Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 275 Blood Demon Remnant Soul

Chapter 275: Chapter 275 Blood Demon Remnant Soul

At this moment, Shi Feng, under the watchful eyes of all, was suddenly absorbed into the blood-colored stone stele and vanished from sight.

"No! No! No! No!" Seeing Shi Feng being sucked into the blood-colored stone stele, one martial artist after another immediately thought of something. They began to howl in heart-wrenching desperation, feeling that if they had been on the mountaintop and touched the blood-colored stone stele, they would have been the chosen one.

But they didn’t even have that chance, damn giant! They began to hate this giant, thinking of it as a vicious, malevolent creature, helping in the tyranny.

In the Tianheng Continent, during ancient times, there was a great emperor with the surname "Zhou." He was at the Martial Emperor Level, but was known for his brutality and wanton slaughter of innocent beings.

"He really is different from other men!" Princess Zi Yun, at this moment, still stood on that same blood tree where she had parted ways with Shi Feng, gazing blankly towards the mountaintop, at the figure that had disappeared upon touching the blood-colored stone stele.

Just then, Princess Zi Yun suddenly felt someone approaching from behind. As she turned her head, she saw a figure in white leaping from blood tree to blood tree, heading in her direction. Seeing Princess Zi Yun turn her head, the visitor—Lin Yuexin with her equally stunning face—greeted her with a smile.

But for some reason, Princess Zi Yun, who had always wanted to meet Lin Yuexin, didn’t feel the familiar warmth when she now truly saw Lin Yuexin. Instead, there was a different taste in her heart, not the joy and happiness she had imagined.

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Shi Feng, who had vanished under the eyes of all, felt like he had arrived in an endless dark land, suspended in the darkness alone. Here, there was nothing but darkness.

"Where is this? Inside the space of the blood-colored stone stele?" Shi Feng looked around and murmured softly, his brows slowly furrowing. He sensed that something was summoning him, so he had followed the sucking force produced by the blood-colored stone stele and arrived here.

"You have come!" Just then, a calm voice sounded from above in the dark void. Shi Feng looked up and stared, only to see a figure emerging in the void. It was a middle-aged man with blood-colored hair that danced without wind, a handsome and majestic face, and an aura of a superior being, mixed with that elder ambience from the ancient times. He looked down slightly, gazing at Shi Feng.

The man was dressed in blood-colored battle armor identical to Shi Feng’s. However, Shi Feng could tell that the armor on the man was only an illusion, not solid, formed by a condensed soul.

"Residual Soul!" Shi Feng recognized this middle-aged man’s existence at a glance. This was just a remnant soul, and although it still showed colors of majesty, Shi Feng could see it was extremely weak, nearly at the end of its rope.

"Blood Demon!" Shi Feng looked up and uttered the man’s identity.

"You dare to call me by name directly, it seems you are not a member of my Blood Demon Clan, but someone like me." As the Blood Demon said this, he twisted his mouth into a bitter smile, then continued to say, "Unexpectedly, aside from my mother, the Blood Pattern Clan has produced another who has combined with the Human Clan."

Listening to the Blood Demon’s words, Shi Feng suddenly understood. It was because he had absorbed the bone marrow of a blood-colored skeleton from the Blood Pattern Tribe beneath the Hai Family’s underground passage in Moon City that he had both the aura of the Human Clan and the Blood Pattern Tribe. The Blood Demon mistook him for someone of his kind, born from both the Human Clan and the Blood Pattern Tribe.

It seemed that this was also why the Blood Demon Remnant Soul had summoned him here.

"Ah," he sighed, looking up at the Blood Demon Remnant Soul that stood proudly in the void. With deliberate mimicry, Shi Feng made an exaggerated gesture of sorrow and said with a wry smile, "It seems that in this world, you are probably the only one who can understand me."

"Liar! You’re a liar! You’re deceiving me again! You are not of my noble Blood Pattern Tribe! You do not have the noble bloodline of my tribe!" Remembering that he had once been deceived by this boy’s acting, Sacred Flame seethed with resentment. Seeing Shi Feng’s demeanor now, Sacred Flame let out a somewhat crazed roar.

"Stop it," Shi Feng spoke to Sacred Flame with his soul.

"Yes, you and I share a similar fate. How could I not understand you?" The Blood Demon nodded at Shi Feng from above, "I never expected that as I am about to fully extinguish from this world, hoping to see a descendant of my Blood Demon Clan, I would meet someone who shares a fate similar to mine!"

"The Blood Pattern Tribe is truly despicable! I will dedicate my life to fighting them to the death. Blood Demon, your life’s flame is nearly out, and you won’t last much longer. Why not pass on everything to me, to help me eradicate this evil tribe?" Shi Feng’s face was the picture of stern resolve and righteousness, his voice resonant and powerful as he spoke to the Blood Demon.

"Liar, it’s that look, that fake resoluteness. Even I was fooled by it at the time," said Sacred Flame upon hearing Shi Feng’s words and seeing his demeanor.

"Alas," the Blood Demon sighed, "There was a time when I, too, had thoughts like yours. They killed my father and suppressed my mother. On that day, I swore to eradicate the Blood Pattern Tribe, to wipe this race from the face of the Tianheng Continent completely, but the Blood Pattern Tribe is just too strong!"

"I forged the Blood Stone Stele, crafted the Blood-colored Battle Armor, and led the entire Blood Demon Clan in this world I created, hoping to fight a decisive battle to the death with the Blood Pattern Tribe. However, only one of them came, a single person with a sword, and my descendants suffered heavy casualties in that battle! I watched with my own eyes as they died under that person’s sword, their blood drained, turning into shriveled corpses."

Recalling that scene, the Blood Demon Remnant Soul spoke with overwhelming sadness.

"This Blood Stone Stele has already been damaged in that battle, beyond repair. If you activate it three more times, it will shatter. But each of those three times is equivalent to a full-powered strike of a One-star Martial Emperor. Your current strength is too weak; these three uses could save your life. Now I shall pass on the secret technique to activate this Blood Stone Stele to you."

After the Blood Demon Remnant Soul finished speaking, verse after verse of ancient and profound Oral Formulas echoed in Shi Feng’s mind. Followed closely by the appearance of ancient Runes, listening to the formulas and observing the ancient Runes, Shi Feng hurriedly recorded them. Three uses, each like a full-powered strike from a One-star Martial Emperor, were like timely help amid snowfall for the current Shi Feng.

With his current Martial Arts Realm and the three attacks that the Blood Stone Stele could provide, Shi Feng now had the means to venture toward what was offered by the Heavenly Mist Empire and the Floating Void Sect.

After the Blood Demon had passed on the Oral Formula and Runes to Shi Feng, the figure of the Blood Demon Remnant Soul looked noticeably dimmer.