"Take these treasures."
Ye Yunfei took out over a dozen Primordial Treasures and handed them to Hong Bai, Wu Hua, and the dozen or so others with the strongest cultivation levels.
The greater one's strength, the more power one could unleash from a Primordial Treasure.
Yang Xiaohu also received a golden staff.
"This... this is a Primordial Treasure!"
Yang Xiaohu was utterly shocked. To casually produce over a dozen Primordial Treasures in one go was absolutely mind-boggling.
"Refine them as quickly as you can," Ye Yunfei instructed.
The dozen or so who received the Primordial Treasures immediately began the refining process.
A short while later, their starship descended onto a planet in the Loumu Star Field, arriving before a large city.
The city was incredibly vast. Within, one could see not only countless buildings and streets, but also mountains, plains, rivers, and even deserts.
To call it a city was an understatement—it was practically equivalent to an entire empire!
Upon the plaque above the main gate, a massive character 'Pang' was engraved, exuding an imposing aura.
"Brother, what's the plan?" Yang Xiaohu asked.
"We charge right in," Ye Yunfei replied.
According to the intelligence, the two strongest cultivators in this Pang Clan Branch Stronghold were Lightning Tribulation Realm masters.
Ye Yunfei took the lead, stepping out of the starship. Hong Bai, Wu Hua, Yang Xiaohu, and over seven hundred others followed suit, fanning out and lining up on either side of him.
"Who are you people? This is a restricted site of the Pang Clan..."
Over a dozen gate guards, seeing this force of seven hundred-odd individuals radiating bloodthirst, were startled and immediately shouted their challenge.
"Attack," Ye Yunfei waved his hand.
"Restricted site my ass! Listen up! We're here to rob this place!" Yang Xiaohu roared, taking the vanguard as he charged forward with his golden staff, swinging it in a wide arc.
*Bang! Bang!...*
The over ten guards were sent flying far into the distance, disappearing from sight.
*Boom! Boom!...*
Yang Xiaohu charged forward, brandishing his golden staff. After a few more swings, the city gates were smashed open, and he surged into the city.
"Robbery!
Listen up! This is a robbery!
Everyone, cooperate a little!"
Yang Xiaohu's roars practically shook the entire city.
*Rumble...*
Yang Xiaohu burst forth with explosive force, charging like a stampeding stallion towards the area of the city with the densest concentration of buildings.
Now a Sea Splitting Realm cultivator, he could barely be considered a master within the entire Tianluo Star Sea. Combined with the newly acquired Primordial Treasure, he released a terrifying, billowing aura of power.
"Well, what would you expect from the grandson of a bandit chief?" Ye Yunfei couldn't help but shake his head with an amused smile as he watched Yang Xiaohu.
"Kill!"
With shouts, Hong Bai, Wu Hua, and the over seven hundred others descended like tigers, spreading out to loot the city everywhere.
*Whoosh! Whoosh!*
Hu Miao and Huang Shang also emerged, rushing forward to join the looting spree.
"Wait for me!"
A flash of golden light—the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm appeared. It plunged headfirst into space, disappearing, only to reappear before the gates of a distant palace, then rush inside.
"Looks like it has undergone another bloodline breakthrough. Its spatial energy level seems even higher now," Ye Yunfei remarked with a chuckle, observing the creature.
To date, the only being Ye Yunfei truly admired for its spatial energy prowess was this Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
By this point, the entire city was in an uproar.
Squad after squad of Pang Clan forces appeared.
Shouts of rebuke, roars of anger, and sounds of battle filled the air unceasingly.
"Remember, try not to kill those with Imperial Realm cultivation. Take them alive," Ye Yunfei sent a mental message to everyone.
*Boom! Boom!*
At that moment, two powerful energy auras erupted from the deepest part of the city, shooting into the sky.
Two elderly men appeared.
"How dare you!
You actually dare to cause trouble in our Pang Clan's territory!
All of you will die!"
The two elders stared at the chaos engulfing the city, trembling with rage.
"You two are the ones who'll be dying today!"
Suddenly, a thunderous roar echoed. A gigantic arm materialized, reaching out to grab the two old men.
"Not good! It's that giant arm!"
The two elders' expressions changed drastically. Not long ago, a giant arm had destroyed over a dozen of the Pang Clan's branch strongholds. The clan's higher-ups had already issued orders to hunt down and investigate the giant arm's whereabouts. As Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators with some standing within the clan, these two naturally knew about this. Seeing the giant arm suddenly appear filled them with shock.
"Damn it!"
The two elders attacked simultaneously, one from the left and one from the right, striking towards the giant arm.
