Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 43 Dantian Fusion

Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Dantian Fusion

Shi Feng raised his hand, signaling Zhang Hu to keep quiet.

Then he heard the voice in his head say, "Move three steps to the right. The gap that I have opened is right there. Next, I will burn the Lifebound Essence Fire to suppress the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array. Seize the opportunity to enter the array, and I will escape by borrowing your body."

"I shall heed Sacred Flame," Shi Feng responded, then turned to Zhang Hu and said, "Wait here for me."

Following the arrangement of Sacred Flame, Shi Feng moved three steps to the right. Suddenly, he heard a furious shout in his mind, "Now, enter the array!"

Before the words in his mind finished, Shi Feng stepped into the array.

"Young Master Feng!" From the other side came Zhang Hu’s anxious shout. At this moment, however, Shi Feng could no longer pay attention to these calls. Upon entering the array, he felt an extreme cold from all directions, as if thousands of sharp ice blades were mercilessly piercing into his flesh, as if to slice his body into pieces.

"Ah! Ah!" The intense pain pierced his heart and bones. Despite his strong resolve, Shi Feng couldn’t help but cry out in pain. His body convulsed uncontrollably from the pain, which was countless times more intense than the fifty-fivefold pain pressure he experienced last night, an agony akin to a fate worse than death.

However, Shi Feng knew he must endure, hold on, clench his teeth, clench his fists, and desperately support his body from falling down. If he fell, he would be trapped here forever.

This was still the result of Sacred Flame burning the Lifebound Essence Fire, suppressing the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array, preventing its successful operation. Otherwise, Shi Feng would have already turned to ashes.

Burning Lifebound Essence Fire was equivalent to a Martial Artist burning the Lifebound Essence in his Dantian, a method of destroying one’s cultivation level to unleash powerful strength, generally not used unless absolutely necessary.

At the same time, suddenly a "boom!" resounded, the entire space violently shook, and a "bang!" A blood light burst from Tianmu Ice Soul Peak, breaking through the ice, moving very fast like a blood-colored meteor crossing the void. In the blink of an eye, it fell upon Shi Feng and entered his body.

Immediately after, another furious shout erupted in Shi Feng’s mind, "Retreat!" Instantly, a blood-red flame, resembling fresh blood, ignited over his whole body. Shi Feng felt a chilling and overwhelming power enveloping him. He instantly kicked the ice with his right foot and his body flew backward.

"Bang!" Shi Feng’s feet heavily landed back where he had initially stood, and he narrowly escaped from the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array, finally breathing a quiet sigh of relief.

"Hahaha, hahaha, this seat...this seat... How many eras, I have been suppressed by that beast for who knows how many eras. Today, I am finally free, hahaha, this seat shall drain the essence blood of all under the heavens, this seat shall have a good drink, haha... hah..." As the joyous laughter of Sacred Flame echoed inside Shi Feng, the voice suddenly changed, followed by an angry and scared roar, "You! What are you doing!"

The corners of Shi Feng’s mouth curved into a scheming smirk as he said, "You burned your Lifebound Essence Fire, now is the time when your power is at its weakest. Yet you still think of harboring malicious designs against me, attempting to possess me. If that is the case, you can’t blame me."

Shi Feng said so, but in fact, the moment he heard about the Sacred Flame, he began to plot in his heart. And when the Sacred Flame spoke of burning the Lifebound Essence Fire to suppress the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array, Shi Feng was overjoyed. Burning the Lifebound Essence Fire would inevitably lead to a significant loss of power, let alone countering a legendary killing array like the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array.

The moment Shi Feng entered the array, he also concentrated to sense whether the Sacred Flame had truly suppressed the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array, and the moment it truly was suppressed, Shi Feng knew the Sacred Flame "fish" had bitten the bait.

Evolving to the Divine Grade Heavenly Fire was naturally worth the risk, especially given the peril he faced and his confidence in overcoming it.

At that moment, Shi Feng had already formed a Soul Imprint inside his body and pressed it down towards the Sacred Flame.

The former Emperor Nine Nether, with his soul, body, and Martial Arts cultivated together, notably excelled in Soul Power, whose mere thought could control the lives and deaths of countless beings.

On the Tianheng Continent, the path of Alchemy primarily focuses on cultivating the soul. Although Emperor Nine Nether didn’t delve into this, he had a disciple named Xiao Tianyi who specialized in the soul cultivation techniques of the Nine Nether Technique passed down by Emperor Nine Nether, combined with his own alchemy talents. Now a Saint-Grade Alchemist, he stood at the pinnacle of the Tianheng Continent’s alchemy path.

Shi Feng had awakened memories; the reason he hadn’t cultivated Soul Power was that it was extremely difficult and slow to progress, and it wasn’t very effective against enemies in the early stages. Considering the enemies he had faced recently, cultivating Martial Arts and the body was more effective.

However, all living beings naturally possessed Soul Power. Although Shi Feng’s Soul Power was weak, with his understanding of Soul Power, even this slight Soul Power was enough to form a Soul Imprint and confront the Sacred Flame, which had just burned its Lifebound Essence Fire and countered the Ice Evil Punishment Heaven Array.

Inside Shi Feng’s body, a fist-sized, blood-red flame that saw the Soul Imprint pressing down let out a terrified shout, "No! You cannot do this, I am the Sacred Flame, supreme in your Blood Pattern Tribe. Even your ancestors wouldn’t dare disrespect me like this!"

"Hmph!" Shi Feng responded to the Sacred Flame with nothing but a cold snort, and his Soul Power continued to press down.

"No! Even if I have to seize a body, isn’t it for the future of your Blood Pattern Tribe? With your power, with your impure bloodline, you cannot restore the Blood Pattern Tribe to its glory!

I seize your body, but I will continue to pass on the bloodline for your Blood Pattern Tribe. The descendants will still be of the Blood Pattern Tribe, and with my might, I will eventually return to the God Realm and lead the Blood Pattern Tribe back to glory. Everything I have done is for the future of our Blood Pattern Tribe!"

"Enough!" Shi Feng shouted impatiently, "Stop babbling, damn it! I am from the Human Clan!"

As Shi Feng’s words fell, the Soul Imprint heavily stamped down on the blood-colored flame.

"Ah! No!" The Sacred Flame let out a reluctant howl, a cry from the depths of its soul. Marked with Shi Feng’s Soul Imprint, it would be eternally driven by Shi Feng. The proud creature, once immensely powerful, how could his heart accept this.

"Hahaha, hahahaha!" Shi Feng laughed heartily, looking up to the sky. The Heavenly Fire, like blood in its exotic flame, from now on belonged to him, a fire that had advanced to Divine Grade, existing for uncountable years in the world, surely knew many secrets of the Ancient Times, and what Shi Feng anticipated the most was the Secret of Becoming a God, something he had pursued in his previous life without success.