"So much for the number one genius of the Tianliang Sacred Land and his so-called Origin Dao Physique. No more than this. Ant-like creatures."
On the arena, Ye Yunfei stood with his hands clasped behind his back, flicking his fingers as he declared with disdain.
The Nine Divine Beasts clustered around him, roaring together, causing the very earth in the area to tremble faintly. The Blood Clan Clone stood beside Ye Yunfei, enveloped in roiling bloody mist, a sight that filled onlookers with awe.
The young geniuses of Tianxiong Domain who had come to attend the gathering, upon hearing Ye Yunfei's contemptuous words, grew extremely furious, glaring hatefully at him. After all, Mao Xiaohao was widely acknowledged in their hearts as the number one young genius of Tianxiong Domain! Each of them privately admitted they couldn't match Mao Xiaohao. Now, Ye Yunfei was publicly calling Mao Xiaohao an ant—so didn't that make them, by extension, less than ants?
Though furious, none of these young geniuses dared step forward even half a pace. After all, even Mao Xiaohao had been effortlessly slain in a mere two or three exchanges. If they went up, they'd probably fail to withstand a single move.
"You bastard, you actually killed Xiaohao! He was our Sacred Land's greatest future hope! And now he's destroyed by you!"
"Little brute, only by cutting you into a thousand pieces will I vent the hatred in my heart!"
...
The Tianliang Sacred Land experts around the arena, having witnessed Mao Xiaohao's death with their own eyes, had reached the pinnacle of rage. Ye Yunfei's process of killing had been too fast—so fast they had no time to react or attempt a rescue.
BOOM! BOOM...!
In their fury, the Tianliang Sacred Land experts erupted one after another. Formidable waves of terrifying energy gushed forth from their bodies like erupting volcanoes.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH...!
One Tianliang Sacred Land expert after another rushed onto the arena, surrounding Ye Yunfei, and immediately launched attacks.
BOOM!
An old man at the forefront summoned a purple seal, engraved with numerous incantation runes. It spun rapidly in the void, continuously enlarging, and shot out thick bolts of purple lightning that streaked towards Ye Yunfei.
On the left, an old crone struck out with both claws. Her hands, originally dry and shriveled like chicken feet, now radiated rolling green light, transforming into ten elegant jade-green fingers forming a bizarre seal that carried a strange sense of sacred completeness and radiant majesty. An instant later, it morphed into a cyan lotus that grew and grew, crushing down upon Ye Yunfei.
KRAK!
On the right, a middle-aged man charged forward through the air holding a curved saber with both hands and slashed out. A brilliant blade light spanned hundreds of meters like a silver river descending from the heavens, rolling forth and instantly cleaving the surrounding heaven and earth in two.
These three experts were the fastest, arriving almost simultaneously, and attacked Ye Yunfei together.
Tianliang Sacred Land, as one of Tianxiong Domain's most established major powers, had inherited numerous advanced cultivation techniques and martial skills. The three experts' offensive martial arts differed, but each attack possessed fearsome power.
Ye Yunfei punched out, sending the purple seal flying with a shock. With another punch, his fist clashed against the old crone's claw strikes, sending her hurtling back.
The Blood Clan Clone manifested a crimson long blade in its hand, and with a single slash, repelled the middle-aged man.
Among these three experts, two were at the mid-stage World Fusion Realm, and the middle-aged man was at the early-stage World Fusion Realm. To Ye Yunfei, such strength was nothing remarkable. He had repelled all three with ease using just one move each.
RUMBLE...
The Blood Clan Clone's towering figure suddenly erupted with dense crimson mist that rapidly spread, instantly enveloping the entire arena.
All Tianliang Sacred Land individuals within this range felt the blood in their bodies begin to boil, their entire bodies weakening.
Over a dozen Tianliang Sacred Land experts had already rushed onto the arena preparing to attack Ye Yunfei, and now all of them fell under the influence of the Blood Clan Clone's blood control divine ability.
All these experts were at either early-stage or mid-stage World Fusion Realm.
Inside Ancient Yin Valley, the Blood Clan Clone had devoured the Origin Essence Blood of Granny Yinyue and Black Wolf Deity. Furthermore, after absorbing quite a few Worldly Creation Realm experts' Origin Essence Blood during this period, its power had skyrocketed, and its blood control divine ability had reached a new level!
