Ye Yunfei remained silent, his bloodshot eyes fixed intently on the three assassins.
"We have arrived in the space beside them. We can make our move at any time now," Hun Lao's voice transmitted sounded in Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea at that moment.
"Now!" Ye Yunfei, who had been waiting for this moment, said without hesitation.
Boom!
Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm simultaneously appeared behind the three assassins, unleashing their spatial energy to seal the surrounding space.
Both the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and Hun Lao were masters of spatial energy, and the spatial force they released instantly encased this patch of heaven and earth, solidifying it like a slab of iron.
"Trouble! So this kid was stalling for time trying to rescue them! Kill the two hostages!" one of the assassins exclaimed, his expression changing slightly.
The other two assassins immediately made their moves, each flicking a sleeve towards Ji Yue and Elder Hu's bodies.
Rumble…
A terrifying pressure of energy instantly enveloped Ji Yue and Elder Hu.
"Su Fei, avenge me! And tell my parents… tell them not to grieve!" Ji Yue, sensing an overwhelming aura of death, mustered all her strength and shouted at Ye Yunfei.
Boom! Boom!
The assassins' sleeves were lashing towards Ji Yue and Elder Hu.
The power of a Origin Creation Realm expert was truly dreadful. Even before the assassins' sleeves made physical contact, the two hostages felt their bodies beginning to disintegrate. Cracks instantly spider-webbed across their forms, their internal organs started to break down, and even their Soul Bodies began to crumble. The strength of these two Origin Creation Realm assassins was far too immense.
Though the space had been sealed by the spatial energy released by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and Hun Lao, they still retained the ability to move! The spatial confinement merely slowed their actions and weakened the energy they could unleash.
"Stop!" Ye Yunfei roared.
For this roar, Ye Yunfei employed the Mad Lion Clan's Lion's Roar Technique. Endless, savage sound waves poured into the three assassins' ears like a tempestuous ocean, making them feel as if the heavens and earth were pounding like maddened drums.
Boom…
The Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul erupted completely, holding nothing back anymore. Majestic waves of Soul Power energy, like the wrath of Heaven itself, bore down upon the three assassins.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four massive golden spheres shot forth from Ye Yunfei's dantian, accompanied by rolling thunder, saturating the entire area.
Four Suns in the Thunder Abyss!
Whoosh…
A massive circular wheel rose from behind Ye Yunfei. Then, nine enormous, ancient divine beasts strode forth from within it, roaring in unison, unleashing a monstrous tide of bestial might, as if emerging from prehistoric myth.
Boom! Boom! Boom…
Over a thousand magical artifacts surged out simultaneously, densely packing the space, all activated at once, releasing a crushing, sky-filling pressure.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei had deployed almost every trick in his arsenal. The energy pressure he generated was utterly terrifying. The heavens and earth were filled with all manner of energies, chaotically churning and howling, like a cauldron of boiling water reaching a furious, complete frenzy.
"How is this possible?" The three assassins were aghast. They felt as if an infinite ocean of energy had flooded the space they occupied, vast waves of power surging and crushing around them, terrifying them to their core.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei unleashed the Heavenly Soul Sword and Puppet Soul Threads with all his might, attacking the Soul Seas of the three assassins.
His Blood Clan Clone also charged forward, employing its Blood Control Divine Ability to establish a connection with the blood within the three assassins' bodies.
Under the barrage of Ye Yunfei's various techniques, the movements of the three assassins slowed considerably.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei employed Spatial Teleportation and shot towards the assassins' position.
"He wants to save the hostages. We won't let him! Kill those two hostages with all you have!" one assassin bellowed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three assassins actually ignited their Origin Essence Blood simultaneously, flames leaping from within their bodies.
Their auras instantly skyrocketed!
Burning Origin Essence Blood was a temporary, forced power-boosting method available to all martial artists. Though far inferior to forbidden secret arts like the Origin Essence Blood Dissolution Great Art, it still had its uses. After all, Origin Creation Realm experts were already immensely powerful; combined with burning Origin Essence Blood, the energy they could unleash was terrifying!
