“There’s also Dugu Huan’s aura here. He fought here! Only, his saber energy seems a bit weaker. It looks like he’s already wounded and his power has declined.”
Soon after, Ye Yunfei discovered over a dozen corpses in another stretch of dense forest, all clearly killed by Dugu Huan’s Thousand Absolute Blade.
Ye Yunfei then led Yuan Dayong and Liu Fu onwards, encountering traces left by Dugu Huan from time to time.
A short while later, they arrived at the core region of the Myriad Beasts Forest!
“These demonic wolves were slain by Dugu Huan.”
Ye Yunfei landed on a patch of grassland.
Lying on the grass were over a dozen demonic wolf carcasses, each sliced in two by tyrannical saber energy.
Ye Yunfei recognized at a glance that these wolves had all been killed by Dugu Huan.
“Impressive. Even while being pursued and wounded, upon encountering a wolf pack, he could still display such fighting prowess. Dugu Huan is the kind of person who grows faster when faced with adversity,” Ye Yunfei mused inwardly as he glanced at the wolf carcasses, easily visualizing the scene of the battle.
However, Ye Yunfei soon discovered that the aura Dugu Huan left behind was growing increasingly faint. Eventually, it disappeared completely!
“What happened? Has Dugu Huan met with misfortune, or has he been captured?”
Ye Yunfei couldn’t help but frown.
Roarrrr…
Just then, sharp, mournful wolf howls echoed from afar.
Boom boom…
The ground shook and dust billowed as pack after pack of demonic wolves, their eyes blazing with green light, charged toward them from a distance. There were at least a thousand of them.
“A demonic wolf pack!”
Liu Fu and Yuan Dayong exclaimed in alarm simultaneously.
“There’s a Wolf King with Star Bridge Realm strength! And over a dozen wolves with Imperial Realm strength!”
Liu Fu shouted in surprise.
Among the wolves, an especially towering Wolf King stood out, its cold, piercing gaze fixed on the three of them.
“Hmph! I was just thinking of asking these beasts a few questions.”
Ye Yunfei’s figure flashed, appearing right in front of the stampeding wolves.
Boom rumble rumble…
Ye Yunfei directly released his spiritual energy pressure, which swept forward like a hurricane.
Pop pop pop…
Wolf after wolf was shattered, exploding into clouds of blood mist.
Although Ye Yunfei was currently only at the late-stage Sea Transformation Realm, his actual spiritual energy intensity was equivalent to the Domain Realm! The Chaos Divine Meridian, combined with the true Great Perfection state of the Nine-Yang Scripture’s First Yang, was no trivial matter. With Ye Yunfei’s innate martial arts talent and a heaven-defying technique like the Nine-Yang Scripture, his spiritual energy intensity completely transcended a full major realm!
Whimper…
The Wolf King sensed Ye Yunfei’s spiritual energy aura and was terrified out of its wits. It simply collapsed to the ground, kowtowing incessantly toward Ye Yunfei, begging for mercy.
All the other wolves followed suit, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to Ye Yunfei.
Witnessing over a thousand demonic wolves collectively kneeling before Ye Yunfei, Liu Fu and Yuan Dayong couldn’t help but feel secretly shocked.
“Where is my friend?”
Ye Yunfei’s figure flashed as he arrived before the Wolf King. With a thought, he used his Soul Power to materialize an image of Dugu Huan beside him, then asked coldly.
“So it’s that young human. I have indeed seen him. That day, he clashed with my subordinates and killed over a dozen of them before leaving this area. I also saw a group of human martial artists pursuing him.”
The Wolf King used its Soul Power to transmit a reply to Ye Yunfei.
Demonic beasts and monsters usually had to evolve to an extremely high level to be able to speak human language or take human form.
“Honored Human Lord, please spare me. Do not kill me,” the Wolf King begged, noticing the killing intent flickering on Ye Yunfei’s face. It hurriedly kowtowed again.
“Honored Human Lord, I am willing to follow you, just spare my life!” Seeing that Ye Yunfei seemed unmoved, the Wolf King hastily cried out again.
“If you wish to follow me, then open your Soul Sea and allow me to plant a Soul Mark.”
Ye Yunfei said calmly.
This Wolf King possessed strength equivalent to a mid-stage Star Bridge Realm human, making it a formidable expert within the Xuanhuang Star Domain. Naturally, Ye Yunfei had no issue subduing it.
Soon, under the threat of death, the Wolf King opened its Soul Sea and allowed Ye Yunfei to implant a Soul Mark. As Ye Yunfei’s Soul Power had risen, he could now plant Soul Marks in those with Star Bridge Realm strength! Of course, the prerequisite was the target’s full willingness and zero resistance.
After being subdued, the Wolf King prostrated itself once more, addressing Ye Yunfei as its Master.
As the leader of this wolf pack, the other wolves also knelt respectfully with the Wolf King, kowtowing to Ye Yunfei to express their submission.
Boom boom…
Suddenly, a giant eagle appeared in the distant sky.
This eagle had wings spanning four to five hundred meters, gliding across the sky like a massive cloud.
“Master, this eagle often patrols this region. Asking it might provide clues about your friend.”
The Wolf King suggested to Ye Yunfei.
