Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 218: Enemies Meet

Chapter 218: Chapter 218: Enemies Meet

"But in the forest up ahead, I saw a strange pond," said Ding Yu. "Calling it a pond is a bit misleading though, as the water within it was blood-red and emitted intense heat."

"Blood Red Water in the pond? Emitting intense heat?" Hearing Ding Yu’s description, Shi Feng was interested in taking a look.

"If I’m not mistaken, that should be Blood Chihydro," said the Sacred Flame from within his body.

"Blood Chihydro?" Shi Feng had never heard of this before. He communicated with the Sacred Flame using his soul, "Is it useful to you?"

"It’s of no use to me, but it is beneficial for you. Your physical body can absorb it to refined itself," replied the Sacred Flame.

"Really?" Shi Feng’s heart surged with joy upon hearing the Sacred Flame’s words. His main focus was on his Martial Arts cultivation, and his Soul Power was capable of devouring other souls, so he hadn’t neglected that, but his physical body had fallen behind considerably. Despite having improved through numerous life-and-death battles, his current physical strength was only at the mid-level of the Martial Spirit Realm.

"Take me there to see it!" said Shi Feng to Ding Yu.

"Alright, follow me!" After speaking, Ding Yu’s body soared into the air, and Shi Feng shot up after her. With a "snap," they pierced through the thick blood-colored leaves and entered the void.

Led by Ding Yu, Shi Feng followed her towards the Blood Pool filled with Blood Chihydro, "It’s just over there!" It didn’t take long for Ding Yu to point to a spot not far ahead.

In the Blood-colored Forest, there was a pond with a radius of about five meters, filled entirely with blood-red water. In the center of the blood water, the young body of a boy was standing.

"My son, this water is called Blood Chihydro. Use the Body Refinement Realm techniques your teacher taught you, and absorb this blood water with your physical body to refine it," said an elderly, hoarse voice coming from the Jade Scroll hanging on the boy’s chest.

"I understand, Teacher!" the boy replied. His hands formed a Profound Hand Seal, his pores opened wide as he began to absorb the blood and refine his physical body.

But at that moment, the young man’s body suddenly shook. He swiftly turned around, and a pale hand emerged from the blood water. Above his head, a white Sword Qi was swiftly stabbing down towards him. The youth’s hand, emerging from the blood water, instantly blazed with fierce green flames, and he struck with his palm towards the descending white Sword Qi.

"Boom!" Under the youth’s green flame palm, the white Sword Qi was immediately extinguished.

"It’s the Green Lotus Earth Fire!" Sacred Flame sensed the green flames ignited in the young man’s palm, and Shi Feng, who stood proudly in the void, immediately received the information from the Sacred Flame. Shi Feng could feel the joy that Sacred Flame transferred to him.

"It’s you!" Shi Feng exclaimed upon seeing the young and handsome face that surfaced above the blood pond. This person was none other than Yang Zhong.

"It’s you!" At this moment, Yang Zhong was also staring at Shi Feng in the void with a murderous face. It really was a small world for enemies; the last time it was because of this man, in the magma of the Flame Territory, his master nearly had his soul dispersed, and he himself almost died at this man’s hand. Moreover, Yang Zhong now also knew another identity of this man, who came from the Nine Nether Lineage.

"It’s him! I saw him once in Frost City; he had a disagreement with a disciple of the Floating Void Sect and they clashed fiercely. Later, I heard people nearby say that this man is the recent rising talent in the Heavenly Mist Empire—Yang Zhong!" Ding Yu spoke to Shi Feng beside him.

"Shi Feng, you are surely going to die today!"

As soon as these words fell, there was not much to say when mortal enemies met. Yang Zhong had already burst out from the Blood Pool with a "boom!" His entire being erupted in green flames, transforming into a being made of fire. Under the intense heat of the green flames, the air around Yang Zhong distorted and twisted, giving rise to wisps of steam.

Following that, Yang Zhong charged a palm towards Shi Feng above him with force, and a massive green flame handprint blasted upwards.

"Break!" Shi Feng let out a low shout, slashing with his Bloodthirsty Sword, and a half-moon-shaped white suddenly cut through the air, clashing with the Green Flame Intense Palm with a "boom!" The two powerful energies collided and both were annihilated.

By this time, Yang Zhong had reached Shi Feng’s front, his body surging with green flames, revealing Yang Zhong’s handsome face and most of his torso. Then, all the green flames gathered on his right fist, filled with immense flame energy that seemed as though it could burn everything to ashes, and ferociously struck towards Shi Feng.

Sensing the extraordinary nature of this punch, Shi Feng didn’t expect that, in such a short time, this man had grown to such an extent, showing that the soul that had once been attached to this man was not ordinary.

"Heavenly Thunder Sword Technique, Blocking Style!" Shi Feng shouted, as the Bloodthirsty Sword also erupted with blood-colored blaze. On the blood-colored blaze, threads of white lightning coursed. He then used it to block the punch that Yang Zhong had hurled towards him!

"Clang!" A sound like that of a hard object violently colliding with metal rang out from the forest—the Bloodthirsty Sword had blocked Yang Zhong’s strike. Immediately following, the blade of the sword turned, "Netherworld One Sword!" He lunged straight at Yang Zhong’s chest, and at the same time, he unleashed several sword shadows of white, sweeping toward Yang Zhong.

"Just a trick, how could it harm me! Break!" Yang Zhong shouted, his blue fiery fist blasting upwards from below, "Clang!" The fist, wild and domineering, slammed onto the Bloodthirsty Sword engulfed by the blood-colored blaze and shattered Shi Feng’s Netherworld One Sword.

Netherworld One Sword, was all about speed, striking with a velocity beyond the capture of the weaker, for its speed was so fast that ordinary people could hardly trace it—it appeared slow, but in reality, it was too swift to see clearly. Qin Ao and Guh Jiang had died under this sword because of this.

Yet Yang Zhong managed to capture the speed and trajectory of Netherworld One Sword and even broke it with one punch. Following that, the violent green flames erupted from his body, burning towards Shi Feng.

"Burn!" At the same time, blood-colored flames surged out from Shi Feng’s body as well. Green flames and blood flames, like two ferocious beasts, collided violently, and the fierce energy, centered around the two ferocious flames, ravaged rapidly in all directions.

At this time, Ding Yu, watching the fight, also sensed the fierce energy coming her way; her body quickly retreated, speeding away from the battlefield. A look of horror covered her face as she remembered what someone had mentioned back in Frost City—that Yang Zhong came from the Yunlai Empire.

The Yunlai Empire. And that other monstrous youth was also from the Yunlai Empire. Such a small Empire had produced two such demons; each younger than she, yet both stronger than herself.

Then she recalled the words Shi Feng had just said to her: "Heroes do not ask about one’s origins."