Dozens of beings charged over from the distance with fierce grins, blocking Ye Yunfei's group's path.
These beings held spears and wore armor, looking like a troop of soldiers.
"No mistake, they really are people from the Reincarnation Palace. I've seen them before.
Sir Wei ordered us to capture as many Reincarnation Palace members as we can and bring them over!"
A tall, burly man at their head shouted loudly.
"These are people from the Qiantang Empire!"
Tao Zihua recognized the origins of these people.
Whoosh!
Without a word, Ye Yunfei flicked his hand, releasing a dazzling streak of sword light that swept through the air, directly carving the dozens of Qiantang Empire men in half at the waist.
Only the leading burly man remained standing there, his face pale with fright, not daring to move a muscle.
"How vicious!"
Even the disciples of the Reincarnation Palace secretly gasped in their hearts.
"Where does Sir Wei want you to take the captured Reincarnation Palace disciples?"
Ye Yunfei took a step forward, arriving before this burly man and asked coldly.
This burly man's cultivation level was the same as Meng Qingshan's, both being Initial Mystic Immortals.
"You little..."
The burly man was filled with shock and rage.
"Speak, or die!"
Ye Yunfei extended his hand, grabbing the burly man and lifting him into the air.
Ye Yunfei's movements were too fast, his physical strength too terrifying. This burly man simply had no chance to resist.
"Don't kill me, I'll speak!
Sir Wei ordered us to take any captured Reincarnation Palace disciples to..."
Feeling Ye Yunfei's murderous intent, the burly man hastily began to speak.
Now that their factions had openly torn their faces with the Reincarnation Palace, he had no doubt that Ye Yunfei would kill him.
Bang!
Before the burly man could specify the exact location, his head directly exploded, turning into a cloud of bloody mist.
"That's the Qiantang Empire's soul-enslaving pill, specifically used to control ministers and subordinates. It forces them to remain loyal.
Any being who takes the soul-enslaving pill and commits an act of betrayal against the Qiantang Empire, or speaks words of betrayal, their Soul Body will automatically explode."
Tao Zihua explained from the side.
"This Qiantang Empire is truly evil."
Ye Yunfei sneered coldly.
"Have you contacted your people from the Reincarnation Palace?
Quickly, ask where exactly your Palace Lord Su is!"
Ye Yunfei said to Tao Zihua.
Ye Yunfei knew that in this situation, the sooner Su Qingluo was informed, the better.
If Su Qingluo could know in advance that experts from several major factions intended to join forces against her, and prepare accordingly, the danger would be significantly reduced.
After all, Su Qingluo was already an Earth Immortal. An Earth Immortal who is prepared is very difficult to harm.
What Ye Yunfei worried most about was Su Qingluo being suddenly ambushed by others while completely unaware.
"Brother Ye, for the moment, I still don't know exactly which area Palace Lord Su is in, but I have already sent messages to our people from the Reincarnation Palace, informing them of the situation. I believe it won't be long before we learn Palace Lord Su's whereabouts."
Tao Zihua replied.
"Then we must waste no time. Let's search quickly."
Ye Yunfei said, then moved, dashing forward.
"Senior Brother Tao, why do I feel he is even more anxious than we are?"
A Reincarnation Palace disciple whispered via voice transmission to Tao Zihua.
"I feel he must have some deep and powerful connection to our Reincarnation Palace. But let's not dwell on that for now. The urgent matter is to quickly find Palace Lord Su and report the situation to her."
Tao Zihua replied to that disciple via transmission.
And so, Ye Yunfei led the dozen or so Reincarnation Palace disciples forward at full speed, searching a bit aimlessly for Su Qingluo's whereabouts.
Tao Zihua and the others worked frantically, using their messaging talismans to send out messages one after another to other members of their Reincarnation Palace.
Finally, after a frantic effort, mere moments later...
"Brother Ye, good news! I just received a reply! I now know where our Palace Lord Su is!
We should head over immediately!"
Tao Zihua said excitedly to Ye Yunfei as a flash of his messaging talisman subsided.
"We've finally learned Palace Lord Su's location? Excellent! Let's hurry!"
Ye Yunfei nodded immediately.
At the same time.
Within a certain Small World, Su Qingluo led her contingent from the Reincarnation Palace, traveling through an ancient land.
Here, hills rolled and undulated. At a glance, the earth and stone were a deep, blood-soaked red, looking incredibly sinister.
In the nearby dense forests and on the surrounding mountain peaks, remnants of ancient, dilapidated structures were visible, peeking out intermittently.
"Palace Lord Su, I came looking here before. Elder Tang and the others seemed to encounter danger in that patch of mountainous land ahead.
I had come here that time, but was attacked by some unidentified creatures. Unable to withstand them, I had no choice but to go seek help from you, Palace Lord."
Elder Kang led the way at the front and said to Su Qingluo.
"Unidentified creatures?"
Su Qingluo couldn't help but slightly frown upon hearing Elder Kang's words.
Right at that moment, a dark shadow suddenly shot towards them from the side with a strange shriek.
This figure was shrouded in thick, frigid energy. The moment it appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted several degrees, and a killing aura soared to the heavens.
"That's one of those creatures!
Palace Lord, be careful!"
Elder Kang, walking ahead, immediately cried out, moving to deal with the dark shadow.
With a thought from Su Qingluo, a powerful energy pressure pressed down through the air, directly shattering that dark shadow into a cloud of black mist that then dissipated into nothingness.
Su Qingluo had merely leaked out a trace of her energy pressure to annihilate the shadow.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately afterward, a great number of dark shadows appeared from all directions, whistling as they shot forward to attack. The area was instantly submerged under a rolling wave of frigid, killing energy, as if it had transformed into an ice cavern tens of thousands of years old.
Su Qingluo took a step forward. A holy white light was born, washing out in all directions.
The dark shadows charging in would, upon merely touching this white light, immediately detonated, turning into surging black mist before being completely swept away.
"These are Ghostly Remnant Thoughts.
They are what lingering remnant souls, in extreme yin-cold lands, transform into over the long course of Samsara cycles."
Su Qingluo perceived the nature of these shadows with perfect clarity and stated aloud.
"Ghostly Remnant Thoughts!"
The other members of the Reincarnation Palace all paled slightly upon hearing Su Qingluo's words.
That was because Ghostly Remnant Thoughts were a legendary and extremely sinister existence. They would attempt to seize a living host's body and then take control of their Soul Body.
A being targeted by a Ghostly Remnant Thought might eventually transform into a twisted, pus-filled zombie, forever enslaved by the thought.
Only someone with Su Qingluo's terrifying strength could eliminate so many Ghostly Remnant Thoughts with a mere wave of her hand. If any other being came here and encountered this many Ghostly Remnant Thoughts, they would surely be in dire straits, unable to withstand them.
"Palace Lord Su, it's possible that Elder Tang and the others are trapped by these Ghostly Remnant Thoughts!"
Elder Kang suggested.
"That is possible. But it doesn't matter. I will eradicate every last Ghostly Remnant Thought here."
Su Qingluo said coldly.