At that moment, the elder's palm was already blotting out the sky as it descended, seemingly about to crush Ji Yue into pulp.
The members of the Ji Family watched with eyes bloodshot with fury, but they lacked the strength to save anyone.
Just as everyone believed Ji Yue was doomed...
BOOM!
High in the sky, a colossal foot abruptly appeared, descending with a terrifying force.
With that single step, the sky shook and earth trembled; wind and clouds churned as a vast hurricane of energy filled the heavens and earth.
"Who is it?!"
The elder paled in fright, immediately abandoning his intent to kill Ji Yue and retreating with all his might.
The pressure from that enormous foot was far too great!
However, just as he tried to dodge away, a small sword emanating a frightening aura of Soul Power and several hundred bizarre threads simultaneously invaded his soul sea, launching a combined assault against his Soul Body.
Shocked and enraged, the elder's body froze for an instant, an excruciating pain splitting his skull. He couldn't help but let out a miserable shriek.
BOOM!
The gigantic foot stomped down from the heavens, crushing the elder deep into the ground, leaving behind a massive footprint-shaped crater.
At the bottom of the deep pit, the elder had already been stomped into a pulpy mess of flesh and blood.
"What just happened?"
Everyone was stunned.
While those from the Central Divine Land were astonished, a chilling dread also crept up their spines.
A Mind Star Realm expert had just been stepped to death!
Ji Yue, who had closed her eyes awaiting death, immediately opened them upon sensing the change. She saw the huge footprint crater in front of her and the elder reduced to meat paste at its bottom, leaving her utterly dumbfounded.
"Senior Sister Ji Yue, are you alright?"
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei appeared beside Ji Yue, asking with a smile.
"Su Fei? How can you be here?"
Ji Yue wondered if her eyes were deceiving her.
"It's Su Fei!
He came to save our Ji Family!"
The higher-ups of the Ji Family finally reacted, trembling with excitement.
Seeing Ye Yunfei, the Ji Family elders suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of reassurance.
"I came back to the Eastern Barrens, and thought I'd drop by to see you.
Since this fellow dared to be rude to you, Senior Sister Ji Yue, I casually stepped on him," Ye Yunfei said, smiling.
"That person... was killed by you?" Ji Yue asked, stunned.
"By me," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Su Fei! It's you!
You actually came out of the Heaven Beyond Heaven and returned to the Eastern Barrens!"
By then, the people from the Central Divine Land had finally recognized Ye Yunfei, all very surprised. An old man in black pointed at Ye Yunfei and shouted.
This old man in black was also an expert at the Mind Star Realm. There had been two Mind Star Realm experts in total sent to deal with the Ji Family. The first one had just been killed by Ye Yunfei, leaving this one.
"That's right. I'm back.
Back to take your lives." Ye Yunfei answered coldly.
BOOM!
The Blood Clan Clone appeared, erupting with a billowing bloody mist that rapidly expanded, instantly enveloping a vast area.
All the forces from the Central Divine Land felt their blood begin to boil, their bodies growing limp.
The Blood Clan Clone, gripping a blood-red long saber, charged forward, unleashing a massacre.
The old man in black, an expert from the Corpse World, was cleaved in two by the Blood Clan Clone after just a few exchanges.
Seeing the old man in black killed, the rest of the Central Divine Land forces were terrified. Who would dare to fight now? They all turned tail and fled.
But the Blood Clan Clone unleashed its Blood Control Divine Ability, making everyone's bodies go weak and sapping their strength. They simply couldn't escape fast enough. With astonishing speed, the Blood Clan Clone chased them all down and slaughtered them. Not a single one escaped.
"We offer our deepest gratitude to Young Master Su for saving our lives!"
The Ji Family Head led all the clan members in bowing and expressing their thanks to Ye Yunfei.
"No need for such formalities, Family Head. This time, your Ji Family suffered because of me. I will make it up to you in the future," Ye Yunfei replied.
