Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 480: Ancient Mutant Species

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Ancient Mutant Species

"Ah!"

The shrill scream was coming from Shi Jinsuai, Eldest Young Master Shi. The sight of the old crone’s yin spirit suddenly materializing before his eyes had frightened him, even though he was a martial artist, a Two-star Martial Venerable, his fear of the unknown entity that had abruptly appeared still startled him.

Shi Feng knew that this pale old crone wasn’t actually terrifying for a Two-star Martial Venerable martial artist. It was Shi Jinsuai’s own heart that had scared him!

As Shi Feng watched Shi Jinsuai’s embarrassed state, he chuckled and shook his head, then reached out with his right hand and grabbed the old crone’s pale face.

Following that, the old crone’s pale face changed dramatically in Shi Feng’s hand, revealing an expression of extreme shock and disbelief.

She had never expected to be caught, while she initially came to scare these humans and then take advantage of their panic to drain their Yang Soul. Instead, she found herself caught in the palm of someone’s hand.

At that moment, the old crone realized that her entire soul body was bound by a mysterious power colder than her own Ghost Body, unable to move a single inch.

Then, Shi Feng lifted the old crone and fiercely smashed her to the ground!

"Ah!" A painful scream erupted from the old crone’s agonized pale face.

Shi Jinsuai, who had been scared out of his wits a moment ago, gradually came to his senses and saw Shi Feng lifting the evil spirit that had frightened him and slamming it to the ground like a dead dog. His eyes widened in shock, and he muttered, "This... This is too brutal, right? Is this thing really that useless?"

Looking at Shi Feng, and recalling his own awkwardness earlier, Shi Jinsuai’s face was full of shame.

"I didn’t expect that old thing to be so terrifying when it first emerged, only to be so useless," Shi Jinsuai said, shaking his head as he looked down at the evil ghost on the ground.

"Don’t underestimate this evil ghost. Although your Martial Arts Cultivation is at the Two-star Martial Venerable Realm, and this evil ghost is just a Third-stage Spirit-Rank Ghost, when you were frightened by it, your body’s qi and blood scattered in an instant. At that moment, it could have taken advantage of that to possess your body, drain your Yang Qi, and devour your soul!" Shi Feng explained to Shi Jinsuai.

"Brother Shi, you’re not saying it’s that serious, are you?" Shi Jinsuai said, his heart still racing from Shi Feng’s words. If what Shi Feng said was true, wouldn’t he have been close to losing his soul? But Shi Feng had subdued the evil ghost and saved his life.

Shi Feng smiled but said nothing. Then, his Soul Power began to circulate. "Ah!" Under the influence of Shi Feng’s Soul Power, the old crone’s Yin Soul body and the pale face twisted in extreme pain, letting out a piercing scream, pulverized and devoured by the Soul Power.

"What... what just happened to it?" Seeing the evil ghost disappear in severe agony, Shi Jinsuai, who had never cultivated Soul Power, naturally couldn’t sense the consumption by Shi Feng’s soul, and asked with a puzzled look.

"I’ve subdued another evil ghost," Shi Feng said coolly.

"Uh..." Shi Jinsuai gave a response, not expecting that he could actually subdue and eliminate a ghost. When on the deck, he had heard a terrible scream too. He initially thought Shi Feng was joking, but it turned out to be true!

Then, Shi Feng spoke to Shi Jinsuai, "Stabilize your mind, don’t fear these things. With your Two-star Martial Venerable body, most low-level evil ghosts can hardly harm you."

After finishing his words, Shi Feng walked forward, leaving Shi Jinsuai still stunned in place, pondering Shi Feng’s statement.

However, it wasn’t until Shi Jinsuai realized that Shi Feng was getting further and further away from him that he suddenly snapped back to reality, and hurriedly called out in alarm, "Brother Shi, wait for me!"

Shi Jinsuai ran as he called out. Upon entering the ghost ship, he received another shock; Shi Jinsuai was no longer the elegant figure who casually wielded a paper fan, handsome and dashing as before.

In the eerily quiet and dark cabin, Shi Feng and Shi Jinsuai stepped on the old, damaged wooden floor. Under their footsteps, the floorboards emitted a "creaking... creaking..." harsh sound, and with slight vibrations, they always felt that if they stepped down just a bit harder, the wooden floor would break, crush, and shatter beneath them.

"Creak... creak... creak..." The sound from the old floorboards echoed continuously throughout the strange, silent darkness.

"Creak... creak... creak..."

Suddenly, both men, as if by some tacit understanding, stopped in their tracks, but the "creaking... creaking... creaking..." sound kept arising uninterruptedly from the gloomy darkness.

Looking ahead into the vacuum of darkness, the "creaking" sound was coming from there, getting closer from the darkness ahead, step by step, rhythmically followed by waves of icy, bone-chilling wind also blowing from that empty stretch of darkness.

Shi Jinsuai’s face was grave, and without realizing it, he moved a few steps closer to Shi Feng beside him.

"Creak... creak... creak..."

As the grating noise drew nearer, Shi Feng and Shi Jinsuai saw, emerging from the empty dark, a grotesque creature with a human body but two dog heads gradually appearing before their eyes.

The body was very tall, more than three meters high, and from the four dog eyes of those two dog heads, four strands of eerie green flames burned, glaring furiously at the two intruders, Shi Feng and Shi Jinsuai. With malevolence and ferocity written all over their faces, they opened their dog mouths, revealing rows of sharp and pointed fangs. On top of each fang, a green flame burned.

"What is this ghastly thing?" Shi Jinsuai turned and asked Shi Feng.

Gazing at the strange and bizarre creature ahead, Shi Jinsuai thought that although it looked vicious and deformed, it wasn’t as terrifying as those pale-faced evil ghosts that jumped out to scare people.

"I don’t know; I’ve never seen it before," Shi Feng shook his head. It didn’t look like a yin spirit, nor like a demon beast, and certainly not of the Human Clan. It was also the first time Shi Feng had encountered such a species.

"Two-headed Demon Hound!" Suddenly, the Sacred Flame inside Shi Feng spoke out.

"You recognize it?" Shi Feng communicated with the Sacred Flame using Soul Power, then added, "So, are you saying, this creature is from your era?"

If it’s from the Sacred Flame’s era, then this creature belonged to the Ancient Mutant Species.

"That’s right, indeed, this type of low-level creature exists! These creatures have very low intelligence, attacking any living being they see. Even back then, they were a rare sight, almost on the brink of extinction," the Sacred Flame responded.

"If such an ancient mutant species still exists on this ship, does that mean this weird ship also belongs to that era?" Shi Feng wondered inwardly.

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