Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 312 Blood Fiend

Chapter 312: Chapter 312 Blood Fiend

The trees were dense, and under the thick canopy of a mountainous forest, there lay a narrow trail. A middle-aged farmer, who had been walking through the night, was now lying breathlessly in the middle of the trail, completely motionless. Atop him was a humanoid creature, entirely nude, with skin drenched in blood red. At that moment, it was crouched over the farmer, its face indiscernible as it bit into the farmer’s neck, drinking his blood.

Under the blood-drinking creature’s suction, the middle-aged farmer’s corpse gradually deflated like a punctured balloon.

Just then, as if sensing something in the air, the blood-colored creature quickly turned its head upward, revealing a face that was also blood-red, but bore the appearance of a youth.

At this moment, a shadow swiftly passed through the dense foliage above, falling rapidly toward the ground below.

"Roar!" The blood-colored creature let out a bestial roar toward the sky above, and with a swift movement, it hurriedly sank into the earth below.

"What is this?" Shi Feng gasped in surprise when he glimpsed the blood-colored creature. It was humanoid, completely red, with half its body already buried in the ground.

"This is a Blood Yin Corpse!" Shi Feng exclaimed in alarm.

Like the Dark Evil, the Blood Yin Corpse belonged to the Yin Corpse family. It was an extremely rare type of Yin Corpse that Shi Feng had only read about in ancient texts. The Blood Yin Corpse, like the Dark Evil, was the result of a human corpse that, after long being buried underground, absorbed the energy of the earth and underwent a mutation.

The legends say that those who could transform into a Blood Yin Corpse had a special constitution while alive, but the specific nature of this constitution was not detailed in the ancient texts.

Rumors claimed that, tens of thousands of years ago, a Blood Yin Corpse emerged on the Tianheng Continent, causing calamity in the world by consuming countless human blood and evolving into a Ninth-stage Corpse Emperor. In the end, it was slain by a Nine-star Martial Emperor.

Ordinary Yin Corpses, upon advancing to the level of a Fourth-stage Corpse King, had already reached their limit. However, like the Absolute Evil Corpse, Blood Yin Corpses were known to have evolved into Ninth-stage Corpse Emperors on the Tianheng Continent, suggesting their endless potential.

Shi Feng had already sensed that this Blood Yin Corpse was merely at a Second-stage Master-level – no wonder it killed people stealthily in Tianyi Town, never allowing a living soul to witness its true face.

But even a mere Second-stage Blood Yin Corpse, the Sacred Flame had sensed that devouring its blood would enable Shi Feng to advance from his current Five-star Martial Sect Realm to the Six-star level. This demonstrated the pure energy within a Blood Yin Corpse’s blood.

If it was so potent at the Second-stage, what if it advanced to the Third-stage, Fourth-stage... or even higher?

Encountering this Blood Yin Corpse, there was absolutely no reason for Shi Feng to let it go. Noticing that half of the creature’s body was already sinking into the ground, Shi Feng immediately formed handprints with both hands and uttered a low shout, "Freeze!"

As Shi Feng gave his command, the temperature of the surrounding space plummeted rapidly, as though one were in an ice cellar. The air itself seemed to solidify. The Blood Yin Corpse, with only its head sticking out, wore a ferocious expression which remained fixed, useless, as it faced Shi Feng from above.

With a "thump," Shi Feng’s figure had already landed on the mountain trail, right beside the Blood Yin Corpse.

His hands converged on the handprint once again, its form continuously shifting. Following this, Shi Feng’s right hand burst into a fierce, ghostly white light, and he struck the forehead of the Blood Yin Corpse with his palm. "Roar!"

Beneath Shi Feng’s palm, the Blood Yin Corpse bellowed like a wild beast, letting out a reluctant howl. When compared to the time Shi Feng had subdued the Dark Evil, this ferocious Blood Yin Corpse was utterly unyielding.

The ghostly white light from Shi Feng’s right palm penetrated the forehead of the Blood Yin Corpse. When the light faded and his palm left the creature’s forehead, a twisted and wiggling sign reminiscent of a tadpole appeared—a mark akin to the "You" character of Emperor Nine Nether.

A mere Second-stage Blood Yin Corpse was quickly subdued by Shi Feng’s current strength, and a master-servant contract was successfully formed; its life and death were now entirely in Shi Feng’s control.

"I already have a Dark Evil. Henceforth, you shall be called Blood Fiend," Shi Feng told the Blood Yin Corpse. With a thought, the nearly submerged blood-red body of the Blood Yin Corpse quickly emerged from the earth.

Shi Feng was not sure what to do with this Blood Yin Corpse yet. Currently, the corpse was only at the Second-stage, its Spiritual Wisdom had not awakened, and its intelligence was only that of an average beast. Since Shi Feng had only just gained control of it, he naturally did not feel the same affection as he had for the Dark Evil, which had once protected him with its own body against a barrage of Sword Shadows during a critical moment.

If he devoured the refined blood energy within the Blood Yin Corpse now, when it was only at the Second-stage and had not yet grown, it would be somewhat wasteful.

Should the Blood Yin Corpse grow to become a Ninth-stage Corpse Emperor and the Dark Evil also reach the Ninth-stage Corpse Emperor level, setting up the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses with two Ninth-stage Corpse Emperors as the central corpses in the future would result in unimaginably great power.

However, there was one problem—if the Blood Yin Corpse wished to advance in the future, it would also need to consume a great amount of blood, which would clash with Shi Feng’s own cultivation path.

"Let’s talk about this later." With a thought, Shi Feng’s left palm flashed with a blood-colored light, drawing the Blood Yin Corpse into the space of the Blood-colored Stele. Naturally, Shi Feng had placed the Blood Yin Corpse into a distant Dark Area, not the same space as Shi Ling and Long Meng, lest the sudden appearance of such a blood-colored humanoid creature scare the girls, especially Shi Ling, who was still young. It wouldn’t be good to leave her with a psychological shadow.

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Heavenly Mist Empire, Imperial City, Imperial Palace!

Above the Golden Throne Hall, Emperor Jin Xuan of the Heavenly Mist Empire sat high upon the Dragon Throne. Civil and military officials stood down below on both sides, not daring to breathe loudly, for they all knew that over the past few days, Jin Xuan’s temper had grown increasingly volatile. Just yesterday, a loyal official who spoke frankly to Jin Xuan infuriated him. In a fit of regal fury, Jin Xuan had the man executed right there in the Golden Throne Hall.

Everyone understood that Jin Xuan’s irascible mood and the execution of a loyal and upright man were due to an upset from the Heavenly Mist Empire—Shi Feng from the Yunlai Empire.

The Yunlai Empire, a mere affiliated country to the lofty Heavenly Mist Empire, had produced such an Evil Demon. This demon had not only caused a decline in the national power of the Heavenly Mist Empire but had also boldly declared his intention to visit the Dongfang Family, Imperial Family, and Yin Ghost Sect.

The other two forces were disregarded, but for the high and mighty Imperial Family, the audacity of the Killing Star knew no bounds.

Originally, this would not have been a serious issue, but the Holy Emperor sent a messenger to summon the Kirin King to the palace for a discussion on how to deal with the Killing Star. Yet the Kirin King did not even meet the Holy Emperor’s Messenger, sending only the steward of the Kirin Prince Mansion to relay that the Prince had caught a chill and could not rise from his bed, nor could he meet the Holy Emperor.

If a Nine-star Martial Sect Realm powerhouse like him could catch a chill, then probably everyone in the Heavenly Mist Empire would be catching chills!

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