Ye Yunfei returned to the small pavilion and entered the Phantom Tower directly.
The Phantom Tower then shrank into a speck of dust and drifted to settle in a corner.
Inside the Phantom Tower.
"It's time to cultivate the True Demon God-Slaying Fist," Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
The Heavenly Demon Blood-Fusing Body Tempering Art was the inherited technique of the True Demon race. The True Demon God-Slaying Fist was one of their inherited combat skills. Techniques primarily cultivated energy, while combat skills focused more on honing fighting techniques.
Currently, Ye Yunfei's physical strength was around 600,000 jin. To unleash the full potential of this strength, he needed to cultivate a corresponding combat skill. The True Demon God-Slaying Fist was the best choice! Because it was a fist technique specifically powered by physical strength!
Next, Ye Yunfei began cultivating the True Demon God-Slaying Fist.
First, he meticulously pondered the essentials and key principles of this fist art. The basic requirement to cultivate it was possessing at least 500,000 jin of physical strength, which Ye Yunfei had just satisfied. Of course, the greater the physical strength, the more powerful the resulting destructive force.
This fist art consisted of ten moves. The first move: God-Slaying Penetration! This move emphasized the concept of 'penetration'. Once mastered, when a fist struck a target, the force could penetrate the surface, seep directly into the target's interior, and then explode instantly. Truly mastering penetrating force, however, was difficult. During initial training, one could usually only channel a portion of the force into the enemy's body.
After thoroughly deducing the principles of the True Demon God-Slaying Fist, Ye Yunfei began practicing.
Ye Yunfei closed his eyes. His physical strength flowed continuously to his arms as he began carefully sensing the movement of force.
Abruptly, Ye Yunfei threw a punch.
Boom… Boom…
His fists were like lightning, punching out alternately.
For the next several dozen days, nearly every minute and second, Ye Yunfei practiced. Punch after punch, continuously striking out. To truly master penetrating force, one needed the deepest comprehension and most precise control of strength. It was impossible without massive amounts of practice.
Finally, after fifty days.
"Success!" Ye Yunfei cried out joyfully.
Boom… Boom…
Ye Yunfei's fists punched out alternately. They looked surging and full of power, but after being thrown, they made not a single sound and stirred not the slightest breeze! This was extremely bizarre. After all, a punch with 600,000 jin of force should definitely cause the void to roar and shake heaven and earth. Yet now it was calm and silent! But this precisely indicated that Ye Yunfei had mastered the first move.
"Now, to begin cultivating the second move: Mountain-Piercing Divine Strike," Ye Yunfei said to himself.
The so-called Mountain-Piercing Divine Strike meant a punch could hit an enemy without making physical contact, the force striking through the air. This move focused on projecting force through space.
Boom… Boom…
Ye Yunfei began swinging his fists in practice again.
Unconsciously, another fifty days passed.
After fifty days.
"The Mountain-Piercing Divine Strike is finally mastered," Ye Yunfei said, withdrawing his fists with a satisfied smile.
Counting on his fingers, Ye Yunfei had practiced in the Phantom Tower for a hundred days. A hundred days inside, but only one day had passed in the outside world.
Ye Yunfei stopped practicing and left the Phantom Tower, appearing in the small hall on the first floor of the pavilion.
Suddenly.
"Master, I've made a breakthrough!" Hu Miao drifted out from her inner elixir and stood before Ye Yunfei. The aura emanating from her was noticeably stronger.
"How is your strength now?" Ye Yunfei asked.
"My current realm is roughly equivalent to a late-stage Saint Realm human martial artist. Of course, my combat power far exceeds the ordinary. However, the greatest progress from this breakthrough is in my Illusion Art. The illusions I can cast now can disorient a True Manifestation Realm expert in an instant," Hu Miao said.
"Not bad," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Elder Huang and Elder Zhang should have also broken through," Ye Yunfei said.
As soon as the words left his mouth.
Boom!
A violent energy surge erupted from a room within the small pavilion, causing the entire building to shudder violently.
Soon, Elder Zhang arrived before Ye Yunfei. "Master, I have broken through to the late stage of the Saint Realm," Elder Zhang said excitedly. He had been stuck at the mid-stage Saint Realm for a full eight years. After taking a Pure Yi Pill, he had finally broken through.
"Devote yourself to cultivating the Green Sun Heavenly Apex Art. Strive to break through to the True Manifestation Realm soon," Ye Yunfei said.
"I understand," Elder Zhang replied, his gaze towards Ye Yunfei filled with reverence.
Initially, he had submitted to Ye Yunfei because a soul restriction had been planted in his Soul Sea, his life held in Ye Yunfei's hands. But now, he suddenly realized that following Ye Yunfei seemed very worthwhile. There were Eighth-Grade Spirit Pills and high-level techniques. Eighth-Grade Spirit Pills were incredibly precious; only the upper echelons of major sects and clans in the Eastern Region might have access to them. Yet now, following Ye Yunfei, they were readily available!
At that moment.
"Ye Yunfei, I have also broken through. My Soul Body is now much stronger than even my peak state from before. I can now completely separate from the Pill Cauldron and move freely," Huang Lao appeared before Ye Yunfei and said excitedly.
"Elder Huang, congratulations. You are now a true Ghost Cultivator," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Ye Yunfei, thank you! If I hadn't met you, I would still be hiding inside the Pill Cauldron, growing weaker day by day, barely clinging to life," Huang Shang said, deeply moved.
"Haha, our meeting was also fate, Elder Huang. No need to be so formal. You will soon discover the wonders of being a Ghost Cultivator," Ye Yunfei said.
"Indeed. Without the shackles of a physical body, I can now attach myself to any object at will—the ground, walls, trees, sand, stones, weapons, magic treasures, and so on. Only a master with extremely powerful Soul Power might be able to detect me," Huang Shang said with a laugh.
"Master, are you really going to rescue them?" Hu Miao suddenly asked.
Elder Zhang and Huang Shang also looked at Ye Yunfei.
Everyone knew it was definitely a trap. The other side had surely laid heavy ambushes, waiting for Ye Yunfei to walk in.
"Zhou Mu is my brother. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have both pledged allegiance to me. They are my people," Ye Yunfei said calmly.
Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and Elder Zhang understood Ye Yunfei's meaning. He would definitely go to rescue them.
"If it were the three of you who were captured, I would go to rescue you too. I, Ye Yunfei, never abandon my own," Ye Yunfei added.
"Master, I understand," Hu Miao said softly.
"I have nineteen Chaos Brute Force Pills left. Time to use another one," Ye Yunfei took out a bottle of spirit pills and murmured to himself.
The Chaos Brute Force Pill could temporarily increase physical strength. Back then, in the Great Qin Imperial Capital, to destroy the Li Family, Ye Yunfei had refined twenty Chaos Brute Force Pills. After consuming one, nineteen remained.
"It's time to go rescue them," Ye Yunfei put away the Chaos Brute Force Pill and strode out of the small pavilion.