Ye Yunfei charged upward, stepping left, then right, each footfall landing precisely on the critical nodes of the Formations. Those continuously emerging Formations were utterly incapable of halting his advance.
By this time, the defensive experts and troops surrounding the mountain peak had realized something was wrong, all charging towards him.
A huge host of Corpse World members also swarmed out from the mountain peak.
This Nine Prisons Corpse Mountain was the Corpse World's crucial corpse-refining location, one of its most important assets, and was therefore extremely heavily guarded, with a large contingent of experts and troops stationed here year-round.
At this moment, enemies rushed to assault Ye Yunfei from every direction—heaven above and earth below—filling the entire sky with furious curses, blasts of energy, and the sounds of bodies tearing through the air, causing this patch of heaven and earth to completely boil over.
Ye Yunfei paid them no mind, racing at full speed up the mountain, killing everyone in his path without mercy.
"You dare trespass on our Corpse World's vital ground! Die!"
A burly man with disheveled hair, bare-chested and covered in zombie totem tattoos, charged forward, throwing a fist directly at Ye Yunfei.
*Boom!*
His fist blazed with searing black corpse-fire, harboring terrifying fire poison and Yin-Death energy. Once scorched by it, not only one's flesh, but even the Soul Body would be poisoned.
This was one of the Corpse World's inherited martial skills, called Corpse Flame Fist—it contained tremendous force and deadly poison, simultaneously attacking both body and Soul Body, making it exceedingly difficult to defend against.
*Hong!*
Ye Yunfei countered with a punch of his own, its surging fist force instantly extinguishing the corpse-fire on the big man's fist, then smashing the man into a mist of blood.
When force was great enough, it could crush all technique. When strength reached a certain level, it could annihilate everything!
"Kill him!"
At that moment, a large group of Corpse World personnel arrived, all shouting as they assaulted Ye Yunfei.
"Very well, I'll slaughter them all!"
Ye Yunfei knew he was exposed. Soon, waves of Corpse World experts would surge in. If he didn't rush now to ascend the mountain and rescue Lü Dandan, the longer he delayed, the harder the rescue would become.
*Dong!*
Ye Yunfei took a step, and the surrounding energy and laws of heaven and earth rapidly converged, applying under his feet, making his steps incredibly heavy, like a primordial behemoth of antiquity treading the earth, shaking the skies.
This was a phenomenon of the Borrow Heaven Nine Burial Fists—Nine Steps Chasing the Soul!
As Ye Yunfei's foot landed, the hearts of all the Corpse World personnel around him violently convulsed, their bodies turning weak and feeble.
Almost half of those with weaker strength collapsed onto the spot.
*Dong… Dong… Dong…*
Ye Yunfei took nine consecutive steps. With each step, the hearts of the Corpse World members rushing in shuddered fiercely, as if struck by horrific blows. Blood flowed simultaneously from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.
Their Soul Bodies also shook and swayed, as if under some terrible summoning.
*Pu! Pu! Pu!*
After nine steps, a huge swath of Corpse World troops had their hearts and Soul Bodies simultaneously shattered, scattering their spirits, their bodies going limp and collapsing as life left them.
Thus, employing the Nine Steps Chasing the Soul footwork, wherever Ye Yunfei passed, batches of Corpse World personnel fell one after another, like reaped straw.
"What kind of sinister sorcery is this?!"
The Corpse World experts charging from afar paled with terror.
"Those who block me will die!"
Fueled by the carnage, Ye Yunfei let out a great roar, unleashing his physical strength to bull forward recklessly.
The Corpse World forces blocking his path were directly smashed apart by his body.
A physical strength of two hundred sixty drake-units could not be withstood even by Mind Star Realm experts.
Ordinary Corpse World troops stood no chance—almost anyone who touched him died instantly!
In the blink of an eye, Ye Yunfei carved a bloody path through the enemy, dashing up the mountain at a terrifying speed.
"Brat, accept your death!"
Suddenly, three old men arrived simultaneously and attacked.
The first reached out, his hand forming a claw that emanated roiling black death energy, rapidly enlarging as it struck towards Ye Yunfei.
The second summoned a small black bell that instantly transformed into a giant bell, inside which loud clanging noises resonated as rings of black sound waves swiftly spread towards Ye Yunfei.
The third old man pulled out five black corpse bags and tossed them into the air. Five ancient corpses radiating terrifying corpse energy appeared, brandishing sharp black corpse claws as they surrounded Ye Yunfei.
All three old men were at the early-stage Mind Star Realm!
*Hong!*
Ye Yunfei punched, unleashing fist force from the Borrow Heaven Nine Burial Fists, clashing with the first old man's huge black claw.
*Pu!*
The enormous black claw was as fragile as tofu, incapable of resisting. It exploded directly, and Ye Yunfei's fist continued forward, landing on the old man's chest and pulverizing the upper half of his body.
*Dang!*
At almost the same moment, Ye Yunfei struck with his other fist, unleashing his physical strength, his entire fist erupting with surges of golden light as he collided head-on with the huge black bell, actually causing the great bell to explode.
