At this moment, only twelve of the original twenty-one Heavenly Position Realm experts remained.
The twelve surviving Heavenly Position Realm experts saw that the three Life Palace Realm experts had been sealed by the Mysterious Turtle, and the rest of their troops had been utterly routed, slaughtered like a river of broken bamboo. They no longer possessed the slightest will to fight.
They understood that if they continued fighting, the forces they had brought this time would be completely annihilated!
Whoosh…
The allied army from those various forces had already been slaughtered to the point of heart-stopping terror. Upon hearing the order to retreat, they immediately pulled back like a receding tide, each fleeing at full speed into the distance.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Ice Demon, thoroughly aroused by the slaughter, was unwilling to let them go. Raising his giant wooden club, he charged after them.
"Let them go. There's no need to chase," Ye Yunfei stopped him.
"Boy, release those three seniors immediately. Otherwise, your Ziwei Sect will face the frenzied retaliation of our great factions!"
The Zhao Family Heavenly Position Realm elder had actually managed to survive. Having fled to a distance, he turned back to glare at Ye Yunfei, gnashing his teeth as he spoke.
He was referring to the three Life Palace Realm experts. The three Life Palace Realm experts had been sealed by the Mysterious Turtle, and then Sect Leader Liu had taken men to escort them into the Ziwei Sect headquarters.
This was, of course, on Ye Yunfei's orders.
Swoosh!
With a thought, Ye Yunfei sent over a dozen Puppet Soul Lines through the air to attack the elder's soul sea.
"What is this?"
The elder discovered over a dozen black threads coiling towards his Soul Body, causing his face to change wildly in fright. The aura emanating from these soul lines was far too bizarre!
"You just wait, boy!"
The Zhao Family elder dared not stay any longer. While mobilizing his Soul Power to resist the onslaught of Puppet Soul Lines, he activated his movement technique and fled into the distance with all his might.
In a short while, those surviving remnants had fled without a trace, leaving only the forces of Ziwei Sect standing before the sect's main mountain gate.
What remained were corpses littering the ground, rivers of blood, and bodies strewn across the wilderness!
Even the crowd of onlookers in the distance had quietly retreated further away, not daring to draw too near.
Having witnessed the strength of Ziwei Sect, no one dared to underestimate them any longer!
"The enemy has fled! We've won!"
At this moment, cheers erupted from the ranks of the Ziwei Sect disciples.
"Hehe, boss, what a satisfying fight that was!" Ice Demon grinned widely.
As for the Mysterious Turtle, it turned around and ambled away on its four feet, disappearing in an instant as it traversed space back into the depths of the Ziwei Sect headquarters.
"Elder Ning, you worked hard," Ye Yunfei said, looking towards Ning Zhongqi.
The main fighting force in this battle for Ziwei Sect had been the several thousand puppets.
"I am also a member of Ziwei Sect. Protecting Ziwei Sect is my duty," Ning Zhongqi replied with a faint smile.
"These puppets crafted by Elder Ning are incredibly powerful!" Sect Leader Liu walked over with over a dozen high-ranking members, looking at the puppets standing behind Ning Zhongqi with astonished eyes.
During the previous battle, nearly half of these puppets had been destroyed. Roughly over a thousand remained.
"That goes without saying.
In the past, our Ziwei Sect's Puppet Arts were renowned across the entire Primordial Continent, our prestige even echoing through the three thousand Small Worlds. Today's battle is nothing special.
Sect Leader Liu, I have a batch of Law Crystals here. Immediately dispatch men to procure large quantities of artifact refining materials so Elder Ning can craft even more puppets."
Ye Yunfei retrieved a few spatial rings and handed them to Sect Leader Liu.
"Good! I'll dispatch men immediately!" Sect Leader Liu's spirit lifted. He had witnessed the power of these puppets firsthand; the greater their numbers, the stronger Ziwei Sect would become!
Not long after, news of the events at Ziwei Sect began to spread throughout the Eastern Barrens.
"What? That long-fallen little sect actually possesses such terrifying power?" Countless martial artists were stunned, unable to believe it.
"Truly worthy of a legacy founded by an emperor! As the saying goes, even a rotten boat has three jin of nails. We underestimated Ziwei Sect before!" Many martial artists sighed in admiration.
"Issue the order! From this moment forward, any encounter with members of Ziwei Sect must be handled with caution. Do not provoke them casually!" The higher-ups of many factions immediately issued such commands.
Even forces as major as the Cangyan Sacred Sect, Beast Taming Sect, and Zhao Family had suffered setbacks at Ziwei Sect; ordinary factions naturally didn't dare to provoke them.
It could be said that this battle held extremely profound significance for Ziwei Sect!
"Outrageous! Our Cangyan Sacred Sect members shall not die in vain! Immediately dispatch experts to eradicate Ziwei Sect!" A roar echoed from the Cangyan Sacred Sect headquarters.
"Hmph! Who would have thought that a mere, insignificant sect could cause our Zhao Family to suffer such a great loss! This matter will *not* be settled peacefully! Send men to Yan Country again, wipe out this petty sect! Let the world know our Zhao Family is not to be trifled with!" Inside the Zhao Family headquarters, Patriarch Zhao slammed the table and roared furiously upon receiving the news.
At the same time, the higher-ups of the Beast Taming Sect, the Gan Family, the Lü Family, and other factions were equally furious. A coalition formed from so many powerful factions attacking a minor sect—it was supposed to be a foregone conclusion! To think they would suffer such a miserable defeat!
It was completely unforgivable for these major powers!
Thus, the higher-ups of these factions reacted immediately, all preparing to dispatch forces once more to settle the score with Ziwei Sect!
Inside the Ziwei Sect headquarters.
"Su Fei, you're actually a Geomancer!"
Not long after Ye Yunfei returned to the headquarters, Ji Yue and Ji Yan found him. The two beauties stared at Ye Yunfei, their beautiful eyes full of astonishment.
They had been observing the entire previous battle and were utterly shocked by the strength and various methods Ye Yunfei had displayed.
"Correct, I am indeed a Geomancer," Ye Yunfei admitted directly.
"No wonder you seemed to have it all planned out before. So you possessed such capabilities," Ji Yan said.
"However, I must remind you. The Cangyan Sacred Sect, Beast Taming Sect, Zhao Family, and those other major factions will definitely not let this go. They are sure to send men again.
And don't think that just because you defeated them this time, the true power of these major factions is merely at this level. The ones they sent this time were not their true, powerful experts.
Next time, these major factions will undoubtedly dispatch their real powerhouses."
"I understand. In fact, my understanding of those factions is no less than yours," Ye Yunfei replied.
In his previous life, Ye Yunfei had roamed the Eastern Barrens for a time and was very familiar with its various factions.
"Don't worry. Actually, our Ziwei Sect hasn't yet mobilized its true strength either.
Our Ziwei Sect's heritage is ancient and profound. Our true, hidden strength is not much inferior to those major factions." Ye Yunfei smiled faintly.
"Our Ziwei Sect has even greater strength?" Ji Yue asked in pleasant surprise.
"Naturally.
Remember, our Ziwei Sect is not weak; it's just that our true potential hasn't been fully unearthed yet.
From this moment on, our Ziwei Sect will only grow stronger.
There will come a day when you take pride in being a disciple of Ziwei Sect."