Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Hehe." The Black Robed Man gave a chuckle again and said to Shi Feng, "We wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble, but now, with Dii Yi dead, the Earth Divine Bell is in my hands."

Upon hearing the Black Robed Man's words, Shi Feng gradually understood and said, "You mean, earlier, only a part of the people in this Great Wilderness were hunting us, but now, for the Earth Divine Bell, more people will be drawn in, creating greater obstacles for us?"

"Exactly!" the Black Robed Man replied, then continued, "With the young clan leader Dii Yi of the Earth Clan dead and the clan's treasure, the demigod artifact Earth Divine Bell, lost, Dii Luo is probably going insane. The Earth Clan will likely mobilize their entire clan. This underground might soon be unsafe.

And with the allure of the demigod artifact Earth Divine Bell, other clans are probably already getting restless, hehe."

It seems the troubles are about to grow larger and more numerous!

...

"No! My Yi Er!"

In a dense mountain forest, a roar of anger like that of a fierce beast suddenly erupted.

The entire mountain shook violently because of that roar. Trees fell constantly, mountains collapsed, and the earth cracked, forming huge, hideous fissures.

With one roar, it was as if the Earth God itself was enraged.

"Mountain Witch Clan! Our Earth Clan will forever be at odds with you! Mountain Witch Clan wretches, I, Dii Luo, will flay his skin, peel off his bones one by one, and crush them to avenge my son! Ah!"

"All warriors of the Earth Clan, follow your clan leader and communicate with the earth, to find the Mountain Witch Clan miscreants and kill them!"

Following Dii Luo's furious command, powerful figures continuously shot out from the violently shaking and cracking earth.

It is rumored that people of the Earth Clan are naturally close to the earth, cultivating its power from birth. In this region, the Earth Clan possesses an underground territory rarely entered by outsiders.

Now, every warrior of the Earth Clan left their underground territory, bursting out from the earth, and their figures soared into the void. Waves of battle intent surged skyward.

This Great Wilderness was destined not to remain peaceful due to the arrival of an outsider.

..

In a vast expanse of void, a young, strong figure stood proudly, overlooking the land below as if the entire Great Wilderness was beneath his feet.

The person looked very young, about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was bare-chested, revealing a sturdy body, wearing leopard-print beast-skin shorts. His long hair flowed in the wind, and his handsome face was chiseled, as if carved from stone.

"Caw! Caw! Caw!" At that moment, from afar in the void, came a series of bizarre cries, as a black crow the size of a person quickly approached.

Upon hearing the black crow's cries, the young man lifted his head, looked at the approaching black crow, and asked, "Black Crow, did you find anything?"

"Caw! Caw! Caw!" Hearing the young man's question, the black crow opened its mouth again, uttering its strange cries.

The young man seemed to understand the language of the Black Crow, and he sneered coldly:

"Good! Very good! Black Crow, take me there quickly. In half a month, it'll be my father's birthday, and I was just worrying about what gift to give him!

The Earth Clan's Earth Divine Bell must not fall into others' hands; it can only belong to the Black Crow Clan! I, Bai Ya, will go claim it now."

Speaking, both the young man and the black crow flickered and vanished into the void. In the next breath, they appeared in what seemed to be a distant sky.

Instant transposition—who would have thought that this young man from the Black Crow Clan could have stepped into the Demigod Realm at such a tender age.

According to his conversation with the black crow, it seemed that the big black crow had already found the whereabouts of the Earth Divine Bell.

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"It looks like we won't be able to hide underground for much longer!"

Shi Feng and his two companions were swiftly traversing through the earth when suddenly, the Black Robed Man spoke.

In truth, Shi Feng had already sensed various breaths converging on them from all directions above the earth.

It seemed that their whereabouts had been detected through various secret techniques or means by the people of this Great Wilderness.

While traveling underground had previously been relatively safer for them, as the Black Robed Man mentioned, with the Earth Clan youth killed and the Earth Divine Bell in their possession, the allure of the demigod artifact was tempting enough even for demigod strong people.

"Let's leave this underground quickly!" At that moment, the Black Robed Man suddenly let out a solemn low shout, addressing Shi Feng.

Shi Feng hastily moved his thought to communicate with Di Sha, and the three of them rapidly shot upwards toward the surface.

Just three breaths after their bodies moved upward, the entire ground began to shake violently.

Shi Feng could sense a powerful force striking below their current location; had it not been for the Black Robed Man's low shout as a reminder, that force would have hit them.

"A powerful formless force! A demigod level strong person has arrived and launched a sneak attack on us!" Shi Feng furiously thought to himself.

Following that, Shi Feng, through Di Sha's earth divine skills, controlled this piece of land, causing the three of them to surge upwards even faster, and soon their figures emerged above the ground.

"As expected, as I thought, the Mountain Witch Clan remnants are indeed hiding underground." Suddenly, a man's calm laughter echoed, and immediately, Shi Feng sensed a powerful formless force pressing down from the sky onto him.

Just as that formless force was about to press down on Shi Feng, a golden halo instantly rose from his body, encasing Shi Feng and protecting him within this golden halo.

Under the bombardment of the formless force, the golden halo protecting Shi Feng fluctuated violently, yet the golden halo still managed to resist the demigod power.

Shi Feng looked up and quickly saw the imposing figure of a burly middle-aged man standing proudly in the sky, barefooted, with a majestic face full of a beard, dressed in beast skin, holding a beast bone, resembling a wild man.

However, Shi Feng did not dare to underestimate this person, as the power he had just demonstrated was that of a demigod. Without the protection of the Source of All Things, Shi Feng knew what his fate would have been!

Shi Feng also noticed that the Black Robed old man who came up with him had disappeared again like a specter at some point.

Under the protection of the Source of All Things, the formless power blasted by the wild-man-looking person above had been completely blocked.

Then, the middle-aged man looking down spoke again:

"Mountain Witch Clan youth, you truly have the power of a demigod to withstand my attack! But meeting me is ultimately your misfortune. Since your fate is thus, hand over the Earth Divine Bell, and I will let you die swiftly, perhaps even leave you a whole corpse."