Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 40: Regenerative Ability

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Regenerative Ability

"Pah!" Shi Feng’s blood-colored longsword released a slash of Sword Qi, instantly striking the Mutated Ice Flower. The Ice Flower shattered like ice, turning into grains of broken ice that scattered across the ground.

Zhang Hu stared blankly at everything that had just happened, feeling a chill running down his spine, his body breaking out in cold sweat, his legs trembling involuntarily. Just now... if it hadn’t been for Shi Feng, the consequences would have been unimaginable. If Shi Feng hadn’t pulled him away, he might already have been swallowed by that Mutated Ice Flower, turned into fertilizer for this mutated plant.

"Young Master Feng..." Zhang Hu said with a tremor in his voice, still shaken.

"We’re in big trouble now." No sooner had Shi Feng spoken than the grains of broken ice that had just fallen to the ground seemed to come to life, moving towards the center and quickly reassembling into a door-sized Mutated Ice Flower.

Immediately after, the ground beneath them began to tremble.

"Ah! My God!" Zhang Hu’s eyes widened in shock, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

In the jungle, the Ice Flowers, Ice Grass, and Ice Trees all seemed to come alive at that moment.

Countless Ice Flowers, as big as doors, with fierce and ghastly petals, dragged by their roots, flew towards Shi Feng and Zhang Hu, snapping at them.

Countless blades of Ice Grass quickly crawled and surged forward, their leaves becoming as large as swords, sharp and hard, emanating a cold light, constantly waving and slashing.

Tree after tree of Ice Trees revealed strange and wrinkled demonic faces, gaping mouths, and from within them, torrents of cold streams as thick as water buckets spurted forth, sweeping towards Shi Feng and Zhang Hu.

"Damn it, Monster Forest!" Shi Feng cursed under his breath, he swung his sword and turned a row of incoming Ice Flowers into ice shavings.

Zhang Hu was also wielding his double-handed great sword, chopping and slashing. Purple lightning spilled out, shattering rows of Ice Grass. He then moved around Shi Feng, swinging his double-handed great sword continuously to defend against the cold streams spewed by the Ice Trees.

Zhang Hu’s double-handed great sword was now covered in thick ice, making it look more like a giant Ice Hammer. He shook his arms forcefully, shattering the thick ice on the sword, which fell to the ground in pieces. Zhang Hu urgently shouted, "Young Master Feng, think of something quick! I can’t hold on much longer."

At this moment, Zhang Hu placed all his hope in Shi Feng, the young man who had repeatedly achieved things beyond his imagination.

"Hold on a little longer. The mystery of this space is far greater than the Illusion Array we encountered before. Thankfully, this Array has likely existed for many years, its power greatly weakened, which also greatly reduces the strength of these monsters. But the most troublesome part is that all these monsters have regenerative abilities."

As Shi Feng spoke, the shattered ice that they had dispersed came to life again, gathering and reforming into Ice Monsters.

"Young Master Feng, we’ve reached a critical juncture; stop making those nonchalant remarks. Is there a way out or not? If there isn’t, we should retreat. At this rate, we’ll eventually be worn down to death by these things!" Zhang Hu, hearing Shi Feng’s calm tone and watching the shattered ice reassemble only to be destroyed again, grew increasingly anxious.

"Retreat?" Shi Feng shook his head and with the same impassive tone said, "I’ve looked already, there’s no way back in this space. We can only move forward. I’ll observe a bit longer for a vulnerability. If it really comes down to it, we’ll have to pay a price."

"We can only move forward!" Zhang Hu, after hearing Shi Feng’s words, looked towards the front of the forest and his eyes instantly widened. Perhaps due to the commotion on their side, more Flower Monsters, Grass Monsters, and Tree Monsters had appeared up ahead, densely packed and crawling towards them, creating an overwhelming sense of helplessness in Zhang Hu: "Are we really going to die in this godforsaken place? I refuse to accept this! I’ve just obtained a miraculous mental method, with hopes of advancing to a Four-star Martial Spirit on the horizon, and just now I also gained the Blocking Style of the Heavenly Thunder Sword Technique. Mastering this exquisite sword move would make me unbeatable within my realm."

"No way back?" Zhang Hu turned his head to look behind him and instantly wanted to cry but had no tears. Behind him was the forest, filled with countless Ice Monsters surging towards him. If the monsters from both sides converged upon him, Zhang Hu didn’t even dare to think of the outcome.

"All right, don’t lose heart. Just focus on fighting the monsters. Sigh, I didn’t expect to use this treasure so soon." Shi Feng sighed, flipped his right hand over, and a fiery-red chunk of soil appeared in it.

The Pure Yang Treasure—Pure Yang Soil. Shi Feng had unintentionally discovered it in Ming’an’s storage ring after killing the Second-stage Refiner from Skywind Sect a few days ago. At the time, to heal Bai Yue’e and to balance the Nine Nether Power with Yin and Yang, Shi Feng had used a bit of it.

Holding the Pure Yang Soil, Shi Feng gently clinched his five fingers and instantly turned the entire chunk into a fiery-red powder.

Next, Shi Feng split the Pure Yang Soil into two parts, sprinkling one part over Zhang Hu’s head and the other on himself.

"Young Master Feng, what are you doing?" Zhang Hu, who was still circling Shi Feng defending from all sides, asked loudly, puzzled, and suddenly felt a wave of fiery energy spreading throughout his body.

Shi Feng put away his Blood Sword into the Storage Ring and ignored Zhang Hu, gazing at the movements of the surrounding Ice Monsters.

The Ice Monsters, as if sensing the Pure Yang Energy emanating from the Pure Yang Soil, stopped their attacks on Shi Feng and Zhang Hu. Terrifying expressions of fear surfaced on their vicious faces, retreating rapidly as if they had seen ghosts. The monsters that had just swarmed forward drew back in terror about a meter away from the two men and collided continuously with the monsters coming from behind. The crowd of Ice Monsters turned into a chaotic mess, as if the scene had spiraled out of control.

"What’s going on here?" Zhang Hu, stunned, watched everything unfolding before him. Distracted, his body immediately got swept by a cold blast from a Tree Monster, but as soon as the cold touched his body, it immediately turned into rising steam.

Zhang Hu, shaken, snapped back to his senses and looked down at his body. After seeing he was unharmed, he turned to Shi Feng who was still as composed as ever and laughed heartily, "Haha, young master, we are saved! What is this red powder? It’s truly amazing that even these monsters are afraid of it. With this, we are practically invincible now. Haha, with such a good treasure, why didn’t you take it out earlier? I was really scared just now."

Using up the Pure Yang Soil like this, although Shi Feng’s expression didn’t change, he still felt a pang in his heart. This was a Pure Yang Treasure, a rare item in the world. Just one piece could easily trade for the entirety of the Yunlai Empire.

But now it was gone!

"Let’s go." Shi Feng sighed inwardly and spoke softly to Zhang Hu. After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the front of the forest.

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