Then, a black long blade appeared in Ye Yunfei's hand, and he slashed at the five ancient corpses.
*Whoosh…*
Rolling currents of corpse energy and corpse laws from heaven and earth converged, rushing into the Netherworld Yin Blade like vast rivers.
This Nine Prisons Corpse Mountain was the location with the densest corpse energy in the entire Corpse World!
*Hong…*
A huge figure manifested from within the Netherworld Yin Blade, emitting a terrifying pressure that instantly solidified a large area of the surrounding sky and earth.
The Nether King!
The Nether King reached out and grasped the Netherworld Yin Blade, sweeping it sideways in a wide slash.
*Peng! Peng! Peng…*
The five charging ancient corpses were knocked flying, crashing to the ground in the distance.
"Aaaargh!"
The old man who released the five corpses was sliced in half by the Nether King's blade, letting out a shrill scream.
Three early-stage Mind Star Realm experts—all instantly annihilated!
The Blood Clan Clone appeared and devoured the origin blood of these three Mind Star Realm experts.
*Hiss!*
This scene caused every single member of the Corpse World present to gasp in horror.
"Report immediately to the World Master and the thirteen High Elders! A fearsome foe is attacking the Nine Prisons Corpse Mountain!"
An old man roared.
The Nine Prisons Corpse Mountain was far too important to the Corpse World to risk any loss!
"Quickly, release all the ancient corpses and Corpse Soldiers! Block him!"
Another old man yelled.
In the next moment, dense, countless Corpse Soldiers surged out from the Nine Prisons Corpse Mountain, charging toward Ye Yunfei like dark tidal waves.
Among them were also many ancient corpses emitting dreadful auras, each as hard as iron and possessing immense strength. They instantly tore through space, closing in on Ye Yunfei.
"Those who block me will die!"
Ye Yunfei also knew time was short. Corpse World experts would soon swarm in, so he unleashed an angry roar.
*Honglonglong…*
Six enormous golden spheres rose up, releasing terrifying energy pressure.
This was the Six Suns Samsara phenomenon!
*Hong…*
The Blood Clan Clone, gripping a crimson long blade, charged forward to clear the way.
The towering Nether King brandished the Netherworld Yin Blade, striking from a high position down at the Corpse Soldiers ahead.
*Whoosh…*
The Netherworld Yin Blade erupted with a dreadful suction force, beginning to devour the corpse energy within the Corpse Soldiers.
*Hong…*
Ye Yunfei shook his physical body. All his bones, muscles, skin, even pores began to turn golden, as if forged from gold.
In that moment, Ye Yunfei's entire body was encased in the Verdant Way True Gold.
*Hong…*
Ye Yunfei executed the Nine Steps Chasing the Soul footwork, ignoring everything, increasing his speed again as he charged upward.
This time, Ye Yunfei disregarded any incoming attacks, neither dodging nor avoiding them, simply relying on his astonishing physical strength to ram forward.
The six huge golden spheres, the Blood Clan Clone, and the Nether King all clustered around Ye Yunfei's body, erupting with combat power that had reached an extreme.
He truly slaughtered deities if they blocked him, slaughtered Buddhas if they stood in his way!
Then, like a meat grinder, Ye Yunfei charged upwards. Wherever he passed, any Corpse World forces in front of him were instantly cleared, leaving behind a blood-soaked trail of staggering carnage.
Successively, six or seven Mind Star Realm experts attempted to close in on Ye Yunfei, but the Blood Clan Clone dispatched them one by one with its blade.
Throughout this process, numerous attacks landed on Ye Yunfei's body, yet none could cause him the slightest injury.
His Transcendent State Greenwood Emperor Body, combined with the Verdant Way True Gold he had previously fused, had made his flesh terrifyingly hard.
Even a full-strength strike from a Mind Star Realm expert couldn't harm him!
Soon after, Ye Yunfei finally charged up to the upper half of the mountain peak, arriving before a row of black palaces.
From these black palaces billowed thick black corpse-mist, shrouding the surrounding area in frigid cold.
Each palace was heavily guarded by multiple layers of Formations, and outside each stood dozens of guards at the Tribulation Birth Realm.
Ye Yunfei's figure flickered as he rushed directly toward the palace in the very center, instantly arriving before it.
For this palace was the Number One Special Grade Corpse-Refining Cave!
*Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!*
The several dozen Tribulation Birth Realm guards stationed around the palace hadn't even figured out what was happening before the Blood Clan Clone charged in and slaughtered them all, one blade-strike each.
Ye Yunfei, meanwhile, sped directly toward the palace's entrance.
*Hong! Hong!…*
One Formation after another continuously appeared, blocking Ye Yunfei's way.
These Formations were highly advanced and were all ancient arrays, possessing considerable power.
*Hong…*
With urgency pressing upon him, Ye Yunfei simply slammed directly into those Formations.
"Halt, brat! This is the Corpse World's critical corpse-refining site. Outsiders are forbidden to tread here!"
From behind, a massive host of Corpse World forces came chasing up in full force.