Rumble…
At that moment, the earth beneath Ye Yunfei and the others began to shake violently. The ground continuously split open, and billowing black fog surged out from the cracks like a vast, dark ocean, rapidly engulfing the entire area.
“What’s happening?”
The members of the Sword Emperor Pavilion and the two old men from the Heavenly God Palace were greatly alarmed, temporarily halting their attacks on Ye Yunfei and Xuanlong Daozhang.
“It seems like the energy aura of the Dark Faction. Could this be a stronghold of theirs? Or perhaps they had already laid a trap here in advance, specifically targeting Ye Yunfei and Xuanlong Daozhang?” one of the Sword Emperor Pavilion elders frowned and said.
“Let’s not act rashly for now. The Half-Emperor experts from our Pavilion will arrive shortly. Our task is to keep an eye on Ye Yunfei and prevent him from escaping. Once they get here, everything will be simple!” the green-robed elder from the Sword Emperor Pavilion sent a Sound Transmission to the others. Thus, the Pavilion’s members subtly fanned out, forming an encirclement to distantly hem Ye Yunfei in.
The two experts from the Heavenly God Palace also conferred. They then positioned themselves on Ye Yunfei’s left and right, locking onto his figure to prevent his escape.
The reason was they had received word: the Lord of the Heavenly God Palace was about to arrive! They believed that once the Palace Lord was here, dealing with Ye Yunfei would be effortless.
Noting the movements of the Sword Emperor Pavilion and Heavenly God Palace forces, Ye Yunfei couldn’t help but sneer inwardly. With his current power, if he wanted to escape, the people before him simply couldn’t stop him.
“Kid, I sense Half-Emperor experts approaching from at least three directions, and they’re almost here. If you plan to leave, you need to hurry up.” Hun Lao warned him via Sound Transmission.
“Understood. I am aware.” Ye Yunfei nodded.
“Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, get ready. We might need to flee at any moment,” Ye Yunfei said to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
“Sure. Don’t worry. Unless a Half-Emperor expert intercepts me directly, nobody could stop me if I wanted to leave.” The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said confidently.
Recently, it had refined many Deity Crystals. Its bloodline had consecutively evolved several grades in one go, awakening several inherited abilities related to space. Its spatial movement techniques and speed had now reached a truly astonishing level.
“Haha! Who would have thought there are experts of our Dark Faction hidden beneath this land!” Meanwhile, the Dark Faction creatures were very excited. Naturally, they were intimately familiar with the aura of their own kind. They perceived that the billowing black fog gushing out from the ground cracks below was created by their own kind.
“No. A batch of remains from our Dark Faction are likely buried under this land. Now, their remnant souls are awakening. Once they truly rouse, they may regain life! The vitality of our Dark Faction is the strongest in the world. We can never be truly killed!” The lead Dark Faction creature suddenly said in a deep voice.
ROAR!
At that moment, Ye Yunfei suddenly sensed the nine golden dragons and hundreds of black Earth Dragons deep beneath the ground, the ones constantly guarding the Black Great Door, all roaring furiously. They released waves of energy pressure, trying to suppress the door that was being pushed open.
Only a Geomancer could swiftly and clearly perceive these Earth Dragons. Other creatures who didn’t understand geomancy would find it difficult to see them in a short time.
“I see now! These nine golden dragons and hundreds of black Earth Dragons were placed here by a highly skilled ancient Geomancer to seal that Black Great Door! Moreover, the geomancy skill of that ancient Geomancer far surpasses mine! He could even command legendary golden dragons, using them as part of the seal! Although I am a Geomancer myself, I’m not yet capable of subduing a golden dragon! In the field of geomancy, my level is still far from sufficient!” Ye Yunfei sighed inwardly as he sensed the nine golden dragons roaring in rage deep underground.
“But why has a seal formed by nine golden dragons and hundreds of black dragons been broken today? The battle here earlier was intense, but the combat energy released shouldn’t be nearly enough to break such a seal, right?” Ye Yunfei was puzzled. He couldn’t understand why the seal formed by the nine golden dragons and hundreds of dragons had suddenly shattered, nor why the black door was forced open.
BOOM!
Finally, several thousand meters underground, a corner of the Black Great Door was pushed open, revealing a black fissure. From within, a torrential flood of black fog surged out madly.
Countless dark figures were desperately struggling to squeeze out from that dark door crack.
ROAR! ROAR!
At that moment, the nine golden dragons and hundreds of black dragons outside the Black Great Door surged forward together. Instantly, they combined into a colossal sigil interlaced with gold and black, pressing down towards the dark fissure.
RUMBLE…
Terrifying suppression energy, like a massive tidal wave, caused this entire underground world to begin cracking and disintegrating. Endless clouds of dust and dirt billowed upwards.
“Damned seal! Still trying to block our way? Break it!”
The dense throng of black figures squeezing out of the door crack jointly erupted with vast black energy, crashing towards the gold-and-black sigil.
“Kid, leave immediately! Those Half-Emperor experts are about to arrive!” Hun Lao urgently urged Ye Yunfei.
“Alright, Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, let’s go.” Without hesitation, Ye Yunfei immediately instructed.
Ye Yunfei took Xuanlong Daozhang with him and dashed into the Shadow Tower.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm appeared, took the Shadow Tower, and transformed into a streak of golden light, vanishing into the distance in an instant.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the distant horizon, several sharp figures appeared from three different directions, swiftly converging towards this mountain range.
“Ye Yunfei is truly here. I sense his aura!” A middle-aged man shrouded in divine radiance strode forward, a cold smile playing on his lips. This man was the Lord of the Heavenly God Palace – of course, this was merely an avatar. His true body was at the headquarters in the Immortal Lament Realm, currently in seclusion, attempting a breakthrough to the Heavenly Heavenly Emperor Realm.
After the great upheaval in the world some time ago, when energy and Laws increased drastically, many ancient Half-Emperors who had lived for eons saw new hope and began seclusion to attempt breakthroughs.
BOOM!
Almost at the same time, deep underground within the mountain range, a black figure withstood the pressure of the sigil, successfully rushed out from the door crack, and instantly shot up to the surface.
“Haha… So many years… I have finally broken free and left that accursed prison! All living beings of this world, tremble with fear!”
This dark figure stood upon the earth, looking up and laughing wildly. It released terrifyingly dense dark energy pressure that rippled outwards in all directions. The surrounding mountain ranges were instantly flattened into a storm of rock and soil, which then disintegrated and vanished into dust.
“Run!”
The lead green-robed elder from the Sword Emperor Pavilion paled in terror. With a shout, he turned and fled.
The remaining Sword Emperor Pavilion members were terrified beyond belief, their souls nearly fled their bodies as they desperately fled.
In fact, a portion of the weaker Sword Emperor Pavilion members had already been instantly annihilated by the energy pressure of the dark figure.
The two Heavenly God Palace Heavenly Boundary Realm experts also turned and fled.
“We greet our honored predecessor from our faction!”
Only the Dark Faction creatures remained unaffected. All of them knelt down and proclaimed loudly.