"Fine, let me test just how strong this little human boy is."
A black humanoid creature stepped out of the thick mist. Its body was covered in black scales, it dragged a tail, its mouth was like a bird's beak, and it held a gleaming three-pronged steel fork in its hand as it charged directly at Ye Yunfei.
*Clang!*
Ye Yunfei swung his Half-Emperor longsword, blocking the three-pronged fork.
Rolling black mist followed the creature as it howled and surged forward, seemingly intent on corroding Ye Yunfei.
Part of the reason these black creatures were so troublesome was these mists imbued with bizarre energies. In battle, these thick black fogs could disrupt enemies and corrode their physical bodies and even Soul Bodies.
*Sizzle, sizzle...*
As some of the black fog made contact with the surface of Ye Yunfei's body, it actually produced crackling sounds. His skin and flesh turned into black bloody liquid, akin to putrid blood.
*Rumble…*
The Chaos God Veins within Ye Yunfei's body manifested simultaneously, like eight majestic golden rivers flowing grandly.
*Boom…*
The seven golden light spheres, now fully matured within his Dantian, shot out all at once. A brilliant, dazzling golden radiance erupted and swept forth endlessly, purging all the black fog surrounding Ye Yunfei's body.
At the same time, the skin and flesh of Ye Yunfei that had just been corroded instantly returned to normal.
*Rumble…*
Seven enormous golden orbs now hovered high in the air, arranged in a specific pattern to form the shape of a large spoon, resembling a Formation, exuding an aura of profound mystery.
The area illuminated by these seven golden orbs seemed to transform into a sacred territory. Glimmering drops of bright, sacred light rained down, purifying everything.
This was the manifestation of the Nine-Yang Scripture’ Seventh Yang, Seven Stars Shining Brightly!
"What kind of technique is this?"
The black creature showed a wary expression, seemingly a bit afraid of those seven golden orbs.
*Whoosh, whoosh…*
The black creature brandished its steel fork, driving even more thick black fog to surge toward Ye Yunfei. The overwhelming black mist resembled a black ocean.
*Boom rumble…*
The seven golden light spheres burned like seven suns, intensely glaring, releasing boundless golden light that purified the oncoming black fog. Vast amounts of golden light rained down, drifting forward.
"Die!"
Ye Yunfei gripped his longsword and advanced to attack. The five palaces within his body swayed simultaneously, releasing a flood of terrifying energy. This made Ye Yunfei's physical form glow extremely brilliantly—the five palaces inside him were faintly visible from the outside, a truly divine wonder.
The seven golden light spheres followed Ye Yunfei as he charged forward, continuing to manifest the Seven Stars Shining Brightly phenomenon.
The black creature was forced to retreat continuously.
Whether it was the energy released by the Nine-Yang Scripture or the Taishang Cycle Forging Art, both filled it with extreme wariness. It seemed unwilling to engage Ye Yunfei in a direct confrontation.
However, Ye Yunfei's movement technique was formidable. He pressed the pursuit relentlessly, leaving the black creature unable to shake him off at all.
"Human brat, die!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei doggedly pursuing it, the black creature flew into a rage. It turned and threw a punch toward Ye Yunfei.
*Rumble…*
A black fist imprint materialized, continuously enlarging. Strangely, a decaying face appeared on the surface of the fist, lunging to bite at Ye Yunfei.
*Boom…*
The terrifying aura contained within the five palaces in Ye Yunfei's body erupted together. Dreadful energy poured forth from the five palaces, converging on Ye Yunfei's right fist like a boundless sea as he threw a punch.
This punch was a fusion of the Taishang Cycle Forging Art and the Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist.
Ye Yunfei's fist seemed ignited, shining to its extreme as it collided with the black, decaying face.
*Boom rumble…*
The battle energy, horrifying to the extreme, simply tore the swath of land below them apart, revealing countless dark, deep ground fissures.
*Boom! Boom!*
Next, Ye Yunfei unleashed several consecutive punches, trading blow for blow with the black creature in a hard confrontation.
"Ah…"
Finally, after a few punches, the black, decaying face let out a wretched scream, half of it shattered.
At the same moment.
Several thousand meters beneath the ground, the Black Great Door Ye Yunfei had sensed previously suddenly trembled violently.
"It's our Dark Faction battling enemies!"
"The new world-annihilating war has finally arrived!"
"Kill! Join forces and kill our way out! Slaughter all living beings under heaven! Use the blood and flesh of all races to offer sacrifices to the Deities of our race!"
Suddenly, a commotion arose within the Black Great Door, and furious roars transmitted out.
*Boom! Boom!*
A large number of unknown creatures were currently using all their strength to ram against this black door.
This turn of events caused the underground of this region to start shaking violently.
On the surface, the fierce battle continued.
"Ye Yunfei, surrender now!"
Two experts from the Heavenly God Palace suddenly arrived on the scene. Attacking simultaneously from his left and right, they launched assaults toward Ye Yunfei.
"Ye Yunfei, you annihilated our Sword Emperor Pavilion's branch in Tianxiong Territory. Following our Pavilion Lord's orders, we are here to bring you back to face judgment. We advise you to obediently return with us and truthfully confess your crimes. If your attitude is sufficiently sincere, perhaps our Pavilion Lord will spare your life!"
