What?
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, everyone's gazes immediately focused on him.
"Kid, what did you just say?"
Jiao Zheng's sharp and intimidating eyes swept over Ye Yunfei as he asked coldly.
Boom...
As he spoke, Jiao Zheng released a torrential wave of energy pressure that crushed towards Ye Yunfei.
This Jiao Zheng was at the Perfected Half-Emperor level and, possessing the Heavenly Jiao bloodline, possessed rather decent combat prowess. An ordinary Perfected Half-Emperor would not be his match at all.
However, to Ye Yunfei, this Jiao Zheng was like an ant.
Facing the energy pressure released by Jiao Zheng, Ye Yunfei simply treated it as a light breeze brushing his face, paying it no mind.
"This kid is a bit odd?"
Jiao Zheng's expression changed slightly.
Due to the Hidden Shadow Secret Art concealing all energy fluctuations around Ye Yunfei, he simply could not perceive Ye Yunfei's strength.
"I just said, the Xuanhuang Tower is on my person.
If you want the Xuanhuang Tower, you should ask me."
Ye Yunfei replied plainly.
"The Xuanhuang Tower is really on you?
Kid, if you're toying with me, do you have any idea how severe the consequences will be?"
Jiao Zheng took a step forward, closing in on Ye Yunfei.
"He said the Xuanhuang Tower is on him?
How can that be!
Wasn't the Xuanhuang Tower on my older brother?"
The Second Prince, Jiao Zhong, and the other two elders also stared at Ye Yunfei, feeling utterly shocked.
Because the Xuanhuang Tower had been taken away by the Crown Prince years ago. Now, a strange young man had suddenly appeared, claiming the tower was on him. Such a thing was truly hard to believe.
"This should be the Xuanhuang Tower."
Ye Yunfei extended his hand, and a small pagoda appeared on his palm. It was precisely the Xuanhuang Tower.
"It really is the Xuanhuang Tower!"
All the Heavenly Jiao clan members in the vicinity immediately fixed their stares dead on the Xuanhuang Tower, completely shaken.
The Xuanhuang Tower was a vital treasure of the Heavenly Jiao clan, a token of the clan chief's authority. Moreover, within the ancestral temple of the Heavenly Jiao clan, many depictions of the Xuanhuang Tower were carved. All members of the Heavenly Jiao clan were extremely familiar with this pagoda.
"Haha…
Good, excellent!
Trod through iron shoes but all in vain, getting here didn’t take any pain!
The Xuanhuang Tower has actually been delivered right to me!"
In his excitement, Jiao Zheng could not help but roar with wild laughter.
"What's going on here?
How could the Xuanhuang Tower be in your possession?
What about my older brother?
Where is he? How is he doing now?"
After recognizing the Xuanhuang Tower, the Second Prince's entire body trembled, and he immediately inquired about his brother's condition.
After he and the Crown Prince escaped from the Heavenly Jiao Realm years ago, they had followed their father's instructions and each led groups of subordinates to flee in different directions.
They hadn't seen each other since. He never expected to see the Xuanhuang Tower now, suddenly.
"Your older brother is already dead.
He gave this Xuanhuang Tower to me."
Ye Yunfei looked at the Second Prince and replied.
"What?
My older brother is dead?
Impossible!
I don't believe it!"
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Second Prince felt as if struck by lightning.
Jiao Zhong and the other two elders also paled.
"It's true.
Your older brother indeed died. He entrusted this Xuanhuang Tower to me.
I have no need to deceive you."
Ye Yunfei understood the Second Prince's feelings and sighed as he spoke.
"Enough with the nonsense, kid!
Hand over the Xuanhuang Tower immediately, or you die!"
Jiao Zheng's figure flashed as he rushed towards Ye Yunfei.
The other Jiao clansmen who had come with Jiao Zheng also swarmed forward, surrounding Ye Yunfei.
For these Jiao clan forces now, the Xuanhuang Tower was the most important thing!
Hunting down the Second Prince was no longer the top priority!
"I promised the Crown Prince that, if possible, I would avenge him.
Let’s start with you all."
Ye Yunfei glanced at the Jiao clan's forces and said calmly.
Swoosh!
As soon as the words fell, with a mere thought from Ye Yunfei, a terrifyingly powerful surge of Soul Power energy erupted from his Soul Sea. It then transformed into all kinds of weapons—thousands of them—which shot towards the Jiao clan's forces like a torrential rainstorm.
Pupu-pu...
The heads of those Jiao clansmen successively exploded, resembling smashed watermelons oozing juices.
In less than a single breath's time, aside from Jiao Zheng, all the other Jiao clan forces were slain.
Only Jiao Zheng stood there, his face pale and trembling.
He finally realized he had kicked an iron plate!
This seemingly unremarkable young man before him was far more powerful than he was!
"You are Ye Yunfei!"
At this moment, a creature completely wrapped in a black robe cried out in alarm from a distance.
"Correct, I am Ye Yunfei.
You members of the Dark Faction can all go and die now."
Ye Yunfei swept his gaze over and said plainly.
With a single glance, Ye Yunfei could tell that the dozens of black-robed beings that had blocked the Second Prince's path earlier were all from the Dark Faction!
"Let's go!"
After recognizing Ye Yunfei, those dozens of Dark Faction beings knew that, with their strength, they absolutely could not be Ye Yunfei's opponent, so they turned and fled.
"Too late."
Ye Yunfei extended his hand, aimed at those dozens of Dark Faction beings, and gently clenched his fist.
Pu-pu…
In less than half a breath, the bodies of those dozens of Dark Faction members exploded one after another, their forms and spirits extinguished.
All dozens of these Dark Faction members were at the Half-Emperor level. To Ye Yunfei, they were like ants.
"What?
You are Ye Yunfei?
The Ye Yunfei who killed the Gold Crow Heavenly Emperor, the Mystic Moon Heavenly Emperor, and the Heavenly God Palace Lord?"
After hearing the words of those Dark Faction members and witnessing Ye Yunfei gently clench his fist and slaughter dozens of Half-Emperor-level Dark Faction beings in an instant, Jiao Zheng was utterly terrified, standing there as if struck dumb, not daring to move a muscle.
He had naturally heard of Ye Yunfei's formidable reputation!
"You are Ye Yunfei?"
At this moment, the Second Prince, Jiao Zhong, and the other two elders were also extremely shaken, standing there dumbfounded, unable to believe it.
"Second Prince, let's leave this place first, and we can discuss in detail later."
Ye Yunfei said to the Second Prince, then waved his sleeve, teleporting the Second Prince, Jiao Zhong, the other two elders, and Jiao Zheng and others into the Phantom Tower.
Ye Yunfei hadn't killed Jiao Zheng primarily because he wanted to learn about the current situation in the Heavenly Jiao Realm from him.
"I never thought the Heavenly Jiao clan would also ally itself with the Dark Faction.
It seems the Dark Faction has already won over a large number of major powers within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. The Dark Faction is preparing for the next World-Destroying War!"
Recalling the dozens of Dark Faction beings earlier, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but contemplate internally.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei activated his movement technique and instantly left that space, disappearing without a trace.
Ye Yunfei knew that after he killed those Dark Faction personnel, the faction's experts would learn of it very quickly.
Ye Yunfei understood that the enmity between the Dark Faction and himself had deepened, and they certainly wouldn't let him off easily.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also knew that the Dark Faction's strength was immensely terrifying, absolutely possessing Earth Immortal Realm experts. It was not an entity he could provoke at his current level. Therefore, Ye Yunfei did not intend to clash head-on with the Dark Faction for the time being.