Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Die! Damn it! Damn it! You old bastard! Why don't you just die!" The young clan leader of the Earth Clan, Dii Yi, shouted furiously with a face full of wrath.

Then, he saw Shi Feng rushing up from below, breaking through layers of sound waves. The golden halo protecting his body was about to collide with the Earth Divine Bell at Dii Yi's feet, followed by, "Dongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdong!"

Dii Yi stomped frantically on the Earth Divine Bell with both feet, causing the bell to continuously emit violent ringing.

But at that moment, Shi Feng, moving at high speed, collided fiercely from below with the Earth Divine Bell, his body shrouded in a golden halo.

"Boom!" It was as if two extremely hard pieces of metal clashed violently, and a thunderous noise erupted in the center of the desolate forest.

Due to Shi Feng's impact, the suspended bronze bell shook and trembled violently.

Even Dii Yi, who stood arrogantly above the bronze bell, was swayed due to the violent strike on the Earth Divine Bell.

"Hehehe!" At that moment, a strange laughter filled with Yin Yang tones suddenly sounded in Dii Yi's ear. Upon hearing the laughter, Dii Yi's face changed drastically, his eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and he quickly shouted, "Not good!"

As soon as Dii Yi's "Not good" echoed, a young head with disheveled long hair flew toward the sky.

In a moment, Dii Yi turned into a headless corpse, with bizarre, bright red blood continuously spraying and splattering from the headless body.

Soon after, a vague black shadow gradually appeared beside the headless corpse, becoming increasingly clear and coalescing into the form of a Black Robed Man.

The head that flew skyward soon fell, and the Black Robed Man reached out and grabbed the young head in his hand.

With Dii Yi dead, Shi Feng's pressure completely disappeared. The Nine Nether Technique circulated, quickly consuming Dii Yi's Power of Death, and with a change of thought, Dii Yi's soul was soon pulled from the head in the Black Robed Man's hand.

"Hmm?" At this moment, the Black Robed Man let out a curious sound. As a demigod realm expert, he naturally could see the soul, watching Dii Yi's soul fly towards Shi Feng, but he did not intervene.

Subsequently, when the soul approached Shi Feng, an invisible vortex appeared in front of Shi Feng's forehead, swallowing the soul in an instant.

After seeing the invisible vortex disappear, the Black Robed Man spoke, "They say our Mountain Witch Clan is evil, but you, boy, are even more evil, practicing a technique that devours the soul of living beings!"

Shi Feng ignored the Black Robed Man; his previously paused figure started to move again, flying upwards, landing on the bronze bell. Then, the Black Robed Man saw the crimson blood gushing from the headless corpse, turning into an even more intense blood-red column, rushing toward Shi Feng.

"Not only devouring the soul of living beings but also living blood, this... this... this boy practices such evil techniques!" the Black Robed Man exclaimed again.

Only then did he notice that the corpses of dozens of Earth Clan martial artists he had killed earlier, lying on the chaotic ground, had already become shriveled mummies.

Soon, the headless corpse standing proudly on the Earth Divine Bell seemed to lose all moisture, collapsing into a shriveled mummy, much like one weathered for hundreds of years.

With a "thump," the headless mummy fell, hitting the Earth Divine Bell, emitting a crisp ringing sound.

Shi Feng kicked the shriveled, headless corpse off the Earth Divine Bell as if kicking away trash.

No matter his former status or strength, once dead, he was nothing, indistinguishable from a genius or a wastrel.

Then, Shi Feng lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the Earth Divine Bell beneath his feet, as the Black Robed Man seemed to be eyeing Shi Feng's form through his black robe, following with a voice:

"Boy, it seems you really fancy this Earth Divine Bell!"

"Humph!" Shi Feng snorted disdainfully at the Black Robed Man's words, slowly raising his lowered head to say, "A demigod artifact, this Earth Divine Bell, doesn't even tempt an old undying like you?"

If I obtain this Great Strength Divine Bell, coupled with the Source of All Things manifesting golden rays, I could significantly boost my battle power.

The Earth Clan youth had only Nine-star Emperor-level strength, but he pressured me into such a predicament before.

Though protected by the golden halo of the Source of All Things, equating to an invincible stance, relying solely on myself and the Source of All Things to break the Earth Divine Bell's power and take that Earth Clan youth's life would be extraordinarily difficult.

At this moment, the Black Robed Man let out a "heh" laugh, saying, "Hehe! Earth Divine Bell, the Earth Clan's greatest treasure! Naturally, even old me is tempted." Then it was clear from his actions that this black-robed old man eyed the Earth Divine Bell beneath his feet.

"A demigod artifact, if I obtain it, my battle power will surely increase further!"

After hearing this from the black-robed old man, Shi Feng suddenly spoke coldly, saying, "But I, too, want this Earth Divine Bell!"

In the realm of demigods, how could Shi Feng easily hand it over! Moreover, that Earth Clan Dii Yi was slain through our joint efforts; it wouldn't have been easy for this old undying to kill him without me.

Then, the Black Robed Man spoke again, "Hehe, boy! If we keep fighting over this, surely others will come soon. The battle noise earlier was so great; now many who want our heads are certainly on their way here."

"Since you're afraid, just let me take this Earth Divine Bell. If there are spoils next time, they'll belong to you. How about it?" Shi Feng said.

"Next time? Hehe!" The Black Robed Man laughed again, "Who can guarantee when next time will be? Moreover, do you think a demigod artifact is as common as rotten wood around, and everyone has one?"

"Since we both want this item, how should we split it?" Shi Feng asked again, testingly.

Shi Feng was more wary of this person now than before; without the Earth Divine Bell, he was vigilant, and with it, he was even more cautious. Killing for treasures in this world where the strong prey on the weak is considered natural by many.

Not to mention, this man hails from the so-called evil Mountain Witch Clan.

"Do you remember what I mentioned about the demigod-level battle technique? If you let me take this Earth Divine Bell, I will teach you a demigod-level battle technique. How about that?"