Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 397: Shi Feng Takes an Apprentice (Part 1)

Chapter 397: Chapter 397: Shi Feng Takes an Apprentice (Part 1)

With the final roar ceasing, under the leadership of Zi Li and the onslaught of the Snake-man Clan, the last Dark Elf warrior was smashed to pieces by a Snake-man Clan warrior wielding a hammer, and the battle came to a complete close.

In this battle, more than two thousand Dark Elves perished!

However, war is inherently cruel, and even with the Purple Serpent Body’s aggressive charge, more than three hundred Snake-man Clan warriors died in this war. Most of these warriors died amidst the dense barrage of Dark Light Arrows from the Dark Elf Clan.

The Snake-man Clan began to clean up the battlefield and carry away the bodies of their fallen kin. The bodies of the Snake-man Clan warriors slain in battle remained just as they were in death since Shi Feng had only absorbed their Power of Death. As for the Dark Elf Clan, their desiccated bodies were left scattered across the desert.

Shi Feng still stood alone in the vast desert, when Dark Evil, Earth Fiend, and Ghost Wolf flew back towards him. Shi Feng had early noticed the Blood Fiend lying on Ghost Wolf’s back. That small, crimson Little Yin Corpse, after draining the blood of a Nine-star Martial Sect Realm Dark Elf warrior, was now lying on Ghost Wolf’s back, as if it had fallen into a deep slumber.

Its blood-red body emitted glimmering Blood Light, rhythmically pulsating like breathing, flickering on and off.

Shi Feng knew that this creature had fallen into slumber to digest and assimilate the tremendous blood energy it had consumed. When it awakened, it would certainly ascend to a new realm. As for which realm it would reach, Shi Feng, who didn’t understand the Body of Blood Yin Corpse, had no clue.

The beings before him all showed great potential, especially Ghost Wolf. Shi Feng had originally thought it to be an ordinary Demon Wolf, but it had surprised him more and more, not settling for less. He wondered what heights it would achieve in the future!

Looking at Dark Evil, Earth Fiend, Ghost Wolf, and the slumbering Blood Fiend before him, Shi Feng spoke, "The path of Martial Arts lies long ahead of you. But with your current strengths, you are not yet fit to walk it with me. Go, you may journey together or alone, to seek out the challenges appropriate for your current paths."

As he became more powerful, it wouldn’t be long before Shi Feng too would leave the Eastern Domain to seek out other domains where Martial Artists were stronger. As for them, they needed to grow stronger to encounter the broader skies out there.

"Go, and let us hope that when we meet again in the future, you won’t disappoint me," Shi Feng added, looking at them.

"Yes, Master!" Dark Evil responded with a bowed head and clenched fists toward Shi Feng.

Shi Feng looked at Dark Evil and flicked his right hand towards him, after which the white "Ghost" character on Dark Evil’s forehead disappeared.

"Master!" Sensing the disappearances of Shi Feng’s mark on him, Dark Evil looked up in confusion.

"I had a special reason for placing that mark upon you at the time. But now, there’s no longer any need!" Shi Feng explained.

"Thank You, Master! Regardless of anything, anywhere, Master once saved Dark Evil’s life, so you will always be Dark Evil’s master," declared Dark Evil, his uniquely handsome face expressing a resolute determination.

After hearing Dark Evil’s words, Shi Feng shook his head with a smile and said, "The day I entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range to search for the Snow Yin Flower, it was because you used your body to block the attack for me first. If anyone should say thanks, it should actually be me thanking you. Dark Evil, from now on, you don’t need to call me master. Just call me Master."

"Master... Master..." When Dark Evil heard Shi Feng’s words, he was first stunned, then immediately reacted with a face full of excitement and joy, even a bit of astonishment and disbelief that this was really happening.

"Master... Master..." Dark Evil, trembling with excitement, hastily knelt down on the sandy soil beneath his feet, and knocked his head deeply toward Shi Feng!

Dark Evil knew Shi Feng’s identity. Besides having heard the legends of the strongest on the Tianheng Continent, Emperor Nine Nether, the names of every one of Emperor Nine Nether’s disciples also resonated through the sky. Death Emperor Lingg Yefeng, Emperor Xiaoyao Mo Xiaoyao, Heavenly Desolation City Lord Leng Aoyue—who among them wasn’t a renowned figure, who didn’t make everyone on the Tianheng Continent look up to them and yearn for their presence.

Never had he imagined that he could become his disciple, to become the junior brother of those people! This was something Dark Evil had never even dreamed of, either in life or after death.

"All right, stand up! Your talent is very good, and as your Master, I can also see that you possess the heart of a strong person. I hope that you will not disappoint your Master in the future!" Shi Feng said.

"Dark Evil will definitely not!" Dark Evil replied with a determined face. Then he slowly stood up, his body still trembling slightly with excitement.

Shi Feng took out a Jade Scroll and handed it to Dark Evil, saying, "You have the body of an Absolute Evil Corpse, and your cultivation method is different from that of the Human Warriors. Moreover, you were born with cultivation techniques suitable for your physique, so as your Master, I will not pass on those techniques to you. This Jade Scroll contains Yin Attribute Martial Skills recorded by your Master. You can find Martial Skills that suit you to cultivate, or from these skills, you can comprehend your own powerful Martial Skills. I believe you can do it! I will only lead you to the door; the path ahead is yours to walk on your own."

"Thank you, Master!" Dark Evil bowed respectfully, extending both hands to carefully take the Jade Scroll handed over by Shi Feng. Seeing that Dark Evil didn’t have a Storage Ring, Shi Feng casually took out a white Storage Ring from his own and placed it into the palm of Dark Evil’s hand.

Dark Evil carefully picked up the Storage Ring, put it on, and also placed the Jade Scroll inside the Storage Ring.

At that moment, Shi Feng turned his attention to the Earth Fiend and the Ghost Wolf. Right now, seeing their hopeful eyes and emotions when he looked at them, Shi Feng, with his sharp Soul Power, naturally sensed their anticipation.

"Ghost Wolf!" Shi Feng looked at the Ghost Wolf and called out.

"Roar!" The Ghost Wolf let out a low growl towards Shi Feng. Although demon beasts reach Fifth-stage Imperial Level and open their Spiritual Wisdom, allowing them to speak the language of the Human Clan or other races, this speech wasn’t something that could be spoken on a whim and required some time to learn. The Ghost Wolf had been constantly battling in the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Dark Evil and had no time to learn the human language.

However, upon reaching the Fifth-stage Imperial Level, the wisdom of the Ghost Wolf was definitely no less than that of an ordinary human.

Looking at the Ghost Wolf, just as he had treated Dark Evil before, Shi Feng flicked his fingers leisurely toward the Ghost Wolf, and the mark he had left inside the Ghost Wolf back in the Demon Beast Mountain Range also disappeared.

Facing the fierce wolf face of the Ghost Wolf, facing its eyes full of hope, Shi Feng could see that this spiritually wise demon beast, just like Dark Evil, wanted to become his disciple.

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