The men surnamed Huang and Gan both sneered coldly. Given their status and identity, in front of those weak sects of the Eastern Barrens, they were like emperors high above. Who would dare disobey!
"Remember my words. Leave behind all the medicinal herbs on your persons—not a single half stalk can be taken away. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind killing you all. Even your behind-the-scenes sects will be held accountable!" said the man surnamed Huang.
Both men were at the middle level of the Destiny Realm. Their auras were sharp and fierce, clearly indicating formidable combat prowess.
The disciples of the Ziwei Sect were all seething with indignation, feeling deeply wronged.
"We must not act on impulse, must not provoke these two. Otherwise, unimaginable disaster will befall our Ziwei Sect! Leave all the herbs. Let's go."
Worried at the sight of anger on his disciples' faces, the Third Elder hurriedly sent a sound transmission to warn them.
"Move faster! Don't waste our time!" the man surnamed Huang grew impatient and shouted sharply.
"Are your heads not working?
Why should we hand over the herbs we've gathered to you?" Ye Yunfei suddenly spoke with a cold laugh.
"Su Fei, do not provoke them!" the Third Elder was horrified.
"Kid, are you unconvinced?" The two men were momentarily stunned.
They could tell that these people before them definitely belonged to an extremely weak sect. Such a weak sect should tremble with fear at the mere mention of the Cangyan Sacred Sect's name, too scared to move a muscle.
Yet this kid in front of them was talking back!
"Kid, listen well! Brother Huang is a Core Disciple of the Cangyan Sacred Sect. I am a member of the Gan Family of the Eastern Barrens! You have the chance to present the herbs you've gathered to us two; it's an immense fortune from eight lifetimes of cultivation! How dare you be unconvinced!" The man surnamed Gan's face darkened as he spoke.
"The Gan Family? Could it be... that major clan of the Eastern Barrens, the Gan Clan!" The Third Elder looked at the man surnamed Gan. He suddenly remembered that there indeed was a terrifyingly powerful major clan with the surname Gan in the Eastern Barrens, and his face went deathly pale.
"Is a Cangyan Sacred Sect disciple that impressive?" Ye Yunfei said indifferently.
"Disaster!" Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Third Elder couldn't help but feel despair.
"Arrogant!"
"Seeking death!"
The two men flew into a rage upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words.
Boom! Boom!
At that moment, two tall, pitch-black figures appeared and pounced towards the two men.
Two puppets!
And both puppets were at the middle level of the Destiny Realm!
Ning Zhongqi had given Ye Yunfei a total of five puppets. The two Ye Yunfei had brought out earlier were at the early level of the Destiny Realm. These two were at the middle level!
"Elder Ning's puppets are too formidable!" The Third Elder was overjoyed.
Ye Yunfei had now consecutively produced four puppets, all possessing Destiny Realm strength. This meant the Ziwei Sect had gained four Destiny Realm experts!
"What the hell are these things!" Harassed by the two puppets, the two men were in a sorry state. The man surnamed Gan roared in fury.
"They seem to be puppets!" the man surnamed Huang exclaimed.
"Puppets? The art of puppetry in our Eastern Barrens has long been lost, hasn't it? How does this kid have two such powerful puppets!" The man surnamed Gan was both shocked and furious.
"Su Fei, we can't afford to provoke the Cangyan Sacred Sect. Why don't we just leave?" the Third Elder said to Ye Yunfei.
"Leaving now is too late. They have already fixed their eyes on us," Ye Yunfei said with a laugh.
"This... what should we do now!" The Third Elder was stunned.
"Never mind them. Just gather all the herbs and then depart." Ye Yunfei said calmly.
Following Ye Yunfei's way of doing things, it was absolutely impossible for him to be frightened by these two men and obediently leave behind all the herbs.
As soon as the words left his mouth, a rumbling sound began.
Ye Yunfei's right hand shot out, continuously expanding and transforming into a giant palm, grabbing towards the herb fields.
"Kid, stop!" Seeing Ye Yunfei gathering the herbs, the two men were furious.
However, even going all out, they were actually unable to defeat those two puppets.
In a short while, Ye Yunfei had harvested every single medicinal herb!
"Withdraw! Let's get away quickly!" the Third Elder, leading the others, hurriedly rushed out of the palace.
Ye Yunfei followed, walking out of the palace.
"Fine! Just wait! Offending me means all of you are dead men! And afterwards, I will investigate which force you belong to and send people to wipe it out!" the man surnamed Huang said through gritted teeth.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power still perceived the situation inside the palace. Hearing this Huang surnamed man's words, his expression turned cold.
Ye Yunfei had already decided to find an opportunity to eliminate this Huang surnamed man!
A short while later, the Ziwei Sect personnel had moved far away from that palace. With a thought from Ye Yunfei, the two puppets, receiving the command, directly rushed out of the palace and followed from a distance.
"We must find out which sect these people belong to and settle the score with them!" Inside the palace, the man surnamed Huang wore an angry expression.
"I have recorded the appearances and Soul Power auras of all these people. Finding out their origins will be too easy. Especially that kid; he absolutely cannot escape," the Gan surnamed man's eyes burned with thick killing intent.
"However, the combat power of those two puppets is too high. The two of us alone cannot do anything about them. Let's find some more manpower first!" the Huang surnamed man said.
The two men entered the palace depths to search for their companions.
At this time, the palaces within this palace area had been almost completely ransacked.
Batches of martial artists continued advancing forward.
"Let's go. Let's keep moving forward!" the Third Elder led the Ziwei Sect group ahead.
Splash! Splash...!
A short while later, the sound of flowing water suddenly came from up ahead.
Then, a vast, pitch-black river came into view, flowing slowly, blocking the way forward. To continue onwards, one had to cross this river.
At this moment, the riverbank was already densely packed with people. Most martial artists had arrived here.
However, no one dared to be the first to cross the river, for this black river before them looked extremely strange.
The river water was dark as ink, gleaming with a sinister, icy-cold luster. Its flow was extremely slow. If one didn't look carefully, one might mistake it for a stationary river.
"Aah! Aah...!" Some martial artists gazed at the pitch-black water for a moment, then suddenly clutched their heads and screamed wretchedly, their expressions agonized.
"Be careful! The water of this river devours Soul Power! Don't stare at it for too long!" someone reminded.
"Look! There seems to be a corpse in the river, floating down from upstream!" someone suddenly pointed upstream and shouted.
Indeed, a corpse covered in moss drifted down slowly with the current, back facing the sky, its face submerged in the river water, invisible.
"Not just one! Look, there are many more!" another person cried out.
One corpse after another drifted down from upstream, appearing before everyone's eyes. All the corpses floated with their backs to the sky.
Splash! Splash...!
Suddenly, one of the corpses abruptly turned over, now lying face up. Its eyes actually opened and closed slightly, revealing a dark green light.
"These are Corpses Nourished by the Yellow Springs Water," Ye Yunfei observed for a moment, his expression growing solemn as he said slowly.