At this moment, Ye Yunfei stood in mid-air, radiant light blossoming from his body. The aura he emitted seemed to dominate this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
"Brother Su, are you finished cultivating?" Situ Kong'er asked cautiously from a distance.
"Wait a moment. It's a pity to waste these remaining waters of the lake," Ye Yunfei said, his gaze falling on the leftover lake water as he spoke.
At this time, roughly one-fifth of the lake water remained. Earlier, Ye Yunfei's pill concoction had consumed three-fifths, while the cultivation of the others had used up about another fifth, leaving the final fifth.
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed, landing by the lakeside. Then he opened his mouth and inhaled.
Swoosh...
The remaining lake water transformed into a watery dragon that soared into the air, pouring backwards into Ye Yunfei's mouth.
"Brother Su, that lake water is incredibly potent! Be careful!" Situ Kong'er couldn't help but shout. Previously, each of them had refined just fifty drops of the water, proceeding with extreme caution and a gradual approach, afraid that absorbing too much energy at once would burst their bodies. Now, Ye Yunfei actually intended to drink the rest in one go — it was practically suicidal.
"Don't worry, this water can't harm me," Ye Yunfei laughed.
As soon as his words fell.
Boom...
Boundless energy erupted within Ye Yunfei's body. His form expanded rapidly like an inflating balloon.
Ye Yunfei immediately activated his Wood Emperor Body. His entire physique instantly turned azure, glittering and gleaming like a statue carved from sapphire jade.
Roar...
The eight Chaos God Meridians within his body were fully activated, devouring the lake water rushing into him like a whale swallowing the Yangtze River, an unending stream.
Chaos God Meridians were top-tier Divine Meridians of the world, capable of containing a sea of spiritual energy. This was why Ye Yunfei dared to directly devour so much lake water. Of course, his incredibly powerful physique was also a major reason.
At this moment, the various Great Dao laws engraved within the lake water transformed into numerous mysterious runes, integrating into every part of Ye Yunfei's body — his limbs and bones, each muscle, each bone, even every cell — making them shine with brilliant radiance.
As he devoured more and more of the lake water, the aura emanating from Ye Yunfei climbed rapidly once again, and it carried a sense of eternal, unshakable Dao Rhyme.
Boom...
Right now, the energy aura radiating from Ye Yunfei enveloped the entire heaven and earth, as if it could crush the heavens and intimidate the annals of time.
"So strong!" Situ Kong'er, the green-robed elder, and the others all trembled with fear.
"With my master's true identity, this level of power is nothing. One day, Master will stand at the peak of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. Only then will he be truly invincible!" Hu Miao thought to herself, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Yunfei.
"Su Fei is amazing!" Rou'er repeatedly clapped and cheered.
"He's about my age, but his strength is at least a hundred times greater than mine," Pan Wanjun's beautiful eyes were also locked on Ye Yunfei, her heart filled with admiration.
"Master is mighty!"
"Master is invincible!" The more than two thousand slaves shouted excitedly.
After about an hour.
Ye Yunfei finally finished devouring and refining all the lake water. He withdrew his imposing aura and took a step, landing before the group.
"Alright, let's continue forward and see if we can enter the second layer of this Formation," Ye Yunfei said to everyone.
"Alright!" Everyone was highly excited and hurried to follow Ye Yunfei.
The first layer had already yielded such astonishing gains. If they could enter the second layer, the harvest would definitely be even greater!
Soon after, Ye Yunfei led the group to the edge of the first layer of the Formation, standing at the boundary between the first and second layers.
Ye Yunfei stood before the second layer of the Formation, releasing his Soul Power to begin research and analysis.
The others waited nearby.
Boom!
Suddenly, the second layer of the Formation shook violently, erupting with a terrifyingly potent Formation energy. It rolled towards the group like the wrath of Heaven itself.
At that moment, everyone felt the breath of death!
"We retreat!" Ye Yunfei's expression changed slightly. His sleeve swept out, continuously enlarging, and scooped up everyone. He activated Spatial Teleportation, instantly retreating to a distant spot.
"Brother Su, what happened?" Situ Kong'er asked, still reeling from the sudden burst of Formation energy.
"The level of this Formation is even higher than I imagined. Moreover, the second layer is filled with lethal intent. For now, I am powerless to break it," Ye Yunfei sighed softly.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei was utterly shocked inside. From the time of his rebirth until now, this was the first Formation he had encountered that he couldn't crack.
Now, Ye Yunfei was certain that this large Formation in Heaven Beyond Heaven was definitely laid by an expert at the Heavenly Emperor level!
In fact, Ye Yunfei even suspected a little — could this Formation have been set here by an existence even stronger than a Heavenly Emperor? Because based on his recent analysis, Ye Yunfei discovered this Formation was simply too profound and mysterious!
"Which expert laid it here? Could this perhaps be a Divine Array?" The more Ye Yunfei thought, the more alarmed he became, suddenly having such a thought.
In his previous life, he had come into contact with several incomplete Divine Arrays and studied them deeply. But because they were incomplete, his gains were not significant.
"It doesn't seem much like a Divine Array. Regardless, I cannot crack this Formation for the time being," Ye Yunfei finally shook his head and thought to himself.
"Brother Su, even you can't break this Formation?" Situ Kong'er was extremely shocked to hear Ye Yunfei's words. In his mind, it seemed there wasn't a single Formation in all the world that Ye Yunfei couldn't crack!
"Given my current strength, I cannot break it for now. We must hurry and leave. We've just disturbed this Formation. We cannot stay here too long. If the Formation changes, it will be much harder for us to get out," Ye Yunfei said. Then he turned and walked toward the outside of the Formation.
Hearing this, the others wouldn't dare to linger. Each one followed closely in Ye Yunfei's footsteps, quickly heading for the Formation's exit.
A short while later, Ye Yunfei led everyone out of the Formation.
The area surrounding the Formation was everywhere densely packed with Demon Race troops.
"People have come out!" As soon as those demons saw Ye Yunfei's group, they immediately roared.
"Surround them! They absolutely cannot be allowed to escape!" Demon Race forces around the Formation surged like a tidal wave, instantly surrounding Ye Yunfei's group so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through.
Boom! Boom!
Over a dozen terrifying auras shot out from different tents.
Nineteen Demon Venerables arrived in the blink of an eye, each with ferocious features and intimidating presence.
"Brat, what did you obtain inside the Formation? Hand it all over! Everything within that Formation belongs to our Demon Race!" A demon with crimson eyes glared at Ye Yunfei and shouted harshly.