Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Did the battle pain your heart this time?"

Xiao Tianyi heard Shi Feng's voice beside his ear, slowly turned his head towards his master Shi Feng, and replied with a bitter smile:

"Don't be fooled by how freely I wielded the Mystic Artifacts; each of these is an Eighth-stage Saint-level Mystic Artifact. Although crafting them isn't difficult for me, Eighth-grade Refining Materials are exceedingly hard to come by. These thirty Saint-level Mystic Artifacts are all of the Saint-level I have in my storage ring, so of course, it pains me!"

Xiao Tianyi was honest in his answer in front of Shi Feng.

"Hehe!" Shi Feng smiled faintly, not speaking further, then turned his head back to look ahead.

At this moment, the fierce energy that engulfed the unparalleled experts of the Ling Family was gradually dissipating, and one tattered, wretched figure after another became visible to the onlookers.

Just as Shi Feng had sensed, after the recent wave of fierce energy bombardment, the ten-plus unparalleled experts of the Ling Family were merely injured, none had perished.

Even the two Supreme Elders of the Ling Family, Ling Xu and Ling Fan, who had been injured by Ling Sang, seemed only to be lingering on, protected by other strong members of the Ling Family, neither had succumbed.

Even the traitor "Ling Sang," now subdued, was merely unconscious, not killed by the Ling Family members.

On the surface, the Ling Family still had sixteen living unparalleled experts, but only a few were capable of battle power.

On Shi Feng's side, each unparalleled expert remained full of vigor! The superior was obvious!

Even behind these unparalleled experts of the Ling Family, under the ferocious assault of the million Ghost Soldiers, the martial artists of the Ling Family emitted wave after wave of screams and wails.

The sounds of these screams and wails naturally fell into the ears of the experts of the Ling Family, reaching the ears of the Ling Family Patriarch, Ling Hun.

"Netherworld!" Compared to others of the Ling Family, Ling Hun appeared somewhat better, glaring ominously and viciously at Shi Feng, who was not far ahead, he spoke harshly.

"Hmph! What are you glaring at! Defeated ones! What right do you have to glare at us in that manner!" Gui Huan, one of the Eight Ghost Generals, seeing Ling Hun glare at him, pointed and shouted with a loud voice.

"Netherworld! And all of you, none shall leave my Ling Family alive today!" Ling Hun still with that fierce face, sweeping his gaze over Shi Feng and others ahead, spoke harshly.

Although his voice was not loud, every word clearly reached the ears of those on Shi Feng's side.

Upon hearing Ling Hun's words, Ghost General Gui Huan laughed out loud: "You scoundrel! At this point, you still have the leisure to make such a joke, truly humorous beyond compare!"

"Haha!" At this time, Ghost General Gui Rao also laughed: "Gui Huan, what harm is there in letting people dream in broad daylight before their death? If they don't do it now, they'll never be able to again! Dying at our hands isn't just death; they'll face complete destruction!"

"Enough! No more unnecessary words!" One of the Eight Ghost Generals, Gui Yin, spoke. Then, asking Shi Feng, said: "Great Emperor, let's rush forward and annihilate them all!"

"Kill!" Shi Feng pointed forward, and commanded.

Then, as soon as the shadows around Shi Feng heard his order, they moved mightily once more, rushing towards the strong members of the Ling Family ahead.

At this moment, each face was calm, as if slaughtering these warrior members of the Ling Family, now akin to useless persons, was no different from slaughtering chickens, ducks, cats, or dogs!

"All of you! Just go die for me!" At this time, the Ling Family Patriarch Ling Hun, seeing the shadows rushing towards them, suddenly erupted into a furious roar!

Immediately following, a strangely shaped, three-footed azure Jade Bottle, densely covered with bizarre eyes, was raised high by Ling Hun.

These eyes appeared randomly clustered across the bottle's surface, yet each of them was tightly shut.

When Ling Hun raised the three-footed strange azure Jade Bottle, one of the Supreme Elders of the Ling Family immediately recognized it, exclaiming in shock:

"Could this... be the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle recorded in the Ancient Scroll, which our ancestor, the Spirit Martial Emperor, obtained in a perilous place back in the day? It... it has returned to Ling Hun's hands!"

"Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle! It cannot be wrong! It matches the description in the Ancient Scroll exactly! This Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle was lost over ten thousand years ago, and Ling Hun found it again! This is truly wonderful!"

Another Ling Family Supreme Elder, looking full of age and fatigue, with a weak old face, suddenly laughed loudly upon seeing the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle in Ling Hun's hands.

"The Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle is said to be an Object of Divine Grade! According to the Ancient Scrolls left by our ancestors, it seemingly holds the Secret of Becoming a God! It's a blessing from the heavens that this object returns to our Ling Family."

Ling Hun, holding the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle aloft, remained indifferent despite noticing the awestruck old faces of those elders!

However, in Ling Hun's heart, there was nothing but unwillingness! Those elders didn't know, but Ling Hun, who possessed the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle, knew very well.

Over tens of thousands of years, who knew what changes had occurred to the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle; by the time he found it, it was already severely damaged. He once secretly showed it to a High-Level Divine Grade Alchemy Master, who told him it could only be used once more, after which it might be completely destroyed.

Given that the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle was damaged and could not be used lightly, Ling Hun naturally didn't want anyone in the Ling Family to know about it. If those old things knew that he possessed this treasure, they'd surely demand him to share it.

This Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle, by legend, holds secrets to becoming a God!

If the treasure were intact, letting those old things know would not matter. If they defied him, he'd just use the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle to suppress them!

But since it could only be used once, potentially damaging it completely, Ling Hun was unwilling to use it lightly.

If not for this moment, which concerned the fate of the entire Ling Family, his own life and death, Ling Hun would not have brought out this treasure, wasting it on killing enemies.

Necessity compelled him now, leaving no other choice!

"Open, open, open! Open, open, open!" At this moment, while holding the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle aloft, Ling Hun uttered a series of cold shouts, under which the eyes on the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle suddenly opened widely!

An unexpectedly sinister and powerful force suddenly surged from the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle, as if an ancient, formidable, evil being was awakening.

As they sped towards the front, sensing the sinister powerful force rising from the Thousand-Eyed Jade Bottle, the faces of the many experts abruptly changed, as an utterly strange feeling arose in their hearts.

"No! Not good!" Even Shi Feng's face changed dramatically, exclaiming: "All of you, retreat now! Quickly!"