"That will do for now."
Ye Yunfei stopped continuing to assail the higher realms.
"My spiritual power intensity is now approaching the early Mind Star Realm.
I can easily kill an ordinary early Mind Star Realm cultivator relying solely on my spiritual power and martial techniques."
Ye Yunfei felt the intensity of his spiritual power, thinking to himself.
"Brother Su, you are simply a monster! You managed to break through to the Peak Origin Creation Realm in one go!"
Situ Kong'er had also emerged from secluded cultivation at this point. Sensing Ye Yunfei's spiritual power realm, his eyes went wide with astonishment.
He had also succeeded in a breakthrough, though only advancing by a single minor stage.
"Not that fast. You know, the flow of time inside my spatial treasure is different from the outside world.
I've already cultivated for over two years inside this time. Going from late Hunyuan Realm to Peak Origin Creation Realm in just over two years—is that really quick?
It's just average."
Ye Yunfei chuckled.
"Alright, for a freak like you, it truly isn't fast.
But for others, your breakthrough speed is frighteningly quick."
Situ Kong'er curled his lip.
"Alright, Brother Situ, let's begin our moves."
Ye Yunfei said.
"Good."
Situ Kong'er nodded.
"Su Fei, the two of us want to go out with you to slay those members of the Demon Race as well!"
Rou'er brought her Young Lady before Ye Yunfei.
"Fine."
Ye Yunfei pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. These two women were of an unquiet nature; otherwise, they wouldn't have run away together from Longevity Palace to wander about outside.
Moreover, Ye Yunfei could see that the combat power of these two women was actually quite decent. They could handle ordinary members of the Demon Race.
Their previous miserable state while being chased was mainly due to encountering far too many Demons.
Then, Ye Yunfei brought Situ Kong'er, the azure-robed elder, as well as the young lady from Longevity Palace and Rou'er out from the Phantom Tower.
The azure-robed elder belonged to the Light Race. The Light Race cultivated light power and laws of light, possessing a natural restraint against all unorthodox and evil ways. Thus, Ye Yunfei had deliberately brought him along.
Following this, Ye Yunfei's group journeyed deeper into the Heaven Beyond Heaven, ceaselessly hunting the Demon Race forces they encountered.
Ye Yunfei's current spiritual power intensity was now equivalent to the early or even mid Mind Star Realm. Coupled with his array of techniques and martial skills, dealing with average-strength Demons had become very easy.
Moreover, the azure-robed elder demonstrated remarkably powerful combat prowess. His weapon was a bright, translucent cross that could easily cleave the bodies of those Demons in two.
In the process of hunting Demons, they harvested yet more medicinal herbs, crystal ores, and all sorts of natural treasures.
Because these cultivation resources were all suitable for human martial artists and held no use for the Demon Race, those Demons simply never collected such things.
At first, the Demon Race forces they encountered came in small bands. Gradually, however, the numbers they faced grew larger and larger.
Later on, every encounter was with massive groups, the smallest numbering several thousand!
These large Demon Race contingents were specifically heading out to encircle and kill the forces from various major factions of Central Divine Land that had broken into the Heaven Beyond Heaven.
Ye Yunfei discovered that the forces from Central Divine Land's major factions had already begun to team up, constantly converging, and had formed several large battle groups.
As they say, there is strength in numbers. Moreover, the forces these factions had brought into Heaven Beyond Heaven were all elites, and even included some top-level experts.
Now gathered together, their combat power was extremely formidable.
"That's odd. How come we haven't seen any people from your Longevity Palace?"
Ye Yunfei had been keeping an eye out for Longevity Palace personnel but hadn't found any.
"Tsk!
What are you looking for Longevity Palace people for? Are you in a hurry to send us two away?"
Rou'er said.
"You two young ladies, is it really good to keep following me? It's too dangerous; I can't take responsibility."
Ye Yunfei forced a wry smile.
He truly had such a thought.
"Who needs you to take responsibility?
It's not like we're not helping in battle.
Besides, if we return to those old coots in Longevity Palace, they'll have people keep strict watch over us; we won't be able to move a muscle.
By your side, we're free and unrestrained; we can fight these Demons and use it as a trial—much more exciting."
Rou'er curled her lip.
The young lady didn't speak, but she evidently tacitly agreed with Rou'er's words.