“Alright.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Boom boom…
The giant eagle soared on its wings, releasing torrents of energy pressure wherever it went. This pressure cascaded down from high above, subjugating all beasts below.
This giant eagle possessed strength equivalent to a late-stage Star Bridge Realm expert!
“It’s that Demonic Eagle! Quick, hide! Don’t let it find us, or we’re finished!”
At that moment, many martial artists who had entered the Myriad Beasts Forest for training were frightened by the eagle’s appearance. They immediately suppressed their auras and sought places to hide.
This eagle was one of the overlords of the Myriad Beasts Forest. Countless martial artists who had come to train in this forest had died under its sharp talons.
Swish!
Ye Yunfei flicked a finger, sending a stone shooting up into the sky toward the giant eagle.
Startled, the eagle extended its right claw to intercept the stone.
Clang!
The eagle’s body was sent tumbling several somersaults in the air before it barely stabilized itself.
The giant eagle was enraged. It targeted Ye Yunfei’s location and swooped down in a steep dive. As one of this forest’s overlords, it could not endure such provocation.
“Hehe, daring to attack Master? You’re in big trouble now.”
The Wolf King watched the diving eagle with secret glee. This wolf had been bullied by the eagle before and hoped to see it taught a lesson by Ye Yunfei.
“Beast, come here.”
Ye Yunfei extended his right hand, activating his fleshly body divine ability. His arm elongated and expanded continuously.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a massive limb, like a flood dragon, with a palm the size of several acres, reaching up to grab the eagle from mid-air.
Fearsome physical force shook heaven and earth.
Feeling the terrifying fleshly power emanating from Ye Yunfei’s palm, the eagle’s fury vanished instantly. Realizing it had provoked a formidable existence, it immediately turned to flee.
But it was already too late.
Ye Yunfei’s palm accelerated abruptly, grabbing the eagle’s wings and pulling it back.
Crushed by the terrifying fleshly power, the giant eagle went limp, not daring to move a muscle.
Thump!
Ye Yunfei threw the eagle onto the ground, sending up clouds of dust.
“Now, I’ll ask the questions, and you’ll answer. Cooperate, or I’ll end you with a single palm.”
Ye Yunfei stood with his hands behind his back before the giant eagle, speaking coldly.
“I’ll cooperate, I’ll cooperate…”
The eagle nodded its head like a chick pecking rice, not daring to utter a word of refusal.
However, after Ye Yunfei’s interrogation, he discovered that this giant eagle also didn’t know Dugu Huan’s whereabouts.
In the end, under Ye Yunfei’s coercion, the eagle also opened its Soul Sea, allowing Ye Yunfei to plant a Soul Mark, becoming one of Ye Yunfei’s slaves.
“Take me to find him.”
Ye Yunfei, along with Liu Fu, Yuan Dayong, and the Wolf King, jumped onto the eagle’s back.
The giant eagle spread its wings, soared into the air, and began circling back and forth over the area.
Next, within the core region of the Myriad Beasts Forest, Ye Yunfei successively discovered the three other overlords of the forest.
A Thunder Leopard, ten meters tall, its body shimmering with electric light. Its body rumbled like thunder, moving at terrifying speeds, almost teleporting as it went.
A White Snake, hundreds of meters long. Coiled up, it resembled a small mountain. It breathed icy breath capable of freezing everything within a radius of several hundred li.
A Demonic Crocodile with an incredibly tough body and immense strength. Smashing a mountain peak was as easy as breaking a piece of thin paper for it.
The Thunder Leopard, White Snake, and Demonic Crocodile—these three demonic beasts all possessed Star Bridge Realm strength!
Ye Yunfei dealt with them one by one, subduing all three.
To Ye Yunfei’s disappointment, however, these three beasts also didn’t know Dugu Huan’s whereabouts!
“You are the overlords of this Myriad Beasts Forest. Now, mobilize all the demonic beasts and monsters in this forest to search for my friend!”
After some thought, Ye Yunfei issued orders to the five beasts—the Wolf King, Giant Eagle, Thunder Leopard, White Snake, and Demonic Crocodile. These five were the Five Great Overlords of the Myriad Beasts Forest, capable of commanding tens of thousands of beasts!
“Yes!”
The five beasts obeyed Ye Yunfei’s command and immediately took action, mobilizing all sorts of demonic beasts and monsters within the Myriad Beasts Forest to begin a large-scale search for Dugu Huan.
However, in the end, although they uncovered many clues about Dugu Huan’s activities throughout the Myriad Beasts Forest, they still failed to locate him.
Dugu Huan’s whereabouts remained unknown!
“It seems if I want to find Dugu Huan, I’ll have to start with those pursuing him. The Nine Li Imperial Dynasty!”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze turned toward a specific direction.
The Nine Li Imperial Dynasty was one of the four great powers in the Sacred Domain of the Xuanhuang Star Domain, and also a vassal force of the Star Nation. When the Star Nation launched its expedition to invade this region of the starry sky, the Nine Li Imperial Dynasty had been recruiting surrenderers everywhere in the Xuanhuang Star Domain on behalf of the Star Nation.
“The Nine Li Imperial Dynasty has outlived its necessity. Since I’ve come to the Sacred Domain, I might as well pay a visit to the Wu Clan and settle some past grudges.”
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.