Hearing this, the spirits of the Ji Family higher-ups rose.
Just moments ago, they had all witnessed Ye Yunfei stomping a Mind Star Realm expert to death. His Clone was even more terrifying, annihilating all the Central Divine Land forces in moments. The power he had displayed was both awe-inspiring and fearsome!
Having such a strong individual as their backer, the Ji Family might encounter tremendous opportunities for development in the future!
"Su Fei, thank you.
You saved me once again."
Ji Yue's beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Yunfei as she spoke with deep affection.
She had been certain of her doom this time, never expecting Ye Yunfei to descend like a divine blade in the nick of time to save her, and with thunderous momentum slaughter all the enemies. Her heart was profoundly shaken.
Not long ago, when her Soul Body was injured, Ye Yunfei had stayed by her side, personally taking her to the Land of Life and Death in the Central Divine Land to find a Soul Lotus and heal her Soul Body.
Now, he had saved her again at a critical moment.
In Ji Yue's heart, Ye Yunfei was her lifesaving hero. Whenever she fell into crisis and needed help the most, Ye Yunfei would appear just in time, a dominant savior!
Every girl harbors a peerless hero in her heart!
Ji Yue realized she had found the peerless hero of her own heart.
Right then, the look Ji Yue directed at Ye Yunfei was soft as water.
"Senior Sister Ji Yue, the Ji Family's crisis is resolved. I must head to Zidan Valley now."
Ye Yunfei hurriedly bid farewell to Ji Yue, gave a few instructions, then took out his green flying boat and headed towards Zidan Valley.
"Ji Yue, Young Master Su is a true dragon amongst men. It won't be long before his name shakes the entire continent. You have to seize the opportunity," Ji Yue's father walked over and said to her.
"I always feel there is an invisible barrier between him and me," Ji Yue gazed in the direction Ye Yunfei had left and said softly, a trace of confusion in her eyes.
"This invisible barrier exists because you haven't clarified things with him!
Just talk to him directly, and the barrier will vanish.
When you meet someone you like, you need to be braver," Ji Yue's father advised.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei arrived at the headquarters of Zidan Valley.
Zidan Valley had long been occupied by forces from the Central Divine Land, all its members under control.
However, since all members of Zidan Valley were alchemists, those from the Central Divine Land hadn't killed them. Instead, they intended to take them back to the Central Divine Land to be imprisoned and forced to concoct pills.
As Zidan Valley's strength was relatively weak, only one expert at the early Mind Star Realm had been dispatched with troops to deal with the Valley.
Upon arriving, Ye Yunfei didn't waste words. He directly sent his Blood Clan Clone charging forward, unleashing another massacre and killing everyone.
"Now, only the Great Thunderclap Monastery remains."
After giving some instructions to Zidan Valley's higher-ups, Ye Yunfei immediately set off for the Great Thunderclap Monastery.
"The Demon Race has their Patriarch presiding; they won't have any issues.
Those fools actually dared to provoke the Demon Race in the Eastern Barrens. They're simply courting death," Ye Yunfei sneered coldly inside the green flying boat.
The Demon Race Patriarch originated from the Demon World, originally a top-tier great demon there. After encountering a calamity, he came to the Eastern Barrens of the Primordial Continent, lying low here to recuperate.
In the entire Primordial Continent, probably only Ye Yunfei and the Palace Master of the Heavenly God Palace knew that the true main body of the Eastern Barrens' Demon Race Patriarch had always been slumbering beneath a palace in the Sky Demon Forest, never once taking a single step outside.
Even the Palace Master of the Heavenly God Palace was unwilling to provoke the Demon Race Patriarch's true main body. One could imagine just how powerful it was!
Besides that true main body, the Demon Race Patriarch had used a secret technique to condense a new main body.
This new main body acted as the Demon Race Patriarch's avatar in the outside world.
This time, if those forces from the Central Divine Land dared to charge into the Sky Demon Forest, their fate would undoubtedly be tragic!