Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 652 - 641: The Arrival of the Strong!

Chapter 652: Chapter 641: The Arrival of the Strong!

Shi Feng’s mouth curled up into a cold sneer as he looked at Lann Jie, whose throat was seized and held in Di Sha’s hand.

Upon hearing Lann Jie’s willingness to form a master-servant contract with him, content to become his servant, the mockery on Shi Feng’s face intensified as he said, "You are not worthy!"

Lann Jie was a peerless powerhouse at the Eight-star Martial Saint Realm, and furthermore, the Grand Uncle of the Emperor of the Tianlan Empire. For such a person to be willing to submit to servitude, Shi Feng’s simple words, "You are not worthy," were more painful than a vicious slap to Lann Jie’s face.

Lann Jie’s aged face immediately contorted with shock and rage, his eyes, already wide, widened further as he glared at Shi Feng, "You!"

"Finish off this old geezer!" Shi Feng ordered Di Sha.

No sooner had Shi Feng spoken than Di Sha immediately raised his huge, pitch-black fist.

Hearing Shi Feng’s words and seeing Di Sha’s massive fist, the shock and anger that had just surfaced on Lann Jie’s face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of sheer horror as he fixed his gaze on Di Sha’s fist. Before the fist even reached him, he let out a pig-slaughtering shriek of pain and agony!

It’s true that the older one lives, the more they fear death!

With a loud "bang," Di Sha’s fierce punch burst Lann Jie’s head open!

At that moment, Shi Feng had already started activating the Nine Nether Technique, devouring both the Power of Death and Soul Power from Lann Jie. Immediately afterward, a swirl of blood-colored flame erupted from Shi Feng’s body, sweeping over Di Sha’s hand and the headless corpse, before retreating back.

Lann Jie’s headless corpse, under the Blood-colored Blaze, became nothingness.

Although Shi Feng had devoured the Power of Death and blood of an Eight-star Martial Saint powerhouse, after stepping into the Seven-star Martial Saint Realm, the energy required was too vast; Lann Jie’s Power of Death and blood were not even enough to fill half the demand.

However, after devouring the soul power of an Eight-star Martial Saint powerhouse, Shi Feng’s Soul Power advanced from a One-star Saint Level to a Two-star Saint Level. Once reaching the Saint Level, the strength of one’s Soul Power could differ as vast as the heaven and earth. Martial Artists of the Tianheng Continent had begun to classify it by Star Ranks.

Then, Shi Feng extended his left palm towards Di Sha, and in an instant, a blood-colored light flashed, and Shi Feng absorbed Di Sha back into the space of the Blood-colored Stone Stele!

From start to finish, Shi Feng hadn’t moved from his seated position with both legs crossed on the wooden bed. Following that, Shi Feng’s eyes closed once more, entering a state of cultivation again.

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Lann Family’s Underground Palace!

On the ten Golden Dragon Pillars, the one that had originally belonged to Lann Jie was now desolate. The other nine old relics were still seated cross-legged, each in meditation at their own Golden Dragon Pillar.

These ten Golden Dragon Pillars, treasures created by the ancestors of the Lann family a thousand years ago, each were embedded with a mystical Gathering Yuan Array. When the arrays were activated, a continuous flow of Heavenly Earth Yuan Qi was drawn into the Golden Dragon Pillars. Then, the Martial Artists seated on the Golden Dragon Pillars could absorb the vast Heavenly Earth Yuan Qi for cultivation.

At this moment, the nine old relics seated on the Golden Dragon Pillars opened their eyes wide. Then, they all looked up, and shock quickly spread across their aged faces.

Above them hung palm-sized, crystal-like stones. These stones, known as soul stones, bore the Soul Marks of every member of the Imperial Lann Family. Within each soul stone, should any of them die, the stone bearing their Soul Mark would dim and subsequently shatter!

At this moment, these elderly antiquities were witnessing the dimming of a soul stone above them, and this soul stone was none other than the one belonging to an elderly antiquity who had vanished tonight—Lann Jie’s soul stone!

Lann Jie’s soul stone had grown faint, which meant that Lann Jie had perished!

With a crisp "bang," under the watchful eyes of nine gazes, the dimmed soul stone shattered!

Seeing this scene, one elderly antiquity immediately exclaimed in shock, "Lann... Lann Jie has fallen!"

Lann Jie was an Eight-star Martial Saint, a presence you could say ranked among the top ten in the entire Eastern Domain, yet even such a figure had fallen!

"Ah!" Gazing at the broken soul stone, the elderly antiquity who felt the greatest sorrow and anger in the center let out a sigh, then slowly began to speak, "In the end, Lann Jie didn’t heed my words!"

Upon hearing this, another elderly antiquity’s face showed even greater shock, and he asked, "Ah! Grand Uncle of the Emperor, do you know who killed Lann Jie?"

Then, that elderly antiquity came to his senses from what he had heard, recalling the events of the day. His words followed by an incredulous exclamation, "Could it... could it be him? How... how is this possible!"

Soon after, each of the elderly antiquities thought of the same person—the young man who had just emerged from the Martial Arts Sky Tower today!

Today, Lann Jie had been adamant about killing this person! Yet he hadn’t expected that Lann Jie would actually do it, only to not only fail in killing the man but to be killed by him in return!

"This... how is this possible! Lann Jie was a powerful Eight-star Martial Saint! That young man who came out of the Martial Arts Sky Tower is only at the Seven-star Martial Saint Realm! Although there’s only a one-star difference between a Seven-star Martial Saint and an Eight-star Martial Saint, that is an insurmountable chasm!" an old antiquity said in disbelief.

Following that, another elderly antiquity retorted, "What’s so impossible about that? Don’t forget, Lann Yuan once said, when this person was at the One-star Martial Saint Realm, he had slain those at the Four-star Martial Saint Realm. Given this person’s monstrous talent, what is impossible for him! He is the one who has entered the ninth level of the Martial Arts Sky Tower!"

Hearing this, another elderly antiquity nodded in agreement, "Yes! He is a genius who has entered the ninth level of the Martial Arts Sky Tower! Moreover, in Tianlan Imperial City, apart from the Imperial Uncle, who else could have killed Lann Jie!"

"Enough, Lann Jie was killed by this person!" the elderly antiquity at the center spoke amidst the noisy crowd. Since he had declared it, then Lann Jie must have been slain by that young man!

Then, the elderly antiquity in the center spoke again in a deep voice, "Since this person has the power to slay Lann Jie, his battle power might well be no lower than mine. From now on, none of you should harbor the same intentions as Lann Jie, lest you invite trouble upon yourselves!"

"Of course!" each elderly antiquity said, nodding their heads in agreement one after another.

If even Lann Jie had been slain by that young man, who would now dare to provoke the evil demon?

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

"Eh!"

"Eh!"

Just then, the elderly antiquities who had just nodded felt something and let out an astonished "eh," one after another. Then these venerable faces looked up again, as another elderly antiquity exclaimed in shock, "Powerful figures have arrived at our Tianlan Imperial City! There are two, with such powerful auras!"

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