Ye Yunfei immediately had Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm act, unleashing spatial energy to seal off this entire stretch of space.
Thanks to the combined efforts of Ye Yunfei, Hun Lao, and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, the violently churning energies between heaven and earth in this area began to gradually calm down after just a short while.
Huang Shang remained seated cross-legged in mid-air, continuously reciting ancient incantations. These chants possessed a strange power, especially a wondrous communicative effect on Soul Bodies.
Countless fierce ghosts and malevolent spirits roamed through this stretch of heaven and earth. Controlled by Huang Shang, they were searching for the consciousness, memories, and other elements that Elder Hu and Ji Yue had lost.
Looking out, the sky was thick with churning ghostly mists, heavy with spectral shadows. Ghastly howls and wails filled the air as eerie incantations echoed back and forth, making it seem as if the place had transformed into a haunt of demons!
"Elder Huang's Ghost Cultivator techniques have grown increasingly refined," Ye Yunfei couldn't help but remark with a nod.
Approximately half an hour later.
"Souls, return!" Huang Shang suddenly let out a loud shout, pointing a finger.
Ye Yunfei saw several faint glimmers of consciousness drifting over from the distance, then rushing into that eerie green ancient lamp.
"We've finally managed to gather some consciousness energy! It could belong to Elder Hu, or possibly Miss Ji Yue! This is a good start," Huang Shang said to Ye Yunfei.
"Indeed," Ye Yunfei nodded, silently praying in his heart.
Following that, Huang Shang continued the ritual, summoning the spirits. Such spirit-summoning matters were the forte of Ghost Cultivators.
"My presence here will likely be discovered by the Tianyou Tomb before long," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Yunfei's figure moved, darting underground and disappearing.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, one day passed.
Simultaneously, numerous airships stealthily made their way toward Ye Yunfei's location.
Inside these airships sat masked figures clad in black robes!
They were all Tianyou Tomb assassins!
Soon after Ye Yunfei returned to the site of the previous battle, the Tianyou Tomb's scouts had learned of it!
"How is it progressing?" Unconsciously, another day and a bit passed. By now, Ye Yunfei had already emerged from underground and was standing to the side watching. He couldn't help but ask Huang Shang.
"The situation is good. We have summoned back the majority of Miss Ji Yue and Elder Hu's souls. Just the last fragments remain. Wait another small half-hour and it will be complete," Huang Shang replied.
"That's good," Ye Yunfei nodded.
After waiting a little longer.
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei's expression changed as his gaze swept toward the distant horizon.
Numerous airships cut through the sky, their passage shaking the heavens.
"Not good! The Tianyou Tomb people have indeed come again! These guys really are as persistent as lingering spirits," Ye Yunfei's face darkened.
"Elder Huang, focus on performing the soul-summoning ritual. I'll deal with them," Ye Yunfei said to Huang Shang.
"Alright, I'll complete the ritual soon," Huang Shang nodded.
At this moment, those airships had already stopped in the distant high sky.
One dark figure after another emerged from the airships, then vanished into space, disappearing from sight.
"Come on, then." Ye Yunfei waved his hand, and five spirit swords shot out, swirling around his body, rising and falling as they spat out sharp sword rays.
Eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys appeared behind Ye Yunfei, emanating a cold, evil aura.
His Blood Clan Clone also stood beside Ye Yunfei, holding a blood knife whose shape continuously morphed in its hand.
Ye Yunfei had long foreseen that if he stayed here for over a day, the Tianyou Tomb assassins would inevitably make a comeback.
He had once considered sending a message to summon the Tianxuan Army here to face these Tianyou Tomb forces together. However, the Tianyou Tomb's forces were too powerful. The strongest experts in the Tianxuan Army were only at the Hunyuan realm, and their numbers were few. Having the Tianxuan Army engage the Tianyou Tomb forces under such circumstances would inevitably lead to extremely heavy casualties. Thus, Ye Yunfei chose to face them alone.
After a short while.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Masked men in black kept appearing in the surrounding space, tightly encircling Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang.
There were at least three to four hundred of them!
"Experts from the Corpse World have also come." Ye Yunfei spotted some people exuding dense corpse aura who weren't wearing masks. He knew they were undoubtedly forces from the Corpse World.
"What is that fellow doing?" Those from the Tianyou Tomb and Corpse World who had just arrived all noticed Huang Shang, feeling somewhat puzzled.
"That fellow appears to be a legendary Ghost Cultivator! Truly unexpected that there are Ghost Cultivators in the Eastern Barrens as well!" A Corpse World expert said coldly, his gaze fixed on Huang Shang.
"Sir, are you perhaps performing a soul summons?" that Corpse World expert asked again.
Huang Shang simply ignored him, concentrating wholeheartedly on performing the soul-summoning ritual.
"Sir, Ghost Cultivators within the Three Thousand Worlds have always been on good terms with the Underworld. Our Corpse World has close relations with the Underworld. Strictly speaking, you Ghost Cultivators and our Corpse World are on the same side. Why then are you together with Su Fei? Su Fei is an enemy of our Corpse World." Seeing Huang Shang ignore him, that Corpse World expert's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
"Piss off!" Huang Shang grew somewhat impatient.
"You..." that Corpse World expert flew into a rage.
"Let's move." At this moment, a black-clad assassin suddenly spoke in a low voice.
Ye Yunfei noticed this black-clad assassin was an expert at the Origin Creation Realm, and one of the three Creation Origin assassins he had fought earlier!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the command of this Creation Origin assassin, all the assassins began to turn invisible.
Meanwhile, the experts from the Corpse World all moved, charging toward Ye Yunfei.
To deal with Ye Yunfei this time, both the Tianyou Tomb and the Corpse World had dispatched large numbers of experts. Even the weakest among them were at the Dao Comprehension realm!
"Elder Huang, how much more time do you need?" Seeing this situation, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but frown as he asked.
"Approximately the time it takes for one incense stick to burn," Huang Shang replied.
"Alright. I'll hold them off for that long." Ye Yunfei nodded.
As soon as the words left his mouth, a yellow disc flew out, erupting with billowing yellow radiance.
Foot Measuring Dish!
Boom...
With the emergence of the Foot Measuring Dish, the earth energy of this vast land was instantly channeled. Surging powerfully from underground, this stretch of heaven and earth was instantly flooded with boundless yellow earth energy.
Next, an ancient-looking long whip appeared in Ye Yunfei's hand.
Dragon Chaser Whip!
Ye Yunfei swung the Dragon Chaser Whip.
Boom...
One earth dragon after another surged continuously from underground. In the blink of an eye, they formed a large-scale Earth Formation. Seen from afar, it resembled a massive grinding disc slowly rotating, releasing an utterly terrifying energy.
As his cultivation realm continuously improved, Ye Yunfei's mastery of Geomancy Studies had also steadily increased, and the Earth Formations he deployed now boasted greatly augmented power!
The earth dragons were seen cooperating with each other, connected head to tail, tightly protecting the area where Huang Shang and Ye Yunfei were.
"This Earth Formation alone can hold out for a short while," Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
"Tianyou Tomb, Corpse World... One day, I will personally annihilate these two factions." Ye Yunfei swept his gaze over the forces of the Corpse World and the Tianyou Tomb.