RUMBLE...
Ye Yunfei drew his Semi-Emperor longsword and executed the Sword Intent of One Sword Pacifying the World, sweeping the sword across horizontally.
SPURT! SPURT...!
Instantly, four or five experts who stood relatively close were severed at the waist, flesh and blood splattering.
HISS!
Witnessing Ye Yunfei slay several World Fusion Realm experts with a single sword strike, everyone felt a chill grip their hearts. After all, World Fusion Realm experts were among the strongest practitioners within Tianxiong Domain, yet now they seemed utterly feeble against him.
ROAR...!
The Nine Divine Beasts and the Blood Clan Clone surged forward simultaneously, pouncing upon the other remaining experts.
Ye Yunfei's gaze fell upon a mid-stage World Fusion Realm expert. His mind moved, casting One Thought Soul-Devouring Flower. A bizarre white flower bud instantly materialized within that expert's Soul Sea, beginning to devour his Soul Power and Soul Body energy.
A swift movement and Ye Yunfei appeared before this expert.
Caught between the roiling blood within his body and struggling to mobilize Soul Power to resist the white flower bud invading his Soul Sea, the expert grew both panicked and furious as Ye Yunfei abruptly materialized in front of him.
BOOM!
A three-tiered violet pagoda appeared before him, rapidly expanding, blocking the way. This was a top-grade profound law artifact!
CLANG!
The Semi-Emperor sword in Ye Yunfei's hand sliced forward, cleanly splitting the pagoda in two.
SPLIT!
With another sword strike, Ye Yunfei cleaved the expert down the middle from head to toe, utterly destroyed, body and soul.
ARRGHH...!
Within moments, Ye Yunfei, the Blood Clan Clone, and the Nine Divine Beasts acted together, slaughtering all dozen or so Tianliang Sacred Land experts who had rushed onto the arena first. Not a single one remained.
All these experts were early or mid-stage World Fusion Realm in strength, yet before Ye Yunfei they seemed pitifully weak, each slain within two or three exchanges at most.
The Blood Clan Clone devoured all these experts' Origin Essence Blood!
Too strong!
This scene stunned everyone.
Unbelieving gazes fixed upon Ye Yunfei, standing proudly on the arena with sword in hand.
A single junior decimating over a dozen World Fusion Realm experts within moments—such a feat was utterly shattering! It seemed almost impossible!
"How...how can he be so powerful?"
Zhu Keqi and Zhu Ziyan stared fixedly at Ye Yunfei, as if truly seeing him for the first time, their hearts filled with astonishment.
"Is this his confidence? No wonder he paid no heed when I repeatedly urged him to leave earlier," Zhu Ziyan murmured, somewhat dazedly, to herself.
"Brother, look! He actually killed so many World Fusion Realm experts. That's too incredible!"
In the distance, having overcome her initial shock, Little Lian stared at the murderous aura emanating from Ye Yunfei on the arena and exclaimed.
"Quick, report to the Holy Lord immediately! Request reinforcements!"
At this moment, an elder of Tianliang Sacred Land barked sternly.
A few other World Fusion Realm experts of Tianliang Sacred Land, along with a larger contingent, still encircled the arena. Yet these experts understood clearly—judging from the combat power Ye Yunfei had displayed earlier, even if they joined the fray, they might not be his match.
"Your turn now."
However, even if they refrained from attacking, Ye Yunfei was preparing to take action. Sword in hand, he strode step by step towards the Tianliang Sacred Land forces encircling the arena.
The Nine Divine Beasts and the Blood Clan Clone followed close, trampling upon empty space.
"Prepare to engage the enemy!"
A mid-stage World Fusion Realm expert of Tianliang Sacred Land, his face dark, shouted.
"Honored guests, this boy has not only killed members of our Tianliang Sacred Land but also members of many other major powers. He is the common enemy of all our major powers within Tianxiong Domain! I implore everyone to act together and eradicate him!"
An elder of Tianliang Sacred Land suddenly cried aloud.
Most of the young geniuses invited today hailed from various major powers of Tianxiong Domain, many of them accompanied and personally protected by veteran experts from their respective factions.
This entire assembly of young geniuses and the old-timers protecting them collectively represented a considerable force!
"Whoever dares act, regardless of which power they belong to, dies."
Ye Yunfei swept his icy gaze across the surroundings and declared with an icy chill.