Half a day later.
The Soul-Nourishing Tree had completely refined and absorbed the Illusion Dao Energy contained within over eighty Illusion Tokens, and Ye Yunfei had also fully comprehended the Illusion Dao Laws harbored within these tokens.
In truth, Ye Yunfei had conducted an in-depth study of the Illusion Dao Laws in the past, so revisiting and comprehending them anew was an exceedingly simple task for him.
"The distance I can now perceive with my Soul Power has reached one hundred thousand meters!
My Soul Power level has achieved a massive surge!"
Ye Yunfei put away the eighty-odd Illusion Tokens, released his Soul Power to sense the surroundings, and felt a surge of pleasant surprise.
Swoosh!
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, the Heavenly Soul Sword flew out from his soul sea and hovered before him.
This Heavenly Soul Sword had almost materialized compared to before!
At this moment, the Heavenly Soul Sword was about three fingers wide and as long as an adult's palm. It had an ancient form, its sword aura thick and menacing, emitting extremely sharp sword light that sizzled and sliced through the surrounding space.
Upon closer observation, only a small portion of the sword body still appeared translucent, while most of it had materialized, no different from a real treasured sword!
"This Heavenly Soul Sword is formed by the extreme condensation of my Soul Power, and it is on the verge of reaching the 'Soul Power Solidifying into Armament' realm!
The so-called 'Soul Power Solidifying into Armament' means intensively condensing Soul Power to take on the shapes of various weapons.
Moreover, this Heavenly Soul Sword of mine also contains superb sword intent. Using powerful Soul Power to control sword intent is a realm every swordsman dreams of!"
Ye Yunfei looked at the Heavenly Soul Sword before him and spoke aloud.
"Next, refine and absorb more Soul Power energy, allowing this Heavenly Soul Sword to truly reach the 'Soul Power Solidifying into Armament' realm.
By then, even if I encounter Acupoint Opening Realm experts, I will be able to tangle with them instead of having to flee."
Ye Yunfei said.
"The Soul-Nourishing Tree has also grown considerably."
Ye Yunfei inspected the Soul-Nourishing Tree and nodded.
At this moment, the Soul-Nourishing Tree had already grown to a height of five meters!
"Kid, you've gotten so many Void-Grade herbs now. Refine some Void-Grade pills for me. It won't be long before I need to undergo another bloodline upgrade."
The Golden Horned Dragon Silkworm appeared and said to Ye Yunfei.
"Let's go. We continue forward."
Ye Yunfei stood up and with a wave of his hand, led Hu Miao and Pan Yi as they continued walking towards the core area of the Illusion Palace.
Rumble…
Over a thousand monsters followed grandly behind.
Rustle…
Under Ye Yunfei's mental control, the Soul-Nourishing Tree flew ahead. Whenever it encountered structures created by illusion arts, it would directly fly over to refine and absorb them.
If monsters were encountered, there was no need for Ye Yunfei to act at all. The Soul-Nourishing Tree would directly shoot out numerous roots to refine and absorb them, or subdue them.
As time steadily passed.
The number of monsters subdued by Ye Yunfei reached over two thousand!
What disappointed Ye Yunfei was that the Soul-Nourishing Tree was still temporarily unable to subdue monsters with Acupoint Opening Realm strength.
However, with over two thousand monsters under his command, Ye Yunfei no longer feared even encountering those monsters possessing Acupoint Opening Realm strength.
"Everyone, be careful!
There are two monsters with Acupoint Opening Realm strength!
Everyone gather together, cluster around me. Don't let these monsters pick us off one by one!"
Suddenly, a loud shout came from a main street ahead.
Roar! Roar…
Then, the roars of monsters could be heard.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power immediately sensed the area and discovered that about fifteen thousand meters away, on a main street, more than twenty martial artists were tightly surrounded by fifty or sixty monsters.
Among those dozens of monsters, two possessed Acupoint Opening Realm strength!
This area was already near the core region of the Illusion Palace, where monsters with Acupoint Opening Realm strength were starting to appear frequently.
Among those twenty-odd martial artists besieged by monsters, there was a tall, slender man who was a Acupoint Opening Realm expert.
"Qiqi and Xiao Xue?
So these are disciples of the Taiyi Temple."
Ye Yunfei discovered, to his surprise, that Qiqi and Xiao Xue were actually there as well, and immediately understood.
At that moment, the twenty-odd disciples of the Taiyi Temple were tightly clustered together, standing back-to-back, forming a defensive formation.
The dozens of monsters emitted low growls as they constantly advanced.
Especially the two monsters with Acupoint Opening Realm strength emanated violent auras, stepping forward and causing the ground to tremble with each footfall.
Although these monsters were created by illusion arts, they possessed tangible combat power and could easily tear the martial artists who ventured in to pieces.