But the Giant Arm's strength was too overwhelming.
Its massive palm swept across with a thunderous rumble, effortlessly wiping away the two old men's offensive force before seizing them and sealing them. It then handed them over to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei executed each with a single palm strike and then extracted their bloodline essence.
Afterwards, Ye Yunfei walked unhurriedly through the city with his hands clasped behind his back, releasing his Soul Power to sense the situation within the entire city. Whenever he detected a Star Bridge Realm or Sea Splitting Realm expert of the Pang Clan being killed, he would immediately step forward to extract their bloodline essence.
With Hong Bai and Wu Hua, these two Lightning Tribulation Realm masters personally leading the charge, Ye Yunfei had no need to personally intervene.
One hour later.
The city gradually calmed. Everyone gathered back in front of Ye Yunfei.
Each face brimmed with excitement.
Hong Bai and Wu Hua also returned with several dozen Imperial Realm cultivators they had captured alive.
"Hahaha... That was exhilarating! We've completely looted this Pang Clan Branch Stronghold!
And this is Pang Clan territory! Not many in the entire Tianluo Star Sea dare to move against the Pang Clan's territory or their people, but we did it!" Yang Xiaohu laughed triumphantly, resting his golden staff on his shoulder.
"Let's go."
Ye Yunfei took out the starship and led everyone inside.
*Whoosh!*
The starship soared into the sky. Moments later, they left the Loumu Star Field and entered the vast starry expanse.
"The gains were decent," Ye Yunfei remarked aboard the ship as he gathered all the plundered wealth.
"Hu Miao, you take control of the ship. Set course for the next target," Ye Yunfei ordered.
Then, Ye Yunfei transported everyone into the Phantom Tower.
"We've plundered the treasury of *** Kingdom and now raided a Pang Clan Branch Stronghold. The amount of herbs and natural treasures we've collected is now quite considerable. I'll refine a batch of pills for you now," Ye Yunfei said to the Giant Arm.
He then began pill refining.
One day later, Ye Yunfei finished refining a large batch of pills and handed them to the Giant Arm. The Giant Arm returned to its stone coffin with the pills to refine and absorb them.
Ye Yunfei then set to work, planting Soul Marks on the several dozen Imperial Realm cultivators captured at the Loumu Star Field branch stronghold.
"We pay our respects, Master!"
An hour later, the several dozen Imperial Realm slaves bowed respectfully towards Ye Yunfei in unison.
"Good. Rest and recuperate properly," Ye Yunfei replied, handing out a batch of pills to these newly subdued Imperial Realm slaves, as they were all injured.
Five days later.
*Boom...*
The lid of the stone coffin where the Giant Arm rested suddenly flew open, and the Giant Arm emerged.
"How was it?" Ye Yunfei approached and asked.
"The strength of this arm of mine has increased a bit again," the Giant Arm replied excitedly.
"That's good," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Master, we're about to reach the next target. There's another Pang Clan Branch Stronghold ahead," Hu Miao reported.
"Good. Everyone, prepare to act," Ye Yunfei announced, transporting everyone out of the Phantom Tower onto the starship.
Everyone's spirits were high.
Over the next month, Ye Yunfei, leading the group of over seven hundred people and the Giant Arm, eliminated ten Pang Clan Branch Strongholds and fifteen Miao Clan Branch Strongholds in one fell swoop!
The overall strength of the Miao Clan was much weaker than the Pang Clan's, so their branch strongholds were also considerably less powerful.
News of the destruction of the Pang and Miao clan branch strongholds spread rapidly throughout the Tianluo Star Sea.
The entire Star Sea was thrown into an uproar!
Almost every corner of the Star Sea was abuzz with frantic discussions. Everyone speculated about who could dare provoke both major forces simultaneously like this.
Destroying a dozen branch strongholds of these two major forces—this was an action that signaled a fight to the death!
The higher-ups of both the Pang Clan and the Miao Clan were utterly furious. Roars of rage continuously echoed from the headquarters of both factions.
"Patriarch, it's that arm again! Someone witnessed that arm appearing at some of our destroyed branch strongholds!"
A clan Elder reported to Pang Clan Patriarch Pang Xishan.
"An arm! What in the world is its origin!"
Pang Xishan's expression darkened to the extreme.
"Immediately, hire all the divination masters within the Tianluo Star Sea, at any cost, to perform divinations! Also, publicly solicit clues from the entire Star Sea. Anyone who can provide information will be heavily rewarded by our Pang Clan!
We must uncover the origins of that arm!"
Pang Xishan pondered for a moment before speaking each word deliberately.