Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Horses neighed angrily as over twenty Martial Artists from the Hai Family tightly gripped their weapons, spurred their horses on, and charged toward Shi Feng in the center.

Before the horses even arrived, one sword-wielding Martial Artist thrust out his blade, releasing a fiery-red Sword Qi instantly from the tip that shot toward Shi Feng.

Another Martial Artist, wielding a Double-handed Great Axe, leaped from his horse. While still in midair, he raised his axe high and chopped down fiercely. Shortly afterward, a massive purple axe, formed from Primordial Energy, materialized in the night sky and slashed diagonally at Shi Feng below.

Following that, a series of Sword Shadows, spear shadows, and halberd shadows, each delivering lethal moves, surged toward Shi Feng.

"Heh heh." Shi Feng responded to the incoming attacks with a mere "Heh heh," slightly lifting his right hand as he casually stated, "What I hate the most in this life is being surrounded and then slashed at, so, all of you, go to hell!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the ground began to shake violently. "Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

One vicious Earth Stab after another broke through the ground continuously. The lethal moves were blocked by the Earth Stabs, and then screams filled the air. The Martial Artists charging on their horses were impaled by the sudden spikes, piercing through the horse's belly and then through the rider above.

The Martial Artist who had jumped into the air and swung his axe was not even on the ground when a spike fiercely pierced up from beneath him, splitting him in two without a chance to grunt.

Blood sprayed everywhere, limbs and body parts flew, and screams spread far and wide—it was a massacre, and at that moment Shi Feng seemed like a god deciding the fate of life and death.

Feeling the increase of Nine Nether Power within his Dantian, Shi Feng's lips curled into a smirk, and he tilted his head back to look up into the sky and softly said, "Come out and meet your death, old man, stop hiding."

As soon as Shi Feng finished speaking, a flash of white light enveloped him, and he advanced to a Nine-star Martial Apprentice.

"Die!" An aged shout thundered, and a figure appeared above Shi Feng, exclaiming, "Sword Sea Unification!"

In the void, Sword Shadows densely packed, totaling twenty-eight swords, combined into one and lunged at Shi Feng.

A Peak Martial Master made a strike destined to kill Shi Feng!

"Heh heh!" Shi Feng responded to this fatal strike with another "Heh heh," softly uttering, "Dark Evil!"

As his voice faded, a naked body rose from the ground, the terrain transforming. The spot where Shi Feng stood sunk inward as the ground under Dark Evil rose, meeting the fierce Sword Qi with a punch.

The Absolute Evil Yin Body of the Absolute Evil Corpse was his weapon. With one punch, accompanied by the extremely Yin and sinister force, a sonic boom resonated through the night, and the powerful Sword Qi was shattered by Dark Evil's punch.

"Not good!" Steward Yue exclaimed in shock. Not only did Dark Evil's punch shatter the Sword Qi, but the Dark Evil Power also penetrated his chest, causing him to feel a strange Yin Cold Power rampaging through his body, hindering the flow of his Primordial Power.

Elder Cang's figure staggered back, adjusting right onto a spike point, then Steward Yue's form hopped from spike to spike, rapidly trying to escape.

"If tonight a mere Martial Master trash escapes from my hands, how will I ever continue to mix in the Tianheng Continent?" a relaxed voice echoed. Steward Yue, who was in flight, suddenly startled as he saw a young figure standing not far ahead on a spike, blocking his path.

Shi Feng stood with his hands behind his back, a faint smile playing on his lips. The night wind blew, causing his long hair to flutter elegantly in a carefree manner.

As soon as Steward Yue saw it was Shi Feng, he didn't stop running. His eyes were filled with rage, and his aged face contorted hideously as he roared, "Die!" Once more, his long sword thrust forward, generating twenty-eight sword shadows.

"Old man, are you ever going to get tired of it? Always the same line, always the same old moves against me; do you really think I'm so weak?"

Shi Feng said impatiently, his hands crossed in front of his chest. His fingers moved continuously, casting stark white afterimages, and the surrounding temperature seemed to plummet abruptly.

Shi Feng let out a low shout, "Nine Nether Absolute Evil Seal!" He clasped his hands together. A grim white light emanated from between his palms, his right palm thrusting fiercely forward.

Shi Feng felt as if the Nine Nether power within him was drained in an instant. A grim white handprint flew from his palm, colliding with the faint blue sword qi formed by the twenty-eight sword shadows.

"How... how is this possible..." Steward Yue's eyes widened again, his old face filled with disbelief and amazement.

The grim white handprint was able to withstand his own peak strike. And yet, the other party was merely a Martial Disciple, not even qualifying as a Martial Artist in his eyes.

At this moment, injured and with disrupted Primordial Energy flow, his Sword Sea Unification could only exert a third of his strength. As the sword qi clashed with the handprint, it was instantly dispersed by the handprint. Though the white handprint had dimmed considerably, it still furiously headed towards him.

"What... what is happening?" Steward Yue tried to dodge the handprint, only to find that the space around him seemed frozen, his movements painfully slow. In such a state, he couldn't possibly avoid it.

"No! No!" In that moment, real fear gripped Steward Yue. He watched as the handprint slammed into his chest, leaving a horrifying imprint.

"No!" Steward Yue roared toward the sky, his face filled with despair.

I can't die, I just married a beautiful young bride at home, planning to complete the task assigned by the Family head tonight and then return to dote on her.

"Puh!" Bright red blood spurted like a fountain from Steward Yue's chest. He lowered his head, staring blankly as darkness enveloped his consciousness, his burly body falling backwards off the sharp point of an Earth Stab.

"Bang!" He crashed heavily onto the ground.

A Peak Martial Master, fallen!

"Huff, huff..." Shi Feng himself collapsed, bending over and gasping heavily, "Huff, huff, I didn't expect that dealing with such a Martial Master scum would require me to use the Nine Nether Absolute Evil Seal. This old man must have felt his life was worth it just before he died."

As Shi Feng finished speaking, a white light flashed over his body, absorbing the Power of Death of the Peak Martial Master, and he stepped into the Nine-star Martial Disciple Peak, only one step away from the Martial Warrior Realm.

"It seems I miscalculated; it was just a little bit off, these useless things," Shi Feng cursed softly, looking at the devastated battlefield before him. With a thought, the earth trembled again, the Earth Stabs retracting into the ground, and corpses sinking along with the rolling terrain.

In less than a moment, the entire land resumed its original form, as if nothing had ever happened.

Not far away, Shi Feng saw Dark Evil approaching, carrying a white figure in his hand—it was Hai Ming, whom Steward Yue had abandoned while dodging countless Earth Stabs.

Later on, Shi Feng deliberately spared Hai Ming's life.

Dark Evil walked up to Shi Feng, threw Hai Ming on the ground like trash. Shi Feng looked down with interest at the Third Young Master Hai, who was dirty, disheveled, ragged, and wretched like a beggar.

Killing this guy next, breaking through to the Martial Warrior Realm shouldn't be a problem.

"No, you can't kill me, my father is Hai Batian!" Hai Ming's body trembled under Shi Feng's gaze, quickly invoking his father's eminent name.

"I don't care if your father is Hai Batian or Hai master of the earth, you answer what I ask, or you know the consequences!" Shi Feng said.

"You! Fine, you say, as long as you don't kill me, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you." Hai Ming hastily responded.