Through their interactions over these past few days, Ye Yunfei had learned this Longevity Palace young lady's name was Pan Wanjun.
"Hey, you two young ladies, don't tell me you intend to latch onto us for good."
Situ Kong'er chimed in from the side.
"None of your business! As long as Su Fei agrees to us following, that's enough!"
Rou'er glared at Situ Kong'er before answering.
"Brother Situ, I have an idea. I plan to set up a large formation to attract as many Demons as possible. Then we'll use the formation to trap them before proceeding to hunt them down. That way, we won't need to run around everywhere searching for Demons."
Ye Yunfei thought it over, then spoke up.
"Brother Su, against so many Demons, will we be able to handle it?"
Situ Kong'er was startled.
"No need to fear. When the time comes, I'll set up more restraining arrays and illusion arrays to separate and bewilder those Demons. They'll be easier to handle then."
Ye Yunfei replied.
"Alright then, Brother Su. If you're confident, do it.
It would indeed be good not to have to run around."
Situ Kong'er answered.
Next, Ye Yunfei found a vast grassland area that was well-suited for setting up formations.
Ye Yunfei dove underground and laid down a massive earth formation, transforming this grassland into a large perilous ground.
At the same time, he had Hu Miao come out. The two worked together, setting up numerous restraining arrays, illusion arrays, and a batch of offensive-type formations upon the ground.
The level of arrays a formation master can create is tied not only to their formation expertise but also to their own spiritual power cultivation realm and Soul Power intensity.
As his strength continuously increased, the power of the formations Ye Yunfei could set up now was far stronger than before.
"Alright, everyone. Next, we need to lure as many Demons here as possible. The more, the better."
Ye Yunfei gathered Situ Kong'er, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, the Ice Demon, the azure-robed elder, and the others, addressing them all.
After discussing for a while, they decided to split up and head out separately to attract Demons back to this grassland.
Pan Wanjun and Rou'er clung to him, insisting on going with Ye Yunfei. He had no choice but to take them both along as they headed out in one direction.
Not long after, the trio encountered a group of Demons, fully several hundred strong.
The three of them revealed themselves, immediately drawing pursuit from that Demon band.
The trio unleashed their movement techniques and ran back towards the direction of the grassland.
Ye Yunfei discovered that Pan Wanjun and Rou'er's movement speed was quite excellent, truly worthy of being true disciples of Longevity Palace, though Rou'er's spiritual power intensity was a bit lacking.
Ye Yunfei took out a bottle of high-grade elixirs specially for replenishing spiritual energy and handed it to Rou'er. After consuming them, she immediately felt her body brimming with vitality. She ran with vigorous and powerful movements, exclaiming excitedly about the thrill.
Soon after, Ye Yunfei's trio lured these several hundred Demons into the grassland.
Once these Demons entered the grassland's perimeter, restraining and illusion arrays promptly surrounded them one by one.
Quickly, Situ Kong'er, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, the Ice Demon, the azure-robed elder, and even the Golden Snake Six Gentlemen all came fleeing back, each leading a group of Demons, charging into the grassland.
Although the Golden Snake Six Gentlemen's current combat power wasn't strong, as members of the Golden Snake race, speed was their innate talent. Thus, Ye Yunfei had them temporarily stop cultivating and come out to help attract Demons.
For a time, over three thousand Demons gathered on this grassland. Demonic energy soared sky-high, and devilish roars shook heaven and earth. The place became thoroughly bustling.
"Rise, Formations!"
Ye Yunfei stamped his foot, fully activating the large earth formation underground. One Earth Dragon after another surged continuously from beneath the earth, their roars thundering, accompanied by billowing yellow earth-qi that spread like an ocean, completely enveloping this stretch of grassland.
The Demons realized things had taken a turn for the worse. But the myriad restraining and illusion arrays Ye Yunfei had set up beforehand made it impossible for them to flee for the time being.
"Kill!"
Ye Yunfei teleported over two thousand slaves out, leading everyone as they charged into the grassland. Assisted by the various formations, they began slaughtering Demons en masse.
After several hours, all three thousand-plus Demons had been slain.
Ye Yunfei harvested a massive quantity of Bloodline Essence and inner cores.
"Brother Su, have you gathered enough Bloodline Essence and inner cores that you need?"
