The Blood Clan Clone rushed over and completely devoured the Origin Essence Blood of the seven black-robed elders.
"Alright, let's head down."
Ye Yunfei stowed away his Blood Clan Clone and the three old corpses, then cast his gaze toward the swamp area and spoke.
"I'll lead the way!"
The green-robed elder's figure flashed as he dashed toward a specific location in the swamp. With a flick of his sleeve, he forcefully split open a crack in the ground and plunged down.
Ye Yunfei, Situ Kong'er, and the old corpse followed closely behind.
With their supernatural abilities, the group instantly parted the soil and arrived at a depth of several dozen meters underground.
There was a small subterranean palace here!
The surroundings of this subterranean palace were filled with numerous powerful Formations, tightly protecting it from all directions, making it impossible for outsiders to enter.
"These Formations are quite impressive."
Standing before the subterranean palace and looking at the arrays of Formations enveloping it, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but nod in approval.
"However, they can't trouble me."
Ye Yunfei sneered.
Next, Ye Yunfei released his Soul Power and began studying those Formations.
Even by Ye Yunfei's standards, these Formations were quite good, but his mastery of Formations was simply too high; there weren't many formations in the world that could stump him!
At the same time.
Elder Yin and Elder Qiu, along with their Corpse World contingent, were grandly making their way toward the location of the Number One Corpse Refining Grotto.
"We need to speed up. Things seem a bit off.
I just sent messages to the seven stewards guarding the Number One Corpse Refining Grotto, and none of them responded!
It's highly likely something has already happened at the Number One Corpse Refining Grotto!"
Elder Qiu's expression was somewhat grim as he spoke in a heavy voice.
"Dammit! Once I find out who's behind this, no matter their identity or background, I swear I won't let them off! They will pay a heavy price!"
Elder Yin was furious to the extreme, a furious roar rumbling from his throat.
Boom!
Elder Yin abruptly accelerated, shooting through space like a cannonball, rushing swiftly toward the direction of the Number One Corpse Refining Grotto.
These Corpse-Nourishing Lands, Corpse-Nourishing Pools, and Corpse Refining Grottoes in the outer regions of the Land of Life and Death were his painstaking work and the source of his pride.
Now that someone was wantonly destroying them, how could he not be enraged!
At this moment, underground, Ye Yunfei still stood before the subterranean palace, continuing his study of those Formations.
Not long after.
"Ready."
A smile suddenly appeared on Ye Yunfei's face as he spoke softly.
Ye Yunfei had already thoroughly analyzed all those Formations.
Now, these Formations were as good as nonexistent to Ye Yunfei.
"Let's go, let's go in and take a look."
Ye Yunfei said.
"Young Master Su, your skill with Formations is truly masterful!
Back in the day, in order to escape, I spent decades observing these Formations and still couldn't figure them out.
Later, I seized the moment when a weak individual from the Corpse World opened the Formations to enter and rushed out.
If I had possessed your level of mastery in Formations, I wouldn't have been imprisoned here for so long."
The green-robed elder couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The old corpse standing beside the green-robed elder also nodded.
"Oh?
Old friend, do you mean that time, right after I stepped out, you also rushed out behind me?
Did we escape at almost the same time?"
The green-robed elder said to the old corpse.
The old corpse nodded in response.
"Alright, let's go in."
Ye Yunfei said, taking the lead and walking into the subterranean palace.
Wherever Ye Yunfei went, those Formations automatically opened one by one.
Soon, they entered the palace.
Inside the subterranean palace, a piercing cold permeated the air. Thick black profound ice covered everything, and dense, fog-like black corpse qi made it hard to breathe. Sinister-looking corpse-path runes were carved all around, and eerie ghostly wails and wolf-howls echoed.
In the center of the subterranean palace, ten coffins were arranged in a pattern. The lids of two coffins were already open, revealing empty interiors.
The other eight coffins still had their lids on, and faint corpse qi energy emanated from within.
One could tell these coffins had been placed here for an extremely long time, filled with the vicissitudes of time.
"I used to lie in that coffin."
The green-robed elder appeared beside Ye Yunfei, pointing at one of the opened-lid coffins as he spoke to Ye Yunfei, feeling somewhat nostalgic.
At this time, that old corpse also emerged from the Phantom Tower, looking at another lidless coffin.
That coffin used to be his!
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power probed inside and discovered that each of the other eight coffins contained an old corpse. Each old corpse emitted a terrifying aura of energy.
Crack... Crack...
Suddenly, the lids of those eight coffins began to tremble.
The eight old corpses inside also seemed to stir.
"These old corpses can move!
We need to be careful."
Situ Kong'er was startled and spoke.
He had previously witnessed the terrifying combat prowess of these old corpses; dealing with ordinary Tribulation Birth Realm experts was no problem for them.
"What's the current state of these eight old corpses?
Do they possess consciousness?"
Ye Yunfei asked the green-robed elder.
"I can't say for sure.
Because the situations of these old corpses differ from each other.
Although I had died back then, there was actually a faint wisp of Remnant Soul deep within my physical body. Later, that wisp of Remnant Soul slowly regained awareness, so I developed consciousness quite early and gained the ability to move.
I believe this old friend here is similar to me.
Our strength before death must have been formidable, especially our Soul Bodies, which were certainly very powerful. That's why, even after being killed, we could still retain a tiny bit of remnant soul.
As for the state of these eight old corpses, I don't know."
The green-robed elder thought for a moment before answering.
"So that's how it is."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Master, let me come out and take a look."
At this moment, the Holy Son of the Flying Sky Yin Monkey race suddenly sent a voice transmission to Ye Yunfei.
"Alright.
You come out and take a look."
Ye Yunfei immediately transported the Holy Son out.
The old corpse standing beside the Flying Sky Yin Monkey took a step back upon seeing the Holy Son, showing signs of apprehension.
"What's going on?
We're all on the same side here."
Seeing this, Ye Yunfei found it strange and spoke.
"You might not know this.
Our Flying Sky Yin Monkey race belongs to the nobility of the Netherworld. We are naturally skilled in refining and controlling corpses; one could even say we are the natural bane of corpse-type beings.
Any corpse-type being will feel uncomfortable upon sensing our aura."
The Holy Son explained.
"I see."
Ye Yunfei understood.
Everything in the world checks and balances each other, sometimes in wonderfully intricate ways.
The Holy Son's figure flashed as he arrived before the eight coffins in the center of the subterranean palace, carefully sensing them.
"Master, among these eight old corpses, three have already developed some hazy awareness, but it's only a tiny bit, not yet clear consciousness.
The other five have not yet developed awareness.
Furthermore, these eight old corpses have actually already been refined, it's just that no master has performed soul-seeding on them.
Once soul-seeding is done, they can be controlled to fight."
After studying the eight old corpses for a moment, the Holy Son turned and reported to Ye Yunfei.