Thud! Thud!
The sleeves of the two assassins simultaneously lashed against the bodies of Ji Yue and Elder Hu.
Pfft! Pfft!
Their bodies, already covered in horrifying cracks, couldn't withstand such a devastating blow. They instantly disintegrated.
"NO!"
At that very moment, Ye Yunfei arrived, appearing right in front of the three assassins. Witnessing this scene, he couldn't suppress a furious, heart-wrenching roar.
"Time, reverse for me!"
Ye Yunfei frantically unleashed the Time Reversal Art.
Boom…
The flow of time in this space was forcefully reversed. The trajectories of everything began to rewind.
Under Ye Yunfei's full-powered exertion, time was forcibly turned back by a full three breaths!
And to ensure the reversal succeeded, Ye Yunfei did not hesitate to expend a portion of his lifespan. Instantly, half his hair turned white.
Ye Yunfei's gaze remained fixed on the spot where Ji Yue and Elder Hu's bodies had exploded. Finally, he saw it—two clouds of blood mist were rapidly coalescing, reconstituting. Then, the bodies of Ji Yue and Elder Hu reappeared before his eyes.
"How can this be? Has time flowed backward?"
The three assassins were struck dumb, standing there stunned, utterly unable to believe what was happening before them. After all, a technique that reversed time was miraculous even for Origin Creation Realm experts.
"Excellent!"
Ye Yunfei, gripping his longsword, swung it towards the two assassins.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Two beams of sword light manifested, erupting with oceanic torrents of sword energy as they slashed towards the assassins. Wherever the sword beams passed, space was cleaved open, leaving behind two dark, gaping spatial rifts.
"You think you can save them?"
The three Origin Creation Realm assassins seemed to have also thrown caution to the wind, roaring in unison. They gripped three pitch-black sickles and swung them forward to block.
However, under the suppression of the various terrifying energies, especially the pressure from the Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul, their movements were considerably slower.
Clang! Clang…
Driven by Ye Yunfei, the over thousand magical artifacts continuously collided with the three sickles, ultimately shattering them.
Ye Yunfei's right hand shot out, constantly enlarging, and in an instant snatched the bodies of Ji Yue and Elder Hu into his palm, teleporting them into the Shadow Pagoda.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei took a step forward, closing the distance to the three assassins. He was within arm's reach, almost standing face-to-face with them.
"Kid, you're courting death!"
Startled and furious, the three assassins each drew three pitch-black longswords and thrust them towards Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei did not dodge or evade. With both hands grabbing in succession, he seized each hostage controlled by the assassins.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The three black longswords simultaneously pierced Ye Yunfei's body.
Disregarding this completely, Ye Yunfei wildly threw a chain of punches with his right fist towards one assassin, forcing him to retreat step by step.
That particular assassin controlled a black, three-story pagoda. This pagoda was a spatial artifact. Ye Yunfei knew that this Three-story Pagoda likely contained captured members of the Ziwei Sect.
Ye Yunfei reached out with a grab, unleashing the Artifact Control Technique. A series of special talismanic script burst from his palm, flooding towards the pagoda.
The Artifact Control Technique had another marvelous use—it could be employed to seize an opponent's artifact, instantly severing their connection to it.
The assassin could never have imagined such a wondrous secret technique existed in the world. Caught off guard, the three-story pagoda shot forward, landing in Ye Yunfei's palm.
"Die, kid!"
The three assassins roared together. At this moment, their longswords were still embedded in Ye Yunfei's body. With a fierce vibration…
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Three dull thuds erupted from within Ye Yunfei's body. The terrifying energy instantly inflicted severe injuries. Blood trickled from all seven orifices of his head.
Ye Yunfei rapidly retreated, freeing himself from the three longswords. Then, turning around, he took a single step, traversing deep into the fabric of space and vanishing.
"How is this possible? Even this didn't kill him? This kid's physical constitution is too frightening. He's practically a monster!"
The three assassins simply couldn't believe it. They were Origin Creation Realm experts! They had clearly stabbed him, yet they failed to kill him!