The Sword Emperor Pavilion's green-robed elder and two other Heavenly Boundary Realm experts also charged over, all aiming for Ye Yunfei. Three sharp longswords pierced through space, thrusting toward Ye Yunfei.
Now, six Heavenly Boundary Realm experts ganged up to besiege Ye Yunfei!
Among them, three were perfected Heavenly Boundary Realm cultivators!
Ye Yunfei instantly found himself heavily surrounded!
However, Ye Yunfei showed no fear!
*Boom…*
A massive wheel rose up behind him. Nine Divine Beasts stood upon the wheel, joining forces to rotate it as it rolled forward. Wherever it went, those Heavenly Boundary Realm experts scrambled to dodge.
High in the sky, the Seven Stars Shined Brightly, showering boundless, sacred light rain that enveloped a large area. Within this zone, Ye Yunfei's energy seemed inexhaustible, whereas any enemy stepping into this range would have their combat power suppressed.
The five palaces within his body swayed continuously, as if endless power kept seeping from them, causing Ye Yunfei's strength to rise with every passing moment, peerless in its domineering aura.
During the battle, Ye Yunfei suddenly executed three secret soul arts: the Marionette Soul Thread technique, the Heavenly Emperor's Sword, and the Soul-Scavenging Blossom's Thought-Soul Devour. The six Heavenly Boundary Realm experts turned pale with shock.
These three soul arts greatly hampered the offensive of those six Heavenly Boundary Realm experts.
Ye Yunfei alone fought against six Heavenly Boundary Realm foes, and for a while, the fight remained deadlocked.
However, the combat power of these six Heavenly Boundary Realm experts was also terrifying.
The green-robed elder activated a longsword. Every sword strike cleaved through space as if cutting through tofu. Blizzard-like sword energies crushed toward Ye Yunfei like overwhelming tidal waves.
The black creature retrieved a black handbell and shook it continuously, releasing wave after wave of ear-piercing ringing sounds that washed toward Ye Yunfei.
The ringing from this black bell was bizarre, drilling straight into Ye Yunfei's sea of consciousness. It made his Soul Body sway unsteadily, as if he were intoxicated.
*Rumble…*
Within Ye Yunfei's sea of consciousness, his residual Heavenly Emperor soul aura manifested and directly expelled those bizarre ringing tones, restoring Ye Yunfei's Soul Body to normal.
Elsewhere, Xuanlong Daozhang was also being swarmed by a large group of attackers.
Fortunately, Xuanlong Daozhang's combat power was formidable. Although he couldn't secure victory immediately, he wasn't in any immediate danger.
"Senior, it seems we should revert to our old method: defeat them separately, one by one."
Ye Yunfei sent a soul transmission to Xuanlong Daozhang.
Both the Sword Emperor Pavilion forces and the Dark Faction members were extremely powerful.
The two remaining Heavenly Boundary Realm experts from the Heavenly God Palace were also strong.
In a normal stand-up fight against them, Ye Yunfei and Xuanlong Daozhang would find it hard to achieve victory quickly.
"Alright!"
Xuanlong Daozhang nodded.
However, right at this moment.
"I advise you two to flee quickly. I sense Half-Emperor level experts are on their way, and more than one at that. If you leave now, it's still not too late. Otherwise, once those Half-Emperor experts arrive, you'll be in serious trouble."
Hun Lao suddenly sent a soul transmission to Ye Yunfei.
"Half-Emperor experts are coming…"
Ye Yunfei, upon hearing Hun Lao's words, couldn't help but frown.
Ye Yunfei understood clearly that given his and Xuanlong Daozhang's current strength, they couldn't contend against Half-Emperor experts yet.
And not just one, but several were coming!
"We really do need to leave. Otherwise, it'll be too late."
Ye Yunfei let out a light sigh.
However, at this very moment.
*Boom! Boom!*
The ground beneath them suddenly trembled violently, as if a terrifying existence deep underground was awakening. Boundless black thick mist was billowing up through those ground fissures and out onto the surface.
*Boom rumble…*
From deep beneath the earth, a muffled sound slowly transmitted upward.
"This is the energy of our Dark Faction! Could it be… there's an expert of our Dark Faction buried beneath this ground?"
All those creatures of the Dark Faction were immensely excited.
"It's that Black Great Door deep underground! It's currently being pushed open!"
Ye Yunfei immediately thought of the Black Great Door deep underground. Probing down with his soul sense, he found that Black Great Door was slowly opening.
At the same time, on a certain dilapidated, shattered abandoned continent in the vicinity of the Flying Immortal Mainland, a tattered creature suddenly opened its eyes. Two dazzling beams shot out and tore the space in front of it.
Then, this creature stood up and looked in the direction of the Flying Immortal Mainland.
This was a creature clad in worn-out armor, holding a rusted spear in hand, looking much like an ordinary soldier.
"The seal I placed back then is on the verge of being opened. Recently, the world has undergone drastic changes. The energies and laws within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds have all undergone great alterations. Many of the seal powers I arranged long ago are slowly weakening. More and more beings of the Dark Faction are openly becoming active. It seems chaos is starting again. But amongst us on this side, those who died have died, the old ones have grown old, many have left… How many of us remain who can still fight?"
The soldier sighed.
*Whoosh!*
The next instant, spear in hand, the soldier stepped forward and disappeared.