Looking at the dozens of monsters around them, the Taiyi Temple disciples all shuddered with fear, their faces pale.
"Junior brothers and sisters, these two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters are very powerful. We cannot linger in battle. Everyone follow my lead and fight our way out together, escape early!"
The tall, slender man, holding a war halberd, spoke in a deep voice.
"Senior Brother Yuan, we listen to you!"
The Taiyi Temple disciples nodded one after another, each moving as close to the tall, slender man as possible.
Roar! Roar…
The monsters surrounding them suddenly launched their attack.
The two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters pounced forward simultaneously.
Aah! Aah!
Instantly, two Taiyi Temple disciples were pounced upon by these two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters. Half of their bodies were bitten off, and they emitted wretched screams.
"Fight out together!"
The Taiyi Temple's Senior Brother Yuan roared. The war halberd in his hand blazed with a brilliant, fiery light, erupting with rolling spiritual power pressure that instantly repelled a dozen monsters blocking the way. Three of those monsters were shattered to pieces.
"Go!"
Senior Brother Yuan led the way, the war halberd in his hand enlarging as he swung it in a wide, sweeping arc forward, blasting several more monsters to pieces.
"Everyone, follow Senior Brother Yuan!"
Seeing Senior Brother Yuan's such valor, the other Taiyi Temple disciples were invigorated. They also unleashed their full power with their moves, following Senior Brother Yuan as they fought their way in one direction.
Taiyi Temple was one of the top-ten major forces in the Canghuang Realm. These disciples indeed possessed remarkable combat prowess. For a moment, they managed to kill over a dozen monsters and seemed on the verge of carving out an escape path.
However, the next moment.
Roar! Roar…
The two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters roared and pounced forward.
Aah…
A Taiyi Temple disciple had half his shoulder bitten by a Acupoint Opening Realm monster and screamed.
"Senior Brother Yuan, save me!
I don't want to die!"
The disciple turned deathly pale and cried out for help.
"Oh no!
Cai Yan is in mortal danger! Senior Brother Yuan, save him quickly!"
Xiao Xue was also frightened pale. She actually turned and charged back towards the disciple whose half shoulder was bitten by the monster, wanting to assist.
This was because Xiao Xue and this Cai Yan were on very good terms, and there was even unspoken affection between them.
"Xiao Xue, it's dangerous!"
Seeing this, Qiqi cried out in alarm.
"Xiao Xue, don't come over!"
Cai Yan also shouted while struggling desperately, but being bitten by a Acupoint Opening Realm monster, how could he possibly break free?
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Xue had already charged to Cai Yan's side, raising the longsword in her hand to stab at the monster.
Gritting her teeth, Qiqi also turned and charged back, rushing over.
Boom! Boom!
Two strands of pink silk rushed out from Qiqi's slender waist, carrying powerful yin-cold energy as they blasted towards the monster.
"Junior Sister Qiqi, don't go over. We are not a match for those two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters; we can't save him!
Hurry and leave."
Seeing this, Senior Brother Yuan quickly called out to dissuade her.
Qiqi's status and position within the Taiyi Temple were very high, unlike Xiao Xue and Cai Yan, so Senior Brother Yuan had no choice but to try to persuade her.
"Senior Brother Yuan, Cai Yan and Xiao Xue are in trouble. Please take action and save them!"
Qiqi cried out.
Roar! Roar!
At this moment, Xiao Xue and Qiqi's actions had thoroughly enraged the two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters. They simultaneously erupted, unleashing terrifying energy pressure.
Roar! Roar…
The other monsters also roared one after another, seemingly ready to fight to the death.
"Not good! We need to flee quickly!"
Senior Brother Yuan was greatly alarmed. Faced with two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters, he truly lacked confidence to fight them. He actually turned and attempted to flee.
"Xiao Xue, run quickly!"
Cai Yan shouted.
"Miss Qiqi, you go first!"
Xiao Xue cried out towards Qiqi.
Roar! Roar!
The two Acupoint Opening Realm monsters prepared to strike at Xiao Xue and Qiqi.
Right at this moment.
Boom! Boom…
The ground in this area began to shake violently, wobbling as if in an earthquake.
Roar! Roar…
Following that, a grand army of monsters appeared majestically within everyone's sight, rolling towards them.
At the head of this monster army, leading the way, was a young man and two beautiful women, swaggering as they came.
"Qiqi, Xiao Xue, don't worry. These monsters won't harm you."
The young man looked towards Qiqi and Xiao Xue and said with a gentle smile.
"Ye Yunfei!"
Qiqi and Xiao Xue exclaimed simultaneously, gazing at Ye Yunfei, then staring at the over two thousand-strong monster army rolling up behind him. They stared with wide eyes and mouths agape, unsure what was happening.