Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Die!"

The blood-colored sea of fire blazed fiercely. However, within this sea of fire, the eerie sound of death continued to echo.

Shi Feng originally ignited this blood-colored sea of fire, intending to burn out the hidden figure lurking in the shadows.

But the sound of death kept ringing. He and the Black Robed Man still couldn't sense the presence of any other living being.

It was as if, besides them, there truly was no other living thing here.

Yet that sound of death assured them that there was a living being hiding in the dark, just beyond their detection.

"Ugh!" At that moment, Shi Feng heard the Black Robed Man standing beside him suddenly let out a cry of pain.

Startled, Shi Feng quickly turned around and asked the Black Robed Man, "What's happening to you?"

At this moment, the Black Robed Man was hunched over, trembling, looking as if he was in painful convulsions.

"I'm... I'm being suppressed by a powerful force! It's trying to destroy me!" The Black Robed Man spoke with a voice full of struggle and pain.

"Force?" Shi Feng couldn't sense any force at all, and given that this force was attacking the Black Robed Man within the blood-colored sea of fire, he should have been able to sense it.

But judging by the appearance of the Black Robed Man, he didn't seem to be faking it; he had no reason to. He seemed to be using all his power to resist that force, to prevent himself from being destroyed.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" One after another, loud roars kept coming from the Black Robed Man.

"Shadow Night!"

With a "boom," an extremely powerful blast force suddenly rose from the Black Robed Man, as he seemed to be using this explosive power to resist the mysterious force attacking him.

"How could this be? He's right by my side, yet I can't sense the force attacking him. This is unheard of!" Shi Feng muttered, feeling at a loss.

"It seems that what we heard earlier was indeed the Life-taking Death Strange Sound. He heard it too, and he might soon die, and then it'll be our turn," the Sacred Flame in Shi Feng's body spoke again to him.

"Die! Die!" As soon as the Sacred Flame finished speaking, the sound of death echoed once more.

"What Life-taking Death Strange Sound, I don't accept this fate! My life is mine, no one can take it!"

Saying this, Shi Feng took out the Earth Divine Bell once more.

As the Earth Divine Bell was taken out, it quickly enlarged in Shi Feng's hands, and he swiftly covered the Black Robed Man with it.

"Boom!" The Earth Divine Bell enveloped the Black Robed Man, with the bell's opening crashing into the ground, making a loud resonant sound.

At this time, Shi Feng spoke to the Black Robed Man inside the Earth Divine Bell, "Hold on! I'll first take you out of here. I will transmit my flames and Black Thunder into it for you to use, to help resist that force."

As Shi Feng spoke, the blazing blood-colored sea of fire began to surge wildly, rushing entirely into the Earth Divine Bell.

On Shi Feng's right hand, a fierce black thunderstorm exploded, with a palm strike blasting it into the Earth Divine Bell.

Following that, Shi Feng hoisted the Earth Divine Bell onto his right shoulder, and his figure swiftly flashed.

This time, however, Shi Feng did not flash into the depths of the forest but headed back the way he came.

Lives were at stake, with the Black Robed Man's life hanging by a thread, so getting out of there first was paramount.

The path they came from wasn't particularly dangerous; he could proceed directly as fast as possible.

"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!" The deathly magic sound continued to echo in the eerie dark forest.

Since the appearance of this magic sound, the strange gurgling sound was no longer heard.

"Damn it! Damn you! If you've got the guts, don't hide in the dark and play tricks, come out and face me!" Shi Feng's figure still flashed rapidly through the forest, listening to the relentless deathly magic sound, he shouted angrily in a cold voice once more.

Time passed, and the Black Robed Man inside the Earth Divine Bell still resisted the formless power, occasionally letting out cries of pain.

However, Shi Feng had yet to be attacked by that ghostly thing!

"How are you feeling now?" Shi Feng sent his voice into the Earth Divine Bell again, asking the Black Robed Man.

Soon, the voice of the Black Robed Man came from within the Earth Divine Bell:

"I... I can still hold on for now! But only for now, because resisting this power is rapidly depleting my demigod power. Eventually, my demigod power will be exhausted, and then I will be killed!"

"Hold on a little longer. I am getting out of this forest as fast as I can. Maybe once we're out of this ghostly place, it'll be fine!" Shi Feng sent his voice again into the Earth Divine Bell, speaking to the Black Robed Man.

As Shi Feng spoke, his right hand on the Earth Divine Bell once more burst forth with blood-colored blaze and black thunder, channeling it into the Earth Divine Bell for the Black Robed Man to use.

They had been through life and death together until now, and he had saved Shi Feng's life twice. Now in his plight, Shi Feng was determined to do his utmost to help.

"Something's wrong!" At that moment, Shi Feng's rapidly flashing form came to an abrupt halt, and his figure emerged.

Looking around at the still dark, sinister forest, Shi Feng realized that despite heading back the way he came, he hadn't found the way back and instead arrived at a place neither he nor the Black Robed Man had ever been.

Shi Feng's sensing power was exceedingly sharp. Even though it was a dark forest and his first time here, he could tell at a glance whether he had taken the path before.

Not only had he not returned to the original path, but it seemed highly likely that he was venturing further into the depths of the forest.

"Damn it!" Shi Feng cursed furiously.

"Die! Die! Die! Die!" The deathly magic sound echoed again, right on cue.

"It seems that the ghostly thing in the dark is indeed at work again, using some mysterious secret technique to alter this forest.

What should I do? Damn it! If the Black Robed One truly dies, I could be next. This ghostly thing must have followed me, yet I can't see or sense it. What on earth is this thing?" Shi Feng ranted to himself in frustration.

For the first time, he encountered such a bizarre opponent. Other opponents, no matter how strong, could at least be seen and caught.

"Do I really have to sit and wait for death? No! Absolutely not! I won't die like this!" Shi Feng shouted again, turning around and flashing rapidly back.

"You must hold on!" sensing the Black Robed Man inside the Earth Divine Bell, whose power was waning, Shi Feng sent his voice once more to him.

Shi Feng continuously transmitted blood flame and black thunder into the Earth Divine Bell.