family led the world’s greatest experts to exterminate the Blood Fiend Gate. Everyone believed that the Bloodthirsty Demon Art of the Blood Fiend Gate had been lost. However, my ancestor secretly spared the life of an elder from the Blood Fiend Gate, later forcing him under severe torture to write down the Bloodthirsty Demon Art."

"It truly sounds like a tale!" Shi Feng said. "The more I hear, the more intriguing it gets. So what happened next? Did your father start practicing the Bloodthirsty Demon Art?"

After listening to Shi Feng, Long Chen nodded, "Because the Bloodthirsty Demon Art devours the blood of living beings, it’s extremely malevolent. At that time, my ancestor did not practice it but sealed it within the Royal Treasury, until it reached my Father Emperor’s generation, and he began its cultivation!

You, Young Master Feng, might be more aware of the Bloodthirsty Demon Art—devouring the blood of the powerful transforms one’s Primordial Power, and consuming the blood of close kin can enhance a Martial Artist’s innate talent!

Thus, my father, Long Ao, devoured the blood of my second brother, Long Tian, and my third brother, Long Ao. When I received the news, it was exactly when my Father Emperor had summoned me to the palace. Luckily, the Old Duke and Wu Xiaoyun were there to help me kill the summoned Imperial Guards. We escaped from the Imperial City, and I have no idea how my other siblings are doing now.

Just a few days ago, I received news that many of my cousins, uncles, and aunts also fell victim to my father’s cruelty. The Golden Peng Old Prince had fought countless battles and made innumerable contributions to our Yunlai Empire, but instead of remembering his past services, my Father Emperor even devoured his blood. Now, my Father Emperor truly recognizes no kin, his brutality grows, and many court officials who have come forward to advise him have also fallen to his Bloodthirsty Demon Art. The Imperial City is probably now a river of blood."

Shi Feng hadn’t expected that the imposing old man in the golden robe he had seen at the Demon Beast Mountain Range, brimming with commanding authority, had died. He vividly remembered that Jin Lin, his biological son, had died by his own hands. Hearing that Jin Lin was his only son, now that the old man had also died, his line had completely ended.

"And what of Long Meng? How is she?" Shi Feng remembered the playful and cute little girl. When he had left the Imperial City, he had heard from the eunuch that the Emperor was summoning her and that she was summoned because she had entered the Royal Forbidden Land with him.

"The princess, my sister... after the Crown Prince Jin Rui of the Heavenly Mist Empire returned to his country, he sent a messenger to the Imperial City to propose marriage, and he chose none other than my sister, Long Meng!

Our Yunlai Empire is merely a subordinate state to the Heavenly Mist Empire, and Jin Rui is the Crown Prince of the Heavenly Mist Empire, the future Emperor of Heavenly Mist; naturally, my Father Emperor would not oppose his wishes. Given the current power of our Yunlai Empire, we can’t afford to defy him. He has agreed to the marriage between Princess Long Meng and Jin Rui, so as of now, she might still be in the Imperial Palace, but she should be safe," Long Chen said somberly, fully aware that Long Meng could not possibly cherish any feelings for Prince Jin Rui. Yet, what could be done about it? To be born into the imperial family was perhaps her destiny.

"What! Long Meng is to marry that prince!" Shi Feng exclaimed. "That’s your sister! How can you stand to watch this happen?"

Hearing Shi Feng’s words, Long Chen gave a bitter smile and said, "My Father Emperor has hidden his true nature too deeply. Even the Golden Peng Old Prince was murdered by him, his Martial Arts Realm is at least at the Seven-star Martial Lord Realm! With our strength, there’s no way we can rescue Long Meng from the Imperial Palace."

"Alright," Shi Feng waved his hand. "Since Long Meng once called me ’brother,’ let me handle her rescue. But if your old man dares to obstruct me, don’t blame me if I end up killing him."

"Ah," Long Chen sighed lightly upon hearing Shi Feng’s words and said nothing more. His Father Emperor was no longer the father he once knew. In his pursuit of tremendous martial prowess, he had become merciless and tyrannical, turning into a despot. Now with everyone turning against him, if this continues, Yunlai Empire will plunge into great chaos, and the dynasty established by the Long Family ancestors over a thousand years might very well be destroyed overnight.