"Since this guy is here, let's deal with him first."
The members of the other forces began to close in, each one wearing a ferocious smile as they stared at Ye Yunfei, like a pack of predators eyeing their prey.
"Senior Brother Lü, should we make a move too?"
The members of the Heavenly Sword Sect looked towards their leader, Senior Brother Lü, and asked quietly.
These members of the Heavenly Sword Sect were different from the disciples of the other forces. They had witnessed Ye Yunfei's strength earlier and knew his combat prowess was terrifying.
"Let them make the first move to test just how strong this kid really is."
Senior Brother Lü thought for a moment and instructed the members of the Heavenly Sword Sect not to step forward for now.
"Who is this kid? He looks like he should be a being from our Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds."
"He seems to have also caught the attention of those Main World beings!"
The disciples of the Sword-Guarding Manor now also noticed Ye Yunfei and were sizing him up.
"Senior Sister Xiao, this kid is young, yet he's already an Initial Half-Emperor. I wonder which major faction from within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds he belongs to. You have a wide network of friends, Senior Sister Xiao; do you know this kid?"
A disciple quietly sent a Sound Transmission to Senior Sister Xiao and asked.
Senior Sister Xiao was one of the strongest disciples of the Sword-Guarding Manor, and also one of the most famous young geniuses within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. She usually traveled to various worlds within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, widely befriending young geniuses across the land, making her quite famous.
"I don't know him. He might be a disciple of some reclusive old master or one of the ancient factions."
Senior Sister Xiao took a glance at Ye Yunfei and shook her head in reply.
"Senior Sister Xiao, with his strength as an Initial Half-Emperor, perhaps we can cooperate with him to deal with these Main World beings together."
Another disciple whispered via Sound Transmission.
"It's useless. The strength of these Main World beings is too terrifying. Even if we cooperate with him, we wouldn't be able to handle them. Our only hope now is for the experts from the Manor to arrive in time; only then do we have a chance of survival."
Senior Sister Xiao sighed softly.
"But with one more person, we have more strength. We're surrounded now; it's hard to escape. We might as well cooperate with him to fight these Main World beings together. It might buy us some time."
Another disciple from Sword-Guarding Manor said to Senior Sister Xiao.
In fact, these Sword-Guarding Manor disciples were already somewhat despairing, but a strong survival instinct made them want to seize any opportunity.
"Fine, I'll communicate with him."
Senior Sister Xiao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"The sword energy surrounding the city is starting to weaken now!"
Just at this moment, Ye Yunfei's heart stirred. His gaze shifted towards the dense, surging waves of sword energy encircling the city.
The sword energy around this city had existed for an immensely long time. It seemed to have integrated with the heaven, earth, space, and time of this place, forming a certain cyclical pattern. Every so often, it would weaken, and even a portion of the energy would retract, sinking deep into the spatial void, like weary birds returning to their nest.
Now, Ye Yunfei could already feel that the sword-path energy emanating from the sword energy was slowly weakening, and a portion of the energy was starting to vanish.
"I suspect these swords automatically replenish their energy at set intervals. That's why the so-called 'weakened period' forms."
Hun Lao, sensing the disappearing sword energy, spoke up.
"Automatically replenishing energy? That's rather mystical."
Ye Yunfei replied with curiosity.
"How dare he! This kid actually dares to ignore us! Who knows if he's feigning composure or if he's just arrogant and ignorant!"
"Kid, no matter how much you pretend, you're dead!"
"A mere Initial Half-Emperor dares to feign calmness in front of us? With one slap, I could kill a dozen characters like you!"
...
At this moment, dozens of Main World beings began to approach Ye Yunfei. Seeing that his gaze wasn't fixed on them but instead on the distant city, they flew into a rage.
"If you don't want to die, piss off further away."
Ye Yunfei impatiently shouted. At the moment, his attention was on that city, prepared to take advantage of the sword energy's weakened period to enter it. He simply had no mind to deal with these Main World beings.
What?!
Hearing Ye Yunfei's shouted reprimand, those Main World beings were all stunned.
"Has this kid taken the wrong medicine? He actually dares to shout at us in such a tone? Does he really not know how much weight he carries?"
Someone said.
It had to be known, the Main World beings surrounding Ye Yunfei were all Half-Emperors—Initial, Intermediate, and even Advanced. There were dozens of them!
Being impatiently shouted at by an Initial Half-Emperor in front of so many masters of the Half-Emperor realm was indeed a very strange thing.
"Hun Lao, get ready, we're forcing our way into the city!"
Ye Yunfei noticed that the sword energy around the city seemed to be getting weaker and fewer. He spoke to Hun Lao.
"Understood."
Hun Lao nodded.
"Kid, die!"
Just then, a man in black drew his longsword and rushed towards Ye Yunfei, slashing down first. Vast amounts of sword light shot towards Ye Yunfei like peacocks, sweeping down with overwhelming force.
This was an Intermediate Half-Emperor!
Ye Yunfei didn't even look at him, simply stretching out a hand and grabbing directly.
Rumble...
More than ten thousand serpents-worth of physical strength poured forth, shaking the space ahead until it continuously distorted. At the same time, numerous thick bolts of lightning, carrying terrifying destructive energy, surged forth, crashing down towards the man in black.
Clang!
Ye Yunfei grabbed the longsword of the man in black and gave it a slight twist. Crack! The sword snapped apart.
"How is this possible?!"
The man in black stood there, dumbfounded. As an Intermediate Half-Emperor, holding a Half-Emperor treasure, executing a sharp sword technique, his might was extremely powerful. Yet he was actually blocked by his opponent's single palm, and even his longsword was broken.
Boom!
While the man in black was stunned, Ye Yunfei's fist was already coming towards him, continuously enlarging.
For this punch, Ye Yunfei simultaneously invoked the power of both the True Demon Slaying God Fist and the Borrowing Heaven's Nine-Burial Fist, causing the very space of the area to tremble violently, its momentum world-quaking.
Feeling the terrifying fist intent of Ye Yunfei, the man in black let out a weird cry, turned, and fled.
However, in the next instant, a powerful temporal energy directly engulfed him, causing his body to stagnate, freezing in place.
"This is a time martial skill! Someone, save me!"
Scared out of his wits, the man in black shouted for help.
Thump!
Ye Yunfei's fist swept across, blasting him into an explosion, transforming him into a bloody mist, annihilating his form and spirit.
At that moment, several more beings simultaneously rushed close to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei directly activated the Time Reversal Art, instantly fixing these beings in place and causing their movements to reverse backwards.
Bang! Bang!
Ye Yunfei delivered a series of punches, blasting all these beings to death.
Instantaneous kills, every single one of them!
The other beings surrounding them were all stunned.
Only the members of the Heavenly Sword Sect already knew of Ye Yunfei's strength, so they weren't surprised, and instead felt a bit of schadenfreude.
"Senior Sister Xiao, am I seeing things? This kid's combat strength is so terrifying, killing those Main World beings one move each!
At this moment, the disciples from Sword-Guarding Manor were all dumbfounded, doubting if they were seeing things. Someone asked Senior Sister Xiao.
Just then.
"The sword energy surrounding the city seems to have reached its most weakened state! Hun Lao, let's go in!"
Ye Yunfei said quietly, then activated his movement technique, bringing Hun Lao as they charged towards the distant city.
"Look! The sword energy around that city is much less and weaker than before! It's the perfect time to force our way in. Let's go in too!"
...
At this moment, those Main World beings also noticed the weakening sword energy around the city. Activating their movement techniques, they began to charge towards the city's gate en masse.