Situ Kong'er asked between panting breaths, having fought until winded.
"Almost.
But there's no harm in having more. The more, the better.
Let's continue!"
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking.
Next, everyone dispersed once again, continuing to lure Demons back to this grassland to be hunted down.
Over two consecutive days, fully eight to nine thousand Demons were lured onto this grassland and subsequently slain.
On the third day, after Ye Yunfei had lured a small band of Demons and finished slaughtering them, they were resting.
Boom...
Suddenly, on the distant horizon, dust billowed and demonic energy shot towards the heavens. The entire heavens and earth began shaking violently as if being sifted like chaff.
"Brother Su, disaster! I've lured an army of fifty to sixty thousand Demons!"
Before Ye Yunfei could clearly see what was happening, Situ Kong'er appeared, shouting at him.
"No way."
Ye Yunfei looked at the tidal wave of Demon forces charging from afar, feeling somewhat speechless.
"Young Lord Su, what shall we do?
Among this Demon army, there are some rather powerful experts.
Fight, or not fight?"
The azure-robed elder stood by Ye Yunfei's side, watching the huge number of Demons, and couldn't help but frown as he asked.
"We fight. Kill as many as we can.
After all, the Bloodline Essence and inner cores I need are almost sufficient.
We'll harvest some more, and retreat when the time comes."
Ye Yunfei thought it over before answering.
Soon, the several tens of thousands of Demons were all lured onto the grassland. Ye Yunfei directly activated all the formations. Arrays rumbled into manifestation one after another, shrouding the entire grassland, trapping all the Demons.
This grassland was exceedingly vast; even with tens of thousands of Demons charging in, it didn't feel crowded.
Then, Ye Yunfei, Situ Kong'er, and the others began attacking the trapped Demons continuously with the aid of those arrays.
However, the number of Demons was simply too great. All crammed together, their defenses were very tight. Therefore, the battle proved somewhat perilous.
Moreover, among them were quite a few minor Demon chieftains, their combat power very formidable, leading the other Demons in a frenzied effort to break the formations, destroying quite a few arrays.
Ye Yunfei fought while reinforcing the formations.
After most of a day, Ye Yunfei and the others together had killed almost over ten thousand Demons.
At a certain moment.
Rumble...
Suddenly, the sky in the distance trembled violently.
Then, they saw a towering figure brimming with sky-soaring demonic energy sweep horizontally across the firmament, rolling forward.
"It's Lord Silver Heaven Demon Venerable!
Everyone, no need to panic! Lord Silver Heaven Demon Venerable has arrived!"
The minor Demon chieftains cheered in delight.
"The situation is dire!
A Demon expert has come! We retreat!"
Ye Yunfei hesitated not a whit, immediately sending a mental message to everyone.
Then, Ye Yunfei teleported everyone into the Phantom Tower, directly burrowed underground, and commanded an Earth Dragon to speed away.
"You human martial artists are quite bold! Daring to set up formations to deal with our Demon Race brethren! You deserve death!"
An enraged roar resounded, like the wrath of heaven descending, its terrifying momentum seemingly intent on overturning this stretch of the world.
Only, in the blink of an eye, Ye Yunfei was already far away.
"The number of Bloodline Essence and inner cores I've collected is already sufficient.
This time, I estimate I can break through several consecutive layers of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art!"
Ye Yunfei stood upon the head of the Earth Dragon, thinking to himself.
The reason he had persisted in ceaselessly hunting Demons during this period was precisely to gather enough Bloodline Essence and inner cores, striving to achieve multiple consecutive breakthroughs with the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art.
Somewhere underground, inside an underground cavern.
"Let's stay here."
Ye Yunfei commanded the Earth Dragon to this underground cavern.
Ye Yunfei brought out a massive precious cauldron, placing it before him.
"Finally, I can cultivate the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art once more!
This time, I'll be using the Bloodline Essence and inner cores from Demon Beasts and the Demon Race. I hope they'll bring me a pleasant surprise."
Ye Yunfei gazed at the cauldron before him, teeming with anticipation.
During this period, Ye Yunfei's party had slaughtered tens of thousands of Demon Beasts, and at minimum, over ten thousand Demons!
The quantity of Bloodline Essence and inner cores they had harvested was extremely plentiful!