Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 364: Encountering the ’Demon’ Again

Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Encountering the ’Demon’ Again

"What!" Shi Feng was filled with shock after hearing Zi Lin’s words. Zi Lin said that Zi Ya had a sweetheart? And that sweetheart was himself?

This couldn’t be possible!

Regardless of whether it was possible or not, whether it was true or false, he had to rescue this simple and kind Snake-man Clan Girl.

Immediately, Shi Feng’s figure moved, rushing into the Dark Six-Star Ancient Array.

"Ke ke! Ke ke ke ke!" Sinister, harsh, and grating laughter echoed incessantly in the Priest Hall, making every Snake-man feel a chill run down their spine just from hearing it.

"Boom boom boom!" Following that, the earth seemed to tremble violently, and the entire hall began to shake intensely.

Shi Feng entered the Dark Six-Star Ancient Array, his body ignited with blood-colored sinister flames, transforming into a Blood-colored Fire Man, resisting the black Demonic Qi surging within the array.

With the violent shaking and swaying of the earth, Shi Feng, now a Blood-colored Fire Man, looked as if he was a lone boat experiencing a violent storm at sea.

Suddenly, a "crack" sound of tearing came from the ground. At this noise, the heart of every Snake-man in the Priest Hall skipped a beat. The Six-star Dark Ancient Array, a legacy passed down from their ancient ancestors, had cracked open a rift about twenty centimeters long.

Shi Feng also sensed an even denser black Demonic Qi bursting forth from the crack, accompanied by an overwhelmingly powerful presence!

"The Demon suppressed here is even stronger than any I’ve encountered before! So strong that even I feel powerless to resist. Damn it, am I a Demon’s Envoy or what! Why everywhere I go, I encounter these damned things!" Shi Feng cursed inwardly.

Since awaking his memories, he faced an assassination by Li Ru, possessed by a demon, met Li Liuxin, Long Ao, encountered the Demon Heart in the Blood-colored Space, and after eradicating the Floating Void Sect, there was the Root Demon Finger. Now, coming to the Snake-man Race, he had bumped into another demon suppressed by the Dark Six-Star Ancient Array. It really seemed like he ran into them everywhere!

Combining what he had encountered, the "Demon" must have been dismembered long ago, and its various remains were suppressed in different locations.

The Blood Demon’s Blood-colored Space was one, and now this Snake-man Priest Hall was another. As for where Long Ao, Li Ru, Li Liuxin, and the Floating Void Sect encountered the remains of that "Demon," that was unknown.

Since the appearance of the crack in the Dark Six-Star Ancient Array, the earth’s shaking had become even more severe. The entire Priest Hall trembled even more violently. Shi Feng, in a flash, moved next to the Priestess, her body protected by blue Primordial Energy and radiating bright deep-blue light, and asked, "This ancient formation’s seal has cracked. Is there any way to repair it?"

"This Dark Six-Star Ancient Array is an ancestral legacy left by our Snake-man Race in ancient times, a secret technique that has been lost over the eons. Today, we only know some simple activation methods. Curse me for wanting quick results, I’ve used secret techniques to unlock the array’s ultimate power several times recently in order to awaken the Purple Snake Body within Zi Ya, forgetting the ancestral teachings, and thus giving the suppressed demon an opportunity to exploit!

Now not only is the ancestral Six-star Dark Ancient Array about to be destroyed, but the Ancient Evil Demon is also about to emerge. Once the Evil Demon appears, what are we to do? I shall become the sinner of the Snake-man Race!" The Priestess of the Snake-man Clan said with a voice full of grief and regret toward the end.

However, after hearing a bunch from the old Snake-man Priestess, Shi Feng realized that she essentially didn’t have a solution!

"Open your mind!" Shi Feng said to the priestess.

Hearing Shi Feng’s words, although the priestess did not understand what Shi Feng intended to do, she did not harbor any doubts. With Shi Feng’s immense strength, on top of the situation at hand, if Shi Feng truly wanted her life, it would merely be a matter of snapping his fingers.

Immediately, the priestess did as Shi Feng had instructed and opened her mind. Right after, a flash of blood-colored light in the palm of Shi Feng’s left hand enveloped the priestess, now wrapped in deep blue light, and Zi Ya, sucking them into the space within the blood-colored stone stele.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Cackle! Cackle!"

"How many years has it been, how many years indeed, this seat is about to be reborn!"

The severe trembling of the earth did not cease; in fact, the amplitude of the shaking was increasing. At the same time, eerie laughter and chilling voices echoed non-stop throughout the vast and dim hall dedicated to worship.

"Wish to break free? Did you ask this young master’s permission?" Shi Feng’s gaze was cold as he stared at the crack emerging from the ground; he then let out a low shout, "Nine Nether Sealing Evil Seal!"

Shi Feng’s hands made seal after seal, the handprints changing incessantly. Streaks of pale white light sparkled between his hands as rune after rune floated from them, connecting into chains that descended upon the earth, onto that crack about twenty centimeters long. Upon the descent of the pale white runes, the crack promptly sealed over with a layer of pale white light film.

"Who are you! How dare you defy this seat!" An angry, piercing roar followed. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The earthquake intensified once again, as if the Earth God was raging, the earth itself roaring.

Shi Feng also saw that the pale white light film he had condensed at the crack was being bombarded by powerful forces.

"No, this power!" Shi Feng’s brow furrowed deeply, the energy hammering at the light film much stronger than he had imagined.

"Nether!" Shi Feng bellowed, and a fist-sized "Nether" character of pale white emerged from his mouth. This character, formed from the essence of the Nine Nether Power, rapidly descended toward the crack.

With a "pop" sound, like a bubble being burst, the light film Shi Feng had formed with the Nine Nether Sealing Evil Seal shattered under the impact of that mysterious, formidable power. However, immediately after, the "Nether" character fell, once again blocking the crack.

At this moment, Shi Feng’s gaze shifted, looking beyond the Dark Six-Star Ancient Array at the anxious Snake-man Race, and he shouted loudly, "You must quickly leave this hall. I don’t know how long I can hold on; if you stay here, you’ll merely become cannon fodder!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" As soon as Shi Feng’s voice fell, the powerful, mysterious energy furiously struck the "Nether" character blocking the crack several more times. Amidst the earth’s violent shaking and the energy’s bombardment, the "Nether" character appeared as precarious as a small boat in a storm, at risk of being destroyed at any moment.

At this time, one of the Snake-men who heard Shi Feng’s words, a middle-aged man with a stately and steady appearance, called out, "Mr. Shi Feng is right, we can lend no assistance by staying here, we should withdraw for the time being!"

One after another, the Snake-men nodded in silence and cast looks of awe at Shi Feng. This young human was currently fighting the Evil Demon that they, the Snake-man Race, had sealed, and he deserved their respect.